This article is about the Babylon 5 race, the Markab, for alternate meanings see Markab.
The Markab are a race in the fictional Babylon 5 universe. The Markab species largely became extinct in 2259 due to the Drafa Plague. There may still be some isolated colonies or outposts, but for all intents and purposes the Markab are a dead race.
Babylon5 is a center of political intrigue and conflict, and eventually becomes a pawn in a massive interstellar conflict from which it emerges with a victory over forces of darkness and chaos, albeit at great cost.
Babylon5 is often cited as raising the bar for science fiction television, using an arc-driven storytelling style now prevalent in science fiction and in mainstream drama.
Babylon5 also revolutionized the use of computer technology (using Amiga-based Video Toasters at first, and later Pentium and DEC Alpha-based systems [2]) in creating visual effects at a time when using models and miniatures was the norm.
Babylon5 is an epic science fiction television series created by, produced, and written by J.
The series consists of stories centered around a space station, Babylon5, meant as a gathering place for fostering peace and trade, but which ultimately became the epicenter of a massive interstellar conflict.
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