Day of Judgment, Day of Wrath

Andromeda Episode Review

In which Rommie has crap taste in men.

What Happened

While Andromeda is in dry dock, Tyr gets Dylan's permission to go off in the Eureka Maru, claiming to be on a search for remnants of the Kodiak Pride. He is really going to set one of his Big Plans in motion, starting with a shady doctor who can change Tyr's DNA to match that of his son's.

Dylan is looking forward to the launch of a new Commonwealth vessel, Resolution of Hector, until Rommie hijacks the vessel and flies off with Harper in tow. Under the influence of her ex-lover, the Balance of Judgment, she orders Harper to build a new Avatar for the Judgment AI.

Tyr goes to meet the Drago-Katzov Fleet Marshall Attaturk, bringing proof of his claims that he is the genetic reincarnation of the Nietzschean progenitor Drago Musevni. Attaturk is taken in and pledges his Pride's loyalty to Tyr's cause.

Judgment's new Avatar, Remiel, is pretty annoyed with Harper, but Rommie convinces him to let Harper go, promising to stay with him of her own free will if he does. The deal is off, however, after Dylan gets onboard and sabotages the ship's security systems.

When Rommie persuades the Judgment to surrender, Remiel refuses to go along. He and Rommie battle in the cargo bay, eventually triggering the release that opens the bay doors. Dylan saves Rommie before she is blown out into space, but Remiel is not that lucky and goes sailing and flailing off into the darkness.

What We Learned

• Rommie's accessories are much nicer than Hector's.
• Hector hopes he's a friendly ghost.
• Cut all repair estimates in half.
• The overall rate of insanity for AIs is well below that of the organic population. (Though you'd never know it from watching this series.)
• You don't want the first sign of trouble to be your AI ejecting you through an airlock.
• He is the Balance of Judgment... he is prone to over-dramatizing things.
• It's kind of funny, actually. In all the rush to build Remiel, Harper kinda forgot to make him anatomically correct.
• I'm far more amused by that statement then I really ought to be.
• Don't mistake the ravages of malnutrition and good skin for lack of maturity.
• Attaturk needs to rethink the hair.
• Never turn your back on an open door.
• Harper thought Remiel was going to kill him, but thankfully he was wrong.
• Dylan can get into an EVA suit really quickly.

What Did I Think?

One of my favorites.