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Quark's Bar, Grill, Gaming House and Holosuite Arcade

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Quark's Bar Sign in 2381

Quark's Bar, Grill, Gaming House and Holosuite Arcade , or Quark's Bar and Holding Company (commonly known simply as Quark's ), was a popular recreational facility located on the space station Deep Space 9 .

• 1.2 Behind the bar
• 1.3.1 Known foods and beverages available at Quark's
• 1.5 Holosuites
• 1.6.1 Employees of Quark's
• 2.2 Notable visitors
• 3.1 Terok Nor
• 3.2 Federation control
• 3.3 Troubled waters
• 3.4 Gatherings and celebrations
• 3.5 The last outpost
• 3.6 Franchise
• 4.1.3 Outside Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• 4.2 Apocrypha
• 4.3 External link

Overview [ ]

Looking down at the crowd from the second level

" Come to Quark's, Quark's is fun, come right now, don't walk – run! "

Quark's was the multi-level, vibrant and popular central attraction of Deep Space 9's Promenade , drawing crowds of travelers and station inhabitants with its offerings of drink, food, gossip, gaming and fantasy fulfillment. The proprietor of the establishment was Quark , a Ferengi entrepreneur and sometimes petty criminal who was the eternal thorn in the side of the station's Chief of Security , Odo . Despite his alliances on the wrong side of the law, Quark was a capable and amiable host, and the bar was usually one of the most popular places for recreation on the station.

Business in Quark's was conducted in gold pressed latinum . The bar sometimes featured live music, ( DS9 : " Emissary ", " Sanctuary ", " The Ship ") and occasionally offered cut-price drinks during happy hour . ( DS9 : " Apocalypse Rising ", " The Reckoning ") The ambient noise level was typically 65 decibels ; when Klingons were in the room, it could go as high as 85 decibels. ( DS9 : " The Way of the Warrior ") According to a very small sign above the main entrance, the establishment was not responsible for the loss of any personal items. ( DS9 : " The Forsaken ") When Rom offered to buy the bar from Quark in 2375 , Quark admitted that 5,000 bars of latinum (and not one slip more) was a fair price for it. ( DS9 : " The Dogs of War ") As proprietor of the bar, Quark was a member of the Promenade Merchants' Association . ( DS9 : " Call to Arms ")

When Quark and Rom left the station to visit Ferenginar in 2371 , the main entrance to the bar was locked using a tripartite microsealing mechanism devised by Rom, the most convoluted locking device Odo had ever seen. ( DS9 : " Family Business ")

The busy bar

The establishment occupied a central position on the Promenade, extending over three stories with entrances on at least two. Spiral staircases provided pedestrian access between the different levels, and the central portion of flooring of the second and third levels was cut out with railed balconies overlooking the levels below. According to the station's computer, Quark's was located on Level 7, Section 5. ( DS9 : " Playing God ")

Level 1 – The main entrance to Quark's was on Level 1, together with the bar, various gambling tables and a number of tables and chairs where customers could sit and enjoy their beverages. The main entrance, bar and gambling area were brightly lit, while lighting in the periphery was more subdued so as to provide a degree of privacy for the business deals and covert exchanges that occurred there.

Levels 2 and 3 – The upper levels provided more tables and seating and housed the holosuite arcade . There was also a second-level entrance from the Promenade.

The inside of Quark's was dominated by a large distinctive yellow and red mural and decorative brass poles that extended up through the cut-out section of all three levels. Part of the mural also served as the bar's logo and was sometimes displayed on information screens embedded into the walls of two large open windows looking out over the Promenade on Level 1.

A viewscreen placed in front of the mural in 2370

If necessary, a large viewscreen could be placed in front of the mural so sporting events, like racquetball , could be observed by patrons in the bar. ( DS9 : " Rivals ")

Quark's had a storeroom where stocks of drink and food for the bar were kept. The door was secured with a pulsatel lockseal , and although staff were not supposed to enter without Quark's permission, Rom admitted in 2370 that he had managed to open the door without using the desealer on a number of occasions. There was also a latinum floor vault , in which takings from the day's business were secured; Rom admitted having also broken into the floor vault while Quark was away, by using magnasite drops to dissolve through the duranium plating. ( DS9 : " Necessary Evil ")

Behind the bar [ ]

The replicators and exotic bottles behind the bar

A large number of drinks and brightly colored drinking glasses were stored behind the bar, along with two replicators , a computer access terminal, and a selection of isolinear rods containing programs for use in the holosuites upstairs.

Quark also kept a number of (presumably stolen) security rods behind the bar, which he used to tap into secure information in the station's computer; he had managed to acquire even higher clearance level access than Odo. ( DS9 : " Civil Defense ")

Occasionally, a computer display located behind the bar and directly above the drinks replicator would display the English word "QUARK'S". The word would scroll from left to right across the screen. A similar screen was sometimes seen on the wall to the left of the main entrance on Level 1. ( DS9 : " Resurrection ")

Food and drink [ ]

The cordial host

A range of foods and beverages was served at Quark's. Most of the food was replicated, while the drinks were either replicated or came fresh from bottles kept behind the bar. Quark also kept a private stock of drinks, which included Maraltian Seev-ale and Aldebaran whiskey . ( DS9 : " Duet ", " Prophet Motive ")

When the replicators broke down in 2369 , Quark managed to sustain his business by breaking into a crew quarters and using the replicator there to produce food and drink for his customers. Unfortunately, the replicator had been booby trapped to spread the Aphasia virus , and his efforts inadvertently lead to the spread of the virus through the station's population. ( DS9 : " Babel ")

Quark was often hired to cater events and meetings on the station, particularly in the wardroom , where he provided food and drinks together with a waiter service; he charged by the head for such events. ( DS9 : " The Adversary ", " Crossfire ", " Business as Usual ") He also indulged in culinary experimentation from time to time, resulting in creations of varying success: Chief Miles O'Brien branded the short-lived " Quarktajino " (a decaffeinated version of famous Klingon coffee , raktajino ) "poison", while the "Kai Winn" chocolate soufflé was very popular. ( DS9 : " Nor the Battle to the Strong ", " Life Support ")

Known foods and beverages available at Quark's [ ]

• Altair sandwich
• Alterian chowder
• Bajoran shrimp
• 'Kai Winn' chocolate soufflé
• Corned beef hash
• Gramilian sand peas
• Haligian tongue sauce
• I'danian spice pudding
• Jumbo Romulan mollusks
• Jumbo Vulcan mollusks
• Kohlanese stew
• Lokar beans
• Lorvan crackers
• Puree of beetle
• Rhombolian butter
• Syrup of squill
• Uttaberry crêpes
• Vak clover soup
• Yamok sauce
• Aldebaran whiskey
• Alvanian brandy
• Andolian brandy
• Andorian ale
• Bajoran ale
• Breshtanti ale
• Cardassian ale
• Enyak's milk
• Fanalian toddy
• Gamzian wine
• Kandora champagne
• Karvino juice
• Maparian ale
• Maraltian Seev-ale
• Modela aperitif
• Prune juice
• Quarktajino (discontinued)
• Romulan ale
• Samarian sunset
• Saurian brandy
• Silken sunrise
• Silven surprise
• Slug-o-Cola
• Snail juice
• Stardrifter
• Takarian mead
• Til'amin froth
• Trixian bubble juice
• Vulcan port
• Warp core breach
• Whelan Bitters
• Yridian ale

Dabo: a popular (and financially dangerous) game of chance and skill

Quark's also operated as a casino , which accepted both gold-pressed latinum and gambling tokens as gaming tender; in rare occasions, Quark was known to issue credit vouchers . ( TNG : " Firstborn "; DS9 : " Defiant ")

A number of gaming tables were located on Level 1, the most prominent of which was dabo . The spinning of the dabo wheel and cries of " Dabo! " were familiar background noises in Quark's. In 2373 , an alien visitor was caught manipulating the dabo wheel using a graviton emitter hidden in a ring on his hand to allow his associate to win the game. ( DS9 : " A Simple Investigation ")

Games of tongo were occasionally played, ( DS9 : " Meridian ", " Business as Usual ", " Change of Heart ", " Rules of Acquisition ") and a dartboard was installed at the insistence of Miles O'Brien. ( DS9 : " Visionary ") Other alien games were also brought to the bar from time to time, like chula ( DS9 : " Move Along Home "), and Quark was warned on several occasions against attempting to stage illegal Cardassian vole fights. ( DS9 : " Visionary ", " Through the Looking Glass ") Dabo girl Leeta suggested in 2373 that if she was in charge, Quark's would have three dom-jot tables and two Prayko alleys. ( DS9 : " Doctor Bashir, I Presume ")

Quark regularly ran betting pools, including taking bets on a fight between Benjamin Sisko and Q , ( DS9 : " Q-Less ") springball and darts matches between Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien, ( DS9 : " Rivals ", " Shakaar ") the outcomes of Odo's security investigations, ( DS9 : " Crossfire ") the time of return of Worf and Ezri Dax to the station after they were kidnapped by the Breen , ( DS9 : " The Changing Face of Evil ") and Bajoran elections for the new Kai . When she took command of the station in 2375, Colonel Kira Nerys made all betting pools illegal. ( DS9 : " What You Leave Behind ")

Holosuites [ ]

Holosuite adventures

The upper levels of Quark's housed an arcade of at least six holosuites since 2363. ( DS9 : " Profit and Loss ", " Dramatis Personae ") Credit for use of the holosuites could be purchased at the bar, as could a number of enticing holographic programs .

