B5TECH.COM - The Babylon 5 Tech-Manual.

Joe Michael Straczynski
(for answering more than a few questions)
Tim Earls
(CGI directory for B5/Crusade, whom we thank for providing us with data on the sizes and abilities of many of the ships of the Babylon 5 Universe! View resources about Tim by going to The Warlock Project!)
Michael Wong
(Web-Master of the "I want YOU for the Galactic Empire" site. Thanks for providing me with lots of technical information, hard science, power generation figures and helping me to try and make this place as accurate as possible. Any sci-fi fan worth his salt should REALLY visit Michael's site... it is the GREATEST! Michael is one of my true, legitimate heroes. What can I say. I wanna' be like Mike. ^_^)
Mario Di Giacomo
(For allowing us use of material written by his person, and most importantly for compiling the VERY FIRST technical file on the Babylon 5 series, which has inspired all similar pages since. Download his original work by clicking HERE.)
Chris Sapiano
(for providing us with some great CGI images of the Olympus class Corvette, as well as photo stills from the TV show!)
Connor MacLeud
For helping with weapon calculations and math figures, and for sparing with me on all my figures.
Brian Young
For providing video clips and still frames, for use in essays and research, as well as providing the best alternative viewpoint with regards to the science and technology of Babylon 5.
Ern & Berry
Special thanks to Ern & Berry of WWW.JUMPNOW.DE who were kind enough to provide some screen captures and ref. material for this site. :)
Fabio Passaro
(who runs the MESHWEAVER for providing us with many of the great CGI images of the Minbari Sharlin class War-Cruiser, A-Shuttle and Crew Shuttle etc!)
Lars Joreteg
For providing several black&white images of the ships of Babylon 5. Lars also runs the popular website HYPERSPACE.
Gharlane of Eddore
(for information and theory about Quantium 40.)
Christopher Russo
(for letting us use some images from his Voltayre site.)
Craig P. Condu
(for providing us with some GREAT 3-D CGI images, from his "Epsilon Jump-Gate!" site!)
Karl, AKA G'Xan
(for always keeping us on our toes and that image of the Narn station)
William Boykin
(for his support and assistance in sorting out all the engineering and technical details, and finding a theory to explain Gravimetric Drive Engines.)
Eric E., AKA Ponch
(for his assisting with the theoretical tactics of space warfare)
and Time Warner Entertainment Co.
(for putting on a GOOD sci-fi series, and HELPING fan sites stay on the net.)

Thanks go out to the following magazines, books, and websites for the images and reference material:

If any source has not been credited, please contact the SYSOP so credit can be given.

LINKS TO BABYLON 5 CAST.
Enid-Ray Adams	Actress Enid-Ray Adams plays Firell a Minbari Ranger in the new series Legend of the Rangers
Mackenzie Gray:	Mackenzie Gray plays Minister Kafta in Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers.
Andreas Katsulas	Andreas Katsulas plays Narn ambassador G'Kar on Babylon 5 and is well known as one of Hollywood's best character actors.
Michael O'Hare	Broadway Actor of stage and screen, Michael O'Hare played Babylon 5's first commanding officer, Commander Jeffrey Sinclair.
Bruce Boxleitner	Bruce Boxleitner plays Babylon 5's former commander and current president of the Interstellar Alliance, John J. Sheridan.
Claudia Christian	Actress Claudia Christian played Commander Susan Ivanova on the series Babylon 5 for four years and is credited as being the first major sci-fi character to come out of the closet.
Jeri Doyle	Jeri Doyle, who has been both a successful businessman and actor plays Michael Garibaldi, Babylon 5's former security chief and CEO of Edger Industries. In addition to his business and acting career Mr. Doyle also has aspirations to becoming a representative to the US Congress.
Mira Furlan	Croatian born actress Mira Furlan and her husband Goran Gajic immigrated to the United States in November 1991. In 1994 Mira began playing the role she would become most famous for in the United States, Delenn - Minbari ambassador to Babylon 5.
Richard Biggs	Ohio native Richard Biggs stars as Doctor Steven Franklin on the series Babylon 5 and Crusade.
Bill Mummy	Former child star Bill Mummy played Babylon 5's Lennier, loyal attaché to Delenn who became a Ranger.
Peter Jurasik	Talented character actor Peter Jurasik plays Londo Molari, former ambassador to Babylon 5 and current Emperor of the Centauri Republic.
Patricia Tallman	Actress and former Stunt Woman Patricia Tallman played Babylon 5's resident telepath Lyta Alexander, and married actor who played Kosh.
Julie Caitlin Brown	Julie Caitlin Brown was the first actress to play G'Kar's attaché Na'Toth but left the show after it's first season. She later reprised her role in Babylon 5's final season.
Mary Kay Adams	Mary Kay Adams was the second actress to play Na'Toth for Babylon 5's second season and also played the Klingon Grilka on DS9.
Jason Carter	British born Actor Jason Carter played Ranger Marcus Cole on Babylon 5 and is credited as the template for the future Rangers.

