<font color="yellow">Since in an excellent Star Trek TNG episode it was entered into canon that the galaxies humanoid species were seeded by an ancient race using their own DNA, it seems logical that Klingons, Vulcans, Romulans and the others would respond similarly to the same stimuli; adjusting skin color by way of melanin levels.</font><br /><br />That was one of my favorite TNG episodes.<br /><br />But.... Ever seen an Andorian that wasn't blue? <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />I understand about melanin and all. My point was really that while it works that way on Earth, there are various reasons why it might not be so on other planets.<br /><br />It's never directly stated (IIRC) but Tau Ceti, I believe is host to the Vulcan home world. Or was it Epsilon Eridani?<br /><br />What does a person's skin look like evolving under the light of a red dwarf? Would such a planet have the climatological diversity of Earth?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>"2012.. Year of the Dragon!! Get on the Dragon Wagon!".</em> </div>