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- Jack: Security officer aboard Babylon 5 who worked
as Security Chief Garibaldi’s aide during 2258. Garibaldi trusted and relied
upon Jack: he taught him everything he knew and treated him like a brother
(REVELATIONS) Unfortunately, Jack was a member of the new order on Earth and
was involved in the assassination of President Santiago in 2259. When Garibaldi
came too close to exposing the plan, Jack shot him in the back. Shortly after,
he killed several of his associates aboard the station, including Devereaux.
While Garibaldi was in a coma, Jack watched and waited for him to recover
and was ready to strike if the security chief could identify him (CHRYSALIS).
Jack was relieved when Garibaldi couldn’t remember who shot him, but was unaware
that he intended to ask Talia Winters to perform a scan on him in the hope
they might learn something. As a result, Garibaldi realized his assistant
had pulled the trigger. When Garibaldi asked Jack why he betrayed him, he
boasted that he was part of the "winning side." He seemed unafraid
when Garibaldi pointed out that shooting a superior officer was an act of
mutiny and he could be spaced. Before Jack could stand trial, President Clark
instructed Commander Sheridan to send the traitor and all the evidence on
the case to Earth. While en route to Earth, Jack was transferred from his
prison transport to another vessel which had all the correct Earthforce security
markers, authorization papers and access codes, but was not an Earthforce
ship. As a result, he disappeared without a trace. (REVELATIONS) (Played
by Macaulay Burton.) [BAB5]
- Jackson: Security officer aboard Babylon 5. (SPIDER)
[BAB5]
- Jacobs, Dr. Everett: A former teachedr at
Harvard University, Dr. Everett Jacobs later joined Earthforce and served
as Earth Alliance Vice-President Morgan Clark’s personal physician in 2258.
Jacobs examined Clark when he disembarked from Earthforce 1 a mere
24 hours before its destruction, claiming to have a viral infection. His test
showed the vice-president was perfectly fit, thus suggesting he had pretended
to be ill in order to leave the ship before it exploded. As far as Clark was
concerned, Jacobs knew too much, but he couldn’t have him killed straight
away in case it aroused suspicion. Clark waited a few months and was preparing
an accident for the physician when General Hagues’ operation learned what
was happening and helped Jacobs escape. He was sent to Io where he was supposed
to meet one of Hague’s contacts, but couldn’t find him and fled to Babylon
5. Earthforce Special Intelligence alerted the station Jacobs was wanted dead
or alive and despatched Derek Craston to coordinate the search for the doctor.
ESI claimed the doctor misused his security clearance to gain access to classified
information, including details of technology and covert operations, which
could ruin EarthGov and embarrass half a dozen non-aligned worlds. It then
suggested he had arrived on Babylon 5 to meet a buyer or arrange transport
to an alien world. However, Capt. Sheridan learned the truth about Jacobs
from one of Hague’s associates and instructed Security Chief Garibaldi and
Dr. Franklin to find the doctor before ESI. While on the station, Jacobs continued
to record a diary for his beloved wife, Mary, and used stims to stay awake
to avoid capture. He was taken hostage by an amoral bounty hunter, Max, and
held for ransom until Garibaldi and Franklin came to the rescue. He then gave
them a data crystal containing details of Clark’s examination. In order to
escape being detected by an intensive stationwide scan, Jacobs was placed
in an artificial coma and was hidden inside Ambassador Kosh’s ship. While
he was asleep, he could hear the ship signing to him, Jacobs was taken away
from the station by General Hague’s associates. (Played by Tony Steedman.)
(HUNTER) [BAB5]
- Jaddo, Urza: "The hero of the Battle of Gorash"
and the finest swordsman in the Couro Prido, Urza Jaddo was a lifelong friend
and ally of Londo Mollari. Urza’s capacity for Brivare was almost legendary
and he had never been beaten in a duel by Mollari. He was comfortably married
to Maruelia and always knew how to throw a banquet. As he grew older, Jaddo
became disillusioned with the Centauri Republic. He tired of its quest for
bloodshed and war as well as all of the accompanying political deceit. He
felt haunted by what he had seen on Garesh and felt more like a murderer than
a killer. In 2259, Urza Jaddo and his entire family were named as traitors
to the Centauri Republic by Lord Refa and his associates. When Urza asked
Mollari to help him save his family honor, he initially agreed to help. However,
the ambassador withdrew his support shortly after Refa told him that an alliance
could not save the Jaddo household and would only destroy the Mollari family.
Urza then challenged Londo to a morrargo and allowed his friend to kill him.
Later, Londo realized he had sacrificed his life to save the honor of his
family, who under the rules of the morrargo, became part of the Mollari household.
(Played by Carmen Argenziano.) (KNIVES) [BAB5]
- Ja’Doc: Narn aboard Babylon 5 who begged G’Kar not
to leave the station in 2260. Although his family knew they would be persecuted
by the Centauri until G’Kar surrendered to them, Ja’Doc told the former ambassador
that his family would rather die in the cause of freedom than live as slaves.