The holosuites were often used by visitors to Quark's for programs of an adult (sensual, and even sexual) nature, while residents of the station and members of its crew used them for more benign recreations. Chief Miles O'Brien regularly went kayaking in the holosuites (sometimes accompanied by Odo), ( DS9 : " Heart of Stone " et al. ) while Doctor Julian Bashir enjoyed playing the lead in a series of holonovels about a British secret agent . ( DS9 : " Our Man Bashir ", et al. ) O'Brien and Bashir eventually combined their love of holoprograms and spent hours together in the holosuites recreating old Earth battles such as the Battle of Britain and the Battle of the Alamo . ( DS9 : " Homefront ", " Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night ", et al. ) In an effort to exercise Major Kira's under-developed imagination, Jadzia Dax took her to the holosuites several times, where they recreated the Hoobishan Baths on Trill and Camelot from Earth mythology. Worf and Jadzia shared a number of Klingon exercise programs and historical recreations. ( DS9 : " The Way of the Warrior ", et al. ) Program Bashir 62 , Vic's lounge featuring Vic Fontaine , was very popular with the station's command crew throughout late 2374 and 2375. ( DS9 : " His Way ", et al. ) In 2369 , a murder took place in Holosuite 4, the murder of Ibudan . ( DS9 : " A Man Alone ") Kor often visited the holosuite to play the Battle of Klach D'kel Brakt , a battle in which he had been victorious over the Romulans in 2271 . One time, Kor was playing this battle but Odo arrested him for being drunk in public , and he and Quark sent him off to the drunk tank to sleep it off. ( DS9 : " Blood Oath ")

Quark claimed that the only person on the station who could keep his holosuites in working order was his brother Rom. Because Quark did not allow him to buy new components, Rom found it necessary to patch the holosuites' circuitry using components salvaged from all over the station, including such diverse items as cooking utensils and Starfleet LCARS interface panels. Rom's expertise with the holosuites turned out to be instrumental in the rescue of the senior crew in 2372, after their transporter patterns were dumped into one of Bashir's secret agent programs. ( DS9 : " Our Man Bashir ") After Rom left Quark's employ and started to work on the station's engineering crew, maintenance of the holosuites suffered due to Rom's busy schedule. Captain Sisko was injured by a plasma burst in one of the holosuites in 2373, due to its poor state of repair. ( DS9 : " Rapture ")

The staff of Quark's in 2372

The staff of Quark's fell into two groups: waiters and dabo girls . The waiters were mostly Ferengi, while the dabo girls were hired mainly for their alluring physical appearance, useful in distracting punters at the dabo wheel.

Quark believed in Rule of Acquisition #211 – "Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success. Don't hesitate to step on them". The staff of Quark's were strictly forbidden to leave the premises during working hours, and were given no sick days, no vacations, and no paid overtime. ( DS9 : " Bar Association ") The dabo girls were required to give Quark twenty percent of their tips, and he also expected sexual favors from them. ( DS9 : " The Dogs of War ", " Profit and Lace ")

The staff became so disgruntled with the way they were treated that in 2372, under the leadership of Rom, they broke Ferengi law and formed a union to demand better employment terms. The union, known as the Guild of Restaurant and Casino Employees , staged a strike, forcing Quark to replace the staff with temperamental holographic waiters. The union was disbanded after Quark eventually agreed to meet their demands. ( DS9 : " Bar Association ")

Employees of Quark's [ ]

• See : Quark's personnel

Rom worked as a waiter and also occasionally as a pit boss on the gambling tables. He was promoted to the position of Assistant Manager of Policy and Clientele in mid-2369, and later left Quark's to join the station's engineering crew following the strike action of 2372. He returned to this position in 2373 after the Dominion took control of the station following the Second Battle of Deep Space 9 . ( DS9 : " Emissary ", " The Nagus ", " Bar Association ", " Call to Arms ") Nog worked as a waiter but left in early 2372 to attend Starfleet Academy , determined to make a better life for himself. ( DS9 : " Heart of Stone ", " Little Green Men ") Rom and dabo girl Leeta grew attracted to one another and eventually married. ( DS9 : " Let He Who Is Without Sin... ", " Doctor Bashir, I Presume ", " Call to Arms ")

Patrons [ ]

A tribute to Morn, the best customer Quark's ever had

" When Morn leaves, it's all over. "

Of all the visitors and customers ever to patronize Quark's, one stood (or rather, sat) proudly as the most loyal, most popular, and biggest spender of them all – resident barfly Morn . He was almost always to be found perched at the bar and became such a mascot of Quark's that when he left on business in 2374, Quark was forced to install a holographic version of him to keep the other customers happy. Morn paid his bar bill at the end of every month, which – according to Quark – was a substantial amount of money. ( DS9 : " Who Mourns for Morn? ")

Morn faked his own death in 2374 as part of a scam to rid himself of a number of unsavory claimants to his estate, namely his accomplices from the Lissepian Mother's Day Heist . Quark was unwittingly drawn into the ruse, and a memorial service was held in Quark's to which many of the station's inhabitants brought gifts for the departed, a Lurian tradition. In an attempt to compensate for the loss of the bar's mascot, Quark started the tradition of "keeping Morn's seat warm", in which customers were urged to ensure that Morn's favorite bar stool was never unoccupied. Morn later returned to the bar after Quark, at considerable peril, managed to escape the clutches of Morn's associates and they were arrested. ( DS9 : " Who Mourns for Morn? ")

Notable visitors [ ]

Harry Kim visits Quark's in 2371

Notable visitors to Quark's included:

• Harry Kim and Tom Paris – crew members of the USS Voyager visited Quark's in 2371 while the starship was docked at the station shortly before its disappearance in the Badlands . Kim almost fell victim to Quark's persuasive sales technique but was rescued by Paris. ( VOY : " Caretaker ")
• Kor , Koloth and Kang – three of the Klingon Empire 's most notable warriors came to Quark's in 2370 to rendezvous with their old friend Dax and carry out a sworn blood oath . ( DS9 : " Blood Oath ") Kor returned on two further occasions and liked to recreate legendary Klingon battles in the holosuites. ( DS9 : " The Sword of Kahless ", " Once More Unto the Breach ")
• Lewis Zimmerman – the famed holo-programmer visited Deep Space 9 in 2373 in order to use Doctor Julian Bashir as the template for a Long-term Medical Holographic program . While visiting Quark's, he became enamored with Leeta and later asked her to return with him to Jupiter Station . ( DS9 : " Doctor Bashir, I Presume ")
• Lwaxana Troi – the Betazoid ambassador first visited Quark's as part of a delegation of Federation Ambassadors in 2369. While there, her latinum hair brooch was stolen by a Dopterian ; Odo intervened, and Lwaxana became infatuated with him. The pair later became close friends, and in 2372 they married as part of a plan to free Lwaxana's unborn child from the clutches of its Tavnian father ; Quark threw a party in the bar for the happy couple and their wedding guests. ( DS9 : " The Forsaken ", " The Muse ")
• Natima Lang – the noted professor , old flame of Quark's and member of the Cardassian Underground visited the bar in 2370 with several of her students while on the run from the Central Command . ( DS9 : " Profit and Loss ")
• Nilva – the Ferengi Commerce Authority commissioner and Slug-o-Cola chairman dined with Quark in the bar in 2374. Quark was posing as a female, Lumba , at the time, part of a plan to help temporarily deposed Grand Nagus Zek regain his position. ( DS9 : " Profit and Lace ")
• Rionoj – a Boslic freighter captain and notorious smuggler, whose feminine wiles and questionable goods got Quark into trouble on several occasions. ( DS9 : " The Homecoming ", " The Abandoned ")
• Tosk – Deep Space 9's first visitor from the Gamma Quadrant spent some time in Quark's with Miles O'Brien, where he found Alpha Quadrant species' behavior puzzling. ( DS9 : " Captive Pursuit ")
• Vash and Q – the dubious archaeologist partnered with Quark to auction a collection of exotic artifacts brought back from her travels in the Gamma Quadrant when she returned through the wormhole in 2369. She was trailed by Q, who staged some of his usual tricks in the bar and then outbid Quark's clients at the auction. ( DS9 : " Q-Less ")
• William and Thomas Riker – Will Riker visited Quark's in 2370. He spent a couple of hours there and was loaned three strips of latinum by Jadzia Dax when his winning streak at the dabo wheel ended; by the time he left he had all of Quark's latinum and a date with one of the dabo girls. Unable to pay Riker's dabo winnings, Quark gave him instead credit vouchers redeemable only at his establishment. This event was recalled by Thomas Riker, posing as Will, when he visited Deep Space 9 in 2371. Thomas met Kira Nerys in Quark's during his visit. ( DS9 : " Defiant ", TNG : " Firstborn ")
• Zek – the Ferengi Grand Nagus visited Quark's on a number of occasions, most notably in 2369 when he pretended to name Quark as his successor, again in 2374 during his temporary disposition as Nagus, and in 2375 when he returned to the bar once again to name his successor (this time for real, and this time it was Rom). ( DS9 : " The Nagus ", " Profit and Lace ", " The Dogs of War ")

