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   From: ian-lincoln@blueyonder.co.uk   
      
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   yanks didn't win the war the allies did.   
   "Captain Infinity"  wrote in message   
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   > Once Upon A Time Lots42 The Library Avenger  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Okay, so ships lost in hyperspace are pretty much fucked. Until   
   Sheridan's   
   > >friend and his ship and crew get lost. Then all it takes is a couple   
   minutes of   
   > >thinking and they come up with a solution that (mostly) works? For christ   
   > >outloud. They couldn't have done it another way like 'Sir, our science   
   division   
   > >came up with a bunch of ideas, which one do you want to go with?'.   
   >   
   > It's still early in the second season, and Sheridan is new to the show,   
   > so it seems likely that JMS wanted to put him in the spotlight and show   
   > how much of a great commander he is, to come up with a brilliant plan to   
   > solve the problem.  On the other hand, there never was much work for the   
   > grunts of B5 to do; usually everything was accomplished by the stars.   
   > Except for dying in firefights.  That and sweeping the hallways with that   
   > invisible-ray hand-held lawnmower thingy you see them waving around once   
   > in a while.   
      
   he hee.  i recall in the 5th season you have a "day in the life of two   
   techs" the result of which is "what does this thing do anyway?"   
      
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