From SHA4VPF@cardiff.ac.ukSat May 27 12:03:37 1995 Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 12:50:13 GMT From: "Wing Commander Formosa. Gold Band A-3" To: babylon5-creative@netcom.com Subject: Range of Darkness. just a little ditty I cam up with last ngith while watching ITSoZ in the sleeping time of milennia the demons wait until a flyer on waxen wings arrives and stirs them from their slumber the flyer falls from star studded sky and dark servants go forth in their masters name as the remaining ancient prepares to face nightmares of old once more this time they are alone until the spiritual souls of valen the faded empire and those who could be giants band together to fight legends at the place of neutrality a haven stands where the starkiller sees possibilities and deals with the war in his soul as he learns to hear the song a soldier redeemed has seen their destiny and waits for it in a twisted future where death rides unseen and sacrifice means all hiding from pain the lady flies on red stars and black wings while her family patiently waits before claiming her when she is ready frail butterfly is more than she seems destined to touch and hear all around until choice of sides forces confrontation whit herself and her mind Sataii has changed to embrace all to bring tortured worls together but has yet to find her fate lies with 'the one' in a place that has been and will be again the old enemy stares on having glimpsed a distant future and found sweet ddeath waiting in the grip of the other Shown both sides he has chosen and what once was good has now changed for even as their wish is fulfilled their heart withers and blackens to lie empty the nine have seen danger but hesitation and division has brought decline and the eclisping of the souls as their 'brothers' rise in ascendancy spirits of mind and leader of alliance twist perceptions to run the world but resistance is growing by stealth until the time to take back our lives arrives while sides bicker dark forces gather and slowly return to the ruins of home and lay their plans for things to come the rangers travel far and wide and serve 'the one' of the Line who transcends time to the place of past and future that gathers the light to range against the Shadows of Z'ha'dun there you go. all views appreciated and can someone give me a verse by verse decipherment of the piece? the gauntlet is down. I dare ya. ==================================================== 'and the sky was full of stars' dave bowman 2001 'the sky was full of stars, and each one fo them an exploding ship' sinclair B5 whoa coincidence or what? ==================================================== From SHA4VPF@cardiff.ac.ukSat May 27 12:03:40 1995 Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 18:02:17 GMT From: Vincent Formosa To: babylon5-creative@netcom.com Subject: rangeofdarkness solution+other stuff Well, what can I say.the gauntlet was well and truly picked up and slapped back in my face. I'dlike to thank Truday A.Goold and Rick Jones for their efforts which were almost entirely correct.only two mistakes. here is the full decipherment line by line per verse with other comments thrown in as well. >in the sleeping time of milennia >the demons wait >until a flyer on waxen wings arrives >and stirs them from their slumber the thousand years since they were last beaten the shadows sleep when the icarus arrives and wakes them up >the flyer falls from star studded sky >and dark servants go forth in their masters name >as the remaining ancient prepares >to face nightmares of old once more Icarus is destroyed. Morden goes forth as the Vorlons prepare to fight once last time >this time they are alone >until the spiritual souls of valen >the faded empire >and those who could be giants >band together to fight legends the vorlons are alone this time until the mimbari the centauri and the earth alliance band together >at the place of neutrality a haven stands >where the starkiller sees possibilities >and deals with the war in his soul >as he learns to hear the song on B5 sheridan sees conspiracies while he mourns anna and is taught by kosh >a soldier redeemed has seen their destiny >and waits for it in a twisted future >where death rides unseen >and sacrifice means all this verse is one of the mistakes. both trudy and rick thought it is about sincalir it isn't garibaldi is redeemed because he was an alchoholic but is now backon the straight and narrow. the twisted future is the vision he sees in babylon squared.death riding unseen is the invisible thing coming throught the wall. sacrifice means all is where he holds the fort for sinclair to get away. >hiding from pain >the lady flies on red stars and black wings >while her family patiently waits >before claiming her when she is ready Ivanova red star on her star fury, black wings=the raven on her shoulder in sheridans vision got her family hanging in the background waiting for her to pop her clogs.(Ivanova is the only one with no ccertain future.I guess she'll developtelepathic powers, *or* she'salready got them) >frail butterfly is more than she seems >destined to touch and hear all around >until choice of sides forces confrontation >whit herself and her mind Talia winters with her enhanced powers courtesy of strongheart second line is telepathy I see a definite conflict where talia must make a choice in the future >Sataii has changed to embrace all >to bring tortured worls together >but has yet to find her fate lies with 'the one' >n a place that has been >and will be again Delenn and her metamorphosis it's purpose the future sinclair in babylon squared with who we assume (at the moment) is delenn. Babylon 4 t>he old enemy stares on >having glimpsed a distant future >and found sweet ddeath waiting >in the grip of the other this was the other mistake right vision. wrong person this is g'kar and his vision of strangling londo to death while Londo does the same to him. >Shown both sides he has chosen >and what once was good has now changed >for even as their wish is fulfilled >their heart withers and blackens to lie empty this is about londo.he is asked what he wants he picks and changes. londo is probably now trapped by circumstance and in my opinion willbecome the real tragic hero of B5.will he sacrifice everything to redeem himself. stay tuned. >the nine have seen danger >but hesitation and division has brought decline >and the eclisping of the souls >as their 'brothers' rise in ascendancy the grey council with their vision of the shadows. the growing division between the warrior and religious castes. they are losing their soulds to..... humans, (who delenn say could be giants, metaphorically speaking) >spirits of mind and leader of alliance >twist perceptions to run the world >but resistance is growing by stealth >until the time to take back our lives arrives Psi-corpand president clark doing some pretty nasty stuff to keep control while general hague and crew wait their time to strike >while sides bicker >dark forces gather >and slowly return to the ruins of home >and lay their plans for things to come simple the shadows returning home >the rangers travel far and wide >and serve 'the one' of the Line who transcends time >to the place of past and future that gathers the light >to range against the Shadows of Z'ha'dun the rangers sinclair Babylon 4 (remember what zathras said) to fight the shadows in the future. there you go. one fulltranscript. my congrats on getting through it so quick. ciao everyone. By the way. Most of my stuff about the "last 4 episodes" was laced with sarcasm. a form of humour. I cannot beleive how seriously some people have taken this sheesh.