From: Jeffrey Kaplan    
      
   Previously on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, wrrlykam said:   
      
   > The Shadows wiped out those with Narns the telepath gene a thousand years   
   before. So they weren't using them at that point. If they used telepaths in   
   their ships then that would be a massive waste of 'components'. I vaguely   
   remember Garibaldi's head and neck areas being checked over after he went   
   missing?    
      
   Yes.   
      
   > Clearly Mundanes were the standard Shadow vessel components up to the   
   developments revealed in Ship of Tears   
      
   I think what probably happened was in the prior cycle, only the Narn   
   had telepaths of sufficient strength and numbers to be a threat, so it   
   was easier for the Shadows to wipe them out.  Since that war, the   
   Vorlons tinkered with the other races (they may have tinkered with the   
   Narn first, way back then) as part of their weapons program, seeding   
   telepathy in the Humans, Minbari, and others.   
      
   We know from various places in the show and in the books that the   
   Vorlons did tinker with Humans, and there was evidence once in the 5th   
   season that they were still tinkering with other races at least through   
   the time in the second and third seasons (Lyta's memories while having   
   sex with Byron).   
      
   This time around, there were too many races with telepaths for the   
   Shadows to wipe them out, so instead they started to try to co-op them   
   instead.   
      
   --    
   Jeffrey Kaplan                                         www.gordol.org   
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