LINKS TO OTHER TECHNICAL SITES

Hyperspace: This site was created by Lars Joreteg is one of the most popular Babylon 5 websites on the internet, dedicated to ships and races of the Babylon 5 universe. This site is a MUST link for all B5 fans.

Stardestroyer.net
Ever wanted to know how a war between "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" would really turn out? If you have than you've GOT to visit this site! Created by Mike Wong, who has a BASc in Mechanical Engineering, has created a detailed site listing the differences between TREK and WARS and all things in-between. This is definitely one site any fan of Science Fiction cannot miss!

BABYLON 5:
INTO THE FIRE
Website of the Official Video Game Archive of the defunct Babylon 5 flight simulator, this page is maintained by Drazi Guy of www.firstones.com and has a lot of insider information about the Babylon 5 universe and the ships of the Babylon races, including several never seen on the show.

Babtech on the Net: Written by Brian Young, this site is a nice alternative to B5TECH, with excelent essays on the science and technology of the Babylon 5 universe. This site has lots of videos and screen captures.

STAR WARS:
Technical Commentaries The ultimate scientific guide to the universe of "STAR WARS", this site created and maintained by Curtis Saxton, PhD student in theoretical astrophysics at the University of Sydney is the most complete site of REAL science applied to the single greatest science fiction universe in history. He also wrote the Star Wars Episode II cut-away book!

Daystrom Institute Technical Library On line since 1998, this website by Graham Kennedy takes an interesting look into the ships of the Star Trek universe, and includes some nice essays about Star Trek science and technology.

Starfleet Ship Designs
Created by Frank Gerratana, this site attempt to catalog all of the various starships seen used by STAR TREK's United Federation of Planets.

Robo-Tech
Technical Files
Peter Walker's Robo-Tech Technical page offers an in-depth look at the ships and weapons of the hit animated Sci-Fi epic, Robo-Tech! A must see for any Anime fan.

Galactica Technical
Data page
The GALACTICA technical page applies real science and physics to the short lived, but popular "Battlestar Galactica" series of 1978. Written by Brandon Bray and edited by Dexter Smith, this site lists technical data for ships, weapons, FTL travel and much more!

STAR WARS
vs.
STAR TREK
Frequently Asked Questions
Wayne Poe's "Star Wars vs. Star Trek" FAQ page is an inspiring site, filled with information outlining the truth of WHY and HOW the universe of Star Wars can kick Star Trek's butt! If your an ST or SW fan... you must read this page!

Nuclear Weapons
Frequently Asked
Questions
This site by Carry Sublette, deals with the realities of Nuclear weapons and their destructive capabilities. An excellent foundation for gauging the possible weapons of mass destruction we may see in the future.

LINKS TO B5 CGI MODLE, ART WORK, IMAGE & GAMES PAGES

FIRST ONES:
I've Found Her! Building their own Babylon 5 flight simulator game, this page is again maintained by Drazi Guy of www.firstones.com. Drazi Guy and his team have done a lot of great work and this websie shows how they have built their own, high quality, B5 flight simulator, with lots of images, screen-caps from the game, and info on making this game a reality!

MESHWEAVER A wonderful site filled with original CGI art work, this place has the BEST rendered image one can find of the Sharlin class Minbari War-Cruiser ANYWHERE on the web. Created and maintained by, Fabio Passaro the "Babylon 5 3-D Page" has several original CGI models found no where else on the web, and has some stills everyone will love!

