#Andorian fashion

[indignantlemur]

My dear Indi, I need your expertise !

Do you have any ideas or headcanons for Andorian outfits, from lighter to warmer? What would they look like in general, what texture is most appreciated or considered fashionable ?

Thanks ! 💙

Hello Zier! Let's see what I can do for you! Fair warning, this one is going to be image-heavy.

For the most part, Andorian fashion in my headcanons isn't unified. Different folks prefer to wear different things, same as Humans, but there are broader elements that are quite common.

Firstly, we know from ENT and subsequent appearances in the modern Treks that Andorians tend to wear a lot of leather, often embossed or tooled to have a particular sort of feel. The samples below from Discovery give me powerful 2009-2013 Gareth Pugh vibes.

Beyond that, the only other time we see Andorians is when they're in Imperial Guard or Starfleet uniforms, which mostly just gives an overall impression of leather, suede, and future-kevlar.

The Andorian ambassador in "Terra Prime" had a very different feel from these, of course, and that shiny outer robe ultimately inspired Thoris' official get-up.

By contrast, some super early screen tests and comic book depictions for everyday Andorians look rather different, however. We've got draping fabrics, robes, tunics, some thigh high boots, and what looks like bits of armoured studding and chainmail. That's quite the departure from the other depictions!

And then, of course, we have Shran's post-Imperial Guard coat. This one gets its own mention, because that coat is fabulous.

Honestly, this isn't a lot to work with. It's better than nothing, of course, but the different depictions feel very disjointed and all over the place. There's no sense of unity in the designs across the board.

So, from there I looked to real-world fashion to help me build a better idea of what I wanted my Andorians to actually look like outside of a uniform. As much as their depictions would lead us to believe that Andorians have an oddly prevalent leather kink, that's really not practical. Leather is a useful material, and certainly a heavily carnivorous population would end up with quite a lot of it, but surely that can't be everything they wear. So, I started looking around for things that felt like they fit the vague aesthetic we were given to work with.

Below are some samples from the ungodly huge pinterest board I keep for ideas and references for Andorian fashion. I think these mostly hit all the key notes for my headcanons.

A lot of these images are very bland in terms of colour, particularly by Andorian standards, but I think you should be able to see what I've drawn inspiration from.

What I ended up with was a combination of future-fashion elements, and influences from places like Japan and India - with a heavy slant towards using leather, silk, velvet and occasionally soft, drapey fabrics. Heavy ornamentation, such as embroidery, is very common but lacework on clothing is actually quite unusual. Andorians tend to find it catches on their chitin and tears too often to be worth the fuss.

In particular, I really like the idea of layers, off-set or asymmetrical necklines, and elements of structural/architectural fashion for Andorians. Tooled leather is very popular, as well.

Another detail about Andorian fashion that I've mentioned a few times in other posts is that they like to show off their chitin patterns. Often this is done using leather as the medium, but embroidery is also a perfectly acceptable option. Often times, these articles of clothing (usually outerwear but not always) will have a Clan sigil somewhere on it as well, but it's not at all a requirement. These practices accomplish a couple of different things:

Firstly, it offers prospective playmates a tantalising 'preview' of what's underneath. Andorians are not shy about these things, nor do they understand why aliens think they should be. Some Andorians find particular types of chitin patterns very attractive, while some are averse to partners with what they perceive to be too much or too little chitin - or worse, chitin patterns that are far too similar to their own, which would suggest a shared lineage somewhere.

Secondly, it shows off Clan affiliations, especially for Clan members who were not born with their Clan's 'typical' chitin pattern. (Married individuals will often wear things that show their affiliation to both their birth Clan and their marriage Clan, as well, though these are usually ornamental items such as jewellery or hair pieces.)

Thirdly, wearing one's Clan affiliations stamped on their sleeves can sometimes serve as a conflict deterrent. Some Clans are just not worth picking a fight with, and knowing who's who ahead of time instead of after someone says something spectacularly stupid tends to save lives. Since the Unification, the need for these sorts of deterrents has dropped substantially, but it's never entirely gone from Andorian society.

