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The Rules of Acquisition, in the fictional ''Star Trek'' universe, are a set of guidelines intended to ensure the profitability of businesses owned by members of the ultra-capitalist alien species known as Ferengi. In the ''Deep Space Nine'' episode titled "The Maquis: Part 1", Sakonna, a Vulcan, asked Quark to explain what a Rule of Acquisition was. He stated: "Every Ferengi business transaction is governed by 285 rules of acquisition to ensure a fair and honest deal for all parties concerned... well most of them anyway." The first mention of the rules within the ''Star Trek'' universe was in ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' Season 1, Episode 10 ("The Nagus"). ==Background== The first rule was made by Gint, the first Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance, a role with political, economic, and even quasi-religious duties. The title of "Rules of Acquisition" was chosen as a clever marketing ploy (since the rules are merely guidelines) and Gint numbered his first rule as #162, to create a demand for the other 161 Rules that had yet to be written. The Rules were said to be divinely inspired and sacred (thus furthering the original marketing ploy). Although it has been stated within ''Star Trek'' that there are 285 rules,〔 not all of them have been stated in canon. Most of the rules were written by Ira Steven Behr and he published many of them in a book ''The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition'' (ISBN 0-671-52936-6), the cover of which credits authorship as being "By Quark as told to Ira Steven Behr." Additional rules were published in ''Legends of the Ferengi'' (ISBN 0-671-00728-9), by Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe. Behr and Wolfe were both writers for ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' with Behr being the Executive Producer of the series. In the ''Voyager'' episode ''False Profits'' is mentioned about the book: "Unabridged and fully annotated with all 47 commentaries, all 900 major and minor judgments, all 10,000 considered opinions. There's a rule for every conceivable situation". There is also a note about The Unwritten Rule: "When no appropriate rule applies... make one up." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rules of Acquisition」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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