Andromus

Andromus
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Nickname	Andy
Introduced	The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I
Death	The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II
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Role	Humanoid Cylon operative
Rank	Commander
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Portrayed by	Roger Davis
Andromus is a Cylon
Andromus is a Final Five Cylon
Andromus is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Andromus is an Original Series Cylon
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		@ BW Media
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Andromus is the commander of an advanced A-B Raider with a unique Cylon physical form: the appearance of a human, who is more android than a biological construct, with a built in energy weapon in his hand. He is accompanied by Andromidus, another human-looking Cylon, and semi-eponymous Centurion, Centuri.

After interception by Kanon's Viper, Andromus' fighter is ensnared by Earth's gravity field and crash-lands in outside New York City. With Andromidus destroyed in the crash, he takes Centuri on a mission to transmit a distress signal back to the Cylons, activating the Raider's self-destruct device before hand ^{(1980: "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I")}.

He and Centuri are picked up by Norman and Shirley Blore en route to a Halloween party, with Shirley believing they are Halloween guests and impressed by Centuri's appearance. Andromus and Centuri are brought to a party hosted by Arnie and Mildred, where they met Wolfman Jack. Centuri is disabled by radiation from a microwave oven during the heating of Arnie's meatballs. Andromus uses his energy beam weapon to destroy the microwave and infamous appetizer, setting fire in the apartment. This distraction allows him to kidnap Wolfman Jack by employing his power of persuasion.

They head for Wolfman Jack's radio station, WQSL, where they plan to send their distress signal, only to be thwarted by Troy and Dillon during a shoot-out where Andromus is damaged by laser fire.

A disoriented Centuri carries Andromus off the top of the radio station's building to their demise, their remains dumped unknowingly into a refuse truck ^{(1980: "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II")}.

Notes

• Andromus is the first instance of the concept of a humanoid Cylon in the Battlestar Galactica universe. The concept would be re-visited to dramatic effect 23 years later in the Re-imagined Series, although those Cylons wouldn't be androids, but biological creations.
• Andromus was scripted to appear in the episode "The Super Scouts, Part I" during the attack on the freighter Delphi, which showed the brief debut of the "A-B Raider". However, the scripted scenes never made their way into the episode: either they were never shot or were removed during the editing process.

Re-imagined Series definition: a nickname used as a substitute for an aviator's given name in wireless communications and in conversation

Galactica 1980 definition: Dillon goes to look up this term when the stewardess announces that the delayed passengers will be at their Halloween parties in plenty of time, but is stopped by Troy who tells him to look up the term FBI ^{(1980: "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I")}.