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<blockquote data-quote="kronos182" data-source="post: 9813479" data-attributes="member: 6668634"><p>[USER=53996]@Lord Zack[/USER] I threw together a quick blurb of the Earth-Ferengi Trade Association if it was actually created, as I thought maybe could work, as: SPACE CAPITALISM.. . A few adventure hooks. I might throw together some more stuff for it.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Earth–Ferengi Trade Association (EFTA)</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Founded:</strong> Coreline +20 years Post 23 Hours</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Headquarters:</strong> San Francisco Commerce Annex, Earth — with a joint office on Ferenginar in the Tower of Opportunity</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Member Entities:</strong> United Earth Commerce Ministry representatives, Federation-licensed merchants, Ferengi DaiMons and trade clans, select neutral brokers</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Purpose</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">The EFTA was created to stabilize and expand trade between Earth-based merchants and the Ferengi Alliance, addressing a recurring issue:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Earth’s access to replicators made many Ferengi goods unprofitable, while Ferengi trading practices were often… incompatible with Federation norms.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">The Association functions as a legal buffer zone, an arbitration board, and a joint profit-maximizing mechanism that protects both sides from unintentional economic sabotage.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Lore & Background</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Origins</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">After the 23 Hours, Earth’s industrial output soared thanks to reconstruction efforts and access to a lot of new technologies from multiple factions. Ferengi merchants saw enormous opportunity, but Earth’s civilian replicator access made entire classes of Ferengi goods (textiles, basic foods, trinkets, synthetics) nearly impossible to sell.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Several ambitious Ferengi clans (notably the Kossura and Nagalor lines you’ve used earlier) proposed creating a controlled trade partnership where multiple Earth governments agreed to restrict certain replicator patterns within designated commercial zones in exchange for exclusive deals on Ferengi raw materials, logistics, and financial backing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Surprisingly, Earth’s Commerce Ministry agreed—seeing benefit in:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Increased cultural exchange</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">A fresh flow of unique Ferengi products</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Access to Ferengi shipping networks</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Off-world redundancy in goods distribution </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Thus, the EFTA was born.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Organizational Structure</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>1. Board of Dual Interests (BoDI)</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">The ruling body, always composed of:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>3 Earth members</strong> (Commerce, Trade Security, Cultural Relations)</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>3 Ferengi members</strong> (appointed by the Grand Nagus from profitable Houses)</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>1 tie-breaking neutral</strong> (typically a Vulcan, Andorian, or Betazoid) </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">The neutral’s role is mostly mediation—Ferengi complain this lowers profit margins, while Earth insists it prevents “predatory wraparound clauses.”</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>2. Trade Pattern Review Office (TPRO)</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">This is the controversial division.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Purpose:</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">To evaluate which replicator patterns Earth should “temporarily suspend” to preserve trade volume.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Examples of restricted patterns:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Handwoven fabrics</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Certain luxury snacks</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Specialty artisan goods</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Simple tools Ferengi traditionally cornered markets on </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Earth civilians complain regularly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Ferengi profit margins skyrocketed.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>3. Interstellar Logistics & Transit Bureau (ILTB)</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Handles the shipping lanes, customs rules, Ferengi transports docking at Earth orbital platforms, and licensing human haulers to operate inside Ferengi space.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">This division also inspects for:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Smuggled replicator units</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Illegal pattern buffers</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Underreported manifests</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Bribe attempts (a <em>very</em> busy department) </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>4. Common Goods & Cultural Exchange Forum</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">The “soft power” arm. They host:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Earth–Ferengi entrepreneur seminars</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Cooperative business academies</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">“Cultural profit-sharing fairs”</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Contests on who can create the most profitable international venture </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Earth students often excel. Ferengi insist the students are cheating by using logic.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Goals & Motivations</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Primary Goals</strong></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Expand Earth–Ferengi market circulation</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Prevent replicators from destroying Ferengi merchant revenue</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Build joint commercial ventures</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Encourage stable shipping networks</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Promote peaceful economic competition rather than piracy or sabotage </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Secondary (Unofficial) Goals</strong></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Covertly limit how much technology Ferengi traders can obtain</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Extract business intel on Ferengi markets</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Exploit Earth’s stability as leverage</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Encourage dependency on EFTA trade routes</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Influence Ferengi politics via “preferential tariff weighting” </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Internal Conflicts</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>1. Earth Factions</strong></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Progressive Federation Economists:</strong> Oppose limiting replicator patterns</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Terra-based Merchants:</strong> Love the profits, want more restrictions</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Ethics Councils:</strong> Constantly battling loopholes that allow Ferengi exploitation </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>2. Ferengi Factions</strong></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Traditionalists:</strong> Want fewer regulations, more profit</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Modern Reformers:</strong> Like long-term stability</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Ultra-Capitalists:</strong> Try to sneak in banned tech anyway </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>3. Black-Market Replicator Brokers</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">A dangerous rising force because the EFTA restrictions created artificial scarcity and massive profit margins.