On 27 Sep., 05:50, Jeffrey Kaplan  wrote:   
   > Previously on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, John W. Kennedy said:   
   > > On Sep 25, 1:02 am, Jeffrey Kaplan  wrote:   
   > > > Previously on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, John W. Kennedy said:   
   > > > > I have always rather assumed that the Sheridan-Lorien scenes on   
   > > > > Z'ha'dum were taking place in Sheridan's head as he fell.   
   Yes indeed.   
   But nevertheless he must be saved by Lorien.   
   > > > Except for the fact that several days or weeks had passed elsewhere   
   > > > between the big BOOM! and his return to B5.   
   >   
   > > > Time enough for Ivonova to grieve, make a round trip, and then put out   
   > > > a call for ships and wait days for them to arrive.   
   >   
   > > So? The PERT chart works.   
   >   
   > Unless he's falling into a planet like Jupiter, it'd take orders of   
   > magnitude less time to fall than it took Ivonova to grieve, etc.  But   
   > he wasn't.  By what we see on-screen, Z'Ha'Dum must have a gravity   
   > within tolerance-difference of Earth, and the atmosphere within the   
   > city dome is breathable by Humans and thus must be composed of gasses   
   > of similar densities.   
   >   
   > Ergo, terminal velocity there is close to that here, and it would take   
   > only minutes to fall 2 kilometers, not days or weeks.   
   >   
   > I wasn't questioning whether or not Ivonova went through grieving   
   > stages, nor whether or not Lorien was communicating with Sheridan   
   > telepathically.  Just the timing.   
   No nitpicker around?   
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