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MK said....

> As for 'Ship of Tears', Bester's ship just 'appears' out of nowhere,
far
off
> from B5. A jump-capable ship came into the system, dropped him off,
and
left
> (since B5 would know about anyone coming through the jump gate they
are
near,
> and (this always seemed strange to me) the next nearest jumpgate is
some
2 or
> more light months away (what the *hell* is a jump gate doing out
there,
> anyways?!?).

The new Kathryn Drennan B5 book seems to indicate that a large number of

Jump gates were built thousends of years ago by First Ones. Lucky
younger
races like the Centauri and the Minbari found gates like these either in
or
near their home system. After long research they discovered the access
codes for these gates and were able to use them. They then aquired the
technology to build them for themselves.

Its possible that this 2 Light Months distant gate was one of the
originals
now incorporated into the Jump gate network. Why the First Ones should
put
a gate there?, only they know.
Regards..... Roger