Andorian

**Andorians** were a bipedal mammalian species from the moon Andoria, which served as the center of the Andorian Empire and was a founding member of the United Federation of Planets.

They were known as ***Muan'dor*** in their own language of Andorii, ***Ghelni*** in their language of Graalen, as ***Andorha*** in Rihan, ***'anDorngan*** in tlhIngan Hol, and ***Andor'yan*** in Bajorai.

*For a list of Andorian individuals, see Category:Andorians.*

## History

At the beginning of Andoria's space age, most Theskians boarded sleeper ships bound for a distant star and left the moon. Those few that remained behind intermarried with the other Andorian races and the distinctive yellow hair of the Theskians disappeared by 2050. The emigrants eventually settled on a new world, naming it Theskia. It would be over 350 years before contact was again established between the Theskians and the rest of the Andorians.

In 2205, the USS *Shenlong* discovered Theskia while on a survey mission. Commander Phell zh'Endilev, the Andorian executive officer, took a shuttle down to Ikari City and became the first non-Theskian Andorian to visit the world. Formal relations both with the Federation and Andoria were reestablished. Within ten years, Theskia had joined the burgeoning Federation and Theskians once more lived on the moon of their birth.

## Biology

Most Andorians had white hair, bluish skin, and a set of two antennae, known is *miralni* (sing. *miral*).

Five distinct subspecies evolved on their icy moon. The most common, the Thalassan, had ridged foreheads and skin of lighter hues of blue. The Talish Andorians had a wider range of skin hues than the Thalassans and bore creases on their cheeks and bony protrusions over their eyes. The Bish'ee were distinguished by their teal-hued skin and antennae set further back on the skull. The yellow hair of the Theskians was unique amongst Andorians. The most rare subspecies were the Aenar. They closely resembled the Thalassan, but were white-skinned, blind, and possessed very powerful telepathic abilities. They were also believed to be extinct for many generations before being rediscovered in 2104.

Sherah zh'Priinia, a Bish'ee zhen.Thy'kir Shran, a Talish thaan.
The Andorian species consisted of four biological sexes. These were known as *zhen*, *shen*, *thaan*, and *chan*. The first two, zhens and shens, were roughly equivalent to females in other lifeforms, while the latter two, thaans and chans, were analogous to males. In the four sex reproductive system, the *shen* produced the egg, which was then fertilized by the *thaan* and *chan*, before being passed to the z*hen* who would then carry the offspring to term, though not contribute genetically to it. The union of all four bondmates for the purpose of reproduction was known as the *shelthreth.*

For generations, the species had trouble maintaining adequate population growth due to this complicated reproduction system. They originally needed all four genders to reproduce, until Tana sh'Elaith and Thysharthan ch'Uraan developed a treatment that allowed reproduction to require only one *chan* or *than* coupled with a z*hen* or *shen*.

### Diet

Andorians were biologically omnivorous, though individual diets would vary depending on several factors.

## Appendices

### Connections

**Starship classes:** *Atlira* • *Ilthirin* • *Kloneeth* • *Kumari* (*Charal* • *Chimesh* • *Khyzon* • *Kuthar* • *Thozyn*) • *Omtil* • *Sevaijen* • *Shola*

**Agencies:** Starfleet • Diplomatic Corps • Department of Temporal Investigations • Federation Security Agency

**Facilities:** 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards • Antares Ship Yards • Beta Antares Ship Yards • Copernicus Ship Yards • Laikan Starfleet Shipyards • McKinley Station • Memory Project • New Aberdeen Shipyards • Proxima Maintenance Yards • Salazaar Shipyards • San Francisco Fleet Yards • TL-9139 Starfleet Maintenance Yards • Tranquility Base • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards

### Sources consulted

* Andorian article at *Memory Alpha*.
* Andorian article at *Memory Beta*.
* Andorian article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.
* Aenar article at *Memory Alpha*.
* Aenar article at *Memory Beta*.
* Thalassan article at *Memory Beta*.
* Theskian article at *Memory Beta*.
* *Star Trek Roleplaying Game* module - *Among the Clans: The Andorians*.