Andoria
Andoria or Andor was an inhabited moon orbiting a ringed gas giant of the Andorian system. Andoria was the homeworld of the Andorians and the Aenar, and was an important world to the United Federation of Planets. 

During the Dominion War, Andoria's strategic importance was on par with worlds like Earth, Berengaria VII, and . ()

Location 
Andoria orbited the star , and was located in the Alpha Quadrant. () 

Andoria was located in a neighboring system to . Regulus, which was relative to both planets, laid just outside Andorian sensor range. () The planet Weytahn, located on the frontier between the Vulcan and Andorian systems was located "a dozen light years" from Earth. () The Andorian Empire occupied space between Babel and Tellar Prime. () 

During the 24th century, Andoria was located near to the Cardassian border. () Following the Dominion invasion and conquering of Betazed, they were in a position to threaten Vulcan, Andor, Tellar, and Alpha Centauri. ()

In 2259, the location of Andoria was labeled on a stellar cartography chart that was seen on the 's ready room viewscreen. Andoria's symbol had a blue color, indicating it's affiliation with the . () 

In 2293, the location of Andor in the Milky Way Galaxy was labeled in the star chart The Explored Galaxy, which was on display in Captain James T. Kirk's quarters aboard the . (, okudagram)

An array of subspace relay stations linked it to Rigel. (, okudagram)

In 2366, in an alternate timeline, during the , the location of Andor was labeled on a tactical situation monitor in the ready room aboard the . (, okudagram)

In 2367, the location of Andor was labeled on a tactical situation monitor in Captain Benjamin Maxwell's ready room on the . (, okudagram)

In 2399, the location of Andoria was labeled on a Federation star chart that was in Fleet Admiral Kirsten Clancy's office at Starfleet Headquarters. This planet was in or near to Federation space. () 

In 3189, the location of Andoria was denoted on a holographic star chart of the galaxy at Federation Headquarters. This planet was in Emerald Chain territory. ()

In 3190, the location of Andoria was labeled on a star chart used by Commander Paul Stamets for tracking the movement of the Dark Matter Anomaly (DMA) through the galaxy. ()

After the crew of the Discovery convinced Species 10-C to stop using the DMA due to the harm it was causing the galaxy, Andoria entered into talks with the Federation to rejoin. ()

History 
See also: Andorian history and Federation history

There was contact between the Andorians and the Aenar in the distant past, but eventually communication ceased and the two races came to remember the other only in myths and stories. It was not until around 2104 that contact was re-established between them. ()

The  was the first ice-cutter to circumnavigate Andoria. ()

Tensions between Andoria and  were high at least until 2151. ()

Following the agreement of a cease fire on Weytahn in 2152, talks were continued on Andoria, where it was hoped that more than "just talk" would be accomplished. ()

Prior to entering the Delphic Expanse in 2153, Talas suggested to Shran that they should head back to Andoria while they were still able. ()

In 2154, the Vulcan High Command planned to attack Andoria. ()

Later that year, the crew of  set course for Andoria to return the crew of the destroyed warship Kumari home for medical attention. ()

Andoria took part in talks to form a Coalition of Planets in 2155 and became a founding member of the United Federation of Planets in 2161. (, ).

The moons of Andoria were among multiple locations that could be experienced in a 2256 demonstration of the possibilities of spore drive; that year, Captain  pointed out to Michael Burnham that, while journeying on the mycelial network, a traveler might blink and, before they knew it, they were visiting the moons of Andoria. ()

In a commercial for Tribbles cereal, Andoria was shown on a computer screen of a food synthesizer in the mess hall of the . It was listed along with other locations such as Earth, , Izar, Cestus, Tellar, Rigel VI, and Rigel X. (, credit cookie)

In the 24th century, Andor was the location of the Andorian Agricultural Ministry as well as a Federation embassy. ()

Sometime before 2363, Lisa Cusak, as a junior officer, was assigned as an attaché to the Federation embassy on Andor. She met an Andorian civilian who worked at the Andorian Agricultural Ministry. The two ended up dating for six years. ()

In 2364, Federation starships  and  were ordered to recertify the Andor/Rigel link of subspace relay stations. (, okudagram)

In 2373, Kai Winn rhetorically asked Captain Benjamin Sisko if the Federation would be willing to sacrifice Andor, Vulcan, Berengaria, or even Earth to protect Bajor from the Dominion, if necessary. ()

In 2374, one of numerous suggestions that Worf offered up for his honeymoon with Jadzia was a mountain climbing expedition on Andor. ()

