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February 2, 2221 (1416 N.E.) |
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Alfredo Garibaldi (Father) |
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Lise Garibaldi (Wife) |
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Michael Garibaldi, was a male Human from Bab'lonin Earth. He was born in 2221 (1416 NE) in New York City, Garibaldi was the son of Alfredo Garibaldi. This caused him considerable difficulty on posts where most were either apathetic or corrupt. The stress caused him to develop a drinking problem. He met and befriended Jeffrey Sinclair on a tour of the Martian surface, he eventually joined Sinclair as head of security on space station Babylon 5 in 2257 (1452 NE).
He was among the first to be present upon first contact with the Commonwealth of Golmaran States, a founding member of the Alliance of Nations. He was shot in the back by his former second in command in late 2258, and spent several days in a coma until he was fully recovered under the orders of the newly arrived John Sheridan convincing Dr. Stephen Franklin to use him to transfer energy via the alien healing machine on Garibaldi and worked alongside Sheridan. Eventually, learning more about the Alliance's reasons as he and other key members of the station learn about a conflict outside their universe and another of an ancient race known as the Shadows that have been causing conflicts across the galaxy, most notably the conflict between the Narns and the Centauri and the corruption within the Earth Alliance such as Morgan Clark assassinating Luis Santiago on New Years Eve.
During the Second Shadow War Garibaldi was captured by the Shadows in late 2260 (1455 N.E.) and turned over to their allies in the Psi Corps. Bester and the other Psi Cops worked him over, attempted to turn him against his former friends and colleagues one by one, however in truth he was partially restored with the intervention of the Commonwealth and posed as a sleeper agent to conduct his own investigations which he discovered to contact with the Axis of Empires states plotting an invasion in his galaxy. Garibaldi and the Alliance rescued Sheridan and other prisoners held by the Axis so that he could return to the fleet to lead the final actions against Clark.
Garibaldi further assisted the ISA by helping them to develop the Victory-class destroyer for the ISA to stand a better chance to defend their worlds against the Axis of Empires. In later years after stepping down, he took the position as the Alliance Joint Police Agency, Head of Covert Intelligence for the Multiversial Federation.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Michael Alfredo Garibaldi was born on February 2, 2221 (1416 NE) the son of Earthforce Marine Alfredo Garibaldi. The Garibaldi family had long been involved with law enforcement, as Garibaldi's grandmother had been a police officer in Boston. He later inherited her firearm and kept it with him even as Earthforce converted to PPG.
Michael spent most of his early childhood living with his family in an old 82 story apartment building in Manhattan, New York. Michael's father Alfredo was famous in the building for being a prolific cook and taught his son everything he knew. On Sundays he would cook up a huge dinner for anyone who wanted to come, serving sometimes twenty or thirty guests at a time. Most that came would bring some food too, though a few would just come to be fed. Not that Alfredo ever seemed to care, such was his love for cooking. He'd spend all day cooking, singing ballads he claimed were from the "old country". Though Michael never questioned that claim, given that his father was six generations removed from Italy he rather doubted it.
Earth-Minbari War[]
When the Earth-Minbari War broke out in 2245 (1440 NE) and a planetary draft was instituted, Garibaldi became a ground-pounder. Serving mostly planet-side, Garibaldi served in places that "made Europa look like Disneyplanet." On one such world the Minbari easily overran the defense perimeter he was stationed at during some point in the conflict. The subsequent fighting was enough to occasionally give Michael nightmares the rest of his life (as well as compel him to speak to counselors infrequently).
Garibaldi's outfit were dug in on a moon orbiting Vega II when the Minbari came through the Vega System. Though their position was not directly assaulted, the enemy advance through the system was so rapid it left them cut off from their supply lines and forgotten for weeks, left with only a meager supply of meal bars, cryo-rations and Insta-Heats left over from the Dilgar War to keep them going. When those finally ran out, Michael and his shelter mate Colleen, did their best to keep their minds off the starvation by talking about food recipes. Cowpoke taught Garibaldi her mother's recipe for Three-Alarm Chili that she used to make for her when she was a child and Garibaldi taught her his father's recipe for Bagna Cauda. Though help did eventually arrive, Cowpoke didn't survive, but Garibaldi remembered the recipe for years to come and when in 2260 (1455 NE) Emerson Briggs-Wallace, proprietor of Fresh Air, asked Garibaldi for contributions, he included "Cowpoke's Three-Alarm Chili".
In 2247 (1442 NE) after the failure of the secret initiative to end the war and Earth Forces being beaten under the Minbari advance, EarthDome feared a coming invasion. Bolstering defences in the Sol system, they assign ground troops to Bab'lonin Mars, among them was Garibaldi’s unit. While he was stationed there, he befriended Lise Hampton
Adventures on Bab'lonin Mars[]
By 2253 (1448 NE), Garibaldi was working as a shuttle pilot on Mars. One day he got an assignment to pick up three other Earthforce officers. His drinking problem had continued to plague him. One of the three officers was Jeffrey Sinclair, a hero of the Battle of the Line, who was not at all impressed when he found Garibaldi passed out in a drunken stupor at the Mars spaceport. Sinclair ordered the other two officers to sober Garibaldi up and get him ready to go. Soon afterwards, Garibaldi was piloting them away from the spaceport. Sinclair came off as standoffish and withdrawn. He refused to tell Garibaldi what they were looking for, but it was obvious they were searching for something. On the fifth day of searching, the ship's navigational systems and inertial dampers suddenly went off line. Garibaldi managed to crash-land the ship; Sanchez's leg was broken and Foster did not survive.
