Behind the Gloves (condensed)
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Andy is a young telepath at school during the time of the Telepath War. This is his story.
This work is a selection from the Behind the Gloves project, with all the chapters of this work together in one place.
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- Part 1 of Behind the Gloves (condensed)
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On Psi Corps Arranged Marriages and Genetic Matching by pallasite
Fandoms: Babylon 5, Babylon 5 & Related Fandoms, Crusade
03 Apr 2020
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One point of tremendous misunderstanding and confusion in fandom concerns marriage practices in the Corps - arranged marriages/genetic matching especially.
Here's what happens (and doesn't happen), with lots of canon examples.
This work is a selection from the Behind the Gloves project, with all the mini essays on this topic together in one place.
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- Part 2 of Behind the Gloves (condensed)
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What Really Happened to Ivanova's Mom? by pallasite
Fandoms: Babylon 5, Babylon 5 & Related Fandoms
03 Apr 2020
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Did the Corps really kill Sophie Ivanova? Does the Corps really make "sleepers"? Is there something that Ivanova's father never told her?
In this post, I've placed all the relevant essays together, so my readers can have citations, and so those who wish to share this with others have a go-to link.
This work is a selection from the Behind the Gloves project.
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- Part 3 of Behind the Gloves (condensed)
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The Capture of Anastasia Khol - Rogue Psi Cop by pallasite
Fandoms: Babylon 5, Babylon 5 & Related Fandoms
04 Apr 2020
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A Psi Cop disappears on Mars, and reappears a month later in the abandoned metro tunnels under Brasilia - and she's seemingly possessed by evil spirits. No one can catch her, so they call in Bester and his team.
There's something very strange about this rogue in Brasilia...
This is a canon story, but canon drops it, and only mentions these events after the fact. I've filled in the missing story, and included artwork!
This work is a selection from the Behind the Gloves project, with all the chapters of this work together in one place.
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- Part 4 of Behind the Gloves (condensed)
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A reader asked me: "I have a stupid question and you are the expert on B5 telepaths... So Dust... What happens if a telepath in the B5 universe takes Dust? Do they get the same high as a normal? Or not? A temp boost like when they go into hyperspace? On the flip side, if telepath is victim of Dust user... I don't get why a telepath would be more traumatized, (permanently) as a victim of a Dust user than a normal (temporarily). Bester mentions this in Dust to Dust (god I loved him in that episode), but doesn't explain why."
I answer the reader's questions, and more!
This work is a selection from the Behind the Gloves project, with all the sections of this work together in one place.
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- Part 5 of Behind the Gloves (condensed)
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Crystal's Story - With Artwork! by pallasite
Fandoms: Babylon 5, Babylon 5 & Related Fandoms
04 Apr 2020
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Crystal hesitated. She thought about her mother. Oh my God, I’m going to end up like my mother.
There was no escape. She was on a spaceship. She had nowhere to run.
“This is it,” the cop said forcefully, disdainfully. “What’s wrong with you? Do you support the underground?”
“No! Of course not!”
“Then you gonna help us or not?”
It wasn’t a real choice.This work is a selection from the Behind the Gloves project, with all the chapters (and art!) of this work together in one place.
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- Part 6 of Behind the Gloves (condensed)
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What do P-Ratings Mean? (Condensed) by pallasite
Fandoms: Babylon 5, Babylon 5 & Related Fandoms
15 Apr 2020
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Everyone knows that Psi Cops are P12s, but what do the other ratings mean? What's a "latent telepath"? What's the cut-off for the Corps? Why are there even telepathy ratings, anyway?
In this collection, I compile and clean up my earlier essays on the meaning of P-ratings. I also add some new content/chapters that have not appeared before. Behind the Gloves is an evolving, long-term project.
(The earlier versions of these essays can be found here.)
Telepathy is complicated. And in the B5-verse, it's also extremely political.
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- Part 7 of Behind the Gloves (condensed)
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This is the story of a young, idealistic, even naive telepath who witnesses first-hand the corruption in EarthGov. (And EarthGov is very corrupt.)
This work is a selection from the Behind the Gloves project, with all the chapters of this work together in one place.
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- Part 8 of Behind the Gloves (condensed)
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What Is A "Scan" in Babylon 5? (Condensed) by pallasite
Fandoms: Babylon 5, Babylon 5 & Related Fandoms
07 Mar 2022
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This is a topic I've covered before in several other essays. Here, I pull everything together here into one post. I clarify the inconsistent writing of the show, and fill in the writing gaps.
What is a "light scan" vs. a "midrange scan" vs. a "deep scan," what are "surface thoughts," etc.
My related but separate essay explaining what P-ratings mean can be found here.
Updated 5/24/22 when I found another canon example of a mid-range scan, and it illustrates more of what I was trying to explain (maybe even better than the Stesco example!).
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- Part 171 of Behind the Gloves
- Part 9 of Behind the Gloves (condensed)