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Early history [ ]

Childhood [ ].

Quark was born on Ferenginar to Keldar and Ishka ; he had one younger brother , Rom .

According to StarTrek.com , Quark's birth year was c. 2333 (Terran equivalent). [1] (X)

As children, Quark and Rom roomed together, much to his own and Rom's annoyance, particularly because, Quark used to " stay up late every night, plotting and scheming. And, " Rom recalled years later to his brother, " when you think, you mumble . And if there's anything I can't stand, it's listening to you mumble. " ( DS9 : " Prophet Motive ")

Like all good Ferengi children, Quark idolized his father who tended to blame all his financial failures on his domineering wife . Quark himself grew up being teased by other children because his mother did not behave like other Ferengi females and, for example, wouldn't chew his food for him and she talked to strangers. Quark grew to resent his mother, while his brother Rom, always a more compassionate sort, tended to take her side and always seemed in her good graces. Quark complained once that while Rom got a latinum tooth sharpener , he had to make do with wooden chew sticks . ( DS9 : " Family Business ")

Ishka later recalled that when Quark was a lobeling , he used to be " such a miserable child. " ( DS9 : " Profit and Lace ")

Leaving home [ ]

Quark left his home quickly upon achieving the Age of Ascension in 2351 , while Rom stayed on for ten more years . ( DS9 : " Family Business ") His father advised him against leaving Ferenginar, noting that he could make a profit at home, but Quark ignored his advice, opting instead to follow the 75th Rule of Acquisition – " Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum " – and left Ferenginar. ( DS9 : " Civil Defense ")

When forced many years later to confront his mother over her illegal business dealings, Quark learned that his father's failures were due to his own failings as a businessman and that if it hadn't been for his mother's prudence and business sense, the family would have gone bankrupt a long time ago. Despite Keldar's short comings with respect to profits, Ishka nonetheless stood by him as he was a wonderful husband and father.

Despite their mutual animosity, Ishka noted that Quark was very much like her, both personality wise as well as with respect to having a keen eye for business, whereas Rom was more like his father: a goodhearted man without the "lobes" for business. ( DS9 : " Family Business ")

Early career [ ]

As a young man, and in accordance with the Ferengi By-Laws , section 105, subparagraph ten, Quark purchased an apprentice position with the District Sub-Nagus . True to the 33rd Rule of Acquisition, Quark " licked his [boss'] boots like you couldn't believe, " and for his effort he was doted by the Sub-Nagus, becoming his " golden boy ." While Quark earned himself a way " on the high road to the top of the Ferengi business world. "

Unfortunately, he forgot the 112th Rule of Acquisition: " Never have sex with the boss's sister . " Disgraced, Quark was fired and broke, and his world fell apart, later admitting " you only get one shot at the latinum stairway . If you miss it, you miss it. " ( DS9 : " Playing God ")

According to Quark, he " was a young man, no older than [ Arjin ]. " According to the episode's script Arjin was in his twenties.

During the mid- 2350s , Quark served for eight years aboard a Ferengi freighter . A fact he shared with Odo, when Odo was surprised to learn Quark knew how to operate transporter controls . Quark admitted that " I must have witnessed the procedure hundreds of times. " ( DS9 : " Babel ")

As the ship's cook , Quark commonly carried a disruptor pistol with him at all times, because (in Quark's words) " every member of the freighter's crew thought himself a food critic . " ( DS9 : " The Way of the Warrior ")

It was also during this period that Ferenginar was hit by the Great Monetary Collapse , where he was "hundreds of light years away", and during which time, he suffered great heartbreak "knowing that rampant inflation and currency devaluation were burning like wildfires through the lush financial landscapes of my home. It still depresses me even today. I remember thinking my accounts needed me, and there was nothing I could do. I felt so, so helpless." ( DS9 : " Homefront ")

One of Quark's early business ventures was a plot, where he, along with his cousin Barbo , sold defective warp drives to the Tarahongian government . Following the discovery, Barbo was betrayed by Quark to the authorities, and Barbo was left to rot behind the bars of a detention center while Quark kept all the profits. ( DS9 : " The Nagus ")

In 2362 , Quark and his business partner Fallit Kot together schemed to hijack a shipment of Romulan ale . Not entirely successful, Quark gave up Kot to the Romulans to avoid serving prison time, while Kot was arrested and sentenced to eight years in a Romulan prison. ( DS9 : " Melora ")

The same year, Quark loaned his cousin Gaila an amount of latinum to start up a munitions consortium . Gaila promised Quark to pay him back in a shuttle should he become a success. ( DS9 : " Little Green Men ")

Quark's Bar [ ]

Cardassian occupation [ ].

Never able to fully recover from his failed apprenticeship , Quark's most lucrative opportunity came along around early 2363 when he became the proprietor and bartender of Quark's Bar, Grill, Gaming House and Holosuite Arcade – better known simply as "Quark's" – located on the Promenade of the Cardassian space station Terok Nor in orbit of Bajor . ( DS9 : " The Magnificent Ferengi ")

Quark stated that he was reminded of a "little economic episode" that happened "say, oh, eleven or twelve years ago, shortly before I came on the station."

Shortly after his arrival, Quark began selling food illegally to the Bajorans . ( DS9 : " Profit and Loss ") He later justified his actions, stating that " I ran a black market for anyone who could pay. Never exactly thought of myself as kind. " That included adding a " little extra ginger tea " to a package he once gave Vaatrik Pallra . ( DS9 : " Necessary Evil ") It was also during this time he became romantically involved with Natima Lang , an agent of the Cardassian Communication Service . Taking advantage of her position, he stole her personal access codes to steal money from the Cardassian government . ( DS9 : " Profit and Loss ") He also had good "business" relations with a Cardassian Military officer named Boheeka whose career Quark accidentally ruined. ( DS9 : " The Wire ")

In 2364 , Morn walked into the bar and sat down at Quark's bar for the very first time. Though Quark thought that "he was just another customer passing through," years later , he reminisced that " Little did I know he'd become such an important figure in my life, " as he " was always someone we could count on for a cheerful smile and an entertaining story. " ( DS9 : " Who Mourns for Morn? ")

Quark mimicking the Odo 's Cardassian neck trick .

In 2365 , Kira Nerys , a member of the Bajoran underground , paid Quark to cover her with an alibi . While Odo was investigating Vaatrik 's murder , he entered Quark's. Despite trying to be casual and discreet, he was unable to hide his role and connection to Dukat . Asked about Kira, Quark insinuated that she was performing a sexual favor for him as an added "incentive" for him to hire her. Odo however knew more about Kira and realized that Quark was lying . Years later, when confronted with the truth, Quark admitted that Kira paid him to provide her with an alibi . ( DS9 : " Necessary Evil ")

Quark as he appeared in 2366

In 2366 , Quark picked three Bajoran laborers to work at his bar, offering " Twelve hours of work, two five-minute breaks , one slip of latinum each. " ( DS9 : " Things Past ")

The same year, Quark was visited by Livara , a known smuggler and Romulan spy who posed as the captain of a Talavian freighter , who started to work in the Cardassian occupied Bajoran sector . Quark was uneasy about the prospect of Livara's co-conspirators being brought in for "questioning", since Livara had offered to sell Quark maraji crystals . ( DS9 : " Things Past ")

Federation-control [ ]

Quark closing up his bar

Quark was considering closing his bar and leaving the station following the departure of the Cardassians and the station's occupation by the Federation . However, the station's new commander, Benjamin Sisko , coerced him into staying and keeping his bar establishment open, essentially blackmailing him with the fact that his nephew, Nog, was incarcerated aboard the station at that time. ( DS9 : " Emissary ")

He later became involved with Rao Vantika who had taken over Bashir's body in a smuggling operation. ( DS9 : " The Passenger ")

A holographic Kira gone horribly wrong

Quark helped Verad and his cohorts to board the station illegally because he thought he was buying contraband goods. In reality, Verad wished to steal the Dax symbiont , with Quark helping the crew stop Verad and thus saving Jadzia's life by faking an injury so that he could be taken to sickbay and allow Bashir to immobilize one of Verad's team, subsequently releasing Odo from the container he'd been trapped in. Quark also ran a crooked racquetball game between O'Brien and Bashir in order to steal customers from a rival bar. He tried to make a sexual holoprogram of Kira without her permission in order to sell it to one of his best customers, named Tiron . This plan was foiled when Kira substituted Quark's head onto the image of her body. Quark also tried to cheat the Wadi , the first race that made contact from the Gamma Quadrant. When they visited his bar, he cheated them at dabo . When the Wadi found out, they made Quark play the Wadi game chula with some of the station's personnel used as game pieces. Quark believed that it was a life and death game, but in the end, it turned out to be harmless. ( DS9 : " Invasive Procedures ", " Rivals ", " Move Along Home ", " Meridian ")

In 2369, Quark became involved with Vash . She had returned from the Gamma Quadrant where she had spent time with Q . He arranged an auction to sell off some of the items she brought back with her. One of the items was a crystal that caused a gravimetric power drain on the station. It was beamed out into space before it destroyed the station. ( DS9 : " Q-Less ")

Quark as a temporary Nagus

Also in 2369, Quark became Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance after the apparent retirement of Grand Nagus Zek . Unfortunately for him, this was only a temporary position, as Zek had faked his death in order to test his son Krax . ( DS9 : " The Nagus ")

When Quark's former business partner Fallit Kot returned to the station in 2370 , he attempted to kill Quark, but instead entered into a business deal with him. The deal turned bad when Fallit Kot killed one of the partners and kidnapped Melora Pazlar and Jadzia Dax , holding them as hostages . ( DS9 : " Melora ")

When Major Kira asked Quark to hire the Bajoran musician Varani in the hope that Varani's music would help her people recuperate in the wake of the Cardassian Occupation, profits declined sharply. Mesmerized by Varani's beautiful playing, the customers in Quark's Bar stopped gambling, eating and drinking as they enjoyed the soothing melodies. Quark panicked and got hold of Kira as soon as possible; although she made him keep his promise to hire Varani for a full month, Kira asked the man to play something livelier, which met with Quark's approval. ( DS9 : " Sanctuary ")

That same year, the Skrreea refugees came aboard Deep Space 9 in droves, which Quark found thoroughly distasteful. On top of not buying anything, the former residents of the Gamma Quadrant flaked and left dead skin all over his bar; tensions came to a head when his nephew Nog provoked a Skrreean boy into a fight. Quark was more than happy to see the Skrreea leave the station several days later. ( DS9 : " Sanctuary ")

This year also marked Quark's first trade negotiation with the Dominion , when he was designated as Zek's chief negotiator in talks with the Dosi . With the help of Pel , a female Ferengi disguised as a male, he tried to buy wine from the Dosi. At the time, it was illegal for Ferengi females to do business, and Quark almost got into trouble with the Grand Nagus. He briefly became romantically involved with Pel. ( DS9 : " Rules of Acquisition ")

