Ferengi Commerce Authority

Liquidator Brunt of the FCA.

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 bylaws in the Ferengi Alliance. The FCA's primary offices were located in the Tower of Commerce on Ferenginar.

The FCA was governed by a Board of Liquidators -- 432 commissioners that had the power to confirm or reject the appointment of a new Grand Nagus. One of the most powerful commissioners in the 2370s was Nilva, the chairman of Slug-o-Cola.

Agents of the FCA were known as liquidators, 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.

The FCA's authority extended even beyond the Ferengi Alliance, and its rules governed Ferengi anywhere in the galaxy.

References

• DS9:
  • "Family Business"
  • "The Bar Association"
  • "Ferengi Love Songs"
  • "Profit and Lace"