The War Prayer

From The Great Machine

Episode Title: The War Prayer
Episode Number: S1E07
Original Air Date: March 9, 1994
DVD Release Date: November 5, 2002
Writer: D.C. Fontana
Director: Richard Compton
Guest Stars: Nancy Lee Grahn, Danica McKellar, Rodney Eastman, Tristan Rogers, Michael Paul Chan

1 Preview
2 Synopsis
- 2.1 Main Plot
3 Characters
- 3.1 Season 1 Cast

[edit] Preview

Home Guard members attempt a violent anti-alien campaign on Babyon 5.

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot, character development, or ending details follow.

Mayan, renowned Minbari poet and old friend of Delenn, is aboard the station to entertain the Minbari population and enlighten others of Minbari culture, when she is brutally attacked by masked members of the Home Guard, an isolationist terrorist group from Earth whose members seek to flush all alien influences out of human society.

Other violent attacks on non-humans concern and outrage the aliens aboard Babylon 5. One assault leaves Vir's nephew in a coma.

G'Kar stirs up trouble in the name of justice, trying to get the alien residents of Babylon 5 to rise up against their human neighbors, while uncomfortable questions about the influence of the Home Guard trouble Sinclair, who ultimately must take a direct hand in affairs. (Attrib: B5 LogBook [1])

[edit] Main Plot

The Home Guard decides that Babylon 5 is a prime location to target their anti-alien campaign.
Garibaldi and Sinclair must move quickly to halt the Home Guard's extremist activities.
Ivanova meets an old flame.