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The ship began her life in the Newport News Orbital Shipyards above Earth, where her keel was laid in CY 9768. Construction proceeded without a hitch right through the delivery and installation of the Headwaters of Invention Mark VIII [[Slipstream (science fiction)|Slipstream]] engines in CY 9772. The ''Andromeda'' is the tenth [[Glorious Heritage Class|''Glorious Heritage'']] class heavy cruiser, [[High Guard]] ship of the line, from the days of the old [[Systems Commonwealth]]. ''Andromeda'' and her captain, [[Dylan Hunt (Andromeda character)|Dylan Hunt]] (played by [[Kevin Sorbo]]) were frozen at the edge of a [[black hole]] for 300 years before being rescued by the crew of the ''[[Eureka Maru]]'' in CY 10087 (approx [[6th millennium|5167 AD]]).
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{{Shipinfo
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|image_name  =Andromeda_ascendant.jpg
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|class      =[[Glorious Heritage Class]]
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|serial      =XMC-10-182
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|commander  =[[Dylan Hunt|Captain Dylan Hunt]]
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|owner      =[[Systems Commonwealth|Commonwealth]]
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|constructor =[[Newport News Orbital Shipyards]], [[Earth]]
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|home_system =[[Tarn Vedra]]
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|status      =active
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The ship began her life in the Newport News Orbital Shipyards above Earth, where her keel was laid in CY 9768. Construction proceeded without a hitch right through the delivery and installation of the Headwaters of Invention Mark VIII [[Slipstream]] engines in CY 9772. The ''Andromeda'' is the tenth [[Glorious Heritage Class|Glorious Heritage class]] heavy cruiser, [[High Guard]] ship of the line, from the days of the old [[Systems Commonwealth]]. ''Andromeda'' and her captain, [[Dylan Hunt]] were "frozen" at the edge of a [[black hole]] for 300 years before being rescued by the crew of the [[Eureka Maru]] in CY 10087 (approx 5167 AD).
  
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The ship has an [[artificial intelligence]] (AI). ''Andromeda'' appears to the crew in three formats: on the two-dimensional monitors; as a three-dimensional holographic projection; and as the android [[Rommie]]. In the High Guard, AIs are considered officers as part of their own crew (played by [[Lexa Doig]]). An avatar is an humanoid representation of an intelligence, and Andromeda has the above mentioned holographic and [[android]] avatars that represent the [[personality]] and physical representation of the ship's AI, in this case in the form of a [[human]] [[female]]. The ship's engineer, [[Seamus Zelazny Harper]] (played by [[Gordon Michael Woolvett]]), built an [[android]] (technically a [[gynoid]]) as her second avatar, that can interact with the holographic avatar, and also travel, walk and act outside the ship. The monitor and hologram manifestations are commonly referred to in fandom as "Core" and "Logic", respectively.
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The ship has an [[artificial intelligence]] (AI). ''Andromeda'' appears to the crew in three formats: on the two-dimensional monitors; as a three-dimensional holographic projection; and as the android [[Rommie]]. In the High Guard, AIs are considered officers as part of their own crew.
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The ship is equipped with a [[slipstream (science fiction)|slipstream]] drive for [[faster than light]] travel.
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''Andromeda'' is somewhat unique among starships as it is clearly implied that she has an emotional attachment to Captain Hunt. This is a variation on the idea of ship captains being in love with their ships, and an idea introduced by Roddenberry in ''[[Star Trek]]''.
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== General information ==
 
== General information ==
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=== Technical specifications ===
 
=== Technical specifications ===
 
==== Propulsion ====
 
==== Propulsion ====
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In the episode "The Torment, The Release", [[Seamus Harper]], during Dylan's trial, described the Andromeda's engine system<ref name="The Torment, The Release">{{cite episode| episodelink=List of Andromeda episodes|The Torment, The Release| title=The Torment, The Release| series=[[Andromeda (TV series)|''Andromeda'']]}}</ref> (GFG stands for "Gravity Field Generator"):
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In the episode "[[{{episodename|4x11}}]]" ([[4x11]]), [[Seamus Harper]], during Dylan's trial, described the Andromeda's engine system (GFG stands for "Gravity Field Generator"):
 
