Andromeda

Andromeda, TV series

Table of contents

1 Fear and Loathing in the Milky Way 2 Star-Crossed 3 Shadows Cast by a Final Salute 4 Answers Given to Questions Never Asked 5 Belly of the Beast 6 The Spider's Stratagem 7 The Warmth of an Invisible Light 8 Waking the Tyrant's Device 9 Opening Quotes

Fear and Loathing in the Milky Way

Trance Gemini: "Isn't that the time when we are supposed to play good-cop-bad-cop?" Harper: "Sorry, mon cheri, welcome to..a new game! Bad cop, worse cop! And...guess which one I am!"

Star-Crossed

"Love doesn't die, its the only thing that lasts forever. I mean your body could be destroyed or run out of power, but when the universe ends and the last star burns out, the only thing left will be love." -Dylan Hunt

Shadows Cast by a Final Salute

"It takes a minute to find something special in a person, an hour to appreciate them, and a day to love them. But it takes an entire life to forget them." -Beka Valentine

Answers Given to Questions Never Asked

Those to whom much is given, much is asked. -Trance Gemini

Belly of the Beast

"Anyone can have their cake, and then eat it. The real trick is eating your cake, and still having it. It's a common mistake." -Dylan Hunt

"We did. You could even say we had our cake outside of the box and ate it too." -Trance Gemini

The Spider's Stratagem

"The past is gone, the future yet to be, the present just that, a gift, wrapped for us to enjoy." -Telemachus Rade

The Warmth of an Invisible Light

"The brightest light is invisible. It shines through your deeds and warms the universe. Chronicles of Courage and Conviction by Captain Dylan Hunt, Ret., CY 9817" (Opening Quote)

Waking the Tyrant's Device

"If there is treasure, it logically follows that I deserve it." -Seamus Harper

Opening Quotes

"Wealth is too precious to be entrusted to the Rich" -- Anonymous Kalderan Proverb, CY 500

"If hope is the engine of the soul, then duty is the navigator\x{2026} and love is the fuel." -- Sani Nax Rifati, High Guard Supreme Commander Persuasions and Exhortations, CY 4279

"Life? Hell, it's pretty much like a knife fight in a dirt-floor bar: If they get you down, you best get back up." -- Gunnery Sergeant Hywell Cy'Rabia, CY 4681

"Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it; those who fail to learn history correctly-why they are simply doomed." -- Achem Dro'hm, The Illusion of Historical Truth, CY 4971

"You ask why we give our ships' computers normal emotions. Do you really want a warship incapable of loyalty? Or of love?" -- The Unshattered Allegiance, High Guard Frigate, Artificial Intelligence Rights Activist, CY 7309

"The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy." -- Drago Museveni, CY 8427

"One head cannot contain all wisdom." -- The Olduvai Cycle, Systems University Archives, CY 8550

"Humans say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Why? Do they think there's a shortage of bad ones?" -- Karm'Luk P'an Ku, The Joy of Lucidity, CY 8633

"I am The Sacrifice. We are the Altar." -- Tora Mol, Reflections in Shadow, CY 8842

"Machiavelli's ideas are basically sound ones for the Nietzschean people. Unfortunately, he was an optimist." -- Cerebus Khmer Aphorisms, CY 8969

"KLUDGE (Klooj) N. Disparaging term for genetically unmodified human being. See also 'uber.'" -- A Concise Dictionary of Slang and Euphemism, CY 9021

"Requested items: One Mark V ECM unit, 1000 km of fullerene cable, one low yield nuclear warhead. Stated purpose: birthday party for foreign dignitary." -- Argosy Special Operations Service requisition form, CY 9512

"Here's everything I know about war: Somebody wins, somebody loses, and nothing is ever the same again." -- Admiral Constanza Stark, High Guard Chief of Staff, CY 9784

"Of course Nietzscheans love their children. That's not the problem. The problem is, they don't love anyone else's." -- Unknown Master Sergeant, 505th High Guard Lancers, CY 9785

"Only those born guilty recognize innocence for what it is: the rarest thing in the Universe, and the most precious." -- THE ANOINTED, The Finder of The Way, CY 9799

The Heavens burned, the Stars cried out. And under the ashes of infinity, Hope, scarred and bleeding, Breathed it's last." -- Ulatempa Poetess, "Elegy for the Commonwealth", CY 9823

"Come Bitter Rain/ And Wash from my Heart/ That Saddest of all Words-- Home." -- Ulatempa Poetess, "Song of My Exile", CY 9825

"Democracy may be only a few steps removed from Anarchy, but at least it's not as loud." -- Crowned In Starlight, Than Hegemon, CY 9843

"The truest measure of a society is how it treats its elderly, its pets, and its prisoners." -- Keeper of the Way Vision of Faith VII, CY 9891

"We say atoms are bound by weak attractors. Why not admit the truth: The universe is held together by love." -- Michio von Kerr, Wayist Physicist, CY 9942

"You are the Center of the Wheel." -- Kodiak Pride paternal blessing, Date uncertain

"A wall to a god is but a line on the page. We are all naked, seen beyond seeing." -- Wayfinder First Order Hasturi, "The Mad Perseid", 217 AFC

"Screams of a billion murdered stars/ Give lie to the night's peace. While we cling in Desperation/ To the few spinning stones we call Worlds." -- Ibid.

"WARNING: Do not operate heavy machinery or navigate the Slipstream while under the influence of this beverage." -- Sparky-Cola (Label), 291 AFC

"No plan of battle ever survives first engagement with the enemy. Except for mine." -- General Cuahtomec Hutu, Drago-Kazov Pride, 295 AFC

"The difference between Pride Jaguar and the Drago-Kazov? A Jaguar will stab you in the back to gain an advantage. a Dragan will stab you just to see if his knife is sharp." -- Charlemagne Bolivar, Pride Jaguar Archduke, 299 AFC

"Many say living in the Way is difficult. Is sleeping difficult? Is waking?" -- Serenity Vikram Singh Khalsa, Collected Works, 301 AFC