Space Battle [Babylon 5: An Ancient Ally]

An epic Babylon 5 space battle.
Models:-
Kier Derby
Meurig
Fabio Passaro
Millionth Vector
Omar Chaudry
John Quach
Andrey Kurin
SpacialKatana
Music composed by Christopher Franke [Tangerine Dream]
Performed by the Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra
Software:-
Lightwave 3D 2015.3
Space Engine
Start date 31/05/22
Completion date 19/06/22

[@SpacialKatana]

True Babylon 5 fans may experience emotion at around the 8:00 mark. Cheers and thanks for watching !

[@VorlonAngel]

Yes I did!!!! Awesome video!!!!

[@SpacialKatana]

@@VorlonAngel Haha nice 1 dude. Glad you liked it :)

[@akkmeno]

All models are perfectly done, especially vorlon dreadnought. And that vorlon homeworld. It something, really something. And the moment when it flies after to help...

[@momic1]

omg, Vorlon is able to help😪 but it's not Vorlon's homeworld 7:00, right?

[@SpacialKatana]

@@momic1 No, just one under their protection.

[@cp1cupcake]

This reminded me of one of the things B5 did for me which very few other sci fi shows did: alien tech is not functionally the same as human equivalent. Keeping in mind that a lot of the human weapons were probably based on Narn ones, there is a feel of older empires have advanced tech even if its relatively minor stuff, like how humans don't have artificial gravity except through spinning ships and Minbari stealth tech jams a lot of human systems (at least during their war).

[@tarn1135]

The Narn weapons are based on centari or are straight up older centari weapons so in a lit of ways it’s the same for several of main races and most races at this time have artificial gravity drives. But I agree with your premise.

[@cp1cupcake]

@@tarn1135 Agreed, though I don't think you see what most of the minor races do for weapons. I started watching TOS recently, and they did it pretty well too. The Romulans have extremely strong weapons and stealth, but don't have anything remotely as good as the warp drive.

[@grimmrefertheJedi]

Agreed

[@johnwang9914]

It is puzzling that the Minbari can interfere with targeting when in fact the technologies should differ and not even be known to them however primitive they are in comparison to their own. Jamming requires intimate knowledge of the enemies weapon systems. Even with our own weapon systems, interfering with radar tracking is very different from interfering with heat tracking and both are very different from laser painting.

[@everdinestenger1548]

Are you referring to what the Vedas described?

[@Decrepit_biker]

If the aggressor had a Egyptian guy on board with funny glowing eyes..... Jaffa CREE!

[@DrReginaldFinleySr]

Beautiful space battle. Vorlons for the win!

[@SpacialKatana]

Damn! I thought Lewis Hamilton had left a comment until I squinted at yer avatar. Cheers !

[@TheKingTywinLannister]

Very enjoyable. Vorlons saved the day. I love how Vorlon ship just absorbed the energy fired against it. I would though that the planet destroyer would try to escape to hyperspace when Vorlons arrived but maybe it’s hyperdrive was damaged from previous hits.

[@SpacialKatana]

Yeah it was pwned lol 😆

[@opvjg]

Note that when the Vorlon ship came in, the enemy focused its secondaries on it. They knew which one was the biggest threat

[@hbande70]

I really miss Babylon 5. 😪

[@jimyates445]

A lot of the original actors are now deceased which is sad.

[@ghandimauler]

The visuals are nice and the music was fine. The original Earth Force ships seemed to be driving past the big targe...err... ship. It was like they wanted to show their sides to the cutter beam to slice them in too while their shots went past the enemy. Then other groups started coming in, but nobody every tried to go for a joint strike / time on target attack run to dump everything into the center hub at once. And if they'd driven one of the blue angel Mimbari cruisers into the core, that could have done enough damage to reduce the bad guy ship, vs. just chipping off the star tips. Swooping space battles with varied tempo are cinematic, but they aren't smart tactics. And if your enemy has a massive cutter beam that will cut your ship up at close or far ranges, and our firepower is going to be more effective close in, then do a dance around the enemy ship at close proximity, don't show your back and don't create separation by flying directly away shouting 'cut me down!'. And given that you can use thrusters as well as main engines on the Earth ships anyway, you missed the death orbit move - you turn your main batteries to the big ship, you use your main drive and the thrusters to orbit the big ship with your smallest target profile and your heaviest weaponry are on target all the time. It's pretty, but it could have been more sensible and coordinated and have made an even better video. In any event, it's better than I could do on my best day, so props for that. 🙂

[@lordvonlord]

Always happy to see the Warlock class.

