Editing Ferengi Commerce Authority


The [[Ferengi Commerce Authority]] (also known as the FCA) was an agency of the [[Ferengi]] government charged with overseeing business practices and the enforcement of Ferengi Trade By-Laws (including the Ferengi Bill of Opportunities) in the [[Ferengi Alliance]]. Under this authority the FCA had the ability to dispense or revoke the rights of any Ferengi to conduct business under the Trade By-Laws. Ferengi who refused to follow these rules could be barred from trade with other Ferengi, or anyone seeking to do business with the Alliance. (DS9: "Body Parts", "Profit and Lace") 

The FCA's primary offices were located on the 40th floor of the Tower of Commerce, on [[Ferenginar]]. To ask a question to the receptionist costs one slip of latinum. To sit down in a chair costs three slips, and to stand costs 1 slip. (DS9: "Family Business") 

The FCA is governed by a [[Board of Liquidators]] that have the power to confirm or reject the appointment of a new [[Grand Nagus]]. (DS9: "Profit and Lace") 

Decisions of the FCA can be overruled by the Grand Nagus, such as in matters of business license revocation. 

Agents of the FCA were known as [[Liquidator]]s, and were commonly feared by traditional Ferengi. Brunt was a particularly ambitious liquidator, who nearly managed to get himself appointed as the new Grand Nagus in 2373, and again in 2374. (DS9: "Ferengi Love Songs", "Profit and Lace") 

The FCA's authority extended even beyond the Ferengi Alliance, and its rules governed Ferengi anywhere in the galaxy. (DS9: "Bar Association") 


[[Category: Ferengi Alliance]]