Author's note.
Infolector:two sides in a sacred war, this does not stop not all the first together
Infolector: if i get it right about your comment, my intention was to show the Minbari a little of their own medicine as we say in spanish. They must face the storm created by the winds they sow, as the Bible says. We will see how they will deal with that and how the inevitable cretuon of the Babylon project, including the journey of Sinclair to the past and the Babylon 5 place in the universe would be affected by all this. In the canon universe, you can say the Minbari never ever suffer the consecuences of their holy war againtst humans, meanwhile Centauris and Narn for example reap all the crop created by their intrigues and schemes.
Also i have been reading a lot of Fan Fiction and Wiki about Babylon 5 and founded there are a lot of mistakes about some facts and terms, i have been tried to enmend in the chapters already published. Feel free to point me any mistake. I am trying to keep as cannon as posible about everything but the chain of happenings.
As allways all characters, names,etc of the Babylon 5 franchise, and others mentioned like The Lord of the Rings or Battlestar Gallactica, mentioned only to reinforce the udea if a furture where all those have became public domain, belong to their legitimate owners. Enjoy.
After the falliure of the Minbari offensive in Sol system, and the destruction of two of the most sacred places for two of the main religions of Earth, the Earth Alliance had launched two retribution strikes to the Minbar Homeworld. However both forces were quite opposite. One of them was a military operation of Earthforce (Operation Cold Dish) with the mission of ending the war by destroying the military , economic and industrial capacity of the enemy. The other was a unorganized fanatic revenge expedition, with no other goal but killing the highest number of minbaris possible.
Earthforce doesn't want to rage such a genocide, but the truth was the EarthGov don't have the power to stop almost a fourth of it's population of doing so.
EAS Pancho Villa (Nova E class Dreadnought)
Retribution Task Force
Near Sinzar System
-Sir, incoming transmition from Admiralty-ensign call.
-Authenticate- ask the captain, Leandro González, mexican from Sonora.
The ensign check the codes and ansewered-It's Authentic.
-I agree captain- added the XO
-Put it trough.
-Commodore Gómez, it's my pleasure to personally tell you Earthforce and allies have succeded in expell the Minbari from Sol system with less than 50% of casualties. But as you already know, Earth soil was attacked. Two of our regions and many local goverments have organized a retaliation without the involvement of EarthDome. Many of our forces had defected to join them, and the President has ordered us to do nothing.
-Desersion, treason...
-Yes, i agree, but there is a huge risk of a secesion and a civil war and we can't afford it.
-I see...
-So, your orders are to make haste for the Minbar Homeworld, and at least besiege it, so they won't be able to do nothing against them without destroying yoy first. So, it's my pleasure to give you the rank of rear Admiral of Earthforce fleet.
-Thank you so much, sir, i will not let you down. But, about this improvised fleet, what about the rest of the Minbari Federation? I can't spare ships to guard other systems, i barely have enough forces to attack the planet, counting in the inteligence we have about the size of their fleet. If the Intel is wrong..
-You are screwed. And about your question, you are ordered to take care only about Minbar Homeworld, unless the Federation accept our terms of INCONDICIONAL surrender. In that case ONLY you would intercept and subdue by force IF NECESARY the crusader/Muyahiddin fleet.
-I understand sir.
-In all cases a second Fleet will depart from here in a week, at the command of Admiral Abu Bakr to help you to asure Minbari Federation surrender and occupation.
-As you wish, sir
-God speed Admiral, that's all.
-Thank you sir.
After the transmition ended, he just couldn't help think in laud voice
-Musulmanes hijos de la ch.ngada!
ISN Network
Attack on Earth
Special Report with Caroline Pfizer
"Good evening, today is an historic date, the Earth Alliance and it's allies have defeated the Minbari attack fleet. As you can see in images it was a fierce and bloody battle, were thousands of humans give their lives to protect this planet from the genocide. According to Earthforce Intelligence the fleet was an elite force with only War Cast assest in it. However tge sad side if this was the aggresors still managed to make some hits on the surface. Mostly were in desert or scarce populated areas in Western Sahara, Patagonia and Western North América, but several hits leveled four cities.
"The Vatican...
"Mecca...
"Ciudad De Nazca...
"Earthforce believes those sites were choosen to brake apart the human morale by eliminanting the holy ground of half the population, and agreed other places like Jerusalem, Istambul, Benares and Lhasa could be strike if the Home Fleet and Orbutal Defence were destroyed.
Amanda Cohen, from Jerusalem. "Amanda, what it is the status there?
