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'''Andromus''' is the commander of an advanced | '''Andromus''' is the commander of an advanced "A-B" [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] [[Raider (TOS)|fighter]] with a unique Cylon physical form: The appearance of a human, although he is still more android than a biological construct. | ||
Andromus' fighter crash-lands in New York. He takes [[Centuri]] (the only other survivor of the crash; a second Cylon android perishes) on a mission to transmit a distress signal back to the Cylons. | |||
He and Centuri | He and Centuri attend a party, where they met [[Wolfman Jack]]. Centuri is disabled by radiation from a microwave oven. Andromus uses his red beam to destroy the microwave and set fire in the apartment, allowing them to kidnap Wolfman Jack by employing his power of persuasion. | ||
They head for Wolfman Jack's radio station | They head for Wolfman Jack's radio station, where they plan to send their distress signal. The Cylon's plans are thwarted by [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]]. | ||
A disoriented Centuri carries Andromus off the top of the radio station's building to their demise, | A disoriented Centuri carries Andromus off the top of the radio station's building to their demise ([[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I|The Night the Cylons Landed]]). | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* Andromus is the first instance of the concept of a humanoid Cylon in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' universe | * Andromus is the first instance of the concept of a humanoid Cylon in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' universe. 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. | * Andromus' character 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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