The basic premise of Andromeda - man from an earlier era piecing civilization back together - was the subject of three earlier Roddenberry pilots: “Genesis II“ starring Alex Cord, and “Planet Earth“ and “Strange New World“ starring John Saxon.Dylan Hunt是仙女座号的船长，仙女座号是Systems联邦的军舰。Systems联邦曾经横跨几个星系。因为遭到同伴的背叛，Hunt和他的船被冰冻了几个世纪。300年后的一次偶然的机会，Hunt被一只救助船只所救，而那时他发现联邦已经覆灭了。Hunt决定乘上他的船，带上船员，环游宇宙，为恢复联邦王国而努力……