This is not to say that I imagine that all Andorians wear the same things. Being able to express individual preferences is very important, especially in a society where most other individualistic pursuits are seen as counter-productive to the harmony and unity of a community.

Shral, for example, deviates from the norm by preferring dark colours and minimal ornamentation. To other Andorians, his sartorial choices are almost conspicuously bland. On the other end of the spectrum, Thelen adores vivid colours - neon oranges, shocking yellows, acid greens - and fully embraces the bombastic colour palettes his people are known for. Thoris is doomed to be trapped in billowing robes he'd much rather burn in a steel drum behind the embassy under cover of darkness, but he prefers layered tunics, boots, and breeches that don't inhibit his movement. Vrath is in the middle of the road, favouring bold colours and practical clothing but never quite able to resist bits of ornamentation that give her wealthy Tha'an Clan allegiance away. Miraal, on the other hand, adore soft, draping fabrics and wears very little leather, or any other similarly heavy materials, and she prefers to wear minimal ornamentation so as not to distract from her wares.

In terms of seasonal clothing, Andorians can tolerate very broad rangers of temperatures, and they have thermal regulators built into much of their clothing. They can get away with quite a lot, in terms of weather, but a heavily cultivated sense of caution generally prevents them from wandering out into surface conditions wearing anything less than full winter gear - though, naturally, their idea of full winter gear is rather lighter than what a Human would go in for. In extreme heat, Andorians have no problem wearing as little as possible - often to the consternation of other species who do not share their total lack of nudity taboos.

Regarding colours, I headcanon that much like how Vulcans view green as a traditional mating colour owing to the hue of their blood, and Humans view red much the same way, so too do Andorians with the colour blue. Just wearing blue alone isn't an invitation for anything, but it is very noticeable and considered a very attractive colour. Wearing a particularly fetching shade of blue while lurking in a bar and being very noticeably single, however...

Andorian silk is a luxury item, and one in high demand. Made from cocoons harvested from a domesticated relative of the infamous Andorian ice borers, it's ten times stronger than Terran silk, rendering it resistant to slashing and piercing damage. It can be woven into heavy brocades or crafted into a diaphanous, organza-like material, or blended with other fibres. It almost always has a slight iridescent or even metallic shine to it, a highly coveted property, and it is ludicrously expensive.

Hope this helps! <3

[deadheaddaisy]

Oooh yes. I could absolutely see Andorians be more interested in texture than colour. The intricacies of embroidery or etching signify much greater concentration and attention to detail, important for beauty.

...it was a dagger, with a black hilt and a deeply curved blade decorated with swirling embossed figures along the spine. Her eyebrows shot up. “It's beautiful,” she said, her vocabulary deserting her.

“If a thing is to be made, it should be made well, and made beautifully.”

Andorian Aesthetics

Karveth isn't just saying that as a personal opinion - he's expressing a deep-seated cultural mindset. Andorians see no reason why functional objects should not also be beautiful and pleasing to the senses, and in fact, cutting corners and producing something subpar and unattractive is an insult to anyone who will be using or viewing the thing in question.

Hard objects produced in metal, glass, clay, or stone are frequently embossed, etched, or carved. Figurative art is common for decorative purposes (usually representations of predatory fauna) though fractal patterns mimicking ice crystals are considered timeless and classic, as are decorative touches like complex leather or cloth wrapping on handles or other commonly touched areas.

Many humans' first impression of Andorian fashion is that drab and uninteresting, mostly because of its limited and largely monochrome color palette. Andorians don't place a high importance on color to create visual interest - though their eyes are capable of sensing the same portions of the visual light spectrum as humans (and their visual acuity in the lower, infrared range is far better), they place far greater emphasis on texture, either complimentary or contrasting, an effect usually achieved by layering. Tone-on-tone embroidery or beading are very common, as are knit insets and fur lining or trim.

[fauvester]

OK I GOT MYSELF EXCITED.... ANDORIAN LATE 1860S

[technoxenoholic]

Do you have any recommendations on where to find good jhashrancher content (fic/art/analysis/etc)?

only source i've got is the confines of my brain, unfortunately... it's been quite a while since i even looked, but when i did, it didn't seem like there was anything at all. there's some stuff for shrancher, of course, but i saw nothing for the three of them.

if there's new stuff that's been made since, that would be fantastic, don't get me wrong. i'm just not aware of it.

