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Jeffrey Combs as Brunt, Max Grodénchik as Rom; Chase firenut. A dry, one-seeded fruit, consisting of an edible kernel in a Masterson as Leeta; Hamilton Camp as Leck. SEE: acrybite; woody shell. Neelix brewed a potent coffee blend containing Bolians; Brunt; Ferengi business license; Ferengi Gaming firenuts. (“Mortal Coil” [VGR]) Commission; Ferengi Rules of Acquisition: 94, 208, 229; Ferengi; First Clerk; Global Tongo Championships; Horran's First Clerk. Administrative official serving the Ferengi Alliance. 7th Prophecy; Igel, DaiMon; Ishka; jellied gree worms; The First Clerk was the personal financial assistant to the grand jevonite; K'retok; Leck; Leeta; “Lobekins”; Marauder Mo; nagus. In 2373, Quark briefly held the position of First Clerk to nagus, grand; Quark; Rom; security access code; slug steak; Grand Nagus Zek. (“Ferengi Love Songs” [DS9)) Smeet; tongo; Waiver of Property and Profit; wedding: Bajoran, Ferengi; Zek. First Order. Cardassian military division. In 2372, three soldiers of the First Order's Third Battalion were given a massive dose of Ferengi Rules of Acquisition.” psychotropic drugs, placed in stasis tubes, and left on Empok 94th Rule: “Females and finances don't mix.” (“Ferengi Love Nor when the station was abandoned. The chambers were proSongs” [DS9)) grammed to revive the soldiers when any unauthorized persons 98th Rule: “Every man has his price." (“In the Pale Moonlight” entered the abandoned station. (“Empok Nor” [DS9]). [DS9)). 168th Rule: “Whisper your way to success.” (“Treachery, Faith, Fitzpatrick. Starfleet officer aboard the U.S.S. Voyager. On starand the Great River” [DS9)]) date 51501.4, Fitzpatrick received a letter from his home via a 190th Rule: “Hear all, trust nothing.” (“Call to Arms” [DS9]). Starfleet transmission sent through a Hirogen relay station 208th Rule: “Sometimes, the only thing more dangerous thana (“Hunters” [VGR]) question is an answer.” (“Ferengi Love Songs" [DS9)). 229th Rule: “Latinum lasts longer than lust.” (“Ferengi Love fleet liaison officer. Starfleet billet. In 2373, Lieutenant Songs” [DS9)) Commander Worf served as fleet liaison officer for Deep Space 9. (“Soldiers of the Empire” [DS9]) Ferengi.* Civilization. Ferengi have deciduous childhood lobes that they lose Flith. (John Chandler). Member of the Orion - as they grow older. A Ferengi's first set of ~ Syndicate who worked for Liam Bilby on Farius = ears are lost at a young age. The Ferengi Prime. Flith was killed in 2374 for the serious trans— 4 believe that the universe is held together gression of failing to pay his fare to the head boss “3 wv by the Great Material Continuum, also (“Honor Among Thieves” [DS9)) Bla esN known as the Great River. They believe ry LS RR that each part of the universe has too Florence. City in the nation-state of Italy, located on [I much of one thing, but not enough of the European continent of planet Earth. Florence was one of the \ another, and it is through the continual centers of the remarkable explosion of art and science during the flow of the Great River that wants and needs can be fulfilled, fone 14th through 17th centuries on Earth known as the navigates the River with sufficient entrepreneurial skill. Renaissance. One of Florence's most distinguished inhabitants “Treachery, Faith, and the Great River” [DS9]). The seeds of apro- during that period was Leonardo da Vinci. (“Concerning Flight” found revolution in Ferengi society were sown in 2373 when [VGR]) Grand Nagus Zek came to accept the guidance of a female, Ishka. While Ishka gave Zek sound financial advice that benefited ~~ Flotter, The Adventures of. Series [JiR - the entire Ferengi Alliance, she also made no secret of her person- of interactive holographic stories for al agenda to reform Ferengi law to grant equal rights to females. children. The Flotter stories were set (“Ferengi Love Songs” [DS8)). Zek acted on this radical reform a in the beautiful Forest of Forever, oy a year later when he amended the Ferengi Bill of Opportunities to where a child met a variety of fanciful x grant females the right to wear clothes. Announcement of the characters, each of which was a per- : amendment initially caused financial chaos throughout Ferengi sonification of some element or force society, nearly deposing Zek in the process, Stability and prof- of nature. The Flotter stories each itability returned when it became evident that equal economic taught children about those forces of | opportunity for females resulted in the opening of exciting new nature through the behavior of the markets for consumer goods. (“Profits and Lace” [DS9)). characters and how they responded to a child's actions. Children partici- 4 Ferenginar.* Planet; homeworld of Ferengi society. Torrential rains, ~~ pating in the Flotter adventures were the smell of rotting vegetation, and the rivers of muck on Ferenginar encouraged to develop deductive are but a few of the things that many Ferengi find endearing about reasoning skills. For example, in one their homeworld. (“The Magnificent Ferengi” [DS9)). story when the character of Flotter disappeared, the character would “Fever.” Popular 20th-century Earth musical composition telling not reappear until the participant realized that Flotter, who repreof the early stages of a humanoid mating ritual. Written by Willie sented water, had evaporated. He would subsequently reappear John and Eddie Cooley. Lola Chrystal sang “Fever” in the Vic when temperatures in the forest dropped low enough to allow Fontaine holosuite program. (“His Way" [DS9)]). water vapor to condense into rain. In another story, diverting a river, an apparent solution to an imminent dry spell, would actually flood Fifth Fleet. Task force of the Federation Starfleet. In 2374, ele- the forest, causing giant mosquitoes to appear when the forest ments of the Fifth Fleet joined a special large attack force com- became a swamp. Some Flotter stories include “Flotter and the manded by Captain Benjamin Sisko to retake station Deep Space Tree Monster,” “Trevis and the Terribly Twisted Trunk,” and “Flotter, 9 from Dominion control. The Fifth Fleet had been previously Trevis, and the Ogre of Fire.” Naomi Wildman enjoyed the Flotter assigned to combat duty along the Vulcan border. (“Favor the | Og % adventures when she was a child, as did future Bold" [DS9)) " 14 \) Voyager crew members Kathryn Janeway, Harry +! Kim, and Samantha Wildman, SEE: Stinger. Fiji. Island nation with a tropical climate located in the southern 3 # (“Once Upon a Time" [VGR)). Pacific Ocean on planet Earth. In 2374, when Thomas Paris suggested creating a holodeck skiing program, B'Elanna Torres Flotter. (Wallace Langham). Title character in requested a warmer location such as Fiji. (“Waking Moments” the Adventures of Flotter holographic stories for [VGR]) children. Also known as Flotter T. Water lll. The comical Flotter represented the element of