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In the fictional '''', was greenish-gray ANDORIAN BIOLOGY Andorians have several variations, which have been seen on TOS (''''. As originally portrayed, Andorians were pale blue, thin and tall in stature, deceptively soft-spoken and possibly lisping. They sported Prince Valiant -like white hair and large bony antennae on the crown of the skull. Changes in theatrical makeup technique in the Star Trek movies introduced variations in Andorian antennae size and placement -- and also added ears. This point was , a subservient and conquered race the antennae-only Andorians had subsumed centuries ago. Though hailing from an iceworld, Andorians are extraordinarily tolerant of warmer climes, losing only ten percent of body weight over a few days of surviving environments near the boiling point of water, for instance. Their cities are underground, exploiting geothermal vents in the planet's crust. Andorian military officers carry an icecutting blade like those used by iceminers and routinely use it in combat; vulnerable to infections caused by beam weapons, Andorians disdain them. There are at least two Andorian subspecies: those with blue skin, the majority of the population; and the more reclusive, bluewhite-skinned Aenar (long considered a myth until contact was remade with blueskins circa 2104 ). The Aenar are blind, but exhibit Telepathic and Telemetric abilities. Andorians have blue Blood . Their antennae are used for Gesturing and balancing. If cut off, an antenna will grow back after several months. Aenar appear to use antennae as telepathic receptors. Andorian females are taller on average than males, and more sexually aggressive than Terran females. ANDORIAN CULTURE Andorians describe themselves as violent and warlike; tellingly, by the 2150s their hand Weapon s lack 'stun' settings. Aenar culture is cooperative, with no formal rulers. Leaders are appointed as needed. Andorians have contributed greatly to Alpha-quadrant culture: the Andorian Academy of Art is considered the best in the Federation; Andorian ale is a potent blue Alcohol ic Beverage ; and Andorian blues is a genre of Jazz Music apparently inspired by the Race . Andorian extras in the background of wore Jewelry with large Geode Stone s. Women wore Kimono -like garb. Men wore a geode breastplate and carried a flabbjellah, a combined weapon-musical instrument. In Next Generation episode Data's Day , Lt.Commander Data begins to say that 'Andorian marriages require four people, unless....' His incomplete thought may apply to Shran's marriage to Jhamel, as seen in the final episode of Enterprise. ANDORIAN HISTORY The first seagoing ship to circumnavigate Andoria was the icecutter Kumari . Centuries later, its venerated name would grace a starship of the Andorian imperial guard. In the past, Andorians waged a Nuclear War . In 1154 , Andorians achieved warp travel. ('' Star Trek Star Charts '') Their first encounter with the Vulcan s was promising, but relations soured in time. The threat of mutual annihilation existed as early as the 1950s. The two species held territorial negotiations for eight years in the 2060s. About 2104 , blue skins made contact with the Aenar , dispelling their mythological status. Andorians Terraform ed the planet Weytahn , only to have it annexed by the Vulcans. In 2151 , the Andorian Imperial Guard discovered a Vulcan spy station hidden on the Monastery world P'Jem . In 2153 , the Guard sent a ship into the Delphic Expanse in vain, to capture a Xindi weapon to use against Vulcan. The next year, Andorian Commander Shran helped counter the Xindi threat to Earth. In 2161 , Andorians -- along with Terrans, Tellarites, and Vulcans -- founded the United Federation Of Planets . At the 2260s conference at Babel which took up the admission of Coridan, the Andorians were represented, in part, by ambassador Shras . In the 2270s, a number of Andorians served aboard the refitted Starship Enterprise . In 2291 , a painting of a notable Andorian graced the conference room of the Enterprise-A. In 2371 , the Gerontological Doctor Ghee P'Trell of Andor was nominated for the Carrington Award. (The script referred to the character as 'Chirurgeon', a title derived from Greek.) HOME WORLD Andoria is an icy moon orbiting a ringed Gas Giant . Most Andorian cities are built underground to take advantage of Geothermal warmth. The Andorians share their homeworld with a obscure telepathic subspecies, the Aenar , which have either light blue or white skin. Before the birth of the cites Andor as the seventh planet in orbit about the star Procyon ( Alpha Canis Minoris ) in the Beta Quadrant . Andor is near Betazed , Earth , Tellar , and Vulcan . The planet boasts the Andorian Academy of Art, said to be the finest such School in the Federation. Native life includes the Horse like zabathu; the Andorian bull, which stomps when angry; the Andorian Amoeba , which reproduces through Symbiogenesis ; and ice-burrowing worms, known for generating heat. NON-CANONICAL INFORMATION ''.]] The information below comes from licenced, but Non-canon sources. A 1970s technical fiction book, '' The Starfleet Medical Manual '', made the further assertion explaining that the antennae of Andorians indicated that the species were the only known semi-insectoid race in Federation territory. The antennae functioned as both "quadriscopic" vision receptors and for focused hearing. However, none of these points were ever shown on a Star Trek film or series, although they were repeated in the 1980s book '' Worlds Of The Federation ''. Furthermore, the assertion that they were the only semi-insectoid race seems untrue based on the later series ''Enterprise'' as the Xindi had an insectoid race and then there's the Tholian s (although it could be argued these were a wholly-insectoid race, not a semi-insectoid race, and so may have been excluded). In the '' Deep Space Nine Relaunch '' novels, the idea that Andorians have four-person marriages has been extended to say they have four sexes, two of which are roughly equivalent to "male" (''thaan'' and ''chan'') and two of which are roughly "female" (''shen'' and ''zhen''). A significant subplot in the books was that the unlikelihood of compatible foursomes resulted in an extremely low reproduction rate, which combined with genetic weaknesses led to the near extinction of the species. Similarly, the short-lived '' mentions "complex" marital structures, but in this case more flexible, where one or more fathers can be involved. Andorians are also described as being passionate and having had a violent history. APPEARANCES REFERENCES Startrek.com article on Andoria EXTERNAL LINKS
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