[cal-1maf]

[open-hearth-rpg]

RPGCovers Week Twelve Star Trek Lower Decks (2023) Eva Lara

So this is potentially a dumb one, but I love the choices made for this campaign guide. Obviously I dig seeing the quartet of Lower Decks’ characters headlining. I enjoy the way the cartoony art is given a dust of realism with the lighting and the haze. But what I really dig is the way it references the other Star Trek Adventures releases, remixing the core book with perhaps a little nod to the Division sourcebooks. 

While Boimler, Tendi, Mariner, and Rutherford don’t exactly replicate the figures from the core cover, they echo them. We have the same sense of collapse and devastation happening in the background. Tandi’s excited as opposed to the dour, serious expression on the Vulcan science officer from the main book. Rutherford’s examining the same weird coffin artifact that the angry Andorian is, and Boimler’s less about gallant protection than utter panic. Mariner’s the new figure in the set, but the posing is just right– looking like the strange action-fashion model stances of the figures on those division books. 

There’s a lot of ways you could have done this cover, but like the show it emulates, it tries to integrate these characters into the real world of the setting (i.e. game) as it has been presented to us before

[raisinchallah]

painting an andorian for my star trek fashion thing im like wow i finally count as a real sci fi/fantasy artist ive painted my first blue woman

[menstruatingfanfiction]

A coming of age for Seven

All the info about menstruation in space comes from some readings I did a long ago and I may misremember, so take the science with a grain of salt, just in case.

Once Seven of Nine was more established and more used to human rhythms, the Doctor took one of their weekly medical evaluations to let her know that her reproductive organs seemed to be working. They hadn’t been modified by Borg implants in any way, and so, there was a possibility that she would start menstruating at some point.

“What is “menstruating”? she asked. “Of course she doesn’t know” he thought. She had been taken as a child, she may have never menstruated at all. He explained that it was part of what Humans with ovaries and uterus experience, usually once a month. “It is the regular discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina”. He then went on a long and deep explanation about how Bajorans actually menstruate in a more irregular fashion, how Vulcans basically go in heat during pon farr so they don’t menstruate (ovulation occurs only during the intercourse in pon farr, hard conditions for the Vulcan reproduction but very effective), he wasn’t up to speed about Cardassians’ reproduction, but Andorians very interestingly have menstrual cycles but do not bleed and it is a rarity, you see, humanoids…

“Thank you, Doctor. I will inform you if I start menstruating” she interrupted him and left.

“But I didn’t have time to explain to her what to do when that happens!”

And so time went on and Seven had started eating with Neelix’ help, which also meant she started needing to evacuate. This was a difficult moment because, while her reproductive organs where in perfect shape, if a bit atrophied, her digestive system was very much completely atrophied and so was her sphincter control. “We can train your sphincters, but it will be a long process and it may be still insufficient. You haven’t used them for decades, you would need to wear a diaper, remember to change it several times a day to prevent infection and rashes… Would you be able to do that? Sometimes you still forget to eat or sleep. There are other solutions, but they could be more invasive…” “I am a Borg, I am full of implants. Invasive solutions don’t scare me.”

And so, the Doctor adapted some of her Borg implants to give her what he called a discharge bag, similar to a colostomy bag, but that could also handle urine. With the help of B’Elanna, they adapted her Borg alcove to clean and sanitise the bag while she was regenerating.

“Will this help with menstruation if it happens?” Seven asked. “It will not. They are different processes and it’s best if they do not enter in contact, the reproductive system is very delicate and we want to prevent infections there. If you menstruate, there are other things we can do. Very often, Humans get hormonal implants to inhibit menstruation in long trips like this one. There are other inhibitors but some find them more unpleasant, particularly in space where the circadian rhythm is already altered and gravity isn’t the same. They are more planet-oriented. A more manual solution that seems to work well when menstruation inhibitors don’t work is a tampon. It has been used for centuries now, the design has been improved and the risks have been completely eliminated but it really is one of the best solutions for menstruations in space, where gravity is less stable than in a planet.

