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The space station show where an alien religious cast helps the station commander fight a large scale political and physical war against an insidious enemy not detectable to the human eye, even though a genocidal race aiding them may be sacrificed?
....wait, which one am I talking about?
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The one that's pro-union, has large character arcs, and a conspiracy that plays out back home.Wait, which one?
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The one where ancient text profecy it all.spoiler
The one where the Station Commander actually belonged to that part of space after all. You know, he wasn't really like other humans....i give up.
They both match these descriptions... But interestingly enough B5 often ends up feeling like it's telling the bigger story! Sometimes it feels like DS9 is just trying to keep up with it (albeit with much higher production values).
...and the B5 aliens are somehow, more alien. It's got a lot going for it, and is an underdog that punches above its weight class.
B5 from the getgo had the whole mythic arc written out. Ds9 had to play the trek serialisation until B&B were distracted enough for ISB to go ham