Ferenginar

Ferenginar, also known as the Ferengi homeworld, is an inhabited planet in the Ferenginar system of the Alpha Quadrant.

Ferenginar (rain)

Ferenginar (no rain)

The planet is located approximately fifty-five light years from Cardassia Prime, and sixty light years from Bajor. Ferenginar is the capital planet of the Ferengi Alliance, best known for having nearly constant, planet-wide torrential rains, rotting vegetation, and rivers of muck. Due to the near-constant levels of torrential rain, the buildings are kept under domes, which help keep the resident Ferengi dry. Many large cities are present around the planet, but the capital city has been said to be the most impressive city on the planet. Dominating the capital city is a huge spire, the Tower of Commerce, which marks the Sacred Marketplace, and the seat of government for the Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance.

Known flora (plant life) are the hooyup tree and the jooble. Known fauna (animal and insect life) are the fangcat, the gleeworm, and the tube grub.

Landmarks include the Nagal Residence, the Sacred Marketplace, and the Tower of Commerce.

In 2378, there were 78.2 billion Ferengi living on this world.

• Nagal Residence: The gigantic, lavishly-appointed home of the Ferengi leader, the Grand Nagus. It is located in the capital city of Ferenginar, with a view of the Tower of Commerce.
  Rumor has it that even the waste extraction fixtures were plated with latinum.

• Great Marketplace: Also known as the Sacred Marketplace, it is located in the capital city. It houses several important government buildings, including the Tower of Commerce. Also central to the conduct of Ferengi business, and several traditional rites, including criminal punishments. Criminals and other deviants were often thrown from the spire of the Tower, and landed in the Marketplace. Crowds gathered to watch the execution, and placed wagers on where the victims would land. Lesser crimes were punished with public humiliation, including being hanged in the marketplace by the lobes (ears).

• Tower of Commerce: Capital building of the Ferengi Alliance, it is the largest and tallest building on Ferenginar. From the Tower's "Chamber of Opportunity," the Grand Nagus presided over the entire financial empire of the Ferengi. In the Chamber of Petitioners, the Nagus dispensed financial advice to his subjects. The Tower also housed the offices of the Ferengi Commerce Authority. Some criminals and financial deviants were taken to the top of the spire of the Tower of Commerce, and shoved off to plummet into the Sacred Marketplace, where people bet on where the victims would land.

Notable Historic Events

Early History

Gint, the first Grand Nagus

A Dopterian, a humanoid species found throughout the Alpha Quadrant. A distant relative of the Ferengi, this species shares an inability to be read by telepathic species.

• Ferengi civilization arose circa 8000 BC, when Ferengi discovered the concepts of currency and profit.

• Around 7500 BC, capitalism became the basis of Ferengi society.

• By 2700 BC, currency, banking, speculative investments, and a unified global economy were established.
  • The first Grand Nagus created the Rules of Acquisition, which would be added on to throughout the years.

• Ferengi and Dopterians diverged from each other at an unknown time.

• Grand Nagus Smeet became the only Nagus to be assassinated while in office after a dramatic drop in the Ferengi Market Exchange during his reign.

• Ferengi purchased warp drive technology from an unknown source (rumored to be the Breen), and began using this technology to expand their commercial interests throughout the galaxy.

Modern History

• In 2151, Starfleet had its first, unofficial encounter with the Ferengi. Four Ferengi marauders boarded the Enterprise, attempting to plunder the starship of items they believed held value.

• In the 2350s, the Great Monetary Collapse hit Ferenginar. Inflation soared, the currency was devalued.
  • It was described as a "rampant inflation and currency devaluation that were burning like wildfires through the lush financial foliage of Ferenginar."

• In 2364, Ferengi and the Federation made official first contact with each other. Representatives from the Federation included Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise.

• In 2374, Ferenginar descended into financial chaos after Grand Nagus Zek amended the Ferengi Bill of Opportunities to allow females equal status to males.
  There was so much buying and selling, the communications grid shut down and a communications blackout occurred.

• In 2375, Rom becomes Grand Nagus, and ushers in an era of reform, which includes the codification of rights for females.