Following the war, in 2375, viewscreens on Deep Space 9's Promenade and Replimat advertised speedy trips to "scenic Andor" on the latest warp ships. ()

In 2383, the moon is depicted in a holodeck program accessed by the crew of the USS Protostar; Kathryn Janeway (hologram) refers to the simulation as "Holodeck Program Andoria Four" and states that it is a classic. ()

In a possible 3186 experienced by Gabrielle Burnham, Andoria was one of the worlds where all life had been eradicated using antimatter detonations, apparently by Control. Traveling back to 2257, she communicated her memories to Spock, who later shared them with Michael Burnham. ()

Mirror universe 
In the mirror universe, Andor was a dominion of the Terran Empire by 2256, when Terran emperor  held the title Regina Andor. She later offered Eling a position as governor of Andor. ()

Alternate timeline 
In an alternate timeline created by Q, Andoria was conquered by the Confederation of Earth. In the aftermath of this conquest, members of the indigenous population rose up in resistance and started the Andorian Rebellion. This was an ongoing conflict in 2401. In that year, a Romulan rebel proclaimed that one of the bombs which destroyed a building in Okinawa was for this planet. ()

Climate and geography 

Andoria was an ice world, with a Human-breathable oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere. A specially designated Andor Environment Ward was located at Starbase 515 in 2365. () According to Thylek Shran, "when a Guardsman dies far from home, [their] companions carry part of [them] back to the ice of Andoria." ()

Only during rare heatwaves would the temperature on Andoria rise above freezing, and even then only for a few weeks at a time. In the northern wastes, a temperature reading of -28° was not uncommon during mid-summer. ()

Andorian cities were underground and took their energy from geothermal activity. The cities were connected to each other by thousands of kilometers of tunnels. ()

A mountain climbing expedition on Andor caught Worf's attention in 2374, when he was considering ideas for his honeymoon with Jadzia Dax. ()

Points of interest 
 Aenar compound
 Andorian Academy
 Laikan Military Academy
 Northern Wastes
 Wall of Heroes

Flora and fauna 
Andorian amoeba
Andorian bull
Andorian redbat
Andorian tuber root
Ice-bore
Zabathu

Appendices

Background information
"an-DOOR" was the pronunciation for this planet's name from the script pronunciation guide for "In the Cards". 

A newspaper article (It's Federation Day!) in the Picard family album, created for , suggests that a "Sarahd of Andor" was the Andorian representative present at the forming of the Federation in 2161, though the clipping was not seen on screen and is not considered canon.

In , one of Roy Ritterhouse's drawings is called "Honey Moon on Andoras". This may be an in-joke reference to Andoria.

According to the script of , there were two Andorian moons. However, this was later changed to two Teneebian moons for the filming of the episode.

In the final draft script of  (dated ), Andoria was referred to as having once been visited by Travis Mayweather and his family aboard their ship. However, this reference was later changed to Lavinius (by or on , when a revised final draft of the script was issued), and the scene was ultimately deleted.

While Star Trek: Enterprise portrayed Andoria as a moon,  mentions "the moons of Andoria" in , which appears to establish that Andoria had its own system of moons. Moons around moons are currently believed to be theoretically possible, but not stable, due to tidal forces causing them to de-orbit.   Lorca may have alternatively been referring to other moons within the Andorian system.

In the never-produced animated series Star Trek: Final Frontier, set during the 2460s, Andoria was destroyed by the Romulans.

Depiction on Enterprise 

The  episode  finally established the often spoke of Andorian homeworld as a moon, orbiting a gas giant. This was devised by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens as an attempt to help explain the contradiction of why it was sometimes called Andor and sometimes it was called Andoria, the gas giant being Andor and the moon Andoria. (ENT Season 4 DVD special features; Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, issue 37, p. 14) While a shot of the planet seen in "The Aenar" thus appears to depict Andoria as a moon of the much larger planet close by, this is never explicitly stated in the episode. This would, however, seem to contradict Worf's claim in "Change of Heart" that Andor has mountains.

Alternately, Michael and Denise Okuda have suggested that Andor and Andoria are the same, with Andor being the preferred name on . (, text commentary, ENT Season 1 DVD special feature)

The Last Unicorn Games  and Samuel John Ross used information about Andoria, a frozen world first published in Star Trek: The Role Playing Game, for the work The Andorians: Among the Clans. Having been reading this publication, Mike Sussman was inspired by the book's cover while working on . He later stated, "I remember saying to Manny Coto, who was our season 4 showrunner, 'What do you think of this as a look for the Andorian homeworld?" (Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, issue 37, p. 15)

Mike Sussman's suggestion addressed a need to save expenses, as caverns built for an ENT Vulcan trilogy, which had recently wrapped production, could be reused as the Andorian ice caves, simply repainted white. The fact that the sets could be redressed in such a way was one motive for pursuing the idea. Remembering Manny Coto's response to the plan, Sussman relayed, "He said, 'Great, because we can paint our Vulcan sets white and now it's ice!' and that's what we did." (Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, issue 37, p. 15)

In the final draft script of "The Aenar", Andoria was described as "an icy, M-Class world" with "a stark yet stunning arctic landscape, lit by brilliant sunlight with a slightly bluish hue." The planet was also referred to as having "a driving, howling wind."

