An alien princess turns out to be more - or less - than she seems in an upcoming Andromeda season three episode.

Sources today revealed the first information on 'Illusions of Majesty,' the eighteenth episode of Andromeda's third season. The episode is currently scheduled to be filmed in Vancouver next month with regular Stargate SG-1 director Peter DeLuise at the helm.

Please note that the below plot information is based on an early draft of the script and information could change before the episode airs sometime next year.

As 'Illusions of Majesty' begins, the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant are forced to abort slipstream navigation and find themselves in Prolon Province, a garbage-heap of a galaxy filled with toxic waste. The Andromeda's navigation systems are ineffective in the hostile environment, and the crew attempt to leave the area as quickly as possible.

When the Andromeda happens upon a hibernation pod being pursued by three well-armed Prolon vessels, Dylan Hunt orders the crew to attack the destroyers and rescues the pod. The pod's sole occupant - a young, beautiful woman - is brought aboard the ship. When Dylan goes to wake her, she kisses him!

It turns out that the woman was being chased by the Royal House of Prolon, who say that she is their long-lost princess. The Royal Consul and his guard come aboard the Andromeda, anxious to reclaim their princess, and hurriedly change the woman - 'Princess Tura' - out of the 'street clothes' she was found in and into something more dignified.

Tura awakes and demands to know who has brought her out of hibernation. As the Prolon entourage lay prostrate on the floor, Dylan boldly steps forward to take the credit. Unexpectedly, Tura slaps him across the face, before quickly recovering, claiming that she was still recovering from being in hibernation for so long.

The Royal Consul steps forward and addresses Tura - they've been looking for her for several days and want to know what has happened to their princess. Tura says she's had "another one of my memory lapses," an explanation accepted readily by the Consul. But Tura isn't remotely concerned with what the Consul has to say - she's only interested in her brave rescuer. After the two flirt briefly over a discussion of the Andromeda's navigation difficulties, Tura offers her fleet as an escort until the Commonwealth ship is safely out of Prolon Province. She also requests a tour of the Andromeda, and Dylan readily obliges.

Having left the entourage to make preparations for their tour, Dylan orders Rommie to investigate Tura. "If she's royalty I'm the Sqorm tooth fairy," he tells her. Rommie says she's already accessed their ship's computer and discovered that Princess Tura disappeared as a child during a revolution, only to reappear a year ago in a convent. Although the Prolon computer says her DNA matches that of the young princess, Dylan orders Trance to scan Tura and report back to him.

While Dylan is giving the Prolon company a tour of the ship, Trance approaches him and subtly hands over a flexi. The captain glances at it quickly, then puts it away. Using all the charm at his disposal, Dylan tells Tura they can give her entourage the slip, and they run off, hand in hand.

The pair end up in the engine room, where they catch their breath. "How would a royal princess ever learn how to slap a man that hard," Dylan asks Tura, luring the woman into a trap. Tura claims she's been trained in Bo-lan Fencing, Equinoid horseback riding and Shintaidan martial arts, but when Dylan challenges her to show a "basic dragon stance," Tura fails to deliver the goods.

Dylan now lays his cards on the table. He challenges Tura with the information Trance gave him - she used molecular masking to fake her DNA and disarmed her pod's distress signal so she wouldn't be discovered as she escaped the system. Tura finally relents, revealing that she only posed as the princess to "get ahead in this galactic backwater." The problem is that she is revered in Prolon Province and can't escape. As she puts it - "those people will burn me at the stake," if they found out she was a simple con artist. Dylan demands she tell the Prolon people who she really is, and promises to protect her. Their pact is sealed not with a handshake, but with a kiss.

However, Dylan and Tura aren't out of the woods yet. Soon a group of Prolon monks turn up, claiming that Princess Tura is in fact their goddess - 'She Whose Name Cannot Be Spoken' - and things go from bad to worse...

Please note that the above information only covers the first act of the episode, as our sources did not wish to provide details of the episode's resolution. Additionally, aspects of the episode may change before the episode goes to air.

Shame the report doesn't say who wrote the episode, guess I'll have to wait a bit for that info to get out.

I know Sorbo wants to be TOS Star Trek but does he have to hit ALL the TOS cliches one after another after another after ano...

Red Alert!
Stand Alone Dren off the port bow!
Shields Up!

enTranced

[This message has been edited by enTranced (edited September 26, 2002).]

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DeLenn, you are very CUTE for a Minbari!
And you are cute in a very annoying way!
Everyone is cute, even ME.
But in PURPLE i am STUNNING!
-Londo

It's Molly Jr. Now we have Dylan the Pimp as well...

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Eternity is a really really really long time!

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Originally posted by Chipper:
Blech.