"As you can see in images there is a full riot here in Jerusalem, after the destructiin of Mecca many muslim leaders have proposed to return to praying facing Jerusalem as it was at the begining of the Mahoma's preaching, but now others want to make the hajj, the peregrination, here, and now the Temple has being rebuilted and the Al Aqsa Mosque is no more, the muslims are trying to get there. The Local Police and the T'Zahal have declared full martial law and the frontier with the UIN has been closed. The EarthGov had reinforced the city with two GROPOS infantry divisions, but as you can see they barely can contain the crowd. In the UIN the Frontier Police and the Royal Army of Jordan have reinforced their side in an attempt to help to stop the huge numbers from entering Israelí territory.
"The First Ministry of Israel, Gabriel Gadot, has stated that the negotiations to enter in the Earth Alliance as an independent member are about to end succesfully, and the Goverments of South Africa and Korea have been consulting to follow the same path. However some senators are worried because this situation could compromise the relationship between the UIN and Israel.
"The analists have stated that the Minbari war has united all Earth Nations more than anything, but this attack to the Holy Sites could jeopardize all...
"Thanks Amanda, now we're back with General Leftcourt, who is giving a press conference from the Earthforce HQ in EarthDome.
"Good Evening. Today first if all i want to recognize the sacrifice and altruism of all who bravely participatenin the battle. We are here because if you, and we won't forget It.
"Second, about the spontaneous outrage of the millions who mourn not only the deaths in battle but the destruction of our most beloved cities, the Earth Alliance Goverment wants to remember the 123 Drazi ships that went lost in Hyperspace when their fleet was traveling to Earth to help us. We will never ever forget what the Drazi Freehold do in our darkest hour.
Minbari Grey Council Flagship Valen'tha
Minbar Homeworld orbit
The Grey Council, after watching the ISN transmition about what had happen in Earth was very upset, raged and full of confussion. Most when the An'lashok have spotted at least five different fleets moving towards their territory, far ahead in time and place to the jihadist force. -So, what was all about? How many forces the humans were sending?
Morann was really sad about the huge losses between the War Caste, and he just couldn't accept all those inferior and barbaric humans defeated the Minbari warriors, invict for a millenia. His mind was full of visions and plans of revenge and genocide, his heart full of hate and wrath, and his ears closed before the rain of regrets and accusations from the satais of the Religious and Worker casts, outraged by what they considdered a treason and a great show of the War Cast incompetence to carry the weight of the war.
Delenn for the other hand was thinking, thinking in what to di now about the Earthforce fleets and what to do about the human jihad, a Holy War to avenge their holy sites destruction. And that includying the killing of the human Pope, considered the holy father of billions of humans (Dukhat's equivalent?), perhaps it could be his beloved leader was rightfully being avenged? Even when millions of humans don't believe that faith and many even considered the pope the Antichrist, the counterfeit of the Christ, the Choosen One, the Messiah Son of God Jesus which apparently the Pope was his vicary. Oh, this humans! Divided by everything, even religion, bot like the Minbari who held the same beliefs since Valen's arrive thousand yeaes ago!
-Satai Delenn, you have been so quiet. Please share your thoughts with us.
Satai Coplann just tried to bring something more than the continuous harassing to the Warrior Caste.
-I was thinking about the humans and this holy war, this jihad of theirs-she answered
-I think their not a big threat as their regular fleet, many if this jihadis? crusaders? (what is a "crusader" anyway?) are just armed civilians, zealots but with no training or warfare expertise. Our warriors wilk crush this humans!
-What do i fear is what would happen if they arrive after the Earthforce fleet.
Satai Coplann just ome up with a strategy.
-Satai Delenn, i was thinking in your proposal about a peace between us and the humans...
-Go on...
- Even when that would be a great humilliation for us, we could ask for a thruce and buy time to reagroyp and rebuild the fleet to continue the war.
-That's not so bad a proposal as i thought you would be saying...
-Finally you show something more out of your brain than just attack humans head on! -said the satai from the Work Cast, Goreen, with a great laugh.
-You never complained when we were wining, Goreen.
-Enough! If we all agreed i will contact the human strike fleet and propouse a thruce or a peace agreement, and bought time. I was thinking if we delayed them enough both fleets perhaps find each other, and as their own propaganda network stated, their goverment is not happy with their "holy crusade". If they are not in agreement perhaps they could end shooting each other with a little help of ours...
After the meeting the Minbari send five cruisers to the frontier and broadcast a message from Delenn, to meet with the humans, proposing Epsilon Eridani as the neutral meeting place.
EAS Pancho Villa (Nova E class Dreadnought)
EA Task Forces Retribution, Revenge and Vendetta
Rally Point Termópilas, near Epsilon Eridani system.
-Sir, incoming transmition. Minbari Federation. It's in english.