Quark was almost murdered after he retrieved a list of collaborators from the station for a Bajoran woman named Pallra . This incident reopened a five-year old murder case. ( DS9 : " Necessary Evil ")

Quark contacted by the Enterprise -D

In 2370, Quark, via a communication from Deep Space 9 to the USS Enterprise -D , provided Commander William T. Riker with the location of the Duras sisters , Lursa and B'Etor . While communicating with Riker, Quark voided his winnings from playing dabo at his bar. ( TNG : " Firstborn ")

Not only was Quark the first to deal with the Dominion via the wine sale with the Dosi, he, along with Benjamin Sisko, was one of the first to meet the soldiers of the Dominion. During a camping trip in the Gamma Quadrant, he and Sisko were captured by the Jem'Hadar . They were rescued along with an alien named Eris . After returning to the station, it was Quark who found out that Eris, a Vorta , was an agent of the Dominion (albeit because he had been studying a device that she claimed had been blocking her telekinetic abilities in the hopes of duplicating and selling it only to determine that the device didn't actually do anything). ( DS9 : " The Jem'Hadar ") Quark also tried to con Ensign Harry Kim into buying worthless Lobi crystals when he visited Quark's in 2371 - nearly blackmailing him into buying the entire set by threatening diplomatic consequences when the ensign mentioned having been warned about Ferengi as a Starfleet Academy cadet - but Kim was saved from his scam by Tom Paris , who, once the two were out of earshot, expressed surprise that Kim had apparently failed to heed the warnings about Ferengi issued at the Academy. ( VOY : " Caretaker ")

Quark deals with family business

Quark had many dealings with Grand Nagus Zek and Brunt , the Ferengi Commerce Authority 's chief liquidator. Quark helped Zek regain his senses after he was affected by the Prophets and re-wrote the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. The new rules were in direct contrast to the old ones that emphasized greed. Quark was able to convince the Prophets to change Zek back. Later that year, he met Brunt, who was investigating Ishka, Quark's mother, who violated Ferengi law by earning profit. Quark got his mother out of trouble when she agreed to give back the profits, or so Quark and Brunt thought, for she kept two-thirds. ( DS9 : " Prophet Motive ", " Family Business ")

Disarming the warhead

He later helped disarm a Jem'Hadar torpedo that was stuck in the hull of the USS Defiant , saving the ship from destruction. ( DS9 : " Starship Down ")

Brunt showed up to make Quark's life miserable in 2372 when Quark's employees, led by Rom, formed a labor union . The employees refused to dissolve the union even after Brunt threatened them. As a result, Brunt had his Nausicaan thugs beat Quark to show the employees what could happen to them. Quark secretly conceded to the demands of the workers and they in turn dissolved the union. Later that year, Quark was told he had a fatal illness. He auctioned off his body parts to the highest bidder, not knowing that it was Brunt. When he found out that it was a mistake and he did not have the illness, Brunt still insisted that he keep the contract by killing himself or Brunt would revoke Quark's business license for breaking the contract and a supreme Ferengi law and he would not be allowed to earn profits. Quark ultimately broke the contact and Brunt confiscated everything in his bar. Quark was able to reopen with the help of his friends on the station. ( DS9 : " Bar Association ", " Body Parts ")

Quark surgically altered to appear female

In return for restoring his license, Quark tried to break up his mother and Zek, who had fallen in love. He later learned that Zek was becoming forgetful, and Ishka had been helping him. Brunt wanted the relationship over with so that Zek could not function, and Brunt could become Nagus. Once again, Quark foiled Brunt's grab at power, but he kept his license. In 2374, Brunt again tried to become Nagus. He had Zek deposed because Zek was promoting female rights. Quark was surgically altered to temporarily become female and as Lumba , she convinced Nilva , one of the most influential Ferengi, to support Zek, and was returned to power. ( DS9 : " Ferengi Love Songs ", " Profit and Lace ")

As the resident bartender, Quark concocted new beverages from time to time. One of his less successful creations was " Quarktajino ", a self-named decaffeinated version of raktajino . He created the drink at the request of Chief O'Brien, who wanted Major Kira to stop drinking caffeinated beverages while she carried his child . Both the chief and the major thought the drink tasted horrible, and O'Brien refused to pay for it. ( DS9 : " Nor the Battle to the Strong ")

Quark is surrounded by tribbles.

Advertisements for Quark's are not well received

Quark, his brother Rom and his nephew Nog were once transported in time to Earth of 1947 . This became known in Earth history as the Roswell Incident . ( DS9 : " Little Green Men ")

Quark became involved with an arms dealer named Hagath when his cousin Gaila offered him a job with Hagath when Gaila retired from the business. Although Quark's new role helped him cope with his recent financial issues, he eventually helped break up the arms ring when he was horrified to realize that money was being made by people's deaths, coupled with the realization that he had lost many of his allies among the station's crew due to their disgust at his new role.Quark risked his life to intentionally sabotage an arms deal for the Regent of Palamar , which ended up getting him killed, thereby saving approximately 28 million lives. ( DS9 : " Business as Usual ")

Quark also visited the mirror universe . His counterpart there had been killed by the Alliance. He and Rom were able to rescue the Nagus from the Alliance and help the rebels capture the leader of the Alliance. ( DS9 : " The Emperor's New Cloak ")

Dominion War [ ]

Quark and his team of Ferengi commandos

After the Dominion captured Deep Space 9, Quark remained on the station and continued to run the bar, pleased at the flow of income that the Dominion occupation of DS9 had brought his business. When Kira challenged him on this point, Quark, showing a rarely seen softer side to his personality, responded honestly that he missed the Starfleet personnel just like she did but, at least the Dominion occupation was nowhere near as brutal as the previous Cardassian occupation had been. Quark was instrumental in turning the tide against the Dominion. Quark cunningly obtained secret information from Damar by sharing a bottle of Kanar with him. Quark learned that Damar was bringing down the minefield. He also discovered how and when it was coming down, which he quickly informed the Deep Space 9 resistance cell .

It was Quark who suggested they get a message out to Starfleet. Together, they figured out a way to get a secret message to Captain Sisko by using Morn as the carrier. Sisko then formulated Operation Return , thereby saving the Alpha Quadrant. ( DS9 : " Behind the Lines ")

He also aided in helping the Defiant retake the station, when he freed Kira and Rom from the holding cells during the attack and they were able to deactivate the weapons on the station. ( DS9 : " Sacrifice of Angels ")

Later, he led a group of Ferengi in rescuing Ishka from the Dominion, for an exchange at Empok Nor . ( DS9 : " The Magnificent Ferengi ")

Quark got involved with Morn's former associates, thinking Morn was dead, and went looking for the latinum they had stolen in a heist with Morn. He also participated on Sisko's baseball team when they played against Sisko's Vulcan rival in the holosuite . ( DS9 : " Who Mourns for Morn? ", " Take Me Out to the Holosuite ")

He later accompanied Worf on a mission to destroy the Dominion shipyards so that Jadzia could enter Sto-vo-kor . ( DS9 : " Shadows and Symbols ")

Quark is drawn into the fight

Quark's moment of truth came in 2375 during the siege of AR-558 . During a savage Jem'Hadar attack, he saved Nog, who was wounded, by killing a Jem'Hadar who had entered into the infirmary. ( DS9 : " The Siege of AR-558 ")

In a scene cut from Star Trek: Insurrection , it was established that Quark traveled to the Ba'ku planet aboard the USS Ticonderoga , where he hoped to build a spa. Jean-Luc Picard told him that the Federation would not allow him to do so, and the USS Enterprise -E took him back to Deep Space 9.

Later that year, Quark was visited by Grand Nagus Zek on Deep Space 9, thinking he would be named his successor. Instead, Rom became Nagus. ( DS9 : " The Dogs of War ")

At the end of the war, he remained on the station. Colonel Kira, who assumed command, told Quark she would watch his every move. Quark stated that the more things change, the more they stay the same. ( DS9 : " What You Leave Behind ")

During the novel Unity , part of the Deep Space Nine relaunch , Quark was named as the Ferengi ambassador to Bajor, with the bar becoming the official Ferengi embassy. He did not have diplomatic immunity.

Later life [ ]

By 2380 , Quark had diversified into working model kits of Starfleet ships and installations. On the top of the box, the packaging featured 'QUARK' on the top left corner, the 'A' replaced with a simplified Starfleet insignia , and an "Authentic Kit" claimer on the bottom left corner, along with the Starfleet insignia. One kit available was the USS Cerritos with parts to create functional lights, a computer system (with verbal output ), phaser banks , and warp nacelles capable of propulsion. These were powered by a miniature warp core that could be ejected and destroyed by a warp core breach ; the nacelles were known to be hot to the touch after operation, as was the warp core. At least some of the ship's past and present crew were also included as miniatures at the time the kit was released, such as Beckett Mariner and Brad Boimler . Another kit that was available was of Deep Space 9, which included miniatures of both Ezri and Jadzia Dax. ( LD : " An Embarrassment Of Dooplers ")

Considering Quark's fondness for both Jadzia and Ezri, it is quite likely that it was his personal input to have both included in the DS9 kit.