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"The Andromeda, like any other ship, runs on hydrogen and [[Antiproton|anti-protons]], or AP.  The hydrogen combines with the AP in controlled reactions to create antimatter/matter reactions, or matter/antimatter reactions; either way it makes no matter, but what it does make in power - for the ship - a few hundred megawatts.
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"The Andromeda, like any other ship, runs on hydrogen and [[Antiproton]]s, or AP.  The hydrogen combines with the AP in controlled reactions to create antimatter/matter reactions, or matter/antimatter reactions; either way it makes no matter, but what it does make in power - for the ship - a few hundred megawatts.<br>
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Most of the power is used to power the GFG, which reduces the effective mass to just under a kilogram. A smaller chunk of power is used to accelerate more hydrogen in a dozen [[Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster|magnetoplasmadynamic]] drives, which impart a thrust - a thrust of a half million newtons or so."
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Most of the power is used to power the GFG, which reduces the effective mass to just under a kilogram. A smaller chunk of power is used to accelerate more hydrogen in a dozen [[Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster|magnetoplasmadynamic]] drives, which impart a thrust - a thrust of a half million newtons or so."
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The Andromeda further uses [[Slipstream (science fiction)|Slipstream drive]] to travel faster-than-light.
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The Andromeda further uses a [[Slipstream]] drive to travel "faster-than-light" (in fact it isn't really faster-than-light).
  
 
==== Armament ====
 
==== Armament ====
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*40 missile launchers, firing 8 rounds per second.<ref name="The Prince">{{cite episode| episodelink=List of Andromeda episodes|The Prince| title=The Prince| series=[[Andromeda (TV series)|''Andromeda'']]}}</ref>
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*200 missile launchers, firing 8 rounds per second. ([[2x10]])
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*22 megatons of "direct-hit firepower"<ref name="Exalted Reason, Resplendent Daughter">{{cite episode| episodelink=List of Andromeda episodes|Exalted Reason, Resplendent Daughter| title=Exalted Reason, Resplendent Daughter| series=[[Andromeda (TV series)|''Andromeda'']]}}</ref>
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*22 megatons of "direct-hit firepower" ([[4x10]])
  
 
==== Artificial personnel ====
 
==== Artificial personnel ====
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; GUA (General Utility Androids) : Human sized robots, they perform a wide variety of maintenance tasks including advising and helping crew members in the performance of their duties. They also act as guards. They are seen standing two per door holding force lances guarding the captains office.
 
; GUA (General Utility Androids) : Human sized robots, they perform a wide variety of maintenance tasks including advising and helping crew members in the performance of their duties. They also act as guards. They are seen standing two per door holding force lances guarding the captains office.
  
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; Planetfall Defense (OEBots) : The ''Andromeda'' carries two ground defense robots equipped with an array of large [[Weapons of Andromeda|gauss guns]]. They are used only in the event of a full-scale pitched battle and can be deployed on land or in space, on the hull of capital ships.
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; Planetfall Defense (OEBots) : The ''Andromeda'' carries two ground defense robots equipped with an array of large [[gauss gun]]s. They are used only in the event of a full-scale pitched battle and can be deployed on land or in space, on the hull of capital ships.
  
 
:They can fire on large groups of people or focus shots on just one. They can also shoot down ships the size of fighters or as big as a cargo ship.
 
:They can fire on large groups of people or focus shots on just one. They can also shoot down ships the size of fighters or as big as a cargo ship.
  
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:The 2 OEBots on-board Andromeda are nicknamed "Tweedle-dee" and "Tweedle-dumb" by Rommie("The Widening Gyre") and their arm-mounted weapon modules can contain 1-3 groups of gattling guns ("The Prince") as well as shoulder-mounted missile tubes (though they open, they are not seen firing).
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:The 2 OEBots on-board Andromeda are nicknamed "Tweedle-dee" and "Tweedle-dumb" by Rommie ([[2x01]]) and their arm-mounted weapon modules can contain 1-3 groups of gattling guns ([[2x10]]) as well as shoulder-mounted missile tubes (though they open, they are not seen firing).
  
 
=== Ships carried ===
 
=== Ships carried ===
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[[Image:Slipfighter prepares to launch.jpg|thumb|A ''slipfighter'']]
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[[Image:Slipfighter_many.jpg|thumb|Some [[Slipfighter]]s]]
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; Slip fighters : Small attack craft which are fitted with [[Weapons of Andromeda|point defense lasers]] for suppressing enemy fire, anti-proton weapons for offense and 2 ELS tubes which fire up to 6 OM-5 offensive and defensive kinetic kill missiles to attack larger space craft or ground based stations.
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; [[Slipfighter]]s : Small attack craft which are fitted with [[PDL|point defense lasers]] for suppressing enemy fire, anti-proton weapons for offense and 2 ELS tubes which fire up to 6 OM-5 offensive and defensive kinetic kill missiles to attack larger space craft or ground based stations.
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:The ship can be piloted either from the cockpit or remotely from the Flight Operations Center aboard the Andromeda.
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:The primary mission of the slipfighter is to provide combat patrol support for Heavy Cruiser and Atmospheric Attack Craft Carriers. It also flies tactical escort for strike fighters and conducts Suppression of Enemy Defense (SED) operations during interplanetary combat.  
 
