12 Facts About Ferengi

Ferengi are a fictional extraterrestrial species in the American science fiction franchise Star Trek.

The Ferengi first appeared in "The Last Outpost", the show's fourth episode, which was set in the year 2364.

The writers decided that the Ferengi ultimately failed to appear sufficiently menacing, instead replacing them with the Romulans and Borg as primary antagonists.

Name Ferengi was coined based on the Persian term Ferenghi, used throughout Asia, meaning "foreigners" or "Europeans".

Ferengi outfits designed for "The Last Outpost" featured fur wrap-arounds.

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The Ferengi ship featured in the episode was designed by Andy Probert, who used a horseshoe crab on Wright's desk as inspiration, with the model then being constructed by Greg Jein.

Ferengi were reused for the season's ninth episode, "The Battle", based on a story by Larry Forrester that Wright converted into a teleplay.

The Ferengi uniform was revised for this episode, and new collar pips were added to designate their differing ranks.

Ferengi'd be someone who could obviously throw lots of story dynamics into play.

Ferengi culture is depicted, especially on Deep Space Nine, as focused on the acquisition of profit as the highest goal.

Many episodes portray this as taken to a comical extreme, as, for example, Ferengi prayer involves paying bribes to the gods, and Ferengi funeral rites involve auctioning off the deceased's remains.

Ferengi were first designed by Andrew Probert and later refined and produced by Michael Westmore.