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* SuicideByCop: Weary of her condition, Jill shuts down her defenses, turning Andromeda's disabling shot into a lethal one.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: ''Andromeda'' doesn't seem to go after any further leads from Gerentex's list of derelict High Guard ships.
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* BlingOfWar: Unlike the ''Andromeda'' and the other ''Glorious Heritage''-class heavy cruisers, the ''Pax Magellanic'' is painted gleaming gold.

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* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: The Pax's crew are androids, to the point that even Rommie was fooled.
* SpottingTheThread: Rev Bem is the first to determine that Jill knows more than she's telling them. He finds that the Pax's crew are indeed 300 years old, but Andromeda's crew have continued to age normally, meaning their immortality is not a result of local conditions.

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* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: The Pax's ''Pax''[='s=] crew are androids, to the point that even Rommie was fooled.
* {{Robosexual}}: Captain Warwick slept with the ''Pax''[='s=] android avatar. Ultimately, this resulted in her becoming unhinged and blowing up an entire planet.
* SpottingTheThread: Rev Bem is the first to determine that Jill knows more than she's telling them. He finds that the Pax's ''Pax''[='s=] crew are indeed 300 years old, but Andromeda's the ''Andromeda''[='s=] crew have continued to age normally, meaning their immortality is not a result of local conditions.
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** Tyr, who somehow wills himself over to the Maru while it's trapped aboard the Pax.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Jill destroyed the planet by ejecting the slipstream core.

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** Tyr, who somehow wills himself over to the Maru while it's trapped aboard the Pax.
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* EarthShatteringKaboom: Jill destroyed the planet by ejecting the slipstream core. Tyr also mentions a Nietzschean weapon capable of doing the same thing: the Maxim Charge.

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* FlyingDutchman: Jill invokes this, recreating her ship's crew as androids and playing "De Vliegende Hollander" throughout most of the episode.



* OutOfCharacterAlert: Jill tells Dylan that the planet was destroyed by the Nietzscheans. Tyr later reminds him that Nietzscheans do not destroy habitable planets while they're still standing on them.



* SpottingTheThread: Rev Bem is the first to determine that Jill knows more than she's telling them. He finds that the Pax's crew are indeed 300 years old, but Andromeda's crew have continued to age normally, meaning their immortality is not a result of local conditions.



* ThatsAnOrder: Captain Warwick ordered Jill to self-destruct, rather than be boarded by the Nietzsheans. Hurt at this apparent betrayal by her lover, she chose to destroy the planet instead.
* FlyingDutchman: Jill invokes this, recreating her ship's crew as androids and playing "De Vliegende Hollander" throughout most of the episode.

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* ThatsAnOrder: Captain Warwick ordered Jill to self-destruct, rather than be boarded by the Nietzsheans.Nietzscheans. Hurt at this apparent betrayal by her lover, she chose to destroy the planet instead. \n* FlyingDutchman: Jill invokes this, recreating her ship's crew as androids and playing "De Vliegende Hollander" throughout most of the episode.
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* OhCrap: Harper, when he sees that the Ghost Ship of Tau Celi VI is real. And then later, when the androids start waking up again.

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* OhCrap: Harper, when he sees that the Ghost Ship of Tau Celi Ceti VI is real. And then later, when the androids start waking up again.
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* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Tyr had a blast fighting killer androids while Wagner's ''The Flying Dutchman'' opera was playing. He says it's the most fun he's had in six months.

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* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Tyr had has a blast fighting killer androids while Wagner's ''The Flying Dutchman'' opera was playing. He says it's the most fun he's had in six months.
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* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Jill introduces Dylan to the overture for ''De Vliegende Hollander'' at dinner. The opera continues to play over the ''Pax Magellanic'''s intercom, and at the climax of the episode, Jill (already revealed as the ship's avatar and her captain's love interest) lampshades the climax of the opera.


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* FlyingDutchman: Jill invokes this, recreating her ship's crew as androids and playing "De Vliegende Hollander" throughout most of the episode.
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* ThatsAnOrder: Captain Warwick ordered Jill to self-destruct, rather than be boarded by the Nietzsheans. Hurt at this apparent betrayal by her lover, she chose to destroy the planet instead.
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* EarthShatteringKabook: Jill destroyed the planet by ejecting the slipstream core.

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* EarthShatteringKabook: EarthShatteringKaboom: Jill destroyed the planet by ejecting the slipstream core.
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As the crew goes looking for derelict High Guard ships to add to their fleet, they come across Rommie's sister ship, the ''Pax Magellanic''. To their surprise, the ''Pax'' is still manned by her original crew, who are hiding a dark secret.
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* BigDamnHeroes:
** Beka, who saves Harper from being thrown into the Pax's slipstream core by Dutch.
** Tyr, who somehow wills himself over to the Maru while it's trapped aboard the Pax.
* EarthShatteringKabook: Jill destroyed the planet by ejecting the slipstream core.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Tyr had a blast fighting killer androids while Wagner's ''The Flying Dutchman'' opera was playing. He says it's the most fun he's had in six months.
* OhCrap: Harper, when he sees that the Ghost Ship of Tau Celi VI is real. And then later, when the androids start waking up again.
-->"Uh-oh, looks like naptime's almost over!"
* PsychoticSmirk: Jill goes out with this.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: The Pax's crew are androids, to the point that even Rommie was fooled.
* WhamLine: Rev Bem.
-->'''Bem:''' Dylan, I don't know if it's pertinent to your current situation, but I've discovered something disturbing about Lieutenant Pierce.
-->'''Harper:''' What, that she's a psychotic android with a grudge?
-->'''Bem:''' Uh, I was going to say she's not on the crew manifest.
* WickedCultured: Jill is a big fan of Earth opera.

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