History [ ]

Terok nor [ ].

A dark and smoggy Quark's during the Cardassian Occupation

The heavily-damaged Promenade following the Cardassian withdrawal in 2369

Although a vibrant, happy and colorful place during Starfleet's tenure on the station, the atmosphere in Quark's wasn't always so affable and lighthearted. Quark opened (or assumed ownership of) the bar some time prior to 2363 , during the latter years of the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor , when the station was under Cardassian control and was known as " Terok Nor ". Under the command of Gul Dukat , the station operated as a refinery for uridium ore and was populated by Bajorans enslaved in the ore processing center and their arrogant Cardassian overseers. While the Bajorans existed in squalor in a ghetto zone on the Promenade, the Cardassian soldiers laughed, gambled, drank and lauded it up in the bar and holosuites at Quark's.

When another bar and gaming facility, Club Martus , opened in 2370 , Quark claimed to have had an agreement with the Cardassians stating that all gambling on the station was to take place at Quark's. Commander Sisko, station commander, did not recognize such a monopolistic agreement, stating that a few bribes to the Cardassians did not constitute an agreement. ( DS9 : " Rivals ")

While the station was under Cardassian supervision, Quark did what he could to earn a profit, but was not blind to the plight of those around him. He sometimes hired Bajorans to perform menial tasks for a few slips of latinum, and sold black market goods to those who could pay. He was known to put a little extra into food parcels and was even described by Vaatrik Pallra (a Bajoran woman who lived on Terok Nor) as kind.

Old adversaries Quark and Odo first met in Quark's in 2365. ( DS9 : " Emissary ") Odo questioned Quark about an alibi that he had been paid to provide by Kira Nerys, who was at that time part of the Bajoran Resistance . After failing to tempt Odo into buying a drink or spending some time in the holosuites, Quark – realizing that this was the shapeshifter he had heard about from the Cardassians – tried to convince the Constable to perform the Cardassian neck trick for the entertainment of the bar's patrons. ( DS9 : " Necessary Evil ", " Profit and Loss ", " Things Past ")

Following an accident in 2373, Sisko, Odo, Garak and Dax were drawn into a telepathically mediated version of the Great Link , in which they relived events from Odo's memory of life on Terok Nor in 2366. In the shared vision, Sisko, Odo and Garak spent a day working as low-paid Bajoran cleaners in Quark's. ( DS9 : " Things Past ")

In 2369, the Cardassians withdrew from Bajor and Terok Nor was ransacked, stripped of anything valuable, and then abandoned. Four Promenade merchants were killed during the carnage and, fearful that the change in government on the planet below would put them in danger, Quark and his staff packed up their belongings and prepared to leave. ( DS9 : " Emissary ")

Federation control [ ]

In the aftermath of the Cardassian withdrawal, the Bajoran Provisional Government invited Starfleet to take over administration of the station. Desperately in need of a way to bind the station's remaining inhabitants together and transform it from a place of suffering and slavery into one of peace and prosperity, new station commander Benjamin Sisko persuaded Quark to stay and re-open the bar, effectively becoming a community leader. Sisko had Nog in custody at the time for looting on the damaged Promenade and used the Ferengi tradition of plea bargaining to negotiate co-operation from Quark in exchange for Nog's release. Quark's duly re-opened and soon filled the Promenade with the sound of laughter and music; the newly christened "Deep Space 9" had found its heart. ( DS9 : " Emissary ")

Quark's advertisement

The bar and its proprietor soon became accustomed to life under Starfleet governance, though Quark did sometimes try to bend the rules. In 2372, he used an encryption program to bypass the access protocols on the station's computer monitors so that he could use them to display animated advertisements for the bar. However, the program also spilled to the USS Defiant , causing its replicators to produce beverages in "Quark's"-themed mugs (which also sounded out the animated advertisements), much to Lieutenant Commander Worf's vexation. ( DS9 : " The Quickening ")

A replicated mug with Quark's advertisement

The lease on Quark's was held by the Federation, but they did not charge Quark any rent, nor did they ask him to reimburse them for the cost of maintenance or the drain on the station's power supply. During the strike organized by Rom's Guild of Restaurant and Casino Employees in 2372, Captain Sisko threatened to bill Quark for five years' worth of these outstanding charges unless he agreed to talk to his brother and hammer out an agreement. ( DS9 : " Bar Association ")

Despite the occasional run-ins with authority, Quark's was an integral and successful part of Deep Space 9. Quark himself even celebrated when Bajor's petition to join the Federation was accepted in 2373, and a celebration was held in the bar. Quark expected Bajor's admittance to the Federation to be good for business, predicting sales of root beer to increase fivefold and the bar to be "busier than an Alvanian beehive ." ( DS9 : " Rapture ")

Troubled waters [ ]

"Tribbled" waters for Quark in 2373

" First it was the Cardassians. Then it was the Dominion. Now it's the Klingons! How's a Ferengi supposed to make an honest living in a place like this?! "

Navigating the waters of the Great Material Continuum can be difficult, and Quark's went through its share of turbulent times.

Business was disrupted by occasional infestations of voles and tribbles , and by the need for the station's engineering crew to make repairs. ( DS9 : " Ferengi Love Songs ", " Trials and Tribble-ations ", " Treachery, Faith and the Great River ") More serious disruptions were experienced in 2370 during mass evacuations triggered by a siege by the Bajoran Alliance for Global Unity and later a violent plasma storm ( DS9 : " The Siege ", " Invasive Procedures "), and in 2372 when the station was attacked by Klingon forces. ( DS9 : " The Way of the Warrior ")

A rival gambling establishment, Club Martus , was opened by El-Aurian Martus Mazur in 2370, causing Quark's to lose a good number of its customers; Rom even defected to work in the new club. However, the club was shut down when alien gambling devices being used there wreaked havoc on the station. After Mazur was arrested for swindling an elderly couple, Quark agreed to pay his bail on condition that he leave the station and never return. ( DS9 : " Rivals ")

The Bajoran Time of Cleansing , a month-long ritual of abstention from worldly pleasures practiced by the Bajoran people, was a particularly difficult time at Quark's. In 2372, the strain on the bar's profits was so great that Quark decided to cut the staff's pay. This act triggered the formation of the Guild of Restaurant and Casino Employees, and the ensuing strike caused havoc for Quark (for more information see Staff , above).