“Why is gravity a problem?” “Ah. Yes. Well, you see [he turned on a screen to show her her own reproductive system as an example]. In a planet, where gravity makes things fall to the ground, the blood from the endometrium also falls to the ground, so to say. It would actually fall to the ground, now that I think of it. Anyways, over the centuries, people have used all kinds of things to not make it fall to the ground. When space travel began, we faced a problem: no gravity means no falling to the ground. And worse, it meant the blood and other fluids from the menstruation could actually go any other way, stay in the uterus, go up the Falopian tubes… And *this* is a problem. It can cause all kinds of health issues, it really is a risk. The first solution Humans developed for it was a solution that already existed: a tampon. The original tampons where just some cotton given a cylinder shape that you would put up your vagina. They then were given a more suitable form, like a small tube of hardly pressed cotton. The thing about this is that it attracts fluids, so they don’t wander around where they shouldn’t, very convenient in space. Using a tampon at that time had some health risks, but overall it outweighed the inconvenients. But now [he went to look for something in one of the cabinets, turned around and showed a very small white tube], the design is basically the same, but we are using Tellarite cotton and some special treatments that make it much more absorbent and much more safe. You change it once a day until the menstruation is over and that is it. You can dispose of it as you dispose of all other disposable things in this ship.” He then gave her some to keep in her alcove and to carry one with herself just in case, and reminded her that they could try the hormonal implant if she found the menstruation unpleasant. However, he wasn’t sure if she would ever menstruate, so there was no need for it yet.

One day, Janeway went to look for her at her alcove because she hadn’t showed up for work. She was still regenerating, which was not a common occurrence for Seven. When she felt Janeway’s presence, she woke up. “What are you doing here, Captain?” “Well, you were late and weren’t replying to your communicator, so I decided to come and check on you. Are you alright? You have been regenerating for over 10 hours now” “Have I? I don’t feel like I have regenerated at all. As a matter of fact, I don’t feel well, Captain” “You do look pale. I’m taking you to sick bay”.

“The good news is, if you want to call them that, that you can menstruate” said the Doctor. “The bad news is it seems you are having one of the bad ones. We can give it some more months, see if it improves on its own, but given that there are Borg implants all around your uterus, and the discharge bag too, I cannot say for sure. For many people, their first periods are hard but then, they get better. For many others, it’s always a nightmare. There is medication I can give you so that you are not in pain, I’m sure the captain will give you as many time off as you need to rest, if you feel like seeing how it naturally goes. But a spaceship is not as stable as a planet, even if we try to make it so, and that also affects how your body feels and how your organs react, which is why most space-people choose to inhibit their cycle one way or another. Whatever you want to do, we can do. So far, I haven’t had problems replicating inhibitors for any of the crew.”

“I will try the tampons this time. If it happens again, and it’s as bad, we’ll see about the inhibitors.” “It will happen again. If everything goes as it should, it should happen again in about a month, month and a half. It can take up to a year to find its rhythm, or at least on a teenager living on a planet does, and if it doesn’t after a year or so, there are treatments we can try. Again, you are an adult woman in a spaceship, menstruating for the first time in very unlikely circumstances. I will give you painkillers, muscle relaxants and any treatment you need to be at your best, including as many days of rest as you need.”

During the following year, Seven asked about all the usual treatments for painful and debilitating periods that the Federation had developed and tried several, but they all had their share of problems for her. If she used the tampons, she also required painkillers to sleep an elephant. If she used hormone treatments, she had severe mood swings. If she used the general period inhibitor half of the crew used, not reliant on hormones, some of her Borg implants stopped working. None of the treatments helped regulate her hormonal cycle in any way, which made it unpredictable. In the end, she was one of the few who needed to spend some days resting, regardless.

“Doctor, since I must stay in my alcove regenerating and resting, could I develop a similar system to the one we have with the discharge bag? I can speak to B’Elanna, figure out a way to connect my regeneration alcove to my menstrual cycle and help regulate from it. The equipment is already there.” “I don’t see why not. Any other thing seems to cause you more harm than good.”

