Pandronian Pandronians were a species of colony creature s native to planet Pandro . As of 2270 , the Federation had recently made first contact with Pandronians . As colony creature s , Pandronians existed as cooperative beings made up of discrete organisms . Consequently , the concept of an individual held a unique meaning for Pandronians , who referred to the colony as " this one " instead of the more expected " I " used by most humanoid species . The separate organisms that constituted a unique Pandronian may have also , over the course of time , " disassembled " and reassembled with other creatures creating a new colony and effectively terminating the existence of the previous unique Pandronian . The individual organisms of a Pandronian were autonomous to a large extent . All parts were mobile on their own , through both bipedal locomotion and a form of levitation which has not been fully explained . Pandronians were typically of comparable height to Human s and Vulcan s . They had green skin with tufts of red hair , large eyes , and a slightly down - turned mouth . Young Pandronians were referred to as " eggling s " , suggesting that they were laid in eggs , not born live . ( ) Background information . Pandronians were first named " Schlossers , " then " Shlossers , " prior to the advent of their eventual name . They were initially conceived as a newly - discovered race from a part of the galaxy that had only recently been explored . ( " The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration " , pp . 51 & 52 ) The Pandronians ' appearance was at first far different from what it ultimately became . In an initial outline , a member of the species was described as a " bright blue - green creature like a giant tribble with arms and legs . " The alien ' s detachable limbs were frequently referred to as " graspers and walkers , " however . ( " The Trek 25th Anniversary Celebration " ) Additionally , the aliens were originally conceived as essentially consisting of two main parts . Writer David Gerrold recalled , " " Actually , the original conception was that [ it ] would be two creatures in one , two species that lived in symbiotic partnership . " " ( " Bem " audio commentary ) The alien species was initially to have been created for . David Gerrold recounted , " " I ' d said , ' Here ' s how I think we can do the costume , ' and I ' d done a sketch . " " His idea of using costuming to depict the alien was inspired by the fact that , as a student of the theater arts department at Cal State University at Northridge , he had recently taken part in an elaborately - costumed production of " Winnie the Pooh " in which he had played a rabbit . " " It made me think what we could do with costumes to be outlandish , " " Gerrold explained . " " And so I thought if we got two short people or two little people , one to play the bottom half of the creature and the other to play the top half , we could have some fun here . " " ( " Bem " audio commentary ) He elaborated , " " [ The ] two - part creature [ . . . ] would be played by a very sturdy , short person who would be carrying a very short , shorter person on his back . " " The alien ' s creation was made easier , so thought Gerrold , by the fact that it was , instead , ultimately done for , since animating the alien ' s many parts was a lot more manageable than having to worry about building a costume and finding suitable actors . ( " Drawn to the Final Frontier - The Making of " Star Trek : The Animated Series " " , ) There was a similar species to the Pandronians , the Zykarian , in the 1979 - 1980 " Buck Rogers " TV series episode " Journey to Oasis " . The Zykarian character , Ambassador Arom Duvoe , was played by actor Mark Lenard .