By 2381 , Quark had a franchise chain of his original bar called 'Quark's Bar', such as an establishment on Qualor II , another on Starbase 25 and had a total of 21 such franchises across the Alpha Quadrant at the time. In 2399 there was one on Freecloud . ( LD : " We'll Always Have Tom Paris ", " An Embarrassment Of Dooplers "; PIC : " Stardust City Rag ")

He also had a Quark's Express line of smaller establishments. As part of his growing renown, he had a gift shop added to his bar on DS9 that offered Quark memorabilia for sale. A system of 'Quark Bucks' could be used for the gift shop instead of gold-pressed latinum . ( LD : " Hear All, Trust Nothing ")

In 2381, a Karemma delegate came onboard Deep Space 9 with the intent on reopening post-war trade negotiations with the Federation. When it was discovered a brand-new replicator Quark used, the Quark 2000 , used Karemma technology, the Karemma disabled both the station and the USS Cerritos and captured Quark in the confusion. The Karemma were stopped by Ensign D'Vana Tendi , who unwittingly stowed away on their ship with fellow ensigns Sam Rutherford and Mesk . Upon learning that the Karemma intended on arresting Quark for his theft, Captain Carol Freeman negotiated for Quark's freedom in exchange for 76% of all his franchises' profits, a deal everyone was happy with, except for Quark. ( LD : " Hear All, Trust Nothing ")

In 2399, Cristóbal Rios ' fabricated interfacer legend also contained a reference from Quark – referred to as "Mr. Quark of Ferenginar ", according to which Rios had helped him in some trouble with the Breen to Quark's satisfaction. According to Rios, it had been quite a foofaraw . ( PIC : " Stardust City Rag ")

In 2401 , Quark was identified as a known associate of the Ferengi Sneed in his Starfleet Criminal Record . ( PIC : " Disengage ")

According to Shimerman, Dorn floated the idea of Worf killing Quark rather than Sneed. " Dorn called me up and said, ‘I’m doing an episode of Picard where I kill off a Ferengi. Wouldn’t it be great if it were you?’ I said no, it would not be great. I told him just to forget about that idea altogether. " [2]

According to an extremely unreliable, unverified and likely fictitious account , on the bridge of the USS Enterprise ; when a Post Mainframe Acid-Cardassian Ten Forwardcore band was playing a song , Quark was shown in a playback on the main viewer that showed him holding a key chain with a heart shape on it. ( VST : " Walk, Don't Run ")

While being a typical Ferengi who zealously adheres to the Rules of Acquisition, Quark is more intelligent and crafty than many of his race in addition to being an extremely irritable and cynical individual, especially when comes to his complicated relationships with his family. Unlike his mother, Ishka, brother Rom and nephew Nog, who fully embraced Federation values of equality and generosity, Quark saw himself as a bastion of traditional Ferengi business practices. He relished flouting the law, held his mother in contempt for daring to wear clothes and perform business deals, and was a firm believer in the fundamental law of Ferengi culture: once you have their money, you never give it back. He threatened to dock his brother's pay when he nearly died of an ear infection. ( DS9 : " Bar Association ", " Body Parts ")

He particularly loathed the Federation, which he expressed in his hatred for root beer , a cloying, bubbly, sickly sweet force bent on corrupting the core of Ferengi culture. ( DS9 : " The Way of the Warrior ", " Facets ")

Nonetheless, by Ferengi standards, Quark was a compassionate and generous man who is occasionally open to business deals with highly favorable terms even up to being willing to sell needed supplies at cost to parties in difficult circumstances. ( DS9 : " Profit and Loss ") Quark also negotiated and gave into many of the demands of the union formed by his brother Rom at his bar. ( DS9 : " Bar Association ") This behavior was considered anathema to the Ferengi authorities, especially to Brunt , an agent of the Ferengi Commerce Authority who persecuted Quark numerous times and inflicted severe punishments on him for his deviance. His time in destitution, and the aid offered him by his Starfleet friends, made Quark realize the nature of his conscience and the value of friendship. ( DS9 : " Body Parts ")

Personal relationships [ ]

Friendships [ ].

Morn was perhaps Quark's oldest friend and patron. Morn first entered Quark's in 2364 during the Occupation. When he first saw him, he thought he was just another customer, but Quark didn't realize how important he'd be. In many ways, Morn was a mascot for the bar, and sales often dipped when he was away on business trips, prompting Quark to buy a holographic representation of the barfly. Morn thought highly of Quark and in fact named him his sole heir (at least when he faked his death). When Quark first met Morn, he had a full head of hair, but after the Lissepian Mother's Day Heist , Morn lost his hair because he stored his latinum in his second stomach. Quark did obtain a hair growth formula for his patron but was skeptical of his desire to grow his hair back. Morn was known for being quite chatty, which occasionally annoyed Quark. There was one minor hiccup in their relationship: Quark repeated a rumor that the Dominion was planning to attack the station, causing Morn to break a bar stool over his head then run naked across the Promenade yelling " We're all doomed! " Then Morn ran into the Bajoran temple and prayed for deliverance. Quark trusted Morn enough to allow him to run the bar while he, Rom, and Nog took a trip to Earth. In an alternate timeline, Quark eventually sold his bar to Morn. ( DS9 : " Who Mourns for Morn? ", " Blaze of Glory ", " Little Green Men ", " The Visitor ")

Jadzia Dax [ ]

Quark and Dax had a long-term friendship while together on the station. She understood and liked Ferengi. She spent long hours with Quark playing tongo and dabo. Quark often confided in Jadzia and asked her advice. Quark was infatuated with Jadzia, but she thought of him as a friend, and did not return his romantic feelings. ( DS9 : " Valiant ", " Tears of the Prophets ") When she was killed, Quark was extremely upset. He participated in attacking a Dominion shipyard to honor her and help her gain entrance to Sto-vo-kor . ( DS9 : " Image in the Sand ", " Shadows and Symbols ") The only major interruption in their friendship occurred when Quark became business partners with Gaila and Hagath in their arms dealing operation. Dax was utterly disgusted to discover that Quark participated in that industry and refused to even speak to him. However, once Quark managed to double-cross Hagath and Gaila and leave the business they resumed their friendship. ( DS9 : " Business as Usual ")

Ezri Dax [ ]

When Ezri Dax came aboard the station Quark was immediately attracted to her. However, he faced both Worf and Julian Bashir as rivals for her affection. In fact, he even attempted to enlist divine help in eliminating Bashir as a romantic rival. Quark's feelings were not totally unrequited, and Ezri maintained a friendly relationship with the Ferengi. ( DS9 : " The Emperor's New Cloak ")

Kira Nerys [ ]

Quark getting reprimanded by Kira

Kira Nerys had a cool relationship with Quark that was initially hostile based on her considering him to have "collaborated" with the Cardassians during the occupation of Bajor. ( DS9 : " Shadowplay ") This antagonism was also influenced by the sexist attitude of Ferengi toward females. ( DS9 : " Rules of Acquisition ") She was not beyond taking advantage of his connections and unique skills, however, and even asked him to hack into the Vedek Assembly database on one occasion. ( DS9 : " The Collaborator ")

When Quark became aware of important information about how the Dominion would bring down the minefield, he decided to help Kira before Operation Return . Her attitude towards him further softened when he rescued her (as well as Rom, Leeta, and Jake) out of Terok Nor's holding cells. ( DS9 : " Behind the Lines ", " Sacrifice of Angels ") This act influenced her to recommend the Federation aid him by providing a Vorta POW to exchange for his mother when she was taken hostage by the Dominion later that year. ( DS9 : " The Magnificent Ferengi ")

It was thanks to Quark that Kira would come to her senses and realize the true nature of Bareil Antos when he was planning to steal a Bajoran Orb. Specifically, Quark commented that he had noticed Bareil was spending a lot of time at the Bajoran shrine and that it looked to Quark as though Bareil were "casing" it as to find the best way to break into it. ( DS9 : " Resurrection ")

Julian Bashir [ ]

When Julian Bashir met Quark, they had little, if any, interaction. However, over time Quark and Bashir got on more friendly terms, which usually involved Quark offering Bashir a new holosuite program, which Bashir would occasionally deny. Although Quark was known to deal with illegal substances, he found it awkward to ask Bashir for bio-mimetic gel at the request of Altovar , and when Bashir refused, Quark apologized for interrupting his lunch with Garak . Another sign of the doctor and Ferengi's friendship was when Quark's business license was taken away, Bashir gave him some brandy to keep the bar running. ( DS9 : " Distant Voices ", " Body Parts ")

Other signs of friendship included the fact that Quark allowed Bashir to keep his dart board in his bar, where Bashir played darts with Chief Miles O'Brien. In addition, both become jealous of Jadzia and Worf's marriage, and even more jealous and upset after they announced that they wanted to have a baby. ( DS9 : " Tears of the Prophets ")

After Jadzia died, both Quark and Bashir (and O'Brien) decided to help her get into Sto-Vo-Kor , to Worf's disapproval. ( DS9 : " Shadows and Symbols ")

Quark later became increasingly jealous of Bashir and Ezri's blossoming friendship, going as far as to bribe his god to get Bashir off the station for a while so he could impress Ezri. ( DS9 : " The Emperor's New Cloak ")

Jake Sisko [ ]

Quark was opposed to the fact that Jake and Nog became fast friends on the station. That said, as Jake grew, he learned to tolerate the boy. As Jake grew older, he could sometimes be found in Quark's, offering observations or giving the Ferengi some advice. Jake once attempted to use Quark for character research in order to better understand the criminal mind. ( DS9 : " The Sound of Her Voice ")

Romance [ ]

Natima lang [ ].

Quark and Natima Lang embrace in 2370

Quark had had a one-month love affair with Natima Lang in 2363, which ended when he stole Cardassian Communication Service money using her access codes. She admired him for selling food to the Bajorans before she realized he was doing it just for profit. When she returned to the station with some of her students in 2370, Natima was still very upset at him for betraying her, but she eventually forgave him due to Quark's advances and they attempted to rekindle their relationship. Unfortunately, Lang was forced to leave Quark again to flee the Cardassian authorities with her students for being political dissenters. Even though he initially resisted the idea of losing her again, Quark reluctantly helped them escape by giving them a cloaking device to get them past a Cardassian warship. ( DS9 : " Profit and Loss ")

Quark had his next romantic fling with Grilka , a Klingon , whose husband Kozak , Quark had killed accidentally. In danger of losing her house and property, she kidnapped Quark and married him. D'Ghor , brother to Kozak, wanted to inherit his brother's property. Quark proved that D'Ghor was trying to bring down the House of Kozak by financial means. Grilka was given her house back, divorced Quark, and gave him a passionate kiss for his help. Two years later, Grilka returned to the station to ask Quark's help in the financial aspects of her house. They spent a great deal of time together – so much so that one of her bodyguards challenged Quark to combat. Using a special device, Worf was able to control Quark's body and help him win the combat. Grilka and Quark resumed their affair. ( DS9 : " The House of Quark ", " Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places ")

After the incident of exposing D'Ghor's crimes at considerable personal risk, Quark gained considerable respect in the Klingon community as a Ferengi of unusual bravery. ( DS9 : " The House of Quark ")

In the DS9 relaunch novel series, Quark began a romantic relationship with Ro Laren after she became security chief on board the station, Ro reflecting that she was attracted to Quark due to how sincere he was in his insincerity. However, they eventually broke up because Ro recognized that, while she liked Quark as he was, she didn't approve of his habit of constantly thinking about how to get what he wanted from people.

Adversaries [ ]

Odo and Quark in 2369

From the time they met aboard Terok Nor, Odo and Quark were bitter adversaries. When Odo came to Quark's looking for the proprietor, the fact that Odo was asking questions related to a murder alerted Quark that this was the shapeshifter conducting an investigation for Gul Dukat . When Quark identified Odo as the one he heard could do a Cardassian neck trick – one that would be very popular at the bar – Odo was annoyed. In their initial meeting, it was obvious that the two would not get along. As time went on, Odo was the only person among the station's security force whose vigilance Quark did not believe he could overcome when conducting criminal activities, due in part to Odo's status as a Changeling . On one occasion during a dream sequence, Odo has the satisfaction of seeing Quark trapped in a security cell...and unable to get out!

