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* NotIllegalJustification: As Clark and his minions seize more and more authoritarian power and control on Earth, they use this reasoning frequently to justify things like expanded spying, crackdowns on human colonies with independence movements, takeover of the biggest human news network, etc. Eventually the increasingly fascistic government becomes openly despotic enough that a portion of the military and some of the previously mentioned colonies rebel against the government.
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* TheCaptainTheCaptain: Command of Babylon 5 is considered the equivalent of a deepspace starship command. In later seasons he's a literal captain as well, as he takes command of the ''White Star''. He graduates to FourStarBadass when he takes command of an entire fleet of White Star class ships.
* ConMan: He has no compunctions about tricking his enemies into doing what he wants them to do. The KansasCityShuffle seems to be his particular specialty, as he's seen pulling at least two: first to get rid of the Nightwatch, and later to trick the League of Non-Aligned Worlds.
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* TheKirkTheKirk: He will (usually) consider all sides of a problem before taking action, and generally bases his decisions on a mix of reason and emotion. On occasion, though, he throws all that out the airlock, and acts in ways that are shockingly direct and/or incredibly reckless.
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* Foil: To Captain Leonard Anderson from 'A Call to Arms'. Like Lochley, he and his crew didn't joint Sheridan against Clark. Unlike Lockley, he and his crew deeply regretted that decision in hindsight of finding out just how evil Clark was and so were determined to make sure they were on the right side the second time around. While Lochley pushes right up to the edge of [[JustFollowingOrders I was only following orders!]] to justify her refusal to back Sheridan during the civil war.
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* Foil: {{Foil}}: To Captain Leonard Anderson from 'A Call to Arms'. Like Lochley, he and his crew didn't joint Sheridan against Clark. Unlike Lockley, he and his crew deeply regretted that decision in hindsight of finding out just how evil Clark was and so were determined to make sure they were on the right side the second time around. While Lochley pushes right up to the edge of [[JustFollowingOrders I was only following orders!]] to justify her refusal to back Sheridan during the civil war.
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* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Refused to join Sheridan against Clark during the Earth Alliance Civil War and felt it wasn't the place of military officers to decide what's best for the galaxy, though she implies she didn't carry out any of the Clark regime's more immoral orders and would have made a smaller personal stand if she had been put in that position. Her being chosen to command Babylon 5 was done as a fig-leaf gesture to the government back on Earth.
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* Foil: To Captain Leonard Anderson from 'A Call to Arms'. Like Lochley, he and his crew didn't joint Sheridan against Clark. Unlike Lockley, he and his crew deeply regretted that decision in hindsight of finding out just how evil Clark was and so were determined to make sure they were on the right side the second time around. While Lochley pushes right up to the edge of [[JustFollowingOrders I was only following orders!]] to justify her refusal to back Sheridan during the civil war.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: A classic case of citing the first half and ignoring the second half (If right to be kept right, if wrong to be set right) of the famous quote. Refused to join Sheridan against Clark during the Earth Alliance CivilWar and felt War, taking the position that it wasn't the place of military officers to decide what's best for the galaxy, though she implies she didn't carry out any of the Clark regime's more immoral orders never was put into a position to be forced to really make a choice and would may have made taken a smaller personal stand if she that had been put in that position.forced upon her. Her being chosen to command Babylon 5 was done as a fig-leaf gesture to the government back on Earth.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: A classic case of citing the first half and ignoring the second half (If right to be kept right, if wrong to be set right) of the famous quote. Refused to join Sheridan against Clark during the Earth Alliance Civil
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* TokenGoodCop: Prior to coming to B5, he was in security on [[WretchedHive Europa]]. The way he describes it, half the force was on the take and the rest didn't give a damn. "Ever try to uphold the law when nobody cares?" Eventually, the stress and frustration begins leading him to [[INeedAFreakingDrink drink heavily]]. He says he began to make progress, but the criminal elements targeted him specifically, leading to an incident where a good friend of his was killed and Garibaldi was pinned with the blame, leading to his dismissal, and crawling into [[TheAlcoholic the bottle for a long time]].
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* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: In the novelization, Londo accuses him of having this:
-->'''Londo''': He was the sort of captain who was convinced that he knew all there was to know, and that suggestions from his officers were threats to his authority. A very sad state of mind, that. Only someone utterly lacking in confidence is so driven to try to prove that they possess it in abundance.
-->'''Londo''': He was the sort of captain who was convinced that he knew all there was to know, and that suggestions from his officers were threats to his authority. A very sad state of mind, that. Only someone utterly lacking in confidence is so driven to try to prove that they possess it in abundance.
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The CO of the EAS ''Prometheus'' in the mid-[=2240s=], not fully trusted by his men because he was a reckless idiot with an especially bad track record with FirstContact situations. Despite his infamous reputation, General Lefcourt assigned him to survey the Minbari fleet, which proved to be a horrible mistake: he disobeyed orders to avoid contact, and Jankowski-types in the Minbari fleet approached with gun ports open, leading to a misunderstanding that sparked the Earth-Minbari War.
