"We were the Rangers...and the watchers, born into a universe of failure, and of deception. We were the warriors who held the line in that time of destruction...that year of intolerance, an Age in which the Storm became a Hurricane...and the only force unyielding, was the force called BELIEF.

We held the linchpin of truth that would change everything, and be changed, and the things we did in this place would alter the course of history...forever.

The year was 2260.

The end of the Innocence. The beginning of the End. The end of the beginning.

And so, we called down the lightning...drew the line that none could cross. We came together, in the place named Babylon 5, and found the strength to do what had to be done...for we faced the extinction of our very souls..."

-from the writings of Jennifer Clifford

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RIMSTALKER, PHASE III:
"DARK CIRCLE"

Part 1: "Promises of Resolve"

As 2260 begins, William and his Rangers learn from Captain Sheridan what their new duties on Babylon 5 will be. Meanwhile, out in the League worlds, Walther Gideon arrives on a planet named Arcada VII; a planet later to be doomed by the choices its leaders have made...

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Part 2: "The Shifting Sands"

While William begins the task of building the Council that will govern the Rangers of Babylon 5, an Earth Force captain named Bethany Tikopai begins the long trial of her stand against the government of President Clark...

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Part 3: "Movements of Gravity and Treachery"

Strange things are going on in hyperspace...ships have been disappearing, both on the side of Light and on the side of Shadow. William and Walther are sent by their respective commanders to discover what is going on...and encounter a race named the Cha'hal'zhamon! Meanwhile, Captain Tikopai and her crew must deal with a traitor in their midst...

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Part 4: "Shades of Determination"
"Act I"   "Act II"   "Act III"

The Narn Spymaster, G'kael, continues his work of rebuilding what remains of his people's military at the world named Narhlak...while the Psi Corps sends several agents to try and capture Brianna. Meanwhile, Delenn assigns William the task of saving a Ranger trapped by design and fate, as Captain Tikopai begins to gather her rebel forces, to face the Darkness that is still to come.

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Part 5: "Shattered Visions"
"Act I"   "Act II"

Bethany Tikopai's and her fleet must run from, and are later forced to engage, the forces still loyal to Clark, while Jennifer and the Rangers of Babylon 5 decide to aid Captain Sheridan and Mr. Garibaldi in engaging the forces of the Nightwatch. Meanwhile, having sent the Ranger they have rescued on towards Babylon 5, William is told by Brianna to take the White Star 2 to Proxima III, to save someone who is critical to the future.

A girl named Julia Tikopai.

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Part 6: "Divisions of Triumph"

The events of April 13th, 2260...the day that Babylon 5 broke away from the Earth Alliance.   But from *slightly* different points of view...


Part 7: "Leaders and Followers"

In the aftermath of the battle, Julia begins to realize what aligning herself with the Rangers beneath William will mean...while Julia's mother, Captain Tikopai, is forced to repair and rearm her fleet of renegade destroyers and cruisers amidst the shadows of gathering war...

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Part 8: "The Hidden Hand of War"
"Act I"   "Act II"   "Act III"

What was bound to happen finally does, as the forces of the Cha'hal'zhamon come under attack by the Shadows and their servants, the Drakh. Meanwhile, a Shadow scoutship discovers the rebel Earth fleet, and William must move quickly to prevent its destruction...

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Part 9: "A Meeting at the Waterfall"

After the end of their most recent mission, William, Jennifer and their followers are summoned to Minbar by their leader, Jeffrey Sinclair, and each experience something very different, during the visit. Jennifer gets a very special birthday present from William... Brianna faces the wrath of her master, Ulkesh Naranek... Julia meets Jeffrey Sinclair... while Sinclair also gives to William a very specific task to perform...

To become the human commander of that force which will be known by future generations, as the White Star Fleet!

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Part 10: "Crossing the Borders of Belief"
"Act I"   "Act II"   "Act III"

Alkanion Verah, an Observer captured by the Shadows to do their bidding, is given the opportunity to escape. To help bring this about, William is called to his side, to aide him. Unfortunately, Brianna learns of this plan...and what the telepath knows, her Master, Ulkesh, soon also discovers...

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Part 11: "Desperate Measures"
"Act I"   "Act II"   "Act III"

Even as William and his Minbari counterpart in the White Star Fleet, Sha'vei Vikotal, beginning putting the new crews of the White Star Fleet through a rigorous series of practices, time is running out for everyone as the Shadows begin their random attacks across all of known space. Back on Minbar, Julia, who is confused by the departure of Entil'zha Sinclair from the Valley of Sorrows, receives a letter from a very unusual source, explaining...

Everything.

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Part 12: "A Light In the Darkness"

In a thousand years, how will the words the Observers write down, affect the Human Race? In this part, discover the answer to *that* question!

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Part 13: "The Wait of the Watched"

The year is almost over, and at her hiding place near the world named Narhlak, Bethany receives a letter from her daughter, explaining some of the things that she has been through, and some of the things she has seen...and many of the things she believes in. At the same time, Jennifer reunites with Mariallah Quesotz, the doctor from her old posting of Nighthawk, and explains why she isn't dead!

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Part 14: "Masters, Servants and Warriors"

It is time, at last, for the Rangers lead by William Westcastle, the Rimstalker, to make their stand against the Shadows. The practices have finished, the gathering of the swords is concluded. And even as his friends, his love and his followers watch on, the Rimstalker will gather a part of the White Star Fleet, and prepare to follow John Sheridan...into the Fire.

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Part 15: "In Fire, Ascendant"

To walk among the Rangers, this day, is to dance with Shadows. And to follow John Sheridan into the Battle of Sector 83 is to face the death that has been waiting for Westcastle since this all began, two years before. While to abandon his love and her follower where he thinks them safest, is to make what will be the greatest mistake of his life.

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Part 16: "Paradigm"

Westcastle returns from Sector 83, to find the impossible has occured; his love, and follower, Jennifer Clifford, has been kidnapped by the Shadows, and *her* follower, Julia Tikopai, lies near to death, having been attacked by their servants. The lure is obvious, and impossible to ignore, just as the Shadow Agent, Walther Gideon, intended...

It is the end of the Earth Year 2260...and Westcastle WILL go to Z'ha'dum, for a final confrontation with the man who has stolen the only thing in life he truly cares for. But who will live, and who will die, is in the balance...for John Sheridan has *also* gone to Z'ha'dum, on the first White Star...

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