Andor

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Andor, also known as Andoria, is the Andorian homeworld and capital of its empire -- a founding member of the United Federation of Planets. A satellite of a gas giant in the Beta quadrant, its Andorian name is Fesoan, and its capital is Laikan. (DS9 novel: Andor: Paradigm)

The short story "The Captain and the King" names Laibok as Andoria's capital.

Andor's population in 2269 was just under 1 billion. (RPG reference book: The Andorians: Among the Clans)

Contents 1 History 2 Location 3 Geography 3.1 Topography 3.2 Provinces and cities 3.2.1 Points of interest, bodies of water and other landmarks 4 Natural History 4.1 Flora 4.2 Fauna 5 References 6 Connections

[edit] History

Andor endures strong magnetic fields around its poles and its circumpolar Northern Wastes. The fields disrupt regional security grids, and have allowed pirates, slavers and others to covertly make planetfall there. (ENT novel: The Good That Men Do)

Several weeks before the beginning of the Dominion War, Kai Winn Adami asked Captain Benjamin Sisko if the United Federation of Planets would be willing to sacrifice Andor to save Bajor from the Dominion. (DS9 episode: "In the Cards")

With the fall of Betazed a year later, several people, including Kira Nerys saw Andor as the Dominion's next possible target. (DS9 episode: "In the Pale Moonlight")

[edit] Location

Possible locations of Andor include:

• Epsilon Indi VIII, from the Star Fleet Technical Manual;
• Epsilon Indi V, or Kay'va V in Andorian, from the RPG Narrator's Guide; and
• Procyon VIII, or Alpha Canis Minoris, from Star Trek: Star Charts.

Andor is considered to be on the other side of the Federation from Deep Space 9 and is also particularly distant from the Ferengi Alliance. (DS9 novel: The 34th Rule)

[edit] Geography

[edit] Topography

Four continents make up Andor's 35.1% surface landmass. The inhabitants predominantly reside on Ka'Thela and Voral, which are linked by the mountainous isthmus Akalath, home to the Tharan Mountains. The other two landmasses Issa and Tlanek are almost wholly glacial. (The Andorians: Among the Clans)

A contrasting source holds that there are only two continents, one of which is called Zhevra.

[edit] Provinces and cities

• Gazawahaida
• Harbortown
• Laibok
• Shess
• Tarsk
• Thelasa-vei province
• Wethesa

[edit] Points of interest, bodies of water and other landmarks

• Andorian Academy
• Central Canal
• Eastern Archipelago
• Emarni Lake
• Frost River
• Grand Staircase
• Great Rift Range
• Hand of Cheshras
• Hill Country
• Khyzhon Sea
• Moss River
• Nitra Bridge
• Northern Wastes
• Plaza of Freedom
• Therin Park
• Vezhdar Plain
• Wall of Heroes

[edit] Natural History

[edit] Flora

• Andorian rose, from the SNW story Best Tools Available.
• Andorian tuber root

[edit] Fauna

• Ahleesh
• Alicorne
• Andorian amoeba
• Andorian forest spider
• Andorian redbat
• Atlirith
• Canya
• Engoru
• Glikar'ma
• Gopa
• Grayth
• Hybor
• Ice bore
• Korelath
• Makra
• Preshava
• Zabathu

[edit] References

1. ↑ "Star Trek: Star Charts," Reference book
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "The Andorians: Among the Clans," RPG Guide
3. ↑ "The Worlds of the Federation," Reference book

[edit] Connections

• Andoria article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Andor article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.