JUMP NOW! The best screen capture website in the whole world wide web, JUMP NOW was built and maintained by Ern & Berry with an archive of DVD quality screen captures from every episode and movie in the Babylon 5 series. If you are a modeler, this place is a MUST for any B5 fan!

Babylon 5 - The place to be! Maintained by Holger Barton, "The place to be" really is a place to be! Filled with images, sounds, informationon the episodes etc., make this site a real pleasure to read! If you have a chance, give "The place to be" a look-see. -_^

PARALLAX 3D Opperated by Chris Guinn, Parallax 3D is one of the best websites out there for CGI models (they made the B5 model used here). If you need some CGI models, or you are looking for a nice CGI background for your decktop, Parallax 3D is the place to be!

THIRD SPACE An ally to B5TECH, THIRD-SPACE has B5 products available for download! Products include screen savers, programs, music files, midi files, 3D meshes, images, fonts, desktop themes, B5 Cell ringtones, and audio clips! A multimedia smorgasbord that you should be part of everyone’s links.

G'KANE'S SITE You want models, meshes, images and more? Than the best place to go is G'KANE's! Maintained by G'Kane, this web and it's creator have created more Babylon 5 clone meshes than any other site I know. Not only does he have the most models posted and available for download, but G'Kane also has some of the very best models, meshes etc. available! If you want the best... go to G'Kane's!

LINKS TO OTHER B5 PAGES

The Warlock Project: Created by ERTW, this site dedicated to the infamous WARLOCK class Advanced Destroyer. This site has a list of the available Warlock 3D, CGI models as well as comments for the ship's creator its self, TIM EARLS. This site is also home to the OFFICILIAL SIZE CHARTS of the ships of Babylon 5, created by Tim Earls for JMS himself!

Hyperspace: This site was created by Lars Joreteg is one of the most popular Babylon 5 websites on the Internet, dedicated to ships and races of the Babylon 5 universe. This site is a MUST link for all B5 fans.

ISN NEWS.NET:
A Guide to Babylon5 - Crusade Created by David Boyd, EXCALIBUR is the fore most guide to the upcoming "Babylon 5 - Crusade" series and news about all other B5 projects! With top-of-the-line news, original images and lots of information on the upcoming series, EXCALIBUR is the No. 1 site for "Crusade" and a MUST see for any true Babylon 5 fan.

B5TV.com Antony's www.b5tv.com is the one-stop guide to the new Babylon 5 spin-off series "Legend of the Rangers" with all the latest news, information, screen caps and actor/character information.

ALIEN SECTOR: Created by Mike Broam, ALIEN SECTOR is a general information site for "Babylon 5", with inf. on the ships, races and lots more! If there's a quick fact you need for B5, this is the place to go!

BABYLON 5
ENCYCLOPEDIA Brian O'Neill'S "Babylon 5 Encyclopedia" is one of the premier sites for information on Babylon 5, providing an alphabetical list of practically everything ever seen in the Babylon universe.

BABYLON 5 SIMULATIONS Don Parker's runs another SIM site, at ASG-IRC's where you can take command of a Starship and battle for the fate of the universe!.

TIGERCLAW'S
SCI-FI PAGES Created by Brandon Bray and many others, the "TIGERCLAW" site is a comment/debate page. Subjects include Babylon 5, Star Wars, Star Trek, Galactica, Stargate SG1 and Farscape. If your interested in chatting with other Sci-Fi fans, finding a pen-pal or just debating the current Sci-fi issues of the day, visit TIGERCLAW's. This page is a MUST see!

Voltayre Encyclopedia
Xenobiologica One of the oldest and most respected B5 sites, Christopher Russo's Voltayre Encyclopedia Xenobiologica is a wonderful resource for the races of Babylon 5.

LINKS TO OTHER PAGES

Kenpo Hi 5's
Karate Site! Fantastic web site dedicated to the premier martial art style in America.

Sev Trek
Cartoon-Strip Page A cartoon page that pokes fun at Star Trek - in a good way. Very funny, a must see!