Andy was the maintenance technician at a Total Immersion Video Game arcade on the fascist Earth. When the crew of Starbug encountered a squid that disabled its prey by inducing despair with its ink, they tried to escape it. The ink caused Starbug to crash and explode, killing Lister, Rimmer, Kryten and The Cat. When they awoke, they were in gaming chairs hooked up to an artificial reality console. A recorded voice told them that they had spent the previous four years playing "Red Dwarf" and that their memories would soon return.