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Yeah I think originally B4 would go to the future .

Then by the time they started filming Babylon Squared , it should have been the final episode of the show - a 20 year older Sinclair and Delenn steal Babylon Four to go back and fight another shadow war , in the past, a war without end.

Then we got only Sinclair going in s3 and ageing because of the time distortion , and Sheridan dying peacefully instead.

Once you get comfortable with the game : Don’t leave the squad members on auto pilot. Pause the game every now and then during combat to direct their firepower against the most dangerous enemies and use their power appropriately. If you see a Krogan or Geth Prime charging at you, you want some biotic lift or throw to get them out of the way (or even better , lift and THEN throw).

Use biotics like warp to disable Krogan regeneration powers. Use tech abilities like overload to shut down Geth shields . So many powers available in the game

Most of all - enjoy!

I remember in the UK reading all sorts of mixed up rumours about season three involving Babylon Four and an attack on Z’ha’Dum. So my assumption was that Babylon Four was going to reappear and be used to help in a battle at Z’ha’Dum in the finale.

I was not expecting a mid season appearance of Babylon 4 heading into the past, a space battle in Shadows Dancing and then a very different finale, but at least I could figure out what Z-minus x days was referring to …

Well both are needed. A united galaxy cannot defeat the Reapers. But the Crucible cannot reliably beat the Reapers without a united galaxy - there are loads of Codex entries showing how the Crucible gets built better and faster because of all the things Shepherd finds along the way, bits of advanced tech, Prothean writings, mathematical theories etc; getting the Crucible to the Citadel safely requires the full galactic army to take on the Reapers and distract them whilst the Crucible docks. If the army is not strong enough, then the crucible takes damage and when it fires, it fires imperfectly (if it takes major damage then you see the shockwave kills lots of people on Earth instead of perfectly destroying Reaper forces alone).

yeah i remember all of that at the time, was so stupid. Everyone wanted Emily Wong back and we got that weird IGN woman instead to curry favour with IGN. As if IGN wouldn't have given great reviews anyway ?!

Oh god VWR is absolutely unusable now. Have started avoiding them at all costs they’ve become utterly Useless

They never outright state whether the White Star has Minbari stealth technology but it would be bizarre to miss it out , and you’re right , Earthforce ships should not be able to target them (except for maybe the advanced shadow enhanced Destroyers in late s4).

Earthforce ships struggle in most fights but that seems to be mostly because the white stars are small fast and manoeuvrable, and so difficult targets , not because they have stealth tech. Even by early s2, Babylon 5 couldn’t overcome it so did Earth suddenly figure it out by s4?! I suppose it’s possible but there should have been a line making that explicit (for example end of s2, Welles of night watch boasts that Earth wouldn’t lose an Earth Minbari war).

I hated it. Teena Mulder has treated Fox abysmally for years - to top it off she commits suicide. The walkins leave weird messages that lead the parents at risk of arrest and Samantha basically just died years before the show even started.

The last few minutes are beautiful but it was a frustrating ending .

Also how come Jeffrey spender doesn’t remember having Samantha grow up with him? He just had a weird half sister turn up and then disappear?!

Yes it was a confusing mess having both changelings AND the Borg Queen as villains , and making one work for the other was just an odd choice. Bringing back Moriarty AND Lore was a bit excessive.

Strong agree. The first half of s1 was brilliant, so many interesting ideas. A tired, depressed Picard with Romulan housekeeper , a Borg cube held by the Romulans, a strange girl being hunted down.

Then it just went downhill and turned into a mass effect 3 rip-off.

Yeah I’m glad that Tolkien added that hint, that the Blue Wizards actually did something and undermined Sauron in the east whilst Gandalf and Saruman (and Radagast 😬 ) helped in the West. I hated the idea that they just went off and disappeared, how could the Valar have a 20% success rate with the Maiar they handpicked for the job?!

Glad you liked it!

CSM surviving the explosion in The Truth. CSM saying he's William's father through medical rape of Scully. Reyes serving CSM.

All of My Struggle 1-4 tbh.

Samantha Mulder's final fate. It was just ... not satisfying at all (as beautiful as the last 2 minutes of Closure are).

William's adoption ... I can live with it, I guess. Even though it made FAR more sense for Scully to simply take William and go on the run with Mulder.

As a Muslim, I have often appreciated the religious imagery and themes in Tolkien’s writings.

Tbh the parts I love the most are from his extended writings. One is the part in the statute of Miriel where the Valar are debating what to do about Miriel and Finwe. The Valar want Finwe to stay single but the other Valar say it’s unfair to expect him to stay alone for eternity when all other Eldar seem to find a partner or can expect their spouse to come back one day from death. Namo says we cannot compel people to do what we want just because it’s the better option

“We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That leadeth to tyranny, which disfigureth good and maketh it seem hateful. ‘Healing by final Hope, as Manwe hath spoken of it, is a law which one can give to oneself only; of others justice alone can be demanded. A ruler who discerning justice refuseth to it the sanction of law, demanding abnegation of rights and self- sacrifice, will not drive his subjects to these virtues, virtuous only if free, but by unnaturally making justice unlawful, will drive them rather to rebellion against all law. Not by such means will Arda be healed. (Taken from Morgoth’s Ring, HOME bk10)

The second is the Ahrabeth between Finrod and Andreth, where the human woman is despairing at how can humanity ever overcome Morgoth and the shadow he cast over the world, and Finrod says that humans have the potential to be greater than the Elves, and that humans must maintain faith that Eru will never abandon His Children forever.

Both of these resonate with Islamic principles of sabr = patience, having faith in God’s plan and being constant and in peace . Very similar with the word that Tolkien invented of estel (hope in Eru’s ultimate plan).

As someone who isn’t anywhere near as proficient in the game as most people on here … I’d rank in terms of difficulty that Snowflake was quite easy (and surprisingly fun) Bannerspear quite hard (I did end up ignoring most of the banners and formations and stuck to boring range attacks and healing) and Geminate and blink blade in between . Blink wasn’t anywhere near as difficult or complicated as I expected it to be .

Coral mechanism I found tedious

I've been more tempted by FH than GH to do that, especially if there are Oozes that keep wanting to multiply! But then I solved it by using one of the apps. Have you tried any of them? They are remarkably good at helping you track all the monster turns, health etc. I use X-haven assistant.

Only did one solo playthrough .

I started a group game last year , we played once lol. Finally got a second game in this year, one guy is clearly not enthusiastic but second is so we’ve managed another few scenarios together , it’s so much more enjoyable playing as a team. Also it’s fun actually knowing the rules better .

Also we are smashing the scenarios ; I struggled a lot with some early scenarios but our pair is doing so well (so far anyway).

JOTL scenario 3, I thought that when you drew a monster card that said “move+0” then it moved 0, not that it moved the basic movement with no extra bonus movement. So the monsters didn’t move much that scenario ….

I added monster curse cards to the monster deck because they all said “m” so I put it in the monster deck! For at least 2-3 scenarios.

I forgot about monsters flying for at least 2 early scenarios , because I wasn’t used to noticing that ability.

Probably more than I can remember