Qeastion on the Drakh plage in B5 Universe

Ninja_Squirrel said:

He may have said this elsewhere too, but if you're talking about Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC, about three summers ago, I was there too and also remember him saying the same thing.

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That's the one. It was a nice con even if I did have to drive all night to get there in time for his panel that day.

Jan

KoshN said:

Legions of Fire - Book I - The Long Night of Centauri Prime
pg. 141 Technomage Kane (an initiate)
pg. 228 Technomage Kane
pg. 233 Technomage Kane
pg. 237 Technomages Kane, Gwynne and Finian (all initiates)
pg. 280 Technomages Kane, Gwynne and Finian (all initiates)

Legions of Fire - Book II - Armies of Light and Dark
pg. 1 12/14/2266 NOT 12/14/2267. All dates after this are off by one year. e.g. 2268 is really 2267. That way, they match up with Crusade. Remember, stuff on the screen trumps stuff in the books. Peter David just screwed this bit up.
pg. 41 Daltron 7 (Jan. 2267) - "A Call to Arms"
pg. 53 Vir & Kane...

Spoiler for re. Vir & Kane:

use a Shadow Death Cloud to destroy Xha'dam, the Shadow (Drakh operated) Weapons construction facility. That's why the Drakh only had one Death Cloud to use in "A Call to Arms."

pg. 57 Kane...

Spoiler for re. Kane:

dies, hit by three Drakh spikes.

pg. 58-59 Galen! (So this is where Galen flits off to when he leaves the Excalibur.)

Spoiler for re. Galen:

Galen destroys the Shadow jumpgate, IMHO, with his Spell of Destruction.

pg. 61 Death Cloud and Plague.

Spoiler for re. Death Cloud and Plague:

Originally, the Death Cloud was to be used on Earth, and the Shadow (Drakh) Plague was to be used on Minbar. When the IA stopped the Death Cloud from destroying Earth, the Drakh fell beck on their second weapon, the plague, and so Minbar was spared.

pg. 97 Galen.
pg. 128 The Excalibur and Captain Gideon are mentioned.
pg. 183 Garibaldi & Lou Welch.
pg. 187 Garibaldi, Lou Welch & G'Kar.
pg. 199-210 Lou Welch....

Spoiler for re. Lou Welch:

...dies on page 210.

Legions of Fire - Book III - Out of the Darkness
I made no Technomage notes in this book. They might be in there, but I didn't note anything. Without re-reading the book, I just don't know.

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So, this is the correct date ranges for the books?

Book 1 is from 2262 thru 2267.
Book 2 is from 2266 thru 2272 NOT 2267 thru 2273.
Book 3 is from 2273 thru 2277 NOT 2274 thru 2278.

That doesn't look right...

I'm guessing Book 1 needs a date change as well. Do the novels indicate months as well?

Found some info I had saved on my PC. Someone had done a complete breakdown of the trilogy with dating info from the books. I would link to the site but it seems to be gone now. Anyway, here is the dating info. The Journal Entries are almost all from Londo. The last few are Vir.

Legions of Fire Book 1: The Long Night of Centauri Prime (2262 thru 2267)
**Prologue -- Scene from "The Fall of Centauri Prime"
**Part 1 2262 - 2264 -- Nightfall (Chapter 1 thru Chapter 13)
**Part 2 2265 - 2267 -- Nighttime (Chapter 14 thru Chapter 22)

Legions of Fire Book 2: Armies of Light and Dark (2267 thru 2273)
**Chapter 1 thru 4
**Journal Entry 1/2268
**Chapter 5
**Journal Entry 6/2268
**Chapter 6 thru 7
**Journal Entry 8/2268
**Chapter 8 thru 9
**Journal Entry 3/2269
**Chapter 10
**Journal Entry 5/2270
**Chapter 11 thru 16
**Journal Entry 1/2271
**Chapter 17
**Journal Entry 4/2273

Legions of Fire Book 3: Out of the Darkness (2274 thru 2278)
**Journal Entry 5/2274
**Chapter 1 thru 2
**Journal Entry 3/2275
**Chapter 3 thru 5
**Journal Entry 9/2275
**Chapter 6
**Journal Entry 9/2275
**Chapter 7
**Journal Entry 9/2275
**Chapter 8 thru 9
**Journal Entry 9/2276
**Chapter 10 thru 13
**Journal Entry 11/2277
**Chapter 14
**Journal Entry 12/2277
**Chapter 15 thru 17
**Journal Entry 12/2277
**Chapter 18 thru 21
**Journal Entry 1/2278
**Chapter 22
**Journal Entry 1/2278 (Ties to "War Without End")
**Chapter 23 (Ties to "War Without End")
**Journal Entry 1/2278
**Chapter 24 thru 28
**Journal Entry 1/2278
**Chapter 29
**Journal Entry 1/2278
**Chapter 30
**Journal Entry 1/2278

KoshN said:

Spoiler for cure:

I was under the impression that the false cure would have been found toward the end of Season 1 or the beginning of Season 2, and that the real cure would have been found in mid-Season 2. I remember JMS being asked if the cure (and the person asking the question meant the real one.) would be found at the end of Season 5, and JMS replied <something, something> "....if not sooner." Naturally, I looked in http://www.jmsnews.com/ and couldn't find it. I know that "if not sooner" is the exact phrase in the post, but can't find the message in http://www.jmsnews.com/ . :brickwall:

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http://tinyurl.com/czmb8b

Bester said:

http://tinyurl.com/czmb8b

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That was the link I posted in #20, right after the "Aha!!!!!" The thing is, there were other JMS replies that discussed the false cure and the real cure, and the Excalibur crew being on the run, renegade, between the finding of the false cure and the real cure. They may have had some discussion of the timing of when each of the cures would be found (e.g. something like mid-Season 2).

This mentions traitors rather than renegades but covers the jist of what you were saying. Seems the becomeing 'traitors', the finding of the false cure and the realisation that is was false would have taken place before the end of season 2.

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/035/035907p1.html

lightsyder said:

So, this is the correct date ranges for the books?

Book 1 is from 2262 thru 2267.
Book 2 is from 2266 thru 2272 NOT 2267 thru 2273.
Book 3 is from 2273 thru 2277 NOT 2274 thru 2278.

That doesn't look right...

I'm guessing Book 1 needs a date change as well.

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Right, Book 1 would cover 2262 thru 2266, so the span would have to be reduced by 1 year. This is necessary to make the book line up with B5 Season 5 and A Call to Arms. Luckily, according to your post #23, there are no Journal Entries in Legions of Fire Book I. I'm taking your word for it, because I worked all night and am too tired to check. After I hit Submit, I'm going to go crash for awhile.