Homeworld: Andoria

Andor's nearest neighbours include Vulcan, P'Jem and Regulus...

Introduction

Star Trek Star Charts (Pocket, 2002) by Geoffrey Mandel positions the Andorian Empire on Andoria, or Procyon VIII (Alpha Canis Minoris), in the Beta Quadrant. By the time of Earth's 24th century, Andoria has a population of 38.2 billion. The Andorians became a warp capable people in 1154 AD (Earth date).

The Worlds of the Federation (Pocket, 1989) by Shane Johnson gave the native name of the homeworld as Fesoan. The Andorians: Among the Clans (Last Unicorn Games, 1999) disagreed with many previous assumptions about Andoria; this manual suggests that Andoria is an ice-covered planet in orbit around a blue-white giant star, not an orange one [Star Trek Maps (Bantam, 1980)], and debunks all previous non-canonical works as mythology. A follow-up work revises this information, with Andoria said to be fifth world out from the star Kuy'va. [Star Trek Roleplaying Game: Narrator's Guide (Decipher, 2002)].

Originally, the Starfleet Technical Manual (Ballantine, 1975) by Franz Joseph identified the Andorian home planet to be Epsilon Indi VIII, a star in the constellation of Indus the Indian (as seen from Earth). Note that this publication is no longer considered accurate, although Epsilon Indi VIII - and Epsilon Indi IV [Starship Exeter: The Savage Empire fan film] may well be major Andorian colony worlds. Population was estimated at 17.2 billion (Earth's 23rd century) in Introduction to Navigation by John Upton [contained in Star Trek Maps (Bantam, 1980)]. The galactic coordinates were supposedly: 25.8, 60.1, -2.4.

During an encounter with an entity known as The Gorgan, Spock of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) revealed that Triacus, site of a former band of marauders centuries earlier, is in the Epsilon Indi system. [And the Children Shall Lead] Perhaps Andorians were among those who joined in the legendary vengeance against their conquerors?

A starship race manifest also lists Andor as being in the Epsilson Indi system. [The Great Starship Race (1993) by Diane Carey.]


Andoria is an ice-encrusted moon. [Enterprise: The Aenar.]

Andor's capital city is called Laibok. Andoria itself has no moon. [The short story, "The Captain and the King" by John Vornholt, in Enterprise Logs, Pocket, 2000.] Note that this story is probably set on Epsilon Indi due to mention of a recent political renaissance. The Andor known by Captain Sulu has twin moons; he was reminded of them when he glanced at the eyes of a surprised Ambassador Aiden Burgess during a tense mission. [The Lost Era: The Sundered (Pocket, 2003) by Michael A Martin and Andy Mangels.]

The land-to-water ration is 15:85 and the Andorian oceans are sources of food, industrial energy and scientific inquiry, not recreation. There are two main continents on Andor, one being Zhevra. The tip of Thelasa-vei Province is called the Hand of Cheshras, where four major rivers converge to create five fingers of land. Harbortown is its primary city and Andor's oldest and third largest metropolis. It is situated on the largest peninsular, between the Frost and Moss Rivers. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

A city of slanted office towers and high-rise residences, Harbortown's original settlement began in a porous network of caves. Thirteen centuries ago, there was a poisonous gas build up which seeped into homes but, at first, no connection was made as to the cause of mysteriously random deaths of the citizens. The Nitra Bridge to Harbortown crosses over the Frost River. Other locations on Andor include: Vezhdar Plain, the Great Rift Range, Shayel Island, Cheshras Island, the Eastern Archipelago, the town of Wethesa, and the Khyzhon Sea. Shops in the Shess neighbourhood are mostly underground, with only the tops of the first floor visible. Other Andorian landmarks are Therin Park, the Grand Staircase and Central Canal. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]


Some Andorian bridges are fortified with weaponry.
[Elite Force II CD-ROM game, (Activision, 2002).]

The rare Aenar subspecies now occupies only one ice-encrusted, ancient, underground city. [Enterprise: The Aenar.]



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. [Enterprise: The Aenar.]

The Andorians created havoc at the first Babel Conference, called to incorporate the United Federation of Planets. It seems they claimed "sovereignty over all stars visible to the eye from Andor." Thiptho lapth is a common Andorian greeting. [Spaceflight Chronology (Pocket, 1980) by Stan and Fred Goldstein.]

Sissalya cycles coincide with an ancient dance routine performed at the autumn solstice. [The Next Generation: The Devil's Heart (Pocket, 1993) by Carmen Carter.] In the ancient Hill Country, the passing of time is usually counted in cycles, rather than years. Nightfall signifies the beginning of Deepening. In the typhoon season, ionization of the Andorian atmosphere rises dramatically, to a degree seldom seen on other Class-M worlds. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]



Srjula is a bright yellow, tart and bitter drink traditionally made by dissolving orange-coloured tea leaves in hot water. Talla bark steeped in boiling water is a cheaper alternative to srjula. Although it has no medicinal purposes, the drink can fill the stomach of a sufferer of The Scourge before a purge. When the Romulans encounter Andor, the invaders are destroyed by primitive Andorian weapons. A mysterious stone, the "Devil's Heart", falls into the possession of Telev, an Andorian healer. He uses its power to cure victims of The Scourge. The stone becomes known as Telev's Bane until Andorian/Ferengi first contact. The Ferengi threaten the Andorian people with wholesale slaughter if they are not provided with trade merchandise. The "Devil's Heart" is among the items of tribute which will be traded with the technologically primitive world, Kronos. [The Next Generation: The Devil's Heart (Pocket, 1993) by Carmen Carter.]



The Starfleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph (Ballantine, 1975) features an Andorian official seal and a flag, with colour guides.

Andorii is the native tongue of the Andorians. [Deep Space Nine: Section 31: Abyss (Pocket, 2001) by David Weddle and Jeffrey Lang.] Alternatively, it is known as Graalen. [Star Trek Roleplaying Game: Narrator's Guide (Decipher, 2002).]

Legally, Andor has a constitutional monarchy, but there has been no single ruler on the so-called Empty Throne for five centuries. Queen Thalisar the Last deliberately died childless. Her actions led to the abolishing of clan warfare. She brokered peace on the site of what is now The Plaza of Freedom in Andor's capital city. This is an octagonal public space which contains fountains, towering leaves of translucent green mica (from the Archipelago) and a cerulean blue obelisk to the memory of Shran. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

Commander Deanna Troi, of the USS Titan, looked to the speeches of Thalisar, and the poetry of Shran, for inspiration when that ship's dedication plaque was being brainstormed. [Titan: The Red King (Pocket, 2005) by Andy Mangels and Michael A Martin.]


Andorian artwork from DC Comics' Who's Who in Star Trek.

There are two prominent political parties on Andor: the Visionist Party and the Modern Progressives. The Parliament Andoria complex contains the Heroes' Antechamber, an eight-sided room, with four walls dominated by the carved faces of the mythological Guardians, who supposedly study all those approaching the Grand Chamber. Footwear must be removed and the eyelids, nose, tongue, ears and antennae are ritually anointed with sweet-smelling oil to seal the senses from treachery. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

Mythology

In Andorian mythology, The Tale of the Breaking tells of Thirishar the Warrior, the Greatest Among Mortals. When he approached the gatekeeper of Uzaveh the Infinite, he was permitted to walk the Path of Light. Assuming he was entitled to claim the Empty Throne, the Throne of Secrets, beside the Infinite, Thirishar was told he was not worthy and not yet Whole.

From Thirishar, Uzaveh created the First Kin: four separate beings. Each one was banished to the four farthest reaches of the kingdom, accompanied only by a Guardian. The beings were: Charaleas (representing wisdom, guided by the stars as Guardian); Zheusal (strength, protected by the earth); Shanchen (blood, a vessel for the Water Spirit); and Thirizaz (passion, guarded by the Fire Daemon). This story is told in The Liturgy of the Temple of Uzaveh, Third-Century Codex. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004); also summarised during an Aenar shelthreth ceremony. [The Good That Men Do (Pocket, 2007) by Andy Mangels and Michael A Martin.]

A commonality in Andorian myths is that Andorians lack a piece of self knowledge, which makes them unworthy of evolving beyond who or what they are. Nothing in the natural animal or plant biology, or fossil record, of Andor indicated an origin for sentient Andorians' unique four-gender paradigm. Until recently, a growing number of theorists had speculated that Andorians may not have evolved on the world they consider to be their home. Were they originally space-faring refugees from a dying planet? [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

Physiology

The Starfleet Medical Reference Manual (Ballantine, 1977) by Eileen Palestine features speculative information about Andorian physiology. However, some of this information has been discovered to be incomplete or incorrect. For example, according to the manual, Andorians do not have external flapped ears like human beings, and their visual colour receptors (cones) are supposedly located in the antennae. The eyes are capable of seeing only in monochrome. Palestine's suggestion that Andorians have a partial exoskeleton has not been supported by "canonical" (aired) evidence. An Andorian named Sharav is shown with a partial exoskeleton in The Dragons of Berengaria: Part Two comic story by Brian Franczak. [Enterprise Incidents #8, 1980.]

In an Andorian, unfocussed eyes, and a failure to respond to external stimuli, are symptoms of Eadiliac failure. The eadilium is a unique Andorian organ. Unlike many other hominids, Andorian sexual organs are not external. [The Next Generation: The Devil's Heart (Pocket, 1993) by Carmen Carter.]



In Last Unicorn Games' setting book, The Andorians: Among the Clans (Last Unicorn Games, 1999) by S. John Ross, Steven S. Long and Adam Dickstein, Andorians are described as hominids who underwent symbiogenesis early in their evolution. Much life on Andoria has characteristics of insectoid life. Three subspecies of Andorians are identified: the predominant Thalassan, with high, knobby antennae; Talish, who have forward, tendril-like antennae; and Bish'ee, who have diminishing antennae standing straight out from their head.

The secretive, reclusive Aenar (pronounced EE-nar). They are a rare, albino telepathic Andorian subspecies. Each Aenar antenna has a small "V" shaped notch in the cup. Almost mythical, the Aenar had been rumoured to dwell in the arctic subterranean caves on Andoria, using old, abandoned Andorian abodes and tunnels. Their continued existence was confirmed by scientists for 50 years before contact was reestablished. The Aenar are known pacifists. [Enterprise: The Aenar.]

Lieutenant Thralen, a Theskian with blue skin, antennae and yellow fur-like hair is an USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) crewman. His race is said to be "related" to Andorians, but is "more gregarious". [Metamorphosis (Pocket, 1990) by Jean Lorrah.]

The proximity of hominids can produce a "pins-and-needles" sensation in the antennae. [Deep Space Nine: Section 31: Abyss (Pocket, 2001) by David Weddle and Jeffrey Lang.] A speculative discussion of the evolution of Andorian antennae can be found in Life Signs: The Biology of Star Trek (HarperCollins, 1998) by Susan and Robert Jenkins.

Andorian society is highly structured, but the race has a genetic predisposition toward violent behaviour. Imminent danger causes a biochemical reaction to danger, resulting in either physical violence or an increase in sensory input levels which, in turn, can enhance analytical and reasoning skills. Andorians do not succumb easily to pressure and actually get calmer in a crisis - until they get violent. [Deep Space Nine: Avatar, Book 2 (Pocket, 2001) by SD Perry.]

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ENT: A Rogues' Gallery

A Rogues' Gallery of Andorians (Recent updates)

The Vulcans consider their blue-skinned alien neighbours to be suspicious, volatile, aggressive and illogical. The Andorians, in turn, resent the Vulcans' superior reasoning and technology...

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Before the original series

In an early incident involving the crew of the first Earth Starfleet starship Enterprise (NX-01), an Andorian terrorist faction, the Andorian Imperial Guard, launches a strike on a Vulcan monastic retreat, P'Jem.

These Andorians have movable antennae set close to their foreheads. They also have ears, bony temple ridges, another ridge down the back of the neck, and white hair and eyebrows. The Andorians seem to be knowledgeable about Vulcan mating rituals and, although they have access to spaceflight, they do not have transporter technology. [The Andorian Incident.]



Led by Shran (played by Jeffrey Combs), the Andorian Imperial Guard believes that P'Jem is being used in a clandestine operation to observe Andoria, in violation of its treaty with Vulcan. In attempting to convince the Andorians that an invasion of their planet is not imminent, the Vulcans had determined the treaty. [The Andorian Incident.]

Shran's name is not mentioned during his first encounter with Captain Jonathan Archer. [Shadows of P'Jem.] His first name is revealed as Thy'lek. [Monitor screen biography in In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II.] Shran's full name is said to be Hravishran th'Zoarhi. [The Good That Men Do (Pocket, 2007) by Andy Mangels and Michael A Martin.]



Tholos (played by Steven Dennis) is Shran's colleague. He seems to take a liking to T'Pol, but it is not a mutual attraction. [The Andorian Incident.]



Shran is also accompanied by Keval (played by Jeff Ricketts; left) and Thon (played by Gregg Sargeant; right). [The Andorian Incident.]

(Introductory information about the Andorian species is available here. Information about the Andorian homeworld is available here.)

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 has suspended joint Earth/Vulcan fleet operations. The Vulcans describe their Andorian neighbours as "a dangerous and aggressive species", who destablised an entire sector within six months of expansion beyond their own planet. Andorian interference into political troubles on Coridan is seen by the Vulcans to be in violation of the Tau Ceti Accords. [Shadows of P'Jem.]



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 previous debt to Archer, which has prevented him from sleeping, is now fully repaid. [Shadows of P'Jem.]

Andorian ale can be successfully used to distract Coridan guards. [Shadows of P'Jem.]

As a young boy, Jonathan Archer missed out on viewing a film in an Andorian exhibit at the Sol Museum of Aeronautical Science. [The short story, "A Girl for Every Star" by John Takis, in Strange New Worlds V (Pocket, 2002).] (If he had viewed the film, perhaps he would have been more prepared the first time he met Shran.)

Over 90 years before the launch of Archer's Enterprise, Vulcan Ambassador V'Lar was a representative during the formation of the Vulcan/Andorian Territorial Accords. [Fallen Hero.] The negotiations lasted for eight years and the final document is 1200 pages long. [Cease Fire.]

The Vulcan ambassador Soreth served on the Andorian front when he was with Vulcan High Command. [Ex Machina (Pocket, 2005) by Christopher L Bennett.]

A surgically altered Vulcan spy, Menos, claims to have sought a medical opinion about an ailment from a doctor on Andoria. [The Seventh.]

A military conflict erupts between the Vulcans and Andorians over Weytahn, a Class D planetoid near Vulcan, which was terraformed and colonised by Andorians almost a century earlier. The Andorian colonists were forcibly relocated to refugee camps to enforce the Territorial Compromise. Now known by the Vulcan name, Paan Mokar, the base is again claimed by both sides. When the Vulcans announce they wish to discuss terms for a "cease fire", Imperial Guard Commander Shran believes the only person he can trust to mediate such a negotiation is Jonathan Archer. The captain and the Enterprise are called into the fray. [Cease Fire.]



A tall Andorian female, Lieutenant Tarah (played by Suzie Plakson; stunts by Katie Rowe), is Shran's first officer, but is her loyalty in question? [Cease Fire.]



An Andorian Imperial Guard Captain, Telev (played by Christopher Shea), leads the fleet of three Andorian vessels called to Shran's assistance. [Cease Fire; Ships of the Line (Pocket, 2006).]



An Andorian soldier (played by Zane Cassidy; center) and four others were part of Shran's regiment on Weytahn. [Cease Fire.]



Two soldiers (one played by David Venafro; right) were loyal to Tarah. She ordered the soldiers to fire on the shuttlepod that was carrying Archer, and Ambassador Soval, to peace talks with Shran. After Archer escaped from the crashed shuttlepod, the two soldiers attacked him. [Cease Fire.]

Andorian hand weapons have no stun setting. [Cease Fire.] Some soldiers carry particle rifles. [Art Asylum's "Shran the Andorian" action figure.]

In the 24th century, Doctor Selar views a photographic image of Shran and Tarah meeting with Captain Archer and some Vulcans [in the short story "Q'andary" by Terri Osbourne in New Frontier: No Limits (Pocket, 2003).]

