Chapter 38

Author's notes: Sorry about the delay in posting, but the real world sometimes gets in the way of writing. But be of good cheer and have a happy heart, for the story isn't ended yet.

Mess hall 5 TCS Bull Run: Nossan and Megan were sitting at one of the tables, and they could tell that the mood on the ship had changed. Ever since the ship from the Earth Alliance had arrived, the underlying tone on the ship was much different. Even Nossan could feel the difference in the way some of the crew looked at him and the other Anla-shok.

"Megan, why has everyone's mood changed so rapidly?"

She looked at him for a moment, "You don't know do you?"

"Know what?"

She looked at him, and he could see the sadness in her eyes.

"The EA ship is bringing the Captain who caused the death of Duhkat here."

Nossan was amazed, he had heard the rumors of the Minbari demands, but a small part of him had hoped that they weren't true.

"I now understand."

Megan looked at him, "Why Nossan, why take the life of this one man."

"Meg, I don't agree with the demands, but I can understand them. Many of our warriors will not be satisfied until someone is punished for Duhkat's death."

Megan looked at him, and the sadness was still in her eyes.

"But punishing him won't bring back Duhkat. And revenge doesn't serve any useful purpose."

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"I disagree Miss Daniels."

They both looked up and saw Mr. G'Kar standing there. "Revenge serves many purposes. It can drive a people to gain their freedom, or it can bring closure to one who is hurting."

She just looked at him, "But when does the vengeance end?"

He looked at her, and she saw a look of what she might have called doubt. "That Miss Daniels, can only be answered by the people who have been wronged."

He sat down next to them, "As in the case of my people, I can say that many of us still want revenge against the Centauri for what they did to us. And those feelings may last for a long time."

She just looked at him, "Well I still think that there has to be a better way."

"You're right, there must be a better way." they all looked up and saw Lt Commander Sinclair standing there.

"Ah Commander, won't you join us." G'Kar offered. "We are having a rather delightful talk on the usefulness of revenge."

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The Commander sat down next to Nossan, "I disagree Mr. G'Kar, and revenge is a very dangerous thing. It can color your judgments of a person, or maybe an entire people."

Nosann looked at him, "So what would you suggest Commander?"

"I don't know Nosann. Maybe setting aside a neutral planet where beings of the different races could come together and discuss their problems."

G'Kar looked at them, "That wouldn't work, some one would get angry and sooner or later they would attack the planet from orbit."

Megan looked at him, "Well then, how about a space station. One that could defend itself from attacks, but still offer people a place were they could talk out their differences and problems."

Sinclair snickered, "Sort of like a floating UN?"

Megan looked at him for a moment, and remembered her history lessons. "Exactly Commander."

G'Kar and Nossan looked at them with bewildered looks. Nosann just had to ask, "A UN?"

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Commander Sinclair looked at them, "In the latter half of the 20th Century, a large majority of the nations on Earth had just suffered through a terrible world war. Our second in less than 50 years. So they came together and formed an organization called the United Nations. The idea was to have a neutral area where the members could come together and talk out their problems rather than fight them out. The idea was good, but it didn't work out as well as everyone had hoped. Many people believe that the UN was our peoples first step toward a single governing body."

G'Kar looked at him, "So what became of this UN?"

"Well when the Centauri arrived, and our people finally had proof that we weren't alone in the Galaxy, the UN was transformed into the Earth Alliance. But unlike the UN, The EA also was composed of the larger corporations of Earth."

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G'Kar looked at the three of them, "It's a grand idea, but most of the space faring races would never go for it. They all have their own agenda's, and would most likely destroy a place like that."

Megan smiled, "Would they do that if the larger Space faring races were running it?"

He looked at her, "Like whom?"

She smiled a little, "Well, like the EA and the Minbari."

Now Nosann smiled, "Yes I see your point Megan, but our two people couldn't be the only ones. There would have to be others."

G'Kar smiled, "Like the Narns?"

Nosann nodded, "Yes exactly, but also the Centauri."

G'Kar sighed, "I don't think my people would go for that."

Sinclair looked at him, "That's to bad G'Kar. Because I can't think of a better way to show the beings of the universe that peace is possible."

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G'Kar just looked at him and Sinclair continued, "Imagine how it would look if the Narns and the Centauri, former bitter enemies. And the Humans and the Minbari, former bitter enemies. All came together to work for peace."

Megan looked at the Commander, "You forgetting something Commander."

He looked at her, "I am?"

"Yes sir, even if we got all four groups together, their still an even number."

G'Kar looked at her, "What do you mean?"

"Well, what I mean is that the UN had a central council, the eh, the Security Council. They were the major nations that first formed the UN. And there was an odd number, so that the chances of a tie in any voting situation was very small."

G'Kar looked at them, "So who would you suggest, a member of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds?"

Nossan looked at them now, "No, it must be someone much stronger."

A look flashed across his face, "I know just the right race, The Vorlons."

Sinclair and G'Kar just looked at him. G'Kar smiled, "My dear Nosann, the Vorlons are one of the oldest races, why would they go along with something like this?"

Nosann smiled, "My people have had relations with the Vorlons for more than a thousand years. I am sure that they would see the wisdom in this."

G'Kar sat and thought for a moment, "Now let's just assume for the sake of argument that the Vorlons were to agree. You do know that something like this will take a long time to bring about."

Sinclair smiled, "Then we had better get started on making it happen."

The four of them then started to discuss plans to make this idea a real possibility.