"The Babylon Project is a dream given form. It is a community, which we will build to create a lasting peace in the galaxy. A place where diverse populations can gather, calmly without the threat of war, and discuss their differences with the hope of understanding each other and settling their disagreements peacefully. Today we gather here in neutral space, in the shadow of a war that nearly cost us our civilization, to dedicate a place for all sentient beings to meet and interact openly. The Babylon Station will be built here in this orbit as a monument to those who have died in wars of misunderstandings, a place where the differences of our past can be overcome, and we can live in peace, with all inhabitants of the galaxy." – Senator Calvin Natawe; foundation ceremony of the first Babylon Station, 2249.