Mondo Londo
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Psi Corps Question: Who\'s in Charge?
We may have discussed this a while back, but I didn't quite find anything. Here goes:
I haven't read all the short stories, Dell novels, comic books, etc. But -- We know from the Psi Corps trilogy that
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Psi Corps was no longer being run for, of, and by the telepaths. In fact, over a course of many years, Psi Corps had become a tool of IPX, Corporate interests, President Clark, etc. Of course, this is the same cabal against which Sheridan revolts.
Bester was secretly fighting these people, and as the second book of the Psi Corps trilogy ended, he had just killed the Director of the Psi Corps (who was busy trying to kill Bester). At that point, Bester is just about off on his first trip to Babylon 5.
So, we see three three telepath crises developing.
1. Telepaths vrs. the Clark/IPX/Senate/Corporate managers who have taken over the Psi Corps.
2. Psi Corps vs. rogue telepaths (this is the telepath war we hear so much about).
3. Telepaths vrs. normals. This is something everyone fears; and which Bester (and William Edgars) are ultimately working toward.
My real question deals with #1. During Babylon 5, we see Bester fighting on the same side (sort of) as the B5 rebels. So, he hasn't completely beaten them (the "normals" running the Psi Corps) on his own by that point.
However, how much influence does Bester have within Psi Corps by that time, and by the time of the telepath war? Is his side winning the internal battle? Does his side win before the telepath wars starts?
We do know, that regardless of whether his people are in charge, the Psi Corps does lose the telepath war.
So, before the fall, how influential was Bester in the Psi Corps?
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"What's up, Drakh?"
Michael Garibaldi
[This message has been edited by Mondo Londo (edited January 26, 2002).]
We may have discussed this a while back, but I didn't quite find anything. Here goes:
I haven't read all the short stories, Dell novels, comic books, etc. But -- We know from the Psi Corps trilogy that
<table bgcolor=black><tr><td bgcolor=black><font size=1 color=white>Spoiler:</font></td></tr><tr><td><font size=2 color=black>
Psi Corps was no longer being run for, of, and by the telepaths. In fact, over a course of many years, Psi Corps had become a tool of IPX, Corporate interests, President Clark, etc. Of course, this is the same cabal against which Sheridan revolts.
Bester was secretly fighting these people, and as the second book of the Psi Corps trilogy ended, he had just killed the Director of the Psi Corps (who was busy trying to kill Bester). At that point, Bester is just about off on his first trip to Babylon 5.
So, we see three three telepath crises developing.
1. Telepaths vrs. the Clark/IPX/Senate/Corporate managers who have taken over the Psi Corps.
2. Psi Corps vs. rogue telepaths (this is the telepath war we hear so much about).
3. Telepaths vrs. normals. This is something everyone fears; and which Bester (and William Edgars) are ultimately working toward.
My real question deals with #1. During Babylon 5, we see Bester fighting on the same side (sort of) as the B5 rebels. So, he hasn't completely beaten them (the "normals" running the Psi Corps) on his own by that point.
However, how much influence does Bester have within Psi Corps by that time, and by the time of the telepath war? Is his side winning the internal battle? Does his side win before the telepath wars starts?
We do know, that regardless of whether his people are in charge, the Psi Corps does lose the telepath war.
So, before the fall, how influential was Bester in the Psi Corps?
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"What's up, Drakh?"
Michael Garibaldi
[This message has been edited by Mondo Londo (edited January 26, 2002).]