The bar, stripped and empty, after liquidation by the FCA

In late 2372, Quark broke a contract with Liquidator Brunt and in the process violated Ferengi law . In response, the Ferengi Commerce Authority revoked Quark's Ferengi business license, seized all of his assets, and stripped the bar bare. On the brink of ruin, Quark was rescued by the one thing the FCA couldn't take away from him – his friends on the station. Dax, Bashir, Sisko, Morn and even Odo donated and loaned glasses, drinks and furniture so that the bar could be reopened. ( DS9 : " Body Parts ")

Business continued, though Quark was banned from trading or working with any other Ferengi. The waiters were replaced by members of other species including Bolians and Yridians , and FCA notices were displayed by the main entrance to inform all visitors of the ban. ( DS9 : " Apocalypse Rising ", et al. ) After months of difficult trading under the ban, and when almost every asset he possessed had been wiped out, Quark began to work with a weapons dealer named Hagath at the suggestion of his cousin Gaila . Quark displayed holographic recreations of weapons in the bar's holosuites and entertained Hagath's clients, earning enough latinum to repay all of his debts. However, business in the bar suffered terribly as Quark's customers learnt of what he was doing. Swayed by his conscience, Quark eventually betrayed Hagath and stepped out of the arms business, after which custom at the bar began to return to normal. ( DS9 : " Business as Usual ") Quark's Ferengi business license was eventually reinstated in late 2373, after he assisted Brunt in a scheme to keep his mother, Ishka , away from Grand Nagus Zek. ( DS9 : " Ferengi Love Songs ")

During the Second Battle of Deep Space 9 at the end of 2373, Starfleet withdrew from the station, and it was abandoned to the Dominion . ( DS9 : " Call to Arms ") The station reverted to its Cardassian designation of Terok Nor and remained under Cardassian-Dominion occupation for around five months. Although Quark's was stripped of root beer and stocked up with yamok sauce and kanar , it remained open and was relatively unaffected by the change in administration. Rom returned to his role of Assistant Manager of Policy and Clientele as a cover while he committed acts of sabotage against the Dominion. Damar became a regular customer at the bar, and Quark plied him with kanar and then passed information, which he let slip while drunk, to a resistance movement formed by Kira Nerys. The bar was heavily damaged during a massive brawl between Cardassian and Jem'Hadar soldiers, triggered by the machinations of the resistance. Starfleet eventually took back the station in 2374, and old regulars Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir booked a holosuite almost the minute they set foot back on the station. ( DS9 : " A Time to Stand "–" Sacrifice of Angels ")

Gatherings and celebrations [ ]

Quark's decorated for Worf and Jadzia's wedding

" We are not getting married in this bar! "

Quark's hosted a number of gatherings over the years. In 2369, the bar was closed temporarily while it played host to an extradition hearing for Jadzia Dax after the Dax symbiont was accused of murder; Quark was coerced into surrendering the bar by Odo, who threatened to enforce Bajoran regulations that would mean moving a wall by five meters, closing the holosuites and moving the bar counter unless Quark complied. ( DS9 : " Dax ") Later the same year, a funeral service was held for Zek in the bar after the Nagus faked his own death; similarly, a memorial service was also held in the bar after Morn faked his own death in 2374. ( DS9 : " The Nagus ", " Who Mourns for Morn? ") Several auctions were held in Quark's, ( DS9 : " Q-Less ", " In the Cards ") and Nog sold his boyhood treasures there prior to his departure for Starfleet Academy in 2372. ( DS9 : " Little Green Men ")

Quark threw a party in the bar for Odo and Lwaxana Troi following their marriage of convenience in 2372, ( DS9 : " The Muse ") and a celebratory gathering following the acceptance of Bajor's petition to join the Federation in 2373. ( DS9 : " Rapture ") Worf's bachelor party was staged in the holosuites over four days in 2374, followed by the wedding ceremony of Worf and Jadzia in the bar below. ( DS9 : " You Are Cordially Invited ") Impromptu baseball team the Niners celebrated in Quark's following their match against the Logicians in 2375, ( DS9 : " Take Me Out to the Holosuite ") and later that year a party to mark the end of the war and bid farewell to several of the senior staff was held in Vic's lounge in the holosuites. ( DS9 : " What You Leave Behind ")

The last outpost [ ]

Rom becomes Grand Nagus

" The line has to be drawn here. This far, and no further! "

During the time that Quark spent tending the bar, change was rife on Ferenginar. Under the direction of Ishka, Grand Nagus Zek instituted a raft of reforms that changed Ferengi society, including progressive income tax, wage subsidies for the poor, retirement benefits for the aged, labor rights, health care, rights for females, the outlawing of monopolies, tough environmental regulations, and a Congress of Economic Advisors with almost equal power to the Nagus. Quark was horrified to learn of the changes, and when he mistakenly believed that Zek planned to name him the next Nagus in 2375 he decided to turn down the job. When it turned out that Zek would actually be succeeded by Rom, Quark declared that his brother was the perfect Nagus for this new Ferenginar.

Although it was his own family that had instigated (and presided over) the death of the Ferenginar Quark had known and loved, he refused to play any part in it. Ordering M'Pella to rig the Dabo table and Broik to water down the drinks, Quark proclaimed that his bar would be the last outpost of what made Ferenginar great – the unrelenting lust for profit. ( DS9 : " The Dogs of War ")

Franchise [ ]

Quark's eventually became a franchise with twenty-one locations across the Alpha Quadrant by 2381 , including on Qualor II and Starbase 25 . Another Quark's franchise was located in Stardust City in 2399 . In addition to full-sized locations, Quark had also opened the smaller Quark's Express with the Bolians . Quark had additionally traded on his newfound fame by incorporating a gift shop within his bar, as well as offering to take selfies and autographs with tourists for a nominal fee. ( LD : " We'll Always Have Tom Paris ", " An Embarrassment Of Dooplers ", " Hear All, Trust Nothing "; PIC : " Stardust City Rag ")

The key to the success of Quark's was the Quark 2000 , an advanced replicator that Quark had programmed personally to give his refreshments a "special zing". The replicator was in fact based on a Karemma replicator that Quark had "borrowed" some years earlier, which was exposed when the Karemma visited Deep Space 9 for trade talks in 2381 . Captain Carol Freeman of the USS Cerritos was able to broker a deal by which the Karemma would receive 76% of the Quark's franchise profits , in exchange for allowing Quark to stay out of prison , much to Quark's dismay. ( LD : " Hear All, Trust Nothing ")

In addition, Quark opened other businesses under his name, such as "Uncle Quark's Youth Casino" and "Quark's Starfleet Experience Bar & Grill" ( LD : " Parth Ferengi's Heart Place ")

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Background information [ ].

Concept art, from 1992

The unfinished Promenade of Season 1, with no second-level entrance to Quark's

Quark's was the multi-level centerpiece of the massive Promenade set on Paramount Stage 17 , a permanent set that occupied the entire sound stage for all seven years of filming for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . In the series production "bible" written by executive producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller during development of the series in 1992, Quark's was described as follows: " The interstellar place to meet and drink. A dramatic three-story set featuring exotic beverages from around the galaxy, "honest" gambling, and the infamous sexual holosuites upstairs. " The holosuites became so "infamous", in fact, that publicists for the show – concerned about Star Trek 's reputation – clamped down on the practice of referring to them as "sexual", instructing writers for the series not to do so. ( The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine [ page number? • edit ] )

David Livingston explained that the set for Quark's was very different to the Ten Forward set. " It's a lot more complicated and difficult to shoot in, " he said. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 23, No. 6, p. 25)

The second-level entrance to Quark's was not seen during the show's first season , as it had yet to be built. That side of the Promenade set's upper level was not finished until the hiatus between the first and second seasons, during which the production team added extra width to the upper-level walkways and created the second level entrance to Quark's where previously there had been only a blank gray wall. ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion  (p. 73)) The change was first apparent in the second season episode " Rules of Acquisition ", in a scene in which Grand Nagus Zek sat at a table near the second level entrance in a position where, in the first season, there had not even been a floor. The blank unfinished wall can be seen on screen in several first season episodes, most prominently in " Babel " and " If Wishes Were Horses ".

The replicators behind the bar were not present in the first few episodes of Season 1, making their first appearance in "Babel" – an episode whose storyline specifically required them. They remained in place for the rest of the series' run, except for when the set was redressed for the Terok Nor flashback sequences of " Necessary Evil " when the replicators were removed, and the characteristic mural was replaced with a black banner bearing the symbol of the Cardassian Union . For the Terok Nor sequences of " Things Past ", the mural was again replaced with the black banner and Cardassian Union symbol, but the replicators were left in place.

The set was redressed for its appearances in the mirror universe episodes " Crossover " and " Shattered Mirror ". On these occasions, the shelves behind the bar were backlit in green and red instead of the usual white and the mural was replaced with a black banner bearing the symbol of the mirror universe Klingon-Cardassian Alliance .

Star Trek archivist Penny Juday examined some of the props used in Quark's in a special feature entitled "Secrets of Quark's Bar" on the DS9 Season 1 DVD , including the regularly seen square glasses, which were actually candle holders turned upside-down.

