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Canon Prices - Reference List

The following data points are extracted from canonical sources (episodes, novels, etc.) and serve as a reference for pricing decisions in the campaign.

Main Anchor Points

These are key reference prices from Star Trek canon that serve as calibration points for all pricing decisions.

Item/Service Price (bars) Context Source Significance for Scaling
Quark's daily profit 5 Successful bar/business DS9: Meridian Middle-class merchant baseline
Quark's staff wages (occupation) 0.0005 Per day, slave wages DS9: Things Past Absolute economic floor
Dabo girl wages 0.7 Per pay cycle Various Working poor baseline
Morica Bilby income 5-30 Per week DS9: Honor Among Thieves Working to middle class range
Item/Service Price (bars) Context Source Significance for Scaling
Nog's savings 5 Young person, entry level DS9: Little Green Men Working class accumulation
Rom's total savings ~17 Years of work as technician DS9: Body Parts Working class lifetime
Quark's total savings 2,600 Successful merchant, years DS9: Body Parts Upper middle to wealthy
Item/Service Price (bars) Context Source Significance for Scaling
Bajoran land (7 tessipates) 5 Agricultural property DS9: Progress Rural/agricultural floor
Quark's bar (business) 5,000 Established business on station DS9: The Dogs of War Major business asset
Item/Service Price (bars) Context Source Significance for Scaling
Information (single item) 5 Basic intelligence TNG: Gambit, Part I Information economy baseline
Transport seat (emergency) 20 DS9 evacuation DS9: The Siege Crisis pricing reference
Hire 5 Nausicaans + ship 5 Fast, few questions DS9: Favor the Bold Mercenary services
Item/Service Price (bars) Context Source Significance for Scaling
Crate of root beer 0.005 Bulk beverage DS9: The Ascent Consumables floor
Cadet uniform 0.25 Basic clothing DS9: Facets Standard garment
Garak's dress 0.85-1 Quality clothing DS9: Profit and Loss Premium clothing
100 gross self-sealing stem bolts 10 Industrial parts DS9: Prophet Motive Equipment/parts scale

