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Set in the third century of the second calendar, and at least 700 years in the future, Blakes 7 follows the exploits of revolutionary Roj Blake as he leads his band of rebels against the forces of the totalitarian Terran Federation which rules the Earth and many of the planets of the galaxy. The Federation controls its citizens using mass surveillance, brainwashing and pacification with drugged food, water and air. Sentenced to deportation to a penal colony on a remote planet, Blake escapes with the help of fellow Jenna Stannis and Kerr Avon and gains control of the Liberator, an alien spacecraft far in advance of anything the Federation possesses. The craft has superior speed and weaponry and a teleport system that allows crew members to be transported to the surface of a planet without having to land the ship, and is controlled via a central computer named Zen. Blake and his crew then attempt to disrupt and damage the Federation, while being pursued by Space Commander Travis, and Servalan (Supreme Commander and later President of the Terran Federation).