Shran gives Archer and Porthos a tour of Shran's home city on Andoria, and introduces Archer to the enigmatic Captain's Table bar, to thank him for his efforts to gain peace between the Vulcans and Andorians. Archer is encouraged to try the Andorian version of Scotch whiskey. ["Have Beagle, Will Travel: The Legend of Porthos" by Louisa M Swann in Tales from the Captain's Table (Pocket, 2005).]

In an alternate future, Captain Trip Tucker refers to Shran as having the rank of General. [Twilight.]



An Andorian transport pod belongs to Shran's Imperial War Cruiser Kumari. [Proving Ground.] Kumari was named for the first ice cutter to circumnavigate Andoria. [United.]




Shran brings his vessel into The Delphic Expanse to assist Captain Archer and the Enterprise to investigate the Xindi threat. [Proving Ground.]



Shran's female tactical officer is Lieutenant Talas (played by Molly Brink). Her mother was a commander in the Andorian Imperial Infantry. [Proving Ground.]



Shran's bridge is crewed by several male Andorians (including one crewman played by Doug Mirabello). [Proving Ground.]

Shran's brother was apparently killed during a border skirmish with Vulcans while Shran was still in school. T'Pol described early relations between Vulcan and Andoria to be harmonious. Ultimately the Andorians proved themselves to be duplicitous, only honouring agreements that suited them. [Proving Ground.]



Shran consults with an Andorian General (played by Granville Van Dusen, replacing Ted Sutton, who originally filmed scenes for the role). The General insists that Shran proceed with his mission to take the Xindi weapon for Andor, but Shran warns that it would be foolish to make enemies of the humans when they might be valuable allies. [Proving Ground.]



After some tense times in The Expanse, Captain Archer invites T'Pol and Tucker to his quarters to share some Andorian ale. [Proving Ground.]



Andorian symbols can be seen on the bridge bulkheads and hand-held PADDs. [Proving Ground.]

A cerulean blue obelisk stands in Andor's octagonal Plaza of Freedom as a monument to an Andorian named Shran. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1, Pocket, 2004.]



Shran lends assistance to Archer's ship in The Delphic Expanse during Enterprise's showdown with the Xindi by claiming to represent the Andorian Mining Consortium, which "runs from no one!" Again, Shran's ship is manned by several male officers (including the bridge officers played by Zachary Aaron Krebs and Glen Hambly). [Zero Hour.]

It has been confirmed that, in the true future timeline, Vulcans, Andorians and Tellarites will one day be present on Earth to establish the United Federation of Planets. In a possible alternate future (approx. 2250), the Battle of Procyon V was the site of a victory over the transdimensional Sphere-builders. [Zero Hour.]

After the Xindi attack on Earth, suspicions about aliens on Earth result in an Andorian and two Rigellians being assaulted. [Home.]

The Enterprise sets course for Andoria after the Vulcan High Command proceeds with a plan to launch a pre-emptive strike against the Andorians. [Awakening.]



The Vulcan High Command uses false readings to give the illusion of an impending attack on Weytahn. Acting on orders, Shran and two male crewmen (one played by David Venafro; above) torture Soval to confirm information about the Vulcan's plans for Andoria. [Kir'Shara.]

A female lieutenant (voiced by Melodee M Spevack) communicates from the bridge of Kumari. [Kir'Shara.]

Shran, Talas and the Kumari were escorting an Imperial Command ship carrying the Andorian ambassador to trade negotiations with the Tellarites on Babel, which Earth has organised in the interest of fostering successful future alliances. A remote Romulan prototype vessel, disguised as a Tellarite ship, attacks both Andorian vessels. The ambassador's ship is destroyed outright and Kumari suffers an imminent reactor breach. [Babel One.]



Only nineteen survivors (including Talas), many severely injured (three played by David Venafro, Nathan Effron, and Glen Hambly, left to right), are rescued from a crew of 86. Many of the victims, their spouses and children, were well known to Shran, who had been captain of Kumari, the first vessel of its class, for twelve years. [Babel One.]


Andorian medical dressings.

The Enterprise has the conference's Tellarite party on board because the Andorian government won't permit Tellarite vessels to traverse Andorian space to reach Babel. Archer retrieves the Andorian escape pods and tries to keep the "blue demons", as the Tellarites call the Andorians, away from the other passengers. [Babel One.]

Andorian combat vessels have hulls made of duranium alloy. They have more advanced technology than Tellarite vessels. Copies of the sensor logs of Kumari survived in the data recorder, which Archer refers to as the "black box". Six Andorian vessels have recently been destroyed by suspected Tellarite attacks. [Babel One.]

Now Shran's lover, Talas (played by Molly Brink; stunts by Bevin Kaye Franco) recently made an overture to Shran, and he was forced to either charge her with assaulting a superior officer or mate with her. Andorian females are more aggressive than human females. [Babel One.]

Shran and Talas devise a ruse to have revenge on the Tellarite party, whom they believe know about the attacks. Stripped to her underwear, Talas tells a Tellarite that Andorian women are permitted one final fling before their wedding. Despite Archer breaking up the melee, Talas is shot by a phase pistol wielded by Naarg the Tellarite. [Babel One.]



One Kumari crewman (played by Kim Koscki) is fired upon by an Enterprise MACO. [Babel One.]

Although Talas was only grazed by the Tellarite's phase pistol, it was set to kill - and Andorians are highly suspectible to such an injury. Talas succumbs, and Shran promises not to let her die unavenged. She was born into a privileged family, her parents were wealthy and Talas had her choice of careers. She needn't have ever felt discomfort; nstead she pledged her life to the Andorian Imperial Guard. [United.]

Archer realises that Starfleet, Tellarite and Andorian vessels would have to work together to thwart the mysterious ship, but doubts that Andorians and Tellarites could obey orders from one another. [United.]



When Andorian guardsmen die heroically, a vial of their blood is collected and carried back to the ice of Andoria and the Wall of Heroes. Shran pours some of Talas's blood onto Naarg's palm, thus challenging him to Ushaan, a traditional Andorian duel-to-the-death. It is a respected Andorian tradition. Shran (played by Jeffrey Combs; stunts by Kim Koscki) fights such a duel with Archer, who stands in for the Tellarite who murdered Talas to preserve the tenuous future of the alliance between the species. The duel uses tethered metal gauntlets, and a weapon called an ushaan-tor, originally an ice-miner's tool, often played with by Andorian children. [United; based on a term first coined in The Andorians: Among the Clans by S. John Ross, Steven S. Long and Adam Dickstein (Last Unicorn Games, 1999).]

Shran repects Archer as a friend and therefore he regularly provides a voice for Starfleet with the Imperial Guard. Shran will have to kill his friend in the duel or call it off, losing face. Archer tells Hoshi Sato to research the Code of the Ushaan to find a loophole that would enable a forfeiture without causing offence. For example, either combatant can withdraw if they have no offspring to continue his clan, but this only applies if the combatant is married. The Code has 12000 amendments. [United.]



Andorian metabolism is higher than a human's, so Doctor Phlox recommends that Archer keep Shran moving to exhaust him. Shran is accompanied to the dual by three male Andorian attendants from the former Kumari's crew. Archer wins a reprieve by slicing off Shran's left antenna. Shran would have preferred Archer to have cut off his head. The loss of the antenna renders him defenceless in battle, and greatly affects his sense of balance, but will grow back within nine months. (This time can be halved through electrical stimulation and brisk cranial massage.) [United.]



Gareb (played by Scott Allen Rinker), an Andorian-like hominid with white skin and eyes, is revealed to be the mysterious pilot of the Romulan marauder vessel. [United; first featured in Babel One, but not named until The Aenar.]

It is confirmed that the drone vessel is being operated remotely through telepresence, an experimental technology once investigated by the Andorians, but ultimately rejected. The closest genome to the detected brainwave patterns of the highly telepathic pilot is Andorian. Shran tells Archer what he knows about the secretive, reclusive Aenar (pronounced EE-nar). They are a rare, albino telepathic Andorian subspecies. Almost mythical, the Aenar had been rumoured to dwell in the arctic subterranean caves on Andoria, using old, abandoned Andorian abodes and tunnels. Their continued existence was confirmed by scientists only 50 years ago. The Aenar are known pacifists. Each Aenar antenna has a small "V" shaped notch in the cup. [The Aenar.]



Andorian ice bores are worm-like creatures that move vertically, in swarms, through the subterranean layers of Andoria. As a boy, Shran had an encounter with ice bores which caused third degree burns to over half of his body. [The Aenar.]

Andorian cities are built underground and are connected by tunnels thousands of kilometres long. Shran and Archer beam down to the Andorian arctic surface to a temperature of 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 states that "Ice forges real strength." Shran didn't even see the sun until he was fifteen years old. [The Aenar.]



Lissan (played by Alicia Adams) is an Aenar leader, who agrees to have Shran's injury seen to, after he impales his leg on a sharp ice stalagmite. The Aenar are reluctant to intervene in Gareb's situation with the drone ship because it will involve violence. It is expected that permission is sought before an Aenar reads a person's mind. [The Aenar.]



Lissan is assisted by two Aenar guards (played by Glen Hambly and Nathan Effron). Appointed Speaker in this matter, Lissan learns about Archer when the Andorian chancellor contacts her species. [The Aenar.]



Meanwhile, a physician (played by Robert Schwertzer) tends to Shran's wound. [The Aenar.]



Gareb's sister, Jhamel (played by Alexandra Lydon), can tell that Shran is a "blue skin" even though she is blind, as are all Aenar. There is a scientific reason for their inability to see, but Jhamel doesn't know the explanation. [The Aenar.]

When two Romulan marauder drones are set upon the Enterprise, they take on Tellarite and Andorian battleship guises. Jhamel is able to make contact with Gareb through the telepresence units and warn him that he will kill many more people, including Jhamel, if he continues. [The Aenar.]

Jhamel's full name is Thirijhamel zh'Dhaven. Her shelthreth bondmates, all blind Aenar, are Anitheras th'Lenthar, Onalishenar ch'Sorichas and Lahvishri sh'Ralaavazh, otherwise known as Theras, Shenar and Vishri. Their joining is conducted by Lissan of the Aenar. [The Good That Men Do (Pocket, 2007) by Andy Mangels and Michael A Martin.]



The database of the time-slipped Constitution Class starship, USS Defiant [of the original series' The Tholian Web], now in the possession of the Mirror Universe's Jonathan Archer, reveals that General Thy'lek Shran made Starfleet's Captain Archer an honorary member of the Andorian Guard in 2154. Archer serves as Ambassador to Andoria from Earthdates 2169 to 2175, before being elected a UFP Councilman (2175-2183) and then UFP President (2184-2192). [In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II.]

The Defiant and the ISS Avenger work together to destroy Mirror Universe ships belonging to the Rebellion, which includes Andorians, Tellarites and Vulcans. At least one rebel Andorian vessel is destroyed. [In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II.]



A male Andorian helmsman (played by Glen Hambly) wears Terran Empire uniform and serves on the ISS Avenger in the Mirror Universe. He is present when the crew is addressed by Mirror Archer, but later assists Soval in commandeering the Avenger and attacking the USS Defiant. He is killed, along with the rest of the Avenger crew when the Defiant returns fire. Presumably, the Mirror Universe's Andorians were one of the many races conquered by the Terran Empire. [In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II.]


Unused book cover featuring Mirror Shran.

The Mirror Universe's Empress Hoshi Sato takes, as her consort, the Mirror Universe's counterpart of Thy'lek Shran. [Age of the Empress in Mirror Universe, Volume 1: Glass Empires (Pocket, 2007) by Mike Sussman with Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore.]

The facially-scarred Andorian Ambassador Quirsh, nominally a sergeant but now in charge of Andoria's trade legation to the Thelasian Trading Confederacy, believes that Captain Archer only pretended to befriend Guardsman Shran at P'Jem. [Rosetta (Pocket, 2006) by Dave Stern.]

The female Andorian First Technician and linguist, R'shee Theera of the Andorian Science Service, served on the Andorian cruiser, Lokune, which was destroyed by an alien race. Theera, the apparent lone survivor of a crew of 70, and a former member of the Andorian Security Division, had been working on the Universal Translator project, and has now been ordered by the Imperial Council of Andoria to assist Kanthropian mediators to translate the aliens' signals. Her amnesia means that she is unable to help Ensign Hoshi Sato of the Enterprise, or contribute anything useful. The Kanthropian virtual library has numerous volumes of information and a medical database on Andorians. A Klingon mind-sifter has never been successful on an Andorian, and Hoshi feels responsible when the device gets used on Theera. During an unexpected consciousness-merging with Theera, Hoshi wonders if Theera is part telepathic Aenar, but eventually realizes that Theera has been replaced by a shapeshifting alien android duplicate. [Rosetta (Pocket, 2006) by Dave Stern.]

At mealtime, Hoshi watched Theera order Andorian roasted flatroot, a brownish orange Andorian vegetable dish, and imparay redbat, a meat dish. Andorian faridd was an accompanying beverage. [Rosetta (Pocket, 2006) by Dave Stern.]

Theera's husband is Second Commander Jakon of the Imperial Science Consortium. He is one of Andoria's most significant biochemists. [Rosetta (Pocket, 2006) by Dave Stern.]



Several Andorian delegates (one played by Glen Hambly), in Andorian Imperial Guard uniforms, are present to discuss the formation of a Coalition of Planets on Earth. [Demons; Terra Prime.]

An unexpected glitch in the Enterprise's Universal Translators is transposing Andorian phrases for Rigellian. [Demons.]



The new Andorian ambassador is Thoris (played by Joel Swetow), who attends alliance talks on Earth. [Terra Prime.] His full name is said to be Anlenthoris ch'Vhendreni. [The Good That Men Do (Pocket, 2007) by Andy Mangels and Michael A Martin.]



Six years later, as the Enterprise concludes its historic mission, Archer is contacted by Shran, who supposedly turned jewel thief, and has been assumed dead for three years. [These Are the Voyages...]



No longer a member of the Imperial Guard, Shran explains that he and Jhamel have a five-year old daughter, Talla (played by Jasmine Anthony), who has been kidnapped. On the eve of the forming of the United Federation of Planets, at which Archer must deliver a speech, the Enterprise must take Shran to Rigel X to retrieve Talla. Presumably named for Shran's deceased lieutenant, Talas, and reflecting Jhamel's Aenar heritage, the young Talla has a pale complexion. [These Are the Voyages...]

Chef suggests that Andorian Cabbage Soup would be an appropriate menu addition now that Shran is aboard. [These Are the Voyages...]



Shran plays a central role during the Earth-Romulan War. [The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing (Pocket, 2009) by Michael A Martin.]

Krotus was a noted historical despot who, in the opinion of Fleet Captain Garth of Izar, was among others who failed to achieve Garth's ideal of ultimate conquest. [TOS: Whom Gods Destroy.] Krotus was the Ka'Thelan Conqueror of Andoria, who forced the Andorian populace into a new cultural and technological era. His empire ultimately crumbled and he was murdered by his own daughter. [The Andorians: Among the Clans by S John Ross, Steven S Long and Adam Dickstein (Last Unicorn Games, 1999) [The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing (Pocket, 2009) by Michael A Martin.]

Ambassador Sarahd of Andor was present for the signing of the charter of the United Federation of Planets, according to an article on a scrapbook page from Captain Jean-Luc Picard's album. The ambassador spoke of "future greatness for the infant union" and "predicted rapid expansion". He engaged in bitter fracas with the Tellarite ambassador, but was named as the UFP's first Vice President. [Star Trek Generations; album displayed at the Star Trek Experience, Las Vegas Hilton.]

The Andorian Avaranthi sh'Rothress was one of the first UFP presidents. While still a councilor representing Andor, she argued with the President of the day about the criteria for admitting new members into the UFP. [Articles of the Federation (Pocket, 2005) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

An Andorian female named Corspa Zenar served as first officer on the Christopher, an early Starfleet vessel. [Serialised novel Starfleet: Year One by Michael Jan Friedman, Pocket, 2000; available as a complete book, 2002.]

Ducheddet of Andor was a member of an early United Federation of Planets constitutional committee. Andor is said to be in the Aratain Sector, as is Tellar. [Starfleet: Year One by Michael Jan Friedman, Pocket, 2002.]

