Ferenginar,the homeworld of the Ferengi is a class M planet with a much thinner atmospheare than most planets in this categoryFerengi culture is entirely based on capitalisim.Social standings,military ranks,and political status are are determined by wealth and the influence it can buy.If you visit Ferenginar,bring pleanty of gold-pressed latinum.Everything else is irrelevant.The tallest building on Ferenginar is the Tower of Commerce,which is the headquarters of the FCA-the Ferengi Commerce Authority.The Ferengi live by a strict code of honor,though its ethics might be questionable from many other races point of view.These guidelines are laid out in the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition.Its words are memorized by Ferengi children,who are expected to repeat them on command.
The rules of Acquisiton consist ofgthe 285 guiding princibles that form the basis of Ferengi buissness philophosy-a phiophosy that has enabled the Fereni people to become the most successful entrepeneurs in the galaxy.Although they appear simple,Ferengi business scholars have been interpreting and debating the rules for thousands of years.Every Ferengi business transaction is governed by these rules of Acquistion,to ensure a fair and honest deal for all parties concerned.Well,most of them,anyway.
After first contact with the Fedeartion at Delphi Ardu in 2364,the Ferengi Alliance see great economic and opportunities and quickly assimilate themselves into Federation commerce.A good example is the Ferengi,Quark,who establishes a bar and interstellar trading operation on Deep Space Nine,a former Cardassian space station near the planet Bajor,and geteway to the Bajoran Wormhole and the Gamma Quadrant.The Ferengi are not part of the Federation,and they obviously see contact with other races as an opportunity for profit.Ferengi head covers,the Arabesque cloth seen on the back of some Ferengi heads,are a military designation and are not normally worn by civilians.Although they posses technology and weapons on a scale with most Federation races,the Ferengi are not a military threat as,say,The Klingons,because Ferengi leaders more often buy their commands rather than by earning them through deeds and abilities.This is not to say the Ferengi cannot be dangerous opponents.Most adults are proficent in the use of the Ferengi whip,a handheld weapon used to fire high-energy plasma discharfes at a target.They also use locator bombs,a sophisticated anti-personnel weapon capable of seeking out a specific person,using sensors to lock onto the targets pheromones.These bombs detonate a fatal sorium argine explosive upon impact.Profit in Ferengi society even reaches into death.Important Ferengi are turned into green powder and sold as a collectors item on the Ferengi futured exchanged.
Ferengi death rituals strictly prohibit autopsies.The Ferengi belive one of two things happen to them when they die.They hope to go to the divine Treasury,which is made of pure latinum,where the Blessed executor and the celestial Auctioneers let them bid on their new life.But if they die before turning a prophit in their bussiness,they go to the Vault of Eternal Destitution.Since the Ferengi are capatilists,virtually all their leaders are in their place because of their cunning and wealth.The Grand Nagus can be considered such a leader.The Nagus can be considered such a leader.The Nagus is often identified as the Ferengi master of commerce.He wields extreme power over Ferengi business controling the status of trade territories and other commercial oportunitys.The first Grand Nagus was named Gint.He commited the first rule of acquistion to parchment and labled it number 162,as a marketting ploy to increase the value of the first 161.The Grand Nagus is protected by Hupyrian body guards,members of a race of tall humanoids known for their absolute devotion to the masters they serve.