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Ferengi Rules of Acquisition #47 and #109 are quoted:
#47: "Never trust a man wearing a better suit than your own."
#109: "Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack." |
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The Bajoran War Orphans Fund was a charitable
organization established on the planet Bajor following the Cardassian
withdrawal from that world and the end of the Occupation of Bajor. (see
also "Ferengi
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Club Martus was a casino located on Deep Space 9's
promenade opposite Quark's. It was opened and owned by an El-Aurian
named Martus Mazur in 2370 and contained numerous gambling devices. |
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Naming Day is the day on which male Ferengi are formally
introduced to the world outside their family and one of the first
opportunities for a young Ferengi to acquire property or make a profit.
It is one of the few Ferengi traditions that involve the giving of
gifts. On Rom's Naming Day, his brother Quark replaced his gifts with
old vegetables and sold the gifts for a profit. |
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The Plygorian mammoth is an extremely large animal. After
having being unable to play an effective game of racquetball, Julian
Bashir once stated that he couldn't "hit the broadside of a Plygorian
mammoth." |
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The Pythrons are the inhabitants of Pythro V. Con artist
Martus Mazur defrauded an elderly Pythron couple in 2370 by getting
their financial access codes and investing their money in his business,
which promptly failed. The couple filed a complaint against him with Odo,
who arrested Mazur. |
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Solar neutrinos are a type of particle emitted by stars.
Usually, half of solar neutrinos in an area spin clockwise and the other
half spin counterclockwise. In 2370, Martus Mazur's probability altering
gambling machines caused more than eighty percent of solar neutrinos in
Deep Space 9 to spin clockwise. |
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The Vlugtans are a space bound species, whose currency is
the isik. They controlled a asteroid belt that was rich in minerals. In
2370, the Vlugtans accepted a bid by Alsia to begin mining the asteroid
belt, although she was told to conduct a survey on the effects the
mining would have on "intersystem navigation". |
