When a colony is threatened by Pyrians, who have placed pyroforming devices on the planet, Dylan destroys the machines and calls for Commonwealth assistance... unfortunately for him more Pyrians arrive first. The Pyrians make it clear that they will be taking the planet. Outgunned and outnumbered all he can do it try to evacuate the colonists before it is too late. While this is going on Beka leads a squadron of slip-fighters to slow down the Pyrians and Tyr, along with a distracted Trance, set off to help a hospital ship whose engines have failed.
This was a really solid episode with plenty of impressive action and some interesting questions are raised; most notably concerning who is supporting the Pyrians and why. It isn't too much of a surprise though as the appearance of the Pyrian representative is rather familiar... something the crew of Andromeda are remarkably slow to pick up on. The idea of loss in battle was explored but it lost some of its impact as the character had only just been introduced... effectively he was just a 'red shirt'. I suspect most viewers will guess why Trance is acting somewhat distracted but that doesn't matter as we get some good character development. Overall a good episode with plenty of action as well as plot and character development.
This was a really solid episode with plenty of impressive action and some interesting questions are raised; most notably concerning who is supporting the Pyrians and why. It isn't too much of a surprise though as the appearance of the Pyrian representative is rather familiar... something the crew of Andromeda are remarkably slow to pick up on. The idea of loss in battle was explored but it lost some of its impact as the character had only just been introduced... effectively he was just a 'red shirt'. I suspect most viewers will guess why Trance is acting somewhat distracted but that doesn't matter as we get some good character development. Overall a good episode with plenty of action as well as plot and character development.
