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Andromeda Season 3

Andromeda is a Canadian-American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed byRobert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. It starred Kevin Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt. The series premiered on October 2, 2000 and ended on May 13, 2005.

Andromeda was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and produced by Tribune Entertainment and Fireworks Entertainment. It was distributed by Global TV (Fireworks' parent company) in Canada and syndicated in the United States on WGN and other channels. It was picked up by the Sci-Fi Channel in the U.S. halfway through season four. Andromeda is one of two TV series (to date) based upon concepts Roddenberry had created as early as the 1960s and 1970s. The name Dylan Hunt had also been given to the heroes of two TV movie pilots Roddenberry had produced in the mid-1970s, Genesis II and Planet Earth. The other series posthumously created from Roddenberry's notes is Earth: Final Conflict.

Systems Commonwealth, Slipstream & Spin-off:

The Systems Commonwealth was a huge Utopian civilization, spanning three major galaxies of the Local Group. It was founded by Vedrans, the first race to discover slipstream. Initially the Vedran Empire, it lasted for over 10,000 years until the Nietzschean revolt.

Dylan eventually managed to restore the Commonwealth (though not to its former glory; initially it had only 50 members while the Old Commonwealth had included more than a million worlds). However, the New Commonwealth soon fell victim to internal corruption masterminded by the group known as the Collectors, allied with the Abyss.

Slipstream is the primary mode of travel for ships in the Andromeda universe, and the only known method of traveling faster than the speed of light. The Vedran discovery of the Slipstream was instrumental in the formation of their intergalatic empire, which became the precursor of the Systems Commonwealth.

Curiously, slipstream cannot be navigated by AIs (they have a 50% chance of choosing the correct path). Only organic pilots can "sense" a way to their destination (they have a 99% chance to choose the correct path), and although AIs are fitted on all large ships, they always require an organic pilot for interstellar travel. It is thought to be the process of choosing a path that makes the chosen path the correct one.

A function of slipstream is that apparent objective velocities are extremely variable, as it enables travel across millions of lightyears seemingly as swiftly as traveling between neighboring stars only a tens of lightyears apart. Further, slipstream is a non-linear method of travel; the best and swiftest way to get from Point A to Point B (though they might be in the same galaxy) may very well involve hopping to another galaxy entirely. Also, the more frequently used routes are often easier, faster and more predictable.

During the filming of the final season of Andromeda, several cast members were intensely involved in attempting to pitch a spin-off of the series that would feature the surviving core cast members, with the exception of Dylan Hunt. In 2005, Kevin Sorbo signed a development deal with ABC/Touchstone Television, resulting in the creation of the pilot for Bobby Cannon, a half hour sitcom that was never picked up by the network. Details as to the nature and premise and even the title of the Andromeda spin-off are unknown.

Premise:

The series is set thousands of years in the future, and revolves around the Systems Commonwealth, a constitutional monarchy based in a distant star system called Tarn-Vedra. Humankind is a part of The Commonwealth, having been discovered by its members thousands of years prior. The Commonwealth is based in three galaxies; The Milky Way, Triangulum Galaxy, and the Andromeda Galaxy, located 2.7 million light-years from the Milky Way Galaxy. Ships travel from one end of the Commonwealth to the other through slipstreams, following pre-guided roller coaster-like pathways through the cosmos to and from their destination.

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Andromeda

Andromeda is een Canadese-Amerikaanse SF serie gebaseerd op niet gebruikt material van wijlen Star Trek maker Gene Roddenberry, ontwikkeld door Robert Hewitt Wolfe en geproduceerd door Roddenberry’s vrouw Majel Barret Roddenberry. Kevin Sorbo speelde hierin de hoofdrol als High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt. De serie kwam voor het eerst op de tv op 2 oktober 2000 en eindigde op 13 Mei 2005.

Andromeda werd gefilmd in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Andromeda is één van twee series gebaseerd op concepten van Roddenberry al had gemaakt in de jaren 60 en 70. De naam Dylan Hunt was eerder ook al gegeven helden van twee TV film pilots die Roddenberry in de jaren 70 had geproduceerd, Genesis II an Planet Earth. De andere serie die na zijn dood is gemaakt die van zijn aantekeningen komt is Earth : Final Conflict.

Inleiding:

De serie speelt zich duizenden jaren in de toekomst af en gaat over de Systems Commonwealth, een staatsrechtelijke monarchie gesitueerd in een sterrenstelsel ver weg van het onze, genaamd Tarn-Vedra. De mensheid is onderdeel van het Commonwealth, die [mensheid] door de leden duizenden jaren eerder zijn ontdekt. Het Commonwealth is gevestigd in 3 zonnestelsels : Melkweg, Triangulum en het Andromeda stelsel, 2,7 miljoen lichtjaar verwijderd van ons melkwegstelstel. Ruimteschepen reizen van de ene kant van het Commonwealth naar de andere kant middels slipstreams, soort gestructureerde achtbaan achtige doorgangen.