HOMEWORLD:
Home world is Minbar, exact number of colony worlds is unknown but presumed to be at least as plentiful as other major new races since the Minbari are the oldest and most advanced of the new races, although population has been declining in recent centuries.

BIOLOGY
The Minbari are mammals, structurally and skeletally similar to humans, though with some variations (such as the horn growth around the head, a more obvious spinal structure and a different blood type. Minbari are born without the "horny crest" that eventually grows from the back of the skull, and gradually grows forward with age over the ears which are mounted below the bone section and behind the mandible, lower than where they are on humans.

The Minbari have no tolerance for alcohol, being driven to psychotic impulses and violent rages, this little known fact was used by Marcus Cole to help establish his credentials with Delenn (shown). Minbari don't perspire, but rather secrete some sort of fluid while they sleep, the exact purpose of which is unclear. Minbari can live 200 to 250 Earth years, although the latter portion of that in a "somnolent state". Like many of the other races they have blood with differing types.

CULTURE:
Their cultural interests are primarily the attainment of perfection, whether mental, physical spiritual, emotional; technology is transitory, merely a means to an end, moreover, absolute self sacrificing service to others is the most noble goal. Their society is built in a highly ordered and regimented manner, as can be seen from one of their sayings; "understanding is not required, only obedience", a considerable portion of which centered, like many of their religious beliefs, around the number three. Physically their culture consists of a strict caste structure, of which there are three; Warrior, Religious and Worker, and a code of obedience to one's superiors in that caste, although the religious caste has precedence over the other two. Caste membership is determined early in life by what a person is called to do and is not dependent upon the clan so that two members of the same clan can be of differing castes. Minbari don't bathe, but rather use a chemical compound that strips away the outer epidermal layer in an act symbolic of rebirth. There are three basic languages: Len'au, Feek, and Audronado (the language of the Priestly caste), also referred to a "light", "dark" and "grey", which are further broken down into 97 dialects and sub-tongues. There are elaborate rituals of shaping, honing and cutting as the crest's grow, some crests are shaped more in line with the military caste, for example. The results of courtship is largely determined by the female, who watches over her intended while he sleeps to watch for his true face that is revealled while asleep, if she likes what is revealled she may stay a further two nights to complete the ritual, otherwise she is free to go. Should the male insist that she stay, which is considered highly improper, she can leave while he sleeps, and then cut of his access to her family. Minbari writing is orientated vertically rather than horizontally. The Minbari believe that sleeping in the horizontal is tempting death, as a result of which their beds are built at a slight inclination.

GOVERNMENT:
The Minbari Federation is the political organization of the Minbari people which is governed by the Grey Council, an organization made up of three members from each caste, and a central leader. Dukhat was the leader before his death in 2245, an event that precipitated the Earth-Minbari War. Delenn was offered the position, but declined it. The capitol of Minbar is Yedor, the location of the seat of government which is known as the Palatium.

HISTORY:
The second "major" interstellar civilization contacted by humanity, with regard to level of resources, the number of worlds involved, etc. and had been spacefaring much longer than the Centauri. They are the oldest species that humanity has had extended relations with, and the most advanced with regard to technological level with the exception of the First Ones and Shadows. A thousand years ago, Valen, the Minbari's greatest spiritual leader, brought the Minbari society together, and subdued the warrior caste, prior to this there was killing of Minbari by Minbari. There were three warring castes, which he pulled together when he formed the Grey Council (three from each caste forming nine, worker, warrior, and religious). Since that time, and the Minbari have been in space for well over a thousand years, they have pretty much hewn to that rule; it is their greatest taboo. Once the three sides were integrated, the warrior caste mainly contented itself with external threats.

PSI:
The Minbari have telepaths, although it is considered a rare gift and those with the gift usually offer their skills to others as a service for which they are amply rewarded. Some Minbari appear to have other powers as well, such as being able to identify when they are being scanned and they may be able to "see" the soul, although these skills may be restricted to members of the Grey Council.

RELIGION
The Minbari as a whole are deeply religious, placing considerable importance not in a God or Gods, but in souls, which they believe leave the body at death and merge with the souls of other dead Minbari to be recycled into later generations, in this way, as individuals advance their own souls so the Minbari as a whole advance.

Souls can only be perceived via the physical bodies they inhabit, but the real soul is something only dimly related to the body, a projection of a fraction of the universe's own consciousness seeking to discover meaning.Valen, the great Minbari spiritual leader and founder of the Grey Council, appeared a thousand years ago. Because each generation is reborn in the next, no Minbari has killed another for almost a thousand years. Indeed the given reason for their surrender at the Battle of the Line was based on this belief - they discovered that Minbari souls were going to the humans and Minbari do not kill Minbari. At some point in the past someone or something has interfered with the Minbari religious development. In the temple, a member of the religious caste must spend a year learning to appreciate laughter. Note how this compares with the beliefs of the Soul Hunters.

