Revised August 10, 2024 with corrected insignia accounting (I initially thought A and E were the same one) and illustrations of each design.

While the White Star was introduced in the third season of Babylon 5, for most of it, only the prototype was seen. It wasn’t until season 4 that we began seeing scenes set on multiple different White Stars. The set for the White Star bridge was also redesigned and rearranged for the fourth season, and the new design seemed to take into account that there would be times when different characters would be seen on different (but identical) ships in the same episode.

From what I can tell, there were four main ways to redress the White Star bridge to represent different specific ships. There were lights in the supports for the railing around the command chair that were changed to different colors, the large light panels on the aft bulkhead had their color changed more subtly, three of the computer screens on the aft bulkhead were swapped out (with three different sets of screens, which alway appeared together, never mixed), and a lit plaque above the main door to the bridge would be changed. For now, I’ll just be going into that last one. More details on the overall distinctions between different White Stars are in this post.