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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.]
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| Enterprise crewmember The Motion Picture | Shantherin th'Clane The Motion Picture | Crewmember LA Times strip | Engineer LA Times strip | Ensign, Security (Deceased) Marvel Comics |
Prior to returning to Starfleet for the Vejur crisis, Doctor McCoy worked at the Bruggeman-Johnson Medical Research Center with 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.]
Crewman Shantherin th'Clane is a male Andorian security guard 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.]
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| Biophysicist Lt Theras Marvel Comics | Sociologist Lt Themon Marvel Comics | "Enigma" in Andorian guise DC Comics | Lyndra
Dean of Proxima News Service DC Comics | Commander Thimon DC Comics |
Lieutenant Chekov's Andorian girlfriend, Lieutenant Themon, assisted the landing party to solve a mystery regarding some alien trolls found amid an abandoned colony. 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 a 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.]
Andorian scientific genius Muav Haslev and the passenger transport space vessel known as A.T.S. Shras were featured in the novel Death Count (Pocket, 1992) by LA Graf. Haslev's disappearance almost caused the outbreak of war in Orion-Andorian space.
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.
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.]
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| Captain Therin USS Hood | Melchior DC Comics | UFP Councillor The Voyage Home | Igrilan Kor, UFP Councillor The Voyage Home |
Melchior, was a cruel cohort of "Captain Zair" (in reality, 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 councillors 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)]
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Lamia USS Enterprise Pocket & DC | Andorian "Christ" Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | Ambassador Federation Council DC Comics |
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 enebriated 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. One of the many "faces of God" adopted by the evil entity trapped at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy [Star Trek V: The Final Frontier], 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!"
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| Sweeney's henchman DC Comics | Sweeney's henchman DC Comics | Regular at Freighter bar DC Comics | Cadet Vanda M'Giia Starfleet Academy Interplay | Dunev
M'Giia Klingon Academy Interplay |
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.]
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| Andorian thugs The Ashes of Eden Pocket/DC | Lt Cmdr Shran Star Trekker Antarctic Press | William
Shatner and friends Get a Life! | President Thelian Enter the Wolves WildStorm Comics |
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.
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, surroundedby 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.]
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.]
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| The Federation FASA RPG | The
Mines of Selka FASA RPG | ST IV Sourcebook Update FASA RPG | The
Andorians: Among the Clans LUG RPG |
Andorians feature in a range of roleplay game sourcebooks and reference guides.
2003 Andorian cover art competition
Star Trek's Lower Decks: a novel approach
A Rogues' Gallery of Bolians, the other blue-skinned race
Races of the United Federation of Planets
Toon Trek: References to Filmation's Star Trek: The Animated Series in latter day tie-ins
Special thanks to Christopher L Bennett, author of the Star Trek novel, Ex Machina
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Paramount/Marvel Comics, WildStorm/DC Comics, FASA and Last Unicorn Games.
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Therin © 1980 by
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