Through the years, though, they gained a mutual respect for each other. They enjoyed insulting each other, and Quark felt that Odo was the closest he could get to a best friend. Their relationship fluctuated as much as a love/hate one would. Quark was also one of the few people who suspected Odo's feelings toward Kira and encouraged him to reveal them to Kira. Quark was also one of few people who believed that Odo was innocent when an old enemy of Odo's, Ibudan , was found murdered ( DS9 : " A Man Alone ").

Quark engaged in numerous shady ventures that Constable Odo routinely interrupted.

For instance, in 2369, Quark attempted to buy a stolen crystal through a pair of Miradorn , Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel , but he was suspiciously honest and would not pursue the deal without a bill of sale. When Croden , a visitor from the Gamma Quadrant interrupted the transaction to steal the crystal, it was revealed that Odo had been posing as a glass and was in the room; though Quark went free due to his "legal" behavior, he had in fact hired Croden to steal the jewel. ( DS9 : " Vortex ")

Quark trapped with Odo on a class L planet

In 2371, Odo caught Quark, along with Morn, attempting to stage a Vole fight , which was illegal on the station. ( DS9 : " Through the Looking Glass ") Despite incidents such as these, Odo let the Ferengi "get away" with a transaction every now and then. ( DS9 : " The Sound of Her Voice ")

When they were both marooned on an inhospitable planet, they saved each other's lives and eventually were able to send out a distress call, saving them both. ( DS9 : " The Ascent ")

As Odo left the station to join the Great Link, Quark found him to say good-bye. He stated that Odo loved him, which he probably did. Odo later admitted to Kira before entering the Great Link that he would miss everyone aboard DS9, even Quark. ( DS9 : " Crossfire ", " The Ascent ", " What You Leave Behind ")

Quark's greatest rival was FCA Liquidator Brunt. Brunt almost seemed to delight in making Quark's life miserable. This included blackmailing Quark into trying to stop his mother's business activities and having Nausicaan goons physically assault Quark in retaliation for allowing a strike to linger. Perhaps Brunt's greatest "triumph" over Quark involved revoking his FCA business license for violating the terms of contract that would have allowed Brunt to legally kill Quark. Because of Ishka's influence with Grand Nagus Zek, Brunt was terminated from his position as an FCA liquidator. When Brunt walked into the bar when Quark was preparing a rescue team to rescue Ishka, Brunt called them "a child, a moron, a failure, and a psychopath ." He eventually rose to become acting Grand Nagus after a coup led by Zek's political enemies, but thanks to Quark soon lost his job. When Brunt believed that Quark was going to succeed Zek, he immediately attempted to get on Quark's good side and did his best to suck up to him. ( DS9 : " Family Business ", " Bar Association ", " Body Parts ", " The Magnificent Ferengi ", " Profit and Lace ", " The Dogs of War ")

Benjamin Sisko [ ]

Benjamin Sisko was not especially fond of Quark, but he tolerated the Ferengi entrepreneur. Sisko essentially blackmailed Quark to remain on the station, threatening to send Nog to prison for an attempted break in and theft of ore samples. In exchange for the boy's freedom, Quark agreed to become a community leader, and would not face any Starfleet interference if he ran fair games. ( DS9 : " Emissary ") Sisko used Quark when he needed to, such as in making first contact with the Founders through the Karemma or in bribing Quark to drop assault charges against Grathon Tolar so that there would be no record of his presence on the station. ( DS9 : " The Search, Part I ", " In the Pale Moonlight ")

However, Sisko did not grant Quark a blank check, and could punish Quark as he needed. For example, he threatened to collect back rent if Quark did not settle the strike crippling his bar. ( DS9 : " Bar Association ") Furthermore, when the Bajoran Provisional Government instructed Odo to drop arms dealing charges against Quark (presumably on the behest of Hagath), Sisko gave Quark a very stern warning that any minor infraction would be met with a harsh punishment. Later, when he dressed down Quark's charges and accusations, Sisko was happy (deep down) that he severed all business ties with Hagath, and forgave the Ferengi. But he didn't let him go without punishment, citing that certain repairs in a cargo bay would have been substantial. When Quark offered to pay "in installments", Sisko agreed fully. ( DS9 : " Business as Usual ")

If it wasn't for Quark, Sisko would not be alive for the Federation's conflict against the Dominion, something for which even Sisko was grateful. Both the Ferengi and Sisko essentially uncovered the first Vorta encountered as a Dominion spy. ( DS9 : " The Jem'Hadar ")

When Quark's business license was revoked, Sisko was kind enough to be among those who helped Quark reopen his bar. ( DS9 : " Body Parts ")

Worf turning away in disgust of Quark

In general, Quark was a "shade of gray" aboard the station, something to which Worf did not easily become accustomed to. Just as Odo let Quark get away with things, Quark gave Odo tip-offs occasionally, if only because the Rules of Acquisition stated, " Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies. " Worf, who was unaccustomed to Quark's nature, became frustrated that Odo did nothing while Quark was conducting a black-market deal with a Markalian criminal. The Klingon interrupted the deal to arrest them, only to find that the bag in which Quark had been holding his latinum was Odo, who had wanted to use Quark to infiltrate a larger smuggling ring and now had to settle for the middle-man due to Worf's interference. ( DS9 : " Rules of Acquisition ", " Hippocratic Oath ", " Crossfire ")

In the words of Julian Bashir, Quark was not exactly Worf's "favorite person." Possibly stemming from Klingon prejudice about Ferengi, that they were dishonorable and obsessed with money, Worf tried to keep his contact with Quark to a minimum. A few run-ins occurred, such as when Quark modified the replicators on the Defiant to dispense Quark's theme merchandise. Worf was insulted when Jadzia Dax proposed to get married in Quark's Bar. Furthermore, Worf was not very happy when Quark attempted to join on Worf's quest to have Jadzia's soul sent to Sto-vo-kor . However, Worf did help Quark from time to time, such as teaching him about Klingon courtship rituals and even apologized to Quark for acting rude to him. ( DS9 : " Bar Association ", " Hippocratic Oath ", " You Are Cordially Invited ", " Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places ", " Shadows and Symbols ")

Quark loved his brother, but like a good Ferengi, treated him like a servant . Quark often swindled Rom out of his share of the profits. In fact, Rom's contract for Quark's Bar actually stated that everything that went wrong in the bar was Rom's fault. ( DS9 : " Heart of Stone ") Sometimes though, Quark would watch over Rom and took care of him. When Rom was arrested by the Dominion , Quark swore he would do whatever it took to save Rom from execution. ( DS9 : " Favor the Bold ") He made Rom his partner in many business adventures and provided latinum for Rom.

On Rom's naming day, Quark substituted Rom's presents with old vegetables and sold them for more than their father had paid for them. ( DS9 : " Rivals ")

Quark was pleased to find out that Rom had embezzled money from the Ferengi Benevolent Association and noted that their father Keldar would have been too. ( DS9 : " Prophet Motive ")

Rom was a technical genius and progressed from Quark's servant to part of DS9's maintenance crew; on one occasion, when Quark found out Rom was a spy for the United Federation of Planets, his only comment was "The Federation must be really desperate!" ( DS9 : " Call to Arms ")

Nog was Quark's nephew, and as such he initially treated him similarly to Rom. When Starfleet first took over control of the station, Quark used Nog in an attempt to steal ore samples that the Cardassians left behind. ( DS9 : " Emissary ") Quark was very much opposed to allowing Nog to have contact with the "hew-mons" on the station (especially his friendship with Jake Sisko), fearing that they were a corrupting influence on the boy. This further intensified when Nog decided to apply to Starfleet Academy , ( DS9 : " Heart of Stone ") even going so far as to attempt to sabotage one of Nog's entry examinations. ( DS9 : " Facets ") When Starfleet permanently posted Nog to Deep Space 9, Quark was not above expressing his disapproval of Nog's career choice. However, Quark also had no problem taking advantage of the boy either. For example, he once used the fact that Jake Sisko and Nog were taking a school field trip to the Gamma Quadrant in order to attempt to manipulate Benjamin Sisko. He did, however, genuinely care enough about him to the point of risking his life to protect him during a Jem'Hadar attack while on an expedition to resupply a Federation outpost during the Dominion War. ( DS9 : " The Siege of AR-558 ")

Ishka was Quark's mother. She drove him crazy. She was not a typical Ferengi woman: she liked to earn profit, she wore clothes, and she became an adviser and lover of the Grand Nagus Zek. This caused Quark many problems, especially with Brunt. But Quark loved her very much and supported her with a generous stipend. In 2371, upon the discovery Ishka was earning profit, he went to Ferenginar to get her to confess to her crimes so she would not be sold into indentured servitude and degrade Quark's reputation. He was successful, although she only admitted to having about a third of what she actually had earned. ( DS9 : " Family Business ")

Leeta was Quark's Bajoran sister-in-law. Initially they knew each other because Leeta worked as a dabo girl for Quark. Quark was skeptical of Leeta's professed attraction to his brother ( DS9 : " Let He Who Is Without Sin... ") and did not do much in helping the couple get together, and in fact actively attempted to dissuade Rom from marrying her. When the couple did tie the knot, Quark did not seem to believe that the marriage would last long. ( DS9 : " Call to Arms ")

Gaila was Quark's cousin and a weapons trafficker. As a result of his highly risky business, he made much more profit than Quark did running a bar, and was rich enough to afford his own moon (property that made Quark very jealous). For repayment of a loan that helped Gaila get started in the business he gave Quark a Ferengi shuttlecraft known as Quark's Treasure . However, Galia had hoped that the sabotage that he had done to it would kill Quark. Gaila allowed Quark to become involved in his weapons dealing with the known trafficker Hagath. However, Quark soon developed moral reservations about working in this industry, and managed to double-cross Gaila and Hagath. The result was that General Nassuc dispatched a "Purification Squad" against the two. Gaila managed to escape them but was eventually arrested for vagrancy on Thalos VI . Quark paid his fine and the two became partners in Quark's rescue attempt of his mother. When he discovered that Quark was trying to cheat him out of reward money, Gaila attempted to kill Quark, but instead killed the Ferengi's bargaining chip: the Vorta Keevan . ( DS9 : " Little Green Men ", " Business as Usual ", " The Magnificent Ferengi ")

• Father - Keldar (deceased)
• Grandfather - Adred
• In-law - Prinadora

Alternate timelines [ ]

The Quark math program on Gaia

• In a timeline in which Harry Kim was never assigned to the USS Voyager , Quark instead tried his Lobi crystal scam on Tom Paris - the much more intemperate Paris attacked him, was arrested by Odo, and was therefore still sitting in a holding cell when Voyager was thrown into the Delta Quadrant . ( VOY : " Non Sequitur ")
• In one alternate timeline , Quark abandoned Deep Space 9 when the Federation relinquished control of it to the Klingon Empire . He later bought a moon with Rom. Nog told Jake Sisko that Rom "stops it falling out of orbit." Morn stayed on Deep Space 9 and took over Quark's Bar in that timeline. ( DS9 : " The Visitor ")
• Another alternate timeline took place on Gaia , where the crew of the USS Defiant crashed two hundred years in the past. Jadzia Dax programmed a simulation of Quark from the ship's security files to teach math to the children born there. Yedrin Dax noted " Quark was always good with numbers. " ( DS9 : " Children of Time ")

Holograms [ ]

Quark and Garak use a hologram to determine the best way to kill Quark

Quark was holographically duplicated on a number of occasions.

