Tannier’s impulsive nature led him to speak to Entil Zha Delenn without being spoken to first or invited to speak. This earned him another reprimand, but drew Delenn’s attention to the young trainee.

Given leave to explore the Station with Ranger Trainee Rastenn the two found themselves in Down Below where they heard a woman’s screams. Rastenn was reluctant to intervene and left, but Tannier believed that it was a Ranger’s duty to save lives and rushed in. The woman escaped but the thugs who had threatened her brutally beat Tannier and left him unconscious as a message to the Station authorities.

Tannier was treated in the Station Med Lab. As soon as he was sufficiently recovered to walk he was sent back into Down Below as part of his Ranger Training. He was to undergo the Mora ‘Dum – the Application of Terror. As Delenn described it, this was "facing fear. The kind that cripples, the kind that destroys, not from without but within."

As this had been declared a matter for the Anla Shok, Station Security stood clear while other Rangers took out the subordinate members of the gang, leaving Tannier to face the gang’s leader who had had him beaten. In the ensuing fight, which Sech Turval and Sech Durhann used as a teaching lesson to other trainees on the nature of bullies, Tannier was the victor having faced his fear and overcome it. When asked by Sech Turval what he felt for his foe, Tannier said, "Pity". When asked, "Whom does your name belong to? History? The World?", Tannier replied, "It belongs to me."