Glasten

 was a fictional mercenary and a minor character featured in the science fiction television series Andromeda. Played by stunt performer Daryl Quon, he appeared in the second episode of season one, "An Affirming Flame".

Biography
was a human mercenary hired by the Nightsider known as Gerentex to help him located and lay claim to the lost High Guard ship, the Andromeda Ascendant. He worked with several other mercenaries including the human, Brexos, a female cyborg named Varastaya and the Nietzschean known as Tyr Anasazi. was part of Gerentex's back-up plan should something go wrong with the salvage operation. The Andromeda Ascendant was found perched on the edge of a black hole in the Hephaistos System. When Gerentex learned that the ship's captain, Dylan Hunt, was still alive and on board, he deployed his merc team to kill him and take the ship. and a salvage pilot named Beka Valentine first encountered Dylan inside a weapons locker just as he was activating a stack of explosive charges. Beka pushed out of the way just in time to avoid being killed in the blast. , Brexos and Tyr came upon Captain Hunt once again a short time later and engaged him in combat, but the battle-savvy captain proved to be a formidable opponent and incapacitated the mercenaries with his Force lance. He placed inside a stasis tube until he could figure out what to do with him later. When Hunt discovered that the black hole was threatening to destroy the ship, he released the mercenaries so they could discuss their options. and Varastaya elected to take their chances in an escaped pod. They fled the ship, but were unable to escape the gravitational pull of the singularity. The pressure of the singularity shredded the escape pod, killing both of them.

Notes & Trivia

 * The character of was created by Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Brenton Spencer based on concepts originally developed by Gene Roddenberry.


 * Made a behind-the-scenes appearance at the end of the pilot episode "Under the Night".


 * Stunt performer Daryl Quon, who specializes in wire-work combat sequences has also contributed his talents to other science fiction projects including Viper, Stargate SG-1, Jeremiah, Jake 2.0 and Sanctuary.