And so, after some researching and playing around, B’Elanna and Seven managed to make the alcove recognize her menstrual cycle, and work in advance. It would use the regeneration periods to help her regulate her hormones and the function of her organs to prepare for the menstruation itself. When it happened, the alcove recovered the fluids the same way it did with the other discharges and offered improved support for her back. During that time, she was now better rested and in less pain, but she still took days off. B’Elanna quickly saw the possibilities a similar system could have for people like Lt. Weraras, who was one of the ones who could not take any inhibitors and needed days of rest every month. It would require adapting the Borg technology for a variety of metabolisms, both alien and human, but it felt like a good project to work on. Seven loved the idea and offered to help in any way she could too.

[aspiringnexu]

'Whom Gods Destroy' or 'the episode where I laughed about that Andorian's fashion sense for far too fucking long'.

I mean, did the writers gather together and decide that the only way they could convince the audience that these people are 'crazy' was to dress them up like they raided a children's pantomime? Which genius decided to give the Andorian a bright pink feather boa?? Where did he get a feather boa? Do the replicators have the pattern for feather boas???

[zineobiology]

Does the biology have to be related to a member of the federations sentient species ( Vulcans, andorians etc.)? I was thinking of creating an old fashion environment layout of the different animals on Vulcan. It is a criminally under developed venture.

We have decided that this would be acceptable! We think it's a super cool idea

~Anat

[andorianminingconsortium]

Watching the first Star Trek movie now! This is a review I'm typing while I watch!

For a second I forgot that I was going into a TOS era movie and the effects made me laugh put loud. But then I got into it and I'm already intrigued by the plot! And like five minutes in, the effects don't bother me anymore! I just came straight from watching SNW hahaha

I don't think I've ever heard full conversations of spoken Vulcan before! It's very cool! Sounds like I hoped it would. The high priestess(?) is slaying with her outfit and her long nails with the mind melt lol. Can't he practical. Fashion > logic.

O! Recognisable music from TOS! Cute clothes on the background characters. Hey Kirk! Not on that Vulcan. Yay Scotty! Ok I don't need an hour long scene of approaching the Enterprise but ok.

Not a fan of the sad beige uniforms. Are those the uniforms? UHURA! Yay. Sulu! Chekov! The gang!

Dude THE KIRK is replacing you as captain, show respect. By the way you get to stay as Executive Office under KIRK? THAT'S COOL. You should accept right away.

Omg that transporter incident was hella scary wtf no thanks

There's a cute Andorian in the scene with the whole crew gathered but I can't take a screenshot :( timestamp 30:44 (mostly for my own reference because I love Andorians and I'm going to play one for a Star Trek TTRPG so I need all the references I can get).

Someone doesn't want to use the transporter. Understandable. Wait, that's going to be Bones, isn't it? YES IT IS! Love him. Pls shave. Thanks

Ooo cool alien girl! I like her. Cool but with the wormhole. Bones, don't agree with the dude. I'm also really liking the soundtrack.

Ooo mystery shuttle, it would be cool if that was - SPOCK! Good entrance, s-tier clothes. Hell yeah, Bones, we ARE pleased to see him. Hehe is he flustered? Cute. I forgot how handsome Spock is.

No wait he seems sad. Wow in the last like five minutes, I think Kirk said he needs Spokc like 3 times. But not like Oh having Spock here might come in handy. No. Kirk NEEDS Spock. If that isn't Spirk.

Oh wow inside the thing are some reeaaallly beautiful visuals and the soundtrack is soooo good!

Just noticed Uhura's hair. It's really cool! Looks gorgeous!

The plot is really cool. It feels cosmic horror-ish, which is my favourite sci-fi theme/genre. The imagery is so atmospheric. Beautiful and unique!

Spock goes on so many solo missions, if he were a D&D class, he'd be a rogue.

THEY'RE SO TOUCHY (Spirk). "This simple feeling". What feeling, Spock? WhaT FEELING? (don't go for friendship my dude, it's pride month). Anyway those sickbay clothes look really good on Spock. Unnecessarily so.