• In 2372, during the strike of the employees of his bar Quark created several holographic versions of himself, although they did not function well. When Constable Odo came into the bar he thought one of the holographic waiters was actually Quark and was surprised when the program broke down and the tray with glasses it carried hit the ground. Quark told Odo that he bought this program from a Lissepian , who unfortunately forgot to inform him that certain energy sources can interfere with the imaging system. ( DS9 : " Bar Association ")
• A hologram of Quark was used by Garak to show Quark which ways he could assassinate him when Quark was considering killing himself. Garak broke the neck and the hologram's head fell into a meal. Quark considered this method and then refused it. ( DS9 : " Body Parts ")
• A holographic recreation of Quark was used by Luther Sloan of Section 31 in 2374 when Sloan tried to recruit Bashir into the organization. ( DS9 : " Inquisition ")
• According to a malfunctioning holoprogram , Quark sold Garak a fake propaganda holo to get the Romulans into the Dominion War . He even gave him a key chain and half- price root beer floaties . ( VST : " Holograms All the Way Down ")

The two closely-seen holograms in "Bar Association" were played by Armin Shimerman . The several background holograms were played by extras who were dressed like Quark.

Memorable quotes [ ]

" It's good to want things. " " Even things you can't have? " "Especially things I can't have. "

" The way I see it, Humans used to be a lot like Ferengi. Greedy, acquisitive, interested only in profit. We're a constant reminder of a part of your past you'd like to forget. [...] But you're overlooking something. Humans used to be a lot worse than the Ferengi. Slavery, concentration camps, interstellar wars. We have nothing in our past that approaches that kind of barbarism. You see? We're nothing like you. We're better. "

" Rom only has a son to think about. I have a business. "

" I have a dream. A dream that one day all people, Human, Jem'Hadar, Ferengi, Cardassians, will stand together in peace around my dabo tables. "

" I am Quark, son of Keldar, and I have come to answer the challenge of D'Ghor, son of whatever. "

" Respect is good, but latinum's better. "

" Of course it's your fault. Everything that goes wrong here is your fault. It says so in your contract. "

" ...this is my disruptor pistol. The one I used to carry in the old days when I was serving on that Ferengi freighter. " " I thought you were the ship's cook. " " That's right, and every member of that crew thought he was a food critic. "

" I did expand my simple bar in 21 franchises across the Alpha Quadrant, and somehow, I remain humble. "

" I thought you said your plan would make us both happy. " " Well, you're happier being poor than in prison, aren't you? " " NO!!! "

Appendices [ ]

Appearances [ ].

• TNG : " Firstborn "
• " Emissary " (first appearance)
• " A Man Alone "
• " Captive Pursuit "
• " The Passenger "
• " Move Along Home "
• " The Nagus "
• " The Storyteller "
• " Progress "
• " If Wishes Were Horses "
• " The Forsaken "
• " Dramatis Personae "
• " In the Hands of the Prophets "
• " The Homecoming "
• " The Circle "
• " The Siege "
• " Invasive Procedures "
• " Cardassians "
• " Rules of Acquisition "
• " Necessary Evil "
• " Second Sight "
• " Sanctuary "
• " The Alternate "
• " Armageddon Game "
• " Whispers "
• " Shadowplay "
• " Playing God "
• " Profit and Loss "
• " Blood Oath "
• " The Maquis, Part I "
• " The Maquis, Part II "
• " The Wire "
• " The Collaborator "
• " The Jem'Hadar "
• " The Search, Part I "
• " The Search, Part II " (simulation only)
• " The House of Quark "
• " Equilibrium "
• " Second Skin "
• " The Abandoned "
• " Civil Defense "
• " Meridian "
• " Defiant "
• " Fascination "
• " Past Tense, Part I "
• " Life Support "
• " Heart of Stone "
• " Destiny "
• " Prophet Motive "
• " Visionary "
• " Distant Voices "
• " Through the Looking Glass "
• " Explorers "
• " Family Business "
• " Shakaar "
• " The Adversary "
• " The Way of the Warrior "
• " The Visitor "
• " Hippocratic Oath "
• " Indiscretion "
• " Rejoined "
• " Starship Down "
• " Little Green Men "
• " The Sword of Kahless "
• " Our Man Bashir "
• " Homefront "
• " Crossfire "
• " Sons of Mogh "
• " Bar Association "
• " Accession "
• " Rules of Engagement "
• " Hard Time "
• " Shattered Mirror "
• " The Muse "
• " For the Cause "
• " To the Death "
• " The Quickening "
• " Body Parts "
• " Broken Link "
• " Apocalypse Rising "
• " The Ship "
• " Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places "
• " Nor the Battle to the Strong "
• " The Assignment "
• " Trials and Tribble-ations "
• " Let He Who Is Without Sin... "
• " Things Past " (telepathic vision only)
• " The Ascent "
• " Rapture "
• " The Darkness and the Light "
• " The Begotten "
• " In Purgatory's Shadow "
• " By Inferno's Light "
• " Doctor Bashir, I Presume "
• " A Simple Investigation "
• " Business as Usual "
• " Ties of Blood and Water "
• " Ferengi Love Songs "
• " Children of Time " (computer simulation only)
• " Blaze of Glory "
• " Empok Nor "
• " In the Cards "
• " Call to Arms "
• " A Time to Stand "
• " Sons and Daughters "
• " Behind the Lines "
• " Favor the Bold "
• " Sacrifice of Angels "
• " You Are Cordially Invited "
• " Resurrection "
• " Statistical Probabilities "
• " The Magnificent Ferengi "
• " Who Mourns for Morn? "
• " Far Beyond the Stars "
• " One Little Ship "
• " Honor Among Thieves "
• " Change of Heart "
• " Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night "
• " Inquisition " (hologram only)
• " In the Pale Moonlight "
• " His Way "
• " The Reckoning "
• " Valiant "
• " Profit and Lace "
• " Time's Orphan "
• " The Sound of Her Voice "
• " Tears of the Prophets "
• " Image in the Sand "
• " Shadows and Symbols "
• " Afterimage "
• " Take Me Out to the Holosuite "
• " Chrysalis "
• " Treachery, Faith and the Great River "
• " Once More Unto the Breach "
• " The Siege of AR-558 "
• " Covenant "
• " It's Only a Paper Moon "
• " The Emperor's New Cloak "
• " Field of Fire "
• " Chimera "
• " Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang "
• " Penumbra "
• " 'Til Death Do Us Part "
• " Strange Bedfellows "
• " The Changing Face of Evil "
• " When It Rains... "
• " The Dogs of War "
• " What You Leave Behind "
• VOY : " Caretaker "
• " Hear All, Trust Nothing "
• " Trusted Sources " (photograph only)
• " Holograms All the Way Down " (hologram only)
• " Walk, Don't Run " (background only)

Background information [ ]

Character creation [ ].

Quark was played by Armin Shimerman in all of his appearances.

The Joan Pearce Research Associates noted in their initial report on the names and terms used in the DS9 pilot script that the word "Quark" was coined by Murray Gell-Mann "to denote a theoretical particle." Gell-Mann actually borrowed the word from James Joyce's 1939 novel Finnegans Wake : " Three quarks for Muster Mark. " ( The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine [ page number? • edit ] )

According to Michael Piller , one of the main inspirations for Quark's character was the bartender played by Frank McHugh in the 1939 Michael Curtiz film Dodge City , which also starred Errol Flynn . ( New Frontiers: The Story of Deep Space Nine , DS9 Season 2 DVD special features) Piller also once stated that " Quark was probably the most fun, the most easily definable character we had. We knew exactly the role he was going to play. " ( Crew Dossier: Quark , DS9 Season 6 DVD special features)

The original, 1992 Writers' Bible for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine [3] described the character thus:

Armin Shimerman initially appeared as Quark in " Emissary " with the prosthetic nose designed for Max Grodénchik 's Rom, as his own nose was still being created. The prosthetic nose designed specially for Shimerman first appeared in " A Man Alone ". ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. ? )

Speaking in 1992, shortly after filming had begun on " Emissary ", Armin Shimerman said of Quark, " I get along with most of the occupants of the station fairly well, but the Federation has this problem with me; they think of me as repugnant, although I think of myself as charming, they think of me as reprehensible, although I know I have a code of ethics, but they need to deal with because I'm a leader of the community. I'm a capitalist. The Federation is in the process of maintaining peace and stability in this sector of space. I'm only interested in that as much as it can make a profit for me. If prosperity and stability are unprofitable, then I'm going to the Cardassians , who are waiting on the edge, ready to leap in and take over if the Federation should leave. " ( Quark's Story , DS9 Season 2 DVD special features)

Character development [ ]

Speaking in 1999 , shortly before filming finished on " What You Leave Behind ", Shimerman said of Quark, " He started out as a rather greedy, insidious Ferengi character, much like the Ferengi from Next Generation . And as he resided on Deep Space 9, with a small community and other cultures, primarily the Human culture and the Bajoran culture, he began to assimilate into their ways, and his behavior became more and more Human, more and more empathetic, more and more congenial, and that was the growing arc for Quark. " ( Quark's Story , DS9 Season 2 DVD special features)

Speaking in 2002 , Shimerman pointed out, " One of the great misunderstandings about Quark is that he was constantly cheating people of things and dealing in black market goods. This is absolutely true in the first two seasons. But the truth of the matter is, Quark became very domesticated after about the second season , and yet the characters on the show, and the audience, continued to believe he was always a scoundrel. I came to realize that after a time, he really wasn't stealing anymore. Yes, he was worried about his bottom line, but he was no longer actually doing nefarious things, he was no longer cheating, yet because he had started out that way, the characters in the show never really forgave him for a past life, a past life that he needed to do in order to survive under two oppressive regimes. Under the new regime, the regime of the Federation and the Bajorans, he became more domesticated and learned to take on the principles of the new society. And that's what happened over the seven years; he mellows out, and becomes more a part of the society he's living in, but it's the sort of subtle a normal Human being might go through if they found themselves surrounded by a new society. " ( Crew Dossier: Quark , DS9 Season 6 DVD special features)

