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Lexa Doig as Rommie a.k.a. 'Andromeda Ascendant'Rommie - Artificial female life-form generated by a computer on the sci-fi fantasy GENE RODDENBERRY'S ANDROMEDA/SYN/2000-2005. "Rommie" was the nickname given to the the sentient software programming that ran the High Guard starship Andromeda Ascendant, a Glorious Heritage heavy cruiser (serial number: XMC-10-182). Its official designation is: "Shining Path to Truth and Knowledge AI model GRA." The Andromeda Ascendant is a warship in the employ of the Commonwealth, a futuristic government who had been overthrown.

After this time, the Andromeda Ascendant was adrift in space for three hundred years. It's Captain is Dylan Hunt. He and the crew communicate with the warship via three methods: (1) on viewscreen, (2) via a shimmering hologram, and (3) as the android avatar, Rommie who announced  "I am Andromeda, the ship made flesh. After the Rommie android was activated, she offered these insights/questions to her libidinous designer, Harper:

Rommie: I can't help but notice that you engineered my humanoid form with certain...features, that, strictly speaking, aren't necessary for my normal operations.

Rommie: I guess I'm wondering, Harper, when you made this body, who did you do it for?

Rommie: So, when you handled certain parts of me...did you wear gloves?

While Harper had his beady little eyes on Rommie's "Made flesh" android body, she had no time for such frivolity. She made it know in no uncertain terms that "Nobody manipulates me. I do as I choose." With all her powers, the one thing Andromeda cannot do is pilot the Slipstream. This requires a sentient biological operator with instincts and choice reactions to work the ship effectively.

Although Rommie  had distain for Harper (who one night cried out "I want my Rommie!") she secretly felt romantic stirrings for Dylan Hunt. Unfortunately, per Commonwealth regulations she is forbidden to have a romantic relationship between a captain and his ship's. Such an affair would drive her insane as it had with previous model of her kind. Per Rommie: "I've learned...that it's dangerous to love. It can drive you crazy."

Rommie's frustration over her feelings forced her to admit to Dylan "This is ridiculous. I'm the living embodiment of a warship and I can't talk to you without getting tongue-tied." However, Rommie and Dylan had a unwritten understanding that one day when all of the intergalactic turmoil has ceased, that the two of them will sail off into the stars together in search of adventure.

While Rommie was programmed to obey the commander of the starship, Dylan Hunt. She once said "Dylan may not be a god...but on this ship, I am!"

 
 

 

 
 
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