EarthForce One
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| EarthForce One | |
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 EarthForce One with its Starfury fighter escort. |
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| First appearance | "Survivors" |
| Last appearance | "Chrysalis" |
| Fate | Destroyed (2259) |
| Affiliation | Earth Alliance |
| General Characteristics | |
| Class | Presidential transport |
| Fighters | Starfury fighter escort |
| Propulsion | Sub-light engines |
EarthForce One is a fictional spacecraft used in the Babylon 5 science fiction television series to transport the Earth Alliance President to other planets.
Since EarthForce One is analogous to the present-day Air Force One, and that designation follows any U.S. Air Force aircraft that happens to be transporting the President of the United States, it is likely that the call sign "EarthForce One" would be used by any EarthForce vessel carrying the President of the Earth Alliance.
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[edit] Appearances
[edit] Presidential visit to Babylon 5, 2258
Earth Alliance President Luis Santiago, a strong proponent of interstellar diplomacy and supporter of the Babylon Project, choses to visit the Babylon 5 station in 2258. He travels to the station on board EarthForce One, accompanied by an escort of Starfury fighters bearing the Presidential livery. During the visit, he delivers a public address on the station and presents a wing of Starfuries to complete the station's fighter complement; the wing is designated Zeta wing.[1]
[edit] Presidential Assassination, 2259
Shortly after midnight on January 1, 2259, EarthForce One explodes, killing President Santiago. The transport is in the vicinity of the transfer point at Io at the time of its destruction. Prior to his assassination, President Santiago had been due to deliver his New Year's address. Santiago's Vice-President, William Morgan Clark, assumes the presidency after being sworn in aboard EarthForce Two, the official transport of the Earth Alliance Vice-President. Suspiciously, Vice-President Clark had disembarked EarthForce One shortly before the explosion, complaining of a viral infection.[2]
Clark is later implicated in the assassination plot[3] and his government is overthrown during a revolt led by Captain John Sheridan three years later.[4]
