There also exists a subspecies of Andorian called the Aenar. SEE: Aenar.
[ Appearance ][ Physiology ][ Homeworld ][ Culture ][ Ships ][ History ][ Individuals of Note ]
Physical
Appearance:
Blue skin color, with white, sometimes yellow tinted hair, twin blue
antennae, and normal humanoid ears
(often covered by their hair. But some
variations
in Andorian appearance have been seen, perhaps
representing different races:
1) High, knobby antennae near the back of the head.
"Journey
to Babel" [TOS]
2) Diminishing antennae standing straight out from the forehead.
"ST1:TMP"
3) Long, stiff antennae from the top of the head
"The Offspring" [TNG]
4) Smaller, tendril-like antennae emerging from the upper
corners of the forehead, which is heavily
creased with bony temple ridges and
another ridge down the back of the neck. The antennae are
much more mobile, moving slightly to
sense things in their environment. The eyebrows are white
(matching the hair), large and heavy,
with a pronounced upward curve at the outer corners. Visible
ears.
"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
Physiology:
Doctor Leonard McCoy mentioned that Andorians must rely on
intramuscular
injections.
It is therefore likely that Andorians have a
different circulatory system than most other humanoids.
"Whom Gods Destroy" [TOS]
Their blood is
blue.
"Proving Ground" [ENT]
Andorians seem more susceptable to Phase pulse infection or at least
it seems to affect them in a harsher
manner than other
species.
"United" [ENT]
The loss of an antenna isn't critical but it will render an Andorian
defenseless since they will be unable to
maintain their balance. It will take a day
or two before they begin to compensate for its loss. If
left
untreated, it will grow back in 9 months.
However, with electrical stimulation and brisk cranial massage
it will only take half that time to grow back.
"United" [ENT]
Andorian metabolism is higher than humans'.
"United" [ENT]
Homeworld:
The homeworld is
referred to as "Andoria"
"Prophet Motive" [DS9], all episodes [ENT]
As well as "Andor"
"Change of Heart" [DS9], "In the Pale Moonlight" [DS9]
Andor is located near Betazed, Vulcan, Tellar, Earth, and Alpha
Centauri
and was one of the
founding worlds of the
Federation.
"In the Pale Moonlight" [DS9],
It is a "neighbor" of
Vulcan.
"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
It is an ice planet surrounded by rings and has at least one moon.
"The Aenar" [ENT]
Andorian Space - It was expected that the Enterprise whose top
speed is warp 5 would take five days
to get from Tellar Prime to Babel which is on the
far side of Andorian space.
"Babel One" [ENT]
Andorian cities are built underground and are connected by tunnels
thousands of kilometres long.
Typically, the temperature in the arctic region of Andoria is 28
degrees below zero. Elsewhere,
temperatures do go above freezing for several weeks at a time and heat
waves have been known
every few years. Shran didn't see the sun until he was fifteen years
old.
"The Aenar" [ENT]
Flora and Fauna:
Amoeba - During an incident on the lost Federation starship,
USS Voyager, it was revealed that
Andorian amoeba reproduce via symbiogenesis.
Lysosomal
enzymes in symbiogenetic creatures
merge with another species to create an entirely
new lifeform.
"Tuvix" [VOY]
Bull - Keiko O'Brien complains that her husband is like an
Andorian
bull due to the way he broods
and stomps around whenever he's disappointed.
"Fascination" [DS9]
Zabathu - Holographic Andorian riding animals called "zabathu"
are a recreation program selection on
the Enterprise-D
holodecks.
"Pen Pals." [TNG]
Culture:
[ Art and Music ][ Cuisine ][
Mating
][ Death ][
Religion ][ Society
][ Language ]
The Andorian emblem (blue in black) closes video
transmissions. It consists of a horizontal row of
variously-sized adjacent and overlapping circles
(a schematic of their home system?).
"Proving Ground" [ENT]
Arts and Music:
Andor is known for its arts and crafts; Lieutenant Ezri Dax's mother,
Yanas Tigan, imported new tiles
for her solarium from Andor. Norvo Tegan,
Ezri's gifted artist brother, had hopes of attending the
Andorian Academy of Art, which is considered
"the best" of its type, but his application was rejected.
"Prodigal Daughter" [DS9]
A popular musical style is known as "Andorian blues".
"Unification" [TNG]
Morn, resident Lurien barfly at Deep Space Nine, never understands
the punchlines of Quark's
Andorian jokes, even the one that ended with
'...then the Andorian said, "This is not my antenna!".
"Homefront" [DS9]
Andorian jewelry - Highly collectible and not usually
available.
