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Andromeda
Andromeda intro card
Format	Science Fiction
Created by	Gene Roddenberry Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Directed by	David Winning
Starring	Kevin Sorbo Lisa Ryder Keith Hamilton Cobb Lexa Doig Laura Bertram Gordon Michael Woolvett Brent Stait Steve Bacic Brandy Ledford
Country of origin	Canada  United States
No. of episodes	110 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	approx. 45 mins (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel	Global
Original run	October 2, 2000 – May 13, 2005
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda is a Canadian/American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Roddenberry.^[1] It starred Kevin Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt. The series premiered on October 2, 2000 slightly after the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; and ended on May 13, 2005.

Andromeda was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and produced by Tribune Entertainment and Fireworks Entertainment. It was distributed by Global TV (Fireworks' parent company) in Canada and syndicated in the United States on WGN and other channels.^{[2] [3]} It was picked up by the Sci-Fi Channel in the U.S. halfway through season four.^[3] Andromeda is one of two TV series (to date) based upon concepts Roddenberry had created as early as the 1960s and 1970s. The name Dylan Hunt had also been given to the heroes of two TV movie pilots Roddenberry had produced in the mid-1970s. The other series posthumously created from Roddenberry's notes is Earth: Final Conflict.

Ten episodes were directed by David Winning, including "Banks of the Lethe" and the 100th episode, "Pride Before the Fall".

Contents 1 Plot and production 1.1 Season One 1.2 Season Two 1.3 Season Three 1.4 Season Four 1.5 Season Five 1.6 Controversy over Robert Hewitt Wolfe's departure 2 Cast 2.1 Main characters 2.2 Recurring and notable guest characters 3 Andromeda universe 3.1 Slipstream 3.2 Systems Commonwealth 3.3 Major star systems 3.4 Major races 3.5 Other races 3.6 Organizations 4 DVD releases 5 Spinoffs 6 References 7 External links

Main article: List of Andromeda episodes

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The series is set thousands of years in the future, and revolves around the Systems Commonwealth, a constitutional monarchy based in a distant star system called Tarn-Vedra. Humankind is a part of The Commonwealth, having been discovered by its members thousands of years prior. The Commonwealth is based out of three galaxies; The Milky Way, Triangulum Galaxy, and the Andromeda Galaxy, located 3 million light years away. Ships travel from one end of the Commonwealth to the other through slipstreams, following pre-guided roller coaster like pathways through the cosmos to and from their destination.

The Commonwealth claims to be a utopian society, but it is actually in a state of war with the Magog, a humanoid species with bat-like faces that is dedicated to war. A few years earlier, to show good faith as a result of peace talks, the Commonwealth ceded to the Magog a key home world. This home world is a key planet of one of the Commonwealth's member species, the genetically engineered Nietzscheans. The Nietzscheans, displeased with this peace agreement with the Magog, secretly attempt to usurp control of the Commonwealth. This is also the embodiment of their basic beliefs, as they see themselves as the race described as the "Übermensch" by famed philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

The Commonwealth has a large and vast defense armada, the High Guard. The protagonist of the series, Dylan Hunt, is the captain of a Commonwealth ship, the Andromeda Ascendant. The ship's computer, a powerful AI (Artificial Intelligence), is a key character in the series.

The entire High Guard, including Captain Hunt, is caught by surprise in the first engagement of the Nietzschen uprising. He is forced to evacuate his crew, but Andromeda gets caught on the edge of an event horizon of a black hole, freezing him in time.

303 years later, the crew of the salvage ship Eureka Maru locates Hunt's ship. The Systems Commonwealth and the High Guard have fallen in the centuries he was frozen in time, beginning an era known as The Long Night. Hunt recruits the salvage crew to join him in an attempt to restore the Systems Commonwealth and "rekindle the light of civilization."

