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Revision as of 05:43, 26 April 2010
The Raider Attack on Babylon 5 was the climactic battle in the conflict between the Raiders and the Earth Alliance. As a result of the battle, the Raider threat was effectively neutralized, at least until late 2261.
Prelude
A starfury is ambushed
The Raiders, growing bolder in their attacks against various starships, destroyed a lone Starfury on patrol near Babylon 5. It is unusual of Raider tactics to attack so near a major space station, and the small fighters employed by the Raiders had no access to a jumpgate in the area. Subsequently, Commander Sinclair of Babylon 5 took extra precautions to prevent the next Raider attack.
Provocation
A Centauri liner carrying Lord Kiro departs Babylon 5
A Raider mothership arrives
Meanwhile, Londo Mollari, Centauri Ambassador to Babylon 5, acquires an ancient Centauri artifact called The Eye. Raider informants aboard the station note this as well as the arrival of Lord Kiro, a Centauri noble.
On the other end of the Babylon 5 jumpgate, the freighter Achilles detects Raiders on their scanners. Babylon 5's Starfury Delta Wing, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Ivanova, heads through the jumpgate. On the other side, Ivanova leaves two Starfuries to guard the jumpgate, while the rest of the wing proceeds at maximum burn to the Achilles.
This movement is taking place farther from the station than the recent attacks. Suspicious that the supposed attack is a diversion while the bulk of the Raider forces attack the station, Commander Sinclair calls Delta Wing back to base.
Elsewhere on the station, Lord Kiro, the seer Lady Ladira, and Londo begin to depart the station. They are taken hostage by the Raider informants on the station.
Alpha Wing goes after the liner
Checking the station's departure schedule, Commander Sinclair sees that Kiro's Centauri liner is leaving the station. He heads down to the docking bay where he finds the Raider holding the three Centauri hostage. Following an incident involving a death threat for Kiro, the Raider proceeds to leave with the Centauri Lord on the liner. Sinclair, back in C'n'C, sends Alpha Wing, commanded by Security Chief Garibaldi after the liner. However, a jump-point forms near the station and a Raider mothership emerges.
The Battle
Raider fighters break off from the mothership
Alpha Wing Starfuries engage Raider fighters
As Raider fighters disembark from the mothership, Garibaldi's Alpha Wing of Starfuries prepare to engage them. A full-blown firefight ensues. Before long, Sinclair calls for the station's defense grid to assist in the battle.
During the confusion, the Centauri liner carrying Lord Kiro makes a safe landing inside the mothership's docking bay.
Endgame
A Raider fighter is picked off by a Starfury
Delta Wing enters the scene
The Raider mothership departs after its fighters are destroyed
As the battle heats up, Sinclair tells Garibaldi to drive the fighters to the aft end of the station. He instructs a C'n'C tech to calibrate the defense grid likewise.
Soon after, Ivanova's Delta Wing of Starfuries enter the scene. With the three-fold resistance of Garibaldi's Alpha Wing, Ivanova's Delta Wing, and the station's defense grid, the fighters do not last long. Each fighter is picked off and destroyed.
With the termination of the last of its fighters, the mothership opens a jump-point to flee.
Aftermath
Two Starfuries are lost, though the pilot of one managed to eject in time. Three other Starfuries were disabled. Babylon 5 suffers minor damage with a few injuries.
Kiro, revealed to be collaborating with the Raiders, shows the Eye to his co-conspirators. However, a large, black vessel unveils itself near the mothership and proceeds to destroy it with ease.