Quark wanted to advertise it on the
station's
monitors.
"The Jem'Hadar" [DS9]
Andorian silk - Prized for its softness. A suit of it
was one of Quark's theoretical offers to Odo.
"Q-Less" [DS9]
Food and Drink:
Andorian Ale - ordered by Tiron in
Quark's
Bar on space station Deep Space Nine.
"Meridian" [DS9]
Shran and Archer share a flask of Andorian Ale in
the officer's mess.
"Proving Ground" [ENT]
Andorian Boiler - A cooking vessel Seyetik used in the recipe
he gave to DS9's officers;
"Second Sight" [DS9]
Andorian Redbat - An incident recalled by Sisko and Dax
involved
Science Officer Kustanovich of the
Livingston and 8 helpings of
this.
"Invasive Procedures" [DS9]
Andorian "Tuber root" - Jadzia Dax enjoys Andorian "tuber
root" more than Commander Benjamin
Sisko. She stole the last piece of it off
Sisko's plate on the Promenade.
"Second Sight" [DS9]
Mating:
Andorian females are far more aggressive than Earth females.
An overture could be considered an assault.
"Babel One" [ENT]
Four partners are usually required for an Andorian marriage.
"Data's Day" [TNG]
Death:
The Ushaan:
When a Guardsman dies far from home, his / her companions carry part
of them (their blood) back to the
ice of Andoria to the wall of Heroes. But
if their death is to be avenged, their blood is spilled on the
hand of the one being challenged. According
to Andorian tradition, the one so challenged must meet
the challenger in a ritualized duel to the death
called the Ushaan. The rules of the combat are part of
the Code of the Ushaan. There are 12,000
amendments
to this honor code. The combatants are linked
together with a cable and fight each other with
an ice-miner's tool called an Ushaan-tor. The one being
challenged makes the first move in the combat.
Refusing to fight is a grave insult, but another can be
chosen to fight in one's place under the Right of
Substitution. Also, if there are no children to continue
one's clan, either combatant can postpone a duel
indefinitely. However, this rule only applies if one
is already married. The Ushaan is settled
when one of the fighters is rendered defenseless or killed.
"United" [ENT]
Religion:
One of the many "faces of God" adopted by the evil entity, trapped
at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy,
was that of the Andorian God. According to
Sybok of Vulcan, the Andorian word for "Eden" cannot be
pronounced by
non-Andorians.
"The Final Frontier" [ST5]
Society:
The Andorians describe themselves as a "passionate" and "violent
race."
the Andorians' warrior prowess
is often underestimated due to their slender bodies
and soft, lisping voices. Andorians often listen with
their heads slightly bowed presumably to better
sense the speaker by using their antennae. The
Andorians were first seen in "Journey to Babel"
(TOS)
"Journey to Babel" [TOS]
Thelin states that Andorians, typically, are not known for
charity:
"A warrior race has few sympathies,
but that one that they do have is for family."
"Yesteryear" [TAS]
Captain Lisa Cusak, late of the USS Olympia, tells the USS Defiant
crew that she was once in a
relationship with an Andorian civilian for six
years.
She was stationed as an attaché' at the
Federation Embassy on Andor. He was
working on Andor with the Agricultural Ministry and made
her uncomfortable, at their first meetings, by
always
pointing his antennae at her.
"The Sound of Her Voice" [DS9]
Commander Worf considered mountain climbing on Andor as a
honeymoon
vacation, although his wife
Jadzia Dax had other
plans.
"Change of Heart" [DS9]
They think Vulcans “smell of dust”.
"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
Language:
Hoshi Sato notes that the frequency variations in the synaptic activity
of the "Vox-sola" creature
resembles features of certain Andorian dialects.
"Vox Sola" [ENT]
Ships:
Freighters:
In the few months before Nov 2154, the Andorians had lost six
freighters
along the border with the
Tellarites.
"Babel One" [ENT]
Transport:
Pel booked passage to the Gamma Quadrant from Deep Space Nine aboard
an Andorian transport.
"Rules of Acquisition" [DS9]
"Kumari" Class Warship:
named for the first ice cutter to circumnavigate Andoria. [United.]
Andorian starships are blocky. The class has an elongated
rectangular hull, with the nose consisting of two trapezoidal wedges
placed
base-to-
base. Two vertically-stacked blue-glowing
rectangular engine throats cover the
entirety of the hull's aft end. The midhull
sprouts a gullwing-bent wing, with a
rectangular pod (warp nacelle?) at the elbow, and
a pair of elliptical pods
(weapons?) at the
tip.