All of the uniforms, but especially those not quite space suits, look like super comfortable pajamas. I want them to sleep in. Btw plot is still really cool. I like that the crew in this movie takes a very diplomatic approach!

Oooo very interesting development and revelation. That's cool. Nice plot. Very clever. I like it.

Very satisfying end! Very comfortable movie! Would watch it again :) enjoyed it!

[indignantlemur]

Larger image (STRONGLY recommended): HERE The resolution on this is painful, so I'm including detail shots below the cut.

This meeting room was furnished many centuries ago by a renowned artisan who could carve stone and shells in stunning detail, and could shape and colour glass in a way that was never seen before and has never been replicated since. He took the secrets of his techniques to the grave, dying at an unexpectedly young age in a duel with a public safety official over the seizure of a rare and extremely toxic pigment imported from a Clan to the far south. His name was Kelenthor, and he was the only Clanless to ever attain such a high level of renown and fortune purely on his artistic talent. He lived during what would eventually be called the Post-Unification Andorian Renaissance. While this artisan was alive, he had a somewhat adversarial relationship with various officials and was known to use his art as a medium to mock and criticize his social betters. He was beloved by the general populace for exclusively taking on students from the lower social classes - almost as much as he was resented by the upper classes for his habit of hiding subversive messages in his commissioned works. Regardless of where one stood with Kelenthor, none could deny his talents. If you wanted the best of the best, Kelenthor was the one to commission. As such, he was eventually commissioned to design and create furnishings for a number of rooms and even entire buildings which are now used exclusively by government officials today or otherwise preserved as precious cultural works.

This particular room is widely regarded as his best work: the walls are conspicuously and almost insultingly plain, barely carved at all. At the centre of the room lies a heavy and imposing table of solid marbled stone - also barely ornamented, save some bevelling along the edges. The surface was treated with a substance which renders the stone almost entirely impervious to damage. No matter how one might rain blows upon it, barely a scratch remains to remember them by - much like many of the politicians who have sat at this table since its creation, which many believe was the subversive message behind the thing in the first place.

The focal points are the throne-like seats arrayed around the blunt instrument of a marble table, intricately carved and inlaid with precious shell and glasswork, iridescent and shining under even the faintest rays of light. Each scatters prisms randomly around the room, illuminating the shadows and often causing quite a few headaches when meetings stretch too long. More importantly, every single one of them was deliberately carved to be as uncomfortable as possible. No one in a position of power, Kelenthor once said, should be comfortable there.

First up, courting and wedding bands! Shral and Dagmar are only courting, so they have simple rings with minimal ornamentation, with Dagmar's being modified to fit as a cuff earring.

Thoris is married, so he has two bands on each antennae. Quite often marriage bands are more decorative and ostentatious than his, but Thoris isn't one for baubles and it's bad enough he has to wear these ridiculous robes. Frankly, if he could get away with just wearing his old Guardsman uniform to these meetings, he'd vastly prefer to. As such, his wedding bands are almost incongruously plain for his rank and status.

Next up, the lady and gentleman in the foreground! These two are Ministers, and high-ranking Andorians besides, so they ornament themselves rather loudly in comparison to our main cast's more sedate preferences. The lady on the left is Minister Zaathi, who we will be meeting in-fic very soon, and she's very fond of gemstones and carved hair beads - and not afraid of losing any, if she sheer number she's wearing are any indications. It's a weighted fashion statement, if nothing else, from a woman whose home province is small and relatively modest otherwise.

By comparison, Minister Bhael - on the right - is much more conservative in his ornamentation, but his robes are heavily embroidered and that is quite a lot of Andorian silk to be toting around. A closer look will reveal that his sleeves are embroidered with an ocean wave pattern, which is particularly interesting given the relationship Andorians have with the sea. Is it some kind of political statement, or just an odd choice of attire?

If those two are making statements with their sartorial choices, then Thoris has them all beat for layered meanings.