-Go ahead
"Greetings, I am Delenn, and i am speaking in behalf of the Minbari Federation authorities. I am authorized to propouse the Earth Alliance a peace agreement. If you want to discuss the terms we can arrange a meeting in neutral space.
-Ok, ensign send the following message:
"Greetings Delenn of the Minbari Federation. I am rear Admiral Gómez, i hear your proposal and i accept it. I suggest to meet in the Epsilon Eridani system, which is in neutral space and near several other powers territory. If you agree i will be there in two days". End message
-Sended sir
-Ok, Captain, inform the Admiralty. And send a message to all ships, Proceed to rally Point Salamina.
-Aye Aye, sir.
Epsilon Eridani system
Near Epsilon 3 planet
The Minbari are here-said the ensing after jump to normal space. The Pancho Villa, with the Skeletors MechaGodzilla and Johnny 5 and the Robocop Agent Smith, were faced by the four Sharlins of the Minbari Federation.
-Sir they are hailing us.
-Put me trough-
-I am Admiral Fernando Gómez of the Earth Alliance. I have come to meet you as you requested. After all the blood sheed we do not want to more blood would be shaded, so we are proposing a peace deal. First you would finally accept our apologies fornthe terrible incident vetween Captain Jankowski and your ships, and the death of your beloved lesder Dukhat. We would offer Jankowski again, but he take is own life mire than two years ago. So God has made justice.
Two, you would apologize for the genocide and murdered of millions of innocent humans and surrended soldiers, and you would surrender the Federation and your Warrior Cast to our justice for the war crimes comitted in the bame of acenge Dukhat's death.
Third, you would deliver two ships of each tyoe ti us, and you would destroy 2 third of your fleet.
Fourth, you will become a Protectorate of the Earth Alliance for twenty years. We will manage your relations with other races. Minbar and your worlds and Moons would be occupayed by 5 million of our troops and also a fleet of 25 capital ships will be docked or patrolling.The costs of maintenance of our occupation forces will be payed by the Federation's treasure.
-That's absurd! Perhaps we have failed in conquer your world, but we have more than enough power to defend ourselves! You're the killers! If you want peace, better bring us the head of Sheridan "starkiller" before us!
- You bunch of hypocrites! His tactics were nothing more tgan the same you using against his battlegroup! At least he don't set a trap to kill a crippled defenseless ship!
I think surrender tonus is your only chance. Even if you defeat us at Minbar, you won't stand against the Crusaders. They are Muyahiddin, they won't care if they all die, just if they can kill some of you trying.
Minbari Grey Council Flagship Valen'tha
Minbar Homeworld orbit
-Satais, we have muster all our available warships to defend our Homeworld. We have 346 Sharlins,255 Trigattis, 4780 Nials.
-Not enough. Even when our enemy has allways outnumbered us this time we don't have our best ships or crews, many have never face human ships! The attack fleet is all made of veterans. Besides they morale will be sky high, they have just defeated our best forces abd they are outraged by our attack to their homeworld. You have should not attacked without our support! You never thought what would happen if you failed! Now we don't have the Warrior Cast to defend our planet, but a handfull of ships! Fool!
-About the fleet we have also observed a new type of what humans call "carrier", they have come up with a empty version, capable of deploy 1000 empty fighters. They called the Basestar Class Carrier, and currently they have two, one comes from Brakos and another from their Proxima Fleet shipyards.
-There are just two many. And most likely they would throw at us wave after wave of empty fighters with nuclear weapons to shrink our numbers into something they could easily defeat. Even if we win, the loses would be cathastrophic. And they would just withdraw their manned ships and wait for their religious warriors, and them we will be defeated. Our only choice is to eliminate that fleet!
-We have recovered from the mothball about sixteen more ships, they could be half refurbished and rearmed at least to use as complement to the Defence Grid.
-We have summoned all our ships from the protectorates, that will be twenty or thirty more, mostly Sharlins.
- Good, we need to think in some strategy. I was thinking in find the attack first and destroy it. We know they must be somewhere near Epsilon.
Earthforce Intelligence facilityOrion 7 Capital cityUndisclosed location
-Colonel Friedstadt, this is Dr. Gorsky. We have been researching about the topics you asked for. I have good news for you-said, and from the left side pocket pull out a data crystal.
-We have found the frecuency. Both brain cortex and inner ear. If you play this any Minbari in the quoted range would be deadly wounded. And Dr. Tavistock also found a back door in their tachion encripted comms. You would be able to infiltrate them very easily.
-Thank you so much.
-You're welcome. Just one question what we do with them?
-PPG, incinerate, and throw the ashes to the sea.
-Understood.