Origin

Star Trek Canon Special Note
Not everything listed in the origin is Canon.  That is because only television shows and movies are considered canon for Star Trek.  This being a comic website there are many things here that are not canon.  So unless it is contradicted in film it should be listed as part of the character biography.     
 
Mahirn has to be one of the first Andorians in Starfleet based on his being a rank of Admiral during the time of Christopher Pike's five year voyage of the U.S.S. Enterprise.  Mahirn is also Pike's Godfather.

Creation

Mahirm was created for the Star Trek: Early Voyages comic series.