Andoria was shown using various methods. "Herman Zimmerman and his team at the art department made wonderful ice cave sets," said Visual Effects Producer Dan Curry. "For the exteriors we used a combination of matte paintings." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 37, No. 2, p. 40)

A particular set that was used as Andoria could be paid for over a longer stretch of time than the Star Trek TV series usually allowed. "We, you know, were able to build a huge set of Andoria," Manny Coto recalled. "And because we played that set over various episodes, we were able to amortize the building of the set and get bigger production value." ("Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise, Part Two: Memorable Voyages", ENT Season 4 Blu-ray special features)

Reference material 
The  identifies the gas giant as Andor. Both StarTrek.com and the Star Trek Encyclopedia state that "Andor" was a name which was used interchangeably with Andoria for the Andorian homeworld. The former source does not name the gas giant. 

According to Star Trek: Star Charts, Andor was the capital city of Andoria, which was a class M planet. According to Star Trek: Star Charts (pp. 36 & 52; "United Federation of Planets I"), Andor was the eighth planet in the Andoria (Procyon, or Alpha Canis Minoris) system. Its moon Andoria was depicted as an Earth-like planet.

The  classified Andoria as a class M moon.

According to Star Trek: Star Charts (pp. 19, 36, 52 & 60), Andoria was a class M planet located in the Procyon binary star system. This system consisted of an  orbited by an , with Andoria identified as the eighth planet. It was the capital of the Andorian Empire, and a founding member of the United Federation of Planets in 2161. The capital of Andoria was Andor, and 38.2 billion people lived on Andoria. Andorians became warp-capable in 1154 AD. Andoria was located in the Andorian Sector, also known as Sector 006. This sector was the sixth explored by Earth ships. In his final voyage in 2120, Zefram Cochrane visited Andoria.

According to Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, []"), "Andor" was an alternative name for Andoria (as was "Procyon VIIIA") but was also a Class J gas giant, of which Andoria was a moon.

According to the more recent Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, []"), Andoria was the first moon in Andor's system. The gas giant Andor was the eighth planet in the Andoria (Procyon) system. The depiction of Andoria was closer to its appearance in "The Aenar".

According to Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, []"), Andoria (Andor, or Procyon VIIIA) was a moon of Andor. It was the capital of the Andorian Empire, and a founding member of the UFP in 2161. The capital of Andoria was Laikan. The primary species were Andorian and Aenar. In the late 24th century, there were 1.8 billion Andorians and 4.1 million Aenar living on this moon. Andoria became warp-capable in 1154 AD. In his final voyage in 2120, Zefram Cochrane visited Andoria.

In the  episode , there was a map of the Alpha and Beta Quadrant with Federation space divided into sectors. One of these sectors, named the Andorian sector, was located in the Beta Quadrant. As there were no marked locations within this sector, it can't be said with certainty that the Andorian system, including this planet, were located in this sector. However, it was a possibility.

Apocrypha 
According to the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual and The Worlds of the Federation, Andor was the eighth planet in the Epsilon Indi system. It was called "Fesoan" by its natives. In the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual and in Star Trek Maps, Andor was referred to as the Andorian homeworld. 

According to the RPG sourcebook Planets of the UFP, Andor was the fifth planet orbiting the star Kuy'va.

The Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual and Star Trek Maps (p. 23) place Andoria in the Epsilon Indi system, identifying it as one of the founding worlds of the Federation.

In the Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novella Paradigm, Thirishar ch'Thane and Prynn Tenmei note the differences between the names "Andor" and "Andoria". While Tenmei grew up thinking of ch'Thane's homeworld as "Andoria", ch'Thane grew up knowing it as "Andor". Conversely, ch'Thane grew up thinking of Tenmei's homeworld as "Terra", only to discover that Terrans call it "Earth".

In the  Lost Souls, much of Andor was devastated by the Borg in 2381. The following year, Andor seceded from the Federation in Paths of Disharmony, although it was later readmitted as a result of the events of Star Trek: The Fall.

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