Andorians
The Andorians are an alien species that feature in Star Trek.
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History
The Andorians were a humanoid species that were native to the icy moon of Andoria. During their early history, a branch of their race diverged into telepathic subspecies known as the Aenar who retreated into the Northern Wastes where they were considered a myth. (ENT: The Aenar)
Ice-cutters were used by them to navigate their homeworld with the first to circumnavigate it being the Kumari that was a name carried by future Andorian vessels. (ENT: United)
Andorians were considered a neighboring race to the Vulcans though they held a hostile relationship with them. One aspect of this was that the Andorian Imperial Guard came to believe that the Vulcans maintained a covert surveillance installation hidden underneath the monastery at P'Jem in the mid-22nd century. This saw two attempts by Andorians to aggressively force their way into the monastery to uncover the facility but discovered nothing but Vulcan monks at the site. Tensions between Andoria and Vulcan were noted for being high that could only lead to an escalation in hostilities. In 2151, another attempt was made by the Imperial Guard to investigate the P'Jem monastery with this being led by Commander Shran. At this point, the Enterprise NX-01 led by Captain Jonathan Archer of Earth's Starfleet had been visiting the monastery with his Vulcan Subcommander T'Pol. This led to the first contact between Humans and Andorians though the Imperial Guard became suspicious of the arrival as they believed this was further proof of a Vulcan covert program. Despite proclaiming no such installation, it was discovered by the Earth crew that the Vulcans had indeed been using the monastery to hide a surveillance array with this being openly shown to the Imperial Guard by T'Pol. As a result, Vulcan reputation had been severely impact as a result of this incident. (ENT: The Andorian Incident) Following the incident, the P'Jem monastery was destroyed whilst the Andorians came to believe that the Vulcans were preparing for a war against them. As such, they kept watch over Vulcan activities that included covertly observing Captain Sopek of the Ni'Var as he was the chief officer over a region of space that included Coridan. They were also involved in an in-depth operation that covertly placed operatives on the planet Coridan's whose government had allied with Vulcan but faced numerous groups that opposed them. Commander Shran was present on the planet when Captain Archer was kidnapped by a dissident movement and moved to rescue him. However, Captain Sopek accused the Andorians in breaking the Tau Ceti Accords but an attempt on the Vulcan's life by a Coridan rebel was stopped by Subcommander T'Pol thus stopping further hostilities. (ENT: Shadows of P'Jem)
Overview
Their physiology made intravenous injection impossible which forced physicians to administer medication through intramuscular injections instead. (TOS: Whom Gods Destroy)
They were considered a militaristic, suspicious and volatile species by the Vulcans. (ENT: The Andorian Incident)
Within Andorian tradition was the Ushaan that was a duel to the death where participants found with hand-held ice-cutting blades called the Ushaan-Tor. Under the rules, there was a right of substitution allowing combatants to choose another warrior to fight in their place. There were 12,000 amendments to the honor code that governed the Ushaan with one stating that either combatant was able to postpone the duel indefinitely if the participant was married and had no children to continue their clan. The fight could be settled when a combatant was rendered defenceless. (ENT: United)
Members of the Andorian Imperial Guard that died far from home could count on their companions to transport a part of them back to Andoria's ices. A special honour was the blood of a dead person being taken to the Wall of Heroes located on their homeworld. (ENT: United)
The phonetic patterns in certain Andorian dialects were noted to hold frequency distortions within them. (Episode: Vox Sola)
Members
- Thy'lek Shran :
- Talas :
- Shras :
- Keval : a male Andorian soldier that was under Shran's command during the investigation of the Vulcan monastery at P'Jem in 2151. (Episode: The Andorian Incident)
Notes
Alternate Versions
- In the Mirror Universe, it was shown that the Andorians existed in this alternate reality. They were portrayed as being conquered members of the Terran Empire. Some members of their kind participated in the rebellion against the Terran Imperial Starfleet that was broken by Captain Jonathan Archer through the use of the U.S.S. Defiant. (ENT: In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II)
In other media
Video games
- In Star Trek Online, Andorians appeared as playable characters in the setting of the MMORPG video game.
Appearances
- Star Trek: "Journey to Babel"
- Star Trek: Enterprise: "The Andorian Incident"
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