Sinclair and Garibaldi went to get help, a fifty-mile trek across the surface. They had not gone far when Sanchez linked in to report all the ship's systems had suddenly started working again—evidence that Garibaldi was not at fault for the crash. Sanchez also reported a dust storm on the ship's scanners, prompting Sinclair and Garibaldi to seek shelter in a nearby cave.
With only five days of air and food, the wait was long and hard. Sinclair managed to maintain radio contact with Sanchez. Unknown to Sinclair, Michael had some alcohol with him, and after having a few drinks wandered off. Sanchez linked him some time later, informing him that he couldn't raise Sinclair. Garibaldi went back and found that a cave-in had trapped Sinclair. He managed to pull him unconscious from the rubble. As soon as Sinclair came to, he wrestled Garibaldi to the ground, threatening to kill him if he ever did something as stupid as wandering off again.
Moving on, they climbed to the top of a canyon and witnessed something terrible—a huge, nightmarish alien ship hovering over an excavation site. In the site was another of those ships, still half buried—the first was digging it out of the ground.
The pair saw humanoid figures not far off, watching the excavation. Sinclair believed that their communications could not work either, but they appear to be communicating. Figuring that they were possibly telepathic, Sinclair had Garibaldi knock him out with a stun gun as a land vehicle drew near. When the two occupants got out to investigate the unconscious Sinclair, Garibaldi was able to take them by surprise and knocked both out. Garibaldi was then able to wake Sinclair up, and they donned the uniforms of the two telepaths. Sinclair then explained to Garibaldi his mission: he had been sent to find evidence of covert human-alien activities. He had gone with Garibaldi because previous missions had been fruitless and Earthforce suspected sabotage. Sinclair confided in Garibaldi he was the only one he can trust at the moment. They drove the vehicle to a small camp set up by the telepaths and split up briefly.
Michael entered a building and found a huge transparent dome containing a large alien biomechanical construct. Passing through the organism were dozens of human bodies on a conveyor belt. Technicians in a small isolation area jutting out the side of the dome were monitoring the situation, as other workers milled about the rest of the building with heavy weaponry. Suddenly, Garibaldi felt as if the darkness was closing in around him, self-pity and fear building in his head. It subsided somewhat when he remembered what Sinclair said about trusting him; he gathered enough courage to get out of the vehicle. He opened a crate and discovered some grenades, which he took for later use. Then he examined the dome more closely. The bodies on the conveyor belt appeared to have been surrounded by energy fields. Garibaldi discovered it was some sort of medical experiment, but could not figure out what it was for. When they were discovered, Sinclair was forced to rescue Michael by driving the vehicle into one of the buildings where strange medical experiments were being conducted on human beings. Garibaldi ended their pursuit by throwing grenades at their pursuers as they rushed off.
After returning to civilization, the two linked in with Earthforce, returning to the site later aboard a military shuttle. When they got back, however, they found no trace of anything they had seen before—save for one burnt Psi Corps badge Michael kept. With no evidence, they eventually kept quiet about the incident. The experience created a strong friendship between the two of them that would last for many long years.
Garibaldi remained on Mars and worked as a security officer for Mars colony in 2255 (1450 NE). During this time he became romantically involved with Lisa. Sinclair and Catherine Sakai come to visit Garibaldi, this is the second time they both meet in person. In March 2256 (1451 NE), he was contacted by Sinclair, having just been appointed commanding officer of Babylon 5 and offers Michael the position of Chief of Station Security. Having been fired from four of his previous jobs, Garibaldi was anxious to prove himself (and also appreciated the respect Sinclair had for him). He decided to take up the job when his Mars Security assignment ended, but Lise refused to go with him. They had a major fight and Garibaldi stormed out. He later admitted that he said some things that night that haunted him for a long time.
The Babylon Project[]
Vorlon Assassination[]
Starting his first year as Chief of Security in 2257 (1452 NE) was so far relatively quiet and tolerable, with many different races come to the station and sign on to the Project. Finally, the Vorlon Empire agreed to send an ambassador of their government, which will mean all five of the major powers of their part of the galaxy will have a voice on the Babylon 5 Advisory Council. Garibaldi informed Sinclair that Earth Alliance does not have much information to go on regarding the Vorlons. When the Vorlon ambassador, Kosh Naranek, arrived at the station, Sinclair was supposed to meet him alone. Taken a transport tube that suddenly stalls on its way to meet the ambassador, and by the time they get there, they found Kosh lying on the ground, seemingly attacked. Sinclair had Kosh taken to the IsoLab, but the Ambassador's encounter suit precludes any possibility of treatment. The Vorlon Empire specifically demands his suit not be opened, but Sinclair orders Dr. Benjamin Kyle to open it anyway and save Kosh. He orders Kyle not to report anything he sees about Kosh's physiology. Kyle learns that he has been poisoned, but needs to know the exact entry point. Sinclair requested the human telepath Lyta Alexander to scan Kosh's mind and find out how he was poisoned. Lyta successfully sees the poison was administered through the hand—seemingly by Sinclair himself.
