They'd be coming from various outposts and bases around Earth and Allied space. Remember, the ACTUAL mission involved a nearby but unaligned territory. Earth Force would certainly have bases near territories where they might need to do things.
In fact, the "relief" for Io might well have been rotating those troops back or closer to home.
They likely would have sent it out as a general E-mail-type announcement. Keffer had been on duty and likely hadn't checked in yet, and hadn't heard it through the grapevine.Bunkmates- Um, would there not be some sort of announcement to B5 personnel about the unwilling quartering of military troops? Keffer wanders into his quarters like he has no idea about the 25,000 troops or the bunkmates.
I had to look that one up, but remember that Babylon 5 is technically a military station, too, and the only "unwilling" assignments were to the quarters of military personnel. Military personnel do not own their quarters.No Third Amendment- Well, guess Earthforce/Earthgov as a planet wide government would not have the Bill of Rights of just one country, no matter how good or right, apply to all of Earth.
I believe that the B5 Wars game states that they can and do actually use them as normal mines as well, hence the naming. They've just found a way to use them more directly in battle, too.Originally Posted by factotum