Eric really started this collection of similarities:
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Date:    Sun, Jul 27, 1997 1:00:11 AM
Subject: DS9 = Babylon 5
From:    Eric Hall
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<tr><td> General Martok lost his left eye in a Jem Hadar prison<td> G'Kar lost his
left eye in a Centauri prison.
<tr><td> Centauris overdress and have sharp teeth and big hair<td> Ferengis
overdress and have sharp teeth and big ears.
<tr><td> Sheridan lost his wife to an ultra-powerful enemy, the Shadows<td> Sisko
lost his wife to an ultra-powerful enemy, the Borg.
<tr><td> Kira is still angry over her father's death<td> Ivanova is still angry
over her father's death.
<tr><td>Marcus the Ranger (beard and long hair), Human but trained by aliens,
shows up one day with his fighting staff<td> Worf the Warrior (beard and
long hair), Klingon but raised by Humans, shows up one day with his
Batleth.
<tr><td> Delenn's body goes through a strange transformation<td> Dax's host bodies
have changed 7 or 8 times.
<tr><td> Rom  is always bumbling and getting into trouble<td> Vir is always
bumbling and getting into trouble.
<tr><td> Steven is troubled by a deep dark secret (drug addiction) and a poor
relationship with his father<td> Julian is troubled by a deep dark secret
(genetic engineering) and a poor relationship with his father.
<tr><td> Steven falls in love with a lounge singer<td> Julian falls in love with a
Dabo girl.
<tr><td> Garibaldi likes Daffy Duck<td> Odo can transform himself into a duck
(sorry, couldn't resist!)
<tr><td>The ship the Agamemnon is mentioned in B5<td> another ship called
Agamemnon is mentioned in DS9.
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