[@benlaskowski357]

Ahhh, the Vorlons. Much respect. They always really impressed me in the series, and struck me as the kind of people you want to be friends with and do NOT want to be your enemy.

[@WashashoreProd]

"Entil-Zha, is this leftover Shadow tech?" "No... this is... Patrick."

[@abraxas365]

7:55 That time I didn't open the garage door all the way and walked right into it with my face...

[@SpacialKatana]

Worth making the video for a comment like that 🤣🤣🤣

[@jonharper4478]

This was 'almost' perfect. I say almost as we didn't see the Warlock fire off its main guns. Those are always a treat to watch. Such a shame. But aside from that? Awesome work man!

[@SpacialKatana]

This video I made of the Warlock will be right up your alley :- kzbin.info/www/bejne/aanGhnqjj8t9hNU

[@stephengonzalez2530]

I'm not sure there is much that can go toe to toe with a Vorlan Dreadnought!

[@RichyRichTu]

Tru dat!

[@dennismckown4951]

1 star figured ship takes out a lot of allies, the Vorlon come with 1 ship and one shot kills the alien invader, then they leave.

[@burstcity3832]

Yes.

[@user-ib2cs4nv4p]

Watched this a 105 inch screen with 89k$ sound system --Made me tear Thank you .

[@user-ww9yw4zi8m]

Watched on a 15 = inch laptop at 480p, with 1.5amp speakers, MEH.. :p

[@mythos000000025]

Cheeky 😅

[@Yojinj]

As an Bab5 enjoyer, this was bliss. That ramping up battle music right after the minbari started their attack runs, chefs kiss. The animation is so retro perfect.

[@szabiyt]

One million year technical advantage is definetly a decision factor in combat.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

The vorlon ship saw that thing and just said “ insect” before terminating it

[@kayla0078]

Well done. Showed more realism than everybody has shields until the last hit.

[@disruptive_innovator]

We are all Kosh

[@jimwatson2755]

Just got this hit...loved it..had to watch 2x..its hard to watch in full and still work at same time...great use of Warlock, Minbari cruisers...the ever popular Whitestars..I like how the Vorlon comes is, like ok guys let me show you how its done..and 1 shot (like one punch..anyone get the reference?)...gets it done and in true Vorlon fashion, turns around and leaves...love it

[@SpacialKatana]

You shouldn't be watching YT at work you naughty boy 🙄

[@josephl6896]

"One punch!" - Mr. Mom

[@jimwatson2755]

@@SpacialKatana well it beats working...besides here in the,States its supposed to be a holiday so it is quiet enough...

[@SpacialKatana]

@@jimwatson2755 haha noice 1

[@Busshanta]

The warlock is a true battleship 15 m of armor :)

[@VulpisFoxfire]

And of *course* the Vorlon takes the starfish out in one shot. :-/ Granted, everybody else seems to have been attacking stupidly in the first place, firing on the 'arms', instead of focusinf on the center, and more importantly, the firing points for the cutting beams...

[@foxsicle]

Like the space parents they show up eventually to show the fledgling races how its done and cement their dependency. =P

You have to chop off the tentacles of the bosstopus to make it temporarily vulnerable. I guess.

[@user-ww9yw4zi8m]

Vorlons come in see the enemy, you called me in for this scrub, ok lets do it, done bye :P

[@psu2dcu]

From a tactical standpoing can anyone explain why no one was focusing on destrying the energy weapons first instead of non critical ends of the ship?????

[@donohirst]

The whole thing has the tactical sense of cruisers all circling in Olympic sized swimming pools whilst peppering each other with seawhizzes. Not very reasonable, but it looked cool as hell! Babylon 5 was sorely let down by execs and show runners on the show after it finished. How it's not been rebooted given its quality, however, given how awful most reboots are, deconstruct everything, misgender, race, turn babyfaces to heels etc I'm glad it's been left.

[@andrewlancefield3730]

Range....

[@morrissoublet25]

Right!!

[@daanvos194]

Or why the warlock didnt use its main g o d energy guns

[@GORGORIANEC]

This is amazing. The best you've ever done.

