Al Besterfan fiction

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Babylon 5+1

Rendition

by pallasite

Rendition: The practice of sending a foreign criminal or terrorist suspect covertly to be interrogated in a country with less rigorous regulations for the humane treatment of prisoners.The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!

General 100 words 1 ch Complete 6 kudos

Psi Corps · telepaths · Canon Compliant · Fix-It· +7 more

Babylon 5+1

Youth Sports In Psi Corps

by pallasite

You might have missed it, because the book is told from Bester's point of view (and he QUITS his sports team), but youth sports are actually very popular in the Corps.The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!

General 807 words 1 ch Complete 6 kudos

Backstory · Boarding School · Canon Compliant · Essays· +9 more

Babylon 5+1

What Do P-Ratings

by pallasite

P-ratings for n00bs, with a focus on P1 through P5.The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!Part 2 is here.Part 3 is here.

General 1.3k words 1 ch Complete 17 kudos

Psi Corps · telepaths · Canon Compliant · Worldbuilding· +4 more

Babylon 5+1

Why Byron Really Went

by pallasite

Canon says Bester ordered Byron to fire on, and destroy, an unarmed civilian transport.Canon lied.What actually happened was different - and more complicated.The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!

Teen 4k words 1 ch Complete 14 kudos

Psi Corps · telepaths · Canon Compliant · Fix-It· +32 more

Babylon 5+2

A potentially explicit work

Mature 95k words 85 / ? ch In progress 13 kudos

Babylon 5+1

When Do Telepaths Wear

by pallasite

When do telepaths in the Corps wear gloves? What are the rules?(A short essay for new readers.)The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!

General 465 words 1 ch Complete 13 kudos

Psi Corps · telepaths · Canon Compliant · Fix-It· +5 more

Babylon 5+1

The Training Accident

by pallasite

A post about the time that one of Bester's teachers telepathically attacked him and landed him in the infirmary - and then lied and called it an "accident."This story is canon - I'm explaining what was going on and why (and why his teacher was a liar).The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!

Teen 3.2k words 2 ch Complete 12 kudos

Psi Corps · telepaths · Canon Compliant · Fix-It· +11 more

Babylon 5+1

Canon Reference List of All the Times Normals Kill Telepaths

by pallasite

I've compiled the Big Ass List of Examples of canon abuse of telepaths, by normals, over 150 years. This list only includes what is directly mentioned or shown, and does not include the Telepath War itself. I also haven't yet included all the examples from the other canon books - I know there are other telepaths in those books who met a terrible fate at the hands of normals.The same list can be found in my prior post here, where I dissect a JMS Usenet post and respond with a discussion of the canon history and the legal framework by which telepaths are "regulated".I am presently working on a novella focusing on just the events of 2156 - the year the Centauri arrived and made first contact, and the year the Corps (as such) was formed. This is one of the most eventful six-month periods in canon, but it somehow only gets a few pages and some indirect references later on. You deserve the full book.

Teen 5k words 1 ch Complete 12 kudos

Abuse · Backstory · Bigotry & Prejudice · Canon Compliant· +25 more

Babylon 5+1

The Shadow Ship - Art

by pallasite

Artwork I commissioned from Hachiimon from DeviantArt, showing the excavation of the Shadow ship on Mars.(IPX found the ship, and then IPX, EarthGov and Department Sigma of Psi Corps all got into a fight over it until a second Shadow ship came, dug it out, and both flew away.)The two figures in front are Al Bester, and a Department Sigma administrator, Aubrey Pierre-Louis.The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!

General 267 words 1 ch Complete 11 kudos

Psi Corps · telepaths · Canon Compliant · Fix-It· +8 more

Babylon 5+1

On Psi Combat

by pallasite

How does telepathic combat work, anyway? And what's training like?The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!

General 840 words 1 ch Complete 11 kudos

Psi Corps · telepaths · Canon Compliant · Fix-It· +6 more

Babylon 5+1

Here Lies A Missing Story

by pallasite

Sandoval Bey was framed and arrested by (mundane) Psi Corps director Johnston, but commits suicide instead. Bey's death cements the evil Johnston's takeover of the Corps.What happened?The book doesn't say, now or later.Al Bester, who looked at Bey like a father figure, stands alone by Bey's grave and vows that some day, he will make Johnston PAY.Except the book leaves that out, too.You had one job, book.The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!

Teen 2.6k words 1 ch Complete 11 kudos

Backstory · Canon Compliant · Essays · Fix-It· +3 more

Babylon 5+1

Besters Unique Obsession

by pallasite

You realize this is weird, even among Psi Cops, right?The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!