The final dialogue of the series, in finale " What You Leave Behind ", was spoken by Quark to Morn at the bar, before the closing sequence panning out from the upper level of the Promenade through one of the windows into space.

Quark's was referred to as "Quark's Place" in early development and pre-production material, including in the internal series production "bible". ( The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine [ page number? • edit ] ) On the Promenade directory set decoration, it was listed as "Quark's Bar". ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion  (p. 13)) However, it was referred to consistently in the scripts simply as "Quark's", ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library ) and this practice was maintained in spoken dialogue on screen. The full title was originally "Quark's Bar and Holding Company", referred to as such in " Bar Association ", but by " Profit and Lace " the full title was, as spoken by Quark, "Quark's Bar, Grill, Gaming House and Holosuite Arcade".

A scene in the script but not in the final episode of " The Sound of Her Voice " had a frustrated Quark musing that he should rename the bar " Cursed Quark's ".

Outside Star Trek: Deep Space Nine [ ]

Quark's, rendered for the video game Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen

As well as regular appearances in Deep Space Nine novels and fan fiction, the bar was seen in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager , " Caretaker ", along with cameo appearances by Armin Shimerman as Quark, Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn, and David B. Levinson as the waiter Broik.

The Promenade and Quark's were rendered as a detailed, fully three-dimensional environment for the video game Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen , with the player free to run around the first and second levels of Quark's and the rest of the Promenade as seen on the TV series. Quark was present and could be interacted with (voiced by Armin Shimerman himself), and Rom (in his Bajoran engineering crew uniform) and Morn could also be seen (both non-interactive).

Quark's also provided a natural template for the bar and restaurant at Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. The restaurant was known as "Quark's Bar and Restaurant" and served several dishes and drinks named after those mentioned on the series before it closed in September of 2008, including the steaming fishbowl-like " warp core breach ".

Apocrypha [ ]

In the Deep Space Nine relaunch novels , Quark faced ruin and the loss of the bar as Bajor prepared to join the Federation and its moneyless society. Rom, as Grand Nagus, opened diplomatic relations between Ferenginar and Bajor and made Quark's the Ferengi embassy. Since this made Quark's technically Ferengi – rather than Federation – territory, Quark was able to keep his bar running and continue to charge latinum for the services it provided (although Rom naturally avoided giving Quark diplomatic immunity to ensure that he wouldn't go too far). After the station is destroyed in Plagues of Night , Quark briefly opens a new establishment on Bajor until the new station is constructed, leaving the Bajoran bar in the hands of a former Dabo girl while relocating to the new DS9, the new bar opening a few days before the official opening of the station.

The Deep Space Nine novel trilogy Millennium revealed that the large mural in Quark's was installed by Gul Dukat during his time as prefect of Terok Nor during the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor . Dukat was under the impression that it was a painting of a Tholian admiral , but according to Rom it actually depicted a Tellarite phallus. Quark and Rom jokingly toasted the mural and addressed it as "admiral".

Quark's can be visited in the game Star Trek Online , complete with a Dabo table (with a holographic Leeta as the Dabo girl, a product of Quark Enterprises) where players can earn latinum to buy cosmetic holographic emitters for both themselves and their ships. The bar was run by a Ferengi named Hadron until the "Victory is Life" expansion released in June 2018, at which point Quark himself returns to the bar. By this time incredibly wealthy and owning his own moon (much like his cousin Gaila had), Quark mentions possibly opening a franchise, with "a Quark's in every quadrant." The advertising jingle from " The Quickening " occasionally plays on a monitor on the outside-facing counter behind the bar.

According to the Star Trek: Terok Nor novel Dawn of the Eagles , Quark used the latinum left to him by his father Keldar to open the bar in 2360 .

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Odo: Don't worry, I plan to investigate the Klingons, the Bajorans, Quark, the visiting Terrelians... Sisko: You think Quark had something to do with this? Odo: (perplexed) I always investigate Quark. —"Visionary"

• To Kira; Quark simply cannot take a hint. When caught with their hand in a till, a good Ferengi will shout, 'Thief! Thief!' Likewise, whenever Quark makes a pass and gets shot down, he says to everyone within earshot, 'The woman simply can not get over her latent attraction to me! '
• In "Fascination" , when he falls under the influence of Lwaxana Troi's Xanthi fever , he briefly starts making the moves on Keiko O'Brien. Needless to say she is not remotely interested, and Miles drags him away by his ears.

