Voices of Authority

"Voices of Authority"
Babylon 5 episode
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 5
Directed by	Menachem Binitsky
Written by	J. Michael Straczynski
Production code	304
Original air date	29 January 1996
Guest appearance(s)
John Schuck (Draal) Shari Shattuck (Julie Musante)
Episode chronology

"Voices of Authority" is an episode from the third season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.

Synopsis

Ivanova and Marcus go in search of the First Ones with Draal's guidance. A new political officer, Julie Musante (Shari Shattuck), is assigned to Babylon 5. Sheridan has to deal with her inquiries while keeping the 'Conspiracy of Light' a secret. Her methods of getting closer to Sheridan include a seduction attempt. Susan uses The Great Machine to examine Sigma 957 and ends up seeing and recording a past transmission from Vice President Clark involving the assassination of the former president. G'Kar confronts Delenn about the War Council and the Rangers.

Arc significance

Musante arrives at Babylon 5 to serve as the political officer. She seeks to extend and expand the scope of the Nightwatch force, while attempting to impose political oversight over the staff.
Draal (John Schuck), the Minbari custodian of The Great Machine on Epsilon 3, makes a reappearance to help Ivanova locate the First Ones.
Contact is made with the First Ones - the Walkers at Sigma 957, attempting to rally them in the war against the Shadows. This particular ship appears in Season One in Mind War.
Through the use of the Great Machine, Susan Ivanova is able to inadvertently uncover new evidence that President Clark was involved in President Santiago's assassination. This video evidence is made public, in which the voice of Mr Morden is heard talking to Vice President Morgan Clark, implicating them both in the assassination conspiracy.
In response to Ivanova finding the evidence that President Santiago's assassination was arranged by Clark, Draal states that "A normal human mind should not have been able to do that", confirming that she does have some latent telepathic ability.

Production details

In the episode notes on the Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5, JMS says that the best translation of the word "ZOG" (which the Walkers of Sigma-957 say to Ivanova when she first mentions the Vorlons) is basically "The Vorlons can kiss my ***".

External links

Voices of Authority at The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5

Babylon 5

Series	Episodes The Gathering In the Beginning Thirdspace The River of Souls A Call to Arms The Legend of the Rangers The Lost Tales Crusade Episodes

Characters	Lyta Alexander Zack Allan Alfred Bester Byron Marcus Cole Vir Cotto Delenn Dukhat Stephen Franklin G'Kar Michael Garibaldi Susan Ivanova Kosh Naranek Lennier Elizabeth Lochley Lorien Londo Mollari Morden Na'Toth Lord Refa John Sheridan Jeffrey Sinclair Ulkesh Talia Winters Zathras

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Wars	Centauri-Narn War Dilgar War Earth Alliance Civil War Earth–Minbari War Shadow War Telepath War

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Babylon 5 episodes

Season 1	Midnight on the Firing Line Soul Hunter Born to the Purple Infection The Parliament of Dreams Mind War The War Prayer And the Sky Full of Stars Deathwalker Believers Survivors By Any Means Necessary Signs and Portents TKO Grail Eyes Legacies A Voice in the Wilderness (Parts 1 & 2) Babylon Squared The Quality of Mercy Chrysalis

Season 2	Points of Departure Revelations The Geometry of Shadows A Distant Star The Long Dark Spider in the Web Soul Mates A Race Through Dark Places The Coming of Shadows Gropos All Alone in the Night Acts of Sacrifice Hunter, Prey There All the Honor Lies And Now for a Word In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum Knives Confessions and Lamentations Divided Loyalties The Long, Twilight Struggle Comes the Inquisitor The Fall of Night

Season 3	Matters of Honor Convictions A Day in the Strife Passing Through Gethsemane Voices of Authority Dust to Dust Exogenesis Messages from Earth Point of No Return Severed Dreams Ceremonies of Light and Dark Sic Transit Vir A Late Delivery from Avalon Ship of Tears Interludes and Examinations War Without End (Parts 1 & 2) Walkabout Grey 17 Is Missing And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place Shadow Dancing Z'ha'dum

Season 4	The Hour of the Wolf Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi? The Summoning Falling Toward Apotheosis The Long Night Into the Fire Epiphanies The Illusion of Truth Atonement Racing Mars Lines of Communication Conflicts of Interest Rumors, Bargains and Lies Moments of Transition No Surrender, No Retreat The Exercise of Vital Powers The Face of the Enemy Intersections in Real Time Between the Darkness and the Light Endgame Rising Star The Deconstruction of Falling Stars

Season 5	No Compromises The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari The Paragon of Animals A View from the Gallery Learning Curve Strange Relations Secrets of the Soul Day of the Dead In the Kingdom of the Blind A Tragedy of Telepaths Phoenix Rising The Ragged Edge The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father Meditations on the Abyss Darkness Ascending And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder Movements of Fire and Shadow The Fall of Centauri Prime The Wheel of Fire Objects in Motion Objects at Rest Sleeping in Light

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