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GUEST STAR
Mikela J. MikaelColonel Yao
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Malcolm StewartChancellor Chandos
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Allan MorganPresident Sebastian Lee
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Kevin Sorbo
Captain Dylan Hunt
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Lisa Ryder
Beka Valentine
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Keith Hamilton Cobb
Tyr Anasazi
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Brent Stait
Rev Bem
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Gordon Michael Woolvett
Seamus Harper
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Lexa Doig
Andromeda/Rommie
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TRIVIA (2)
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We learn a lot about the Force Lances in this episode. They are genetically keyed to their owners, and any attempt by someone else to use them results in a capacitor discharge that shocks the user unconscious. They also can fire nanobot "effectors", smart bullets that can change course in midflight and home in on a target.
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The Castalian Republic was founded after a war to overthrow the Nietzschean Volsung Pride, an offshoot of Kodiak Pride, who had controlled the surface of the planet. The water-breathers bore the brunt of the fighting, but at the end, the Volsung orbital habitat was destroyed along with the 10,000 air-breather slaves on board.
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QUOTES (6)
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Beka: Hey, I read the first officer's job description. 'Playing Devil's Advocate'- it's on page three.
Dylan: Get thee behind me, Satan. -
Harper: Why? Why? Because... because I didn't like their stupid fish music, that's why.
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Harper: Not Tyr. Overbearing, self-righteous, vain, vicious, brutal, way too serious, and a little big, but eccentric? No.
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Harper: Now there's a thought. Do fish people eat fish, or is it like humans eating monkeys or apes? Dylan: The Castalians are humans, genetically engineered to breath water, but still human. Besides, humans do eat monkeys. Humans eat other humans. As a species, we are really quite unpleasant.
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Tyr: For a man determined to cook history's greatest omelette, you're awfully squeamish about cracking your eggs.
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Democracy may only be a few steps removed from anarchy, but at least it's not as loud. Crowned in Starlight, Than Hegemon, CY 9843.
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NOTES (3)
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Laura Bertram does not appear in this episode.
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International Airdates: -This episode aired in Canada on December 16, 2000 on Global. -This episode aired in the UK on January 15, 2001 on Sky One. -This episode aired in the Australia on October 5, 2002 on Fox 8.
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Williams is a long-time science fiction and fantasy author, who has been nominated for both a Hugo and a Nebula award for City on Fire, his 1997 novel.
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ALLUSIONS (4)
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Sebastian Lee: This is a possible reference to the cellist Sebastian Lee.
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Chandos: The name Chandos is a reference to the Chandos portrait, one of the most famous of the portraits that may depict William Shakespeare.
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Title: The title is presumably taken from William Shakespeare's Macbeth, where Macbeth says: "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?" after murdering the King, Duncan.
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Chancellor Chandros: ... are you sure your 'superman' is going to show up?
The "superman" in this quote refers to Tyr, a Nietzschean. Nietzscheans are the embodiment of Nietzsche's "perfect" human, referred to as his superman.
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