An uproar over the news spread across the station as Sinclair flatly denies the charges and was temporarily relieved of command. Ambassador G'Kar of the Narn Regime assembled the Advisory Council and the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, voting to have Sinclair handed over to the Vorlons for trial. G'Kar manages to blackmail Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari into voting in favor of the motion. Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima, acting in Sinclair's stead, votes against the resolution, and Delenn of the Minbari Federation abstains. G'Kar spoke with the Vorlons, however, and they vote in affirmation.
As the Vorlons send a small fleet to force the handover, Garibaldi learns that the frame-up was carried out through the use of a changeling net. The real culprits part of a clan within the Minbari Warrior Caste called the Wind Swords, who sent a lone assassin to frame Sinclair. Sinclair confronted the Minbari assassin alone, only forcing the assassin to trigger a bomb on his person. Sinclair manages to escape the blast and is exonerated of the charges against him.
No Quiet Days[]
In 2258 (1454 NE), Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima is reassigned and Lt. Cmdr. Susan Ivanova taking her place as second in command of the station. Shortly after she arrives on the station, Garibaldi is approached by Mollari for a favor. Despite openly admitting he will never trust a Centauri, Michael does develop a sort of friendship with Londo. As Londo introduces Michael to Vir Cotto, his new diplomatic attaché, Vir informed Londo about an attack on a Centauri colony, Ragesh 3. As Londo rushes off, Garibaldi gets orders from Ivanova to take a Starfury wing to investigate an attack on a transport. Garibaldi's wing locates the ship, stripped bare of all cargo and with no survivors.
Garibaldi learns from Sinclair several hours later that the Narn Regime is responsible for attacking and seizing the colony. He is also approached by commercial telepath Talia Winters and asked why Ivanova is so standoffish to her. Michael suggests approaching her off duty. Despite his usual aversion to telepaths, Michael is immediately attracted to Talia. After some investigation, Garibaldi discovers the common link between the attack on the transport and other recent ones just like it. He predicts where they will strike next—but the transport ship is carrying refugees instead of goods. Sinclair decides to take a patrol out and rescue the transport himself. While he is gone, Talia approaches Michael and warns him that she accidentally scanned Londo and learned he is planning to murder G'Kar. Garibaldi confronts Londo and talks him out of his plan.
Conspiracies[]
In June, Garibaldi was called to Sheridan's quarters late one night along with Ivanova and Dr. Franklin. Sheridan asks them to join him in working with a few others inside Earthforce to investigate the strange and troubling events that have been occurring all year. Michael and the others all agree to stand with the captain, no matter where their digging leads.
The Centauri quickly achieved the upper hand in the War. Michael is all too aware that Londo is involved with a lot of the background dealings that began the War, and it has strained his friendship with him. Londo regrets this. He meets up with him one day while Garibaldi is on patrol near the casino. Londo explains the bitter irony of his situation: a year ago no one cared about him or gave him much thought, but now that he has become important he has no real friend to share his good fortune with. He asks Michael to join him for a while, and Michael says he will try to meet up with him after his shift.
A Bold New Era[]
Garibaldi awakens to find himself in Medlab. Several weeks have passed and he was informed that he disappeared while on patrol. Zack Allan explains that with help from several of their friends such as G'Kar, Marcus Cole and Gordon Freeman who were searching for him, they were able to locate him aboard a mysterious transport. The ship ejected him before exploding once cornered. Zack also tells the Chief that Sheridan apparently died after going with Anna to Z'ha'dum, the homeworld of the Shadows. The Army of Light is collapsing and Delenn is preparing for one nearly suicidal last assault against the Shadows.
Try as he might, Garibaldi cannot account for the missing time. Occasionally he can recall brief flashes of being trapped in a room, but nothing more than that. Desperate to feel useful, he insists on going with a security patrol when a strange, unknown alien ship arrives at the station. Garibaldi and the others were shocked when Sheridan emerges from the ship with a strange being named Lorien. Sheridan announces his return and his intention to stand against the Shadows and end the war once and for all. Privately, he explains to Delenn, Garibaldi, and a few others that the Shadows and the Vorlons are really two sides of the same coin—they both were supposed to be "shepherds" for the younger races, but over time their differing ideologies drove them into all out war. During the meeting, Susan Ivanova and Marcus return from a mission in hyperspace and announce they have learned of a massive Vorlon fleet—one that has begun destroying entire planets that have allied with the Shadows.
Garibaldi feels much more on edge following his return. Frustrated and angry, he is impatient when Dr. Franklin insists on running a few more tests before allowing him to go back to work. He is also surprised when Sheridan spends the next few days avoiding him. Michael confides in Zack that he does not trust Lorien and is suspicious of the stories about Sheridan's alleged "resurrection."