The salvage crew is comprised of its leader, Beka Valentine, a con-artist and expert pilot; a Nietzschean mercenary named Tyr Anasazi ("out of Victoria by Barbarossa") (of the nearly extinct Kodiak pride); a super-genius engineer named Seamus Harper (rescued from Nietzschean-enslaved Earth by Beka) who can plug his mind directly into computer systems; Trance Gemini, and Rev Bem. "Rev" is short for Reverend; although he is a Magog and thus violent by nature, he has discovered a non-violent, Taoist-like religious order called The Way and become a Wayist priest. As for Trance, little is known at first about this pixie-like purple female alien other than that she has a tail and seems somewhat distant.

Season One of the series shows Dylan Hunt assembling the crew and adjusting to the new universe, while pursuing the creation of the New Systems Commonwealth. The idea of the new Commonwealth proves unpopular; only 6 worlds actually sign the Commonwealth charter in this season. Major powers like the Than Hegemony or the Nietzschean Sabra and Jaguar prides are not really interested in the new Commonwealth; Dylan also manages to make quite a few enemies (including the most powerful of all Nietzschean Prides, Drago-Kazov) himself.

Dylan also encounters several dysfunctional remnants of the old High Guard and witnesses the consequences of some of his own actions 300 years before. He realizes that the old Commonwealth had made some mistakes, the repetition of which he has to avoid.

The unification of Andromeda's crew is a major theme of Season One. Dylan's new crew doesn't really believe in the idea of the Commonwealth, and joins him only for personal gain. To their surprise they find that having something to fight for is not a bad thing. In the season finale, Beka, Dylan's First Officer, even promises to continue his mission if he dies.

Initially Trance seems to be a ditsy, naive girl, warm and compassionate but serving little actual purpose on the ship. She quickly demonstrates she is more than she seems. Trance has the ability to see the future (or, as she explains it, "all possible futures"). She uses this ability several times to help her friends, but her true goals remain unknown. The show hints that she engineered the Battle of Witchhead, where the last remains of the old Commonwealth fleet were destroyed, taking most of the Nietzschean forces with them, by "accidentally" sending the Andromeda back in time and pulling various members of the crew by the right strings.

Dylan himself has a difficult time accepting the fact that the universe he lived in no longer exists and all his friends are long dead. In a bizarre accident he actually manages to contact his fiancé, Sara Riley, 300 years before and even to teleport onto her ship — but returns alone, deciding the new Commonwealth is more important than his own life.

In the season finale Andromeda encounters the Magog World ship, a huge structure of twenty connected planets and an artificial sun. The World ship contains trillions of Magog and is equipped with a powerful weapon — a point singularity projector, which creates miniature black holes. Andromeda is heavily damaged, Tyr and Harper are abducted to the World ship. Trying to rescue them, Rev Bem follows them to the World ship. The rest of the crew are badly injured.

Season Two begins with the crew of Andromeda in a seemingly hopeless situation. Dylan is revived by Trance and goes to the Magog World ship with Rommie (the android avatar of Andromeda's AI) to recover Tyr, Harper and Rev. Harper is infested with Magog eggs, and Rev's loyalty is strained when he encounters the being the Magog call the Spirit of the Abyss. They believe it to be their creator and god. Although Dylan and Rommie rescue Tyr and Harper, Andromeda is badly damaged, Rev has a spiritual crisis, and there seems to be no possible way to extract the Magog larvae from Harper. A powerful drug will keep them dormant for a time, but it only delays the inevitable.

The season shows the crew reacting to the sudden necessity of the New Commonwealth after the discovery of the Worldship (which will arrive to the Known Worlds in a few years), as they continue to make sure the dream comes true. Many worlds became more willing to sign the charter after learning of the Worldship. Dylan becomes more ruthless in his actions as well.

The episode "Ouroboros" (2:12) in the middle of this season became a major turning point for the whole series. "Ouroboros" was the last episode of Robert Hewitt Wolfe, the show's original developer and head writer. The producers allegedly felt that the series was becoming too intellectual and complicated (see Controversy over Robert Hewitt Wolfe's departure). One immediately visible change was Trance's transformation. She exchanged places with her own future version; New Trance had a different (golden-skinned) appearance and much more serious personality.

Brent Stait (Rev Bem) also left Andromeda in "Ouroboros" because of his developing allergy to Magog make-up. He reprises his role twice later, in Seasons Three and Four.