It's Molly Jr. Now we have Dylan the Pimp as well...

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I was thinking more :

James T. Hunt.

Blah. I liked it when Dylan was just Captain Dylan Hunt, High Guard.

It's amazing to me watching the DVD's by just how far Andromeda has fallen.

enTranced

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DeLenn, you are very CUTE for a Minbari!
And you are cute in a very annoying way!
Everyone is cute, even ME.
But in PURPLE i am STUNNING!
-Londo

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Again, give credit where it is due. Berman and Braga are tryiing to recapture the sex appeal that TOS had.

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Anyways...this feels off.

Who are these "sources". How can this level of detail of a late season ep be given like this? Is it a hoax? Is it some weird marketing ploy? Is it an attempt to test the waters to see if something like this would fly?

I REALLY want to know who these sources are. Did Slipstream News verify the veracity of these "sources" before posting something in this detail? And if so, why aren't those sources disclosed? I don't ever remember a time when ep details were revealed without disclosing the source. Unless it's someone who's not supposed to have/not supposed to disclose this kind of stuff....which in and of itself presents a problem doesn't it?

Lil

[This message has been edited by Una Salus Lillius (edited September 26, 2002).]

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Welcome to my ambush.
I don't belong to you!

Anyways the ep. sounds okay, not great, but okay, although it does say that the information comes from an early draft form of the script, so it could change, maybe from okay to good or even great (hopefully), but I'll reserve further judgement until I see it which won't be for a long while since it airs next year, well I guess thats all I wanted to say on this furture new episode.

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But I also gotta say.... Elaan of Troyius (TOS) !!!

PS: It's really, really in poor journalistic taste to report news from anonymous sources. The least they could do is say where this came from on a general level (a writer, a producer, a recent visit, a source who would prefer to remain anonymous --even that would've been better).

I'm just such a sucker for conspiracy theories...

However, about the script spoilers - Yuck. I personally find this a horrible idea for a script . If this is for real it's going to give "A Rose in the Ashes" a run for it's money in the bad department, IMO . That said, I won't get upset about it just yet.

IMO, while I figure this has a 80% chance of being a real script or part of a real script(possibly a item auctioned at the big Stargate SG1 con a few weeks ago???), I think Lil has hit the nail on the head when when she asks that someone needs to be credited as a source here. If the source can't be named directly, fine, but some sort of idea on who and/or where this information came from is needed (because actual show scripts (for any TV or movie) don't just fall from the heavens into the laps of eager fans j/k).

As the news item is written up now, it comes off like it's some sort of a hoax (worse case senario) or at best a badly written out part of a A or B plot in a script.

Meg

PS: Lil, if they went back to filming the Andromeda at the start of September (after taking off August) then they should be filming Episode 14 or 15 about now. So a script for Episode 18 showing up now wouldn't be unheard of, though IMO the idea that it would be the final script would be seriously in doubt in my mind.

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Originally posted by Una Salus Lillius:
eT let me point out the irony of your James T. Hunt comment in this thread while in the Enterpise thread you applaud the attempt to "recapture" the sexuality of TOS.

Anyways...this feels off.

Who are these "sources". How can this level of detail of a late season ep be given like this? Is it a hoax? Is it some weird marketing ploy? Is it an attempt to test the waters to see if something like this would fly?

I REALLY want to know who these sources are. Did Slipstream News verify the veracity of these "sources" before posting something in this detail? And if so, why aren't those sources disclosed? I don't ever remember a time when ep details were revealed without disclosing the source. Unless it's someone who's not supposed to have/not supposed to disclose this kind of stuff....which in and of itself presents a problem doesn't it?

Lil

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I agree.
On both counts.

eT, as much as I respect you, I think you give ENT too much credit. the magic of TOS will never be recaptured, and that was when the stuff was in character for Kirk.

In DROM, it is NOT in character, and in ENT, well, let's just say none of the characters strike me as sex types.

And I htink this source should be revealed

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Eternity is a really really really long time!

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Originally posted by Neptunian:
I'm grateful to whoever gave this thing away, for whatever reason they had... and I'm guessing that it was to cause another reaction after the Wheel has been shown. This is the one source I'd rather see remain anonymous than get him/herself into trouble.

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Might be better that way. I mean, having already seen "Wheel", I have to admit my hopes are declining....

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Originally posted by Una Salus Lillius:
eT let me point out the irony of your James T. Hunt comment in this thread while in the Enterpise thread you applaud the attempt to "recapture" the sexuality of TOS.

eT let me point out the irony of your James T. Hunt comment in this thread while in the Enterpise thread you applaud the attempt to "recapture" the sexuality of TOS.