The silvery outer robes of office are closer to a cloak than a robe, with an inner layer that is belted around the waist and a loose outer layer that is joined to the inner layer at the shoulders and seams along the upper arms. This permits the maximum range of movement for the wearer. Being made of Andorian silk, which is several times stronger than Terran silk, it is an excellent means of protection against slashing and stabbing weapons. Despite their merits, however, Thoris loathes them. They're lightweight, sure, but they're still long and ostentatious and entirely too liable to get caught on something in a real fight. Sadly, they're also mandatory, or he'd have binned them ages ago.

The vibrant blue mid-layer is a heavy material, durable Andorian silk woven through with tiny filaments of something very similar to a carbon fibre composite, providing a measure of protection against many forms of projectiles, though less so against phase weapons. The innermost tunic is more obviously armoured than the other two layers, with panels mimicking an extensive chitin pattern along the length of the torso and forearms. The sleeves in particular draw attention to a very vibrant yellow flash - much like the chitin of the predatory veeg he is known for hunting in the past.

Next we come to Shral, who is obscured partially by shadow at Ambassador Thoris' right hand - and ready to draw his ushaan-tor at a moment's notice.

This is not standard armour for an Andorian, but rather something one might wear while sparring or training in their personal time. The armour takes the form of layered, almost beetle-shell like layers, layered over a long, cowl-necked tunic. The cowl is an unusual choice for sparring attire, as it provides a potential hand-hold for an opponent - only a very arrogant or a very skilled duelist would wear such a thing while sparring.

In contrast, Dagmar stands in the light on Thoris' left. Her working attire is lightly embroidered, and features large, pearly buttons - but otherwise she's almost conspicuously plainly dressed. Hyper aware of how shockingly pink she is in comparison to everyone else in the room, Dagmar wears muted and neutral colours to try to off-set how glaringly alien she is - which, ironically, only serves to highlight her differences even further.

@the-lady-general  @starrynightgardens  @emilie786  @horta-in-charge  @emochook  @velvet-luvie  @creature-of-the-stars @unknownfacelessfanfictions @auroramagpie

[bcnes]

@starfleetsxvulcan sent 27 ( queen - good old-fashioned lover boy ) for the spotify wrapped meme

"Alright, what about... there." McCoy lifts two fingers from his glass to point over near the bar, where Jim has just wandered off to in order to get a couple of refills (supposedly; in actuality McCoy can see him hitting on a tall Andorian fellow). "The redhead with the vest."

He'd been admittedly surprised when Spock had agreed to join he and Jim at the bar this evening - though perhaps he shouldn't have been, because disinclined as the Vulcan is when it comes to taking shore leave in the first place, McCoy's not sure what else he would have done otherwise anyhow. Still, he fails to see what the first officer is getting out of being here.

So. You know. Obviously McCoy's got to do all the legwork to hook the damn Vulcan up with somebody, anybody. That's half the point of shore leave: romantic entanglements without the awkward problem of having to work on the same starship as them afterwards. Trouble is the man seems to hold absolutely no real opinions on any of the patrons McCoy has been pointing out.

"Come on, Spock, work with me, here! Everybody's got a type. Even you."

[fauvester]

what other species and eras can i do next... i'm really feeling bajoran either late 1790s or 19teens with the little false bolero of their uniforms and their overall loose cozycore boho vibe, could do some fun aubrey beardesley paul poiret inspired looks.... which species can I shoehorn into late 1860s (the superior fashion era) or 1780s...

[alastorswarlock]

Back on my star trek bs so updated version of my Starfleet OC

She is an andorian engineer, lieutenant by name of Valla Zh'Vren

In her youth worked as a miner with her father, she was a wiz at keeping Equipment running well past it had any right too, so she has a knack for Jerry rigging and patchwork jobs. Once her dad retired she didn't really want to continue that work, she was mainly in it to look after her dad, so submitting some of her designs as a portfolio she gained entrance into starfleet, didn't make a ton of friends as a cadet but once she was on a ship , pal-ing around with co-workers eventually got her a good friend group.

As both a former miner and a uniformed officer most of what she's worn in her life has been chosen for her so she develops a real hobby for fashion, spending some of her off time in a holodeck program where she's a famous designer as well as several historical romance holodeck where she gets to try out fashions from different times and cultures.