In the second half of Season Two, restoration of the Systems Commonwealth becomes a much less significant theme. The show mostly concentrated on Star Trek-style standalone adventures. However, by the end of the season the new Commonwealth had gained a new powerful war fleet and a total of fifty worlds.

Andromeda's Nietzschean crewman, Tyr Anasazi, is revealed to have a son, Tamerlane Anasazi, who is a genetic reincarnation of Drago Museveni, Founder and Progenitor of the entire Nietzschean Race. Since all the Nietzschean Prides believe that Drago Musevini's genetic reincarnation will necessarily be a great leader, the Nietzschean Messiah, Tyr Anasazi gets a unique opportunity to unite all the Nietzschean Prides. He doesn't use it yet, biding his time.

In the season finale the Systems Commonwealth is finally reinstated. A ceremony is held on board of the Andromeda, but interrupted by the attack of unknown extra-dimensional aliens.

Season Three had the most episodic format of all. The Systems Commonwealth is already reunited, but there is not much progress in the fight with the Magog and the Abyss.

Several episodes of Season Three explore Trance and her actual role. One episode (The Dark Backward) is filmed completely from Trance's viewpoint, showing that she indeed "lives" through all possible alternate futures before choosing the right one.

This season shows several confusing additions, refits, and changes to the Andromeda, its crew and the Commonwealth. The Andromeda gains a highly trained High guard crew in some episodes only to have them disappear in the next, leaving the core command crew to deal with problems on the ship without help. The capabilities of the ship increase and decrease and the characters often react in ways which are contrary to their established personalities. Most noteworthy is the appearance of multiple squadrons of slip fighters who fight under Beka's staunch leadership in the final episode, when in the previous episode, where a squadron of slipfighters would have been handy, they are not utilized.^{[citation needed]}

Tyr Anasazi makes his move in the end of the season. He implants his son Tamerlane Anasazi 's DNA into his own cells, and goes on to reunite the Nietzschean Prides and separate them from the Systems Commonwealth again. The season ends with Nietzscheans withdrawing from the Commonwealth and Tyr leaving the Andromeda.

In Season Four, Dylan is nearly outlawed by the Systems Commonwealth he himself had restored. The Collectors (originally keepers of historical information unknown to anyone else), allied with the Spirit of the Abyss, manipulate the fragile government of the New Commonwealth to show him in a bad light. The Abyss infiltrates the Commonwealth using many other agents as well.

Eventually the Collectors unite with Tyr Anasazi and his newly united Nietzschean Prides. Tyr mistrusts the Spirit of the Abyss, but hopes to defeat it. He tries to find a map to the Route of Ages — a portal connecting all universes together. It is possible to weaken the Abyss by passing through it. Dylan gets the map instead, but he allows Tyr to follow Andromeda through the Route of Ages, as Tyr knows more about the Abyss. Andromeda is transported into a weird universe where thoughts manifest as reality. With Trance's help, Dylan defeats and kills Tyr Anasazi who tried to make a deal with the Abyss.

Since the Route of Ages closes before the Andromeda can get back, Dylan has to use Trance's help. She reveals that she is the Avatar of the Sun, with "the power to create and destroy". Trance destroys Andromeda and re-creates it in the right universe.

In this season, Dylan also finds a new crew member — Nietzschean Telemachus Rhade, who doesn't accept his race's betrayal of the Commonwealth and agrees to join Dylan. Rhade proves to be more manageable than Tyr Anasazi, whom he helped Dylan defeat.

The Magog evolve and become more intelligent and cunning. In the season finale their Worldship is rediscovered. It is heading towards the Arkology, an old space station with very pacifist population. Dylan frantically tries to convince them that they have to defend themselves, but the people of the Arkology hope to make peace with the Magog.

They pay dearly for that mistake, as the Magog never make peace with anyone. Andromeda tries to defend the Arkology against the Worldship, but is outnumbered horribly. The Arkology is destroyed with all its inhabitants. Rhade, Beka and Harper are left in absolutely hopeless situations. Rommie explodes after being shot through her stomach.

Trance asks Dylan to escape on a slip fighter through the Route of Ages, claiming that now there is nothing more important than saving his life; Marlowe, Arkology's leader (who had disappeared several hours before the battle) tells Dylan that they both are Paradine, two of the few ancient beings with incredible powers. Dylan reluctantly leaves through the Route (in a strange sequence where he finds himself in a large dark room and seemingly meets another version of himself). Trance turns into a sun and crashes into the Worldship on the Andromeda.

Season Five starts with an unusual premise. Dylan finds himself transported into Seefra system — nine identical barren worlds with superstitious population and two dim suns. Technology (especially spaceflight) is shunned, and water is treasured because of constant drought. Flavin, a Paradine, meets Dylan here, giving him cryptic hints about Dylan's destiny and what Seefra is before disappearing.

Dylan eventually finds Nietzschean warrior Telemachus Rhade, pilot Beka Valentine and super-genius engineer Seamus Harper on Seefra, and to his amazement, they all arrived in Seefra at different times and locations. Harper, in particular, arrived three years earlier with the remains of the android Rommie. He tried to repair her but failed, eventually building another android, Doyle, with some of Rommie's memories. Initially he convinces her that she is human, but later her true identity is revealed by a rebel android. (The "behind the scenes" reason for replacing Rommie with Doyle is Lexa Doig's pregnancy. Rommie was rebuilt by Doyle late in this season.)

Trance is also found, but she is weakened by her attempt to transport Andromeda and its crew to Seefra. She doesn't quite remember who she is and what she is supposed to do. Trance underwent a metamorphosis yet again; she is still golden-skinned but appears younger, and her personality resembles her first purple incarnation.

Andromeda itself is transported to Seefra as well, but it has no power and no way to restore it. Trance partially recharges the ships generators, but Andromeda still cannot move, and its AI behavior is erratic.

The first half of the season deals with three main themes: Dylan's conflict with his crew, his attempts to restore Andromeda's power and eventual discovery of the true role of Trance and Seefra system.

Rhade, Beka and Harper are all angry at Dylan for leaving them behind in the Battle of Arkology and for throwing them to Seefra without any way to return back to the Known Worlds. Their loyalty is strained several times, but seems finally reaffirmed after the intervention by Stranger, a Paradine sent by Dylan from an alternate future.

Andromeda's power is eventually restored with ancient Vedran artifacts, but it is still unable to leave Seefra. Seefra seems to be located in a "pocket universe," and the only way out is the Route of Ages. Although some characters come and leave through it, Dylan can't use it.

Seefra turns out to be Tarn-Vedra, long lost capital of the Commonwealth. But Vedrans themselves left it long ago, disillusioned with humans. Seefra-1 is the original Tarn-Vedra and Seefra-2 to 9 are copies of it. Tarn-Vedra's original sun was somehow replaced by two artificial constructs, Methus-1 and Methus-2. Methus-2 is now damaged and emits deadly flares, which are the reason for Seefra's drought.

Methus Diagram — a blueprint for Seefra system, recovered with the help of mysterious DJ Virgil Vox — also reveals the purpose of the eight extra planets. The Vedran sun will return someday, and destroy Seefra-2 to 9 in order to slow down and take its position. But because of the damage to Methus-2 this mechanism is not working, and the sun threatens to devastate the system completely.

Trance remembers her identity when she meets Ione, avatar of the Tarn-Vedra moon. She is the Tarn-Vedra sun. When she realizes this, her sun enters the Seefra system, and Dylan has to find a way to fix Methus-2 and evacuate eight doomed planets to Seefra-1.

Trance's "sisters" (who call themself "the Nebula"), however, try to persuade her to join them. In their opinion the fate of Dylan, Seefra or the Known Worlds is irrelevant. Trance stubbornly refuses, and the Nebula attempts to replace her (all Avatars of the Suns look alike). Real Trance is imprisoned inside Methus-2, and it takes some time for Dylan to realize the deception and rescue her.

Dylan proceeds with the evacuation of the Seefra planets, although his plans are hindered by General Burma, a religious leader from Seefra-5. Burma is later revealed to be under the control of the Abyss.

