Chapter 44

Main Building EA outpost Edding 4: The members of both negotiating teams had filed in and taken their respective seats. A central table had been set up, and there were several documents in place on it, along with several pens. Senator Sobetski noticed that a third Minbari was present this morning, an older woman wearing dark blue robes. Delenn stood and looked at the EA delegates and bowed to them.

"Senator Sobetski, and distinguished delegates. I wish to introduce Miss Nishram, she is here as a representative of the worker caste. As you may have surmised by our appearances, Master Racine is of the warrior caste, and I am of the religious caste. Miss Nishram joins us today so that we, the Minbari people, may bring an end to the difficulties between us."

The senator stood and bowed to the Minbari delegation. "Miss Delenn, we welcome Miss Nishram to these proceedings, and hope that what we do here today lays the foundation for future peaceful relations between our peoples."

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Now both the Senator and Delenn moved to the central table and stood next to each other. Both of them then picked up a pen, and as they had discussed earlier, the Senator signed the first document and then moved it over in front of Delenn. After they had signed all of the documents, they each proceeded back to their respective tables. Next Commander Sheridan and Master Racine came up to the table, and signed the documents. After they had returned to their tables, Miss Nishram and Captain Grove came up to the table and signed the documents. After all of the documents were signed, and the delegates had returned to their tables, Racine stood up.

"Senator, we must request that your people do not announce that these negotiations are complete for at least 3 of your days. As you know, Captain Jankowsky is still enroute to Minbar, and we would not wish for anything to disrupt his proceedings."

She nodded, "We understand Master Racine. I will inform the President of today's events, and ask that she not announce it for 4 days. Hopefully that will be sufficient for you."

He nodded once, "Thank you Senator."

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Now Senator Sobetski pressed her comm. badge and some of the security people came in carrying trays with glasses on them. The glasses were placed in front of the delegates, and then they were filled with a lightly bubbling beverage.

She looked at the Minbari delegates, "Among my people, it is customary to toast a momentous occasion such as this with a beverage that we call Champagne. But Mr. Lennon, and Dr Franklin have informed me, that your people do not react well to alcohol. So I have instead found a substitute which I have been assured is potable to you."

Delenn looked at one of the Anla-shok, and he nodded his head. Senator Sobetski picked up her glass, and as she did the humans all stood up. At seeing this, the Minbari also rose. The humans all raised their glasses, and the Minbari did the same.

"I offer a toast to you that I heard was given by Mr. Lennon on the first day of his meeting with Commander Sheridan."

She held out her glass, "Do Isealzah."

The others all did the same, "Do Isealzah."

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Senator Sobetski's Quarters, Edding 4: During the post signing celebration, the senator had spoken to Miss Delenn about setting up an informal meeting. Now there were

Six people in her office, Delenn, Racine, Nishram, G'Kar, Captain Grove and Commander Sheridan. She smiled, and then looked at them.

"I'm not sure if any of you have heard anything about this, but an unusual idea has been brought up by several of our people."

She then told them of the Idea of a UN like organization, and what she believed could be the benefits of just such an idea.

Now Delenn stood up, "I was approached with this idea by a few of our Anla-shok, and some of the humans. I have seen the data of this organization known as the UN. I believe that this idea has great merit."

She then explained how such an organization could work today, and what races the two of them believed should be involved with it.

G'Kar stood and looked at everyone, "I have contacted certain members of my government, and they are not opposed to this idea. But there will be some in my government who will not want to have any dealings with the Centauri. It will take many sessions to work this out."

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When Delenn had mentioned the Vorlons, almost everyone just looked at her skeptically. Racine looked at her and she just smiled slightly. He took this look to mean that she had already spoken to the Vorlons, but he kept this thought to himself. He now looked at the Senator, "Miss Delenn is correct, this idea does have much merit, but it will take some doing on our parts to convince not only our people, but the other races as well. I believe that the Minbari people will see the wisdom in this, as do the Humans and the Narns. And I am sure that the Vorlons will see the wisdom in this as well. It is the Centauri that I am worried about."

Now Nishram spoke, "As he has said, the Centauri can be a very unpredictable people. But we of the worker caste have had many dealings with the Centauri over the years. I see the wisdom in this idea, and I will see to it that my caste works to help the Centauri see the wisdom in it as well."

Captain Grove was smiling, "Well it looks like all of us have taken a step to fulfilling the Senators toast. We are trying to make a better future for all of our people."