Shimerman would have liked to have seen Quark marry, stating, " I wonder, having been married for 34 years, how marriage would have tamed Quark one way or another. It would also be fascinating to know what kind of woman my character would have fallen in love with. I tend to think, from his past relationships, he would like a sort of a woman who was her own person. A little bit domineering, intellectual, and quite beautiful and I guess I am describing all the elements of my true wife, Kitty , but I think I would like to see that for Quark as well. " [4]

Star Trek Insurrection [ ]

Quark on the Ba'ku planet, in a scene cut from Insurrection

A scene featuring Quark in Star Trek: Insurrection was devised by Michael Piller and Rick Berman while Piller was writing the film's first draft script. He later recalled, " We thought the discovery of a fountain of youth would suggest all sorts of profitable possibilities to him. " ( Fade In: The Making of Star Trek Insurrection [ page number? • edit ] ) Armin Shimerman subsequently filmed Quark's cameo appearance for Star Trek: Insurrection , but his scenes were deleted prior to the film's release. Additionally, Quark was originally intended to make an appearance in TNG : " Chain Of Command, Part I ", but due to the pilot for DS9 being scheduled to air weeks after that episode, Quark was rewritten as DaiMon Solok . ( Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion , 2nd ed., p. 228)

Quark's relationship with Odo is a clear homage to the classic 1942 Michael Curtiz film Casablanca , with Quark in Humphrey Bogart 's role of Rick Blaine and Odo as Claude Rains ' Captain Louis Renault. ( citation needed • edit )

Along with Q, Morn and Evek , Quark is one of only four characters to appear in all of the first three Star Trek series based in the 24th century: Star Trek: The Next Generation , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , and Star Trek: Voyager . Quark, Julian Bashir, Morn, Admiral Chekote , and Gul Evek are the only characters to appear in Deep Space Nine prior to appearing in The Next Generation . Quark is one of five characters to appear in two live action episodes intended as series premieres.

Apocrypha [ ]

In the DS9 relaunch novels , Quark laments that his bar is likely going to have to close when Bajor joins the Federation and converts to the Federation's moneyless economy because it will put him out of business. Just as Quark prepares to close the bar down, he finds out that Rom has opened diplomatic relations between Ferenginar and Bajor, and that Rom has also arranged to have Quark's Bar be the official Ferengi Embassy to Bajor. This officially makes Quark the Ferengi Ambassador to Bajor and his bar sovereign Ferengi territory, allowing him to maintain it and still charge latinum for all his services.

In the novel The 34th Rule , Quark, Rom, and several Ferengi were interned at the Gallitep labor camp in 2372 when war was briefly declared between Ferenginar and Bajor. During their stay, they endured hideous treatment at the hands of the camp's insane warden, Colonel Mitra. After they escaped, Quark and Rom traveled to Ferenginar with Captain Sisko aboard the Defiant and successfully aided him in defusing the tense situation between the two worlds.

By the setting of Star Trek Online (2409/10), Quark appears to have become a successful business man, as evidenced by the fact that he no longer runs his own bar and that a dabo hologram of Leeta is produced by Quark Enterprises (which could, in theory, be a business connected to Rom, as it was his wife being recreated by Quark). He makes his official appearance in the game with the release of the "Victory is Life" expansion in June 2018, voiced once more by Armin Shimerman, and once again appearing in his bar on DS9. Much like his cousin Gaila had at one point, Quark mentions he now owns his own moon, and has debated turning his bar into a franchise, having "a Quark's in every quadrant." In the mission "Quark's Lucky Seven," a sequel of sorts to " The Magnificent Ferengi ", Quark leads another commando team to reclaim the Sword of Kahless from the Iconians and ensures its delivery to his ex-wife Grilka (now married to Worf), as part of a plan to bring the Klingon Empire fully into the conflict with the Hur'q .

Quark of the alternate reality

The alternate reality version of Quark appears in the Star Trek: Ongoing story arc The Q Gambit where he is a merchant hired by his old friend Julian Bashir to smuggle Spock and Dr. Leonard McCoy off Bajor in cargo containers and get them back to the USS Enterprise . Aboard Quark's ship, Spock and McCoy meet Kira Nerys, who makes plans take a shuttle to the hidden base of the Free Federation Resistance and supply them when she asks Quark wrap up the Reckoning Tablet and bring it aboard, but Quark reveals he will not be helping them. Opening the cargo bay doors to reveal Cardassian soldiers, he explains to them that the Dominion made him a better offer than the Resistance and have won his loyalty.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999) is a science fiction television series based on Gene Roddenberry ’s Star Trek , created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller , and produced by Paramount Pictures .

Emissary [1.1]

Past prologue [1.3], a man alone [1.4], babel [1.5], captive pursuit [1.6], q-less [1.7], the passenger [1.9], move along home [1.10], the nagus [1.11], vortex [1.12], battle lines [1.13], the storyteller [1.14], progress [1.15], if wishes were horses [1.16], the forsaken [1.17], dramatis personae [1.18], duet [1.19], in the hands of the prophets [1.20], the homecoming [2.1], the circle [2.2], the siege [2.3].

- Krim, to Benjamin Sisko and Li Nalas

Invasive Procedures [2.4]

[Sisko is blocking Verad Dax's escape]

Cardassians [2.5]

Melora [2.6], rules of acquisition [2.7], necessary evil [2.8], second sight [2.9], sanctuary [2.10], rivals [2.11], the alternate [2.12].

Dr. Mora Pol: You are truly a remarkable life-form, Odo.

Armageddon Game [2.13]

Whispers [2.14], paradise [2.15], shadowplay [2.16], playing god [2.17], profit and loss [2.18], blood oath [2.19], the maquis, part i [2.20], the maquis, part ii [2.21], the wire [2.22], crossover [2.23], the collaborator [2.24], tribunal [2.25], the jem'hadar [2.26], the search, part i [3.1], the search, part ii [3.2], the house of quark [3.3], equilibrium [3.4], second skin [3.5], the abandoned [3.6], civil defense [3.7], meridian [3.8], defiant [3.9], fascination [3.10], past tense, part i [3.11], past tense, part ii [3.12], life support [3.13], heart of stone [3.14], destiny [3.15], prophet motive [3.16], visionary [3.17], distant voices [3.18], through the looking glass [3.19], improbable cause [3.20], the die is cast [3.21], explorers [3.22], family business [3.23], shakaar [3.24], facets [3.25], the adversary [3.26], the way of the warrior [4.1], the visitor [4.3], hippocratic oath [4.4], indiscretion [4.5], rejoined [4.6], starship down [4.7].

(Quark and Hanok are trying to disarm an unexploded torpedo)

Little Green Men [4.8]

The sword of kahless [4.9], our man bashir [4.10].

Bashir presses the button and floods the world

- Falcon and Hippocrates Noah; after Bashir destroys the world

Homefront [4.11]

(Joseph has cut his finger)

Paradise Lost [4.12]

Crossfire [4.13], return to grace [4.14], sons of mogh [4.15], bar association [4.16], accession [4.17], rules of engagement [4.18], hard time [4.19], shattered mirror [4.20], the muse [4.21], for the cause [4.22], to the death [4.23], the quickening [4.24], body parts [4.25], broken link [4.26], apocalypse rising [5.1], the ship [5.2], looking for par'mach in all the wrong places [5.3], ...nor the battle to the strong [5.4], the assignment [5.5], trials and tribble-ations [5.6].

(We see Quark, in much the same situation that K-7's bartender was left in, with one tribble perched on his head and hundreds more scattered throughout the bar)

Let He Who Is Without Sin... [5.7]

Things past [5.8], the ascent [5.9], rapture [5.10], the darkness and the light [5.11], the begotten [5.12], for the uniform [5.13], in purgatory's shadow [5.14], by inferno's light [5.15], doctor bashir, i presume [5.16], a simple investigation [5.17], business as usual [5.18], ties of blood and water [5.19], ferengi love songs [5.20], soldiers of the empire [5.21], children of time [5.22], blaze of glory [5.23].

(Trying to fight off the Jem'Hadar, Eddington is mortally wounded)

Empok Nor [5.24]

In the cards [5.25], call to arms [5.26], a time to stand [6.1], rocks and shoals [6.2], sons and daughters [6.3], behind the lines [6.4], favor the bold [6.5], sacrifice of angels [6.6], you are cordially invited... [6.7], resurrection [6.8], statistical probabilities [6.9], the magnificent ferengi [6.10], waltz [6.11], who mourns for morn [6.12], far beyond the stars [6.13], one little ship [6.14], honor among thieves [6.15], change of heart [6.16], wrongs darker than death or night [6.17], inquisition [6.18], in the pale moonlight [6.19], his way [6.20], the reckoning [6.21], valiant [6.22], profit and lace [6.23], time's orphan [6.24], the sound of her voice [6.25], tears of the prophets [6.26], image in the sand [7.1], shadows and symbols [7.2], afterimage [7.3], take me out to the holosuite [7.4], chrysalis [7.5], treachery, faith, and the great river [7.6], once more unto the breach [7.7], the siege of ar-558 [7.8], covenant [7.9], it's only a paper moon [7.10], prodigal daughter [7.11], the emperor's new cloak [7.12], field of fire [7.13], chimera [7.14], badda-bing badda-bang [7.15], inter arma enim silent leges [7.16], penumbra [7.17], 'til death do us part [7.18], strange bedfellows [7.19], the changing face of evil [7.20], when it rains [7.21], tacking into the wind [7.22], extreme measures [7.23], the dogs of war [7.24], what you leave behind [7.25].

Dukat burns Winn alive. However her death is enough of a distraction for Sisko to hurl himself, Dukat and the Book in the fire caves; Dukat and Book are destroyed; Sisko ends up in the Celestial Temple and talks with his mother.

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• Armin Shimerman – Quark
• Terry Farrell – Jadzia Dax [Seasons 1–6]
• Michael Dorn – Lieutenant Commander Worf [Seasons 4–7]
• Nicole de Boer – Ezri Dax [Season 7]

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• We pitched the concept and characters. We didn't lay-out 7 years of story arcs. It was far too early to know where it was going.
• Rick Berman, Twitter, October 13th 2014.
• Rick Berman, "Berman Refutes Sirtis Assertion That Roddenberry ‘Hated’ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" Adam Cohen, October 13, 2014.
• I think Deep Space [Nine] was the show that really took Star Trek as far as you could take it. You have the original series which is a sort of a landmark, it changes everything about the way science fiction is presented on television, at least space-based science fiction. Then you have Next Generation which, for all of its legitimate achievements is still a riff on the original. It's still sort of like, ok, it's another star ship and it's another captain – it's different but it's still a riff on the original. Here comes Deep Space [Nine] and it just runs the table in a different way. It just says ok, you think you know what Star Trek is, let's put it on a space station, and let's make it darker. Let's make it a continuing story, and let's continually challenge your assumptions about what this American icon means. And I think it was the ultimate achievement for the franchise. Personally, I think it's the best of all of them, I think it's an amazing piece of work.
• Ronald D. Moore , 'Ending an Era' featurette Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season Seven DVD, interview dated December 10, 2002.
• Marina Sirtis "Berman Refutes Sirtis Assertion That Roddenberry ‘Hated’ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" Adam Cohen, October 13, 2014.
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The Best of Quark

In celebration of Armin Shimerman's birthday this weekend, we highlight our favorite Ferengi's pursuits of profit.

