Captain Matthew Gideon, is weighted with a terrible

responsibility and trying not to show how it's

affecting him. He also carries a very strange secret

with him...

From jms: "Gary Cole as Matthew Gideon is a

thinking man's character; there's a lot going on behind the eyes,

and I know that when I write Gideon it will be in mental

close-ups. Lines that could have been delivered with

braggandocio or overweeninh confidence are brought down and

honed of intent, clarity or purpose."

The first office aboard the Excalibur who is also a

telepath...

From jms: "Daniel Dae Kim as Lieutenant John

Matherson brings an unexpected intensity to the

part, a seriousness and earnestness that is

simultaneouslt endearing and sobering: you know he would plant

his feet on the bridge and await your return, that you could go

away for two weeks, and he would still be there, just as you left

him, and woe to anyone who tried to move him off that spot."

Dureena Nafeel, to all intents and purposes the last

surviving member of her race, wiped out during the

Shadow War, and out for revenge against anyone

who served the Shadows; looking to settle scores,

and looking for any sign that others of her kind

escaped before the end...

From jms: "Carrie Dobro as Dureena is simply a kick in the head.

An intensity in the eyes, a smile and a threat behind the curled

lip, able to be that kind of vulnerable tough character who holds

forth from joy because she will no longer abide pain, and the

two are too closely linked for Dureena's comfort."

Max Eilerson, a xenoarchaeologist attached to the

Excalibur by Interplanetary Expeditions "(which as a

multi-planetary corporation, certainly mourns the

situation in which Earth finds herself, but life goes

on, business goes on, and listen, while you're out

there on the edge of what's known, if you happen to

find anything we could turn to our own profit, you know what

to do)..."

From jms: "David Allen Brooks as Max Eilerson speaks with an

utter confidence that says he owns everything around him that is

not moving or on fire, even more so than was at first intended

in the dialogue as written. He brings a wonderful eccentricity to

the role, a sence of humour that prevents the character from

sliding into cliche. I know I can write this character as broadly

as I want, and the actor will take it hime and make it real."

Dr. Susan Chambers, science and medical officer,

assigned to evaluate the search for a cure to the

plague inflicted on Earth by the Drakh.

From jms: &qout;Marjean Holden's Dr. Susan

Chambers is the emotional heart of the show, the

voice of reason and morality with a sheer joy of living, able to

be our conscience without appearing in the least judgemental."

Galen, a lone techno-mage lately returned from their

hinding place after they fled known space during

the Shadow War, immensely powerful on the one

hand, and greatly flawed on the other, refusing to

live on the ship, instead going and coming at his

own whim, on his own errands, with his own

agenda, and always a darkness nipping at his heels...

From jms: "Peter Woodward's Galen, a techno-mage, is a thing

beauty to behold. Every word crisp, delivered laser like to its

intented target. I like to find characters where I can wind them

up to the point where they can let fly with pronouncements and

Jeremiands, meditations and prophecies of doom... and the

occasional one-liner just to keep you off your game. Galen is

now one such character, and I plan to have a great deal of fun

with him in the months to come."

Tracy Scoggins who played Captain Elizabeth Lochley

in Babylon 5, has signed up for 7 or 8 episodes.

From jms: "Tracy Scoggins as Captain Elizabeth

Lochley, already known to viewers, still the

commanding officrt of Babylon 5 in 2272,

independent, and successful on her own terms, whose own story

will be weaving in and out of the lives of the other characters,

especially Captain Gideon."

Jeff Conaway (who plays Zack Allan in Babylon5)

told fans he has been signed for Crusade - 17

episodes of the first season, and 22 episodes of the

second.

Maggie Egan as an ISN reporter, who she played in Babylon

5.

Other regular members of the Babylon 5 may appear in Crusade

as guest stars.

Information on some of the cast members from jms:

(Some of which has changed)

"Central characters would include one of the nine

surviving Zathras brothers, one of the family Zathras; the

command staff of one of the main explorer vessels The

Excalibur; a warrior caste Minbari; the lone survivor of a world

wiped out by the Shadow allies; a lone Technomage sent back to

see if the coast is clear for the others to come back; a

bioigeneticist and a representative from Interplanetary

Expeditions, whose goal may not be the same as the rest.

The series draws from the best of what B5 has developed

over its course, the things that the fans have indicated they`d

like to see developed: the Technomages, exploration, the political

situation back on Earth, more about the Minbari warrior caste,

and of course, more of the family Zathras."