Babylon Five

Babylon 5 Promo Fan (5-7/8″ x 12-1/4″) – NEAR MINT. Babylon 5 was a popular science fiction television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, and ran for 5 seasons premiering on january 26. 1994. Set between the years 2257 and 2262, it depicts a future where Earth has sovereign states, and a unifying Earth government. Colonies within the solar system, and beyond, make up the Earth Alliance, and contact has been made with other spacefaring species. The ensemble cast portray alien ambassadorial staff and humans assigned to the 5-mile (8.0 km)-long Babylon 5 space station, a center for trade and diplomacy. Described as “one of the most complex programs on television,” the various story arcs drew upon the prophesies, religious zealotry, racial tensions, social pressures, and political rivalries which existed within each of their cultures, to create a contextual framework for the motivations and consequences of the protagonists’ actions. At the beginning of the series, five dominant civilizations are represented. The dominant species are the Humans, Minbari, Narn, Centauri, and the Vorlons. “The Shadows” and their various allies are malevolent species who appear later in the series. Several dozen less powerful species from the League of Non-Aligned Worlds appear, including the Drazi, Brakiri, Vree, Markab, and pak’ma’ra. The station’s first three predecessors (the original Babylon station, Babylon 2 and Babylon 3) were sabotaged or accidentally destroyed before their completion. The fourth station, Babylon 4, vanished without a trace twenty-four hours after it became fully operational. The television series takes its name from the Babylon 5 space station, located in the Epsilon Eridani star system, at the fifth Lagrangian point between the fictional planet Epsilon III and its moon. Babylon 5 is an O’Neill cylinder five miles long and a half-mile to a mile in diameter. Living areas accommodate the various alien species, providing differing atmospheres and gravities. Human visitors to the alien sectors are shown using breathing equipment and other measures to tolerate the conditions. The five seasons of the series each correspond to one fictional sequential year in the period 2258–2262. Each season shares its name with an episode that is central to that season’s plot. As the series starts, the Babylon 5 station is welcoming ambassadors from various races in the galaxy. Earth has just barely survived an accidental war with the much more powerful Minbari, who, despite their superior technology, mysteriously surrendered at the brink of the destruction of the human race during the Battle of the Line. This outstanding and SCARCE collectible was issued in 2006 to promote original Babylon 5 episodes that were available on line at www.in2TV.com. If you are a fan of Babylon 5, you’ll want this SCARCE piece for your collection. This item is in NEAR MINT condition. No collection of Babylon 5 items is complete without this outstanding collectible. See the scan for the great graphics on both sides of this item. All previous buyers of my TV promo items have been completely satisfied. The item will be sent via 1st Class mail in the USA. I will combine shipping to reduce charges for multiple items. Priority mail is also available. If interested, please inquire. Credit cards are accepted through PayPal.com. Many other Non-Sports items including Non-Sports cards, sets, wax packs, and empty display boxes are available from the 60s through the 90s. Please see my auctions and my eBay store for a wide variety of sports and non-sports collectibles. All items are packed with care to insure safe delivery. Please contact me if you have any questions. 10-22-15 — 0.7 Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.