Cadet Spock of Vulcan tells his mother, Amanda, that at least one Andorian was on the crew of Captain April's Enterprise. Amanda's garden on Vulcan included the intricate blue network of an Andorian puzzle-leaf plant. [Starfleet Academy: Crisis on Vulcan by Brad & Barbara Strickland, Minstrel, 1996.]



A male Andorian in traditional costume passes the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) while it is moored in Spacedock. ["Flesh of My Flesh", #1, Star Trek: Early Voyages (Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1997).]



Admiral Mahirn, introduced in Marvel/Paramount Comics' "The Flat, Gold Forever", #7, Star Trek: Early Voyages (1997), was the Andorian godfather of Captain Christopher Pike of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701).



A female Andorian captain is a patron of The Captain's Table tavern [on the cover of The Captain's Table: Where Sea Meets Sky by Jerry Oltion, Pocket, 1998], and is present when Christopher Pike tells a tale to his fellow captains.

Visiting the Paris pastry shop run by Vina's parents, Pike notices a holographic display featuring an Andorian ballerina. [Burning Dreams by Margaret Wander Bonanno, Pocket, 2006.]

Andorian ships use a unique power formula, and this seems to match an unidentified ship which hides in an area of space known as the Blue Zone. The engineer of this vessel is an Andorian named Okenga. [Best Destiny by Diane Carey, Pocket, 1992.]

In a flashback story to the early career of James T Kirk, we discover that the then-lieutenant's first romantic interest at Starfleet Academy was the black-eyed Andorian cadet, Phelana Yudrin. [The novel My Brother's Keeper: Republic by Michael Jan Friedman (Pocket, 1999).] They are briefly reunited on the Enterprise fourteen years later, and again at Gary Mitchell's memorial service. Phelana held the rank of commander. Former second officer of the USS Hood, she was working on a mysterious Starfleet project near the Klingon Neutral Zone. Phelana enjoys eating kaizis sprouts. [My Brother's Keeper: Enterprise by Michael Jan Friedman (Pocket, 1999).]



Lieutenant Kirk, recovering from the incident on the USS Farragut which killed his captain, observes a female Andorian Starfleet officer arriving at Starfleet Headquarters on Earth. [DC Comics' Debt of Honor graphic novel (1992) by Chris Claremont.]

During his time as First Officer of the heavy cruiser USS El Dorado, Kirk served under a legendary Andorian captain, Prince Fiawol, who was also Subarch of Trexlor. (Fiawol is named for the science fiction fans' catchphrase, "Fandom is a way of life".) The crew represented an experimental mix of many races and was 23 percent Andorian, according to a book, Starship Crewmen Under Stress by Dr David Marano. ["Kirk" in Star Trek II Biographies by William Rotsler, Wanderer, 1982.]

Before joining the crew of the USS Enterprise, Uhura had a boyfriend who collected science fiction novels, including the work of a popular Andorian writer, Tasmeel. ["Uhura" in Star Trek II Biographies by William Rotsler, Wanderer, 1982.]

An early Andorian religious prophet was Umarin. Her messages were of friendship, joy, and a passion for life, combined with a regimen of physical and mental readiness for leadership. [Star Trek Roleplaying Game: Narrator's Guide (Decipher, 2002).]



In an alternate future visited by Yeoman Mia Colt, a male Andorian crewmember serves on the USS Enterprise-A with Commander Jose Tyler. ["Futures", #12, in Marvel/Paramount Comics' Star Trek: Early Voyages (1998).]



We also meet the rebel James T Kirk's female Andorian Ops officer, Yssir. ["Future Tense", #13, and "Now and Then", #15, Star Trek: Early Voyages (Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1998).]

Andorians in Star Trek (2009)

While in a shuttlecraft taking him to the USS Enterprise for the first time, Doctor Leonard McCoy complains about the many dangers of venturing into space, including Andorian shingles, a disease which supposedly causes "bleeding from your eye sockets..." ["Star Trek" movie (2009).] This comment is probably sparked by McCoy noticing an Andorian cadet sitting elsewhere in the shuttlecraft. ["Star Trek" novelization by Alan Dean Foster (Pocket, 2009).]

In a parody news report, we are promised hours of bonus footage of the discussion of a plan to rescue the Andorian ambassador from the surface of Sylax IV. ["Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable'", (The Onion, 2009.]

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The dreadlocked Ensign Thirishar ch'Thane holds the position of Science Officer on space station Deep Space 9...

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Andorians in recent years

Ensign Thirishar ch'Thane, also known as Shar, was twenty-three years old and unmarried when he arrived to take up his new post. He is grey-eyed and has both antennae and ears. Shar's antennae are not auditory organs, but can detect electrical fields, changes in air density, temperature, strong emotions, adrenaline or teptaline. Shar finds that Deep Space 9's common areas are set too cold and dry for his comfort. Like many Andorians in Starfleet, he has come to appreciate humour in other species. Most Andorians view too much laughter as frivolity, or witlessness. [Most Pocket Deep Space Nine novels from the Avatar duology (2001) by SD Perry, including Gateways: Demons of Air and Darkness by Keith RA DeCandido. Shar also appears in "The Next Generation: The Other Side" by Robert Greenberger, part of Gateways: What Lay Beyond (2001).] Shar is of the Thane clan. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

On Sindorin, Doctor Julian Bashir discovers a deceased, hairless, blue-skinned humanoid, a victim of mad Doctor Ethan Locken. It may have been an Andorian, as it had dark marks on its scalp where the antennae may have been attached when it was alive. [Section 31 novel, Deep Space Nine: Abyss (2001) by David Weddle and Jeffrey Lang.]

Shar compares a feeling of nervousness as like a grelth (an Andorian arachnid) weaving a web in his stomach. [Gateways: Demons of Air and Darkness (Pocket, 2001) by Keith RA DeCandido.] Another Andorian arachnid is the forest spider, which can grow to a mass of 20 kilograms. [Star Trek Roleplaying Game: Creatures (Decipher, 2003).]

Like all Andorians, Shar has been raised to "live for the whole" and is expected to undergo the shelthreth ceremony with three Andorian partners: Anichent, Dizhei and Thriss. [Gateways: Demons of Air and Darkness (Pocket, 2001) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

Shar's zhavey, or biologically and socially closest mother, is Councilor Charivretha zh'Thane, who holds the Andorian seat on the Federation Council. [Avatar, Book 2 (Pocket, 2001) by SD Perry; Trill: Unjoined by Andy Mangels and Michael A Martin in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 2 (Pocket, 2005).] Known affectionately as Vretha for short, she wears her hair styled like an Andorian zletha flower. She calls Shar her chei, which seems equivalent to "son". [Gateways: Demons of Air and Darkness (Pocket, 2001) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

Vretha invokes the name of Thori, a major female Andorian deity [Gateways: Demons of Air and Darkness (Pocket, 2001)], as does Tharia [The Third Artifact in The Brave and the Bold, Book 2 (Pocket, 2002) by Keith RA DeCandido] and Zhres [Articles of the Federation (Pocket, 2005) by Keith RA DeCandido.]



Shar participates in a joint mission with the crew of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E). [The Next Generation/Deep Space Nine crossover comic mini-series, Divided We Fall (WildStorm, 2001), by John Ordover and David Mack; also collected in a German language omnibus edition, Symbiose (Dino, 2002).]

An office of Pocket Books is located on Andor. [Title pages of Mission Gamma, Book 2: This Gray Spirit (Pocket, 2002) and Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]



The full names of Shar's three bondmates are eventually revealed: Dizhei is Vindizhei sh'Rraazh and Thriss is Shathrissía zh'Cheen. Anichent, a male in appearance, is Thavanichent th'Dani. Anichent reminds Vretha of one of her own bondmates, Zherathrizar. [Mission Gamma, Book 1: Twilight (Pocket, 2002) by David R George III.] Dizhei calls Councilor zh'Thane her zhadi and she, in turn, calls Dizhei shri'za. [Mission Gamma, Book 2: This Gray Spirit (Pocket, 2002) by Heather Jarman.]

High levels of humidity are considered suited to Andorian physiology. Shar's keen interest in cytogenetics is a result of the falling birthrate on Andor, which threatens the race's extinction unless a solution can be determined. [Mission Gamma, Book 2: This Gray Spirit (Pocket, 2002) by Heather Jarman.]

Popular holosuite programs with Shar's bondmates include visiting the Palace of Zhevazha, or taking swordplay roles in one of "the Sagas". [Mission Gamma, Book 2: This Gray Spirit (Pocket, 2002) by Heather Jarman.]

Councilor zh'Thane's aides are named Thanis [Mission Gamma, Book 2: This Gray Spirit (Pocket, 2002) by Heather Jarman] and Zhende (a thaan). [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

Shar has compared the scent of Thriss to sweet-smelling challorn flowers. [Mission Gamma, Book 2: This Gray Spirit (Pocket, 2002) by Heather Jarman.]

The zhavey of Thriss is a textile artist and a visiting professor (from the Andorian Art Academy), to the Betazed University. [Mission Gamma, Book 2: This Gray Spirit (Pocket, 2002) by Heather Jarman.] She is named Sessethantis zh'Cheen, or Thantis, and has lilac eyes. Her new synthetic forearm is a result of injuries sustained during the Dominion War's "Battle of Betazed". Under the previous political system on Andor (ie. a thousand years ago), Thantis would have been a First Princess of the Cheen-Thitar clan. Instead, she is Chieftain of the Regional Visionist Party of the Archipelago. One of her bondmates has been on deep space reconnaissance for six months. Her sh'za is a neuro-chemical engineer. The shreya (parent) of Thantis passed away several cycles ago. Thantis had actually plotted the removal of Thriss to Betazed years befor Shar enrolled at Starfleet Academy. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

During the conception of an Andorian child, the chan adds his gametes to those of the shen, which have already been fertilized by the thaan. The zygote is then implanted into the zhen's pouch. [Unity (Pocket, 2003) by SD Perry.]


From "Who's Who in Star Trek" issue #1, DC Comics.

Only the Evaste Elders can give permission to release bondmates from their bethrothal. Tezha, or sexual union outside the shelthreth, is frowned upon. Shar and Thriss indulged in this many years ago and kept the secret from their bondmates. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

Steamed shaysha is an edible, orangle-speckled, beetle-like, Andorian lifeform known as the "insect delicacy of the Archipelago". Other foods include a sour-grain pilaf with a nutty, citrus aroma, seared marine animals, and roasted vithi flower bulbs and sandbush seeds. Katheka is a stimulant analogous to coffee. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

At Enclave, Prynn sits next to an Andorian called Uthiri and is embarrassed that the Andorian might have heard her stomach rumbling. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

Vretha first visited what is now her UFP Council office in Andor's capital during her fourteenth cycle, before her Time of Knowing (engagement). Her desk, of highly polished, petrified eketha hardwood, is decorated with ancient Andorian iconographical glyphs and runes. It used to belong to former Federation Councillor th'Vrash. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

In current Andorian homeworld politics, ch'Shelos is the Presider of the Modern Progressive Party Enclave, of which th'Sivas and sh'Yethe are representatives. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

Visiting ships to Andor must contact Orbital Control. Shar meets uniformed security personnel and some reporters upon his arrival. Sentinel zh'Nastha is the installation's chief of security. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

The symbol of the Water Guardian is made up of four interlocking squares which form a quasi star. In olden times, this symbol was painted in the blood of the oldest shen of the house. The symbolic shapla is a betrothal locket exchanged at the Time of Knowing, containing the entwined locks of hair from all four partners of a bonded group. Whole Vessel Law legally permits bondmates to separate. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

Saf is a psychoactive chemical and aphrodisiac refined from an Andorian plant, used in the shelthreth. It provides a myriad of benefits for sexual function. Sanctuary priests and priestesses dispense it to sealed bondgroups and, afterward, it is generally available only by medical prescription. It is illegal to possess saf offworld and it can be fatal to non Andorians. Saf doesn't replicate well and the plant only grows successfully on Andor. Phillipa Mathias has permission to purchase a sample to return to Deep Space 9 for research purposes. Prynn Tenmei almost dies after accidentally ingesting some and Vretha is kidnapped when terrorists use Phillipa's sample to overpower her. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).] Saf was used by Cardassians during the Bajoran Occupation. ["The Officers' Club" by Heather Jarman in Tales from the Captain's Table (Pocket, 2005).]

An old Andorian aphorism suggests, "As is the zhavey, so is the child." There is also no need to possess something exclusively. An axiom says, "When others are in need, I give." Visitors to the Enclave are expected to remove their clothes and put on a cloth shield, based on the ancient tradition of being stripped of possessions and goods. All aspects of the exterior world, including the body, are seen as public domain. Andorians draw their circle of intimacy within their minds. Another saying is that "Absence makes the heart forget." The First Truth proclaims, "One alone cannot be Whole - nor two, nor three. What one chooses, is chosen for all. What befalls one, befalls all. Their lives are yours. My life is theirs." [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

Some purplish pigmentation on the neck identifies Arenthialeh zh'Vazdi, or Thia, as a nursing zhavey, only recently out of seclusion. Thia has grey-green eyes and is a botanist, just returned from a month of field studies on Dramia. She wears a modesty drape over her temporary kheth (pouch). The kheth grows over and around the lower abdomen of a zhavey for the final phase of Andorian gestation. Mashed xixu fronds (a marine plant) is used as baby food. Zhiassa is zhavey's milk. There is an unspoken rule concerning privacy for a zhavey and her newborn child. Two of Thia's bondmates are from Zhevra region. Her clan farmed with the Thitar clan for twenty generations. Thia's thaan is a security systems controller who manages government accounts. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

Shar visits his mentors at the Andorian Science Institute. Scientists there are believed to be investigating ways to alter Andorian babies at conception, perhaps changing four sexes into just two. It has been over 100 years since multiple births occurred on Andor. Doctor th'Saarash of the Institute proposed the controversial plan to alter Andorians at conception: changing four sexes into just two. However, Doctor sh'Veileth makes a breakthrough in Andorian gene therapy, based on her studies of the hominid Yrythny ova that Shar brought back from his mission to the Gamma Quadrant. This secret research reveals that a slight modification of Andorian chromosome #17 can increase viable Andorian gametes, widening the window of fertility considerably. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

Four guards, encountered by Shar on Andor, wear open-faced headgear and have close-cropped hair, such as was fashionable during the early days of the UFP. One guard, Vanazhad ch'Shal, is an old friend of Shar's. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

The Sending is an Andorian funeral. The Rite of Memory involves friends and relatives of the deceased recording an electrochemical message, or neuroimprints, in each facet of a Cipher. Mourners also create their own mask of death for The Sending. A funeral bier was prepared for Thriss on Tower Hill. Thriss's shreya and charan attend her Sending. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

When an Andorian's antennae move together, it is the equivalent of a shrug. An Andorian smile is more of a soft, liquid gaze. Andorians give off a honey-sweet scent when they are exerted by exercise. Andorians require less sleep than many other hominids. Andorians can subsist on three or four hours of sleep during the 32-hour Andorian day. They are neither diurnal nor nocturnal, and young children can even eat comfortably at midnight and then attend school. Prynn hears the young Andorian students chanting about Thirizaz and Sanchen, calling for a volcano to bleed lava into the sea, to create mist to aid their escape from the wicked spirit keeping them apart. One student, Thezalden ch'Letha, is reprimanded for not being attentive during sex education classes. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

Temperature regulators are woven into most Andorian fabrics. Chan wear warriors' attire. Thaan wear chain mail. Zhen traditionally wear a ceara. This fine-gauge, knitted, form-fitting body stocking has an over-garment of rectangular fabric, which can be wrapped in various ways and pinned by brooches (bearing the clan insignia). The pantaloons are wide-legged and cropped at the mid calf. Prynn borrows a ceara when her luggage goes missing. Shen wear bodypaint on special occasions, and traditionally reveal the entire back when visiting Sanctuary. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

The ancient Reiji clan gave up its land and title for a more nomadic existence. Vretha has contacted this less savoury element of Andorian society, in her desperation to confirm rumours of the Science Institute's alleged experiments into Andorian genetics. While visiting this clan, Prynn witnesses a form of gambling that uses frenzied, rodent-like furry animals and a sharp knife. Losers forfeit their own teeth to the winners. Here, Prynn ingests the saf drink that almost claims her life. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]



Flower boxes of sea ivy and black-throated conch flowers, with furry yellow branches, decorate the route to Therin Park's east entrance. Its archway leads to a series of rooms of terraced waterfalls and gardens. Melon-coloured fish with winglike fins, reed flies and scarlet and yellow fish can be seen in and near the ponds. The seep willow is a variety of Andorian tree that grows in clusters. Striped cave lilies are rare, even in the tropics. Elta is a floral tree on Andor and taras is another kind of tree. Shaggy marsh bison are Andorian animals. A klazh is an Andorian animal known for its careless way of moving. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

The Reserve is an off-limits area where the Codices say the Andorian species evolved. Vretha is taken there when kidnapped. The Great Wash, a landform prone to flash flooding, is near the mouth of a lava tube and a few kilometres past Temple Butte. By following the Temple Path within the Coral Canyon complex, Shar hopes to rescue his zhavey. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

Shanchen's Mantle is a native Andorian plant with small, furry, moss-like flowers in yellow and white. When Phillipa Mathias becomes a victim of the Andorian shax, a poisonous, parasitic insect that nests under the skin of its host, a previously unknown strain of Shanchen's Mantle was discovered by Shar's group in their search for a natural antidote while within The Reserve. Doctor sh'Veileth realises that this primitive variety of the plant has a four-gamete fertilization process, similar to Andorians themselves. This is the essential evidence that Andorians had always sought - to prove that they were native their home planet. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

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Andorian references in Deep Space Nine and beyond...

