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Ferengi
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| SPECIES | |
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| Ferengi | |
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| Planet of origin: | Ferenginar |
| Affiliation: | Ferengi Alliance |
| Warp capable: | sometime after 1947 but before 2151 |
| Borg Designation: | Species 180 |
| Biology | |
| Classification: | Humanoid |
| Environmental requirements: | Class M conditions |
| Sexes: | Male and Female |
| Telepathic abilities: | None displayed |
| Blood Coloration: | Yellow |
 Emblem of the Ferengi Alliance | |
The Ferengi were an extremely capitalistic race from the planet Ferenginar.
A Ferengi's entire existence revolved around the acquisition of wealth, even above family and friends, according to their sacred Rules of Acquisition.
Most Ferengi were affiliated with the Ferengi Alliance which was led by the Grand Nagus, who from 2375 was Rom.
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Biology
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The Ferengi were physically distinguishable by their large ear lobes (larger and more pronounced on males than females), which gave the Ferengi keen hearing. Their lower ear lobes also served as erogenous zones.
Ferengi biology included special cells called pyrocytes. These could provoke deadly allergic reactions in other species if exposed to them. (TNG episode: "The Price")
Ferengi also had four-lobed brains, making them resistant to telepathic or empathic "reading" by species with such abilities, like the Betazoids. (TNG episode: "The Battle")
The Ferengi species also had poor vision. They were considered short but "highly energetic." (TNG video game: Echoes from the Past)
With proper care, the average Ferengi life expectancy was up to 300 years. (DS9 reference: Legends of the Ferengi)
Medical ConditionsEdit
CultureEdit
The Ferengi had a story similar to that of the Terran "boy who cried wolf" fable. In the Ferengi version, a boy cried "Audit" so many times that when a real Auditor arrived, no one believed him. (DS9 novel: Vengeance)
A unique specialist aspect of the Ferengi language was similar to Human Morse code, known as B'Zal. This was a pattern of lights in the darkness designed to reveal codes that only another user could identify. (TNG episode: "Bloodlines")
Ferengi children's toys include erotic action figures. And the popular line of Marauder Mo toys. Ferengi energy whip included. (DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky, DS9 episode: "Ferengi Love Songs")
All Ferengi were answerable to the Ferengi Commerce Authority. (TLE novel: The Art of the Impossible)
"Charity" was considered a particularly rude swear word among Ferengi. (DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Cathedral)
Stealing was against the Ferengi code of honor. (TNG video game: The Transinium Challenge)
The Ferengi culture had a caste system based on profits. (TNG video game: Echoes From the Past)
BeliefsEdit
Most Ferengi believed in the Great Material Continuum, a spiritual belief that guided them when they accumulated wealth. Only those that followed the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition were said to travel the "river" that is the Great Material Continuum. [citation needed]
Those that profited in life and accumulated well were said to be allowed a place in the Divine Treasury. However, those that failed to do so were doomed to suffer within the Vault of Eternal Destitution as punishment for not following the profit-driven ways of the Ferengi. (DS9 episodes: "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River", "The Dogs of War")
RitualsEdit
Two Ferengi closed a business deal by pressing the backs of their hands together, then bringing in the palm to clasp their own chest or shoulder. The maneuver signified mutual suspicion and distrust, yet a willingness to work together honestly for the betterment of both parties. The ritual began with contact and agreement, albeit with undertones of confrontation, followed by a reminder that each Ferengi is motivated by his own greed and is co-operating for self-serving reasons. No successful Ferengi would respect anyone not motivated by their own greed; that would signify they were mere servants, agents of another’s wealth. [citation needed]
Ferengi commonly greeted one another by putting their wrists together, hands apart, with fingers curled inward; this appeared to be their equivalent of the Human handshake. The grasping gesture of course signified that the person making it was a true Ferengi, always ready to acquire. A Ferengi acting in some form of service or submission would usually bow low, or even kneel, with their face raised, and make the same gesture. When used in concurrence with the excessively low posture, it signified the individual as yet possessed nothing - and was therefore subordinate to the wealthier, more successful Ferengi - but it also served as a visual hint that they expected payment for any services they performed; the hands were waiting to be filled. The cultural connotations of displaying open hands were echoed again in the "obscene" gesture of a person waving empty hands above his head; obviously, overtly signifying you possessed nothing was a disgustingly deviant action. [citation needed]
Food and DrinkEdit
HistoryEdit
- See main article: Ferengi history.
IndividualsEdit
| This article or subsection has an associated category. | Ferengi |
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External linkEdit
- Ferengi article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