(STRIFE) [BAB5]
- Ja’Dog, Captain: Narn captain sent by Ambassador G’Kar
to save Catherine Sakai from Sigma 957. (Played by Michael McKenzie.) (MIND)
[BAB5]
- Japote: A Centauri food, best served fresh. Ambassador
Mollari is particularly fond of Japote. (KNIVES) [BAB5]
- jarheads: Common insult. (GROPOS) [BAB5]
- Ja’Toth, Councilor: The father of Na’Toth, Ja’Toth
was a follower of G’Lan. (PARLIAMENT, MEANS) [BAB5]
- Jensen: A former member of the Psi Corps who joined
forces with the underground railroad of unregistered telepaths. Jensen was
killed by Bester during a deep scan and revealed in his dying thought that
most of the unregistered telepaths were aboard Babylon 5. (RACE) [BAB5]
- Jha’dur: The infamous Dilgar war-criminal, also known as "Deathwalker."
Born in 2195, Jha’dur believed it was natural for the superior to control
the inferior. As a Dilgar warmaster, she was personally responsible for countless
deaths. She wiped out races, destroyed whole planets, and experimented on
living beings. Jha’dur led the Dilgar invasion of the non-aligned sectors
in 2230. She also conquered Hilak 7 before experimenting on its population.
Following the defeat of the Dilgar in 2232, Jha’dur disappeared and was sheltered
by the Wind Swords for more than 25 years. She provided them with weapon technology
later used in the Earth-Minbari War and developed her anti-agapic. In 2258,
Jha’dur arrived on Babylon 5 posing as a free trader, Gila Lobos, intending
to negotiate a settlement for her anti-agapic. When her true identity was
revealed, the League of Non-Aligned Worlds threatened to attack Babylon 5
unless she stool trial for crimes against sentients. Eventually it was agreed
Jha’dur would be sent to Earth to develop her anti-agapic with scientists
from the Earth Alliance and League of Non-Aligned Worlds. Jha’dur claimed
she wanted to give the universe the gift of immortality as a monument to her
extinct race. She later revealed that one of the key ingredients of her serum
had to come from living tissues, which meant a person could only live forever
at the expense of another. Thus Jha’dur hoped her anti-agapic would lead to
a bloody battle for eternal life across the universe. Just as her ship left
the station for Earth, it was destroyed by the Vorlons. (Played by Sarah
Douglas.) (DEATHWALKER) [BAB5]
- jhala: Non-alcoholic Centauri drink, best
served hot. Ambassador Mollari mainly drinks Jhala to recover from a hangover.
(PURPLE, VOICE I) [BAB5]
- Jinxo: See Jordan, Thomas. [BAB5]
- Jordan, Thomas: Thomas Jordan became a space construction
worker during the Earth-Minbari War because he was too young to fight in the
conflict. He subsequently worked as a grade 10 zero-gravity construction worker
on all five of the Babylon stations. Thomas said the day he started work on
the Babylon Station was the happiest day of his life. However, when the first
three Babylon stations were all destroyed when he took days off, he was nicknamed
"Jinxo" by his colleagues and also referred to as the Babylon Curse.
During the construction of Babylon 4, Thomas didn’t take any leave until the
station was finished. Twenty-four hours after it had become operational, he
decided he could leave the station. As his shuttle disappeared, Thomas looked
out of his window and saw the station disappear into a time warp. Unsurprisingly,
therefore, Thomas vowed to stay aboard Babylon 5. Once the station was complete,
he could have found a good job elsewhere, but Thomas refused to leave Babylon
5 and became a lurker. While living Down Below, he borrowed money from the
extortionist Deuce, who later gave Thomas 300 cycles to provide him with information
about the supply corridors across the station or pay him a staggering 100,000
credits. When Thomas questioned the size of his debt, Deuce blamed the radical
increase on inflation. Jinxo was unwilling to aid Deuce’s smuggling racket
and decided to try to pickpocket the money from visitors to the station. Unfortunately,
he made an incompetent thief and was arrested twice. As a result, when Thomas
was caught trying to steal Aldous Gajic’s credits by Garibaldi he was taken
before the Ombuds. Ombuds Wellington initially barred Thomas from the station
for five years, but changed his sentence when Gajic asked to take the young
man into his custody. While spending time with Aldous he was touched when
his benefactor told him he was a man of "infinite promise and goodness."
When Aldous sacrificed his life to save Thomas from Deuce, the former construction
worker decided to take up the quest for the Holy Grail. (Played by Tom
Booker.) (GRAIL) [BAB5]
- Jovian Sunspot: An exotic drink. Both Abbut and Captain
Sheridan enjoy the occasional Jovian Sunspot. (DEATHWALKER, SPIDER) [BAB5]
- J’Quoth’Tiel: The first Narn leader following the declaration
of Narn independence in 2228. (LAW) [BAB5]
- jumpgates: Huge, stationary constructions in space
which create jumppoints into hyperspace, also known as Vortex Generators.
When a ship enters a jumpgate, the gate registers its ID code and the ship
thus becomes liable for a fee. A jumpgate can be programmed to reject a ship’s
ID code, and during the Earth-Minbari War, all gates were programmed not to
transport Minbari ships. (SIGNS) Jumpgates also create dampening fields which
slow ships down as they leave hyperspace and enter normal space (GATHERING).
Almost all gates have a five-minute recharge time. Also see jumppoints and
hyperspace. [BAB5]
- jumppoints: Portals into hyperspace, normally generated
by jumpgates. Larger ships can create their own jumppoints, as can the White
Star. Also see jumpgates and hyperspace. [BAB5]
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