General 1.4k words 1 ch Complete 11 kudos

Psi Corps · telepaths · Canon Compliant · Fix-It· +7 more

Babylon 5+1

Department Sigma - The

by pallasite

The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!The elusive "Department Sigma" is mentioned many times in the canon books, and the results of their work (and mishaps) are mentioned several times in the show (e.g. Dust, and the Ironheart debacle). Indeed, when it comes to "secret projects" in the Corps, it seems they're behind everything. But who was "Department Sigma," and what were they really up to?Perhaps surprisingly, they weren't the "evil" outfit the show leads you to believe. Rather, the inspiration for their work came directly from the Vorlons themselves, who took Psi Corps director Kevin Vacit, and his aide Natasha Alexander (Lyta's grandmother) onto their ship - and showed them the long, difficult path necessary for humanity to defeat the Shadows. Telepaths were at the center of the plan.Director Johnston assassinated Natasha Alexander.Under subterfuge, Department Sigma plowed ahead anyway, knowing nothing less was at stake than humanity itself.

General 2.7k words 1 ch Complete 11 kudos

Psi Corps · telepaths · Fix-It · Worldbuilding· +21 more

Babylon 5+1

On The Infantilization

by pallasite

Who really "infantilizes" telepaths?What do telepaths really mean when they say "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father"?The prologue ofBehind the Glovesishere- please read!

Teen 2.6k words 1 ch Complete 10 kudos

Psi Corps · telepaths · Canon Compliant · Fix-It· +7 more

Babylon 5+1

The Rogue of Brasilia

by pallasite

A Psi Cop disappears on Mars, and reappears a month later in the abandoned metro tunnels under Brasilia - and she's seemingly possessed by evil spirits. No one can catch her, so they call in Bester and his team.This is a canon story, but canon drops it, and only mentions these events after the fact. It's an important story for the development of the plot, however, so I'm telling you the story that Gregory Keyes left out.There's something very strange about this rogue in Brasilia...The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!

Teen 886 words 1 ch Complete 10 kudos

Psi Corps · telepaths · Canon Compliant · Fix-It· +16 more

Babylon 5+1

Punishment and Reconciliation in the Corps

by pallasite

Bester learns what justice means in the Corps... and from a teacher who wasn't even born in the Corps.(This is a canon story, but canon's telling of it was out of order and missing important explanations.)The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!

General 2.6k words 1 ch Complete 10 kudos

Backstory · Boarding School · Canon Compliant · Discipline· +19 more

Babylon 5+1

On Rogue Telepaths And

by pallasite

What's a "Type A Blip," anyway? And what happens when the Corps finds them?Do they really torture people?(The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!)

Teen 3.7k words 2 ch Complete 10 kudos

Psi Corps · telepaths · Canon Compliant · Fix-It· +17 more

Babylon 5+1

On the Public - and Secret - Relationship Between Psi Corps and EarthForce

by pallasite

A multi-part work detailing this relationship in different time periods. This material comes back throughout Behind the Gloves and the companion backstory novellas (in-progress).1. Telepaths in EarthForce security, stopping terrorism (during both the MRA and the Corps, through the Vacit era)2. Telepaths in "special ops" (also through the Vacit era) - not really EarthForce but needs to be discussed anyway3. Director Johnston's backstory4. Psi Corps secret cooperation with EarthGov in the Johnston era and beyond, e.g. at the joint base on Ganymede, before, during and after the Earth-Minbari WarAlso, President Robinson knew all along that Karges was a telepath.

General 7.1k words 6 ch Complete 10 kudos

Backstory · Black sites (military) · Canon Compliant · Earth-Minbari War· +9 more

Babylon 5+1

The Dark Side of Cadre

by pallasite

Cadre Prime was the most elite of all cadres in the Corps. Those twenty-five, maybe thirty students each year - out of the whole Corps of millions - were hand-picked for the most prestigious jobs upon reaching adulthood. They became high-level administrators. They became teachers. They became whatever they wanted.But they had also survived a system that was, at times, uniquely abusive.Now that I've spent nearly 200k words in Behind the Gloves introducing readers to telepath culture, I begin also to discuss some things that went Wrong.No nation is ever perfect. Telepaths are no different - humans are humans, and humans are imperfect beings. Humans fail. This is the lesson Bester takes away from his experiences with abuse in school.The prologue of Behind the Gloves is here - please read!

Teen 1.4k words 1 ch Complete 9 kudos

Psi Corps · telepaths · Canon Compliant · Fix-It· +13 more

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