Editing Rules of Acquisition (section)

==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 Rules were said to be [[revelation|divinely inspired]] and sacred (thus furthering the original marketing ploy).<ref name= "Religions of Star Trek">{{Cite book
 | title= Religions of Star Trek
 | first= Ross Shepard
 | last= Kraemer
 | first2=Ross| last2= Kraemer | first3= William| last3= Cassidy |first4= Susan L.| last4= Schwartz
 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=Ag3SFdyIgSsC
 | pages=3, 180
 | year= 2003
 | publisher= Westview Press
 | isbn= 9780813341156 }}</ref>

Although it has been stated within ''Star Trek'' that there are 285 Rules,<ref name= Maquis1 /><ref name= S2E7>{{Cite episode
 | series = Star Trek: Deep Space Nine |title= Rules of Acquisition
 | episode-link= Rules of Acquisition (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
 | type = Television production
 | season= 2| number= 7
 | time = 3:00
}}</ref> not all of them have been stated in [[Canon (fiction)|canon]]. Most of the Rules were written by [[Ira Steven Behr]], a writer for ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', in a book ''The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition'' ({{ISBN|0-671-52936-6}}). The book's cover 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]], another writer for ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' when Behr was the [[executive producer]] of the series.<ref name="Adventures in">{{Cite book
 | title= Adventures in Time and Space
 | first= Mary P.
 | last= Taylor
 |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=CNPFsqC7EFgC
 |page=483
 |year= 2002
 |publisher=Simon and Schuster
 | isbn= 9780743455930 }}</ref>

The ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "[[False Profits]]" mentions a book containing all of the Rules: 
{{quote|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."<ref name= False>{{Cite episode
 | series = [[Star Trek: Voyager]] |title= [[False Profits]]
 | type = Television production
 | season= 3| number= 5
}}</ref>}}