Dylan Hunt is the commanding officer of the Andromeda Ascendant, and restorer of the Systems Commonwealth. During his career, the Systems Commonwealth was betrayed by Nietzscheans, a genetically engineered sub-species of humanity, and member race of the Commonwealth who sought to destroy it. During the Battle of Hephaistos, Hunt and his ship became frozen in time, trapped near the event horizon of a black hole leaving them in virtual stasis for over 300 years however for Dylan it merely felt like the "blink of an eye". After being broken free of the black hole, Hunt found the known universe in shambles after the dissolution of the Commonwealth and began a courageous quest to restore it.