:The primary mission of the slipfighter is to provide combat patrol support for Heavy Cruiser and Atmospheric Attack Craft Carriers. It also flies tactical escort for strike fighters and conducts Suppression of Enemy Defense (SED) operations during interplanetary combat.  
  
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:As the name suggests the slip fighter is slipstream capable.
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; [[AM9D Ung Tae]] drop ship : A combination armored personnel carrier, hover-tank and skiff.
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; AM9D Ung Tae drop ship : A combination armored personnel carrier, hover-tank and skiff.
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:These ships are used to transport troops to the ground, each ship is capable of carrying a platoon of Lancers and basic combat gear, plus provisions for short-term accommodations as shelter.  
 
:These ships are used to transport troops to the ground, each ship is capable of carrying a platoon of Lancers and basic combat gear, plus provisions for short-term accommodations as shelter.  
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:The ship is not slipstream capable. It can only travel the distance from orbit in space to the planets surface and back. It is not capable of traveling around a solar system and is not used as a shuttle craft.
 
:The ship is not slipstream capable. It can only travel the distance from orbit in space to the planets surface and back. It is not capable of traveling around a solar system and is not used as a shuttle craft.
  
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; Attack drones : Autonomous in nature, the drones have been seen to protect her mothership but are inferior to a manned fighter in combat as seen by their easy destruction in several episodes.
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; [[Drones|Attack drones]] : Autonomous in nature, the drones have been seen to protect her mothership but are inferior to a manned fighter in combat as seen by their easy destruction in several episodes.
  
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; Sensor drones : Like the attack drones the Sensor drones are autonomous in nature, the drones have been seen used as probes to monitor distant areas outside of Andromedas sensor range.
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; [[Drones|Sensor drones]] : Like the attack drones the Sensor drones are autonomous in nature, the drones have been seen used as probes to monitor distant areas outside of Andromedas sensor range.
  
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; Eureka Maru : The ''Maru'' is a cargo ship by nature, and belongs to [[Beka Valentine|Beka]], her father and his business partner Sid originally owned the ''Maru'', the ''Maru'' is stored in ''Andromeda''s landing bay and is frequentley used by the crew for various tasks.
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; [[Eureka Maru]] : The ''Maru'' is a cargo ship by nature, and belongs to [[Beka Valentine|Beka]], her father and his business partner Sid originally owned the ''Maru'', the ''Maru'' is stored in ''Andromeda''s landing bay and is frequentley used by the crew for various tasks.
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
 
*''Andromeda Ascendant's'' complete official designation is "Shining Path to Truth and Knowledge AI model GRA 112, serial number XMC-10-182".
 
*''Andromeda Ascendant's'' complete official designation is "Shining Path to Truth and Knowledge AI model GRA 112, serial number XMC-10-182".
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*CY = Commonwealth Year.
 
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*AFC = After the Fall of the [[Systems Commonwealth|Commonwealth]].
 
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*[http://www.saveandromeda.com/allsystems/andromeda/index.htm The ''Andromeda Ascendant'' website]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:24, 13 November 2013

Andromeda ascendant.jpg
Facts
Class Glorious Heritage Class
Serial Number XMC-10-182
Commander Captain Dylan Hunt
Faction Commonwealth
Construction Facility Newport News Orbital Shipyards, Earth
Home Planet Tarn Vedra
Status active

The ship began her life in the Newport News Orbital Shipyards above Earth, where her keel was laid in CY 9768. Construction proceeded without a hitch right through the delivery and installation of the Headwaters of Invention Mark VIII Slipstream engines in CY 9772. The Andromeda is the tenth Glorious Heritage class heavy cruiser, High Guard ship of the line, from the days of the old Systems Commonwealth. Andromeda and her captain, Dylan Hunt were "frozen" at the edge of a black hole for 300 years before being rescued by the crew of the Eureka Maru in CY 10087 (approx 5167 AD).

The ship has an artificial intelligence (AI). Andromeda appears to the crew in three formats: on the two-dimensional monitors; as a three-dimensional holographic projection; and as the android Rommie. In the High Guard, AIs are considered officers as part of their own crew.

