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Crusade

Crusade is a spin-off TV show from J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5. Its plot is set in the year 2267 A.D., several years after the events in Babylon 5, just after the movie A Call to Arms. A race called the Drakh have released a nanovirus plague on Earth, which will destroy all life on Earth within five years if it is not stopped. To that end, the destroyer Excalibur has been sent out to look for anything that could help the search for a cure.

Like Babylon 5, Crusade was intended to have a five-year story arc, although as Straczynski notes in the DVD commentary for A Call To Arms, it was intended to resolve the Drakh plague after a season or two and move onto other arcs. However, conflicts arose between the producers and executives at TNT, and production was cancelled before the first episode was broadcast. TNT's research had indicated that the audience for Babylon 5 did not watch other TNT programming, and likewise TNT's main audience was not watching the show, making another related program unattractive to the network's management.

Straczynski believes that the network's "interference" with the production was an attempt to get out of their contract by allowing them to argue that he failed to deliver the series they wanted. Thirteen episodes were made and broadcast by TNT, with at least four more scripted. The Sci-Fi Channel attempted to pick up the show and continue production, but was unable to find room in its budget.

In 2267, seven years after the end of the Shadow War the Drakh, a former ally of the Shadows, attempt to destroy the Earth with a leftover Shadow Planet Killer. Interstellar Alliance president John Sheridan takes command of the Excalibur and Victory and leads the EarthForce and ISA fleets to victory. Despite their defeat, the Drakh manage to release a nanovirus weapon into Earth's atmosphere, infecting everyone on the planet. In five years the plague will destroy all life on the planet. The Victory was destroyed in the battle, but the Excalibur survived. Command is turned over to Captain Matthew Gideon who is given a mission: explore the galaxy to either find a cure or an ally capable of producing one("War Zone").

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Crusade Episodes

Crusade 1st Season Summer 1999

1. 1- 1 108 9 Jun 99 War Zone
2. 1- 2 107 16 Jun 99 The Long Road
3. 1- 3 106 23 Jun 99 The Well of Forever
4. 1- 4 109 30 Jun 99 The Path of Sorrows
5. 1- 5 110 7 Jul 99 Patterns of the Soul
6. 1- 6 111 14 Jul 99 Ruling from the Tomb
7. 1- 7 112 21 Jul 99 The Rules of the Game
8. 1- 8 113 28 Jul 99 Appearances and Other Deceits
9. 1- 9 103 4 Aug 99 Racing the Night
10. 1-10 102 11 Aug 99 The Memory of War
11. 1-11 101 18 Aug 99 The Needs of Earth
12. 1-12 104 25 Aug 99 Visitors from Down the Street
13. 1-13 105 1 Sep 99 Each Night I Dream of Home

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