[@everdinestenger1548]

Babylon 5 is still one of the best series ever, I have started watching the series again a while ago

[@SpacialKatana]

I need to re-watch season 3&4 again at some point, best segment. Most of season 5 shite, with a few good episodes. The telepath story arc could've been a lot better, and the actor was a bit naff [for me].

[@HarvestMoonHowl]

The Minbari have always been one of my top five favorite non-Human civilisations/species in science fiction. Their culture is just similar enough to our own to be recognizable. But in many ways, they are (typically) simultaneously more mindful and introspective while being capable of even greater savagery, when pressed far enough. The Vorlon on the other hand are nearly unknowable in their motivations and desires. The only time I even saw one lose their temper was when Cmdr. Sheridan somehow provoked Ambassador Kosh into nearly killing him telekinetically during the episode that Kosh was assassinated by the Shadows. And that was probably because Kosh knew what Sheridan was asking would upset whatever balance he was upholding, permanently.

[@randallsherman1309]

There was also the time that Kosh 2 telekinetically slapped Talia around...causing me to give him the name, "Darth Vorlon"...

[@grimmy2444]

Awesome work , was a tense battle 😬

[@danielzaba9913]

I enjoyed every second of it. I know it takes a lot of work and we won´t be seeing anything like it for the next few weeks/months, but honestly this makes up for it. Thanks a lot.

[@SpacialKatana]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JaredJanhsen]

Superb modeling and animation. Also very on-brand for the Vorlons. Jump in, blow something up, then promptly leave. Chef's kiss is when the Vorlon ambassador says something to you that is short, to the point, utterly useless, and totally consistent.

[@josephamendolea3431]

They probably took lessons in "speaking in riddles" from Albus Dumbledore....or Albus learned from them 😛

[@philipcable7518]

"Who are you?" "What do you want?"

[@nel1962]

Very cool. Was hoping the Warlock would use its G. O. D. cannon.

[@SpacialKatana]

Done it before Rich, missiles this time for a change:)

[@kerravon4159]

Great battle vid, I was hoping we'd see the Excalibur make an appearance but the Vorlon cruiser was very cool too, as was the Warlock.

[@garethdavies8004]

Excellent! I rather enjoyed "The Star-Ship" enemy, although I would have thought that a Warlock would last a little longer and do more damage.

[@tigerlilly4712]

Looks like someone had to swallow their pride and go beg the Vorlons for help.

[@quantuminion6396]

I see a warlock class destroyer so at this point at the tech tree vorlons would be gone

[@MH5XXXX]

That was a VERY NICE VIDEO. That star ship reminded me of a upgraded shadow vessel.

[@jamesrose1460]

This was fantastic guys. I know I have chastised you for mislabeling a Vorlon Heavy Cruiser as a Dreadnought...as the DN has two more Lightning cannon spines..one on each side (Being a Council of Ancients member...I know these things) but this was cool. I wonder if you have Dilgar ships (AOG Versions) as I would love to see the aborted attempt to expand the Game Universe with the 'Second Imperium' (Survivors that were sort if drafted by the Shadows as reluctant allies. They have some unique technologies...mainly Mason torpedoes (development of their Meson Missiles)...Gamma Ray Lasers (Development of tech of the Valen's War Shadow Ally, the Daargon-Krait "God's Eye" Grasers...left on their former homeworld after the Vorlon's destroyed them.)...the Particle Pulsars (Development of their Bloter tech) and their ultra cool "Shroud Shields" (Development of the Hyach gravitational shield tech and the Stealth 'Submarine' tech. Basically a grav shield that covers the ship with a Matte Black shield...where only basic shape and mass are revealed.) We were 90% ready to publish when AoG lost licence.

[@DeluminatusGM]

Excellent animation ands uperb use of Chris Franke's score! This may be your best one yet (which would mean a lot!)

[@moanawalters945]

Yes Yes Yes more please I'm crying love Babylon 5 always Vorlon Kosh big fan.

[@SpacialKatana]

Shadows need dissecting for killing him. That scene got my friends and I very agitated at the time!

[@Joe-jv5mm]

Vorlons don't say much, Show up, dropped the 🎤 , Back home in time for 🫖

[@RuralTowner]

Aw COME ON! We need to see all the turrets a NOVA can bear on target firing. Not just the cheek turrets. The WARLOCK missed the chance to fire both GOD beams on the initial approach.