Contents

General information

  • Commission date: 12th day of Kalends, CY 9772, under command of Captain Fatima Novarro.
  • Commission ceremony attended by Empress Sucharitkul XII and Admiral Constanza Q. Stark.
  • Commanded by Capt. Dylan Hunt from CY 9781 to present.
  • Standard crew complement: 4,132 crew members.
  • Encounters with the Magog Worldship: first encounter some time between CY 9776-9781, subsequent encounters CY 10087 and 10090.
  • Encounters with Route of Ages: CY 10090 (three times total, was lost for an indeterminable amount of time from the crew's point of view from the second encounter).
  • Returned to Tarn-Vedra: CY 10090.

Technical specifications

Propulsion

In the episode "The Torment, The Release" (4x11), Seamus Harper, during Dylan's trial, described the Andromeda's engine system (GFG stands for "Gravity Field Generator"):

"The Andromeda, like any other ship, runs on hydrogen and Antiprotons, or AP. The hydrogen combines with the AP in controlled reactions to create antimatter/matter reactions, or matter/antimatter reactions; either way it makes no matter, but what it does make in power - for the ship - a few hundred megawatts.
Most of the power is used to power the GFG, which reduces the effective mass to just under a kilogram. A smaller chunk of power is used to accelerate more hydrogen in a dozen magnetoplasmadynamic drives, which impart a thrust - a thrust of a half million newtons or so."

The Andromeda further uses a Slipstream drive to travel "faster-than-light" (in fact it isn't really faster-than-light).

Armament

  • 200 missile launchers, firing 8 rounds per second. (2x10)
  • 22 megatons of "direct-hit firepower" (4x10)

Artificial personnel

Multipurpose Shipboard Robots 
Wheely robotic units used for basic duties such as delivery and maintenance.
GUA (General Utility Androids) 
Human sized robots, they perform a wide variety of maintenance tasks including advising and helping crew members in the performance of their duties. They also act as guards. They are seen standing two per door holding force lances guarding the captains office.
Planetfall Defense (OEBots) 
The Andromeda carries two ground defense robots equipped with an array of large gauss guns. They are used only in the event of a full-scale pitched battle and can be deployed on land or in space, on the hull of capital ships.
They can fire on large groups of people or focus shots on just one. They can also shoot down ships the size of fighters or as big as a cargo ship.
The 2 OEBots on-board Andromeda are nicknamed "Tweedle-dee" and "Tweedle-dumb" by Rommie (2x01) and their arm-mounted weapon modules can contain 1-3 groups of gattling guns (2x10) as well as shoulder-mounted missile tubes (though they open, they are not seen firing).

Ships carried

Some Slipfighters
Slipfighters 
Small attack craft which are fitted with point defense lasers for suppressing enemy fire, anti-proton weapons for offense and 2 ELS tubes which fire up to 6 OM-5 offensive and defensive kinetic kill missiles to attack larger space craft or ground based stations.
The primary mission of the slipfighter is to provide combat patrol support for Heavy Cruiser and Atmospheric Attack Craft Carriers. It also flies tactical escort for strike fighters and conducts Suppression of Enemy Defense (SED) operations during interplanetary combat.
AM9D Ung Tae drop ship 
A combination armored personnel carrier, hover-tank and skiff.
These ships are used to transport troops to the ground, each ship is capable of carrying a platoon of Lancers and basic combat gear, plus provisions for short-term accommodations as shelter.
The ship is protected with multiple layers of ablative and reactive armor and is equipped with a single direct fire AP gun turret and a deployable 150mm mass-driver cannon for indirect fire support at 1200 rounds per minute.
The ship is not slipstream capable. It can only travel the distance from orbit in space to the planets surface and back. It is not capable of traveling around a solar system and is not used as a shuttle craft.
Attack drones 
Autonomous in nature, the drones have been seen to protect her mothership but are inferior to a manned fighter in combat as seen by their easy destruction in several episodes.
Sensor drones 
Like the attack drones the Sensor drones are autonomous in nature, the drones have been seen used as probes to monitor distant areas outside of Andromedas sensor range.
Eureka Maru 
The Maru is a cargo ship by nature, and belongs to Beka, her father and his business partner Sid originally owned the Maru, the Maru is stored in Andromedas landing bay and is frequentley used by the crew for various tasks.

Notes

  • Andromeda Ascendant's complete official designation is "Shining Path to Truth and Knowledge AI model GRA 112, serial number XMC-10-182".
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