Zack Allan

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Babylon 5 character
Zack Allan
Affiliated with	Babylon 5 Security
Race	Human
Home planet	Earth
First appearance	A Spider in the Web
Last appearance	Sleeping in Light (chronological), Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (airdate)
Portrayed by	Jeff Conaway

Zack Allan, played by Jeff Conaway, is a character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. He regularly appeared in the show from season 2 onwards.

Briefly in season 2 and 3, Allan was a member of Nightwatch. He joined for the bonus pay, without paying much attention to their political stance. However, he had the truth of their nature driven home when a shopkeeper accused of "sedition" (i.e., badmouthing the EarthGov) was dragged away by the Watch in the episode, The Fall of Night.

Allan was the second aide to B5 Chief of Security Michael Garibaldi from 2259-2261. Following Garibaldi's resignation as chief of security in season 4, Allan was appointed Chief of Security. He held the position for many years; except for a brief stint back on Earth, he remained there until the station was decommissioned in 2281.

In Sleeping in Light, he walked with a noticeable limp, which has never been explained on screen. In the voiceover commentary of the episode, series creator J. Michael Straczynski explained that Zack was involved in heroic activity and lost his leg. Later in the episode, after the aged and abandoned Babylon 5 was destroyed and the Drakh influence on Centauri Prime was exposed and eliminated, Zack joined the Rangers and became Centauri Emperor Vir Cotto's assistant and (presumably) a direct liaison between the Emperor and the League of Aligned Worlds.

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