• Accidental Proposal : Quark always wished for a statuesque alien babe of his own, but he probably didn’t count on getting married at knife-point to a Klingon woman whose husband he accidentally killed! Oddly enough, it works out pretty well.
• Anti-Hero : A Pragmatic Hero who's pretty much in for himself and his family, but there's no cruelty in his heart and he'll reluctantly help when things get too hot.
• Art Evolution : Early in the series the area around Quark's eyes darken to a violet/purple hue.
• The Bartender : He's more self-serving than the average example, but genuinely enjoys talking to his customers and getting to know them. It's why he chose running a bar over something more impersonal (like arms dealing).
• Because I'm Good At It : The sad truth of the matter is he is really good at selling weapons, with his holosuite arrangements (useful for product demonstrations) and his way with people. It's precisely the sort of career he might have pursued if he'd remained in the Ferengi Alliance.
• And in "Bar Association", he refuses to let Rom take time off to treat a life-threatening ear infection, but it's later revealed that he cut everyone's salary so he wouldn't have to fire anyone.
• Quark's status as either is largely dependent on viewpoints. By hew-mon standards, he's an appalling boss. By Ferengi standards, however, he's astoundingly benevolent (to the point where Brunt outright accuses him of being a Philanthropist which judging by Quark's reaction is possibly the worst insult one Ferengi can level at another). He only takes 30% of their tips, and even gives them vacations .
• Also, remember: he can and has crushed gold bars into pieces .
• Big Brother Instinct : Definitely doesn't come through most of the time, but Quark was willing to risk his life when Rom was going to be executed by the Dominion.
• Blue-and-Orange Morality : Part of the reason that Quark comes across as a Small Name, Big Ego is that much of what non-Ferengi see as his flaws, he considers his best qualities.
• Book Ends : Being threatened with physical violence by Kira. It happens at the end of the pilot and series finale. Quark practically winks at the camera.
• Sisko is insistent he be kept around and active for his role as community leader; Quark had to be blackmailed into not leaving the station on his own in the pilot. Most of his revealed schemes are actually fairly petty, like low-level smuggling and trying to start a rat-fighting ring. He's also been shown acting as an informant for Odo when Worf accidentally broke up a sting operation they were pulling.
• Casual Kink : Despite ostensibly believing in traditional Ferengi values, it's hinted that Quark does get off on aggressive alien females. He appears to have enjoyed his Destructo-Nookie with Grilka, and when a leather-clad Ezri Tigan from the Mirror Universe walks into his quarters and puts a knife to his throat, Quark thinks it's kinky roleplay and is quite eager to play along. "Spare me from beings who think pain is pleasure. [beat] In small doses, perhaps..."
• The Chew Toy : Quark's long list of injuries and near-death experiences rivals that of Harry Kim! (Who he incidentally tried to swindle in "Caretaker".) Most of these accidents occurred during a botched business deal or illegal exchange.
• Chivalrous Pervert : He has his moments, such as the time he protected one of his Dabo girls from being assaulted by a drunken customer.
• The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes : He's burned through quite a few girlfriends because they mattered less to him than furthering his businesses. And yet he hectors Odo over lacking a heart and nonexistent personal life.
• Cool and Unusual Punishment : Quark shows a surprising sense of willpower by dragging Odo up an icy mountain and refusing to give up — he refuses to let his brother get the bar, his nephew be completely corrupted by Federation values and to die with his body unsold! ("The Ascent")
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass : Quark's usually portrayed as a coward, but just count the number of times he kills veteran Jem'Hadar soldiers over the course of the series.
• A Day in the Limelight : He's pretty much the star of the show for all the Ferengi-centric episodes. Particularly the ones that take place almost entirely on Ferenginar.
• Determinator : Not often, but as shown in "The Ascent", Quark, crashed on a uninhabited planet, refuses to die and attempts to signal for help simply to spite Odo. In one episode, he even survives a hit from a phaser that was shown killing someone just a few minutes earlier (showing it wasn't set to stun). The only reason they can think of for why Quark doesn't die from it is that he absolutely does not want Rom getting the bar.
• Subverted by Major Kira, who was extremely upset about him putting Jadzia's life at risk, even though he ultimately helped her. (Quark making a sexual hologram of her without her permission can't have helped either.) It was only after he risked his life to help out the Deep Space 9 resistance cell at the beginning of season 6 that she decided to forgive him.
• He goes into business with his cousin Gaila, an arms merchant, but changes his mind and ultimately wrecks Gaila's business because he can't stand to sell the death of millions.
• When the Dominion takes over the station, Quark is initially okay with it. Sure, he misses the Federation, but business is good and (as he says) the current occupation is nowhere near as bad as the Cardassian one. However, his viewpoint changes over the course of the arc. Towards the end, he bemoans the current situation, saying he doesn't like the Cardassians and finds the Jem'Hadar creepy (not to mention they don't ever buy anything so all they do is take up space and scare away business). He culminates by saying, "I wanna sell root beer again!"
• Brunt's scheme to crash the Ferengi stock market to become the Grand Nagus is too power hungry even for him.
• Despite his frequent antagonism of Odo, he's one of the first to stand up for Odo when he's framed for murder.
• Extreme Omnisexual : Bajorans, Vulcans, Klingons, Cardassians, Trill.. you know, it might be easier to list the species Quark hasn't hit on.
• Lampooned when Quark got temporarily promoted to Nagus. His office suite, pet-stroking, and dialogue ("and yet now you call me Nagus...") evokes Vito Corleone . ("The Nagus")
• Fang Thpeak : Especially in early episodes, as with many Ferengi and Klingons, thanks to the prosthetic fangs.
• Faster Than They Look : Quark despite his short stature is an amazing sprinter as shown in "The Magnificent Ferengi" where it took other Ferengi including the Starfleet-trained young Nog minutes to catch up with him. He's also a good quickdraw with a disruptor.
• The Fettered : Ironically, Quark is insanely principled and does his best to always adhere to his ideals. It's just that he follows the Ferengi's greed-based Blue-and-Orange Morality , meaning he comes off as totally amoral to everyone else.
• Foil : Quark, like all Ferengi, is anti-Trek personified. Anything the Federation is for, Quark is against — and he even offers up some counter-arguments.
• Meanwhile, in the first season episode "A Man Alone", he remarks that, as his oldest adversary, he's the closest thing Odo has to a friend.
• In "Fascination," Odo makes an offhanded remark basically admitting to stalking Quark.
• In the finale, Odo pointedly defies this trope, though Quark takes it completely in stride. Quark is ultimately proven right, thus playing the trope straight, Odo simply wouldn't admit it to Quark's face.
• The Gambler : Self-proclaimed in "Starship Down," and the reason why Quark prefers a risky investment to a safe one.
• Vic's nightclub is a nested example of a bar-within-a-bar. His program was originally intended to run for only an hour or two, since the holosuite is a rental. However, Nog later arranged it for it to run continuously.
• Good Old Ways : Why he doesn't get on with his 'ahead of the times' mother and why he's skeptical of Rom's new Ferenginar. Over the course of the show, he went from being an unusually progressive boss to behind the times just by standing still.
• His comment in "Bar Association" is telling; he can either cut everyone's hours (and salaries) by a third to keep the bar running, or fire half his staff. He chooses to keep everyone's job. He almost never resorts to violence to get anything done (other Ferengi have no such compunctions), and the reason why he gets so many invoked Strawman / Jerkass Has a Point moments is that he is entirely too human and can relate (his "Root Beer" speech is classic Quark). He gets into constant trouble with the Ferengi Commerce Authority because of his strangely compassionate side. Comes to a head in "Body Parts," where Brunt explains that his hatred of Quark is not due to any particular misdeed, but rather that he is a philanthropist by Ferengi standards note  During the Occupation, he sold supplies to the Bajoran Resistance at slightly above cost rather than gouging them for all he could .
• On the other hand, this also explains why he's such a traditionalist. While other Ferengi are often shallow and greedy enough to do just about anything for profit, he considers the public welfare just as important.
• He's also deeply religious, almost as spiritual as Kira in his own way. He's been seen praying and in one episode even had a dream about visiting the Ferengi equivalent of Heaven.
• He's often capable of providing good advice, even if it's to people he (cordially) can't stand. One time he out-logic'd a Vulcan.
• For all his Ferengi sexism and lechery, Quark feels attraction toward strong, independent women such as Grilka and Pel. Over the series, Quark also respectfully assists Kira, Jadzia Dax, and other strong women.
• He defies the Dominion and joins Ziyal in freeing Kira and Rom from certain death by holding Jem'Hadar at gunpoint. Even Quark seems surprised by his actions.
• Among a people who traditionally regard self-preservation as a higher virtue than courageous sacrifice, Quark has often risked his own life and limb even when strategic withdrawal and writing off the losses would be more immediately profitable , and often seems to resent his people's reputation for cowardice.
• Honest John's Dealership : The Ferengi's Hat . Lampshaded in "Little Green Men", when one of the 20th Century humans mentions that Quark reminds him of his brother-in-law, who is a used car salesman.

