From: simonrs@unimelb.edu.au   
      
   FranticInFresno wrote:   
   >   
   > "Ron Jarrell"  wrote in message   
   > news:cdrc38$9s6$2@solaris.cc.vt.edu...   
   >   
   > > But B4 wasn't destroyed in the first shadow war - it survived,   
   > > derelict, for another thousand years.  Nor did sinclair die on b4,   
   > > obviously, since he was already valenn by the time he got to Minbar.   
   > >   
   > As for the Valen part, during the "alternate time line flashback sequence",   
   > Garabaldi was telling Sinclair to leave while he (Garabaldi) stayed behind   
   > to hold the enemy off thus covering Sinclair's escape.  "I was born for this   
   > moment" or some such statement from Garabaldi as he tries to brush off   
   > Sinclair's concerns.   
   >   
   > The flashback didn't include enough info about the outcome of the skirmish.   
   > One possible scenario; after an intense battle (which may have taken   
   > Garabaldi's life), the invaders were repulsed thus leaving B4 intact.   
      
   I think you're a little off track. Sinclair's flashback (or rather   
   flash-forward) wasn't him on B4, he was on B5 in the alternate timeline.   
   If Sheriden et al hasn't taken B4 back in time, B5 would have been   
   attacked by the Shadows and been destroyed. Ivanova's message from   
   the alternate-reality B5 mentions Garibaldi rigging the fusion   
   reasctor, and in Sinclair's vision Garibaldi also mentions it. It   
   was B5 and it was destroyed in the alternate timeline.   
   Simon.   
      
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