"again, give credit where it is due. Berman and Braga are trying to recapture the sex appeal that TOS had."

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Yeah but in Star Trek's case they are trying to go back to the beginning. They want to recapture the magic of THEIR first show.

Not the bravest thing in the world but hey, they created TOS and for Enterprise it is working.

Andromeda is NOT Star Trek, nor should it TRY to be. They will FAIL at this.

This story SUCKS. I hope it IS a false spoiler because it will not work.

Let *Star Trek* be Star Trek. They have been doing it for over 30 years and are pretty good at it.

enTranced

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DeLenn, you are very CUTE for a Minbari!
And you are cute in a very annoying way!
Everyone is cute, even ME.
But in PURPLE i am STUNNING!
-Londo

I continue to be amazed at the moving target that is your standard for excellence though.

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Welcome to my ambush.
I don't belong to you!

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Originally posted by Una Salus Lillius:
No arguments on the suckiness of it.

I continue to be amazed at the moving target that is your standard for excellence though.

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Not moving!

Deep Space Nine, Farscape, TNG, B5, SAAB, Battlestar Galactica.

THESE are my standards of Science Fiction excellence.

Enterprise is just a show i like.

enTranced

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DeLenn, you are very CUTE for a Minbari!
And you are cute in a very annoying way!
Everyone is cute, even ME.
But in PURPLE i am STUNNING!
-Londo

It's a real script.

Don't even ask me to articulate my disappointment.

They fired Robert for *this*????????

Jeez.

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Deep Space Nine, Farscape, TNG, B5, SAAB, Battlestar Galactica.

THESE are my standards of Science Fiction excellence.

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Battlestar Galaxative????

Themis

Yeah, well, some of us enjoyed that series, thanks very much. It had plenty of potential... unfortunately, its potential was mostly wasted, just like with, say, "Andromeda".
I'm with eT on BG, though I'm with him even more on "Babylon 5". TNG was so... stuffy and (though I hate using this term) politically correct. DS9 was nothing to me after I saw B5. I've never had a chance to see "Farscape", and never saw SAAB, though I've heard people (some of whose opinions I respect) tear it to pieces. (But maybe it was like BG -- people going out of their way to taunt and slam it.)

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Originally posted by Una Salus Lillius:
*sniffle*

It's a real script.

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Eh?

How do you know?

Ugh at the spoilers.

*sigh*

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Argosy Force Leader.
Loving mate to jon3831 of the Trancers.
Maru Federation and Gene-ite, Than Hegemonist.

*Snort-!* (Oh, brother...)

This ain't a script...

It's really just a Script Treatment...

Script (or Story) treatments are proposed storylines written before a script is created or finalized.

They are not the same.

I couldn't get worried about this so-called "plot" if you held a loaded forcelance to my head...

or paid me a Million Thrones.

or dunked me in a tank of Sparky Cola and let loose a pack of Rabid Warferrets...

Relax... Breathe Deep... Seek Peace...

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Should posters be upset? Well why release the news item in this version if it wasn't to upset fans? I have to seriously question both SlipstreamNews and whoever leaked this as to just why it was leaked in this form (i.e. version) and then posted as news, in the first place. Because IMHO if you changed the names to any other SF shows charater and posted this to that shows forums, you'd get a similar negitive reaction. So I believe what happened here was done to stir people up, plain and simple .

Meg

PS: I think a even more worrying aspect of this is that someone behind the scenes leaked this to begin with. This is a serious breach of etiquette, IMO, and this doesn't bode well for the show overall

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Originally posted by Themis:
Battlestar Galaxative????

Themis

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Nope GALACTICA.

And the show had something to say, it had a THEME.

Both of which can not be said about Andromeda any longer.

enTranced

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DeLenn, you are very CUTE for a Minbari!
And you are cute in a very annoying way!
Everyone is cute, even ME.
But in PURPLE i am STUNNING!
-Londo

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Originally posted by Una Salus Lillius:
Not only that, and acknowledging that there is something to be said for not jumping the gun, the fact that this.....story....didn't get booted out the door on sight speaks volumes to me.

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My thoughts exactly

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Originally posted by enTranced:
And the show had something to say, it had a THEME.

Both of which can not be said about Andromeda any longer.

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I don't know what Galactica had to say, but I concur; Andromeda has lost its purpose and its true theme.

Oh, and having heard BS:G's theme many a time..... you're damn straight.

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Originally posted by Una Salus Lillius:
the fact that this.....story....didn't get booted out the door on sight speaks volumes to me.

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Like seriously. Whatever happened to, you know, the billions of other good ideas I saw in the bible Mr. Wolfe was reputedly fired for not following? I didn't see a damn thing about any space princess/goddess nonsense in there....