Confrontation of Ulkesh[]
After Dr. Franklin authorizes him to return to work, he joins the command staff in the War Room. With the Vorlons destroying entire planets, the station is facing a massive refugee crisis. Franklin suggests they start ferrying people down to Epsilon 3. Sheridan agrees and then announces that the Vorlon ambassador presents a security risk. He explains to Michael that he has been avoiding him because he needs him to confront the Vorlon and is worried over the extent of the Vorlon's telepathy. He asks Michael to take a small team and "ask" the Vorlon to leave. Michael accedes to the order, knowing that a small team will not stand a chance against Ulkesh. Predictably, the Vorlon easily drives them away. The mission was really a ruse, however, and Sheridan is then able to draw out the Vorlon into a trap. This time, Ulkesh was destroyed, thanks to some help from Lorien and the remnants of Kosh which had been inside of Sheridan since Kosh's death.
Ending the Shadow War[]
It did not take long before the Shadows unveil a planetkiller of their own, a Death Cloud destroying whole worlds "influenced" by the Vorlons. The two sides dance around one another, however, not attacking each other directly. Sheridan decides he needs to force a confrontation. Learning that the Vorlons are planning to annihilate Coriana VI, a planet with six billion inhabitants that were being targeted, Sheridan decides that is where their forces need to make their stand. A massive fleet made up of the Alliance, Minbari, Narn and the League, assembles at Babylon 5 under Sheridan's command. Garibaldi points out to Ivanova even if they win, they are still outlaws at home. Ivanova retorts that he is even more depressing than usual. Sheridan leaves Garibaldi in charge of the station when the fleet moves out.
Following the Battle of Coriana VI, both the Shadows and the Vorlons—coming to realize they have outstayed their usefulness—leave the galaxy forever with the last of the First Ones. The Second Shadow War comes to an end and the Third Age of Mankind begins.
As celebrations erupt on the station and among the League worlds over the end of the Shadow War, President Clark announces a full embargo against Babylon 5. Sheridan calls a meeting to begin planning their next move, fully aware that they still have the civil war to deal with. Michael surprises everyone others by announcing his immediate resignation. He points out that as they are outlaws, they cannot exactly hold him to his contract. He explains that he is tired of the job, tired of risking himself with no end in sight. The others are unable to dissuade him.
Back in his quarters, Michael received a visit from G'Kar. Michael was at first worried that G'Kar will be angry with him, since during G'Kar's failed attempt to find Garibaldi he was captured by the Centauri Republic. Being tortured and losing one of his eyes. G'Kar, however, was in fact "delirious with joy" over seeing Garibaldi. He explains that being captured was one of the best things that happened to him as it ended up putting him in a position to strike a deal with Londo. As part of that deal, Narn Prime was freed from the Centauri occupation and back to the Narn Regime.
Investigations[]
Garibaldi was then confronted by Freeman on the way, who knew something was wrong during his time on the station. Garbibaldi denies and didn't want to do with anything with the Alliance. however, he was confronted by a Jedi beside him to take back to their ship through beaming. They discovered he has a metal implant in his mind that made him distrustful, hostile and distant from others. They were able to restore Garibaldi to his old self, but declined the offer of removing it completely when he realised whoever done it would come after him and know something is wrong, suspected to be one of Clark's loyalists using a telepath. Freeman reluctantly obliges and follows through and requested him to give his apologies to the others but says he needs some time to himself and conduct his investigations. In his response it was also to hopefully make whoever did this to him regret they ever met him.
He got reports from Alyx Vance saying something was going on, which was set on Mars and only he knew the place better than the others which Garibaldi didn't like the idea but may lead to the clues and answers of getting these subliminal messages he's received and also transmitted to the Alliance. Alyx had an idea and maybe get on whoever he needs to believe him be convincing and set up a meeting with Sheridan. He recalled earlier about being approached by a man named Wade who wanted to talk to Michael about Sheridan. Wade explained that he and his friends were opposed to Sheridan's apparent intentions against Earth. Wade went so far as to suggest Sheridan had "lost his way" and needed someone to straighten him out. The day after his confrontation with Sheridan, Michael seeks out Wade and 'agrees' to join him in opposing Sheridan. Garibaldi made it convincing to say he felt that Sheridan has bought into the "hero worship," the cult of personality that has sprung up around him. Michael states flatly, however, that he will not hurt Sheridan.
Unexpected Reunion[]
Garibaldi had not heard from Wade for a few weeks, believing he may not have bought into his story. In the interim, Michael turns a respectable profit as a private investigator. He comes across Zack took over as Chief of Security), in secret he goncgratulated him and hope to do his best but also to watch out for anything suspicious on the way but can't say what. That same day, Wade reappears and explains that his employer wants to hire him as a bodyguard and an "expediter" for a contact coming to the station who wants no record of their presence or what they are carrying. Wade explains he wants them brought in without going through security. Michael agrees, but is in no way prepared when the person who arrives is his ex lover, Lise Hampton.
Lise was just as surprised as Michael is. She explains that her husband, Franz, cheated on her and then left her. In the divorce, Franz got sole custody of their baby girl. Lise explains she did not come to Michael because she did not want to throw his life into upheaval again. Instead, she met William Edgars and they were married six months earlier. Michael realizes the William Edgars she is referring to is the same man who is one of richest men in the Earth Alliance. Michael coldly states he is going to just treat her as a job and forget about once she leaves.