Full Reference List

Category Item Price Price (bar-equivalent) Source
Fees/Tolls Toll per head entering Ferengi house one slip 0.0005 DS9: Family Business
Fees/Tolls Donation to throne of Grand Nagus one slip 0.0005 DS9: Ferengi Love Songs
Bribes Payment to Brunt "for his troubles" one slip 0.0005 DS9: Family Business
Fees/Tolls Donation to bust of Blessed Exchequer two slips 0.001 DS9: The Emperor's New Cloak
Services Reward for first to reach Empok Nor infirmary two slips 0.001 DS9: The Magnificent Ferengi
Fees/Tolls Tower of Commerce seating fee three slips 0.0015 DS9: Family Business
Fees/Tolls Tower of Commerce elevator fee seven slips 0.0035 DS9: Family Business
Salvage/Parts Sick Changeling eight slips 0.004 DS9: The Begotten
Food/Drink Crate of root beer ten slips 0.005 DS9: The Ascent
Gambling Jadzia's tongo winnings (Full Consortium) ten slips 0.005 DS9: Afterimage
Gambling Couple of dabo wheel spins one strip 0.05 DS9: Sanctuary
Gambling Dom-jot stakes per game one strip 0.05 DS9: Life Support
Bribes Garak's offer to buy Jadzia's freedom two strips 0.1 DS9: Things Past
Bribes Overseer offered Kira's services two strips 0.1 DS9: The Homecoming
Category Item Price Price (bar-equivalent) Source
Memorabilia Plegg memorial disk three strips 0.15 DS9: The Alternate
Clothing Nog's pajamas (settled at two strips) three strips 0.15 DS9: Little Green Men
Gambling Jadzia stakes for Thomas Riker three strips 0.15 DS9: Defiant
Gambling Tongo purchase price three strips 0.15 DS9: Rules of Acquisition
Debts Quark owes Jadzia three strips 0.15 DS9: Meridian
Gambling Tongo opening risk five strips 0.25 DS9: Rules of Acquisition
Gambling Tongo buy-in for Bashir five strips 0.25 DS9: Change of Heart
Gambling Tongo sell price eight strips 0.4 DS9: Rules of Acquisition
Gambling Jadzia's tongo winnings from Quark fifteen strips 0.75 DS9: Business as Usual
Gambling Worf's lost bet on Jadzia vs Quark tongo thirty-six strips 1.8 DS9: Change of Heart
Category Item Price Price (bar-equivalent) Source
Currency Exchange 100,000 Federation credits equivalent one bar 1 ST: The Escape Artist
Services Black market Genesis Device deactivation two bars 2 LD: Old Friends, New Planets
Investments Ishka's Hupyrian beetle farm profit three bars 3 DS9: Family Business
Salvage/Parts Wreckage of crashed ship (Gamma Quadrant) three bars 3 DS9: The Abandoned
Profits Nog's predicted profit from Yamok sauce four bars 4 DS9: Progress
Real estate Seven tessipates of Bajoran land five bars 5 DS9: Progress
Services Yranac's information fee five bars 5 TNG: Gambit, Part I
Gambling Quark's wager (Sisko vs Q fight) five bars 5 DS9: Q-Less
Services Strongbox retrieval from DS9 five bars 5 DS9: Necessary Evil
Services Hire 5 Nausicaans, fast ship, few questions five bars 5 DS9: Favor the Bold
Technology Borg nanoprobe (per unit) six bars 6 VOY: Inside Man
Auction items Promethean quartz lifeform (initial offer) seven bars 7 DS9: Q-Less
Auction items Verathan statue (starting bid) ten bars 10 DS9: Q-Less
Auction items Andorian chest (pre-Surak bracelet, Bajoran mandala, etc.) ten bars 10 DS9: In the Cards
Services Finder's fee (overly generous) ten bars 10 DS9: The Magnificent Ferengi
Services Offer to Pel for new life ten bars 10 DS9: Rules of Acquisition
Gambling Riker's triple down Dabo winnings twelve bars 12 TNG: Firstborn
Auction items Promethean quartz (increased offer) eighteen bars 18 DS9: Q-Less
Memorabilia Zek memorial disk (doubles in a year) twenty bars 20 DS9: The Nagus
Transportation Seat on transport (DS9 evacuation) twenty bars 20 DS9: The Siege
Technology Astrometrics screen offer twenty bars 20 VOY: Infinite Regress
Debts Unpaid bar tab with interest twenty-two bars 22 DS9: Return to Grace
Auction items Promethean quartz (final offer) thirty bars 30 DS9: Q-Less
Auction items Kolos's auction purchase thirty-six bars 36 DS9: Q-Less
Auction items Knife (starting bid) forty bars 40 DS9: Q-Less
Services Reward for Ishka's return fifty bars 50 DS9: The Magnificent Ferengi
Auction items Stol's auction purchase one hundred five bars 105 DS9: Q-Less
Auction items Necklace (Rul the Obscure) one hundred fifty-one bars 151 DS9: Q-Less
Food/Drink 2,000 tons of Kohlanese barley one hundred eighty-nine bars 189 DS9: Prophet Motive
Auction items 42 of 80 Rings of Paltriss one hundred ninety-nine bars 199 DS9: Melora
Profits Quark's profit from Denevan crystals two hundred bars 200 DS9: The Sound of Her Voice
Auction items Gamma Quadrant artifact (suggested bid) two hundred bars 200 DS9: Q-Less
Auction items Promethean quartz (predicted value) three hundred fifty bars 350 DS9: Q-Less
Auction items Brunt's bid for Quark's remains (52 disks) five hundred bars 500 DS9: Body Parts
Life savings Quark's evacuation attempt six hundred bars 600 DS9: Invasive Procedures
Auction items Ornately carved metal sphere (non-negotiable) one thousand bars 1,000 DS9: Vortex
Profits Janel Tigan's daily loss (broken waveguide) one thousand bars 1,000 DS9: Prodigal Daughter
Auction items Kolos's offer (Gamma Quadrant item) three thousand bars 3,000 DS9: Q-Less
Auction items Q's offer for boxed quartz one million bars 1,000,000 DS9: Q-Less
Extreme values Hypothetical star system eradication ten million bars 10,000,000 DS9: Business as Usual
Technology Seven of Nine's nanoprobes (3.6 million) twenty-one million, six hundred thousand bars 21,600,000 VOY: Inside Man
Extreme values Ferenginar UFP membership sign-on bonus one billion bars 1,000,000,000 LD: Parth Ferengi's Heart Place
Category Item Price Price (bar-equivalent) Source
Compensation Morn's regurgitated compensation one hundred bricks 2,000 DS9: Who Mourns for Morn?

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sort into proper categories, if not already present

Category Item Price Price (bar-equivalent) Source
Clothing Cadet's uniform five strips 0.25 DS9: Facets
Clothing Dress from Garak's Clothiers seventeen to twenty strips 0.85-1 DS9: Profit and Loss
Holosuite programs A Visit with the Pleasure Goddess of Rixx ten strips 0.5
Holosuite programs Custom holosuite program one bar 1 DS9: Meridian
Wages Quark's personnel during the Cardassian Occupation one slip per day 0.0005 DS9: Things Past
Wages Quark's dabo girls on DS9 fourteen strips per pay cycle 0.7
Wages Morica Bilby five to thirty bars a week 5-30
Profits Quark five bars a day 5 DS9: Meridian
Profits Janel Tigan more than a thousand bars a day 5.000
Life savings Nog five bars 5
Life savings Rom seventeen bars, three strips, and five slips ~17.15 DS9: Body Parts
Life savings Quark one hundred bricks and six hundred bars 2,600
Life savings Morn 1000 blocks ?
Real estate Quark's bar five thousand bars 5,000 DS9: The Dogs of War
Parts 100 Gros Self-sealing stem bolt 10 bars 10 DS9: Prophet Motive
Services Fee for entering Dr. Orpax (one of Ferengis most expensive doctors) waiting room 2 strips 0.1 DS9: The Dogs of War
Bribes Brunts bribe to Quark for making him financial advisor to the Nagus 60 bricks 1,200 DS9: The Dogs of War
Heist Lissepian Mother's Day Heist 1,000 bricks 20,000 DS9: The Dogs of War
Gambling Jadzias gambling loss in a tongo game 2 bars 2 DS9: The Darkness and the Light

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