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Key NPCs</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Director Amira Holt (Human, Earth Commerce Ministry)</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Role: Earth Co-Chair</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Traits: Pragmatic, fiercely protective of Earth economic sovereignty</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Secret: Supports increasing pattern restrictions to bolster Earth’s trade leverage</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>DaiMon Bruk Tiril (Ferengi)</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Role: Ferengi Co-Chair</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Traits: Silver-tongued, flexible morals, obsessed with cornering the Federation artisan goods market</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Secret: Running a shadow trade ring circumventing replicator restrictions</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>T’Valun (Vulcan)</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Role: Neutral Tie-Breaker</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Traits: Stoic, values logic, surprisingly sympathetic to Ferengi logic-of-profit</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Secret: Has been quietly enhancing EFTA’s algorithms to minimize system-wide economic instability</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Rana Vehl (Andorian)</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Role: Head of ILTB Inspections</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Traits: Tough, incorruptible, terrifying to bribe</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Secret: The only one preventing ILTB from becoming a goldmine of smuggling</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>Adventure Hooks</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>1. The Replicator Ring</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">A surge in illegal replicator pattern circulation threatens EFTA profits. Players must:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Intercept smugglers</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Discover who leaked pattern files</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Decide whether to expose the corruption or profit from it </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>2. The “Cultural Exchange Fair” Sabotage</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">A new Ferengi-Earth fair is underway when sabotage threatens to cause diplomatic chaos.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Was it:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">A rival Ferengi house?</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Anti-restriction Earth activists?</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">A third-party pirate cartel? </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>3. The “Restricted Commodity” Crisis</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">A Ferengi shipment of goods that Earth has blocked from replicator access goes missing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Those goods must not be recreated locally, so the EFTA hires players to:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Recover the shipment</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Prevent pirates from scanning it</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Stop an economic cascade </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>4. The Ferengi Buyout</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">A powerful Ferengi House tries to buy majority control of a crucial Earth supply chain.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">The EFTA must intervene or Earth might lose economic autonomy.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><strong>5. Federation Council Review</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">The Council challenges the legality of the EFTA’s replicator restrictions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Players may act as:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Investigators</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Lobbyists</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Enforcers</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Saboteurs, depending on the faction they favor. </span></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kronos182, post: 9813479, member: 6668634"] [USER=53996]@Lord Zack[/USER] I threw together a quick blurb of the Earth-Ferengi Trade Association if it was actually created, as I thought maybe could work, as: SPACE CAPITALISM.. . A few adventure hooks. I might throw together some more stuff for it. [FONT=Calibri][B]Earth–Ferengi Trade Association (EFTA) Founded:[/B] Coreline +20 years Post 23 Hours [B]Headquarters:[/B] San Francisco Commerce Annex, Earth — with a joint office on Ferenginar in the Tower of Opportunity [B]Member Entities:[/B] United Earth Commerce Ministry representatives, Federation-licensed merchants, Ferengi DaiMons and trade clans, select neutral brokers [B]Purpose[/B] The EFTA was created to stabilize and expand trade between Earth-based merchants and the Ferengi Alliance, addressing a recurring issue: Earth’s access to replicators made many Ferengi goods unprofitable, while Ferengi trading practices were often… incompatible with Federation norms. The Association functions as a legal buffer zone, an arbitration board, and a joint profit-maximizing mechanism that protects both sides from unintentional economic sabotage. [B]Lore & Background Origins[/B] After the 23 Hours, Earth’s industrial output soared thanks to reconstruction efforts and access to a lot of new technologies from multiple factions. Ferengi merchants saw enormous opportunity, but Earth’s civilian replicator access made entire classes of Ferengi goods (textiles, basic foods, trinkets, synthetics) nearly impossible to sell. Several ambitious Ferengi clans (notably the Kossura and Nagalor lines you’ve used earlier) proposed creating a controlled trade partnership where multiple Earth governments agreed to restrict certain replicator patterns within designated commercial zones in exchange for exclusive deals on Ferengi raw materials, logistics, and financial backing. Surprisingly, Earth’s Commerce Ministry agreed—seeing benefit in:[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Calibri]Increased cultural exchange[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]A fresh flow of unique Ferengi products[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Access to Ferengi shipping networks[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Off-world redundancy in goods distribution [/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Calibri]Thus, the EFTA was born. [B]Organizational Structure 1. Board of Dual Interests (BoDI)[/B] The