"Cease Fire" [ENT]
The Andorian Imperial Warship _Kumari_ is of the
same shape. It's faster than Enterprise, has more
advanced weapons and sensors, and has at least one
cargo bay with force field capability. The
antimatter injector(s) use variable-compression
nozzles, which are superior to (but compatible with)
Enterprise's. There are at least three cargo
bays; Cargo Hold 3 is midships, and has a ventral hatch
(two flaps).
The bridge is a square, open area with a captain's
seat on a raised dais, a two-seat arched console in
front, four single-place standing consoles around
it, and a viewscreen (nearly a semicircle, with
upcurving sides) up front. A relief-sculpture
of the Andorian emblem is on the upper part of
the
aft bulkhead. Captain's ready-room is
port-aft.
"Proving Ground" [ENT]
Crew complement:
86.
"Babel One" [ENT]
When the primary systems failed, it took two minutes
for warp containment to breach which was
enough time for at least 19 of the Andorian crew
to make it to the escape pods. The ship debris
contained significant quantities of duranium
alloy.
The memory core of the data recorder contains
the sensor logs of the ship. It can be
retrieved
after destruction of the ship. A direct hit to a particular
set of coordinates (the location of their shield
generator) should damage their shields enough to give
another ship a fighting chance against them.
"Babel One" [ENT]
An Andorian transport pod belongs to Shran's Imperial War
Cruiser Kumari.
"Proving
Ground" [ENT]
Examples of ships of this class:
| Name | Comments | Source |
| Kumari | first ship of its class. destroyed Nov 2154 while escorting Andorian ambassador to Babel. Shran was its captain for 12 years. |
"Babel One" [ENT] |
| 3 unnamed | involved with Vulcans in dispute over Weytahn. | "Cease Fire" [ENT] |
| 5 unnamed | opposed the Vulcan invasion of Andoria. | "Kir'Shara" [ENT] |
| unnamed | cruiser carrying Andorian ambassador was destroyed Nov 2154 | "Babel One" [ENT] |
| unnamed | holographic projection by Romulans | "Babel One" [ENT] |
| several unnamed | have been reported missing over the years. | "Babel One" [ENT] |
History:
2050: A planet which the Vulcans call "Paan Mokar" and
the Andorians "Weytahn", constitutes a front
between their systems. Weytahn is a class
D planet, not much larger than earth's moon whose sole
value is its strategic location. It is settled
by the Andorians who began terraforming it. The Vulcans
forcibly relocated the colonists and emplaced a
surveillance satellite. It stays deserted for nearly a
century, but in that century they have nearly gone
to war over it twice.
"Cease Fire" [ENT]
prior to 2063: The Vulcans, through ambassador V'Lar,
negotiated
the first territorial accords with Andoria.
"Fallen Hero" [ENT]
2089: Talks begin on a Territorial Compromise.
2097: After 8 years, a Territorial Compromise Treaty
(1200
pages) is passed in which Weytahn is
officially annexed by the
Vulcans.
"Cease Fire" [ENT]
ca. 2104: The Aenar are discovered living in the
Northern
Wastes. For most of their history, they
were considered a
myth.
"The Aenar" [ENT]
2112: Border incursions occur in which Weytahn becomes
a focus of dispute again. Likely this is one
of the times that the Andorians and Vulcans have
almost gone to war over the planet.
"Cease Fire" [ENT]
2151: First Contact was made with the Andorians
when Captain Archer and an away team were caught
in the middle of a hostage situation at P'Jem.
The raiding Andorians were members of the Andorian
Imperial Guard which had long suspected that
the Vulcans were hiding a spying station at the P’Jem
monastery in violation of treaty. In 2
previous
raids of the monastery, they had failed to find it. After
an armed conflict, and with the help of Enterprise,
they discovered that the Vulcans had indeed been
using advanced sensor technology to spy on Andoria,
and were able to bring back evidence of the Vulcan
spy station to their people.
As of 2151, they do not have transporter technology.
"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
A short while later, Andorian commandos have
destroyed
the P'Jem sanctuary. A warning was given,
thus no Vulcans were injured, but Vulcan High
Command
temporarily suspends joint Earth / Vulcan
fleet operations. The Vulcans describe their
Andorian
neighbours as "a dangerous and aggressive species".
"Shadows of P'Jem" [ENT]
Shran and Tholos are on the planet Coridan
because
they had ties to the people rebelling against the
government. The Andorians' presence
there is a violation of the Tau Ceti Accords. Shran and Tholos
believe that Vulcan is planning to declare war upon
their race, and have monitored all Vulcan
transmissions since confirming the use of P'Jem
as a spy station. Shran rescues Archer from Coridan
kidnappers and now considers that his debt to
Archer,
which has prevented him from sleeping, is now
fully
repaid.
