Well i thought its about time to see what the furlings think of the whole situmacation, i left their discription intentionally vague to leave it up to the readers imagination :)
LOCATION: Beta-Durani
SHIP: Alterian city-ship Olympus
Gailic, the Furling Ambassador approached the commander of the Olympus. He had heard stories from the others of his kind that the Ancients were evacuating this new dimension, and had to know for himself exactly what was happening.
'Ambassador' Zeraus greeted with a slight bow, 'Welcome to the command center of the Olympus'
The Furlings very rarely interacted with the leaders of the Ancients, having only recently proven themselves able to interact on an intellectual level, they despised the manner in which the Ancients talked down to them. Gailic was one of only a handful of Furlings that stood up to the Ancients arrogance, and now he wanted to know exactly why the Ancients were abandoning his people.
'Commander, I have heard reports that your people are returning to Terra… why are we being abandoned in this dimension?' Gailic pressed. He was not thrilled about the prospect of being evacuated to another dimension, and many of the Furlings were angered that the Ancients would not give the Furlings their intergalactic hyper drive technology.
'We are not abandoning your people Ambassador. There were some complications with the transition between dimensions, seventy five percent of our population are not able to live in this universe without succumbing to an Ailment of physics' Zeraus replied.
'What kind of Ailment and are my people at risk?' Gailic asked.
'It is beyond your understanding Ambassador, but rest assured those of us that remain will keep you safe until our own universe is healed by the device on Dekara' Zeraus answered.
'Why have shields been erected around our new worlds, and our own star ships are forced to remain docked with the Olympus?' Gailic pressed.
'We have encountered a hostile species in this dimension, believe me these precautions are for your own safety Ambassador'
'If there is a threat to my people I wish to be informed of it immediately!' Gailic ordered.
'Please rest assured they are no threat to your people so long as you remain within our defenses'
'My people will not stand for this' Gailic announced, he was angered that the Ancients would hide knowledge of a possible threat in this new dimension from his people. 'Under the articles of the alliance, all information about any threat to any members must be shared openly'
'Very well Ambassador, I will give you access to all files regarding our encounters with the races of this dimension' Zeraus answered. He knew that the ambassador was right, they could not keep the Furlings in the dark about the current activities in this dimension, but the information about the humans' genetic connection to the ancients had nothing to do with the Furlings, and so would be omitted.
'Thank you commander' Gailic bowed his head and departed the command center. He quickly made for a transporter and keyed in his destination aboard the Furling star-liner Vorkoth.
LOCATION: Beta-Durani 4
SHIP: Vorkoth
Gailic viewed the information about the species in this galaxy, information that had been retrieved from the human ships, a Minbari scout ship, the Vorlon cruiser, A Narn cruiser and a Centari Cruiser. He was amazed that so many different species could coexist in such a small fraction of the galaxy. As far as he could tell the league of non aligned worlds only stretched through a single arm of this Milky Way galaxy. Everything beyond that was considered the 'rim' and not many that ventured to the rim ever returned. What caught his eye, and his heart the most was the report from the commander about his encounter with the Vorlon named Kosh and the revelation that a galactic war would soon wipe out many races in this galaxy. It was because of this revelation he had gathered the heads of the Furling government and asked Zeraus to join them as a representative of the Ancients.
'We cannot allow these bullies to simply wipe out these younger races!' Gailic stated with conviction, before the gathered council.
'What would you have us do?' A member of the ruling council asked.
'We can ally ourselves with the League of Non-Allied worlds, and give them our aide!' Gailic replied.
'What aide? We have a half dozen vessels capable of fighting… from what those reports state the League have a thousand times that number. We would make little difference!' A second council member stated.
'We may have fewer numbers, but our technology rivals theirs by more than a thousand years!' Gailic shouted. 'Even a hand full of ships could sway this war!'
'Maybe, if we were up against a single force, but the League doesn't even know that their greatest member will turn against them' the first council member stated.
'What of the Ancients, will you just stand by and watch entire civilizations fall?' Gailic directed this question at a silent Zeraus.
'We cannot become involved with this War, it is not our way, nor should it be yours!' Zeraus replied.
'Your ship could end this war without a single loss of life!' Gailic pleaded.