Michael escorts Wade and Lise into a bar in Downbelow where they pick up a vial from a contact. Lise explains that the vial contains data about a possible telepath virus. Edgars fears a panic and the chemical chain was so complex they had to go offworld for it. Michael suddenly notices a pair of individuals eavesdropping. As they leave, the two men attack them, firing on them with PPGs. Michael is able to take the PPG from one of them and help Wade and Lise flee. As the two men pursue, Michael deduces they are telepaths. Theorizing Wade and Lise will "telegraph" the safe route they are to take, Michael tells them the wrong directions. The two telepaths pick up on the thoughts and go to the wrong place where security apprehends them (although both men had in fact commit suicide rather than be arrested by Sheridan or the Alliance). Michael was successful of getting Lise off the station with he help of Gordon and Vance without giving away their positions. Sheridan has Garibaldi, Freeman and Vance brought to his office and tells them off for causing mischief. Michael had to make it convicing and apologies, but stated that Zack had to be more careful even when Vance explained that Garibaldi had his reasons but can't say why and has to trust them. Sheridan wasn't sure what was happening, but reluctantly agrees and warns them not to let this happen again, while glad to see Garibaldi feeling better but whatever it is better not endanger the station.
When he returns to his quarters, he finds a message waiting for him on the Babcom from Lise, instead of deleting it, he wanted it saved for later as he thought it wasn't the right time. A few days later, William Edgars himself contacted Michael through audio message to thank him and to offer him a retainer. Edgars explains eventually Garibaldi will have to come to Mars. Garibaldi accepts the offer.
A few weeks later, Lyta Alexander came to Garibaldi saying that Vance suggested to pair her up with him since she started working for the Alliance on better pay and treatment of telepaths since she no longer works for Psi Corps and the Vorlons. Michael likes the idea of annoying Bester, and admits that having a powerful telepath as an associate could be good as a lookout. Almost on cue, Bester himself approaches the two of them. After making a quick comment, Bester walks off. Lyta, however, told Michael that Bester scanned him as he went away. Michael confronted Bester, who naturally denies everything and has to be dragged away from him by security.
Michael assumed Bester could have been the one trying to make him into a mental puppet for his schemes, but wasn't sure. He advice Lyta to be very careful. So far Bester didn't seem concerned as she secretly probed his mind, but something he was hiding but didn't had the chance to find out what. Michael didn't like the sound of it and asked her to send a message to Vance and Freeman to keep a close eye on him at all times or have their agents be careful with him as she complied.
Late that night, Michael received a contact from William Edgars contacts, who somehow became aware that Garibaldi hired Lyta. Edgars insisted Garibaldi fire Lyta immediately, stating he does not trust telepaths in the slightest and cannot have him employing her. Michael now fully believes this has something to be bigger than expected to not trust Telepaths and has a secret meeting with Vance and Lyta of what he learned and recalled about a virus against Telepaths that concerned them and had to go with to be convincing for anyone spying on them.
Earth Alliance Civil War[]
By September 2261 (1456 NE) when news of the Earth Alliance attacking civilian targets on the orders of President Clark's forces, Michael learns from Vir Cotto about Sheridan going on the offensive and convinced all of the other races to suspend their mutual aid and defense treaties with Bab'lonin Earth, even the Golmaran Commonwealth cutting ties with them completely for their atrocities. Michael decides he needs to act as well and believe something bad is going to happen. Decided now was to contact Edgars and requests to come to Mars as soon as possible. Edgars agreed the time seems prudent and arranges transportation that will slip him through the Earth embargo. While Sheridan's forces score a victory at the Battle of Proxima III, Michael leaves the station, leaving a message not to follow as something might happen. But brought himself backup in case.
Return to Bab'lonin Mars[]
Face of the Enemy[]
Once on Bab'lonin Mars, Garibaldi met Wade in one of the transport trains linking the domes. Wade insisted that Garibaldi wear a blindfold until they reached Edgar's residence. Before meeting Edgars in person, he ran into Lise again, who warned him that it was a bad time for Garibaldi to come. William interrupts them and ushers Lise off. Edgars reveals he knows a lot about Garibaldi. Michael explains he knows almost as much about Edgars. While uncertain what he was planning but went with the role of After their meeting, Wade shows Garibaldi to a bedroom to sleep.
In the middle of the night, Garibaldi is roused from his sleep and dragged away to a room with a telepath waiting inside. Over an intercom, Edgars explains that the telepath is there to confirm the veracity of Michael's responses. He further explains that he had Michael dragged out of bed to excite him and prevent him from trying to be dishonest. Edgars asks Michael's opinion of telepaths. Reluctant at first, Michael eventually confesses that he has not nor will ever be able to trust them. He also states he has a guaranteed way of capturing Sheridan (while trying to hide the fact of warning him as well). Michael believes Edgars is hiding something and wants in on it. Edgars seems satisfied with Michael's responses. Before letting him leave, he asks if Michael still loves Lise. Michael lies and says he does not.
