Ed Ryan

Major Ed Ryan was a hero introduced in the Babylon 5 episode Severed Dreams.

He was portrayed by Bruce McGill.

In the late 2250s he was a direct subordinate of General William Hague. In 2259 Hague introduced him to the Captain of the EAS Clarkstown.

The following year Ryan joined Hague on board the EAS Alexander as the latter attempted to stage a coup against w:c:villains:Morgan Clark after Clark declared martial law. The Alexander was able to escape Earth space, but Hague died when the Alexander was attacked by the Clarkstown.

With Hague dead, Ryan assumed command of the Alexander and ordered them to head to Babylon 5. Upon arrival he explained that Hague was dead.

After receiving word that Clark had began bombing Mars and that an Earth force task force was on the way to take Babylon 5 by force, Sheridan decided that he would stand against Clark. Ryan decided to make his stand with Sheridan at Babylon 5, and helped fight off the first group of Clark loyalist ships. The second group was stopped by the timely intervention of Delenn and the Minbari fleet.

Once the battle was over, Ryan decided that it was time to leave so that Clark would not concentrate his fire at B5 and potentially take out all of the resistance against Clark.

Trivia

 * J. Michael Straczynski originally intended Everett McGill, who had portrayed Stilgar in the 1984 version of Dune, to portray Ryan. However due to a misunderstanding Beuce McGill was brought in, and Straczynski decided to go with him instead.