On 2010-09-27 11:29:13 -0500, Stefan said:   
   > 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?   
   > IVANOVA, IVANOVA, IVANOVA   
   > Ste ;-) fan   
   I just gritted my teeth and went on when I saw it. At least it isn't    
   ever "Evonova".   
   -K   
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