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A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all.

Rule of Acquisition #18

When Star Trek: Deep Space Nine premiered, fans were treated to a lot of franchise firsts — a series set on a space station as opposed to a starship Enterprise , long-overarching storylines, interpersonal conflict between the crew, and a deeper understanding of other cultures outside the Federation, including the Bajorans, Cardassians, and the Ferengi.

The Ferengi were seen as irredeemable, one-dimensional villains on Star Trek: The Next Generation ; however, through the character of Quark, and his family (brother Rom, nephew Nog, and mother Ishka), viewers had the opportunity to view the Ferengi with more depth and nuance than the universe previously afforded them. The Ferengi and its strict, capitalist society proved an interesting foil to the Federation ideals.

In celebration of Armin Shimerman's birthday this weekend, we're highlighting our favorite Quark moments in pursuit of profit.

"Rules of Acquisition"

In this episode, Quark meets his match in new hire Pel (a female Ferengi masquerading as a male Ferengi) who challenges his views of a patriarchal society with her cunning and entrepreneurial spirit. Before learning her true identity, Quark feels the mounting romantic tension between the two. When exposed, Quark doesn't out Pel for violating Ferengi law in regards to wearing clothes and trying to earn profit as a woman. Knowing what the bar means to Quark, he promises Rom the bar in exchange for his silence about Pel. While he ultimately tells Pel he would not be happy with a non-traditional Ferengi wife, he feels the pang of the lost of her presence aboard the space station.

Who Mourns for Morn?

"Who Mourns for Morn?"

When the crew learns that bar fixture Morn was killed in an ion storm, Quark takes the opportunity to welcome in profit by way of hosting a memorial party for his former patron. It's during this memorial that Quark learns that Morn's entire estate was left to him.

This episode gives us another window to Quark's softer side when he comes across someone with a greater thirst for profit and greed than him — Morn's ex-wife and a host of other unsavory characters who were part of a heist with Morn. Stuck with dealing with all their tomfoolery, Quark actually comes to miss Morn, who as it turns out, faked his death in order to avoid the motley crew in hopes that Quark (and Odo) dispatches them. For his troubles, Morn regurgitates some bars of latinum for the bar owner, proving him the only one worthy of being cut in.

"House of Quark"

" I am Quark, son of Keldar, and I have come to answer the challenge of D'Ghor, son of whatever. "

Never one to miss out an opportunity for profit, Quark takes credit for the untimely death of his patron, Kozak, who stiffed him on his tab, citing self-defense, as business booms alongside his newfound popularity with many arriving to hear his tale, despite Odo's caution that the Klingon's family may retaliate.

Soon, Kozak's brother D'Ghor and widow Grillka arrive to learn if Kozak died honorably in battle or not against the "slayer of Klingons." Taken to the Klingon homeworld against his will, Quark becomes entangled in another family's finances and drama. Unwilling to let the House of Kozak to fall, and the opportunity to lead her own House, Grillka presents Quark to the Klingon High Council stating that as Kozak's killer, he's invited to take his place, and his wife, resulting in the interim House of Quark. Doing what he does best, Quark aids Grilka in her quest by going over financial records of the House of Kozak, where he informs the widow and then the High Council that D'Ghor had been unscrupously attacking his brother's family assets for some time to weaken it for a takeover. Unable to leave Grilka in ruins, he arrives at a Council meeting to fight D'Ghor.

"The Jem'Hadar"

" Hew-mons used to be a lot worse than the Ferengi. Slavery. Concentration camps. Interstellar wars. We have nothing in our past that approaches that kind of barbarism. You see? We're nothing like you. We're better. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a lock to pick. "

Star Trek never misses an opportunity to highlight what society needs to overcome to achieve its Federation ideals.

When Odo informs Quark that his request to use the station's monitors to sell merch, the bar owner finds his way to crashing Sisko's father-son trip in hopes of change the commander's opinion of him and reconsider his request. However, their camping trip on an uninhabited planet in the Gamma Quadrant runs afoul when Quark embarrasses Nog who runs off and Quark and Sisko are taken prisoner with a mysterious women. They soon learn about the Jem'Hadar and the Dominion, and their distaste of those on the other side of the wormhole encroaching on their space.

It's on this trip that Quark calls out the Federation's hypocrisy for talking about tolerance yet disproving and scorning Ferengi values, pointedly noting, "We're a constant reminder of a part of your past you'd like to forget." You can't argue with someone who's spitting facts.

"The Magnificent Ferengi"

What's a list of Quark moments without the episode where our favorite Ferengi rises to the level of action hero... who also makes a profit.

When Quark's mother Ishka is captured by the Dominion, he rallies a ragtag crew to rescue her while withholding mention that there's a substantial reward on the line should they succeed. Upon running some battle simulations in the holosuite, Quark realizes their hopes of succeeding hinges on what they do best — making a deal — as opposed to exercising brute force.

As leader of the group, Quark accounts for things like an escaped prisoner, what he couldn't account for was Rom slipping mention of the profit, and the subsequent fight among the crew and a dead bargaining chip (the aforementioned prisoner). Unwilling to leave his mother behind (and demonstrating his love for her), he utilizes each Ferengi's strength, including Nog's engineering prowess, and they return to Deep Space 9 with Ishka as well as a Vorta prisoner.

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Star Trek: The Best Quotes from Quark

Quark, a character from the “Star Trek” universe, particularly known from the series “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”, is famous for his witty, humorous, and often insightful quotes.

Here are some of the best quotes from Quark:

• It’s a relief not to have to listen to him go on. You know Morn – he never shuts up.
• Someone’s extracted all the latinum! There’s nothing here but worthless gold!
• I want Morn’s money. I need Morn’s money. I deserve Morn’s money.
• Take that gold dust of yours. It doesn’t have to be a total loss. I hear there’re some primitive cultures who consider it quite valuable.
• I wonder who came up with the idea of suspending liquid latinum inside worthless bits of gold.
• A human drink, it’s called root beer.

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Quark : What's that disgusting smell?

Nog : I think it's called tobacco. It's a deadly drug. When used frequently, it destroys the internal organs.

Quark : If it's so deadly, then why do they use it?

Nog : It's also highly addictive.

Rom : How do they get their hands on it?

Nog : They buy it in stores.

Quark : [stunned]  They buy? If they buy poison they'll buy anything. I think I'm gonna like it here.

Quark : I'd always heard primitive Humans lacked intelligence, but I had no idea they were this stupid.

[Quark has realized that the humans are mimicking them slapping their heads. He goes up to the captain and tweeks his own nose, as the captain does the same] 

Quark : [in Ferengi; smiling a little as he speaks]  Brik yop tal hopdrew, ki los hoem bog?

[Translation: If I jumped off a roof, would you do that, too?] 

[the Ferengi are in trouble, as their ship keeps accelerating and is about to be ripped apart] 

Rom : The kemocite! If we vent plasma from the warp core into the cargo hold, we may be able to start a cascade reaction in the kemocite. Then we can modulate the reaction to create an inversion wave in the warp field and force the ship back into normal space. If I time it just right, I should be able to get us close enough to Earth to make an emergency landing.

Quark : Rom! You're a genius!

Rom : Think so?

Quark : How should I know? I have no idea what you're talking about.

[giving Morn instructions on how to run his bar while he's away] 

Quark : Now remember: don't extend any lines of credit, don't touch the dabo girls, and make sure you keep your eyes on *him*.

[points out Odo] 

Quark : ...because he'll be keeping his eyes on *you*.

[Odo approaches] 

Odo : Good choice, Quark. I'm sure Morn will do an excellent job, as long as he doesn't drink up all your profits.

Quark : Better him than one of my Ferengi waiters. They'd rob me blind.

Nog : Father, have you ever heard of the Bell riots?

Rom : Don't bother me now.

Nog : But doesn't this Gabriel Bell Human look just like Captain Sisko?

[He shows Rom a picture of Bell] 

Quark : All Humans look alike.

Quark : [about Humans]  They're a primitive backward people, Nog. Pity them.

[Rom reveals that he found out about Quark smuggling kemocite] 

Quark : What tipped you off?

Rom : When I engaged the impulse engines, I noticed the ship's weight distribution was a little off. So the last time you went to waste extraction, I snuck back to the cargo bay and took a look around.

Quark : Where did you get to be so smart?

Rom : I've always been smart, brother; I've just lacked self-confidence. Of course... I could forget everything I saw.

Quark : How much?

Rom : Twenty percent of the profits.

Quark : [to Nog]  I suppose you'll want a cut too?

Nog : As a Starfleet cadet it's my duty to report any violation of Federation law to my superiors immediately. But then again, I haven't been sworn in yet. I'll take ten percent!

General Denning : You know, Quark, you might be some kind of Martian...

Quark : Ferengi.

General Denning : Whatever. But the more we talk, the more you remind me of my brother-in-law.

Quark : Is he a businessman?

General Denning : He's a car salesman, and not a very good one.

Quark : We're here to open up trade negotiations. If you're not interested, just say so. I'm sure I can do business with one of your planet's other nation states.

General Denning : In other words, if we don't play ball, you're going to sell these advanced weapons of yours to the Russians?

Quark : I'd rather it didn't come to that. To be honest, I'd much rather work with you Australians.

General Denning : Americans!

Quark : Whatever...

Nurse Garland : I only hope that one day mankind will travel to the stars and take its place in the vast Alliance of Planets.

Rom : "Federation" of Planets.

Nurse Garland : Excuse me?

Quark : Er... don't pay any attention to him, he's an idiot!

Quark : All I ask is a tall ship - and a load of contraband to fill her with.

[when trying to escape from the military base, the Ferengi and their helpers are intercepted by General Denning and two armed soldiers] 

General Denning : Hold it right there!

Quark : Stay back!

Quark : [points at Nurse Garland]  ... or I'll disintegrate this hostage.

General Denning : With your finger?

Quark : With my death ray.

General Denning : Looks a lot like a finger to me.

[last lines] 

[Quark's cousin has tried to kill him earlier] 

Quark : I'm innocent! I tell you, this is all a misunderstanding. Rom, get me a lawyer!

Rom : I'll contact cousin Gaila. I'm sure he'll know a good one.

Quark : [as he's being dragged away]  ROM, YOU IDIOT!

Rom : See you in a few weeks, brother.

[waves after him, smiling] 

Quark : You people should take better care of yourselves. Stop poisoning your bodies with tobacco and atom bombs. Sooner or later that kind of stuff will kill you.

