Ferengi

Ferengi are a humanoid species from the planet Ferenginar, in the Alpha Quadrant.

History
In an incident that was later hushed up, first contact between the Ferengi and Earth accidentally occurred in the year 1947.


 * See Memory-Alpha article Little Green Men for full account.

In another unofficial incident, first contact occurred, again by accident, in 2151, where a group of Ferengi boarded the Enterprise (NX-01) in search of plunder. They were subsequently stopped and deported, though no official record was ever logged.

A third unofficial incident occurred in 2355 when one of their ships attacked the USS Stargazer (NCC-2893).

Official first contact took place nine years later.

Society
The Ferengi have a society that is based on the acquisition of wealth. This so engulfs their ideology that many outside races have developed stereotypes regarding Ferengi and their "greedy" ideology (Starfleet cadets are even taught about how to deal with Ferengi, in a course alongside other known threats such as the Q). Many undesirable traits of old Earth history - such as the "Turkish trader", the expansionism beliefs of early America, the Republican Party and free enterprise as a whole - have been associated to the Ferengi by Federation xeno-sociologists.

Politics
The Ferengi species is organized into the Ferengi Alliance, which is presided over by a Grand Nagus.