In the Babylon 5science fiction universe, Nightwatch was a paramilitary organization set up during the Presidency of Morgan Clark. Like the Gestapo of NaziGermany, Nightwatch became the secret police organization of Clark's New Order. The Babylon 5 Station Babylon 5 is an epic science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... Articles related to Babylon 5 and Crusade: Spoiler warning: Alphabetically by Subject Contents: Top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z By Topic Episodes - Characters - Races - Locations Alphabetic Index... This is a list of Babylon 5 episodes. ... The following is a list of people involved in a significant way with the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... The Babylon 5 Station Babylon 5 is an epic science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A paramilitary is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion. ... In the Science Fiction series Babylon 5, Morgan William Clark was the president of the Earth Alliance. ... The Gestapo was the official secret police force of Nazi Germany. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... A secret police (sometimes political police) force is a police organization that operates in secret to enforce state security. ...
For a short while Zack Allen, a high ranking security officer of Babylon 5, was a member of the Nightwatch, although he did not take it very seriously. The Nightwatch presence on B5 ended when the station declared independance from the Earth Alliance. The Earth Alliance is the name of at least two fictional governments or alliances in modern science-fiction. ...
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.
In the show, 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 debuted on February 22, 1993 and ended on November 25, 1998 after 110 episodes.