The next day, Edgars meets with Garibaldi in person again. Edgars explains he fears a world run by telepaths where normal humans would be second class citizens, not trusting the Golmaran Commonwealth as they have other telepaths and believes the humans who are members of the Human-Vortigaunt Federation cannot understand the danger they pose. Edgars believes a war is coming: not a conventional war, but a war of secrets and control. Edgars goes on to tell that he knows Clark helped assassinate Santiago with help of the Psi Corps and some unknown aliens (the Shadows). Once in charge he gave Psi Corps a level of power undreamed of and if he is cornered, he may unleash the Corps. More time was needed for Edgars and his other associates to complete their plan "to change the world." But was approached by a group who revealed to be at war with the Alliance of Nations and had their own interest and issues with beings far more powerful than Psi-Corp, offering their resources to help create a weapon against telepathic abilities. He leaves Garibaldi for a brief time to decide for sure if he wants to support him. Back in his room, Lise comes to see him. She insists she loves William and explains again why she did not come back to him because she knew he was married to his job and would always treat everyone else as second best. Michael apologizes for hurting her and professes he still loves her. Lise apologies to him again and then leaves. Later that evening, Michael goes back to Edgars and tells him he is willing to commit himself fully. Edgars asks him to demonstrate his sincerity by explaining how to get to Sheridan. Michael, hesitated but agrees (while secretly giving a coded transmission to Vance), explaining that the way to get to Sheridan was through his father—and only he knows how to find him. Michael also agrees to set up Sheridan personally.
In very little time), Michael arranges for David Sheridan's 'capture'. Afterward, Garibaldi sends a message to Sheridan, explaining that Clark's forces have found his father but was taken to Bab'lonin Mars with some of the Allies protecting him but having a hard time. Michael offers to help him in a rescue operation. Michael originally intended to have him with a duplicate to fool the Earth Alliance and gain Edgar's trust, while that part of the plan worked, they unexpected find out Sheridan was ambushed by an unknown group of trained soldiers, finding out from his intel about them being from the Galactic Empire and the Helghast Empire and possibly infiltrated the EA. Realising this is bigger and warned the Alliance about them before they could capture him.
Back at Edgars' residence, Garibaldi insists on getting the whole truth from William and Wade and why they were working with outside forces not from their worlds. Edgars, fearing the "death of human liberty and thought," reveals that his corporation has been working for the better part of a decade to develop both a deadly airborne virus lethal only to telepaths and a vaccine for it. Edgars explains it as an insurance policy against a future telepath take over. He states that in just a few a days they will begin moving the virus out: and within a month it will have infected every human telepath. The members of the Axis came to him and revealed the threats outside their verse and offer their help (but not the whole truth of their agenda). Michael states his 'approval' of the plan despite the urge to warn him that the people he's working with are very dangerous. Before leaving, he left Lisa a message and warn her to get out of the house now, maybe convince Edgars but uncertain if he will listen. Once left alone, he enters into a sort of trance. He removes a false tooth and activates a signal inside. He then goes to a train and waits, still in his trance. Lise follows him but he simply tells her to leave. Right after she does, Bester enters the train, responding to the signal.
Bester asks Michael to explain what he knows. He scans Michael to get the full story about Edgars' plan (unaware that Michael had been helped by the Alliance) and found some interesting things about the Multiverse War as well as the Axis of Empires' involvement. He compliments Garibaldi for the 'help', though acknowledges Michael had little choice in the matter. He goes on to say that although he'd had his differences with Garibaldi in the past, his decision to use Garibaldi as a sleeper agent had never been anything personal, perhaps showing a hint of remorse over what had been done to him. At this point, Garibaldi is effectively catatonic at the moment, though Bester gloats how he can feel the "real" Garibaldi trapped inside his own mind. Michael can hear Bester and understand him, but cannot respond. Bester decides to explain to Garibaldi what happened to him at the beginning of the year. After the Shadows captured him in his Starfury, he was handed over to the Psi Corps to be "modified" into a sleeper agent. Bester was able to intervene and have the adjustments altered for his own sake. Rather than a complete reprogramming, Bester simply had Garibaldi's innate "stubbornness, distrust, and suspicion" accentuated. This was coupled with a series of subliminal messages sent to him over the days and weeks following his rescue and made him distrust Sheridan (little did he know that the Alliance was listening to his conversation thought a transmission). After telling him the story, Bester contemplates murdering Garibaldi, but decides to remove the telepathic blocks. Once he leaves the train, Garibaldi awakens from his stupor and remembers everything.
Freed from the mind manipulation, Michael calls Vance, telling her to contact Babylon 5 that there's going to be an invasion about to happen by the Axis, starting with their Earth. He rushes to Edgars' home, but arrives too late. Edgars lies dead and both the virus and the antidote are missing. Discovered that Lise was also missing. A fatally injured Wade mentions she was gone when their attackers arrived. Michael quickly flees the scene.
