Why is there some woman called Andromeda walking around when that’s the ship’s name?

Andromeda, commonly known as Rommie to avoid confusion, is the ship’s avatar. She’s basically the ship’s personality. Rommie has a physical form created by Harper. (She also has other forms; see question 13)

What’s Slipstream?

Slipstream is a cool method of getting around in which ships can get jump from place to place by opening ‘Slipstream portals’. Look out for phrases like; ‘Brace for Slipstream’, ‘Jump into Slipstream’ etc.

What’s that thing on Harper’s neck?

Oh how I wish it was me.....ahem. The thing on Harper’s neck is his data-port - or cerebral port to get all technical. It allows him to do all sorts of funky things with technology including interfacing with Andromeda. When Harper does this he goes into her systems as a computer generated man while his body is unconscious in the real world. Harper can connect to certain things with a cord which he plugs into his port.

Haven’t I seen that Dylan bloke as someone else?

Yes silly, he’s been in lots of other things, most notably Hercules in Hercules; The Legendary Journeys. His hairs slightly shorter but he’s still the same basic hero type we all love.

Who are the Nietzchiens?

Nietzchiens are a superior kind of humans. They certainly think themselves better then everyone else. They’re a bit of a mean species generally speaking because they tend to do a lt of killing and have a lot of wars. Oh, and they were responsible for the fall of the Commonwealth.

Nietzchiens only care about their own survival when it comes down to it and continuing their genes. Nietzchiens live in prides, like little gangs. Tyr is of course, our favourite because, well, he’s nice.

Who are the Magog?

The Magog are furry little critters - no, actually they’re more like bug ugly bears with lumpy skin. Definitely harder than Nietzchiens, Magog are savage beasts (Note; don’t look at Rev for an example!) and they breed by laying their eggs inside human hosts. Not pleasant. The eggs are incubated inside the host and when they eventually hatch thy kill the person, not to mention it’s really gross.

Magog can spit paralytic poison from their mouths. The Magog leader is scary silhouette guy. We don’t really know what his deal is but something tells me we’re going to find out.

Why is Harper so damn cute?

Us mortals will never know.

High Guard? Commonwealth? Say what?!

The Commonwealth existed 300 years ago and was kind of like the government of the universe. The Highguard were like the army or police force of the Commonwealth. Dylan was a Highguard Captain.

What’s Trance’s deal?

Tricky one that. We’ve only been given hints as to who she really is but these haven’t added up to anything that give us a clue as to what she’s all about. All we know is that she’s good at guessing games, can see the ‘perfect possible conclusion’ in a situation and there’s something dodgy about her tattoo. None of the crew or anyone else for that matter knows what species she is.

What’s a force-lance?

No, it’s not a euphemism for what your mind is conjuring up right now, it’s a weapon. Basically it’s a glorified stick. Dylan’s weapon of choice.

Why are there robots people walking around the ship?

The robots are Andromeda’s maintenance droids. They’re not really an essential part of Andromeda but they help with repairs from what we’ve seen and have been known to carry luggage on occasion..

Where did that other ship come from?

That would be the Eureka Maru. This is Beka Valentines’ ship in which they discovered Dylan and the Andromeda.

Are my eyes playing tricks or do I keep seeing that Andromeda babe in different forms?

Rommie has different forms. One of them is her android body that Harper created for her. With this body she has a lot of freedom and can go off of the ship if she wants to. She is still connected to the Andromeda but the connection isn’t as reliable as that of her holographic self. This form consists of a partially see-through Andromeda who can pop up at any point, anywhere around the ship. She appears on demand. Rommie’s final form is screen Rommie which is what it sounds - Rommie’s image appearing on monitors placed around the ship. These two forms are confined to the ship.