Editing Civilizations in Babylon 5 (section)

==Streibs==
The '''Streibs''' are a mysterious race that don't engage in diplomatic contacts with other races, but rather treat them as laboratory animals and conduct cruel experiments upon them.

Few things are known about the Streibs except that they launch raids on other worlds and sectors, capture isolated life-forms from their ships, and quickly retreat before they can be pursued. They then proceed to perform very cruel experiments upon their "samples", and presumably eliminate them when finished, notably by just [[space exposure|spacing]] them.

It is unclear whether these captures are scientific experiments, intelligence gathering for an invasion, or just a cruel way for the Streibs to entertain themselves. However, the Streibs are also a proven servant race to the Shadows and so their abductions and trial and experimentation could be part of an overall scheme set out by their masters, perhaps to test the mettle of other races; whether they will serve the nefarious purposes of their masters.

The Streibs once invaded Minbari territory, but it proved a terrible mistake, as the superior Minbari fleet pursued them all the way to their homeworld and "made sure they understood the depth of their mistake" (in the words of [[Delenn]]).

The Streibs also captured Babylon 5 commander John Sheridan, but this too was a fatal mistake as the EAS Agamemnon, with the help of Delenn and Ivanova, completely destroyed the sampler ship and rescued Sheridan.<ref>{{cite episode
 | title = All Alone in the Night
 | episode-link = All_Alone_in_the_Night
 | series = Babylon 5
 | series-link = Babylon 5
 | airdate = 1995-02-15
}}</ref>

The Streibs look (and behave) a bit like the [[Grey alien|Greys]] of UFO folklore, although in the ''Babylon 5'' universe, what we call Greys are in fact the Vrees. The Streibs are named for [[Whitley Strieber]], author of ''Communion'' and other UFO-themed works.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}