I remember JMS said that he ended the Shadow War the way he did because he wanted to show that a war can be resolved by talking, but he then went on to say the Civil War was only ever going to be solved by guns. Make of that what you will. I'm not sure what Sheridan could do differently though.

Interesting counterpoint to AI spacecraft! I've always seen the concept of Dyson trees, as depicted in Hyperion and The Integral Trees, as a quite wonderful kind of organic space vessel rooted (pun intended!) in real scientific theory. Tin Man & the Vorlons/Shadows in B5 also really stood out to me.

@spacesword.bsky.social you get a good mention in this review of my book too! www.americanscientist.org/article/cros...