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This is a [[Crossover]] written by committee. It can be found on Spacebattles and Fanfiction.net.
 
It describes a war between the [[Babylon 5 (TV)|Minbari Federation]] and the [[Star Trek (Franchise)|United Federation of Planets]]. In the beginning, a ship from the Earth of Babylon 5 and a Minbari ship chasing it go through a space anomaly. Captain Kirk's ''Enterprise'' finds them. The consequences extend into the next century, and the Vorlons get involved as well -- also as enemies of the Federation.
 
It can be found [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1944628/1/A_Thin_Veneer here].
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* [[Normal Fish in A Tiny Pond]]: Many Federation technologies are considered normal, even weak for the setting, but are very effective against the Minbari simply because ''they have had no exposure to these technologies.''
** Of particular note are tricobolt explosives. While they've been largely phased out in the Federation due to the prevalence of more effective antimatter explosives, the tricobolt devices have the unique benefit of ''royally'' screwing up Minbari gravity drives.
* [[Shout -Out]]: The Gorn battleship program is rumored to be called ''[[Godzilla]].'' The names of two of the ships in the mini-fleet they bring include ''Mothra'' and ''Rodan,'' more Godzilla monsters.
** Another ship is the ''[[Lord of the Rings|Smaug,]]'' named after the dragon from ''The Hobbit.''
** When Kirk is going over some of the officers participating in the war, he mentions that he used to work on a ship with [[Airplane!|Ted Stryker and Buck Murdock]], and even mentions Stryker's [[Visual Pun|Drinking]] [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Problem.]]