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Andorians
Andorians are humanoid-like beings that combines both, mammalian and insectoid characteristics. They possess an internal skeleton, like other humanoid races, but they have, too, a limited exoskeleton, an insectoid trace, which helps the protection of the limbs and the torso. They are taller than the average terran, and quite noticeable are their blue skin and antennae. The fact that their melanin contains a high level of non-radioactive cobalt is responsible by the blue skin. Majority of the Andorians has white hair, but there is a small group, about 15%, that has black hair.
The Andorian vision is given by 2 organs: the eyes and the antennae (the antennae have a function in hearing too). the Andorian eyes can’t perceive colors, the retina is made of intensity-sensitive pins and can just perceive different gray scales, but they are responsible by a great 3D sense. The light-sensitive pins in the antenna are responsible by the color perceiving, and they cover all color spectrum visible by human eyes, and some infrared wavelengths too. The fact that they have 4 light-receptive organs, their depth perception is more accurate than most humanoid races.
The Andorian audition is, too, superior to most humanoid races, due to the use of ears and antennae too. The limitation with the antennae is that they are mono-directional, so they must be turned to the sound font. On other hand, they are responsible for a great range of frequencies.
The Andorian antennae are very sensible to pain, because quite large number of nerves are there. So, in Starfleet, when they are in combat training, real combat or doing any activity that can injury that head area, they use special helmets.
The Andorians are generally stronger and have better lung capacity than human, because they have a thinner atmosphere and higher gravity than Earth. Their strength is between Humans and Vulcans, and they have similar endurance that Vulcans have. At thinner atmospheres, Andorians can be more efficient than Humans. Andorians have one of the fastest reacton time among Federation races, above Humans and even above Vulcans
Andorian life span is about 130 Andorian years (about 180 Terran years). Andorians are born from eggs. The eggs remain in the female about 11 months, and then it takes more 1-2 months after they are put out to the new Andorian be born. They need constant care at this period. Although the adults have a big endurance, Andorian new-born children are very weak, even more than Humans, and they demand a lot of care. Just after the birth, it's very common to put them in a incubator that controls the external heat, heart, lungs and digestive system activity; they remains there at least until their 5th week. The mortality rate among babies that are not put in an incubator is about 27%.
One Andorian weak point is that their homeothermal system are not so developed, and their bodies have difficult to keep the temperature control in external temperatures over 30ºC. Andorian body temperature is about 29ºC, and the optimal external temperature for an Andorian is about 17 C .Though good temperatures for Andorians is not so low as would Tellarites consider good, there is a prolem when external temperatures rises above 30ºC: the Andorian body produces a higher amount of some enzimes to compensate that make them be easily irritable. How higher the temperature, more irritable they become. That's the main reason that Andorians, instinctively, construcut their homes and cities in the underground: it's something colder, and then, better to their bodies keep temperature.
Andorian is a very inteligent race, they possess a strong sense of duty and they are very disciplinated. They were one of few races that developed by itself the warp drive technology. They are hard-workers, feeling theirselves uncomfortable when they are in purely recreational activities. They are something stoic, and avoid, too, many strong personnel relations. Although they dislike purely recreational activities, they see art as an important factor in their culture, so they cultivate art as much as science. They are founds of technology, and they scientists are very requested in the Federation. Andorians are, by nature, warriors, but as they matured as a race, they learned how to control this side. A factor that helps a lot is that Andorians are quite logical beings. However, once unleashed, Andorian savagery and fighting habilities are almost unequalled. This aggressivity comes because Andorians have a lot of energy. Like the Vulcans, they were a war-like race in their past, admittedly a viloent one, but then, as they developed as a race, they put this energy, formerly agressive, directed to work and duty.
Andorians are quite cool thinkers, and generally they think and act rationally, but they cultivate their emotions,
that are strong, too, instead of pure logic devotion. Sometimes they can be irritated to a point that they lose their
reason. It’s famous their temper, but two points help to understand it: first, the fact that they don’t respond so
well to high temperatures is a factor that makes them be easily irritable due to some enzimes produce by their
bodies in such circunstances; and second, their culture has a strong taboo against the appearance of frivolity.
Generally they don’t hide what they are feeling from others, but they show in a discrete way. They have a
martial spirit, and the only sports that they cultivate are the martial arts, what make Andorians exceptionally
good in combat.
Andorians possess a different humor sense from Humans, what make some people see them as humorless beings, what is not true. They don’t see humor in the common Human humor, and the opposite is true too, the Humans don’t have pleasure with the Andorian humor, but it because Andorians have a peculiar sense of humor, different from other races.
Andorians, then, cultivate their logic without putting aside their emotions
