Babylon 5 Security Manual (Paperback)

by James Mortimore (Author), Roger Clark (Author), Jim Mortimore (Author)

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For members of Babylon 5 Security Staff ONLY!

"Basically what you got here is a big tin can in outer space. It's five miles long and it's full of people: 250,000 on average. They all think they know the rules better than you do. Your job is to show 'em they do not."
--Michael Garibaldi
Chief Warrant Officer, Babylon 5

This definitive manual details everything you need to know about maintaining security aboard the Babylon 5 space station, from discharging a weapon in a confined space to diffusing a potential diplomatic incident between alien races. Here, Chief of Security Garibaldi and his successor Zack Allen share vital, highly sensitive information, including

 ¸  Complete knowledge of Babylon 5's structure, technical operations, personnel, and population
 ¸  Portraits of more than forty types of lifeforms throughout the galaxy
 ¸  Full technical illustrations of weapons, crafts, uniforms, and accessories
 ¸  Detailed maps of every deck, level, and section of Babylon 5
 ¸  Proper protocol, laws, combat, and emergency procedures
 ¸  Deep background on key personnel and dangerous inhabitants
 ¸  And much more

THE BABYLON 5 SECURITY MANUAL
For those ready to meet the challenge!

From the Publisher
Through trial and error (and books I won't name) I learned a hard lesson: don't do books unless the source material is good. Books based on movies and television have to stand on their own, entertain without the benefit of a screen. Exciting characters, action, mystery, political intrigue, technology, race relations, romance--excellent fiction incorporates all of the genres. With Babylon 5, the series had been envisioned as a five-year epic, and that epic sports one helluva backstory. That backstory has held the attention of millions of viewers for five seasons--these are dedicated and constant supporters.

All well and good, but I'd been stung before. Initially, I was skeptical. It wasn't until I visited the Babylon 5 studios, met with series creator J.Michael Straczynski, watched the actors at work, that I saw the creative spirit that drove them. The hours they put in are painful to watch. I'm pretty sure Straczynski doesn't actually sleep--he wrote the lion's share of the episodes, including two that won Hugo Awards.

So I was convinced. Now we've got four million hard-core viewers to convert. At least we know the target audience.

--Steve Saffel, Senior Editor

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey; 1 Amer ed edition (June 23, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345424530
• ISBN-13: 978-0345424532
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #498,236 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good book to have, May 27, 1999

By A Customer

I liked how they had the intro from Michael Garibaldi. I was laughing myself silly at his one liners throughout the book. Mainly I liked the focus on the things you don't get to see up close(eg the bathrooms) The crimes section is great too. The transcripts of the different cases in the show was good too. This would be a good book to have in conjunction with the A-Z guide and Andy Lane's books.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun for hard core fans, September 20, 2000

By	K. Watson (Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you're very into B5, then you will probably enjoy this item. It is good fun, with some interesting detail of the station (although if you're serious enough to buy such a book you will probably already know most of it).

My only real quibble would be that it isn't really that substantial, and after half an hour you feel like another one. :)

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Mortimore wrote this book for his writer's fee only, August 2, 1998

By A Customer

Review of Jim Mortimore's "Babylon 5 Security Manual" : I can honestly say that this is the absolute worst attempt at writing about Babylon 5 that I have EVER seen. Jim Mortimore brings practically NOTHING new to the B5 universe, instead choosing to simply bring back old news and never going any deeper than a surface analysis. And even then, most of his "conclusions" (if I'd dare call them that) are wrong (THE ALLIANCE OF FREE WORLDS???). This book clearly demonstrates that he had no interest in writing this book other than his writer's fee. Even info that has been firmly established during epsidoes is contradicted in Mortimore's book (according to him, telepaths rated P4 and under are not part of the Psi Corps...) He also manages to mispell critical words like Z'ha'dum (or Za'ha'dum two pages later) and Trigati (or Tragati). Comes in handy when you're too ignorant to bother looking things up or actually correcting the book you're selling. I must sa! y that I feel insulted that such trash has managed to be published bearing the name Babylon 5, which, since it first aired, has been a product of unquestionable quality-until now.