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Shipyards Index

Author: BlackSwan (other sets)
Game: SE5
Tags: babylon 5 (2)
Version: 1.0
Date Added: June 15, 2008
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Number of Portraits: 20

Description:
The Minbari live to attain perfection in themselves physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. To other races, the Minbari are a prideful people. One might also call them zealots.

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		Frigate	Destroyer
Light Cruiser	Cruiser	Battleship	Dreadnought
Baseship	Carrier	Space Station	Starbase
Colony Ship	Medium Freighter	Drone	Fighter
Mine	Satellite	Troop	Weapon Platform

Biology:
The Minbari are a humanoid, mammalian race.The average Minbari lifespan is 200 to 225 Earth years.

Society:
The core of Minbari society is its caste system. There are three castes, the religious, warrior, and worker. Caste membership is determined by one's calling, not birth or genetics. The Minbari do not believe in deities. The core of Minbari religious belief is that of the soul. A soul is defined by them as a non-localized phenomenon, meaning that a person's soul does not originate from within, but from the outside by a hidden source (the universe). To them, the universe is a conscious entity engaged in a search for meaning. It breaks itself apart and invests itself in every form of life. Thus, every being is a projection of a part of the universal soul. They believe that all sentients have immortal souls. However, there is more than one "universal soul" since breaking itself apart and only meeting identical versions of itself would be pointless and redundant. There are Soul Forms, one for each race. Having been civilized longer than most races, the Minbari hold their soul form to be more elevated, evolved, and precious than those around them.

History:
The Minbari are the oldest of the "current races." Their technology is centuries ahead of the other new races but inferior to that of the Ancients. Minbar is a mineral heavy world with lots of crystal deposits. They achieved spaceflight over 1,100 years ago.