Andromeda was conceived by Gene Roddenberry in the early 1970s and posthumously produced on his behalf by his widow Majel Barrett-Roddenberry. Captain Dylan Hunt is a member of the Systems Commonwealth'sHigh Guard; he and his ship the Andromeda Ascendant are frozen in time. They awaken 300 years in the future, where Hunt discovers that the Commonwealth has fallen and the universe has fallen into chaos, with the strong preying on the weak. Deciding to change all of this, Hunt sets out with a new crew to create a new Commonwealth and bring order to a chaotic galaxy. With this impossible task in front of him, Dylan must come up with a way to convince races to sign up while fighting off some of the galaxy's most fearsome enemies, including the Magog (and their god the Spirit of the Abyss) and the Nietzscheans - whilst also dealing with the problems and betrayals of the members of his new crew.
“The long night has come. The Systems Commonwealth the greatest civilization in history has fallen. Now, one ship, one crew have vowed to drive back the night and rekindle the light of civilization. On the starship Andromeda hope lives again”
— Intro to Season One
“He is the last guardian of a fallen civilization, a hero from another time. Faced with a universe in chaos, Dylan Hunt recruits an unlikely crew and sets out to reunite the galaxies. On the starship Andromeda hope lives again ”
— Intro to Season Two
“The Universe is a dangerous place. But in our future my crew and I fight to make it safe. I am Dylan Hunt, Captain of the Andromeda Ascendant, and these are our adventures.”
— Intro to Seasons Three, Four and Five
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The Battle of Hephaistos was the opening round in the Nietzschean Uprising against the Systems Commonwealth. It was the battle that saw the Andromeda Ascendant trapped on the edge of the Event Horizon of a black hole.
The Andromeda making a run for the black hole with Garuda class fighters pursuing and firing
History
Hephaistos was the direct result of the Treaty of Antares, where the Commonwealth ceded several systems to the savage Magog. The Nietzscheans became disenfranchised with the Commonwealth and vowed they'd set it right, by replacing the Vedrans as the head of the republic. Hephaistos made a perfect ambush point due to over 70% of the population being Neitzschean (with a total population of over half a billion). When the black hole destabilized the planet, the Nietzscheans laid their trap and waited. Whether the black hole was a natural phenomena that the Nietzscheans exploited, or whether they created it, is unclear. However, Tyr Anasazi mentions that Nietzscheans only have one method of destroying a planet, and the science behind...Read More
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