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Andorians and USS Stargazer

Long before becoming captain of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), Jean-Luc Picard and his USS Stargazer crew were served pale bowls of Andorian punch at a reception. [Stargazer novel Gauntlet (Pocket, 2002) by Michael Jan Friedman.]

A member of the Stargazer's engineering crew is the Andorian named Urajel. [Stargazer novels Gauntlet and Progenitor (Pocket, 2002) by Michael Jan Friedman.] She broke her arm in an encounter with the Nuyyad. [The Next Generation novel Valiant (2000), but not revealed until Gauntlet.] As an Andorian, she rarely grinned. [Stargazer novel Oblivion (Pocket, 2003) by Michael Jan Friedman.]

An Andorian woman is a crewmember of the crippled research vessel Belladonna, which is rescued by the Stargazer. The Belladonna's plight was reported by an Andorian cargo vessel. [Stargazer novel Progenitor (Pocket, 2002) by Michael Jan Friedman.]

Picard and Guinan share a dark brown loaf of Andorian spice bread. [Stargazer novel Oblivion (Pocket, 2003) by Michael Jan Friedman.]

Andorians and Starfleet Academy

In a flashback to Geordi LaForge's life as a Starfleet cadet, it was learned that one of his Andorian classmates was Altos [in Starfleet Academy: Capture the Flag by John Vornholt, Pocket, 1994.]



The Andorian cadet Ven hails from the colony world of Almadixarian. At first, Ven treats Geordi badly because Andorians believe that babies with physical defects should be abandoned at birth. [Starfleet Academy: Atlantis Station by VE Mitchell (Pocket, 1994).]



Geordi leads in the rescue of a female Andorian cadet, Trennek Sann, when her air line comes loose from her spacesuit [in Starfleet Academy: The Haunted Starship by Brad and Kathi Ferguson, 1997.]



A holographic Andorian ensign receives injuries to his shoulder, head and an antenna during an Academy exercise undertaken by Cadet Beverly Howard, the future Doctor Crusher. [Starfleet Academy: Loyalties by Patricia Barnes-Svarney (Pocket, 1996).]

Fridd, extracted from an Andorian bean, is used as a coffee substitute. [Starfleet Academy: Loyalties by Patricia Barnes-Svarney (Pocket, 1996).]

A hyperblat is an Andorian musical instrument played by a sneery Andorian cadet in an unsuccessful audition to find a jazz trombonist for the Starfleet Academy Band. [Starfleet Academy: Crossfire by John Vornholt (Pocket, 1996).]



A female Andorian cadet, Tava, participates in a doomed holosimulator mission with Cadet Kathryn Janeway. [Voyager: Starfleet Academy: The Chance Factor (Pocket, 1997) by Diana G Gallagher and Martin R Burke.]



Their Vulcan colleague, Cadet T'Lor, rides an Andorian zabathu, similar to a Terran camel without the hump. [Voyager: Starfleet Academy: The Chance Factor (Pocket, 1997) by Diana G Gallagher and Martin R Burke.]



The fiery cadet Pava Ek'Noor Aqabaa featured as a regular character. [Starfleet Academy by Marvel/Paramount Comics (1996-98).] She also appeared in the crossover comic mini-series, Telepathy War (Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1997). As a lieutenant on the USS Titan, Pava Ek'Noor sh'Aqabaa, identified as a shen, now serves in the security division. [Titan novel, The Red King (Pocket, 2005) by Andy Mangels and Michael A Martin.]

Revenge for the death of a colleague is said to be an Andorian custom. ["Passages", #6, Starfleet Academy by Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1997.]

Pava's Andorian antennae are a tactical advantage in the dark. An Andorian saying goes, "Let your woes become your deadliest weapons." ["Telepathy War, Part 1: Renegades", #12, Starfleet Academy by Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1997.]

An Andorian cadet joins a student protest in support of Pava's team. ["Telepathy War, Part 1: Renegades", #12, Starfleet Academy by Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1997.]



Cadet Pava owned a pet hybor, an Andorian lapinoid named Kiffis. The animal gave birth at Starfleet Academy and the whole brood went temporarily "were" (as in "werewolf"), transforming into savage gremlin-like creatures. ["Parents' Day", #13, Starfleet Academy by Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1997.]



Pava's mother, a famous romance holonovelist named Undieela Noor, was responsible for bringing Kiffis to Earth. ["Parents' Day", #13, Starfleet Academy by Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1997.]

Undieela calls her daughter "my little shevt'ak", a term of endearment. ["Parents' Day", #13, Starfleet Academy by Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1997.]

E-M pulse grenades can temporarily blind Andorian eyes and antennae. Andorians believe that death is the fate of someone who betrays a blood trust. ["Betrayal: T'Priell Revealed", #14, Starfleet Academy by Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1998.]

On Andor, long ago, all-female crews manned the ice schooners. ["Culture Clash", #17, Starfleet Academy by Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1998.]

The Klingon term for Andorian is anDorngan. ["mangHom qaD!", #18, Starfleet Academy, Klingon Language Edition, by Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1998.]
An Andorian custom maintains "For blood of mine, I shed blood of yours." ["Between Love and Hate", #19, Starfleet Academy by Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1998.]

A hologram of Andorian Lieutenant Torbish is the tactical officer in Cadet Nog's Kobayashi Maru simulation. [Strange New Worlds III short story, "The Bottom Line" (Pocket, 2000) by Andrew (Drew) Morby.]

Prynn Tenmei, of Deep Space 9, knew two Andorians while she was at the Academy. They never went to parties, hardly ever touched synthehol and did not respond to suggestions of intimate contact. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]



Captain Aydestinguis Thesspiahn, of the freighter Pharsicle, appeared regularly in the online comic strip parody Haul Trek: Misadventures of M'Iskiti. [Created 1998, but since revamped as Freighter Tails: The Misadventures of Mzzkiti) by Paul Gibbs and Bill Redfern. Since the revamp, the captain no longer resembles an Andorian.]

Andorians and Deep Space 9

On space station Deep Space 9, the Ferengi bar owner, Quark, once hypothetically offered Constable Odo a suit of Andorian silk. [Q-Less.]

Young Jake Sisko and his Ferengi friend, Nog, are looking forward to the arrival of an Andorian freighter and its shipment of new anti-grav tractors. [The Nagus.]



An Andorian criminal was displayed on a "Wanted poster" in Constable Odo's security office aboard Deep Space 9. [Vortex; If Wishes Were Horses; The Forsaken; Dramatis Personae; Duet; In the Hands of the Prophets.]

Morn, resident Lurien barfly at Quark's, never seems to understand the punchlines of Quark's Andorian jokes, such as the ones that ended with "...and then the Andorian said, 'Your brother? I thought it was your wife!'" [The Nagus] and "... then the Andorian said, 'This is not my antenna!'" [Homefront.]

Pel booked passage to the Gamma Quadrant from Deep Space 9 aboard an Andorian transport. [Rules of Acquisition.]

Lieutenant Eddon is an Andorian tactical officer on Deep Space 9. [Devil in the Sky (Pocket, 1995) by Greg Cox & John Gregory Betancourt.]

Doctor Bashir believes that Jadzia Dax's hair smells like a mixture of plankton from Cilas XII and Andorian wildflowers. [Devil in the Sky (Pocket, 1995) by Greg Cox & John Gregory Betancourt.]

Andorians visit Deep Space 9 in the young adult novel Highest Score (Pocket, 1996) by Kem Antilles, as well as in the novel The Heart of the Warrior (Pocket, 1996) by John Gregory Betancourt.

Quark intends to advertise collectible Andorian jewellery on the station's computer monitors. [The Jem'Hadar.]



Theleb is the Andorian barman whom Bashir meets on the transport vessel, Risa Express. [The Maquis: Soldier of Peace comic mini-series (Malibu, 1996); reprinted in graphic novel form (Boxtree, 1996).]

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.] This beast is known as an alneesh. [The Andorians: Among the Clans (Last Unicorn Games, 1999) by S. John Ross, Steven S. Long and Adam Dickstein.]

A chirurgeon named Ghee P'Trell of Andoria and Doctor Julian Bashir of Deep Space 9 were both unsuccessful nominees for the Carrington Award, Earthdate 2371. P'Trell is a gerontological physician. "Chirurgeon" is of Greek origin, an archaic English term for "surgeon". It is not made clear if P'Trell is Andorian, or simply based on Andoria. [Prophet Motive.] Ghee P'Trell is eventually revealed to be a Caitian resident of Andoria, and the current head of Starfleet Medical on Earth. Chirurgeon is thus an Andorian honorific for a physician (or at least the Universal Translator's attempt at the term). [Articles of the Federation (Pocket, 2005) by Keith RA DeCandido.] Doctor McCoy once worked on Earth with an Andorian chirurgeon named Shivol. [Crucible: McCoy: Provenance of Shadows (Pocket, 2006) by David R George III.]

An Andorian called Erib had been a Starfleet Medical School colleague of the future Doctor Bashir. Doctor 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.] Erib's full name is Shelerib th'Zarath. [Avatar, Book 1 (Pocket, 2001) by SD Perry.]

Andorians seem to find beauty in what many hominids consider to be garishly conflicting colours and patterns: an Andorian trader's vessel is painted internally a seemingly mismatched combination of bright green, hot pink and pale blue against canary yellow, or burnt orange beside vivid purple. The trader claimed to be docked at Deep Space 9 for repairs, but Constable Odo finds him dead, presumably poisoned. Several Andorian freighters and trader ships have been attracted by rumoured Jibetian treasures on Deep Space 9. It appears that most Andorians do not find the stench of rotting food and rubbish to be offensive. [The Long Night (Pocket, 1996) by Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch.]

Andorians go into shock easily, even after minor injuries. They also cannot tolerate chocolate. Haslev-Rahn disease, a congenital disorder, is endemic among Shesh-caste Andorians. [Invasion: Time's Enemy (Pocket, 1996) by LA Graf.] Andorian scientific genius Muav Haslev was featured in the Star Trek novel Death Count (Pocket, 1992) by LA Graf.

Kai Winn wonders if Starfleet would come to Bajor's aid in a Jem'Hadar attack, foregoing the safety of Vulcan, Andor or Berengaria. [In the Cards.]

The stocky Andorian captain of the USS Bellingham is Vraath ch'Evram. [The short story, "Night of the Vulture" by Greg Cox, in Tales of the Dominion War (Pocket, 2004).]

Commander Worf considered mountain climbing on Andor as a honeymoon vacation, although his wife Jadzia Dax had other plans. [Change of Heart.] Kasidy Yates also briefly considered the mountains of Andoria as a destination for her honeymoon with Benjamin Sisko. [Strange Bedfellows.]

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; Pocket Books' The Next Generation: The Battle of Betazed (2002) by Charlotte Douglas and Susan Kearney.]

Andorian Doctor Setheleyis th'Rasdeth was a counsellor with an unconventional approach who helped Jadzia Dax in her decision to return to the Trill symbiont initiate program. He also taught at Starfleet Academy, where Julian Bashir had undertaken his classes on the benefits of positive visualization in psychotherapy. Although he wanted nothing to do with the Dominion War, th'Rasdeth leaves his civilian practice near the Cardassian border to serve aboard the USS Zephyr and is killed in battle. He was 58. ["The Devil You Know", a short story by Heather Jarman in Prophecy and Change (Pocket, 2003).]

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. He was working on Andor with the Agricultural Ministry and disconcerted her, at their first meetings, by always pointing his antennae at her. [The Sound of Her Voice.]

Quark is suspected of murdering an Andorian gambler named Dal Nortron, but Quark suspects Andorian sisters, Satr and Leen. The Orthodox Andorian Vengeance Cycle coincidentally begins its 330th iteration on the first day of Earth's 25th century. [Millennium novel trilogy (Pocket, 2000) by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens.]

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.]

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Andorian cuisine on Deep Space 9

Commander Benjamin Sisko recalls an incident involving Curzon Dax, Science Officer Kustanovich of the USS Livingston, and eight helpings of Andorian redbat. [Invasive Procedures.] Lieutenant Jadzia Dax enjoys Andorian tuber root more than Sisko and he lets her steal some off his plate. Seyetik presents a recipe to the station's officers that requires the use of an Andorian boiler. [Second Sight.]



Authentic Andorian ale is available from Quark's bar [Meridian] as are Andorian Sunset cocktails. [DC Comics' The Next Generation/Deep Space Nine crossover mini-series.] An Andorian citric beverage sampled by Nog tasted like a clear, fizzy version of the smell of a Terran goat in lemon oil. [Avatar, Book 2 (Pocket, 2001) by SD Perry.] Roasted Andorian flatroot is a delicacy popular with the Ops staff. [Mission Gamma, Book 2: This Gray Spirit (Pocket, 2002) by Heather Jarman.] This is also known by its Andorian term, hari. An Andorian stimulant beverage, katheka, is similar to Terran coffee. [Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

An Andorian Fast Food outlet (Shop 01-754) is located on The Promenade [as seen on the directory board in the television special, The Science of Star Trek].

Recipes for Andorian Tuber Root (in a pie, topped with marshmallows!) and an Andorian Ale (a yellowish, nutty version with a foamy head) are featured in the Star Trek Cookbook by Ethan Phillips and William J Birnes (Pocket, 1999). Roasted flatroot, a brownish orange Andorian vegetable dish, and imparay redbat, a meat dish, go well with faridd, an Andorian beverage. [Enterprise: Rosetta (Pocket, 2006) by Dave Stern.]

Andorians and USS Voyager

During an incident on the stranded 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.]

Ensign Daphne Mandel, of the Voyager, has an overstuffed Andorian cashmere chair in her quarters. Her crewmate, Ensign Harry Kim, has a liking for Andorian spice cake. [Cybersong (Pocket 1996) by SN Lewitt.]



After Voyager's return to the Alpha Quadrant, selected Andorian Starfleet officers sign aboard. [Elite Force II CD-ROM game, (Activision, 2002).]



Andorian warriors and cut-throat assassins feature as foes of Starfleet's Elite Force. [Elite Force II CD-ROM game, (Activision, 2002).]



Some Andorian bridges are fortified with weaponry. [Elite Force II CD-ROM game, (Activision, 2002).]

In the Mirror Universe, Agent Seven of the Obsidian Order, Annika Hansen, disguises herself as an Andorian to complete spy missions. The male Andorian Intendant of Andor is almost strangled to death by Regent Worf. Later, Overseer Kira plants DNA evidence at a murder scene to implicate supposed Andorian assassins. Worf is so enraged over the death of Intendant Deanna Troi that he declares the Great Andorian Massacre, inciting genocide of the entire Mirror Andorian race. [The novel duology Dark Passions (2001) by Susan Wright.]

