Talk: Andorian

Votes for featured article

• Andorian - complete and comprehensive. 'Nuff said. --Gvsualan 00:36, 14 Apr 2005 (EDT)
  • I dont think there's anything more to be added. Ottens 08:49, 15 Apr 2005 (EDT)
  • Support - the background information is very comprehensive. zsingaya 15:15, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Support - One of the best species pages I've come across. AJHalliwell 15:24, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • DS9 references need to be completed. Tyrant 15:21, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)Tyrant
    • Mind clarifying what specifically? --Gvsualan 18:23, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
      • "Several other DS9 episodes" needs to be clarified. Episodes need to be listed for the sake of listing in the references section, plus I'm a little worried that if we don't know the episodes we could be missing information. I'm not against it being featured, but I would like to see the page finished. Tyrant 18:34, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)Tyrant
        • I've added all the missing ones that mentions anything andorian. so that should clear that objection up. --Dalen 19:42, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    • The page is finished in terms of what should be found there. Nothing from the "several other" has anything to do with what should be included in this article. Those episodes refer to everything mentioned |Society//See Also| and various Andorian animals on the Andoria page. --Gvsualan 06:54, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
      • I still don't think this deserves to be given any objections. --Gvsualan 13:52, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
        • Support The page has been completed since my objection. Nice work Dalen. Tyrant 14:06, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)Tyrant
  • Support - I support it. Basically only minor polishing and stuff from upcoming episodes remain to be added. --Dalen 16:06, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

High temperature susceptibility

Andorians are very susceptible to high temperatures, an Andorian can lose 10% of its body weight in as little as two days in climates approaching the boiling point of water.

I haven't seen the episode in question, and I don't doubt it's true that Andorians are susceptible, but the wording of the sentence seems weird to me. The boiling point of water is 212° F or 100° C—even at temperatures in the 90s and 100s (° F) humans have dehydration-related problems, and certainly would not survive at temperatures approaching 200° F. Knowledge Seeker 05:38, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• I agree it's a bit odd wording. But it's basically the wording Shran uses when he says it. --Dalen 19:45, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • It is basically word-for-word how he said it, but it deserves re-wording here cause that is awkwardly phrased. - AJHalliwell 07:11, 11 Jul 2005 (UTC)

• • • Agree, In fact, if the andorians only lose 10% of their weight after two days at 100°c, they are extraordinary resistant to high temperatures, since such 100°c would kill a human in a matter of minutes. Unless of course the atmospheric pressure on Andor in much lower than on Earth, then the boiling point of water is lower too. --rami

Four Genders

"Andorian weddings are known to usually require groups of four people. This is due to their unusual physiology that has four sexes, each equal to the other and required for producing children. Two of these sexes can be considered 'male' and two 'female'. For a long time Andorians were unable to reverse the effects of inbreeding that this four sex method caused, something which was not previously found on their Homeworld. However, recently there have been discoveries of four-sexed animals on their world, aiding research which might provide the answer to their genetic problem."

This all comes from DS9 books. It is not cannon and has never even been hinted at on an episode or movie. The reference at the end of the paragraph is misleading as it implies that it was said in either ENT or TNG.

Indeed, alot of that is speculation and should be removed. What four-sexed animal is this even talking about? What genetic problem? Novel-non-canon indeed. - AJHalliwell 07:11, 11 Jul 2005 (UTC)

This stuff has apparently been moved to the Apocrypha section where it belongs, but shouldn't there be a note about how the idea was clearly contradicted in ENT? 71.236.33.191 03:12, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Green Andorians

What evidence do we have that it is the reproduction between Andorians and Aenar that produces the green Andorians? I don't recall any line like that in the TATV episode and it sounds like speculation. It seems far more likely that its a case of racial speciation very similar to Africans/Asians on Earth or the speciation Tuvok shows re: Vulcans. Logan 5 02:38, 14 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Shran and Jhamel's daughter Talla, an Andorian/Aenar hybrid, was shown to have greenish-blue skin. 71.236.33.191 03:15, 27 April 2006 (UTC)