TECHNOLOGY:
The Minbari have magneto-gravitation control, albeit in limited ways, measuring linear thrust in units known as BoPrills and Prills and have also been developing hybrid Vorlon
-Minbari technology, the White Star in particular. Their technology is far in excess of that of Earth and probably beyond that of the Centauri too; their ships could not be locked onto by the Earth Alliance's XB7 tracking systems during the Earth-Minbari War, although Earth has caught up slightly since then.

Minbari Rings
You may or maynot have noticed the rings on the Minbari's fingers, well if you have or not heres some information you may like to know about the rings

Ships of the Minbari Federation
Warcruiser
The Minbari Warcruiser is the most powerful ship among the younger races. Its beam weapon is very powerful, vaporizing most fighters with one quick shot, and cutting into larger ships. The Warcruiser is very large, around 1.7 km tall. These ships were used with great effectiveness in the Earth-Minbari war, where they almost destroyed all of Earth's forces. There is of course artificial gravity on board. The Warcruiser also carries a large complement of Minbari Fighters. The ruling body of the Minbari, the "Grey Council", has permanent residence on a special Warcruiser.

Fighter
The Minbari Fighter is an extremely maneuverable and fast fighter. Its weapons are three beam weapons positioned around the cockpit, angled 120 degrees apart, that fire in short bursts. The design is heavily based upon Minbari aesthetics, where the triangle is the perfect shape, so the Minbari Fighter has a triangular shape when viewed from ahead. The three "wings" also swept forward, in a reverse delta-wing shape. The pilot lies down looking forward during flight.

Flyer
The Minbari Flyer is a small ship used by Minbari diplomats, couriers, and other important persons. It only has room for one pilot, plus some cargo. Unlike the Minbari Fighter, the Flyer only has two wings, and it is also slightly larger. There does not seem to be any artificial gravity on board. The Flyer also appears to be armed.

Minbari Weapons
Minbari Pike

WEAPONS OF THE MINBARI FEDERATION:
The weapons of the Minbari federation are vast and powerful. Of all these weapons, the following make up the mainstay of the Minbari's arsenal - Neutron cannon, Fusion beam, and the Anti-Matter cannon. Here in we will explore the current theoretical database concerning these weapons, and their use aboard the Minbari's primary warship, the Sharlin class War-Cruiser.

FUSION BEAM:
This weapon is the Minbari's primary medium range and anti-straighter/capital ship weapon, powerful enough to destroy small targets, and large enough to engage capital ships. The workings of the Fusion beam is simple, high-mass material is compressed into a new and even denser compound. The massive energy release is then forced through the weapon's projection matrix creating a beam of destructive energy.
Using a Graviton stream or an EM field as the weapons conduit, the energy created by the marriage of the two masses is fired down the Graviton stream, along with the newly formed energized mass. This combination of mass and energy allows the Fusion beam to punch almost all forms of armor, as well as rake and vaporize enemy targets with ease.

NEUTRON CANNON
This weapon is the primary long-range weapon of the Minbari Federation, accurate enough to engage fighters and powerful enough to engage capital ships. Many people, upon hearing the weapon's name, assume that the Neutron cannon is a simple Neutron particle weapon. It is NOT. The Neutron cannon is, in actuality, a molecular weapon of great power.
The Neutron cannon fires a stream of "Anti-Neutrons" down either a Graviton stream or EM field. When the Anti-Neutrons strike any form of mass, it instantly destroy that mass. Destruction is a result of the Anti-Neutron particles canceling out the noble Neutron particles that make up the nucleus of the atoms in question. The result is instantaneous molecular decay, as the atoms loose their cohesion and fly apart.
Due to these facts, a Neutron cannon uses less power to create an even greater destructive effect than one could ever accomplish with Lasers or normal Particle beam weapons. No form of armor, not even Minbari armor, is immune to this weapon's effects, as it destroys matter on a molecular level.

ANTI-MATTER CANNON
This Anti-Matter cannon is the Minbari's primary weapon for conducting orbital attacks and planetary bombardments. The Minbari's Anti-Matter cannon fires a massive discharge of pure Anti-Matter from the ship's primary reactor core, a Quantum singularity.
This Anti-Matter stream is held within a complex series of Graviton beams that prevent the Anti-Matter from leaking or interacting with any mass, save that of the designated target. Using the Anti-Matter cannon, the Minbari Sharlin class War-Cruiser can level the surface of a planet in less than 20 minutes.