Andorians and S.C.E. (Starfleet Corps of Engineers)

The Andorian Commander Grelin is an officer in Starfleet Intelligence. [The eBook, S.C.E: Interphase (Pocket, 2001) by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore; reprinted in Have Tech, Will Travel (2002).]

Gredlahr is an alcoholic beverage native to Andor. It is similar to rum, but sweeter. [The eBook, S.C.E: What's Past, Book Four: Distant Early Warning (Pocket, 2006) by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore.]

Andorians and USS Titan

Lieutenant Pava Ek'Noor sh'Aqabaa, who attended Starfleet Academy with Nog, serves in Security. [Pocket Books' Titan novel, The Red King (2005) by Andy Mangels and Michael A Martin.]

Commander Deanna Troi, of the USS Titan, looked to the speeches of Queen Thalisar and the poetry of Shran for inspiration when that ship's dedication plaque was being brainstormed. [Titan: The Red King (Pocket, 2005) by Andy Mangels and Michael A Martin.]

Referring to pre Federation events, a Vulcan proverb says, "Only Soval could go to Andor." [Pocket Books' Titan novel, Orion's Hounds (2006) by Christopher L Bennett.]

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TNG: A Rogues' Gallery

A Rogues' Gallery of Andorians (cont.)

Andorians were rather conspicuous by their absence during the next generation...

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Star Trek: The Next Generation era

Former The Next Generation staffer Tracy Tormé once revealed at a convention that his original proposal for the episode Conspiracy included an Andorian Starfleet officer as the host of the alien parasites. The lines of dialogue were eventually given to Dexter Remmick, and the blue skin given to Captain Rixx the Bolian, when the producers (ie. Rick Berman?) told Tormé: "We don't do antennae on this show."



Andor is shown on the large star chart graphic seen behind the chair in the room where Dexter Remmick is killed. [Conspiracy.]



Andorian Starfleet Admiral Thivov directs the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) on a secret mission during its first year. ["Here Today", #6, DC Comics mini-series, 1988; reprinted in the comic collection, Beginnings, 1995.]

Wesley Crusher recognises Epsilon Indi from a Ten-Forward window. [The Child.]



Andorian riding equines called zabathu can be a recreation program selection on the Enterprise's holodecks. [Pen Pals.] Signage outside the holodeck identifies this program as Equestrian Adventure. [Star Trek: First Contact.] The beast resembles a Terran camel, without the hump. It typically has short, white fur, a silky, golden mane, blue eyes and a thin tail with a furry tip. [Voyager: Starfleet Academy: The Chance Factor (Pocket, 1997) by Diana G Gallagher and Martin R Burke.]

The current Andorian ambassador to the UFP is Shrall K'Tik. [The Worlds of the Federation (Pocket, 1989) by Shane Johnson.]

Lieutenant Thralen, a Theskian with blue skin, antennae and yellow fur-like hair is an Enterprise crewman. His race is "related" to Andorians, but is "more gregarious". [Metamorphosis (Pocket, 1990) by Jean Lorrah.] Lorrah had intended that Thralen actually be an Andorian, but was requested by the then-Star Trek Office at Paramount to make the change, since there were "no Andorians among the Enterprise-D crew". Jean Lorrah was seemingly paying homage to some Andorian speculations from the old zine article, A Summary of the Physiological Roots of Andorian Culture (1976) by Leslie Fish, a friend from her fanfic days (eg. references to Thralen's "the Great Mother" deity).

During her year as Head of Starfleet Medical, Doctor Beverly Crusher and her colleague, Doctor Carter Greyhorse, created a vaccine for Andorians against Kevratan Plague. [The Next Generation: Death in Winter (Pocket, 2005) by Michael Jan Friedman.]

Spacefaring renegade Andorians are at large in the Alpha Quandrant in the 24th century. [The Survivors.] They were still active after Captain Montgomery Scott's arrival on the Enterprise-D. [Engines of Destiny (Pocket, 2005) by Gene DeWeese.]

Andor is identified on a tactical situation monitor, which showed progress of the Klingons in their war with the Federation in an alternate timeline. [Yesterday's Enterprise.]



While serving as a crewmember of the USS Enterprise, 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. Here it was confirmed that no Andorians served on this USS Enterprise. [The Offspring.]



Thala was a blind, orphaned, Andorian girl, eventually adopted by Doctor Selar. [The Eyes of the Beholders (Pocket, 1990) by AC Crispin.] It is likely that Thala is of Aenar descent. [Enterprise: The Aenar.]

Administrator Thuvat, of the Andorian colony world Thonolan IV, was not eager to find placement with a foster family for Thala, since Andorians abhor disabilities amongst their populace; there are continued rumours as to the practice of exposure of imperfect infants to the elements. When the book's author attempted to create a religion for the Andorians, the response from the Star Trek Office was that "Paramount has developed no such culture or religion for the Andorians. Please delete all references to the Andorian culture or religion."



Thala's diplomat father, Thev, was identified as one of the passengers on the USS Enterprise killed when the ship was under Borg attack. [The Eyes of the Beholders (Pocket, 1990) by AC Crispin; Q Who.]



An Andorian tourist (played by Kristina Kochoff) was on Risa at the same time as Captain Picard and Vash. [Captain's Holiday.]



In the holodeck adventure, Dixon Hill and the Case of the Golden Serpent by Rob Vaux, a male Andorian player demonstrated the game's parameters in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Role Play Game supplement, Holodeck Adventures (1999) by Last Unicorn Games.

An Andorian group bid was made for Tellurian spices offered up by Kivas Fajo. [The Most Toys.]

Four partners are usually required for an Andorian marriage. [Data's Day.] As the unique Andorian biology necessitates certain "expectations", it is considered unusual that an Andorian has not married by the age of twenty-three. The four Andorian genders can be signified by prefixes used with the surname, such as ch' and zh' (birth mother). [Deep Space Nine: Avatar duology (Pocket, 2001) by SD Perry.]

An inept Andorian waiter apparently gave Geordi LaForge a moving Klingon meal. [The Mind's Eye.]

A four-armed alien musician, Amarie, offers to play some "Andorian blues" for Commander Riker. [Unification.]



Hargon (above left) and Sartur (above right) are Andorian henchmen who assist a dangerous Trill to escape from Tantulus VII. ["The Barrier" and "Homecoming", #23-24, The Next Generation, DC Comics, 1991; reprinted in The Starlost (1993).]

As a boy, Spock once experimented with the music of Kreleth of Andor, according to the rambling memories of his father, Sarek. Sarek speculates that Spock may now be teaching the Romulans about music, including Andorian music. Sarek also recalls that Spock's mother, Amanda, wanted to try growing Andorian eth'la vines in her garden on Vulcan. [The short story, "Dementia in D Minor" by Mary Sweeney, in Strange New Worlds V (Pocket, 2002).]



Lieutenant Korudos holds the position of Security Chief on the starship USS Discovery in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Role Playing Game manual (1998) by Last Unicorn Games. This book also informs that Morsha of Andor serves as Starfleet Command's Secretary of Defense. Ancient legend tells of female clan leader and scholar-warrior Lor'Vela who created the famous Andorian dueling rituals. Doctor Sharas Vetra was responsible for finding a cure for Orion Plague.




Andorian warriors (with greenish blood!) feature in Klingon Honor Guard, the MicroProse multimedia CD-ROM game (1998). The Andorian captains use a traditional weapon called a sith har.

An Andorian pirate freighter is beautifully fitted out, with reflective floors, transporter rooms and Federation-style touch pads. [Klingon Honor Guard (MicroProse multimedia CD-ROM game, 1998).]

Andorian miners aggressively defend precious, explosive blue crystsls in Klingon Honor Guard, the MicroProse multimedia CD-ROM game (1998).

A lone Andorian can be found in a room in the main mining complex of the Klingon moon, Praxis. [Klingon Honor Guard (MicroProse multimedia CD-ROM game, 1998).]



Female Andorian prostitutes and lap dancersattempt to provide distractions to Klingon soldiers. [Klingon Honor Guard (MicroProse multimedia CD-ROM game, 1998).]



Schwin is an Andorian cook supporting an archeology team, of which Captain Picard is a part, on Rajatha Prime. [Captain's Pleasure, #2, The Next Generation comic mini-series, The Space Between (IDW, 2006), by David Tischman.]

Captain Jean-Luc Picard develops a craving for srjula, an Andorian tea, after an encounter with the Devil's Heart talisman. He also reads chapters of Oral Histories From The Andorian Middle Kingdom and has a vivid flashback to his Academy days, in which Telegar, a female cadet when Picard was a freshman, competes against him in the Academy Marathon. [The Next Generation: The Devil's Heart (Pocket, 1993) by Carmen Carter.]

Andorian diseases, such as diostrophic fever, tend to be specific to Andorians. An Andorian trading ship was blamed for spreading a plague. [The Death of Princes (Pocket, 1997) by John Peel.]

Captain Tharev is the Andorian commander of space station Deep Space 7. [Infiltrator (Pocket, 1996) by WR Thompson.]

The Old Ways

Alternate covers of "Alien Spotlight: Andorians: The Old Ways".



During Earth's 24th century, Commander Ortees Sharad is an Andorian analyst in Starfleet Intelligence. Owed some extended leave, he travels with the crew of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) to Andor, where Captain Picard has an appointment to meet with the Andorian Chancellor, aiming to urge him and his people to become more involved in Federation activities. [Alien Spotlight: The Andorians: The Old Ways by Paul D Storrie (IDW Publishing, 2007).]



Arriving on Andor, Sharad first runs into a group of angry young students. They insult his uniform and call him "Fade", a recently-popular, local slang term inferring that the subject either has Aenar blood in his veins, or that he's been "tamed" by Federation "pink skins" and has "sold out" to humans. [Alien Spotlight: The Andorians: The Old Ways by Paul D Storrie (IDW Publishing, 2007).]



Sharad is rescued by Shaa, his younger brother. An Andorian Guardsman, Shaa mentions that there have been Guardsmen in the family for five generations, on all four sides. The brothers greet each other by rubbing antennae together. They pass an Andorian couple with a baby. [Alien Spotlight: The Andorians: The Old Ways by Paul D Storrie (IDW Publishing, 2007).]



Mother Thra (presumably the zhen matriarch of the clan) has prepared a feast of Andorian redbat and tubers to welcome Sharad home. Two more of his parents, Starfleet Lieutenant Shralla (presumably the clan's shen), and her partner, Trajun (presumably the thaan), are also present. Shralla compares the students who had menaced Sharad to Andorian ice snakes. [Alien Spotlight: The Andorians: The Old Ways by Paul D Storrie (IDW Publishing, 2007).]



Four younger siblings include Tora. [Alien Spotlight: The Andorians: The Old Ways by Paul D Storrie (IDW Publishing, 2007).]



Sharad's longtime romantic interest, whom the family hope will become one of his bondmates one day, is the warrior, Thrynn. She also wears the uniform of the Guardsmen. They meet in a bar and discuss mutual friends, Tahryn and K'Stran, whom Sharad once met up with at Quark's on Deep Space 9. Thyrnn claims that the current Andorian Chancellor was elected by the "Old Wayers". Sharad compares the rise of the political faction known as the "True Heirs of Andor" (T.H.A.), to the infamous Andorian renegades, or even to ice bores. [Alien Spotlight: The Andorians: The Old Ways by Paul D Storrie (IDW Publishing, 2007).]



Sharad is ambushed and placed into a holding cell by members of the True Heirs of Andor, and Thyrnn reveals that she is also a member. Now wearing the traditional metal-studded suede tabard and chainmail of the T.H.A., Thyrnn claims to be the commander of the unit who has captured him. Sharad quickly realises that General Kovan himself oversees the operation. The General was behind the subterfuge in the Triangulum system, which had involved a dismantled Andorian vessel. Kovan tells Sharad that Thyrnn had held to a hope that Sharad would join the cause of the T.H.A. [Alien Spotlight: The Andorians: The Old Ways by Paul D Storrie (IDW Publishing, 2007).]



Thrynn is commanded to send for four guards so that Sharad can be interrogated. Sharad cleverly goads the General by challenging him to a duel, under the code of Ushaan. Thrynn tries unsuccessfully to offer herself to fight Sharad, under the substitution ruling, but Koval is determined to fight his own battle. Proving he is no "pinkskin's pet", Ortees Sharad defeats Koval with a borrowed ushaan-tor, proving Sharad's worth as a "true Andorian" through a demonstration of his superior cunning, skill, passion and honour. [Alien Spotlight: The Andorians: The Old Ways by Paul D Storrie (IDW Publishing, 2007).]

Towards Generations

Elen Miraitis is the Andorian executive officer of the starship Oraidhe. [Intellivore (Pocket, 1997) by Diane Duane.]

Dahna Andorians are a sect which believes the universe should have remained lifeless. [Intellivore (Pocket, 1997) by Diane Duane.]

Grey-skinned, antennaed Echo Imjim, an Andorian/Mizarian hybrid lives on planet Helena, in the demilitarised zone near Cardassia Prime. Her ten-year old son, Harper, is a quarter Andorian with truncated antennae, his father being a native of Troyius. [The Next Generation: Double Helix: Quarantine (Pocket, 1999) by John Vornholt.]

Bokor, described as a "uniblood" Andorian, is another resident of Helena. [The Next Generation: Double Helix: Quarantine (Pocket, 1999) by John Vornholt.]

The Federation were warned of events by an Andorian trader, whom the Maquis renegade, Chakotay, permitted to escape aboard a shuttle. [The Next Generation: Double Helix: Quarantine (Pocket, 1999) by John Vornholt.]

No Andorians are present in The Captain's Table tavern when Captain Jean-Luc Picard relates the story of his involvement in Andorian politics. Picard learned of a previous Andorian ruler from an elderly female storekeeper in a bazaar in Laibok, the Andorian capital. [The short story, "The Captain and the King", by John Vornholt, in Enterprise Logs, Pocket, 2000.]

Much information about Andorian government is revealed by Picard in that visit. He was instrumental in the substitution of Andorian democracy for the old hereditary monarchy. After the suspicious sudden deaths of King Collev and Prince Bregev, Andorian society split into the ex-military Red Sash and old-guard Absolutist factions. Both factions had a totalitarian bent. A deposed monarch returns from exile on Pacifica, following Picard's suggestion to the Andorian factions, but when this King Thurl of Greater Andoria is assassinated (and his corpse fed to native boars called kritkraws in the remote Valley of Sorrows, in accordance with royal tradition), his place is taken temporarily by his son, Prince Yevan. The female Red Sash leader, Jandara, plots to overthrow the young prince before the Absolutists can coronate Grand Counsel Levak, but finally General Hargrev is offered leadership of the new democracy when the Prince abdicates in his favour for the sum of a million bars of latinum. [The short story, "The Captain and the King", by John Vornholt, in Enterprise Logs, Pocket, 2000.]

An Andorian prison transport commander named Macaskill, and his crew, lose an important Danteri prisoner to Starfleet's Captain Mackenzie Calhoun. [The Next Generation novel Double Helix: Double or Nothing (Pocket, 1999) by Peter David.] Character named for Andy MacAskill, a friend of Peter David's.

Maquis representative Tharia ch'Ren is a yellow-eyed Andorian with long, feathery, white hair that extends to the small of his back. His three bondmates were Ushra, Shers and the thaan, Athmin. After their deaths nine months earlier, Tharia's zhavey (birth mother) had advised him not to return to the former Federation colony, Beaulieu's World, in the Federation-Cardassion Demilitarized Zone. [The Third Artifact in The Brave and the Bold, Book 2 (Pocket, 2002) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

In an altered timeline, the Borg have overrun Andor, assimilating the entire population and converting the planet into a Borg base of operations, just as they did to Earth centuries earlier. [Engines of Destiny (Pocket, 2005) by Gene DeWeese.]

The colonists of Bersallis II enjoy the Andorian game, elan'tina, which is similar to Capture the Flag. [New Worlds, New Civilizations short story, "Ashes, Ashes" (Pocket, 1999) by Michael Jan Friedman.]

An Andorian diplomat was assigned formal first contact duties with the Ferengi Alliance in 2364. [New Worlds, New Civilizations short story, "A Dry Day on Ferenginar" (Pocket, 1999) by Michael Jan Friedman.]

