Editing Andromus

{{Character Data
| series=1980
 | title=Andromus
 | photo=Andromus.jpg
 | age=
 | nickname=Andy
 | seen=The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I
 | pseen=
 | death=The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II
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 | marital status=
 | role=Humanoid Cylon operative
 | rank=Commander
 | actor=[[Roger Davis]]
 | cylon=
 | mcylon=y
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}}

'''Andromus''' is the commander of an advanced [[A-B Raider]] with a unique [[Cylons (1980)|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]]. 

[[Interception of the A-B Raider|After interception]] by [[Kanon]]'s [[Viper (1980)|Viper,]] Andromus' fighter is ensnared by Earth's gravity field and crash-lands in outside [[New York|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 {{G80|The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I}}.

He and Centuri are picked up by [[Norman Blore|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 (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] during a shoot-out where Andromus is damaged by [[Laser pistol (1980)|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 {{G80|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 (at least on television, as several humanoid Cylons had previously appeared in comics). The concept would be [[Humanoid Cylon|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 [[Battle for the Delphi|attack]] on the freighter ''[[Delphi (ship)|Delphi]]'', which showed the brief debut of the "A-B Raider".<ref>[[bsp:The Super Scouts, Part I|"The Super Scouts, Part I" script]], p. 7</ref> However, the scripted scenes never made their way into the episode: either they were never shot or were removed during the editing process. 

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