• Hypocrite : Disgusted by the decline in traditional Ferengi values (unrelenting greed), he decides he's going to turn down the job of Grand Negus unless Zek rolls back his reforms. It doesn't seem to occur to him that by turning down a job that would make him obscenely wealthy on principle, he was himself rejecting those very same traditional Ferengi values.
• He's still fuming over turning down his cousin's offer to go into business with him. Oh, you remember Cousin Gaila; the guy with his own moon? Unsurprisingly, Garak — who knows 80 ways to kill someone and now ekes out a living mending pants — is a little less than sympathetic. (Quark may not be filthy rich but he is pretty well off.)
• That said, background imagery and throwaway lines in both Picard and Lower Decks , if taken at face value, show that years after the events of the series, Quark did well enough for himself that his bar is now a Quadrant spanning franchise! Mariner: (regarding a storefront on Starbase 25) Oh, they have a Quark's here now! That used to just be an abandoned lot where teens made mistakes!
• That being said, a season 3 episode of Lower Decks does show that Quark's copying Karemma technology and nearly causing Tendi and Rutherford to get taken to the Gamma Quadrant resulted in a deal where the Karemma dropped the charges against Quark in exchange for a hefty chunk of his profits, so he's definitely not as successful thanks to that screwup.
• Iron Butt Monkey : Quark takes an amazing amount of pounding on occasions, include one severe Naussican-inflicted breakdown that among other things shattered one of his eye sockets. But he always bounces back (though it probably helps that there's a doctor right across the Promenade from his bar).
• Interspecies Romance : With Grilka, a female Klingon; over the course of two episodes she kidnaps and marries him to save her House from being taken by an enemy, he saves her House, they divorce, and then they start falling in love. She only appears in two episodes without further mention, so it's unknown where things went after the first time they had sex. In the continuity of Star Trek Online , it's mentioned she ended up marrying Worf in 2386 and they have a son together. Also with Natima Lang, a Cardassian woman who Quark was genuinely deeply in love with.
• He doesn't get along with either his mother or his brother, and rarely interacts with his nephew at all, but it's made clear in several scenes with Rom; as much as Quark may belittle or argue with them, he clearly loves them. When the station came under attack and he thought Rom might have been killed, he abandoned the bar and went to help search the wreckage, sounding incredibly worried as he asked Kira if she had seen his brother.
• While everybody else, especially Worf, wasn't sure how to react to Ezri Dax's arrival at Deep Space Nine, Quark was the first person outside the Siskos to welcome her.
• He allegedly sold supplies to the Bajorans at cost during the occupation. He denied the allegation, claiming it was just above cost (which still counts, as he surely could've gouged them if he really wanted to). He makes comments throughout the series about how awful the Cardassian Occupation was, and it's implied he's owed a lot of favors on Bajor because of all the times he provided subtle assistance to Bajoran laborers... and to the resistance.
• Though it was in an Alternate Timeline , when Sisko had apparently died and a depressed Jake wanted to spend time with Nog, Quark gave his nephew the day off with zero hesitation despite the bar being very busy.
• Kavorka Man : Quark beds an absurd number of women throughout his career despite being a short gonk with a mostly obnoxious personality. He was well on his way to "melting a Vulcan heart" before she got jammed up for her Maquis activities.
• By the end of the series, Quark is on a first-name basis with the Federation Ambassador to Qo'nos, has a more than passing acquaintance with the most powerful Klingon Chancellor in generations, is the on-again off-again of the leader of a Klingon Great House who he helped install (remember, Klingon Great Houses field fleets ), is well-acquainted with one of the most powerful members of the Bajoran military, his nephew is destined to become one of the Federation's greatest captains, he's the beloved bartender of one of the Federation's most brilliant physicians and its one of its most highly-regarded engineers, he's Enemy Mine with the de facto contact point between the Dominion and the Alpha Quadrant, and his brother is the Grand Nagus . You can find richer Ferengi, but you'll never find one with better connections, or one who's better-liked by more powerful people outside of his own species. His influence continues after the series, too. In Picard season one, an important piece of plot-driving information passes to Jean-Luc Picard through the hands of none other than Mister Quark of Ferenginar .
• Let No Crisis Go to Waste : Trust Quark to try and make a profit out of the accidental death of a Klingon customer.
• Like an Old Married Couple : Rom's first marriage failed when he left to work on DS9 . Quark's a confirmed bachelor note  his marriage to Grilka notwithstanding , and was the only character to not earn a Last-Minute Hookup in the final season. They're basically a couple, like it or not. Armin Shimerman confirmed that his arc in Season 7 was mending fences with his family, particularly Rom.
• Like Parent, Like Spouse : For all Quark's protestations about how Ferengi women should be - docile, submissive, naked - he's not attracted to women like that, except maybe the naked part. He's attracted to aggressive, strong-willed, highly intelligent women. And then you meet his Moogie...
• Loser Son of Loser Dad : According to Ishka, her husband wasn't a very successful businessman. Rom seems to have inherited his lack of financial acumen, and Quark's luck isn't so hot either, though he's certainly more savvy than his brother.
• Loveable Rogue : Quark may be a money-grubbing, penny-pinching, manipulative little swindler who lies and cheats as easily as sucking air, but he ultimately means no harm, and when push comes to shove, he will do the right thing to help his friends, his family, and his home. Besides, compared to the numerous real villains in the series, he's practically a saint.
• Loveable Sex Maniac : Tries to sleep with the Dabo girls he hires, although this gets toned down later. They wound up unionizing to improve the bar's working conditions, but that doesn't entirely stop his wandering hands.
• Mayor of a Ghost Town : Began the series as this. Cunningly, Sisko snatches Quark before he can leave the station and appoints him " community leader "; a nice way of saying that if Quark doesn't stay, his nephew goes to jail.
• The Millstone : Particularly in the show's early years. Quark often endangers the entire station in pursuit of an illegal transaction. One such incident (smuggling Verad onboard) almost got Jadzia killed — this caused him to tone it down a little.
• Necessarily Evil : Odo regularly allows Quark to break the law, while using him to get a bead on the more significant criminals Quark interacts with.
• Never My Fault : When he's caught out, you can always count on Quark to throw Rom under the bus. (In fact, there's a provision in the employee contracts that anything that goes wrong in the bar is automatically Rom's fault .) He did it in the pilot episode, he does it every other week, and it's a wonder Rom hasn't buried a spanner in his head by now. It's no surprise that Rom eventually left the bar to pursue his true talent — engineering.
• No True Scotsman : Quark catches heat from the Ferengi Commerce Authority for failing to adhere to proper business practices. For a time, the bar is liquidated by the FCA, and Quark himself barred from doing business anywhere within the Ferengi Alliance. Quark : I can reform! I'll start gouging the customers again! I'll revoke all my employees' vacation time! Brunt: ...You gave them vacations ?
• Papa Wolf : Contrary to appearances, he's fiercely protective of his nephew Nog. Although sometimes what he does to "help" is wrong (like sabotaging his entry exam to Starfleet Academy), sometimes it isn't (like gunning down Jem'Hadar soldiers to protect a comatose Nog during the Siege of AR-558). The whole reason he ended up staying on Deep Space Nine to begin with is because if he'd refused, Nog would have been stuck in jail for years.
• Persona Non Grata : In "Body Parts", he breaks a contract with his nemesis Brunt. For being in violation of the 17th Rule of Acquisition note  A contract is a contract is a contract (but only between Ferengi) , his business license was revoked, he was legally barred from doing business with other Ferengi, and he was banished from the Ferengi homeworld. He would regain his license and good standing in Season 6.
• He's not afraid to pour some drinks on the house when O'Brien and Bashir are believed to have been killed, or to offer Odo romantic evidence.
• He's genuinely happy to hear that Keiko is pregnant and then proceeds to wax nostalgic about Nog being a cute baby; Quark even read what's implied to be the Ferengi equivalent of the Dick and Jane books to the infant Nog ("Acquire, Brok, acquire!").
• While he often exploits his bar staff and especially the Dabo girls, he will sometimes come to their defence when patrons get a bit too familiar; at one point during "In The Pale Moonlight" one of the girls is being harassed by a drunken customer, so Quark intervenes (and gets stabbed for his trouble).
• Pragmatic Villainy : Quark is an incorrigible smuggler and black marketeer. However, "Things Past" revealed that he refuses to sell maraji crystals (an illegal drug) because the Cardassians don't like them and the Bajorans can't afford them.
• Professional Butt-Kisser : To Zek, the Grand Nagus. Zek treats him like pocket lint, but Quark still holds out hope for a reward one day. He never gets it.
• There's also a provision that anything that goes wrong in the bar is automatically Rom's fault.
• Company policy dictates that the staff is not responsible for lost (read: stolen ) property. Said policy is spelled out on a small sign hanging over the exit that is easily missable. Ambassador Troi was not pleased.
• Real Men Hate Affection : Rom and Quark can never quite be nice to each other and have to express their affection through trading insults. It gets especially tangled during wartime, as Quark becomes the stand-in for every family who waits to hear news from the front. Even he can't keep up pretenses forever. Rom: You're my brother. Whatever happens, we belong together. Quark: Well, like I said, you're an idiot. (goes to leave, then kisses Rom on the head)
• Rule-Abiding Rebel : By Ferengi standards, Quark is a radical due to such controversial opinions as "women should be allowed to spend and make money", "employees should have bonuses and vacation time", and "deals should be made in good faith." From a modern capitalist point of view - and as he points out himself several times - he's simply making pragmatic economic decisions to maximize his profits, and thus more closely keeping to (stated) Ferengi cultural norms than anyone else.
• Sharp-Dressed Man : Always has a snazzy and colourful blazer and shirt combo.
• Shipper on Deck : As the station's eyes and ears ( Ha! ), Quark comments on the pairings occurring all around him. Even some that never actually took off , such as Sisko/Jadzia.
• Subverted with Liquidator Brunt , who would be happy to see Quark dead, or, short of that, shunned by Ferengi society, for watering down traditional Ferengi values.
• It's also thrown in his face during "The Ascent". Part of the reason Odo pursued him all those years was because he thought Quark was (or had connections with) part of the Orion Syndicate, and he couldn't even afford the entrance fee. Quark shoots back that this means Odo wasted years hounding him for bearing a failure.
• Also this parting shot from "Body Parts": Quark: Look, I've broken the contract, so do your job. Take my assets, revoke my Ferengi business licence. Do whatever you have to do, then get out. And if I ever see you walk into my bar again... Brunt: Yes? Quark: You won't walk out.
• Kills at least half a dozen Jem'Hadar Super Soldiers in shootouts over the course of the series, despite how often he insists fighting is no way for a Ferengi to behave. He's a blindingly fast draw with a disruptor pistol and a very good shot.
• When circumstances forced him into a duel with a Klingon, he escaped with his life by showing up anyway, throwing the fight and saying how it's effectively an execution ("Killing an unarmed Ferengi... half his size "), calling out the Klingon High Council for letting the farce of an inheritance dispuse continue, goading his opponent into fighting anyway and causing Chancellor Gowron to intervene and admonish his opponent for such a dishonor. Quite a little Batman Gambit on his part.
• Was fully intent on defending his bar during the Klingon attack on his own, if not for Rom without his knowledge taking parts of his old service disruptor to fix the replicators.
• In "Business As Usual" he was willing to give up his life to sabotage a weapons deal that would have led to the deaths of twenty-two million innocent civilians. "One life for twenty-two million. Best deal I ever made."
• Status Quo Is God : Many things change throughout Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , but one thing never does: Quark will always, ALWAYS end up back tending his bar by the end of any given storyline. Quark's business opportunities never go anywhere significant or backfire and whenever he's handed the opportunity to be rich it's either taken away from him or he's forced to give it up. Conversely, Quark is constantly getting away with things that should have gotten him arrested by Odo likely before the series even started and if his bar is taken away from him he always gets it back.
• Super-Senses : Like all Ferengi, Quark's got good ears. Odo uses it to torment him by pacing out his room when Quark's trying to sleep. Even when he's something like a mouse, Quark can still hear him, and it bugs the hell out of him.
• Token Heroic Orc : Like any good Ferengi, Quark has a keen eye for profit and a self-serving nature. When push comes to shove, however, he will set aside profit to help Sisko and the crew of DS9 .
• The Unfavorite : His mother always preferred Rom, partly because Rom takes a lot after his late father. Quark and his mother have a lot in common, but are on opposite ends opinion-wise. As she herself puts it, Rom is always her little boy but Quark grew up young and is more of an equal.
• That said, by the end of his The Bus Came Back trip in "Hear All, Trust Nothing" of Lower Decks , he's immediately back to being on the off-foot again after being caught for being successful for too long off of stolen Karemma technology, with Quark being forced to give up 76% of all of his franchises profits to them as to help facilitate trade relations with the Federation as compensation for his crimes against the Karemma. Something he takes rather poorly when Freeman asks if he's happier being poor than in jail .
• Unrequited Love : Implied to be the case with Jadzia Dax, especially by the time she is married to Worf. After she is killed, his feelings are still there for her successor Ezri.
• Unusual Ears : Like all Ferengi.
• Vitriolic Best Buds : He and Odo snark and bicker at each other all the time, but Quark will defend Odo if others are against him.
• Worthy Opponent : Feels this way about Odo. Even in the second episode, he defends Odo against accusations of murder.
• Your Approval Fills Me with Shame : Quark absolutely hates the fact that his most successful business venture — the bar and casino — is a legitimate one. According to him, Quark is mockingly known as "the Synthehol King" back on Feringinar, a reference to his squeaky-clean reputation amongst the Federation citizens whom he ought to be fleecing left and right. (Synthehol, as the name implies, is a beverage which mimics the taste of alcohol without any of the deleterious effects. It's an absolute joke compared to Ferengi alcohol, which perfectly sums up his homeworld's opinion of him as toothless and non-threatening.)

