Baptism of Fire

[Bester]

I was just reading the the summary of the Claudia Christian novel on amazon.co.uk. I found the following part very interesting:

When Babylon 5 is attacked by an aggressive unknown alien race, the Titans is dispatched to hunt them down.

Could this be a reference to the alien race that attacked B5 in A View from the Gallery? Could be a nice way to tie the novel into the events of S5 (and also a good way to provide a bit of added dimension to the "aliens of the week").

 

[Recoil]

I thought those aliens were deliberately "unknown" because they wanted the story to be about the two characters and their daily lives, rather than be an arc-developing story.

 

[Bester]

No doubt. And the episode worked fine. But "fleshing out" an alien race that posed such a massive threat can only be a good thing, IMO.

 

[B5_Obsessed]

No doubt. And the episode worked fine. But "fleshing out" an alien race that posed such a massive threat can only be a good thing, IMO.

Yeah, they could be tying in to established B5 history. The timeline is certainly right for it - although.... the Whitestars did really clean their chronometers, so this book would be more about taking the fight back to their door and seeking further retribution.

 

[Bester]

Nevermind...

Hi guys,

We have agreed to drop the entire novels project - it really wasn't going to go anywhere.

In their place, we have a new B5-related project waiting in the wings. More news on this soon!

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=26787

 

[KoshN]

Nevermind...

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=26787

Oh sure, and just when you guys were getting me curious enough to order the CC novel, even if I only read it as fan fiction.