Title: White Star
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: John Sheridan.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Spoilers/Setting: Matters of Honor.
Summary: Sheridan has a new ship to command.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 465: Amnesty 77, using Challenge 235: Ship.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.






The White Star was like nothing Sheridan had ever seen, nothing ANYONE had seen before. A combination of Minbari and Vorlon technology, she was sleek and beautiful, as well as deadly, despite her relatively small size.

Sheridan had been the captain of an Earth Force vessel, the Agamemnon, but command of the two ships couldn’t have been more different. It wasn’t only that the Agamemnon had a much larger crew, entirely made up of humans, while the White Star’s crew were all Minbari of the religious caste. The Agamemnon was huge and unwieldy compared to the White Star. The new ship had far greater manoeuvrability, an impressive turn of speed, and unlike most ships her size, was capable of opening her own jump point. The fact that she was his was quite frankly incredible.

With a whole fleet of such ships, which Delenn promised were under construction, maybe they would have a chance against the Shadows after all. For now, all that mattered was that she’d hopefully be powerful enough to break the blockade at Zagros 7, enabling the Rangers at the training facility there to make their escape.

It was an important mission, the Rangers were vital for gathering information, and they would have a major role to play in fighting the Shadows. Losing the training facility would be bad enough, but to lose even one group of Rangers before the war could even begin would be devastating. It had to be prevented at all costs, and if that meant Sheridan would get a chance to test his new ship’s capabilities, that could only benefit them all.

As captain, he needed to know what his ship and crew could handle, so that in battle there’d be no unpleasant surprises. Sheridan settled into the captain’s chair. Now to find out.


The End