Telepathic artist Saryana of Uran is able to perceive images of Andorians and other aliens from Deanna Troi's thoughts. [The short story, "The Farewell Gift" by Tonya D Price, in Strange New Worlds V (Pocket, 2002).]

Ambassador Sarahd of Andor was present for the signing of the charter of the United Federation of Planets, according to an article on a scrapbook page from Captain Jean-Luc Picard's album. The ambassador spoke of "future greatness for the infant union" and "predicted rapid expansion". He engaged in bitter fracas with the Tellarite ambassador, but was named as the UFP's first Vice President. [Star Trek Generations; album displayed at the Star Trek Experience, Las Vegas Hilton.]

The transport vessel SS Shras, named for the Andorian ambassador, conveys Doctor McCoy to Alonis to inform Spock of the death of James T Kirk. [Crucible: McCoy: Provenance of Shadows (Pocket, 2006) by David R George III.]

Andorians and the New Frontier

Andorian ale is available on board. [The short story "The Road to Edos" by Kevin Dilmore in New Frontier: No Limits (Pocket, 2003).]

The gender of the Andorian navigator on the USS Musgrave was difficult for non-Andorians to determine. [The short story "The Road to Edos" by Kevin Dilmore in New Frontier: No Limits (Pocket, 2003).]

The USS Excalibur discovers a dome from an Andorian building, identifiable from unique markings along the lower rim, on planet Nelkar. It is assumed salvaged from an abandoned Andorian border colony near Sector 221-G. [Pocket Books' New Frontier novel The Two-Front War (1997) by Peter David.]

Lieutenant Cray, Andorian security chief of the USS Grissom, is featured in Pocket's New Frontier novel The Captain's Table: Once Burned (1998) by Peter David. [Also the short story "Performance Appraisal" by Allyn Gibson in New Frontier: No Limits (Pocket, 2003).]

Members of Captain Calhoun's USS Excalibur crew encounter an Andorian named Krave, who is revealed as a university student prankster being toyed with by Q. [New Frontier: Excalibur: Requiem (Pocket, 2000) by Peter David.]

As a teenager on Rimbor, Robin Lefler studied Andorian poetry and had an Andorian friend named Whis (for short), whose mother was a Starfleet security officer. [The short story "Lefler's Logs" by Robert Greenberger in New Frontier: No Limits (Pocket, 2003).] Whis has recently been promoted to chief engineer of the USS Nautilus and is revealed to be a friend of Geordi La Forge. They recently attended a symposium on Tellar together. [A Time to Love and A Time to Hate (Pocket, 2004) by Robert Greenberger.]

An Andorian, Ensign Snell of the USS Livingston, is part of the away team which Burgoyne leads to Damiano. [The short story "Oil and Water" by Robert T Jeschonek in New Frontier: No Limits (Pocket, 2003).] Character presumably named for Star Trek movie makeup special effects artist, Richard Snell.



Three years on, the USS Trident's female executive officer is Commander Desma, who serves under Captain Mueller. [After the Fall (Pocket, 2004) and Missing in Action (Pocket, 2006) by Peter David; also Turnaround comic mini-series and reprint omnibus (IDW, 2008) and Treason (Pocket, 2009) by Peter David.]

Some people believe that the requisite psychological profiles for entrance to Starfleet are biased against Andorians, resulting in their under-representation. Andorian embassies were savagely attacked during the Selelvian War. Despite their membership in the UFP always being "shaky at best", the Andorians were said to have fought valiantly and were a great help to the Federation. [After the Fall (Pocket, 2004) by Peter David.]

Andorians and USS Enterprise-E

After a caving accident, Lieutenant Hawk was carried over his partner's shoulder "like a sack of Andorian curm'esh". Hawk's previous captain on the USS Yorktown was an Andorian named Kentrav. [Pocket Books' Section 31 novel, The Next Generation: Rogue (2001) by Andy Mangels and Michael A Martin.]

Several Andorians join this new version of the starship Enterprise (NCC-1701-E). The Next Generation novel, The Q Continuum: Q-Space (Pocket, 1998) by Greg Cox, mentions an Andorian crewmember on the new Enterprise. He has been rushed to sickbay with a detached antenna. This is possibly the same Andorian, a security guard, mentioned in the Strange New Worlds III short story, "A Private Victory" (Pocket, 2000) by Tonya D. Price.

Transporter Chief Rhofistan, his assistant Tyriden, and an unnamed helmsman, are Andorian crewmembers on the Enterprise. [The Next Generation: The Genesis Wave trilogy (Pocket, 2000-2002) by John Vornholt.]

The Andorian mercenary Topor nonchalantly reveals that his mother was killed by his father. [Maximum Warp, Book One: Dead Zone (Pocket, 2001) by Dave Galanter and Greg Brodeur.]

Deanna Troi is described as having the constitution of an Andorian ox. ["Reality's End", #1, Telepathy War by Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1997.]



A doomed male Andorian bar patron of the Perdition outpost of Pyrella Minor is blind in one eye and has one antenna. ["The Enemy of My Enemy" in Star Trek: The Next Generation Special, #1, (Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1998).]



Ensign Thirishar ch'Thane, or Shar, Science Officer of Deep Space 9, participates in a joint mission with the crew of the Enterprise. [The Next Generation/Deep Space Nine crossover comic mini-series, Divided We Fall (WildStorm, 2001), by John Ordover and David Mack; also collected in a German language omnibus edition, Symbiose (Dino, 2002) and a Spanish language omnibus, Divide y Vencerás (Recerca Editorial, 2006).]

Four Andorians, Jhen, Okud, Mako and the female Tolin, use an Iconian gateway to invade Tellar and retrieve the five colAndor Scrolls, which were supposed to have been part of an early cultural exhibition and intended to show the Tellarites of a different way to organise their government. They swap the Scrolls for a small kneeling figurine of a female Andorian cleric. [Pocket Books' Gateways: Doors into Chaos (2001) by Robert Greenberger.]



Andorian warriors have held a bitter grudge against the Palami race for 50 years, due to the Palami releasing a deadly plague upon Federation planets. An Andorian admiral of Starfleet advises Picard when the Palami mission is under threat. [WildStorm Comics' Forgiveness graphic novel (2001) by David Brin and Scott Hampton.]



An Andorian medical officer, Sirta D'Qua of the USS Incursion, can be selected for a Starfleet away team. D'Qua was invited to join Starfleet, and then the Incursion's crew, after filling in on a prior mission for the downed Chief Medical Officer, and healing dozens of wounded crewmembers in the midst of combat. [Activision's CD-ROM game, Star Trek: Away Team (2001).]

Lieutenant th'Vrass is an Andorian posted to Starbase 19 during the Dominion War. [The Battle of Betazed (Pocket, 2002) by Charlotte Douglas and Susan Kearney.]

An Andorian medical technician, Po, works in the medical facility of the Daystrom Insitute of Technology on Galor IV. Archive footage of an Andorian guest speaker at a Vulcan scientific symposium is used by the Enterprise crew to solve a mystery. [Immortal Coil (Pocket, 2002) by Jeffrey Lang.]

Rakber was an Andorian waiter at the Pink Slipper, a sleazy bar on Protus. When he doublecrosses the elderly Klingon, Maltz, he is killed swiftly. [The Genesis Wave, Book 2 (Pocket, 2001) by John Vornholt.]

Admiral Necheyev's Andorian aide is a male named Dakjalu. [Genesis Force (Pocket, 2003) by John Vornholt.]

Captain Milus Verata is an Andorian in command of the USS Zhukov, an Ambassador class Starfleet starship. [Activision's CD-Rom game, Bridge Commander (2002).]



A blue hominid forearm, possibly belonging to an Andorian, is one of several holding a United Federation of Planets' flag. [Cover of Tales of the Dominion War (Pocket, 2004) edited by Keith RA DeCandido.]

A year after the Dominion War, Spock recognises two Andorian ambassadors at Starfleet Headquarters, th'Telos and zh'Shaav. [Vulcan's Soul, Book 1: Exodus (Pocket, 2004) by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz.]

Traveler-in-training, Wesley Crusher, is able to pass himself off as an Andorian, and other hominids, during a secret visit home. [A Time to Die (Pocket, 2004) by John Vornholt.]

Doctor Beverly Crusher has read a monograph on Andorian toxic encephalopathy by Doctor zh'Costeth. [A Time to Sow (Pocket, 2004) by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore.]

An Enterprise security officer is the Andorian Ensign Zelev th'Chun. [A Time to Sow (Pocket, 2004) by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore.]

Andorian assistant engineer, Diix, is assassinated and then impersonated by Kalsha, an alien using a camouflage shroud. [A Time to Sow and A Time to Harvest (Pocket, 2004) by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore.]

Enterprise officer Anh Hoang used to be a dancer. The fusion dance, she once performed, mixed an Andorian dance style with old-fashioned line dancing. [A Time to Love (Pocket, 2004) by Robert Greenberger.]

A male Andorian, a member of Section 31, is a silent witness to secrets in a mysterious basement. [A Time to Kill (Pocket, 2004) by David Mack.]

The current Andorian representative on the Federation Council is the often vitriolic Kellerasana zh'Faila. [A Time to Heal (Pocket, 2004) by David Mack.] zh'Faila is opposed to Ambassador Spock's reunification work on Romulus. [Titan: Taking Wing (Pocket, 2005) by Michael A Martin and Andy Mangels.] She is a member of the UFP's Security Council. [Articles of the Federation (Pocket, 2005) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

A female Andorian physician from the USS Republic attempts to save victims of terrorism on Tezwan. [A Time to Heal (Pocket, 2004) by David Mack.]

The new assistant to Federation Council's press liaison, Kant Jorel, is a male Andorian named Zhres. [A Time for War, a Time for Peace (Pocket, 2004) by Keith RA DeCandido.] His full name is revealed as Thanatazhres th'Vroth. [Articles of the Federation (Pocket, 2005) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

An aphorism from Andorian philosopher Chasinthrof zh'Mai says, "One thing that never changes is that things will change." This was from her book entitled, New Sun, Old Sun. [A Time for War, a Time for Peace (Pocket, 2004) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

Although a promising quote from John Logan, screenwriter of Star Trek Nemesis, went: "We are going to see some of the original series aliens that we haven't seen for a while. I can't go into detail, but I love the Andorians..." [Star Trek Communicator #132], none survived the final draft or cut. According to Picard in an early draft, Riker's bachelor party was attended by "three Andorians, two Tellarites and a Gorn". The Orion, a Federation delegate ship, was to have been captained by an elderly Andorian named Meelok, who taught Picard at the Academy. The final scene of the shooting script appeared to include a new female Andorian Ops officer [but not in Star Trek Nemesis, sigh].

Klingon Captain Klag admitted to having once read an erotic thriller novel of interspecies infidelity, involving an Andorian, a Damiani and all their partners in a romantic septangle. To him, it is almost reminiscent of Riker and Troi's honeymoon. ["Improvisations on the Opal Sea: A Tale of Dubious Credibility" by Michael A Martin and Andy Mangels in Tales from the Captain's Table (Pocket, 2005).]

Andorian tuber root salad is served with Betazoid oskoid fronds on the USS Titan. [Titan: Taking Wing (Pocket, 2005) by Michael A Martin and Andy Mangels.]

A resurrected James T Kirk briefly relives the pain of Thelev's Andorian knife [TOS: Journey to Babel]. Later, a Reman doctor's voice sounded like a cross between a Klingon growl and an Andorian hiss. The Totality's Norinda, a shapeshifting alien, briefly takes on the appearance of an Andorian and other hominids after she is attacked. knife. [Captain's Blood (Pocket, 2003) by William Shatner with Garth and Judith Reeves-Stevens.]

In times of negotiation, Andorians never make concessions. [Captain's Blood (Pocket, 2003) by William Shatner with Garth and Judith Reeves-Stevens.]

Kirk recalls a recent mission on SS Belle Rêve during which an Andorian political prisoner, tortured by Klingons, had died while en route to Deep Space Nine. [Captain's Glory (Pocket, 2006) by William Shatner with Garth and Judith Reeves-Stevens.]

Admiral Janeway tells Kirk his next mission is on Andor, where something has been found under the ice, but he seems to have alternative plans. [Captain's Glory (Pocket, 2006) by William Shatner with Garth and Judith Reeves-Stevens.]

Ele'er of Bre'el IV mistakes a Bolian male for an Andorian chan. Later, an alien observer notes that an Andorian shen is identified as "Gender-two", and Andor itself as "Planet ACI", in the alien's database. [Articles of the Federation (Pocket, 2005) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

Fred MacDougan, of the UFP President's office, has been working closely with the Andorian Genetics Council. [Articles of the Federation (Pocket, 2005) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

The presidential shuttle sh'Rothress is named for the Andorian Avaranthi sh'Rothress, one of the first UFP Presidents. While still a councilor representing Andor, she argued with the president of the day about the criteria for admitting new members into the UFP. [Articles of the Federation (Pocket, 2005) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

Former Starfleet officer and UFP President Thelianaresth th'Vorothishria, also known as Thelian, is too frail to attend the funeral of former President Jaresh-Inyo, but does appear on the current affairs program, Illuminating the City of Light. When he was UFP president, he oversaw the building of Chateau Thelian, in the Loire Valley of France, which is still used by the current President as the official residence. [Articles of the Federation (Pocket, 2005) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

Ythrilasifsa sh'Zathrosia, also known as Ythril, is a former secretary of the interior. [Articles of the Federation (Pocket, 2005) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

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Star Trek: The movies era

Three Andorian ambassadors are in transit at Starfleet Headquarters on Earth during the V'ger crisis. They are of a sub-species of Andorian featuring smaller, tendrill-like antennae located on the forehead. [Star Trek: The Motion Picture.]



Additional Andorians featured in makeup tests. Hominid ears, once assumed unnecessary for an antennaed race, are also visible in close-up stills. [Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Director's Edition DVD bonus material.]



Male Andorians equip themselves with a flabbjellah, a traditional combination of weapon and musical instrument, according to the book The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Susan Sackett and Gene Roddenberry. After settling in Federation space, the Fabrini play soft strains of Andorian flabbjellah music over their public address system. [Ex Machina (Pocket, 2005) by Christopher L Bennett.]



After its famous five-year mission, numerous Andorian crewmembers sign aboard the refitted USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and are present for a briefing about V'ger. [Star Trek: The Motion Picture.]

The food processor units aboard this upgraded USS Enterprise include a wide selection of Andorian cuisine, including akharrad, alardi partinna, dreaak, duuploni, honar, necreena, skopar, sohla t'pocowan and yutann. [Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise (Pocket, July 1987) by Shane Johnson.]



Crewman Shantherin th'Clane is a male Andorian security guard (portrayed by fan extra John Watts) serving aboard the Enterprise and is also present at the V'ger briefing [Star Trek: The Motion Picture]. Identified and named in the novel Ex Machina (Pocket, 2005) by Christopher L Bennett. Character named for Star Trek fan, Ian McLean.

Bosun's Mate zh'Ral is a female crewmember of the Enterprise. [Ex Machina (Pocket, 2005) by Christopher L Bennett.]

Doctor McCoy's ex-wife travels through the Andorian Asteroid Belt on her way to Tarsus II. ["The Real McCoy" (story arc #3), Los Angeles Times syndicated newspaper comic strip, 1980.]



An Andorian crewman discussed the proposed secession of the Zaranites from the UFP. ["The Real McCoy" (story arc #3), Los Angeles Times syndicated newspaper comic strip, 1980.]



An Andorian engineer is part of an Enterprise landing party enslaved by Husians. [Story arc #6, Los Angeles Sunday Times syndicated newspaper comic strip, 1980.]



Aboard only briefly for the new mission under Kirk was the Andorian security guard killed by Klingons during landing party duty. ["The Haunting of Thallus!" and "The Haunting of the Enterprise!", #4-5, Star Trek Series I, Marvel Comics, 1980.]



Lieutenant Theras, an Enterprise biophysicist, was temporarily possessed by the disembodied "Unity". ["Experiment in Vengeance", #9, Star Trek Series I, Marvel Comics, 1980.]



