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He does tend to play Drazis a lot, primarily the ambassador, for
purposes of continuity, unless he's not available.

Re: Hamlet...one of the wonderful aspects of Shakespeare's work
is that it lends itself to reinterpretation and reinvention; cynical
lines can be read with hope, and vice versa, and somehow, the darned
thing tracks. One recent version of Hamlet mounted by Joseph Papp
starred a woman actor in the title role, and it worked beautifully.

jms

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Yeah, I'm sure that some Minbari teeps could be trusted...but
would they function well in a covert situation? They're mainly out in
the open.

One other thing I forgot to mention in my note to Nancy...if you
put out the word that you want 2 teeps from each world...that kind of
kills any chance of putting together a group of telepaths that's going
to operate IN SECRET, a covert unit, yes...?

jms

(blocked) asks:
> JMS, 1) was Mira told in seaon 1 about Delenn's role in the
> Earth-Minbari war? 2) how long is a "cycle"?

Remember though that the purpose of the teeps is to gather
covert intelligence. There are two operative words there: covert and
intelligence.

Intelligence against whom? Logically, this would involve in
part keeping tabs on worlds not in the Alliance...and some that *are*
in the Alliance. If you think the Drazi are up to something, and you
have Drazi telepaths on your team...are they going to cooperate against
their own government? If you leave them out, won't they find out if
they're in the company of the other teeps on a daily basis? The covert
part also goes out the door.

jms

Scott J. Epstein <71514.2733@compuserve.com> asks:
> But if the hypothetical Drazi teeps are Rangers, would they have
> loyalty to the Drazi government, or to Entil'zha? And are there
> any telepathic Rangers?

"But if the hypothetical Drazi teeps are Rangers, would they have
loyalty to the Drazi government, or to Entil'zha?"

Maybe they would..one hopes they would...but why take that
chance if you're in Sheridan's shoes, trying to make this thing work?

jms