Andalite technology
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The Andalites boast a large number of advanced technological accomplishments, which include the shredder, morphing, Z-space travel, and much more.
[edit] Zero-Space technology
Andalites have made many things that involve Zero-Space, because it gives them shortened travel time.
[edit] Space Ships
Andalites have made many different space ships, including fighters, the large Dome ships, and other ships.
Andalite fighters are as big as a school bus. The front end is a pod, shaped like an egg. Extending from the back of the pod there is a long, narrow shaft, with two crooked, stubby wings, and on the end of each wing is a long tube that glows bright blue on the back end. At the end, it has a sort of tail, resembling a raised Andalite's tail, that's curved up and foreward, and come to a point as sharp as a needle, which is where the [Shredder]] gun is located.
Dome ships are large ships shaped vaguely like a big mushroom or unbrella. The engines form a large pod at one, thought of as the roots. The long shaft is the bridge and sleeping quarters, while the dome of the ship is a large meadow-like area.
[edit] Escafil Device
One of the more recently developed, and most advanced, Andalite technologies is the Escafil device, or morphing cube, or blue box, etc... This allows Andalites to "morph" into any animal by absorbing their DNA through touch. The only draw-back is the fact that they can only stay in morph for up to two Earth hours at a time. Passing the two-hour time limit carries the penalty of becoming a Nothlit, a person/Andalite trapped in morph forever. Tobias became a Nothlit in the first book. It is possible to force someone out of morph, by using Visser Three's Anti-morphing ray.
The Escafil device works by absorbing the animal's DNA and putting it in a small capsule, which is put into your bloodstream. When you morph, the DNA in the capsule replaces your DNA, turning you into that animal. If you morph an animal smaller than yourself, your body mass gets transported into Z-space, which puts you in danger, because, even though it's unlikely to happen, your body mass may be struck by a passing ship, which will disintegrate your body, or transport you to Z-space where you will suffocate, unless saved by a passing ship.