She's also in a weekly larping fantasy campaign with a few of her friends.

Her shore leave is usually spent checking in on her parents but occasionally she'll treat herself to a trip to fereginar for a bit of light gambling.

[jennawynn]

Enterprise Season 3 Eps 13-18

Episode 13

Of course they didn't have a backup of the incredibly important data.

Honestly... they really should have sent T'Pol home and lined the ship with the stuff that would stop the _rest of the crew_ from getting fucked up with gravity stuff. This is like... the easiest of the tough decisions they supposedly have to deal with. Putting the whole crew AND the ship at risk just so you can keep one person on board?

It really bothers me that the Andorians use 'pink skin' as a 'slur' towards humans. The assumption of white people as default.

Episode 14

I think they overdo the whole in media res thing where they start an episode in the middle of deceit and then show how they got to that point. Every time an episode starts with Archer not in uniform, it's obvious that there's some kind of deceit happening to keep the audience in the dark too, but that kind of thing only really works if you use it sparingly. Plus the Plot Armor of the crew means Archer being the Last Survivor of anything is laughable.

Episode 15

Ok, there was a line I legit laughed at during Trip and T'Pol's confession scene.

Episode 16

I actually kind of like this one- the deep dive on Phlox and T'Pol and their differences while they're the only ones on the ship awake and slowly going mad. Also "I'm a physician, not an engineer!" I understand that reference.

"Are you suggesting I should read the manual??" lmao. When I was in the Navy, I was what you would call an engineer. I worked in the engine room of an aircraft carrier. We were required to use the manual and go step by step on damn near every little thing we did. Every pump, every machine, pretty much every valve. The only time we didn't operate step-by-step by the book was during a casualty response when we did specific things we trained and drilled on constantly. Hell, sometimes we had one person reading the book out loud while the rest of the people did the work. The manual is written in step-by-step fashion for everything, not a theory text but a how-to guide for start up, shut down, and everything you could expect to do in between.

Episode 17

There it is. Tension between Archer's compassion and Trip's anger. Trip wants to take a torch to the hatchery of Xindi insectoids while Archer wants to save them. This is what I was talking about- this is what they should have been leaning into all along. Reed and Travis are in on it, too. But then when Reed and Travis voice discontent with the decision, Trip's loyalty kicks in and he starts making up reasons why this is a good idea actually.

Oh, nm, it appears that something is causing them to be protective of the eggs, to their detriment. Ok, that's an interesting twist. I wish it didn't come at the expense of them actually doing what they should've done all along because that means this is temporary, but it's interesting for what it is.

I'm sorry... the Eugenic WARS? What?

Oh even more interesting- that really was just Trip's loyalty to the captain. Only the captain is affected.

Episode 18

More Inconsistent!Archer. He could've waited 4 hours to see if Tucker made it back in time before firing on the station that found them.

Archer really needs to stop trying to sacrifice himself. He must not have been a very good chess player. Sacrificing the King means checkmate. I guess it's because he's Starfleet and not military that he's too cowardly to make that decision. He opts to sacrifice himself because he couldn't live with himself afterwards. Aaaand then T'Pol as the acting captain wants to sacrifice herself ahem I mean attempt a diplomatic mission.

When you skip past so much stuff that could fill time (personal and intership fights take like 1 min of screentime, they do a lot of decision making and setup for actions off screen) you end up also fast forwarding through a lot of plot, too... which means you can find a hidden weapon in a huge expanse (teehee) of space in a single season... so if you don't want to wrap up the show at that season finale.... you've gotta redirect and make a new enemy and move the goalposts. I guess that is classic storytelling trope use though... keep making the threat bigger (a first story in a franchise might be about saving a town, the second might be about saving a country, the third about saving the world, etc.). It just feels like it's less about bigger and more about redirecting. It isn't narratively satisfying.

Bet they had fun destroying the set for this episode lmao

Why don't hull breaches have automatic closure protocols? Why does Malcolm always report them then wait for the captain to respond before closing the bulkheads??

The amount of destruction at the end of the episode is almost stressful... except that the show hasn't shown that they'll actually have long-lasting repercussions. Repairs will take a week.