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Making an announcement that is felt across the quadrants, Ferengi Grand Nagus Rom is abdicating the sacred scepter and position of Grand Nagus of Fereginar. Rom’s son is a Starfleet officer and has no claim to the scepter, and Rom’s only other child is a half Ferengi female. Bidding is slated to begin among the wealthiest of Ferengi families in order to purchase the position and scepter.
In a wild turn of events, someone does step forward to claim the scepter; Makeena, daughter of Gaila (nephew of Ishka and cousin of Rom) who by recent Ferengi reforms has inherited her father’s moon and vast fortune. She has the reputation of being as cunning, ambitious, and dangerous as her father Gaila, but the progressivism of her great aunt Ishka. Her progressive ideologies are tempting to the Federation, and her becoming Grand Nagus would mark a new dawn in Ferengi history, but she is being challenged by several Ferengi vying to become the new Grand Nagus themselves.
Makeena is betrothed to the Lurian crown prince. If Makeena becomes Grand Nagus and weds the Lurian crown prince, their respective governments would be united, and their business associates include the worlds of Lissepia, Cardassia, and Clarus. A meeting of representatives of these worlds and others are to meet on Ferenginar to haggle and barter over who will become the next Grand Nagus, and the future of Ferenginar; however, the Federation make an uninvited arrival with the crew of the USS Standing Bear to represent the Federation’s interest in the matter. |