ruling body, always composed of:[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Calibri][B]3 Earth members[/B] (Commerce, Trade Security, Cultural Relations)[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri][B]3 Ferengi members[/B] (appointed by the Grand Nagus from profitable Houses)[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri][B]1 tie-breaking neutral[/B] (typically a Vulcan, Andorian, or Betazoid) [/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Calibri]The neutral’s role is mostly mediation—Ferengi complain this lowers profit margins, while Earth insists it prevents “predatory wraparound clauses.” [B]2. Trade Pattern Review Office (TPRO)[/B] This is the controversial division. [B]Purpose:[/B] To evaluate which replicator patterns Earth should “temporarily suspend” to preserve trade volume. Examples of restricted patterns:[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Calibri]Handwoven fabrics[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Certain luxury snacks[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Specialty artisan goods[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Simple tools Ferengi traditionally cornered markets on [/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Calibri]Earth civilians complain regularly. Ferengi profit margins skyrocketed. [B]3. Interstellar Logistics & Transit Bureau (ILTB)[/B] Handles the shipping lanes, customs rules, Ferengi transports docking at Earth orbital platforms, and licensing human haulers to operate inside Ferengi space. This division also inspects for:[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Calibri]Smuggled replicator units[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Illegal pattern buffers[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Underreported manifests[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Bribe attempts (a [I]very[/I] busy department) [/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Calibri] [B]4. Common Goods & Cultural Exchange Forum[/B] The “soft power” arm. They host:[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Calibri]Earth–Ferengi entrepreneur seminars[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Cooperative business academies[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]“Cultural profit-sharing fairs”[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Contests on who can create the most profitable international venture [/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Calibri]Earth students often excel. Ferengi insist the students are cheating by using logic. [B]Goals & Motivations Primary Goals[/B][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Calibri]Expand Earth–Ferengi market circulation[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Prevent replicators from destroying Ferengi merchant revenue[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Build joint commercial ventures[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Encourage stable shipping networks[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Promote peaceful economic competition rather than piracy or sabotage [/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Calibri][B]Secondary (Unofficial) Goals[/B][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Calibri]Covertly limit how much technology Ferengi traders can obtain[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Extract business intel on Ferengi markets[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Exploit Earth’s stability as leverage[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Encourage dependency on EFTA trade routes[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Influence Ferengi politics via “preferential tariff weighting” [/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Calibri] [B]Internal Conflicts 1. Earth Factions[/B][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Calibri][B]Progressive Federation Economists:[/B] Oppose limiting replicator patterns[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri][B]Terra-based Merchants:[/B] Love the profits, want more restrictions[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri][B]Ethics Councils:[/B] Constantly battling loopholes that allow Ferengi exploitation [/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Calibri][B]2. Ferengi Factions[/B][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Calibri][B]Traditionalists:[/B] Want fewer regulations, more profit[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri][B]Modern Reformers:[/B] Like long-term stability[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri][B]Ultra-Capitalists:[/B] Try to sneak in banned tech anyway [/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Calibri][B]3. Black-Market Replicator Brokers[/B] A dangerous rising force because the EFTA restrictions created artificial scarcity and massive profit margins. [B]Key NPCs Director Amira Holt (Human, Earth Commerce Ministry)[/B] Role: Earth Co-Chair Traits: Pragmatic, fiercely protective of Earth economic sovereignty Secret: Supports increasing pattern restrictions to bolster Earth’s trade leverage [B]DaiMon Bruk Tiril (Ferengi)[/B] Role: Ferengi Co-Chair Traits: Silver-tongued, flexible morals, obsessed with cornering the Federation artisan goods market Secret: Running a shadow trade ring circumventing replicator restrictions [B]T’Valun (Vulcan)[/B] Role: Neutral Tie-Breaker Traits: Stoic, values logic, surprisingly sympathetic to Ferengi logic-of-profit Secret: Has been quietly enhancing EFTA’s algorithms to minimize system-wide economic instability [B]Rana Vehl (Andorian)[/B] Role: Head of ILTB Inspections Traits: Tough, incorruptible, terrifying to bribe Secret: The only one preventing ILTB from becoming a goldmine of smuggling [B]Adventure Hooks 1. The Replicator Ring[/B] A surge in illegal replicator pattern circulation threatens EFTA profits. Players must:[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Calibri]Intercept smugglers[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Discover who leaked pattern files[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Decide whether to expose the corruption or profit from it [/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Calibri] [B]2. The “Cultural Exchange Fair” Sabotage[/B] A new Ferengi-Earth fair is underway when sabotage threatens to cause diplomatic chaos. Was it:[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Calibri]A rival Ferengi house?[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Anti-restriction Earth activists?[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]A third-party pirate cartel? [/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Calibri] [B]3. The “Restricted Commodity” Crisis[/B] A Ferengi shipment of goods that Earth has blocked from replicator access goes missing. Those goods must not be recreated locally, so the EFTA hires players to:[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Calibri]Recover the shipment[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Prevent pirates from scanning it[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Stop an economic cascade [/FONT] [/LIST] [FONT=Calibri] [B]4. The Ferengi Buyout[/B] A powerful Ferengi House tries to buy majority control of a crucial Earth supply chain. The EFTA must intervene or Earth might lose economic autonomy. [B]5. Federation Council Review[/B] The Council challenges the legality of the EFTA’s replicator restrictions. Players may act as:[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Calibri]Investigators[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Lobbyists[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Enforcers[/FONT] [*][FONT=Calibri]Saboteurs, depending on the faction they favor. [/FONT] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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