Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers

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Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers

Episode 002: "The Shape of Things to Come"

Production - 103

Written by... eminariiorta

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TEASER

INT. LIANDRA - BRIDGE

Several non-descript Human and Minbari Rangers are working in the background. The CAMERA is set directly above, looking down, the main console. Sarah and Dulann are sat around it.

SARAH

How much longer is David going to be...

DULANN

He'll be as long as he'll be.

SARAH

Dulann.

DULANN

Yes Sarah?

SARAH

One request. Stop being so Minbari.

DULANN (Smiling)

I'll try. But I cannot promise anything.

SARAH

Fair enough.

The CAMERA swings loose of the bridge roof, levels out and moves down. It moves through the deck, we see the cabling etc. between decks, and comes to the deck below,

INT. LIANDRA - CARGO BAY

The CAMERA finishes it's PAN just at crate level.

The boxes are in the same layout as seen at the end of "The Harbinger".

Firell and Tirk are eating over the box in the centre. No-one else is present.

Firell leans back and takes a large manly gulp of a bottle of green liquid.

TIRK

What is that drink?

FIRELL (Setting the empty bottle down)

Milk.

TIRK

That's milk?

FIRELL

You do not have milk on your world?

TIRK

I do. It is just not that colour.

FIRELL

What colour do you expect it to be?

TIRK

White. I believed all the milks of all the worlds was of a White colour.

FIRELL

Would you care to try some?

Firell reaches down below the crate and out of CAMERA shot and retrieves an identical glass and hands it to Tirk.

Tirk lifts off the lid and takes a sniff... he jerks his head back at the strong oder.

TIRK

It smells...

FIRELL

(interupting) - Cannot hurt to try.

Tirk takes another sniff, before taking a large gulp.

He sloshes it around in his mouth for a moment, before swallowing it heavily.

FIRELL

See, not that -

Firell is interupted as Tirk brings the Milk back up and spews it onto the crate and onto Firell. Firell leaps up just as the CAMERA begins to PAN backwards. It moves out through the ship's hull to the outside where we can SEE the Pandora and Liandra parked up on the landing pad. Once a fair distance away the CAMERA swings around so we can see the Ranger HQ. The CAMERA then moves slowly forward and up. Eventually it comes to an open window and it moves through the window,

TUEZANOR - GENERIC MEETING ROOM

Sheridan is sat at the end as usual. Martel is sat on his left, Cortana on his right and the Ranger Captain next to Martel. The CAMERA is sat in the opposite end of the table to Sheridan, as if looking through someone's eyes as they are sat in the chair at the other end.

SHERIDAN

Thank you for returning from B5 so hastily Captains.

MARTEL

It seems I can't keep away from that place Mister President.

SHERIDAN

We have our next lead on a possible Isaahi presence. I wanted to give you this information personally because of the unusual nature of our informant.

The group looks towards the CAMERA.

SHERIDAN (CONT'D)

This is an assignment for you alone Captain Martel. I have a different assignment for Captain Cortana. I'm hoping you'll be able to work with the informant.

MARTEL

I'm sure we'll be able to come to an understanding.

The group again looks into the CAMERA,

SHERIDAN

Ready?

The CAMERA moves forward into Sheridan's face and then turns around to show who he is taking to,

Bester.

BESTER

Please, Mister President - You speak of though you don't like me.

Bester is wearing a black uniform variant of his Psi Corps adorn. But he wears no Psi Corps emblem and on the side of his head is a small metal box, we presume it is to supress his Psychic powers.

We focus on Bester's face as we,

FADE OUT:

END OF TEASER

INTRO:

VARIOUS (V.O.)

We are the Rangers,

We walk in the Dark places no one will enter,

We do not break away from combat,

We stand on the bridge and no one may pass,

We do not retreat whatever the reason,

We Live for the one,

We Die for the one,

END OF INTRO: