The Nietzcheans try to persaude Tyr to help them destroy the ship with an offer to rebuild his Nietzchean life.
Now that we see more of the Nietzcheans, they seem a little less like Vulcans and more like what the early vulcanoids might have become if the Romulans had not separated themselves from the Vulcans and if loyalty were not as inbred into the species. Plus they cheat!
I liked this episode for the most part. My only problem is more with the series concept- a 4000 man ship run with 5 people (plus drones). They really got to get some more recruits. I mean, if they managed to find 400 recruits they'd still be running at 1/10th capacity. Can't Dylan try some old fashioned naval recruiting?
"You, the refugee human! Join my crew and help rebuild the Commonwealth! No, no pay. I can go and eat WHAT?!?! Rommie! Zap 'em!"
No, no, no. Paying sailors to join is the NEW fashioned way. Capt'n Hunt should use crimps.
Did Dylan say, "Don't the Than have one of the largest fleets in the world?"
At the end the Than accept the Andromeda as a force for peace in the galaxy. Another episode said the Commonwealth covered 3 galaxies.
I noticed that "World" thing, too. Sounded very strange. Guess he just meant "the known area around us."
Why, exactly, was Rommie giving the engineer person (Mind blanking on name--I'm new to this show) a hard time about her appearance? She looks _exactly_ like her projection; and, both then and in her android body, wears clothing that emphasises some of her "unnecessary" attributes.
I agree--they _really_ need to do some recruiting. A 4000 person ship with 5 people and a very bright computer? Nope. I don't see it. Not even if they skip sleep, exercise, and building fancy android bodies for said computer.
Harper is the engineer.
Perhaps 3995 of the people are just soldiers and 5 people actually run the ship....
How could a civilization cover three galaxies and yet this civilation is destroyed in ONE battle?
How does this Nietzchien know what the Confederate States of America is??
Is it just me, or would you find a captain who is a little less... whakko to run your ship? This Hunt guy is really naive. He makes that Harriman guy from ST:Generations look like an expert.
Is Rev the only intelligent person on the ship?
What's with the uniforms? Are they red with tan pants or all black?
Who destroyed the Commonwealth anyway?
I want one of those staff things.
How can Andromeda be in the computer and in that body at the same time? Is that body organic or is it an android?
What's up with the purple chick?
What year is this supposed to take place in?
Okay, that's enough questions from me. Man this show is confusing.
See ya later.
TUE
It was a series of battles lasting over a year or more. The Nietzchian betrayal obviously weakened the Commonwealth & presumably races like the Magog took advantage of the civil war to launch their own attacks.
Rommie's body is an android, but I don't know if it has any organic parts or not.
Trance Gemini (purple chick) is the designated Mysterious AlienOMC whose origins are unknown so the writers can have her do anything they want when they can't think of a way out of the story problems.
IIRC this is set in the Commonwealth year 10,082. However, the Commonwealth existed before Humans left Earth so that doesn't mean much.
The men have multiple wives to ensure passing on of their genetic heritage, but shouldn't the women have multiple husbands to ensure passing on their genetic heritage?
The men have multiple wives to ensure passing on of their genetic heritage, but shouldn't the women have multiple husbands to ensure passing on their genetic heritage?
Biologically, the male has a better chance of spreading his genes if he has multiple partners, but the female has only so many children, and during each pregnancy and in each child's infancy she has to devote so much of her time and energy to raising her, that the best strategy is to make sure that the father had the healthiest genes. The Nietzchiens mating rituals are understandable (from an anthropological perspective -- I would prefer other "rituals," personally).
Dataport date: 4.26 - 4.29.10087
I was only 5 years off.
Okay, who had 10087 in the betting pool?
I'm wondering: Why are Nietzschean females built like todays top models? Shouldn't they have more -- let's say -- fat reserves, so they can in theory care better for their children? Good looks is quite secondary to that, one would think.