General Denning : What do you know about atom bombs?

Quark : My people have been watching your world for years; we know all about you: baseball... root beer... darts... atom bombs. It's quite a fascinating culture you Humans have here.

Rom : Maybe we are dead.

Quark : What're you talking about?

Rom : Maybe this is the Divine Treasury.

Quark : Oh, don't be ridiculous, the Divine Treasury is made of pure latinum. Besides, where is the Blessed Exchequer? Where are the Celestial Auctioneers? And why aren't we bidding for our new lives, hmm?

Rom : You don't think we're in the other place?

Nog : The Vault of Eternal Destitution?

[Quark is banging on the door of the examine room, while speaking in the Ferengi language] 

Quark : Guss Uff Wok ton! GUSS UFF WOK TON!

[Translation: "Let us out of here! LET US OUT OF HERE!"] 

Quark : These Humans, they're nothing like the ones from the Federation. They're crude, gullible and greedy.

Odo : You mean, like you?

Quark : Yeah! These are Humans I can understand - and manipulate.

Quark : The speed of technological advancement isn't nearly as important as short term quarterly gains.

Quark : The three of us and millions of primitive Humans - I like those odds.

[Quark intends to stay on 20th century Earth] 

Rom : But brother, what about the bar?

Quark : Who cares about the bar? I'm telling you, Rom, we stay here, and inside of a year we'll be running this place.

Rom : You mean the military base?

Quark : I mean the whole planet!

Quark : There's something about that female that I don't like. She's so... cheerful.

Quark : [after Nurse Garland and Carlson have knocked down the guards]  We're all grateful, but couldn't you've done that an hour ago?

[Odo has freed the Ferengi from a couple of soldiers threatening them] 

Jeff Carlson : Who's he?

Quark : My hero.

Jeff Carlson : We gotta get you out of here.

Rom : Won't you get in trouble for this?

Quark : Why should they? We forced them to help us by using our, erm...

Nurse Garland : Your insidious mind control powers?

Quark : [surprised]  That's not bad.

Quark : Just remember: under that placid Federation veneer, Humans are still a bunch of violent savages.

Nog : Maybe. But I like 'em.

[Quark is being interrogated by Wainwright. A very reluctant Nurse Garland is injecting him truth serum] 

Quark : [high piched scream]  Whhhhaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggghhhhhhh! Aaaaaaarrrrrgggghhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaa!

[shouts pleadingly; in pain] 

Quark : Will you please stop doing that?

Nurse Garland : [to Wainwright]  That's the fifth injection of sodium pentothal I've given him. It's not working.

Jeff Carlson : Their anatomy is very different from ours.

Quark : [very peeved]  Then,stop sticking me with those needles!

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Due to this approach, Star Trek is not only about space adventure and exploration. The franchise is also recognized for being one of the first TV series with a multiracial cast and applauded for its attitude toward civil rights.

The Star Trek world was full of wisdom and great lines, but here are 22 of the most meaningful quotes from its characters . 

A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away. -- Dr. Boyce

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end. -- Spock

You may find that having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting. This is not logical, but it is often true. -- Spock

Live now ; make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again. -- Jean-Luc Picard

Sometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on. -- Captain Kirk

With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. -- Jean-Luc Picard

The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get to know each other. -- Captain Kirk

If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are. -- Jean-Luc Picard

Insufficient facts always invite danger. -- Spock

Perhaps man wasn't meant for paradise. Maybe he was meant to claw, to scratch all the way. -- Captain Kirk

In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see. -- Spock

Compassion: that's the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it's the one thing that keeps men ahead of them. -- Dr. McCoy

Change is the essential process of all existence. -- Spock

Without followers, evil cannot spread. -- Spock

Our species can only survive if we have obstacles to overcome . You remove those obstacles. Without them to strengthen us, we will weaken and die. -- Captain Kirk

Curious, how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want. -- Spock

One man cannot summon the future. But one man can change the present! -- Spock

To all mankind -- may we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that we cannot fill them with love and warmth. -- Garth

You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, and irrational fear of the unknown. There is no such thing as the unknown. Only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood. -- Captain Kirk

A species that enslaves other beings is hardly superior -- mentally or otherwise. -- Captain Kirk

Now, I don't pretend to tell you how to find happiness and love, when every day is a struggle to survive. But I do insist that you do survive, because the days and the years ahead are worth living for! -- Edith Keeler

Live long and prosper! -- Spock

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Classmates Plan Heartwarming Surprise For Kid After Bullying

High school is a tough time for many kids as they figure out who they are while dealing with changing social dynamics, bodies, emotions , and more. Adding to those pressures with something like bullying can be devastating. Fortunately, after one kid experienced bullying at his former school, his classmates rallied around him in a beautiful way.

Feeling Down

A ninth-grade student in Tennessee named Azrael Robinson was having a tough time with bullies at his old school, so he switched to LaVergne High School instead. He no longer had to face bullying there, but his classmates noticed that he seemed down lately.

So, they hatched a plan to help.

According to the kids’ biology teacher, Sonji Newman, two students approached her about doing something nice for Robinson. The kids banded together and got the 15-year-old a new pair of shoes, new clothes, and some money. Then, they hid everything in the supply closet and waited to surprise him.

“They just wanted to give to him to make him feel better about himself,” Newman told Today .

A Memorable Surprise

On the planned day, two students named Kerolos Girgis and Dylan Norton presented Robinson with the haul. “We got you some stuff because of how generous you are and everything you do,” they said in a video shared on social media .

Robinson was confused, surprised, and grateful as he opened the gifts. He fought back tears as his classmates applauded him. According to Newman, the moment was very deserved.

“If they don’t understand something, he’s the first one to help,” Newman added to the publication. "If anything is dropped in the classroom, he’s the first one to pick it up. If a student is down, he’s the first one to say everything is going to be okay.”

Robinson wasn’t the only one who was surprised by the kind gesture. The boy’s mom was also touched. According to Traci Robinson, she was concerned when her son started crying in the car that day, knowing his history with bullies. Instead, she was met with tears of happiness.

“Even just knowing that this had happened, I bawled all the way home,” she said.

A Little Kindness Goes a Long Way

These kids prove yet again that a little kindness can go a long way in someone else’s life. We never really know what anyone else is going through, what they might be dealing with, or what their history is. But by leading with kindness, we can make a huge difference.

If these high school kids can come together to uplift a classmate, then others can, too. This story is inspiring because it reminds us that little gestures can mean a lot if only we think about making them.

So the next time you see someone struggling, consider grabbing them a coffee, some flowers, or a card. If a neighbor has been down, cut their lawn or shovel some snow. Perhaps a new plant or an unexpected batch of cookies will brighten their day. Or perhaps you just want to do something kind for someone who might not be feeling down but who you think deserves a little treat.

However you spread kindness, remember that it makes a difference. And kindness is the one thing we can never have too much of.

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Young Girl Brings Baby Sister To Class As Their Mom Was Busy

Anyone who is a firstborn knows it comes with a lot of added responsibility. The line between parents and the eldest can be a bit fuzzy, with the oldest sibling often having to take on more than their lion's share of looking after their younger siblings.

For one 10-year-old in Thailand, she took the responsibility of big sis to a whole other level.

Instead of missing out on school to babysit her younger sibling while her mom had "business," she decided to pull double duty, bringing the one-year-old with her.

She just became a viral internet sensation.

10-Year-Old Big Sister Taking Care of Her Baby Sister in School Goes Viral

@yingggzz ไม่รู้คนเป็นครูเเบบเราจะรู้สึกยังไง เเต่สิ่งเดียวบอกกับเด็กเสมอว่า ไม่ว่ายังไงอย่าขาดเรียนนะลูก เเม่ไม่ว่างเอาน้องมาเรียนด้วยเลย เเล้วทำจริ้งงงง55555 ดีนะน้องไม่ดื้อ😆#นักเรียน #เลี้ยงน้อง #ปราจีนบุรี #ขึ้นฟีด

In an 18-second clip that has gone viral on TikTok, the student, nicknamed "Green" is sitting at her desk, diligently writing in her exercise book. It's a normal, everyday occurrence in a classroom. What isn't normal is that she is simultaneously cradling and bottle-feeding her baby sister.

Not only is the young girl completely focused on her studies, but she's also managing to look after a one-year-old in peak multi-tasking mode — which, let's face it, isn't necessarily an easy feat even for adults.

As for her sibling, she's calmly drinking her milk and at one point playfully pokes her unfazed older sister’s cheek.

According to Thai PBS World , the user who uploaded the video, @Yingggzz, is a teacher at the Ban Klong Kaem Cham School in Prachin Buri, a province in central Thailand. "Green" is her student.

The translated text overlay reads:

"She is the eldest. Her mother had business, so she had to take her younger sibling to study with her. This is better than having to miss school to look after your sister, right?’

According to the caption, Yingz is more than supportive of "Green" bringing her baby sibling to class, writing, "I'm not sure how other teachers would feel, but I always tell my students not to miss class...and she is really doing it!"

She ends it with a quip "Good thing her sister isn't naughty" and the hashtags: #students #raisingyoungersiblings.

Reaction to the Viral Video

The video quickly garnered widespread attention, going viral with over 3 million views. While some people objected to the parentification of a child, the majority of commenters praised both the girl, for not letting anything get in the way of school and the teacher, for encouraging her to attend school despite her challenging circumstances.

"😲😲😲😲 she's such a devoted student."

"This is so sweet and awesome."

"She is very tough, writing with one hand and holding her sister in the other."

"This girl will grow up strong and successful. 😄Anyone who can care for others at such a young age is destined for greatness and will be blessed forever! Best Wishes from 🇸🇬"

"Thank you to the school, teacher, for being kind to the children."

"There's nothing the eldest can't do, especially the oldest sister."

And oldest sisters everywhere are nodding their heads in agreement. Big time. Because this is so true...and even science agrees.

Eldest Daughter Syndrome is Real

@katimorton The 8 signs you have eldest daughter syndrome… #eldestdaughter #siblings #siblingcheck

Eldest daughter syndrome may not be an official diagnosis but it doesn't make it any less real. It's defined as the heavy emotional burden and responsibility first-born girls often face, including acting as "bonus parents."

And while there are benefits, such as being most likely to succeed out of any sibling type and most likely to hold leadership roles, it also brings with it a fair share of baggage — excessive worrying, anxiety, people-pleasing tendencies, and guilt (just to name a few).

The fact that a 10-year-old, still a child herself, has the maturity to shoulder the responsibility of her baby sibling AND focus on her studies is truly admirable. But it just goes to prove the incredible resilience and capability of firstborns.

And while the video celebrates the strength and competence of eldest daughters (because they really are warriors) it also sheds light on the importance of community support systems in nurturing and assisting families in times of need.

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