Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda

Series from the files of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry. Dylan Hunt is the last starship captain of the System's Commonwealth, the Earth-based government that spans a thousand worlds, embracing hundreds of different races and cultures. Following a civil war that plunges the Commonwealth into darkness, civilization is in ruins and is spiraling into chaos. Hunt must restore the Commonwealth. He allies himself with a group of mercenary aliens who sign on to crew his ship. Together, they set out to travel the cosmos, weaving together the many diverse worlds of the galaxy in order to again bring peace to the far-flung reaches of space. Characters include Tyr Anasazi, the genetically engineered super-being and Beka Valentine, commander of a space salvage ship.