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The ship began her life in the Newport News Orbital Shipyards above Earth, where her keel was laid in CY 9768. Construction proceeded without a hitch right through the delivery and installation of the Headwaters of Invention Mark VIII Slipstream engines in CY 9772. The ''Andromeda'' is the tenth '' Glorious Heritage ''-class heavy cruiser, High Guard ship of the line, from the days of the old Systems Commonwealth . Andromeda and her captain, Dylan Hunt (played by Kevin Sorbo ) were frozen in a Black Hole for 300 years before being rescued by the crew of the '' Eureka Maru '' in CY 10087 (approx 5161 AD ). The ship has an . In the High Guard, AIs are considered officers as part of their own crew (played by Lexa Doig ). An avatar is an Android that represents the Personality and physical representation of the ship's A.I., in this case in the form of a Human Female . The ship's engineer, Seamus Zelazny Harper (played by Gordon Michael Woolvett ), built an Android (technically a Gynoid ) as her second avatar, that can sometimes interact with the holographic avatar, and also travel, walk and act outside the ship. The monitor and hologram manifestations are commonly referred to in fandom as "Core" and "Logic", respectively. The ship is equipped with a Slipstream drive for Faster Than Light travel. ''Andromeda'' is somewhat unique among starships as it is clearly implied that she has an emotional attachment to Captain Hunt. This is a variation on the idea of starship captains being in love with their ships, an idea introduced by Roddenberry in '' Star Trek ''. GENERAL INFORMATION
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