If I remember correctly, Star One is supposed to be the nerve center of the Federation controlling various things like weather on various planets.
1. Pretty dumb to only have one of these places and no backup.
2. Why would anyone stick it out on the edge of the galaxy.
3. Why would the nerve center of the Federation double as the first wave of defense in the event of an intergalactic invasion?

They show the tropical zone on Palmera, except that the trees don't look very tropical, they look more like evergreens than palm trees.

Star One's location is secret. I don't think it can be emphasised enough just how stupˇd this concept is. Computer technology evolves at leaps and bounds, but keeping it's location secret means that it can't really improve it's technology. New parts and supplies can't be sent there, and if the system develops a glitch, boy is the Federation screwed.

Liberator passes the theoretical limit of the Milky Way and is in intergalactic space. A shot shows the Milky Way to be very small. I think they are way past the theoretical limit at this point.
Also later shots show the Andromeda galaxy at around the same size, which would indicate that they are halfway between the two galaxies. Cally was wrong earlier, they could make it someplace before they died.

The fact that Star One is so far away makes one wonder about communications. If Star One controls all the various computerised aspects of the Federation, in some cases (such as controlling ships in orbit) it has to make split second decisions and react, indicating that the transmission is near instantaneous.

Another motionless stationary orbit. ;-)

How did these aliens get past the minefield? Take the long way around?

How did Travis learn of them and make his agreement?

Considering that there are probably between 100 billion & 1 trillion stars in the Andromeda galaxy, why would the Andromedans need to invade our galaxy? Are they afraid we might invade them if we got the chance?

When Jenna mentions putting Orac in charge of the teleport, Vila says that Orac isn't as fast as they are. I should think he would be quicker.

Vila says, "cloud of meteors". They are only meteors in an atmosphere. In space they are meteoroids, or asteroids.

Did Travis just have a slower ship than Liberator? He left Goth a lot sooner than Liberator did.

I guess Travis didn't get his arm fixed properly. His shot only wounds Blake instead of killing him.

Travis says, "My one regret is they will never know who killed them." Excuse me? He has control of Star One. He could broadcast this information to whoever he wanted.

Orac's carrier beam is the fastest thing they have. Considering that to be effective Star One would need the invention of a near instantaneous communication system, Orac must be fast indeed.

The timer on the devices is a dial. Why can't they turn these to give themselves more time?

That's an odd assortment of alien ships.

A few years ago, Keith wrote:
"How did Travis learn of them and make his agreement?"

To say nothing of when. For at least the second episode in a row, the inter-episode timeframe is nonsensical, this time even more so. At the end of the last episode, Blake finally learns the location of Star One after several episodes of trying to find it. Moreover, he also knows that Travis knows it as well, so the race is on, and Blake has the fastest known ship. There is simply no way Travis could get there first AND make contact (and a deal) with the aliens, get a ship from them (if he did, it's not clear), and still have time for the aliens to infiltrate Star One (how'd they get through the defense zone?) and start ruining things.

But even worse than that, we're shown at the beginning the ramifications of Star One's failure. We see the effects on planets who depend on it for weather control, planets where it hasn't stopped raining in 60 days. Did Blake just slowly cruise to his greatest moment, knowing that Travis has the same info and must be on his way there as well? Arguably it could have taken even the Liberator that long to get there, but the conversation among its crew suggest the happenings of the previous episode are recent events.

But a good story nonetheless. The first time I saw it (syndicated, as it were, on American PBS), I had no idea it was a finale, that a familiar character would be killed off, or that its events were going to forever change the series. TV in the pre-information age could sure surprise you now and then.

And Avon's silent reaction to Blake's 'I have always trusted you, from the very beginning' is not only quite moving, but gives a possible reason for Avon's continued fight against the Federation after Blake is no longer around.

Natalie:

My thinking, by the way, is that the Andromedans from Blake's 7 were actually Rutans. How many shapeshifting, homicidal, tentacled green jellyfish space empires are there?


Rumour has it that these aliens were originally planned to be the Daleks.