[@PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

I Thought That As Well; But Maybe After Opening A Jump Gate It Would Take Time To Recharge The Cannons? IF I Remember Correctly It Took At Least A Minute To Recharge The God Cannons After Any Discharge? Though It Appeared They Had Time To Fire A Volley After Disgourging Her Missiles???

[@djhull6816]

The Whitestars should've jumped in damn near on top of the thing firing like they did to the Drakh

[@RuralTowner]

@@PITTSTON2SARASOTA Can see it taking a minute at least at first to warm up the GODs + the initial charge. After that I think the "burst" fire mode is 30s w/ 1s discharge for the best effect. Could've started the cycle prior to jump though. Missile volley would've been more effective if they were nukes but too many friendlies in the area to risk.

[@dilbertfirestorm4851]

@@RuralTowner nukes explode differently in space.

[@RuralTowner]

@@dilbertfirestorm4851 In reality...yes. B5 has taken a couple liberties...

[@stuartford5556]

Just a couple of improvement suggestions... The Nova classes never used their main turrets, only front guns, and and Warlock has a railgun that would have been a nice addition for long range bombardment.

[@SpacialKatana]

If you were actually a supporter of the channel, you'd have seen everything you'd mentioned before. THIS TIME I chose to use missiles, okay? Thanks for dropping by.

[@user-nm4rn5ex8g]

Damn it I cried I miss the cast and the storyline. I love you guys.

[@Kapitaen_Flauschbart]

Mhhhh the memories :-D nicely done!

[@mattosullivan9687]

The Minbari Battleships remind me of the Angelfish I keep in my aquarium, not an insult they look cool

[@nigelft]

I always thought they (the Minbari Battleships/Capital Ships) looked very familiar ... so, yes, they are very much like Angelfish with all the backwards fins, and near isosceles triangle shape, in a 3D space ...

[@mattosullivan9687]

@@nigelft Go look at the Cardiassians from Star Trek, they look like a plecostomous a type of armored catfish I KEEP

[@SpacialKatana]

They were indeed based off of an angelfish.

[@mattosullivan9687]

@@SpacialKatana A great pick

[@Smenkhaare]

Yes the mother of all cichlids...angelfish. Look delicate but ferocious about protecting their young.

[@USSDef1ant]

Excellent piece of work! If i could rate out of 10, it'd be 11. Very well made mate o7

[@SpacialKatana]

Thank you so much 😀

[@USSDef1ant]

@@SpacialKatana You're very welcome :)

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

This space battle video and the music go well together.

[@SpacialKatana]

I used a medley of Christopher's scores that he did for the show.

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

@@SpacialKatana Yes, he also does some of the best TV show and movie music, too.

[@joestewart6027]

Great work once again! Love your vids!

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

This space battle animation is like a hybrid movie and video game animation. 👍

[@SpacialKatana]

I have a gaming background [level design] I have a preference for game graphics and the B5 style of cinematography. People chasing photo realism need to look out the window.

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

@@SpacialKatana You are putting your skills to good use. How about doing videos on the potential background battles of the Earth Alliance Civil War?

[@mikecimerian6913]

Puts a Battle Crab to shame. Great job. I like it. 🕷

[@bozhijak]

Outstanding work!! Thanks for sharing. Keep them coming.

[@user-yw1xc6vz8g]

As usual. Awesome! Thank you for good vibe

[@roho10011]

Beautiful work on your part as always, and thank you for sharing! But on tactics; warships with most of their primary weapons faced forward (like the Earth force Omega & Warlock class ships, and Minbari Sharlin class) would not rush the enemy and then circle it, because that would mean these ships couldn’t bring its largest weapons to bear on the target at that point. Cheers

[@megiski3116]

4:55 this one aligned nicely with the music from the actual episode. But instead of Narns vs Shadows, we have Minbari vs Star

[@LL-nw6cd]

Fantastic! Brings back good memories of B5 series.

[@julioamayajr3919]

Awesome video - B5 is truly an exceptional show - keep at it !!

[@orochigo31]

That was great. Loved how they came in waves, not just the big guns showing up and annihilating everybody and leaving. Nice work, Thanks

[@morganmcgary921]

Looked like it was straight from the show. Well done.

[@fabianmckenna8197]

Great work but for anyone wanting to reminisce, Babylon 5 is now running on Anazon Prime.

[@sandylukemarsden7160]

That was top notch!!! Thanks buddy....