In the series finale, the Vedran sun is back in its place and people are safe on Seefra-1. Trance then contacts the Nebula — the Lambent Kith Nebula, supreme council of the galaxies which includes fifty Avatars. Trance was once the oldest member of the Nebula, but disagreed with their views of organic life as something insignificant and left long ago. Together with Dylan she appeals to the Nebula and its leader Maura, who plans to destroy the Abyss by expanding the All Forces Nullification Point until it consumes all galaxies. This incidentally will destroy everything alive in existence; only Seefra will survive.

Maura refuses to reconsider their plans, but allows Dylan and the Andromeda to return to the Known Worlds. When the Andromeda slipstreams to Tarazed, Dylan finds out that only four days have passed since the Battle of Arkology, and the Magog Worldship is crippled but still operational. Rhade reunites with his wife (only to return to the Andromeda shortly).

Andromeda visits Earth (where Harper secretly plans to stay), but as soon as the ship arrives in the system, the planet is promptly destroyed by the Abyss. A huge Nietzschean fleet emerges from behind the debris, and Andromeda barely escapes.

Dylan begins to suspect Maura's motives and soon realizes she is the avatar of the Abyss and that all of the Nebula were under its control. Maura had destroyed all Paradines (except Dylan). Trance annihilates Maura in a fight.

After a massive battle with the Nietzscheans of the Drago-Kazov Pride, Dylan checks the Methus Diagram once again and discovers that Trance's sun is capable of destroying the Abyss. Andromeda returns to Seefra through the Route of Ages, followed by the Abyss. Trance manages to pull her sun closer and plunge it into the Abyss, burning it.

The Abyss is finally destroyed, and Dylan's battle is over. The Route of Ages transforms into a slipstream portal, allowing the Commonwealth fleet to return to Tarn-Vedra.

Controversy erupted during the midst of the second season when series developer and executive producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe announced he had been released from the show's production, though his influence was felt through the completion of the second season; at that point, Bob Engels was brought on to executive produce the series. The reason for the change was purportedly to make the show more episodic and open to "casual viewing," as Wolfe's version — although episodic — had many continuing plotlines and story arcs. After the show's final episode aired, Wolfe wrote and published on his site a one-act play titled "Coda" that explained his version of the show (and without contradicting the already aired episodes).

In discussion on his web site's forums and various interviews over the last two years, Wolfe has elaborated that he was released from the production staff after he refused to shift the show's focus more heavily onto Kevin Sorbo's character, Dylan Hunt, by essentially making all of the show's episodes Hunt-centric. The events of the episode "Ouroboros", the final episode written by Wolfe, introduced the last major changes that Wolfe was willing to make to the series.

When Engels took over and the show began the more "episodic" format, reactions from fans were mixed. The new producers tried to lighten the "doom and gloom" seriousness of the original story arc, while at the same time focusing more on the Dylan Hunt character. As a result, many felt that the quality of the series had declined.^{[citation needed]}

