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Born on Earth in 2221, Michael
Garibaldi has worked most of his life in security, as did his father before him.
He has spent a lot of that time fighting his own alcoholism, and admits that he
hit the bottle when life got too tough. In 2241 Garibaldi worked as a security
officer on Europa. Many of the other members of security were corrupt and would
accept bribes. As the only one who tried to do his job properly he was under
immense pressure, which eventually drove him to drink. While working there he
became strong friends with a pilot called Frank Kemmer. When Garibaldi came too
close to uncovering the bribery, Frank was killed by a bomb and Garibaldi was
framed for it. He was then blackballed through the entire system. His other
postings include Orion 4 and Fortune City.
He played his part in the
Earth-Minbari war as a GROPOS and for a long time afterwards sufferred from
nightmares. In 2255, while operating a 'no questions asked' shuttle run on Mars,
he was hired by Lieutenant Jeffrey Sinclair. Afterwards he became close friends
with Sinclair. Later that year he began working for Mars Colony Security until
he was offerred the post as Chief of security in 2256 on Babylon 5 by Commander
Sinclair. Garibaldi was an unlikly choice, but Sinclair insisted that he was
given the job. In 2258 he was almost killed by one of his own men, and as a
result began to doubt his ability to do his job. Garibaldi showed his loyalty
most at the close of 2260, by following the orders of Captain Sheridan, even
though he strongly disagreed with them. While Sheridan was on Z'ha'dum fighting
for his life, Garibaldi was scrambled with the rest of Babylon 5's fighter wings
to defend the station against the shadows, but did not return after the Shadows
retreated. |