[@OriginalMergatroid]

Nice job. Would have been nice to see the Excalibur come in and save the day.

[@SpacialKatana]

I have the Excalibur, but it has tons of tiny windows which are a nightmare to render. It needs v high anti aliasing settings which increases render times to high for a 10 min project.

[@OriginalMergatroid]

@@SpacialKatana Nice to know you thought about it. It would have been the logical choice since the Vorlons would have been long gone by the time the Mimbari and Humans were cooperating. Nice job though dude.

[@SogoTX]

Although, I was very thrilled to see Captain Ivanova's Warlock Dreadnought prototype join the fray... ;)

[@TopazBibleIsTheOne]

Vorlons are my favorite! Thanks!

[@ZacLowing]

All those amazing weapons that can one shot a ship but with the aim of my drunk cousin peeing on the cattle prod

[@KingBarnaDuke]

Love it! Thank you. 👍

[@TheKingTywinLannister]

This is the most epic masterpiece there is in B5. Vorlons ending it like GODS... Amazing...

[@dufus2278]

Man, you are gtting better every video you release. Keep the good work. Interesting idea with unknown enemy, Minbari and Vorlons.

[@rintintinman9223]

That was Cool ! You warmed this ol' B5 fans heart...

[@FIOF7]

Excellent work!

[@AvroBellow]

Another masterpiece! You just keep racking them up! Your talent cannot be overstated. JMS should hire you for the new B5 series.

[@FireDragon16180]

very good work, thank you

[@anthonyfox5734]

Absolutely fantastic !. Must watch B5 again. Congratulations to all involved in this project..

[@SpacialKatana]

Cheers fella.

[@macross.shaeffer3197]

Another great video keep up the good work 👏

[@ThatEnglishGent]

Beautifully well made. Great job

[@SpacialKatana]

Thank you so much 😀

[@khalidkobeikram7408]

Brilliantly done people!

[@happyhunter]

Thank you so much. Beautiful.

[@SpacialKatana]

Thank you too!

[@ldfGUSBOY]

Nice work, very well done 👍

[@craigs71]

We need a good B5 space combat game.

[@dilbertfirestorm4851]

there was one

[@peterollerton3472]

That was top of the line thank you enjoyed watching it

[@SpacialKatana]

Glad you enjoyed it fella 🙃

[@AzMedic]

Thank you for an excellent video.

[@SpacialKatana]

Had fun doin' it 😃👍

[@jtno2]

You've gotten a lot better compared to your earlier videos. Really nicely done!

[@SpacialKatana]

Thanks.

[@tonylock4999]

Great video Babylon 5 is all time best and my all time favourite series

[@xandre212]

Sheet awesomeness!

[@brentgarner3143]

Well done, and thank you very much!!!!!!!👍👍🖖

[@42NORRIS]

Wow! That was exciting!

[@benitosalazar3749]

Great work!!!!

[@gordonai5803]

That was fantastic! Definitely captured the feel and pace of B5 and how the different ships moved and behaved, was well worth the wait, thank you for sharing!

[@SpacialKatana]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnlansing2902]

Very well done , thank you .

[@SpacialKatana]

Cheers.

[@mwuerz]

veeery well done

[@brynduffy]

Very well done!

[@richardbradley2335]

Wow ...keep up the great work.

[@bluebarrymore5442]

this is was great, please make more

[@stephanbateman5410]

Beyond amazing

[@julienperalta9724]

awesome!!! but why warlock don't use his aegis canon?

[@MYDOGBUD]

Wonderful Space Starfish!

[@belliott538]

Beauty! Here’s hoping JS holds fast the reigns on the B5 Redo… I’d truly Hate to see it get the Disney/Abrams/Kuntzman treatment…

[@SpacialKatana]

Cheers!

[@et3inuyasha]

It's been canned.

[@belliott538]

@@et3inuyasha Damn Shame... Though better Canned then Twisted.

[@SpacialKatana]

@@et3inuyasha Thank Valen.

[@TwoNuts1980]

Awesome vid. Nice to see that the Nova model I made in the late 90s is still being used :)

[@SpacialKatana]

It's alright for chopping up :D Seriously cheers fella !

[@jopac4742]

Great work

[@billyost1479]

Epic Tribute!

[@VIZ369]

This was so delicious thank you for your work ❤️

[@SpacialKatana]

Glad you enjoyed it!