Andromeda
Ascendant
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A
warship in the employ of the Commonwealth, a futuristic
government that had been overthrown. on the
science fiction fantasy series GENE
RODDENBERRY'S ANDROMEDA/SYN/2000-2005. An avatar named "Rommie" was 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
had been adrift in space for three hundred
years until a group of space scavengers pull the ship away from
the mouth of a black hole. They soon discover the ship's Captain
Dylan Hunt is still alive. Recruiting his rescuers, he attempts
to used the power of the Andromeda to restore order to galaxy.
His crew included Seamus Harper, and Beka Valentine, the captain
of the salvage ship Eureka Maru.
Dylan
and the crew communicate
with the warship Andromeda 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!"