"Shadows of P'Jem" [ENT]
Late 2152: A military conflict erupts between the Vulcans and
Andorians over the small terraformed
planet, Weytahn, which both sides claim, the Vulcans
announce they wish to discuss terms for a
"cease fire". Imperial Guard Officer Shran
believes the only person he can trust to mediate such a
negotiation is Jonathan Archer, so the captain and
the Enterprise are called into the fray.
"Cease Fire" [ENT]
2154: An Andorian was attacked on Earth because of the
xenophobia
caused by the Xindi incident.
"Home" [ENT]
Stardate 43152.4: A Starfleet Admiral once said that a
group of renegade Andorians in the Triangulum
system had completely disappeared from that
system.
In actuality, they dismantled their ship and
hid it. Riker had some experience with
Renegade
Andorians as well.
"The Survivors" [TNG]
Stardate 43657.0: Lal narrows its choices on gender and
appearance to four, one of which is an
Andorian female, which would be the only one on
board the Enterprise-D.
"The Offspring" [TNG]
Stardate 43872.2: The Andorians wish to bid for the
shipment
of Tellurian spices Kivas Fajo has
offered; they've had four days, and interrupt Fajo
when he is questioning Data.
"The Most Toys" [TNG]
When the Dominion invades the Federation planet of Betazed, grave
fears
are held for the future of so-called "safe"
planets, including UFP founding worlds such
as Andor, Vulcan, Tellar and Alpha Centauri.
"In the Pale Moonlight" [DS9]
Individuals of
Note:
Chirurgeon Ghee P'Trell of Andoria, Doctor - Dr. P'Trell and
Julian Bashir of Deep Space Nine were
both unsuccessful nominees for the Carrington Award,
Earthdate 2371. He had done amazing work
in gerontological research, but was not as popular
as Dr. April Wade.
"Prophet Motive" [DS9]
Erib - An Andorian which had been a Starfleet Medical School
colleague of the future Doctor Bashir.
Dr. Elizabeth Lense, of the USS Lexington, had their
identities confused for many years, as a result
of her mistaking Erib for Bashir at a party.
"Explorers" [DS9]
Keval (Jeff Ricketts) - Member of the Andorian Imperial
Guard.
"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
Lal - While serving as a crewmember of the USS Enterprise-D,
Lieutenant Commander Data created an
android child, Lal, which he encouraged to select its own appearance
and
gender.
Lal almost chose the guise of an Andorian female.
As such, she would
have been the only Andorian on the Enterprise-D.
"The Offspring" [TNG]
Sarahd - Andorian ambassador who was appointed Vice President in 2161 to the first Federation President in 2161. "Generations" [ST7]
Shran, Thy'lek (Jeffrey Combs) - Member
of the Andorian
Imperial Guard.
date unknown: When a boy, he stumbled into a large den of
ice-bore worms, and
wound up with third-degree burns over half his body.
"The Aenar" [ENT]
date unknown: He lived all of his boyhood
in the underground cities of the
Andorians and didn't see
the sun until he was 15 years old.
"The Aenar" [ENT]
2142: Becomes captain of the warship
Kumari.
"Babel One" [ENT]
To get to the proving ground of the Xindi weapon
prototype, Enterprise has to
move through a field of anomalies and takes heavy
damage in the process, but is
saved by an Andorian ship under Shran's command.
Shran offers Archer
assistance in the battle against the Xindi and both
work together to take the
Xindi weapon prototype. However Shran planned to
keep the weapon. Archer
would not let him and detonated it. Shran
barely jettisoned it in time to save his
ship.
"Proving Ground" [ENT]
Nov 2154: Kumari is destroyed by
Romulans
posing as Tellarites.
"Babel One" [ENT]
ca 2156: Has a daughter by Jhamel.
ca. 2157: Shran retires from the
Imperial
Guard as a hero. He enters civilian life in order to raise
his family.
ca. 2158: Shran made some poor choices
and picked the wrong friends... people involved in
questionable business
ventures.
They thought he took something that belonged to them. Feeling
that it was essential that
they think that he had met his demise, Shran faked his death with the
help of some old colleagues
from the Imperial Guard.
2161: Shran's "former associates"
found
him and he had to go on the move for about six months.
Finally, one night, they
kidnapped his daughter. They threatened to kill her unless he
gave
them
what they wanted.
A week later and 3 days before signing of
Federation
Charter: Shran decided to contact Enterprise.
Enterprise had believed
he was dead for 3 years. Enterprise helped him and he recovered
his
daughter.
