Yep, it's cat.
Are cat people considered canon in the Star Trek universe?
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Yep! They're Caitians, first seen in TAS.
Weird, somehow I've never heard of this species or seen one in another Star Trek series. From a cursory internet search that might be because I've never seen Star Trek: the Animated Series.
Supposedly the federation is a lot more diverse than humans with weird ears, noses or foreheads. Just that the old shows did not really have the budget and / or ability to make convincing, actually alien looking species. TAS can get around this by being a cartoon, modern shows use plenty of animation.
But even in TNG is a running joke about the cetacean officers that are always off screen of course. But supposedly there is a whole part of the ship under water where intelligent dolphins are doing their duties as crew members.
And they are finally shown in Lower Decks
Until ENT, the Andorians were kind of a joke/throwaway faction. Their original costumes were, shall we say, phoning it in. Blue paint, a very obviously antenna headband, some weird poncho things, and that’s kinda it. AFAIK, they weren’t ever shown on-screen at any time between TOS and ENT.
Andorians are shown at least once in TNG... Lal has an Andorian appearance in the running when choosing her non-android avatar.
ok fair. But at the same time… I would not call that an improvement on the TOS rendition.
Hahaha, definitely not