I'm waiting for him to hit someone upside the head with an aluminum baseball bat, personally. But then, I have very schizoid logic processes and sail the Seas of Cheese occasionally.

Ebony the Black Dragon
aka Draco Draconis Ebenium
known to Les Claypool as Aaron F. Johnson,
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That's alright. I'm just waiting for Soundwave to do a walk-on wearing a T-shirt reading "Primus Sucks!"

--rR

>>Minor observation: For some reason I never realised what system Bajor
>>was in before. Did I miss some forshadowing again, or what?
>
>I don't think the Star Trek version of Bajor is in Epsilon
>Eridani. I believe it's supposed to be much further from Earth than
>that.
>
Exactly. In the 'source' it seemed way out there, and I'd only heard "Bajor" and "Bajoran space" but never really knew what the STAR was called. I figured I'd missed something. Then again, Even when you did say Eps. Edrani, I didn't place it at first cause I never rememberd hearing what system it was that the orginal B-5 was built in either, save that it was punativly Neutral teriroty for everyone.

>>Hoshi: Shouldn't she be missing on the NX-01 with Archer and crew?
>>Well, I guess not, since she's here. But what position does she have,
>>since Vision clearly has the equivalent of her job on Challenger?
>
>Vision is the Information and Communications Systems Officer,
>which is basically the equivalent of being the ship's sysadmin. Sato
>is the chief Communications Officer, which means she talks to
>people.
>
Ok, that makes sense. Vision would have the responsibility for making certian that the comm system WORKS, while Hoshi is the one who does the talking. Makes sense, since Vision does have a vested interest in making certain her home stays on-line and connected to other places as needed; but not as much in talking to non IPO personnel.

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Vaughn doesn't know I exist. I guess this explains why the rest of reality keeps ignoring me as well. >_<

Ah. Yeah... in Star Trek, the star is only ever referred to (as far as I can recall) by its local name, Bajor-B'hava'el. They never mention what its Earth astronomy name is (assuming it's visible from Earth).

>Then again, Even when you
>did say Eps. Edrani, I didn't place it at first cause I never
>rememberd hearing what system it was that the orginal B-5 was built in
>either, save that it was punativly Neutral teriroty for everyone.

I'm not entirely certain that they ever came right out and said that Babylon 5 was in Epsilon Eridani. The planet it orbits is usually just called "Epsilon III". The Babylon 5 universe is pretty small, though, compared to, say, Star Trek, so it's entirely conceivable that such a relatively nearby star could be in neutral territory in that universe.

FWIW, the Babylon Project gamebook does identify the planet as Epsilon Eridani III. Game sources aren't the most reliable of data, but for my purposes, well, I didn't really care that much.

Anyway. In the UF universe, Bajor-B'hava'el is the local name for Epsilon Eridani. Given that the culture of the local area is Earth-centric (even more so than in Star Trek, almost nobody ever calls it Bajor-B'hava'el other than Bajorans, though at least most people are polite enough to call the planet Bajor and not Epsilon III.

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>>Then again, Even when you
>>did say Eps. Edrani, I didn't place it at first cause I never
>>rememberd hearing what system it was that the orginal B-5 was built in
>>either, save that it was punativly Neutral teriroty for everyone.
>
>I'm not entirely certain that they ever came right out and said that
>Babylon 5 was in Epsilon Eridani. The planet it orbits is usually
>just called "Epsilon III". The Babylon 5 universe is pretty
>small, though, compared to, say, Star Trek, so it's entirely
>conceivable that such a relatively nearby star could be in neutral
>territory in that universe.

It's not stated in the -show-, but JMS has said it's Epsilon Eridiani.

Which is not to say that it couldn't be someplace else if the plot demanded it, but as the show's over, that doesn't matter.

Blessed be.
Nathan Baxter