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"Points of Departure" is the first episode of the second season of the science fiction television series ''Babylon 5''. It first aired on November 2, 1994.〔 The DVD brochure included with season two teases the episode by saying "New station chief Capt. John Sheridan is tested by a warship leader (Richard Grove) who wants to goad him into initiating a battle so that Minbari forces can justify a counterattack on Babylon 5." ''The A.V. Club'' argues that "if you want to understand ''Babylon 5's'' place in television history, you can grasp a lot in just the first few minutes of 'Points of Departure.'" One reason for this is because the show had just "replaced its protagonist ''and'' hero," something shows would no longer consider doing.〔 According to ''The A.V. Club'', a change made in the season two title credits, the additional line "The year the Great War came upon us all," is "a big promise to make... a huge change in the status quo, and television of the era didn't really go for huge changes to the status quo."〔 About this episode, Geek.com writes that "things have changed quite a bit, and trust me: they won't ever be the same again." ==Synopsis== Earth Alliance Destroyer ''EAS Agamemnon'' is seen orbiting an unspecified planet. Captain John Sheridan is heard informing an unspecified party that if they have any further trouble with hijackers to contact him and he will handle the situation. Sheridan then receives an incoming message from General William Hague, the Chairman of the EarthForce Joint Chiefs of Staff informing him of sightings of a renegade Minbari warcruiser, the ''Trigati'', and orders for "one other mission." In a voice-over we learn that Lieutenant Commander Ivanova is temporarily in command of Babylon 5 and that Jeffrey Sinclair, the Commander of Babylon 5, had been recalled to Earth 8 days earlier. The events from the last episode of season one are recounted. Ivanova then receives a message from Hague. He informs her that Sinclair is being reassigned permanently, as the new Earth Ambassador to Minbar, the Minbari homeworld - the first human allowed to live there. Sheridan has been appointed as the new commanding officer of Babylon 5. After his arrival, Ivanova gives Sheridan a tour of the station; he appears excited about his new command. Sheridan soon learns that the ''Trigati'' has been sighted in hyperspace near the station. The ''Trigati'' had participated in the historic Battle of the Line, the final battle of the Earth-Minbari War ten years earlier. When the Grey Council suddenly gave the order to surrender when the Minbari were on the verge of total victory, the ''Trigati'' had refused to surrender. Instead, the warship had gone into exile and had spent the years since the war roaming the galaxy. Sheridan believes that the re-appearance of the ''Trigati'' is a bad sign, especially since the Minbari still resent him as the "Starkiller", the human who destroyed their flagship, the ''Black Star'', during the war. Sheridan believes that the ''Trigati'' may attack the Babylon 5 station in revenge for him being named the new commander. The ''Trigati'' commander Kalain is arrested while apparently trying to kill Delenn. The ''Trigati'' soon exits hyperspace, approaches Babylon 5, and launches fighters. Babylon 5 activates defenses and launches fighters, but Sheridan has doubts as to whether the ''Trigati'' really intends to attack. He is suspicious because during the Earth-Minbari War the Minbari ships used stealth technology which made their ships impossible to detect on targeting sensors, yet the Babylon 5 sensors can target both the ''Trigati'' and her fighters. Kalain commits suicide in his jail cell. Sheridan realizes that the Minbari ship is trying to make it look as if the humans provoked an attack, so they can start the Earth-Minbari War again and die with honor. Sheridan tells Ivanova to send a signal via laser beam into hyperspace; the signal alerts another Minbari warcruiser, which exits hyperspace and orders the ''Trigati'' to surrender. The second Minbari cruiser fires a beam which destroys the ''Trigati's'' engines. Unable to escape, the ''Trigati'' destroys itself rather than surrender. Sheridan thanks the commander of the second Minbari cruiser for their help, but the Minbari commander tells him that the ''Trigatis destruction is a "dark day." As the episode ends, Sheridan finally gets to give his standard welcoming speech after assuming a new command. However, since the dome is on standby,〔http://jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-8503&query=36〕 no one is present in Command and Control (C&C) to hear it. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Points of Departure (Babylon 5)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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