Ericsson

Ericsson was a minor hero introduced in the Babylon 5 episode The Long Night.

He was portrayed by Bryan Cranston, who also portrayed Walter White in Breaking Bad.

A member of the Anla'Shok, by 2261 he was the commander of one of the ships of the White Star fleet. He monitored Shadows fleet movements and reported back to B5.

As part of the plan to draw the Shadows to Coriana VI, John Sheridan decided to send a data file to Ericsson with information that the Vorlons had put up a new secret base in the Coriana system. Sheridan told Ericsson that he wanted the Shadows to have the file, but that he needed Ericsson and his crew to fight to the death to make the Shadows think it was something that the Army of Light wanted to keep secret. Ericsson assured Sheridan that he knew this is what he had signed up for when he joined the Rangers.

Ericsson and his people fought the Shadows to the death, trying to keep the information from the Shadows, but as planned the Shadows retrieved the information from the wreck of Ericsson's ship.

The sacrifice of Ericsson and his crew was instrumental in getting the Shadows to come to Coriana VI, and ultimately in ending the Second Shadow War when Sheridan convinced the Vorlons, Shadows, and other remaining First Ones to leave the galaxy and join all the other First Ones beyond the rim.