ANDORIAN

Home Planet: Fesoan (Andor), Epsilon Indi
UFP Founding Member

        Andorian are the only species known to the Federation that employs
caharacteristics of both mammalian and insectoid creatures.  The
Andorians have normal intenral skeleton with muscles attached to bone,
but also have a limited exoskelton, greatly increasing their strength. 
Also, Andorian eyes are very limited in their abilities, and are unable
to discern colour.  However, their two antennae (proturding from the top
of their head) make up for this by seeing all of the visible light
spectrum as well as delving into the infrared region as well.  Due to
the useage of four indpendent optical receptors, Andorians enjoy
‘quadroscopic' vision, giving them incredible depth perception.

        As to their other senses, they are standar,d except ofr thier hearing. 
The antennae, also increase audio receptor capabilities, and allow the
Andorians to hear a wider range of requencies than is normal for most
humanoids.

        Andorians have a strange social order, and, althoguth they were
founding members of the Federation, their world is less than united.  A
confederation of nations, The ‘Bond of the Words Unspoken' confers and
indidivual into the Andorian co-operative, or _Tyk_.  Thei cooperative
is handles extra-world affairs, but, on Andor itself, indvididuals
countires, nations, and alliance form and fith amongst themselves in the
plitcial arena, as well as in the warring sector.  

        Andorians are a naturally aggresive species, and with their loose
social order, and above-avergae strength and endurance they tend to
employ this aggression more than some specieis.  As a result, Andorians
in Starfleet geneally find themselves in the more action-orientated
areas, such as the Mariens, Security or Command.  While thie aggression
exists, it is not so much so that Andorians are physicallt incapable of
anything else, and, as with any race there are exceptions to eveyr
rule.  While hte majority of Andorians are found in Security & Marines
there specishas spread throughout the Federation and into various
departments within Starfleet.

(with information from "The World of the Federation" by Shane Johnson
[Pocket Boosk, 1989], and "Prime Directive - Federation Sourcebook" by
Timothy Olsen and Mark Costello [Task Force Games, 1994]).