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 ===Emotion===
 Among Andorians a smile is convayed by a soft, liquid gaze. It is only because of their exposure to [[human|humans]] and other races to who facial expressions are the custom that they have learned to mimic and make a reserved human-like smile. In many different situations an Andorian's emotions can be read by looking at the position of their antennae.
-==Culture and Society==
-Andorians are a militaristic race, exemplified in small part by weaponry without stun settings. They consider it an honor to serve in their [[MA:Andorian Imperial Guard|Imperial Guard]], and military rank greatly influenced social reputation. Deploring dishonesty and never fighting without reason, Andorians are nonetheless capable of duplicity. They consider themselves deeply emotional, passionate, even violent; not known for their charity or sympathy, they place a high value on family.
-Andorians of all four [[MA:gender|genders]] enjoy an equal position in society, both in civilian and military circles. A strict code of honour is adhered to for settling disputes in order to prevent a return to the Time of Lament, an age of planet-wide civil war which almost resulted in the extinction of the Andorian species. As a race and a culture the Andorians can not stand disabilities among their people. Some even say that imperfect infants may be exposed to the environment.
-[[Image:Flabbjellah.jpg|thumb|75px|''An Andorian ''Flabbjellah.]]
-===Recreation and the Arts===
-Andorians make prodigious artists; [[MA:Ezri Dax|Ezri Dax's]] mother, [[MA:Yanas Tigan|Yanas Tigan]], bought handpainted Andorian tiles for her solarium in 2375, and Andor's Academy was widely considered the best art school in the [[MA:United Federation of Planets|Federation]].
-Andorians excel at many performance arts such as poetry, literature and especially music. They have also been known to create impressive forms of two and three dimensional art.
-There are many different Andorian musical instruments but Andorians have no problem learning and using off-world instruments as well. One of their best known native instruments is the ''hyperblat'', another is the ''flabbjellah'' which is a combination musical instrument and combat weapon.
-Andorians do not have very many forms of recreation as this is seen as a waste of time, however thay do play one sport, ''elan'tina'', which seems to have developed out of their strong militaristic background. It is very similar to various military simulations like capture the flag.