"These are the Voyages" [ENT]
In an alternate future, Captain Trip Tucker refers
to Shran as having the rank of General.
"Twilight"[ENT]
Shras, Ambassador (Reggie Nalder) - Andorian Ambassador
appointed
to participate in the negotiations
to admit Coridan into the Federation.
"Journey to Babel" [TOS]
Shres - The novelization by Vonda N McIntyre featured
additional computer questions for Spock during
his retraining. One question concerned an
Andorian scientist named
Shres, who had created a four-
dimensional time
gate.
"The Voyage Home" [ST4]
Talas (Molly Brink) - female. Lieutennant.
Tactical
officer aboard the Kumari.
"Proving Ground" [ENT]
Talas came from a priviledged and wealthy
family.
Her mother was a commander in the Andorian Imperial
Infantry. She could've chosen any career, and never
known discomfort, but she felt the call of duty and
pledged
her life to the Imperial Guard. She also could have had her
choice of mates but chose Shran.
"United" [ENT]
Tarah (Susie Plakson, stunts by Katie Rowe) - female.
Lieutenant.
Officer of the Imperial Guard.
Shran's second-in-command.
"Cease Fire" [ENT]
Telev (Christopher Shea) - Captain of the lead ship of one of
three ships that came
to aid Shran on Weytahn.
"Cease Fire" [ENT]
Thelev (William O'Connell) - A minor aide in the
ambassadorial
party which journeyed to the Babel
Conference of 2267. He murdered the Tellarite Ambassador Gav,
implicating
Ambassador Sarek of Vulcan in the plot. He then
attempted to assassinate
Captain James T Kirk of the USS Enterprise. Thelev
was subsequently
revealed to not be an Andorian at all, but was an
Orion spy on a suicide
mission and had been surgically altered to pass
as an Andorian. A
transmitter was hidden inside one of his false
antennae.
"Journey to
Babel" [TOS]
Thelin, Commander (voiced by James Doohan) - the alternate
timeline
replacement for First Officer Spock,
created when the normal timeline was broken. He vanished again when
Spock
traveled back through the Guardian of Forever.
"Yesteryear" [TAS]
Tholos (Steven Dennis) - Member of Andorian Imperial Guard.
"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]; "Shadows of P'Jem" [ENT]
Thon (Gregg Sargeant) - A member of the Andorian Imperial
Guard.
"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
Tlollu (Richard Geary) - Inmate of Elba II, a
rehabilitation
outpost for the criminally insane. He is seen
wearing clothing that is atypical of Andorians, meanwhile, one of the
human
patients of the facility can be seen wearing a
traditional
Andorian
suede tabard. Although unnamed in the episode,
in the short story
collection, adapted by James Blish, this Andorian
was referred to as
"Tlollu" by Lord Garth.
"Whom Gods Destroy." [TOS]
Unnamed Councilors at the trial of James T Kirk - Two
Andorians
served as councilors at this trial of Kirk
and his bridge crew which followed the destruction of the USS
Enterprise
at the
Genesis planet. One of the Andorians had a
traditional
appearance, but the
other, an Admiral, was seen with humanoid ears,
balding hair and white
eyebrows.
"The Voyage Home" [ST4]
Unnamed Crewmembers - After its first five-year
mission,
new crew sign aboard the refitted USS Enterprise,
many of which are supposed to have been Andorian.
"The Motion Picture." [ST1]
Unnamed Drill thrall (Dick Crockett) - "knocked out" in
battle
by Captain James T. Kirk of the
USS Enterprise while they, and numerous other humanoids, were the
property
of the Triskelions. In James Blish's short
story adaptation, and
presumably the original script, this thrall was
not an Andorian.
Instead, it was described as a bald,
purple-skinned
"thing", with
its nose-holes covered by flaps of loose tissue.
"Gamesters of Triskelion." [TOS]
Unnamed Elysian Council Member - in the "Sargasso Sea" region
of space known as the Delta Triangle.
"The Time Trap" [TAS]
Unnamed General (Granville Van Dusen) - male. General
who
gave orders to Shran to steal the Xindi
weapon.
"Proving Ground" [ENT]
Unnamed Members of the Imperial Guard - Group of Andorians
led
by Shran.
"The Andorian Incident" [ENT]
Unnamed Researchers - were killed on Memory Alpha by The
Lights
of Zetar.
"The Lights of Zetar" [TOS]
Unnamed Soldiers - Part of Shran's regiment on Weytahn.
(Zane Cassidy) "Cease Fire" [ENT]
Unnamed Tourist - A male tourist was on Risa at the same time
as Captain Picard and Vash.
"Captain's Holiday" [TNG]
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