Bribery was the giving of a gift, usually money, to people with influence to gain favors from them. Most species regarded bribery as a crime, with the Ferengi being a notable exception.
History and specifics
As bribery on Laertes is legal, bribery is carried out at the Bribe Gate in a discretionary way. (DS9 novel: The Laertian Gamble)
In the year 2266, Captain James T. Kirk was accused by the Federation Supreme Council of accepting a bribe of seven million credits from Liji Bragg, the head of an illegal mining operation in the Ferrous-Asteroid Belt. (TOS comic: "The Trial of Captain Kirk")
Humal elFizda accepted bribes to allow contraband into Mestiko. (TOS eBook: Shadows of the Indignant)
Bok used bribery to get his son Flax assigned to the best and most expensive tutors and moved up the chain of command in the Ferengi Alliance mercantile fleet. (TNG novel: The Buried Age)
Appendices
References
- TOS comic: "The Trial of Captain Kirk"
- TOS novel: The Antares Maelstrom
- TNG episode: "The Chase"
- TNG novel: Collateral Damage
- ENT novel: The Good That Men Do
- ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: A Choice of Futures
- ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Tower of Babel
- DSC novel: The Enterprise War
- DTI novel: Forgotten History
- Prey novel: The Hall of Heroes
- S31 novel: Control
- TTN novel: Fortune of War
- ST - The Fall novel: The Poisoned Chalice
External links
- Bribery article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Bribery article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.