Picture	Character	Actor	Position on the Andromeda	Description
	Dylan Hunt	Kevin Sorbo	Captain of the Andromeda Ascendant	A former High Guard officer accidentally "frozen" in time for over 300 years, once devoted to the restoration of the Systems Commonwealth at all costs.
	Rebecca "Beka" Valentine	Lisa Ryder	Captain of the Eureka Maru and First Officer on Andromeda	A headstrong, no-nonsense cargo ship captain (and smuggler), very protective of her crew and with little respect for rules and formal regulations.
	Tyr Anasazi (Seasons 1-4)	Keith Hamilton Cobb	Weapons Officer (Seasons 1-3)	A Nietzschean of the exterminated Kodiak Pride; a former mercenary. Selfish and smart, he always plots his actions carefully, and the only person he is completely loyal to is himself.
	Telemachus Rhade (Seasons 4-5)	Steve Bacic	Weapons Officer	Another Nietzschean, a genetic reincarnation of Gaheris Rhade (Dylan's old First Officer, who had betrayed him at the Battle of Hephaistos).
	Seamus Zelazny Harper	Gordon Michael Woolvett	Engineer	A genius engineer, good-natured but often egocentric and childish. Grew up on Earth, and hates most Nietzscheans and Magog with passion.
	Trance Gemini	Laura Bertram	Doctor, Life Support Officer	An avatar of the sun. She is apparently immortal, has the power to create and destroy and can foresee all possible futures at once. She looks young and naive in season 1, but changed significantly in mid-Season Two and Season Five. She tends to change the subject when asked about her origin or her native tongue/name.
	Rev Bem (Reverend "Red Plague" Behemial) (Seasons 1-2)	Brent Stait	Science Officer	An unusually intelligent Magog who has accepted Wayism religion. A complete pacifist, rejecting any violence and hating himself because of his race. Often serves as a counsellor for other crew members. His birth name translates from Magog as "Red Plague".
	Andromeda	Lexa Doig	Ship AI	An artificial intelligence which controls the ship (and numerous robots and androids) and can replace most of the functions of crew. Can appear as a human-like woman on any display or as a hologram. The display and the hologram possess quite different aspects of the AI personallity.
	Rommie	Lexa Doig	AI's android avatar	An autonomous android physically indistinguishable from a human. Her personality is separate from the Andromeda and Rommie is more emotional and even capable of love as a result.
	Doyle (Season 5)	Brandy Ledford	AI's second avatar	An android built by Harper when Rommie was destroyed. Even more "human" than Rommie; was initially programmed to think she is human. Harper used some of Rommie's remains to create Doyle.

• Gaheris Rhade, a Nietzschean; Dylan's previous First Officer who had betrayed him at the Battle of Hephaistos, accidentally causing the Andromeda to move at the event horizon of a black hole and freeze in time. The alternate history episode The Unconquerable Man, where he manages to kill Hunt and tries to restore the Commonwealth himself, portrays him in a more sympathetic light, explaining his primary reason for betraying the Commonwealth was a desire to protect his people from the Abyss and becoming disillusioned with them when they turned on each other after the Fall. Feeling remorseful at killing his best friend Hunt, he goes back in time to allow Hunt to kill him instead, thus guaranteeing a new Commonwealth. (Steve Bacic)
• Gerentex, a Nightsider who had employed Eureka Maru's crew to salvage the Andromeda. (John Tench)
• Freya, a beautiful and wealthy Nietzschean of the Orca pride, briefly married to Tyr Anasazi. (Dylan Bierk)
• Sid Barry ("Uncle Sid", "Sam Profit"), a rich and amoral businessman, Beka's father's former partner. (John de Lancie)
• Höhne, a genius Perseid scientist. (Alex Diakun)
• Elsbett Mossadim, a First Daughter of Nietzschean Sabra pride, married to Charlemagne Bolivar of the Jaguar Pride to form the Sabra-Jaguar alliance. (Kimberly Huie)
• Gabriel/Remiel, an android avatar of the Balance of Judgement, a powerful warship of the Old Commonwealth which went insane after the Fall. (Michael Shanks)
• Spirit of the Abyss, a malevolent entity which commands the Magog and appears to be the mastermind of many sabotages and attacks on the New Commonwealth. (Robert Saunders)
• Professor Logitch, an Inari scientist who tried to interrogate Trance. (William B. Davis)
• Telemachus Rhade, Gaheris Rhade's genetic reincarnation, Admiral of Tarazed Home Guard (in Season Two; became a regular in Season Four). (Steve Bacic)
• Charlemagne Bolivar, a wealthy and powerful Nietzschean, leader of the extremely powerful Sabra-Jaguar pride. (James Marsters)
• Ryan, an avatar of the former Commonwealth ship Clarion's Call. (Michael Hurst)
• Rev Bem was a guest character in Seasons Three and Four. (Brent Stait)
• Captain Metis of an ancient human generation ship, the Bellerophon. (Tony Todd)
• The Patriarch, leader of the behind-the-scenes group known as the Templars, founded by Admiral Stark after the Fall. (Michael Ironside)
• Achilles/Hector, avatars of the New Commonwealth flagships Wrath of Achilles and Resolution of Hector, respectively. (Christopher Judge)
• Tri-Jema, one of the Triumvirs of the New Commonwealth. (Carmen Moore)
• Tri-Lorn, another Triumvir (Nicholas Lea)
• Tyr Anasazi, A Nietzschean mercenary from the Kodiak Pride who joined Dylan Hunt's quest to restore the Commonwealth. He was a loyal crew member for years, but left at the end of season three. He was a guest character in Season Four. (Keith Hamilton Cobb)
• Flavin, a Paradine from Seefra. (Alan Scarfe)
• Virgil Vox, a mysterious DJ from Seefra system. (Dena Ashbaugh)
• Avineri, father of Beka's "alternate version" from Seefra. (Don S. Davis)
• Orlund, keeper of Seefra's underground Vedran chambers. (Rob Daly)
• General Burma, a sect leader from Seefra-5. (Hiro Kanagawa)
• Maura, Avatar of the Sun, leader of the Lambent Kith Nebula. (Emmanuelle Vaugier)