Liberation of Bab'lonin Mars[]
Knowing the Martian resistance was working with both Sheridan's and the Alliance forces, Garibaldi and Vance warn them that the Axis was staging an attack somewhere on Mars right under everyone's noses. Believing he betrayed Sheridan after seeing the false news report, they seize him and drag him to one of the resistance's lairs before Number One, the leader of the Resistance. With her are Stephen Franklin and Lyta Alexander. Number One invites Franklin to personally execute Garibaldi, but he refuses and insists on hearing him out. Garibaldi tries to explain that Bester set him up and he was working with the Alliance to throw them off but were ambushed by the Axis, Vance came to his defence and showed Stephen the truth as he had his encounter with the Empire. Michael asks Lyta to scan his memories of the conversation with Bester to prove his story to them. Lyta agrees to the scan, finding mental blocks in his mind. Pushing with a deep scan, Lyta sees the whole truth. She then conveys it telepathically to Number One, who agrees to let Michael loose.
Now free, Michael explains he knows where Sheridan is being held on Bab'lonin Mars and needed the Alliance to help them to free him and other prisoners the Imperials were holding (which were posing as EA forces and cloaked their base during the Civil War). With their resources spread thin, the resistance cannot spare any one, so Michael, Stephen, Vance and Lyta go on the mission themselves. They are attacked in the tunnels by Helghast soldiers and Michael is stabbed in the back. After Stephen stitches him up, they put on the Imperial uniforms Vance's team stole and infiltrate the hidden base. They find Sheridan, who is delirious from a week of torture. The others are able to free him and other EA prisoners and were beamed off Bab'lonin Mars and back to the fleet (which continued under Ivanova without him and is preparing to come to the Sol system).
Sheridan's final plan is revealed to Garibaldi, who stays on Bab'lonin Mars to help take it back from the Axis. The last of Clark's forces made up of 30 ships had taken up position in Mars orbit, preparing for the final assault. However, they were too late to warn the EA fleet when another fleet made up of Star Destroyers arrived and launched an attack. Working with the Mars Resistance, Sheridan's forces slipped 30 of the telepaths in suspended animation onto the planet. The plan was to slip each one onto a war ship and have Lyta awaken them. Once awake, they will merge with the ship, disabling it completely without destroying them. He altered the tactic when finding out the Axis was in their universe so risked using only half and set the rest of the 15 to the Imperials and Helghast ships by beaming them inside their ships without knowing and disable most of the ships. Using contacts in Earthforce and the Alliance with their use of viral attacks, they succeed in loading the telepaths.
The battle of Bab'lonin Mars was a victory after the Imperials' fleet in orbit were infected and down.
Garibaldi leads a small strike force (Number One, Franklin, Lyta, and a few others) that seizes control of a bunker on the perimeter of the Martian defense base. While Franklin prepares a device to enhance Lyta's telepathic range, Garibaldi uploads precise coordinates on the planet to Sheridan's fleet. Using the coordinates, a single White Star jumps into the Mars atmosphere. The White Star quickly destroys the defense arrays at the base. Meanwhile, the Martian resistance launches a full out assault that captures the other bases on the planet. Lyta succeeds in "activating" the telepaths and nearly the entire fleet is neutralized. The few remaining ships are quickly disabled by Sheridan's fleet, which then proceeds to Earth itself. Desperate and cornered, President Clark commits suicide just after ordering the planetary defense network to fire on the planet itself. Luckily, Sheridan's fleet is able to destroy the defense satellites before they can fire. The Earth Alliance Civil War finally comes to an end and the Axis fleets retreated by an Alliance victory.
Sheridan surrendered himself to the proper authorities, prepared to accept whatever consequences that would entail. Michael quickly got to work tracking down Lise. He learns that the Imperials captured her due to her martial status with Edgars and paid criminals to hold her prisoner. Discovering a lead, he discovers they are holding her in an old warehouse. Michael storms the place with an entire platoon of Rangers and Jedi who quickly subdue the men inside. Lise is rescued safe and sound.
On Bab'lonin Earth, Sheridan is offered amnesty for himself and everyone who followed him on the condition of his resignation from Earthforce. He accepts the offer. After the situation is explained on the air, Delenn announces the formation of a new Interstellar Alliance with Sheridan serving as President and become full fledged members of the Alliance of Nations in response to the Axis' invasion of their galaxy. The Earth Alliance is offered membership, though one of the conditions for membership is that Bab'lonin Mars be granted independence at last. Michael and Lise watch the news from Lise's bed. Michael contemplates how fast he wants to return to Babylon 5, figuring he at least ought to take a couple of days vacation (the first he's had in about five years).
However, when news slips out that Sheridan and Delenn were married aboard a White Star shortly after it left bab'lonin Earth, Michael decides to head to Babylon 5 immediately. He and Franklin arrange a large reception for the couple, celebrating not only their marriage but the birth of the Interstellar Alliance as well.
Covert Intelligence[]
Assassination Attempt[]
Upon his return to B5, he tries to help Zack prepare for Sheridan's pending inauguration, but he quickly realizes Zack has things completely taken care of. Meanwhile, since Susan Ivanova has taken a promotion and a transfer, Captain Elizabeth Lochley has been asked by Sheridan to take command of the station. On the day of the inauguration, Sheridan receives a death threat. Despite Garibaldi and many others trying to talk him out of proceeding, Sheridan insists on going forward. Lochley agrees with his decision. Garibaldi, already suspicious of Lochley, openly admits his distrust of her. Lochley frankly responds that Garibaldi's opinion does not concern her—especially since he is now a civilian with no real connection to Earthforce, Babylon 5, or the Interstellar Alliance. Michael quickly gets to work tracking down the assassin while Zack tightens security. He manages to learn the identity of the assassin, John Clemens, a Clark loyalist who has been on the run since the end of the fighting and wanted for war crimes.
