1. Under the Night — Episode — Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda

1. Under the Night

The Commonwealth vessel Andromeda, captained by Dylan Hunt, in a last ditch effort to avoid a trap, maneuvers toward a nearby black hole.Time dilation near the black hole slows time for the Andromeda and Dylan until a freighter tows it out 300 years later. Dylan now must fight off the band of scavengers attempting to claim his ship as salvage.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

Captain Dylan Hunt is betrayed by his first officer when the Nietzschean prides betray the Systems Commonwealth. Stranded in his ship, the Andromeda Ascendant, near the event horizon of a black hole, Dylan is frozen in time for 300 years, until a mercenary salvage crew tries to claim the ancient ship for themselves. After a civil war leaves the universe in ruins, the last starship captain and a group of mercenaries set out to restore peace and order to the Commonwealth.

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