Lieutenant Chekov's Andorian girlfriend, Lieutenant Themon, assisted the landing party to solve a mystery regarding some alien trolls found amid a seemingly-abandoned Andorian colony world, Valerian. Themon's Andorian gemstone necklace is a recognised symbol of friendship. ["There's No Place Like Gnomes", #16, Star Trek Series I, Marvel Comics, 1981.]

Cally Sherrin of XenoBiology Lab IV is selling a best quality, used Andorian b'hiva. It has had one careful owner, no dropouts and no lost meaning, and its warranty still in force. Asking price is 180 credits or best offer. [Spock's World (Pocket, 1988) by Diane Duane.]

One of the alien Designers' holocube displays shows "white-horned" (sic) Andorians. [The Prometheus Design (Pocket, 1982) by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath.]

The Andorian Member of the Federation Council warns about the dangers of the Marie Celeste Sector and complains when his translator is inadequate for converting a Biblical reference to Job and the Devil. [Triangle (Pocket, 1983) by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath.]

A grayth is an Andorian feline. [Triangle (Pocket, 1983) by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath.]

The passenger transport space vessel, A.T.S. Shras, named for the famed ambassador, was featured in the novel Death Count (Pocket, 1992) by LA Graf.

Andorian scientific genius Muav Haslev's disappearance almost caused the outbreak of war in Orion-Andorian space. [Death Count (Pocket, 1992) by LA Graf.] Haslev-Rahn disease, a congenital disorder, is endemic among Shesh-caste Andorians. [Invasion: Deep Space Nine: Time's Enemy (Pocket, 1996) by LA Graf.]

An interactive program of Andorian origin, In-Flight Training, Tri-D Simulation #22715.33, used for helm training on their atmosphere-capable cutters, has evolved into a popular recreation among Starfleet officers. It is now usually referred to simply as Space Cadet. [Rules of Engagement (Pocket, 1992) by Peter Morwood.]

Theras shoorShras of Andor, son of Chief Ambassador Shras, was held hostage and murdered in the Pocket novel, Dwellers in the Crucible (1985) by Margaret Wander Bonanno. Shras is also Prelate of the state religion and, as a sign of the blood-mourning rite, he scars his face and arms in memory of his dead son. Deep scrapes on the forearms are a ritualitistic expression of the ongoing grief of bereavement. [Mission Gamma, Book 2: This Gray Spirit (Pocket, 2002) by Heather Jarman and Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1 (Pocket, 2004).]

The daughter of Shras Endilev, as he is sometimes called, is Phell'nun Endilev. The grandfather of Shras, Sheras Endilev, supposedly helped to found the United Federation of Planets. [The Andorians: Among the Clans (Last Unicorn Games, 1999) by S. John Ross, Steven S. Long and Adam Dickstein.]

Former USS Enterprise yeoman, Tonia Barrows, worked alongside 209 Vulcans, a pair of Andorians, a Coridan, a Phylosian and a Horta, on the Vulcan science vessel, Sakar. [Crucible: McCoy: Provenance of Shadows (Pocket, 2006) by David R George III.]

Starfleet Academy Cadet Theron and Trainee Thiril are colleagues of Saavik. [The short story, "Just Another Little Training Cruise" by AC Crispin, in Enterprise Logs, Pocket, 2000.]

The simulated planetoid of Keti Bandar, featured in Carol Marcus' Project: Genesis presentation [Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan], was a natural satellite of Epsilon Indi. The skewed constellation of the Big Dipper (with an extra star, the Earth's own sun, Sol) can be clearly seen (as explained in the magazine Cinefantastique.) There is no truth to the rumour that blue-coloured Romulan Ale is actually pureed Andorian.



Captain Therin (played by Ian McLean) transferred to the USS Hood, as featured in Data, Kiron III and the New Zealand fanzine, Katra.

Montgomery Scott is a collector of samples of alcoholic beverages, including Andorian wine-analog. ["Scott" in Star Trek II Biographies by William Rotsler, Wanderer, 1982 and "A Vulcan, a Klingon and an Angel" in Star Trek III Short Stories by William Rotsler, Wanderer, 1984.] The drink is also enjoyed by Kirk and Admiral Tatenen. ["The Blaze of Glory" in Star Trek II Short Stories by William Rotsler, Wanderer, 1982.]

The book Andorian Nervous Systems was written by Teresa Flynn, Sc.D. ["Bibliography" in Star Trek II Biographies by William Rotsler, Wanderer, 1982.]



"Enigma" (aka Trisha Fox), a human female with shapeshifting abilities, disguised herself as a male Andorian crew replacement in an effort to kill her father, Ambassador Robert Fox. ["Who is... Enigma?", #6, Star Trek Series I, DC Comics, 1984.]



Journalist Lyndra Dean, of the Proxima News Service, assisted Admiral James T Kirk to clear his name after rescuing Spock from Genesis. ["New Frontiers: Homecoming", #16, Star Trek Series I, DC Comics, 1985.]



A few months later, Commander Thimon, an elderly Andorian with feathery white hair, who had served on the USS Enterprise and USS Excelsior (NX-2000), prepared for his imminent retirement from active service. ["The Trouble with Bearclaw", #29, and "Maggie's World", #31, Star Trek Series I, DC Comics, 1986.]

An unwitting Andorian brings aboard Spock's USS Surak a lethal plague virus, and must be stopped before his shuttle reaches the Romulan Neutral Zone. ["The Doomsday Bug: Death Ship", #34, Star Trek Series I, DC Comics, 1987.]



Melchior was a cruel cohort of "Captain Zair" (aka Garth of Izar) during a plot to assassinate James T Kirk. ["Aspiring to Be Angels", #49, and "Marriage of Inconvenience", #50, Star Trek Series I, DC Comics, 1988; reprinted in the collection Who Killed Captain Kirk? (1993).]



Two Andorian members of Starfleet served as councilors at the trial of James T Kirk and his bridge crew following the destruction of the USS Enterprise and the Genesis planet. One Andorian had a traditional appearance (and was probably Captain Therin!), but the other clearly featured hominid ears, balding hair, white eyebrows, plus the insignia of a Rear Admiral. [Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.] He has since been named as Rear Admiral Igrilan Kor, former captain of the USS Eagle, a vessel with an all-Andorian crew. [Star Trek Roleplaying Game: Narrator's Guide (Decipher, 2002).]

The novelisation 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. [Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.]

Andorians refer to Starfleet as "the army of the stars". [Who's Who in Star Trek #1 (DC Comics, 1987).]



A male Andorian crewmember attends Konom the Klingon's bachelor party, and the wedding of Nancy Bryce and Konom. ["Getaway", #46, through to "Marriage of Inconvenience", #50, DC Comics Series I, 1988); some issues reprinted in Who Killed Captain Kirk? (1993).] This is probably the same Andorian lieutenant seen in later years. ["The Return!", #1, "Repercussions", #4, and "Secrets...", #27, of Star Trek Series II, DC Comics, 1989/1990.]



Presumably the female Andorian on the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) [in the graphic novel Debt of Honor by Chris Claremont (DC Comics, 1992)] is security officer Ensign Lamia, who had previously appeared in JM Dillard's novels.

Several Andorians are known to reside on Nimbus III, the so-called "Planet of Galactic Peace". One inebriated Andorian is easily knocked unconscious by Klingons [in the novelization of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier by JM Dillard (Pocket, 1989).]

Disaffected immigrant miners from the planet Charulh live in Andor's capital city. St. John Talbot negotiates on their behalf with the female Andorian governor, but her son is kidnapped and killed when Talbot inadvertently insults the Charulhans. [Novelization of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier by JM Dillard (Pocket, 1989).]



According to Sybok of Vulcan, the Andorian word for "Eden" cannot be pronounced by non Andorians. [Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.]



One of the many "faces of God" adopted by the evil entity trapped at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy, was said to be that of an "Andorian Christ". (Not visible in the film, but the Andorian guise was featured in DC Comics' adaptation and archival make-up tests and sketches in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Special Edition DVD.)



The Andorian ambassador restrains the Klingon ambassador during an altercation with the Nasgul at a meeting of the Federation Council. ["Repercussions", #4, of Star Trek Series II, DC Comics, 1990.]

Lieutenant Clev is a gamma shift communications officer on the Enterprise during the rescue of crewmembers of the USS Gargarin, which had gone missing eight years earlier. [In the Name of Honor (Pocket, 2002) by Dayton Ward.]

Captain Gralev of the USS Gargarin was a female Andorian. [In the Name of Honor (Pocket, 2002) by Dayton Ward.]

In the original unpublished manuscript (c 1991) by Margaret Wander Bonanno (for the novel, Probe), entitled Music of the Spheres, an assistant curator at the Egyptian Museum on Earth is an Andorian. Sharf is on an Andorian student visa, studying Egyptology. In regard to using people of influence and palm-greasing, Sharf claims that "... it's how we do it on my world." He is told to bite his tongue. "Both of them!"



A bounty hunter, Sweeney, had two Andorian henchmen working for him. James T Kirk, while captive, tried to lull one to sleep by humming a tune into his antennae, but the ploy failed. The second Andorian was rendered unconscious with a phaser. ["Going, Going...", #8, Star Trek Series II, DC Comics, 1990.]



A shady Andorian is described by Trelane as a "regular" at Freighter Stopover Z348/5, also known as Sponaugle's Spawning Ground by the Quellan Sector locals. ["A Little Man to Man Talk", #45, Star Trek Series II, DC Comics, 1993.]

Andorian chargé d'affaires Thak is part of the Enterprise's second mission to visit the Calligar race. He invokes the Andorian deity, Ghu, when taken prisoner. He wins the Zankar-Bowles Prize for creative fiction after writing a musical play based on his experiences with the Calligar. [The Rift (Pocket, 1991) by Peter David.]

Commander Vandar of the Andorian class D-3 starship, Stealth, is on hand to support Thak when negotiations become difficult. [The Rift (Pocket, 1991) by Peter David.]



A female Andorian cadet, Vanda M'Giia (played by Julianna Robinson), participated in a training exercise with Captain Kirk and Commanders Chekov and Sulu. M'Giia was the only survivor of an early Klingon invasion of Lursen Prime, an Andorian colony world. Years later her diplomat father and the rest of her family were said to have been massacred on a disputed planet, Bicea, near the Klingon Neutral Zone. Or were they? [Interplay's multimedia CD-ROM game and Diane Carey (Pocket Books) novelisation, Starfleet Academy (1997).]



After graduating from Starfleet Academy, Vanda served aboard the Federation destroyer USS Hernandez. Klingon Intelligence Services monitors her whereabouts in case it assists in tracking down her father, a Federation ambassador. Vanda has also been linked to radical political movements within the Federation. [The multimedia CD-ROM game, Klingon Academy (Interplay, 2000).]



Dunev M'Giia, father of Vanda, is the current Andorian ambassador to the Federation. He is typically fiery and outspoken when the need arises and a skilled diplomat. However, Dunev is not always fully supportive of Federation policy which Klingon Intelligence Services indicates can be useful if a way can be found to properly apply this knowledge. [Interplay's multimedia CD-ROM game, Klingon Academy (2000).]

Thlema of Andor, a xenopsychologist specialising in Klingons, acts an adviser to the UFP President in the novelisation of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Pocket, 1992) by JM Dillard.

Ambassador Thivan, an Andorian and former engineer, who designed many of Starfleet's leading space facilities, arrives on Alonis to replace Spock when the Vulcan unexpectedly resigns his position with the Bureau of Interplanetary Affairs. [Crucible: Spock: The Fire and the Rose (Pocket, 2006) by David R George III.]

Sarek and Amanda attend a summit on Andor not long after Spock's announcement. [Crucible: Spock: The Fire and the Rose (Pocket, 2006) by David R George III.]



Two Andorian thugs, henchmen of the Klingon mercenary Kort, menaced Uhura and Chekov in the Pocket novel, and DC Comics' adaptation, The Ashes of Eden (1995), by William Shatner with Garth and Judith Reeves-Stevens.



A young Lieutenant Commander Shran was chief engineer of the USS Constellation II in the comic book parody collection, Star Trekker by Atelier Lana (Antarctic Press, 1991).



A pair of Andorians feature on the pre-release cover slick of William Shatner and Chris Kreski's book, Get a Life! (Pocket, 1999). The final cover has them in black and white, surrounded by other aliens.



The United Federation of Planets' President at the time of the first historic meeting with the Legarans was an Andorian, Thelian. [WildStorm comic, Enter the Wolves (2001).] On her last day on the USS Enterprise-E , Lieutenant Christine Vale was reading a hardcopy biography of President Thelian. [Titan: Taking Wing (Pocket, 2005) by Michael A Martin and Andy Mangels.] Thelian's full name is revealed as Thelianaresth th'Vorothishria. [Articles of the Federation (Pocket, 2005) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

In the 24th century, former Starfleet officer and UFP President Thelian is too frail to attend the funeral of former President Jaresh-Inyo, but does appear on the current affairs program, Illuminating the City of Light. When he was UFP president, he oversaw the building of Chateau Thelian, in the Loire Valley of France, which is still used by each President as the official residence. [Articles of the Federation (Pocket, 2005) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

An Andorian female, Thithta, is Communications Officer on the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C) in the short story, "Hour of Fire" by Robert Greenberger, in Enterprise Logs (Pocket, 2000).

An Andorian Starfleet yeoman named Ethari works alongside First Officer Commander Saavik on the USS Armstrong, while Andorian Commander Tholav serves as Science Officer on the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C), in Vulcan's Heart by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz (Pocket, 1999).

Captain Sulu of the USS Excelsior was reminded of the twin moons of Andor when he glanced at the eyes of a surprised Ambassador Aiden Burgess during a mission. [The Lost Era: The Sundered (Pocket, 2003) by Michael A Martin and Andy Mangels.]

Lieutenant Elias Vaughn travels to Space Station KR-3 on the transport vessel Andoria. [The Lost Era: Serpents Among the Ruins (Pocket, 2003) by David R George III.]

Individual Andorian gristhera morsels are a commonly-served hors d'oeuvre at Federation diplomatic functions. [The Lost Era: The Art of the Impossible (Pocket, 2003) by Keith RA DeCandido.]



In an alternate "Yesteryear" timeline, Commander Thelin continues to fulfill the career that Spock could not. Thelin's pale complexion is due to some Aenar heritage. [The Chimes at Midnight by Geoff Trowbridge, in the novella omnibus, Myriad Universes, volume 2 (Pocket Books, 2008).]




Andorians feature in a range of roleplay game sourcebooks and reference guides. [FASA and Last Unicorn Games.]

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TOS: A Rogues' Gallery

A Rogues' Gallery of Andorians

Aggressive by nature, the Andorians' warrior prowess is often underestimated due to their slender bodies and soft, lisping voices. Andorians listen with their heads slightly bowed...

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Star Trek: The Original Series era

Ambassador Shras (played by Reggie Nalder) was the Andorian Ambassador appointed to participate in the negotiations to admit Coridan into the Federation. [Journey to Babel.]


Thelev (played by William O'Connell; stunts by Jim Shepherd) was a minor aide in the ambassadorial party, but he murdered Tellarite Ambassador Gav. Implicating Ambassador Sarek of Vulcan, he then attempted to assassinate Captain James T Kirk of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701). Thelev was revealed to be 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.]



An Andorian drill thrall (played by stunt man Dick Crockett) was rendered unconscious in battle by Captain Kirk while they, and numerous other hominids, were the captive property of the Triskelions. [Gamesters of Triskelion.] In the James Blish episode adaptation, and presumably the original script, this thrall was not an Andorian. Instead, the alien was described as a bald, purple-skinned "thing", with its nose-holes covered by flaps of loose tissue. [Star Trek 12, Bantam, 1977; reprinted by Bantam Spectra in Star Trek: The Classic Episodes 2 in 1991.]



An Andorian (played by Richard Geary) was an inmate of Elba II, a rehabilitation outpost for the criminally insane. [Whom Gods Destroy.] In the short story collection Star Trek 5 (Bantam, 1972), adapted by James Blish, this Andorian was referred to as Tlollu by Lord Garth. [Reprinted by Bantam Spectra in Star Trek: The Classic Episodes 3 in 1991.] It has been revealed that Tlollu was cured of his insanity within two years of receiving the new medicine delivered by Kirk's Enterprise. Returning to his home planet, he recommences a productive existence. [The novel, Garth of Izar (Pocket, March 2003), by Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski.]