Clemens manages to infiltrate the reception and tries to shoot Sheridan before the swearing in but is thwarted, though he eludes immediate capture. Garibaldi realizes he has stolen a Starfury and pursues in one of his own (not even taking the time to suit up first. Clemens has flown to outside the Sanctuary, planning on firing on it since Sheridan is there. Garibaldi manages to sneak up behind him and grapple his Starfury. He flies it far enough away from the station and lets the Defense Grid destroy it. Afterward, recognizing the need for an intelligence division of the Alliance, Sheridan appoints Garibaldi as director of Covert Intelligence.
Telepath Crisis[]
Garibaldi eventually confronts Bester on one of his many visits to Babylon 5 and learns that Bester has placed mental blocks in his mind that prevent him from acting against the Psi Cop. Shortly afterwards he is taken hostage during Byron's Telepath Crisis, and narrowly escapes execution. He tried to bring Bester to justice for his crimes, but found that Bester had left an "Asimov" in his mind to keep him from acting against Bester or allowing him to come to harm. Feeling helpless over his inability to bring Bester to justice, Garibaldi began drinking again. After being found out Sheridan suspended him, but Garibaldi decided to leave the job. Garibaldi finally married long time girlfriend Lise Hampton-Edgars and returned to Bab'lonin Mars to run the mega-corporation she had inherited.
His drinking problem spiralled out of control, despite attempts to intervene from his friends and Lise. Eventually, following a meeting which he turns up to drunk, he is suspended from his position by President Sheridan.
In exchange for having Bester's programming removed, Garibaldi assisted Lyta Alexander and the Telepath resistance in their war against the Psi-Corps.
On the same year, Garibaldi traveled to Minbar to see his friend Sheridan one more time before his passing. After Sheridan's apparent death over Coriana VI, Garibaldi traveled to Babylon 5 for the decommissioning ceremony, and was there to see the self destruction of the station. Garibaldi then went to Earth to witness the burial of Alfred Bester.
Edgars Industries[]
After his suspension, Michael gets a new drive to become well again. This is partly helped by a conversation with Captain Lochley, who reveals she has also had problems with alcohol in the past. Lochley also arranges a surprise meeting between Michael and Lise. While on the station, she convinces him to come back to Mars with her sooner rather than later, in order to help with the running of Edgars Industries. She cannot deal with the politics and intrigue. Michael is at least partially persuaded by the fact that he believes he will never get his old job back after the reputation he got for himself.
few days later, Lyta is facing charges for her involvement in terrorist activity, and Michael sees an opportunity to be rid of the neural block which caused his downward spiral in the first place. Using his contacts at Edgars Industries, Michael arranges for Lyta to be pardoned. This enables him to make a deal with her, he will create a telepath army for her to use against the Psi Corps over the next two years; in return, she will finally remove the neural block which prevents him from killing Bester.
Number One is appointed as Michael's replacement. However, before Michael and Lise can leave Babylon 5, they are informed that an assassin has been hired to kill them, in order to prevent the details of Edgars Industries' projects during the civil war coming out. The assassin fails, but due to another ongoing situation with G'Kar's followers, Lise is accidentally shot. While she is recovering in the hospital, Michael arranges to marry her right there and then. She eventually makes a full recovery and they return to Mars.
One of Michael's first acts in his new job at Edgars Industries is to fire the whole board (who had all collaborated to have him and Lise killed). Furthermore, to prevent any chance of revenge, Michael threatens the board members with large death bounties on each of their heads that would become active should either himself or his wife die of anything but old age. After that action, Michael replaces them with those who had a reputation for being troublemakers in the company. His rationale is that if anything unsettling was going on inside the company, he wants to know about it.
He was approached by Alliance representatives who were impressed by his security career despite the set backs, they offered him to work for them to create an intelligence branch for the Alliance and make him the director of it once he's chosen his successor of the Edgars Industries. Garibaldi did not expect it but thought be an oppurtunity, decided to do so as a side project to build it up over the years until he steps down while enjoying the break and raise a family. Garibaldi would soon become the director of the Allied Courts of Justice.
Using the new found resources, Garibaldi spent the next several years hunting down Bester with the help for the Alliance, and caught up with him in Paris. Garibaldi decided not to sink to Bester's level by killing him, and instead turned him in to the Earth Alliance for war crimes trials. Bester spent the rest of his life in prison before dying in early 2281 (1476 NE).
The Multiversal Federation[]
Personality and Traits[]
Garibaldi was fundamentally an honest man who took his duties seriously.
Quotes[]
- "So if any known universes we find, including those we knew as fiction. which ones you would like to find."
- "Well, for me... I'd choose to looney tunes verse. What? Who wouldn't want the chances of meeting Daffy Duck in real life?"
- —Michael and Susan Ivanova