'The council's was informed of the situation, its decision was final, we will not get involved!' Zeraus stated before turning to leave the meeting.
Before he could reach the door Gailic opened his mouth 'Then I will take the Vorkath to Babylon 5, and offer them the support of the Furling Council. Will the Ancients stop me?'
Zeraus froze, he did not believe that the Furlings would have the will to defy the Ancients protection but he knew there was nothing he could do to stop them. They were after all a free people. He did not even turn around to give his answer 'Do what you must, but you will have no aide from my people!' he uttered and exited the meeting room.
From the observation deck outside the command center of the Olympus Zeraus looked out on the thousands of vessels making their way from Olympus to the Vortex and back, in the distance. The only thing separating him from space was the great shield that flared as ships entered and exited them. In the distance he watched as the Vorkath lifted off from a Peer and rose serenely into the air. He enjoyed the aesthetics of the Furling vessels, unlike his own kind, the Furling vessels had a grace about them and soared through the skies like giant birds, wings outstretched. Wings, for the ancients, had not been needed for as long as recorded history, to achieve flight. It was still a wonder to him how such a primitive race as the Furlings passed the ultimate test to join the alliance, and then he realized that though their knowledge was primitive, their hearts were more advanced than his own.
'I will not allow any harm to come to the Furlings, no matter what the cost' Zeraus whispered to himself and made his way to the communications center.
LOCATION: Babylon 5
PLACE: Command center.
Susan Ivonava watched the computer consoles like a hawk. The command center was rather uneventful today and she knew something major was going to happen any second. And then suddenly every station seemed to light up with warning klaxons.
Outside Babylon five a hyperspace window opened and the Furling cruiser Vorkath exited right next to the station.
'Captain Sheridan, you better get to the Command center immediately' Susan reported. Her scans were indicating that the alien vessel had an energy output ten times that of the entire station.
'Sir we are being hailed' the communications officer reported.
'On screen' Susan ordered.
In moments she was greeted by one of the strangest looking creatures she had ever seen, and considering she worked on Babylon 5 that was really saying something. 'I am ambassador Gailic of the Furling High Council, on behalf of the Council I wish to offer your people our services in the coming war' the creature stated.
'What kind of services are we talking here?' Susan asked, though she had a fair idea of what kind of services these creatures were capable of, considering the energy output of their ship.
'Unlike the Ancients, we will not stand idly by and watch your race's become extinct' Gailic stated 'May I come aboard so we may discuss this matter further?'
'Of course ambassador, would you like us to send a shuttle or would you like to use one of your own?'
'I take it your people do not have transport alcoves, a pity, I will send a transport vessel to your station!' the furling announced.
The image of the creature disappeared shortly afterwards as a very odd looking contraption left the aliens vessel. It appeared to be a ring, no more than 4 meters in diameter with some kind of engine attached to one side. The aliens would have to be incredibly small to fit in something like that, as the thickest section of the ring couldn't have been more than 30 centimeters.
As Ivoniva was contemplating how a creature that looked that weird could fit in a shuttle that small, the doors parted and in strolled Captain Sheridan followed closely by Garibaldi, the head of security, and Ambassador Delenn of the Minbari.
'So what's the emergency?' Sheridan asked.
'I think it's that thing!' Garibaldi replied, pointing to Furling cruiser. 'I've never seen anything like it… who does it belong too?'
'A species called the Furlings, they are sending a shuttle over' Susan replied.
'You mean that thing?' Garibaldi pointed at the transport. 'They must be tiny aliens to fit in that thing'
'The Furlings… isn't that the race the Alterians said they were protecting?' Sheridan asked.
'Yes' Delenn replied 'If they are truly the Furlings then they may be the key to bring the Alterians into the shadow war'
'Well let's get down to the docking port and greet them' Garibaldi stated and headed straight for the door, followed closely by everyone else.
TBC ... im still wondering whats going to happen next :)
Thanks for the reviews everyone... sorry if my grasp on the B5 universe is sucking at the moment. The B5 universe is going to change alot, the shadows and Vorlons are not going to be stopped by the first ones and sheridans fleet instead and theres going to be a little surprise involving babylon 4 (I dare ya to guess whats going to happen to it :) )