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Professor Andres was a 23rd century Human man, a scientist who worked aboard the Federation's Research Satellite-5 space station in the 2260s.
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In 2266, Andres was head of the N-cycle bomb project, working alongside Doctor Njam. Once Andres proved the science behind the metaweapon, the team felt compelled to build the device before someone else could. But Andres was reluctant to allow bombs to be manufactured based on their prototype unless the Federation Council swore they'd never use it. He and Njam asked Doctor Lax to help them use an experimental time travel cabinet to hide in Earth's past. Lax agreed, sending Andres and the doomsday weapon to 3 April 1955. Njam then betrayed Andres, killing Lax and blackmailing the Federation. The time travel control settings were vague as to whether Andres went to 1955 or 1855, so James T. Kirk and Montgomery Scott went back in time separately to search.
Meanwhile, in 1955 Andres established himself as a special effects expert for an ancient Roman movie being filmed near Hollywood. In one dramatic scene, an enemy pursuing a horse-drawn chariot slashed the reins, sending the hapless chariot and its driver careening over a gorge. Andres designed a pair of concealed rockets to safely propel the chariot across, and the stunt was successfully filmed by cameraman Zoltan and director Bovrille on the first try, with Kirk ending up as the stuntman.
Kirk located Andres welding metal rods in a camper, but Andres panicked and fled with the N-cycle bomb in one of the movie's chariots. With no cars nearby, Kirk pursued him on another chariot. Racing along a highway, Kirk jumped onto Andres's chariot and wrestled with him until Andres realized Kirk thought he was a criminal. Dejected at learning of Njam's betrayal, he handed the prototype over to Kirk, but Kirk said his sacrifices would probably impact the Federation Council's debate on the matter, and they returned together to 2266. (TOS comic: "A Bomb in Time")