• The series is noted for having an especially high quota of "beautiful" people. In addition to a very coherent sense of fashion and styling being applied to the cast's attire, almost all significant characters in any given episode are especially attractive, particularly the female characters. This is often noted by the ship's mechanic Harper. It has been speculated that this explains Harper's lack of serious relationships with the opposite sex, compared to his more attractive crewmates who frequently liaise with other characters they encounter.

Main article: Slipstream (science fiction)

Slipstream is the primary mode of travel for ships in the Andromeda universe, and the only known method of travelling faster than the speed of light. The Vedran discovery of the Slipstream was instrumental in the formation of their interstellar empire, which became the precursor of the Systems Commonwealth.

Curiously, slipstream cannot be navigated by AIs. Only organic pilots can "sense" a way to their destination, and although AIs are fitted on all large ships, they always require an organic pilot for interstellar travel. Though few science-fictional ideas are new, this most likely would have been borrowed from Larry Niven's Known Space series.

Main article: Systems Commonwealth

The Systems Commonwealth was a huge utopian civilization, spanning three major galaxies of the Local Group. It was founded by Vedrans, the first race to discover slipstream, and lasted in peace for about 5500 years until the Nietzschean revolt.

Dylan eventually managed to restore the Commonwealth (though not to its former glory; initially it had only 50 members while the Old Commonwealth had included more than a million worlds). However, the New Commonwealth soon fell victim to internal corruption masterminded by the group known as the Collectors, allied with the Abyss.

Main article: List of Andromeda star systems

• Tarn-Vedra, the capital of the Old Systems Commonwealth and Vedran homeworld. All slipstream routes to Tarn-Vedra vanished soon after the Nietzschean rebellion, contributing to the ensuing chaos. Dylan was born on Tarn-Vedra. One of his motivations for restoring the Commonwealth is the search for his own lost home.
• Hephaistos, a system with significant Nietzschean population devastated by a rogue black hole in the pilot episode and the place of Dylan's imprisonment in time for 300 years. It turned out in Season Five that the Andromeda still somehow retained a connection to this black hole.
• Earth was ravaged by Nietzschean occupation and Magog assaults during the Long Night. Harper was born and acquired his notable survival skills there.
• Tarazed, a world with significant human and loyalist Nietzschean populations which survived the Long Night largely unscathed. It became the first capital of the New Commonwealth. Birthplace of Telemachus Rhade.
• San-Ska-Re, a Than homeworld and a major power in post-Fall Known Worlds. Didn't actually appear on screen.
• Mobius, a barren world with underground cities. Mobius was ruled by ruthless dictators for many centuries but joined the New Commonwealth when it's leader, the "Great Compass" Venetri resigned.
• Arkology, a huge space station with pacifist population and the site of the Andromeda's final confrontation with Magog Worldship. The Andromeda lost and the Arkology was destroyed, but Trance still managed to cripple the Worldship with her powers.
• Seefra, a mysterious artificial system of nine planets and two suns where Dylan and his crew were transported after the Battle of Arkology.