Now the Senator looked at everyone, "I agree with Captain Grove, we have taken a good step forward. And I agree with Miss Delenn, and I will do what ever I can to help my people to see the wisdom in this. And I believe that the President will be of the same mind as the rest of us."

She looked at Miss Nishram, "We to have had many dealings with the Centauri, and we can also try to help them see the wisdom in this. I suggest that we each go and talk to our respective governments and hopefully get things moving forward. I suggest that we meet here again tomorrow, and let each other know of our progress."

The others nodded in agreement, and began to file out to their respective quarters. After everyone else had left, the senator saw that Commander Sheridan was still there.

"Did you need something Commander?"

He shook his head, "No senator, I just wanted to let you know that I don't really have any connections, but my dad does. I'm going to talk to him and see if he can help out with this."

"Thank you commander, I'm sure that any help the ambassador can give will be greatly appreciated."

She looked at him, "Even with that, it's still going to be a hard struggle."

He smiled a little, "Anything worthwhile usually is senator." and then he left for his quarters.

The senator sat down at her desk and began to call the president.

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Delenn's quarters Edding 4: Racine, Nishram and Delenn entered her quarters, and Racine looked at her. "I saw the look that you gave me Delenn, I take it that you were not saying all that you know."

She nodded her head and now looked at Nishram. Before she could say anything, all of them felt a presence, and turned and saw a being in an environment suit. Racine and Delenn bowed, and Nishram also bowed. Delenn spoke to the Vorlon, "I take it you have heard what was said?"

They all heard the melodious answer, "Yes."

"Do your people approve of this Idea?"

"Yes."

"We bow to your wisdom and understanding of this matter."

Now Nishram looked cautiously at the Vorlon, "Can you help us to make the others understand?"

"We have."

Now the Vorlon seemed to vanish before their very eyes. Now Nishram looked at the others. "I don't believe that I will ever get used to them doing that."

Racine looked at her, "You knew of the Vorlon's on the ship?"

Delenn also looked at her, "How long have you known?"

She smiled at them, "It was people of my caste who brought the equipment on board the ship and set everything up for the Vorlons chambers. As per Duhkat's instructions."

Racine was a little surprised, as was Delenn.

"I have known about the Vorlon's since before we left for Zhahadoom. That was why I originally voted against the war with the humans."

Delenn looked at Racine, "It seems that we had an ally and did not even know it."

"So it would seem Delenn."

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Captain Groves Quarters, TCS Bull Run: When he arrived on the ship, Captain Grove went to his quarters and placed a scrambled call to Admiral Douglas. He had heard of what he called the BS sessions going on with his people and a few of the Anla-shok. But from what the Senator and Miss Delenn had said, he knew that this was more than just a BS session. He was soon looking at the Admiral, and he filled him in on what had happened today and what he knew of the BS sessions.

"This idea sounds like a good one Jeff. Do you think it has a chance?"

"Yes sir I do. But I also think that we could help it along."

"How so Jeff?"

"Well sir, Mr. G'Kar has said that there will be certain members in his government that may oppose the idea. I was thinking that perhaps we could give him a little bit of leverage to use in his arguments with his people."

The admiral just looked at him, "What sort of leverage?"

The Captain smiled a little, "I was thinking, maybe a few private sessions between some of the his people and some of our engineers."

The admiral looked at him for a moment, "Alright Jeff, but tell your people that they have to keep the talks limited for now, we don't want to give away all of our secrets all at once."

"Yes sir I understand. I'll talk to Mr. G'Kar right away."

After he ended the call, Captain Grove placed a call the G'Kar.

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Senator Sobetski's quarters, Edding 4: The next morning Delenn, Captain Grove, G'Kar and the senator sat down for a small session. "I'm glad that you could come today, I wanted to let you know that I spoke to President Levy, and she is very enthusiastic about what we discussed yesterday. She agrees that we need something like this, so that we can hopefully avoid future problems. She will speak to our people and get things started on Earth."

Captain Grove looked at her, "I've spoken to the Admiral, and he to likes the idea, he has asked me to tell you that we will do whatever we can to help bring this idea to life."

G'Kar looked at them, "I have spoken to my people as well, and I believe that we will have very little difficulty making the rest of our government see the benefits of this idea."

Delenn smiled, "It seems that we all have good news then. I have been able to contact the Vorlons, and they also agree with this idea. I believe that we all have taken a great step forward here. But we must be careful, and we must not forget that we still have to convince the Centauri."

G'Kar smirked, "That may not be an easy thing to do, but my people will try."

The senator looked at her, "As will mine Delenn."