Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Andorians
4. They Are Highly Militaristic
The Andorians channel their violent tendencies into a highly militaristic society. Their primary military force, the Andorian Imperial Guard, consists of both a starship fleet and the Imperial Infantry.
By the time they were encountered by humans in the 22nd century, the Andorian Imperial Guard had existed for at least four Andorian generations. It includes both male and female personnel who are recruited from a young age, sometimes as children.
They maintain ranks equivalent to lieutenant, commander, captain, and general. Their standard issue sidearm is an assault rifle-sized directed energy weapon that fires blue beams and doesn't feature a stun setting.
When a Guardsman dies far from home, their comrades carry part of their body such as vial of blood to a memorial called the Wall of Heroes back home on Andoria. In the Star Trek: Enterprise episode United, Shran offered to take Archer's blood to the Wall of Heroes if Archer lost their Ushaan duel. Archer declined the honor, telling Shran that he wasn't going to die that day.
As depicted in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode Shadows of P'Jem, the Andorian Imperial Guard are also highly skilled at espionage techniques such as monitoring secure transmissions and deploying secret operatives.