Ferenginar

Facts

• Primary: Ferengal (MU Novel: Rise Like Lions)
• System name: Ferengal IV (MU Novel: Rise Like Lions)
• Class M
• Inhabitants: Ferengi
• Nation
  • - 4th century - Present: Ferengi Alliance
• As of mid-24th century, constantly patrolled by three D'Kora-class vessels to maintain perimeter in the event of customer discontent (DS9 Novel: The 34th Rule)

History

• c.8th millennium BCE: Written Ferengi history begins. (DS9: "Little Green Men")
• The Outer Islands are first discovered by the explorer Jalia. (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Twilight)
• c.10,000 ya: The cult of Milia briefly rises, preaching love, kindness, and fairness to all, before Milia is viciously executed for heresy. (SCE Short Story: "Caveat Emptor")
• c.4th millennium BCE: The Furies hold weak, distant domination over Ferengi culture, inspiring various myths and legends which continue into the present day. ("Invasion!" series)

Locations

Surface

• Sites
  • Colloid marshes (SCE Short Story: "Caveat Emptor")
    • Site of high-demand real estate (SCE Short Story: "Caveat Emptor")
  • Mayak Swamp (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
    • Naturally toxic to humanoid life (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
  • Nimbi Massif (SCE Short Story: "Caveat Emptor")
    • Only desert on Ferenginar (SCE Short Story: "Caveat Emptor")
      • Kept arid via a series of massive dehumidifiers (SCE Short Story: "Caveat Emptor")
    • Valley lined with vast array of parabolic baffles, serving as a massive transceiver dish for the purposes of information collection, communication tapping (SCE Short Story: "Caveat Emptor")
      • Known as the Nimbi Array (SCE Short Story: "Caveat Emptor")
  • Terekol Chasm (DS9 Novel: The 34th Rule)
    • Noted significant fissure (DS9 Novel: The 34th Rule)
    • Site of the first discovery of latinum on Ferenginar (DS9 Novel: The 34th Rule)
• Cities
  • Ferengi capital city
    • Tower of Commerce
      • Site of the Sacred Marketplace (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
      • Lined with stone slibuts (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
    • Nagal Residence (DS9 Novel: The 34th Rule)
      • Home estate for the Grand Nagus (DS9 Novel: The 34th Rule)
  • Unknown city
    • Commercial and Mercantile Institute of Ferenginar (SCE Short Story: "Caveat Emptor")
      • Highly prestigious educational institution (SCE Short Story: "Caveat Emptor")

Indigenous Life

Animal

• Slibut (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)