Main article: List of Andromeda races

• Vedrans, the first race to discover slipstream that connects the entire universe. The Vedrans went on to conquer the Known Worlds, building the Vedran Empire. The Empire was plagued by internal conflicts and eventually was peacefully transformed into the Systems Commonwealth.
• Nietzscheans, a group of superior humans who believed in self-improvement via genetic engineering and intense competition, and evolved into a separate subspecies (Homo sapiens invictus). Nietzscheans are responsible for the Fall of the Commonwealth; however, they failed to replace it with the Nietzschean Empire (as they had originally planned) because of constant betrayals and conflicts between different Nietzschean prides.
• Humans make up about 70% of the Known Worlds population. Subspecies with minor genetic enhancements (like the Inari) are common.
• Magog, a race of savage semi-intelligent killers, feared throughout the Known Worlds. Magogs have to eat fresh meat to sustain themselves and to lay eggs into sentient beings to procreate. Magog Worldship is a structure of 20 planets and an artificial sun, home to trillions of Magog and a grave threat to the Known Worlds.
• Perseids, a race of scientists and bureaucrats.
• Than-Thre-Kull (Than), a tough and highly intelligent and civilized insectoid race divided into castes.
• Kalderans, a xenophobic reptilian race. They managed to reverse engineer their own slipstream drive.
• Paradine, an evolved form of the Vedran, which looks like ordinary humans. The Paradine apparently had a special role in dealing with the Avatars of the Suns and the Route of Ages, but they are all but extinct now.
• Avatars of the Suns, humanoid forms of stars with great powers.

• Ogami - A race of brutish pirates and mercenaries.

• Genites, a high-tech, numerous and well-organized terrorist group whose aim is to rid the Universe of genetically engineered beings, especially Nietzscheans, who brought about the downfall of humanity.
• Templar,
• Collectors, The Commonwealth's keepers of secret history. They are agents of the Abyss.
• Tech Police, The brutish anti-tech enforcement on Seefra-1.
• High Guard, Main military force of the Systems Commonwealth

Main article: Andromeda DVD

On August 30, 2006, tvshowsondvd.com ^[4] announced that ADV Films would be releasing Andromeda Season Five, as well as a complete series DVD boxset known as Andromeda: The Slipstream Collection on Region 1 DVD on October 3 2006.

DVD Name	Region 1	Region 2
Andromeda Season 1	November 11, 2003	February 6, 2006
Andromeda Season 2	July 27, 2004	March 6, 2006
Andromeda Season 3	February 1, 2005	April 17, 2006
Andromeda Season 4	July 19, 2005	May 1, 2006
Andromeda Season 5	October 3, 2006	August 7, 2006
Andromeda Seasons 1-5	October 3, 2006	August 7, 2006

During the filming of the final season of Andromeda, several cast members were intensely involved in attempting to pitch a spinoff of the series that would feature the surviving core cast members, with the exception of Dylan Hunt. Kevin Sorbo attempted to pitch a new show of his own that would have been entirely unrelated to Andromeda.^{[citation needed]}

Details as to the nature and premise and even the title of this spinoff are unknown, but no networks expressed any financial interest in the series, and therefore the project appears to have been disbanded as of 2007.^{[citation needed]}

• The official Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda website
• andromeda-web.com
• Save Andromeda website
• All Systems University (semi-official site with lots of background information on Andromeda universe)
• AndroWiki (originally a German wiki, but now also available in English)
• David Winning (director) official web site

v • d • e Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
Seasons	One • Two • Three • Four • Five
Characters	Dylan Hunt • Beka Valentine • Tyr Anasazi • Telemachus Rhade • Seamus Harper • Trance Gemini • Rev Bem • Andromeda • Rommie • Doyle • other..
Locations	Tarn-Vedra • Hephaistos • Earth • Tarazed • Arkology • Seefra • other..
Races:	Vedrans • Nietzscheans • Magog • Paradine • Avatars of the Suns • other..
Ships	Andromeda Ascendant • Eureka Maru • DSX • other..
Technology	Slipstream • Weapons
Other concepts	Systems Commonwealth • High Guard • The Abyss • Wayism • Genites
Miscellaneous	Episode list • Robert Hewitt Wolfe's "Coda" • Andromeda DVD