Doctor Leonard McCoy's comments about intramuscular injections seem to infer that Andorians have a vastly different circulatory system to other hominids. [Whom Gods Destroy.] This is confirmed in The Brave and the Bold, Book 1: The First Artifact (Pocket, 2002) by Keith RA DeCandido, when Doctor Dave Derubbio's successful treatment for an Andorian virus causes cardiac arrest in a human.



One of the human patients at Elba II can be seen wearing a traditional Andorian suede tabard. [Whom Gods Destroy.]



Krotus was a noted historical despot who, in the opinion of Fleet Captain Garth of Izar, was among others who failed to achieve Garth's ideal of ultimate conquest. [Whom Gods Destroy.] Krotus was the Ka'Thelan Conqueror of Andoria, who forced the Andorian populace into a new cultural and technological era. His empire ultimately crumbled and he was murdered by his own daughter. [The Andorians: Among the Clans by S John Ross, Steven S Long and Adam Dickstein (Last Unicorn Games, 1999) and Enterprise: The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing by Michael A. Martin.]



Several Andorian researchers were killed on Memory Alpha by alien entities. [The Lights of Zetar.]

A genius mentioned together with Einstein and Daystrom of Earth and Sikar of Vulcan, was Kazanga. [The Ultimate Computer.] According to the Spaceflight Chronology (Pocket, 1980) by Stan and Fred Goldstein, he is said to have been an Andorian who postulated the theoretical basis for warp communication not long after "first contact".



Commander Thelin (voiced by James Doohan) was the alternate timeline replacement for Enterprise's First Officer Spock, created when the normal timeline was broken. He vanished again when Spock travelled through the Guardian of Forever time gate. It is revealed that Andorians, typically, are not known for charity. Thelin states that a warrior race has few sympathies, but that one that they do have is for family. [Yesteryear, an episode of Filmation's Star Trek Animated; Mr Spock's Time Trek View-Master adaptation.] Spock later discovers that his reality's Thelin served as second-in-command on the USS Ticonderoga and, one year after his posting, was killed in an avalanche during a survey mission on an unexplored planet. [Crucible: Spock: The Fire and the Rose (Pocket, 2006) by David R George III.]

In an alternate "Yesteryear" timeline, Commander Thelin continues to fulfill the career that Spock could not. Thelin's pale complexion is due to some Aenar heritage. [The Chimes at Midnight by Geoff Trowbridge, in the novella omnibus, Myriad Universes, volume 2 (Pocket Books, 2008).]



An Andorian spokesperson, stranded with his crew (one seen in silhouette), was a member of the multi-racial Elysian Council in the "Sargasso Sea" region of space known as the Delta Triangle. [The Time Trap, an episode of Filmation's Star Trek Animated.] The Councilor was still in office when Elysia was visited by the USS Lovell [S.C.E.: Where Time Stands Still (Pocket eBook, 2004) by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore.]

Beyond the Classic and Animated Series

The darkly reticent Andorian science officer of USS Bombay is Lieutenant Thanashal ch'Shonnas, also known as Shal. [Vanguard: Harbinger (Pocket, 2005) by David Mack.]

Starbase 47's Andorian dentist is Doctor Thelex. He has a rare sense of humour and wears spectacles with octagonal lenses. [Vanguard: Harbinger (Pocket, 2005) by David Mack.]

The salvage bay at Starbase 47 is supervised by Master Chief Shalas, an Andorian female. [Vanguard: Harbinger (Pocket, 2005) by David Mack.]

There is an Andorian eresh'tha (place of worship) on Starbase 47. Its senior member of the clergy is Zharran sh'Rassa. [Vanguard: Harbinger (Pocket, 2005) by David Mack.]

Andorian ensigns on the USS Endeavour, th'Shendileth and sh'Dastisar, complain that the ship's food slots are seemingly not programmed to deliver Andorian cuisine, but the problem is faulty meal cards. [Vanguard: Summon the Thunder (Pocket, 2006) by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore.]

An Andorian thaan, a Starfleet lieutenant, is a security guard on Starbase 47. [Vanguard: Summon the Thunder (Pocket, 2006) by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore.]

A scantily-clad Andorian zhen feeds fruit to Orion trader Ganz on his ship, the Omari-Ekon. [Vanguard: Summon the Thunder (Pocket, 2006) by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore.]

Starfleet Academy Cadet Vrathev zh'Ethre was once treated for psychotic beserker fits. It was discovered that the parafa, the Andorian equivalent of the human adrenal gland, had been hypercharged. Cures for Andorian viruses do not necessarily work on humans, even though xelaxine, a serum by-product, is toxic to both. [The First Artifact in The Brave and the Bold, Book 1 (Pocket, 2002) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

Andorians are immune to the siren-like effects of female Paladonians. [The First Artifact in The Brave and the Bold, Book 1 (Pocket, 2002) by Keith RA DeCandido.]

Doctor Shona Exar was a female Andorian biologist with twin sons. The boys' physiologies reflected their parents' mixed heritage; Shona's husband, Albar, was a red-skinned Fornaxian. The boys had purple skin, black hair and Andorian antennae, but they were complete opposites in personality. It was revealed that the scientists had produced a single hybrid child by natural means. Internal incompatibilities made it necessary to "twin" him with experimental 23rd century technology [in Ni Var by Claire Gabriel, Star Trek: The New Voyages 1; edited by Marshak and Culbreath, Bantam, 1976).]



A geophysicist named Doctor Stoy Aaraka was suspected of a murder on board the USS Enterprise . ["Sweet Smell of Evil", #48, Gold Key Comics, 1977.]

A faulty medical tricorder registers that Kirk's landing party are suffering from Andorian distemper, a disease fatal only to Andorian camels, which the tricorder insists they have become! Spock and Uhura speak in various Federation languages, including Andorian, to avoid the cybernetic Shechenag aliens from translating their plans for escape. It is discovered that an ancient Andorian folktale, similar in theme to the Irish story of Brigadoon, seems to relate to Tlaoli, the site of The Janus Gate. Most Andorian storytellers end their tales with a message about the protagonist's heart regaining "lost desire". [The Janus Gate trilogy by LA Graf (Pocket, 2002).]

Ambassador Robert Fox once resolved an Andorian-Tellarite conflict early in his career. [Errand of Fury: Seeds of Rage by Kevin Ryan (Pocket, 2005).]

Andorian Vilashrel th'Rithsiria, also known as Shrel, was chief of staff to the United Federation of Planets' President Wescott. [Errand of Fury: Seeds of Rage by Kevin Ryan (Pocket, 2005); Errand of Fury: Demands of Honor by Kevin Ryan (Pocket, 2007).]



One pirate who invades the Enterprise is an Andorian [in the graphic novel All of Me and reprinted in the compilation Other Realities (WildStorm, 2001).] Most of his cohorts are Orion.



Duplicates of Armand St. John appear to the Enterprise crew [in All of Me and the compilation Other Realities (WildStorm, 2001). While the real St. John is human, his duplicates have the physiology of many hominid races known to the Federation. One of these duplicates is an Andorian.

A homeless Andorian girl with atrophied antennae, is attacked on a planet (catalogued as TNC 50) by a robotic Klingon assassin. Andorians had once searched this heat-stressed planet in a bid to understand their own pre-nova sun. [Memory Prime by Gar and Judith Reeves-Stevens (Pocket, 1988).]

H'rar is the male Andorian assistant of Chief Administrator Salman Nensi, of the Memory Prime library facility. H'rar wears a ceremonial dagger and believes, like most Andorians, that all of existence is "a life-or-death conspiracy". His boss finds it an endearing trait. H'rar has cobalt-coloured blood and can speak in Lesser Andorian. Uhura can speak Greater Andorian. [Memory Prime by Gar and Judith Reeves-Stevens (Pocket, 1988).]

One thousand years ago, long before joining the United Federation of Planets, the Andorians had all their lawyers executed. [Memory Prime by Gar and Judith Reeves-Stevens (Pocket, 1988).]

Captain Farl and his Andorian troopers (one a sublieutenant) are assigned to protect the Memory Prime library facility. Farl's regulation light armour has small strips of gral fur crisscrossed over the chest plate, an allowable concession to his clan standing. Like most Andorians, Farl has no concept of "personal space". He calls his troopers his "little brothers". When no escape pods remain, and an explosion is imminent, he tells one Andorian technician, a private, that revenge for their deaths will fill the next 1000 years on Andor. [Memory Prime by Gar and Judith Reeves-Stevens (Pocket, 1988).]

When a supposedly-Vulcan assassin "bleeds" blue liquid, he is assumed to be a disguised Andorian, but the liquid is coolant, from a robotic construct. [Memory Prime by Gar and Judith Reeves-Stevens (Pocket, 1988).]



The rebellious Sharav was responsible for the poaching of rare Berengarian dragonhorns. Sharav has a partial exoskeleton. [The Dragons of Berengaria: Part Two by Brian Franczak in Enterprise Incidents #8, 1980.]




Sharav had a team of four Andorian hunting colleagues. [The Dragons of Berengaria: Part Two by Brian Franczak in Enterprise Incidents #8, 1980.]

Doctor Threllvon-da and his team of fellow Andorian scientists, appeared in the novel The Klingon Gambit (Pocket, 1981) by Robert E Vardeman.

An Andorian scout ship is featured in Dreams of the Raven by Carmen Carter (Pocket, 1987).

A red-blooded hominid disguised as an Andorian is found stabbed in How Much for Just the Planet? by John M Ford (Pocket, 1987).

The Andorian Doctor Nomias Gzin was a representative of the Federation Xenological Institute based on Elcidar Beta III in the Pocket Books novel Ghost Walker (1991) by Barbara Hambly.

The Assan was an ancient class of Andorian weavers. During a time of global pestilence, called The Scourge, they were restricted in their movements. Telev belongs to the ancient Healer class and is the last of his profession to survive. Avae, Evalla, Sathev and Shaav, all sufferers of the disease, are cured by Telev's Bane. [The Next Generation: The Devil's Heart (Pocket, 1993) by Carmen Carter.]



The science officer of the USS Kobayashi Maru II is an Andorian in The Best of Star Trek compilation (DC Comics, 1991). He had been depicted as a redshirt in the original comic annual. ["The Final Voyage", #A2, Star Trek Series I, 1986.]



A pair of animated cartoon Andorian Starfleet "redshirt" recruits (one male, one female) made a brief appearance in an Animaniacs episode. They are duped into missing their assignment to Kirk's Enterprise. [Star Truck.]



A science fiction convention attendee, dressed as a female Andorian with star-shaped antennae cups, has a cameo in a Dexter's Laboratory episode. [Star Check Unconventional.]



At a different science fiction convention, a male attendee is dressed as an Andorian in a cameo in a Family Guy episode. [Not All Dogs Go to Heaven.]

Klingon warriors rob Starbase 6's vault by loading security crates of Andorian exchange units onto the USS Bakker. ["Action of the Tiger" in Star Trek Unlimited, #2, (Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1997).]

A pod of Petraw took advantage of an unnamed Andorian merchant deep in the Beta Quadrant, tricking him out of his vessel and stranding him on a Class-M planet. [Gateways novel One Small Step by Susan Wright (Pocket, 2001)].

The tall, well-mannered Andorian Errico blushes purple when embarrassed. [The novel Sanctuary by John Vornholt (Pocket, 1992)].

Listed on a race manifest is Eienven, a space vessel that represented Andor, Epsilon Indi, in the Great Starship Race of 2269. Its Andorian captain was Thais. [The Great Starship Race (1993) by Diane Carey.]

Several Andorian Enterprise crewmembers are part of a group of singers who regularly congregate on the Rec Deck. [The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane (Pocket, 1983).]

An Enterprise crewmember is the Andorian Ensign Lihwa [in the Pocket novel My Enemy, My Ally (1984) by Diane Duane.

Captain Kirk and his crew play host to an Andorian ambassador named Thelev in the Pocket Books novel Mindshadow (1986) by JM Dillard, but this may be a typographical error (ie Shras?)].

Enterprise security officer Ensign Lamia is a young Andorian woman with startling celery-green eyes [in the Pocket novels of JM Dillard: Bloodthirst (1987) and The Lost Years (1989)].



Commander Therin (played by Ian McLean) was a crewmember of the USS Enterprise and made his literary debut in an Australian fanzine, Beyond Antares. Therin also starred in two audiovisual productions, Sale of the 23rd Century and Perfect Botch, later transferring to the USS Hood, as featured in Data, Kiron III and the New Zealand fanzine, Katra.

Eight Andorians are part of the usual 17-crewmember complement of the cruiser USS Raven under Captain Ross Fontaine. [Black Fire by Sonni Cooper (Pocket, 1983).]

An Andorian pirate with one droopy antennae serves with the renegade Captain Astro and is killed because he does not trust a disguised Spock. [Black Fire by Sonni Cooper (Pocket, 1983).]

Gary Seven believes that the fishing community of Blackwaterfoot on Earth sounds like something badly translated from Andorian. [The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume II by Greg Cox (Pocket, 2002)].

Commander Araev zh'Rhun is first officer of the USS Lovell, which visits Elysia in the Delta Triangle on a rescue mission for the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. [S.C.E.: Where Time Stands Still (Pocket eBook, 2004) by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore; Vanguard: Summon the Thunder (Pocket, 2006) by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore.]



An Andorian captain of the starship Fermat joins Kirk at a high-level briefing at Starbase 6. ["Action of the Tiger" in Star Trek Unlimited, #2, (Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1997).]



Spock consults with Acting Captain Sharag of the Fermat while Kirk and the Andorian's captain are at Starbase 6. ["Action of the Tiger" in Star Trek Unlimited, #2, (Marvel/Paramount Comics, 1997).]

A male Andorian Starfleet nurse is posted to the intensive care ward on Starbase 10. [Crucible: Spock: The Fire and the Rose (Pocket, 2006) by David R George III.]



Lieutenant B'fuselek (played by Joshua Caleb, aka Josh Johnson), is communications officer on the USS Exeter in the fan-created episode Starship Exeter: The Savage Empire by Jimm & Josh Johnson. He also features in the theatrical documentary Trekkies.

Lieutenant B'fuselek also features in the fan-created live-action episode, Starship Exeter: The Tressaurian Intersection and the proposed Starship Exeter: The Atlantis Invaders.



An Andorian spy, Number Seven (played by Brian Peter), is loyal to Kinthmus and the Tri'Leth Brotherhood of Epsilon Indi IV. He also serves as a liaison between Andorian rebel groups and their Klingon allies, which causes havoc for the crew of the Exeter. [The Savage Empire.] (A revised Andorian seal is featured on B'fuselek's home planet. [The Savage Empire; courtesy of Jimm Johnson.])




Many Andorian scholars regard Kinthmus (played by Keith St. Louis) as the greatest statesman of his day. Once a provincial governor of Epsilon Indi IV, he now leads the Tri'Leth, a renegade clan of dissident Andorians. In his fanatical quest to force Andorian withdrawl from the Federation, Kinthmus has enlisted the help of the Klingons. They have provided him with a device that stifles interplanetary communications. It prevents the Andorian government from contacting Starfleet. [The Savage Empire.]



Father of Commander Therin, Senator Therin ae'Shefareth (played by Ian McLean), represents the Andorian Planetary Council and advises the Exeter. [The Savage Empire.]



Therin Park can be found on Andor. [Andor: Paradigm, a novella by Heather Jarman in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Book 1, Pocket, 2004.]



The Andorian lithtor is an aggressive, antennaed, reptilian species found on Epsilon Indi IV. It is capable of devouring a hominid. [The Savage Empire.]


Lieutenant B'fuselek returned in the fan-created, online comic based on Star Trek Animated, Starship Exeter: Home is Not a Place.

Prior to returning to Starfleet for the V'ger crisis, Doctor McCoy had worked at the Bruggeman-Johnson Medical Research Center with an Andorian chirurgeon named Shivol, whom McCoy calls Shiv. The Andorian has pale blue skin, a bald pate and white antennae. [Crucible: McCoy: Provenance of Shadows (Pocket, 2006) by David R George III.]

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