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I, was born on Earth in 2215. My father, David Sheridan, was a diplomatic envoy for the Earth Alliance, and my mother was named Miranda. I have a sister named Elizabeth.In 2236, I joined the EarthForce academy.My first assignment was the Moon-Mars patrol where I served under Jack Maynard and earned the nickname "Swamp Rat". As Lieutenant, I joined the crew of the Lexington in 2241. I turned down a prestigious assignment as executive officer on the Prometheus for its mission to contact the Minbari in 2245. I was not surprised when the undisciplined Captain Jankowski triggered the Earth-Minbari War.In 2247, Captain Sterns was killed during a battle with Minbari ships in the asteroid belt, leaving me, a Lieutenant Commander, in command of the Lexington. I hid in an asteroid belt and mined the asteroids with nuclear warheads. Then we sent a fake distress signal to bait the trap. The Black Star, the Minbari Flagship, was destroyed. The humans hailed my action as the only real victory during the Earth-Minbari War and awarded me the Star of Valor. The Minbari felt that my actions were dishonorable and named me "Star Killer".I joined Dr. Stephen Franklin on a covert mission to meet with Lenann, the Minbari Ranger One. Centauri Ambassador Mollari became suspicious because Narn Ambassador G'Kar was acting as an intermediary. Fearing that the Narn were making a weapons deal with the Humans, the Centauri bombed the meeting site and destroyed the Narn ship that had brought us there. Lenann was mortally wounded, but he was able to tell me a phrase that, when repeated to Delenn after our capture, caused the Minbari to release us.At the conclusion of the Earth-Minbari War in 2248, as Commander, I took command of the EarthForce base on Io. Susan Ivanova served under me there in 2250.In January 2249, I married Anna, a friend of my sister Lizzie. Anna was an archeologist, and our demanding careers often kept us apart.In early 2251, I assisted with suppressing the food riots on Mars where I worked with Jeffrey Sinclair. After the riots, I was transferred to the Orion Command District. On March 2, 2253 I was promoted to the rank of Captain.In 2255, I saw my wife in person for the last time. In 2256, I began a three-year patrol on the Agamemnon. I was forced to cancel plans to meet Anna on Centauri Prime for our anniversary in January 2257. Unknown to me, she was also planning to cancel because she had accepted a position on the Icarus for its mission to Z'Ha'Dum.When I heard that the Icarus had been destroyed, I was consumed with grief because I had not told Anna that I loved her the last time we spoke. The Agamemnon continued its deep space patrol, and made first contact with an alien race called the Tikar.When Commander Sinclair was recalled from Babylon 5 after President Santiago's death, I was appointed its new commander by President Clark. I took command on January 8, 2259. I immediately promoted Ivanova to the rank of Commander. I also joined with Dr. Franklin in powering the alien healing machine to save Security Chief Michael Garibaldi. Garibaldi was surprised to learn that I still wanted him to keep his job.I had been interested in conspiracies and secret programs for years, still I enlisted Garibaldi's help in my search for the truth behind the mysterious Bureau 13. I myself, secretly became part of General William Hague's conspiracy to investigate President Santiago's death. I eventually enlisted Ivanova, Garibaldi, and Franklin in his Conspiracy of Light.While a prisoner of the Streib, I was contacted in a dream by Ambassador Kosh. This began an association between us in which Kosh prepared several lessons designed to teach me how to fight legends.I grew increasingly close to Minbari Ambassador Delenn. In fact, when the Vorlons sent an inquisitor to test her, I risked my life on her behalf.I sympathized with the Narn during the Narn-Centauri War and provided aid to their refugees. After Narn's surrender, I granted asylum to Citizen G'Kar. When I provided aid to a Narn cruiser, a Centauri cruiser attacked Babylon 5, forcing me to destroy it while defending the station. In retaliation, a Centauri placed a bomb on a core shuttle in which I was riding through the station. When I jumped from the exploding core shuttle, Kosh was forced to reveal his angelic form in order to rescue me.As my Conspiracy of Light evolved from a movement against President Clark into a movement against the Shadows, my forces began to grow. Draal placed the Great Machine of Epsilon 3 at my disposal, and Delenn pledged the Rangers under her command to me. Marcus Cole brought the prototype White Star to me as a gift.In March 2260, I learned that Earth had uncovered a Shadow vessel on Ganymede. In order to keep the technology out of President Clark's hands, I took the White Star on a covert mission to Ganymede to destroy the Shadow ship. I soon found myself opposed by an Earth Force ship for the first time, and it was my previous command, the Agamemnon.When President Clark declared martial law in April 2260, the Nightwatch was ordered to take control of Babylon 5. With help from Zack Allan and G'Kar's Narn volunteers, i captured the Nightwatch members. Following the lead set by Proxima 3 and Orion 7, I declared that Babylon 5 was seceding from the Earth Alliance on April 14, 2260.I stopped wearing my Earth Force uniform and found myself fighting against my former comrades for the first time. Fortunately, Earth Force assaults on Babylon 5 ceased after the first battle when the station received Minbari protection.With a temporary stalemate in the Earth Civil War, I turned my attention to the more pressing Shadow War. My arsenal continued to grow, adding the full forces of the Rangers, a White Star fleet, and ships from the Non-Aligned Worlds. The most surprising ally was Psi Cop Alfred Bester from whom I learned that telepaths could disrupt Shadow ships. This prompted me to recruit telepath volunteers.Encouraging cooperation among the Non-Aligned Worlds was my greatest challenge. Most wanted to keep their ships to defend their homes, and some were taking advantage of their weakened neighbors. Needing a victory against the Shadows to solidify Non-Aligned support, I confronted Kosh and demanded Vorlon intervention. I shamed Kosh into committing a Vorlon fleet, even though Kosh knew that the Shadows would kill him in retaliation. Kosh appeared to me as my father in a dream to apologize for his reticence and stored a part of himself in my mind.There is far more to this story ... I will tell more at a later time.