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The CO of the EAS ''Prometheus'' in the mid-[=2240s=], not fully trusted by his men because he was a reckless idiot with an especially bad track record with FirstContact situations. Despite his infamous reputation, General Lefcourt assigned him to survey the Minbari fleet, which proved to be a horrible mistake: he disobeyed orders to avoid contact, and Jankowski-types in the Minbari fleet approached with gun ports open, open without considering that the humans might misinterpret this tradition, leading to a misunderstanding that sparked the Earth-Minbari War.
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The CO of the EAS ''Prometheus'' in the mid-[=2240s=], not fully trusted by his men because he's a reckless idiot with an especially bad track record with FirstContact situations. Despite his infamous reputation, General Lefcourt assigned him to survey the Minbari fleet, and he disobeyed orders to avoid contact, leading to a misunderstanding that sparked the Earth-Minbari War.
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The CO of the EAS ''Prometheus'' in the mid-[=2240s=], not fully trusted by his men because he's he was a reckless idiot with an especially bad track record with FirstContact situations. Despite his infamous reputation, General Lefcourt assigned him to survey the Minbari fleet, and which proved to be a horrible mistake: he disobeyed orders to avoid contact, and Jankowski-types in the Minbari fleet approached with gun ports open, leading to a misunderstanding that sparked the Earth-Minbari War.
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[[folder:Captain Michael Jankowski]]
-->''"If we bring back a profile on a warship, they'll be handing out medals by the bucket."''
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/TimColceri
The CO of the EAS ''Prometheus'' in the mid-[=2240s=], not fully trusted by his men because he's a reckless idiot with an especially bad track record with FirstContact situations. Despite his infamous reputation, General Lefcourt assigned him to survey the Minbari fleet, and he disobeyed orders to avoid contact, leading to a misunderstanding that sparked the Earth-Minbari War.
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* DrivenToSuicide: As described in the novelization, unable to bear the weight of causing a horrific genocidal war, he ends up shooting himself in the head with a PPG surrounded with video footage of the carnage his idiocy caused.
* GloryHound: The ''Prometheus'' was ordered ''not'' to attempt FirstContact with the Minbari if they could help it, but Jankowski goes in anyway because he thinks it'll earn him and his crew medals.
* MilitaryMaverick: [[DeconstructedTrope And not the good kind.]] He's infamous for HotBlooded behavior and overambition, to the point where Sheridan, himself quite the maverick, describes him as a loose cannon, and his mishandling of FirstContact situations is implied to be overt aggression. He eventually ends up drummed out of Earthforce for a mistake that ends up nearly getting the human race exterminated.
* NoodleIncident: He was responsible for a particularly bad first contact known as the "Omega Incident". All that's known is that being cleared in a court martial didn't help him earn the trust of his men.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The entire reason the Babylon Project even happened, and thus Babylon 5 exists, is to avoid a scenario where someone else makes the mistakes he did. The war he caused also causes an uptick in speciesism that's still going strong by the time Babylon 5 is open for business, sowing the seeds of the Clark administration.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His actions lead to the Earth-Minbari War, which nearly ends in the extinction of the human race.
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-->''"If we bring back a profile on a warship, they'll be handing out medals by the bucket."''
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/TimColceri
The CO of the EAS ''Prometheus'' in the mid-[=2240s=], not fully trusted by his men because he's a reckless idiot with an especially bad track record with FirstContact situations. Despite his infamous reputation, General Lefcourt assigned him to survey the Minbari fleet, and he disobeyed orders to avoid contact, leading to a misunderstanding that sparked the Earth-Minbari War.
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* DrivenToSuicide: As described in the novelization, unable to bear the weight of causing a horrific genocidal war, he ends up shooting himself in the head with a PPG surrounded with video footage of the carnage his idiocy caused.
* GloryHound: The ''Prometheus'' was ordered ''not'' to attempt FirstContact with the Minbari if they could help it, but Jankowski goes in anyway because he thinks it'll earn him and his crew medals.
* MilitaryMaverick: [[DeconstructedTrope And not the good kind.]] He's infamous for HotBlooded behavior and overambition, to the point where Sheridan, himself quite the maverick, describes him as a loose cannon, and his mishandling of FirstContact situations is implied to be overt aggression. He eventually ends up drummed out of Earthforce for a mistake that ends up nearly getting the human race exterminated.
* NoodleIncident: He was responsible for a particularly bad first contact known as the "Omega Incident". All that's known is that being cleared in a court martial didn't help him earn the trust of his men.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The entire reason the Babylon Project even happened, and thus Babylon 5 exists, is to avoid a scenario where someone else makes the mistakes he did. The war he caused also causes an uptick in speciesism that's still going strong by the time Babylon 5 is open for business, sowing the seeds of the Clark administration.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His actions lead to the Earth-Minbari War, which nearly ends in the extinction of the human race.
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* EthicalSlut: She wants quick and physical relationships between brushes with death, but does care about her boyfriend's feelings and is honest with them.
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* EthicalSlut: She wants quick and physical relationships between brushes with death, but does care about her boyfriend's boyfriends’ feelings and is honest with them.