Odo: I've had my eye on you for a long time, Rom. You're not as stupid as you look ! Rom : I am, too! — "Necessary Evil"

• All of the Other Reindeer : Rom's poor business sense and aptitude for engineering make him an outcast in Ferengi society. Lampshaded by Nog, who is bitterly aware that his father could've been Chief Engineer on a starship if he'd had the opportunity. Instead, he tried to fit the "good Ferengi" mold and go into sales — for which he has absolutely no talent. Nog's disappointment in him (and subsequent successes in Starfleet) is what motivates Rom to quit working for his brother.
• Almighty Janitor : Ostensibly a pit boss, Rom is basically forced to perform all of the dirty work Quark shovels on him: Repairs, waiting tables, and cleaning, too. His talents were eventually recognized by Starfleet, averting this trope and leading to a few promotions. Though he did come up with the self-replicating minefield trick, which suggests he's still underemployed. (He eventually became Grand Nagus.)
• Annoying Younger Sibling : But pretty much only as far as Quark is concerned.
• As shown under Papa Wolf , and Quark learned the hard way, you do not interfere with his son Nog.
• Cain and Abel : Once he realizes he could inherit the bar, he tries to convince Odo that Quark wouldn’t want to be kept alive by artificial means... Then there's the time he cooperated in Quark's (failed, repeatedly) assassination.
• His early appearances as depicted as a cold blooded opportunist who would gladly kill his own brother. Later episodes characterized him as a Kindhearted Simpleton .
• The Chew Toy : He's got clear self-esteem issues thanks to, among other things, being a poor businessman and having a domineering older brother in Quark. He's usually the one that gets blamed when something goes wrong.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder : Before he was characterized, he had this towards Quark.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass : Even in earlier characterizations where Rom isn't the hypercompetent mechanic he is later, he still manages this. Even Odo recognized him as being more devious than Quark, naming Rom along with Gaila (who owns his own moon) and the Grand Nagus.
• Ear Ache : At one point, he gets a nasty ear infection, on account of getting too much oomox... self-administered oomox.
• Early-Installment Weirdness : In the first season Rom is more ruthless (even trying to kill Quark in "The Nagus") and meaner to Nog. Later seasons depict him as a lovable idiot who wouldn't hurt a fly.
• Easily Forgiven : In "The Nagus," Rom actively takes part in a plot to murder Quark, yet Quark seems to hold no grudge and lets him keep working at the bar without ever mentioning this incident again. The rest of the officers and crew on Deep Space Nine don't seem to take issue with this either. Seems to be a case of Status Quo Is God . (Then again, Ferengi culture is only slightly less built on backstabbing duplicity than the Romulans or the Cardassians, so maybe Quark took this as a sign of positive growth on his brother's behalf.)
• "Eureka!" Moment : His epiphany regarding the minefield came on the eve of his wedding, when Rom was freaking out over trivial matters like closet space.
• He off-handedly comes up with the idea of self-replicating anti-starship mines to blockade the Bajoran Wormhole against Dominion reinforcements while barely paying attention. While O'Brien is generally the only man keeping DS9 in general in a modicum of working order, Rom is responsible for all the high technology in Quark's Bar working at all (usually through MacGyvering stuff).
• Rom's skill with devices is shown at one point while he and Quark are away and the bar is locked. O'Brien, one of those famed Starfleet engineers who can turn rocks into replicators, is having trouble getting through the lock. Odo passes by and comments that he's never seen a more "convoluted" design.
• Nog states that his father is an engineering genius and could easily be the chief engineer of a starship, but is stuck being a waiter in Quark's bar.
• Genius Ditz : A damn fine engineer, completely lacking in common sense and, worse for a Ferengi, business sense, until near the end of the show. Quark: Looks like your stupidity has saved you again. Rom: It comes in handy sometimes.
• Grew a Spine : Over time, he gains more self-confidence (in part thanks to Nog), eventually becoming an engineer for the station rather than the minor partner (and Mr. Fixit ) at Quark's Bar.
• Happily Married : Him and Leeta.
• Hero-Worshipper : Although O'Brien is not an officer, we start to see how respected he is among the rank and file aboard DS9 . Nog follows the Chief around like a puppy, and Rom insists on copying his breakfast orders down to the letter. The mere mention of orange juice and bacon makes Quark look like he's about to hurl, suggesting it's far from the usual Ferengi diet.
• Hidden Depths : Very well-hidden- even Odo initially thought he was just an idiot who "couldn't fix a straw if it was bent" before reconsidering and realizing he was smarter than he looked . He turned out to be an engineering genius.
• Ignored Expert : He did tell Quark that the holosuites need downtime once a week for essential maintenance. Quark refuses to listen, then blames Rom when, surprise surprise, the holosuites go bust.
• Interspecies Romance : He dates and ultimately marries Leeta, a Bajoran Dabo girl.
• Klingon Scientists Get No Respect : The Ferengi value business acumen above all else, and tend to shun anyone who doesn't thrive in the cut-throat world of business. Unfortunately, for Rom, he's a terrible businessman, but a great engineer. Once he joins Chief O'Brien's maintenance crew, he blossoms.
• Loser Son of Loser Dad : His and Quark's father wasn't a very successful businessman, and Rom isn't so great at business either. Eventually subverted when Rom becomes the Grand Nagus.
• Love Makes You Stupid : How he wound up as a single father working for his brother. Ferengi marriages aren't exactly like human marriages - there's contracts involved. Rom was so head-over-heels with Nog's mother he never bothered checking the revised contract, and got swindled for all his money, and promptly dumped. Quark: Hooray for romance!
• Momma's Boy : Much to Quark's annoyance. Rom calls Ishka "Moogie". Ironically, Ishka is quick to point out that, while Rom has greater affection for his mother, Quark is the most like her in personality and financial skills.
• Mr. Fixit : Because Quark is so cheap when it comes to repairs, Rom has to be ridiculously inventive to keep everything running smoothly. For example, he uses a spatula as a key conductor in the holosuite's mechanisms (a mesh of Federation, Ferengi, and Cardassian technology only he understands).
• Nice Guy : While as self-centered and vicious as the worst Ferengi in early episodes (albeit bad at it ), he evolved into this in later seasons. He once gave the entirety of his net worth to a fund for war orphans.
• Papa Wolf : Mess with Nog at your peril. When Quark sabotages Nog's Starfleet admittance test, Rom was furious. Even though all the rest of the time he's completely dominated by Quark, he went as far as to threaten to burn the bar down because he cares more about Nog's happiness than anything.
• Real Men Wear Pink : Provides Quark with sage advice for passing himself off as a woman. In fact, Rom almost knows too much about the subject.
• Simpleton Voice : After his first appearance.
• Took a Level in Kindness : Season One Rom was as unscrupulous as his brother—if a little slow on the uptake—with a penchant for fobbing work off on his son.
• Throw the Dog a Bone : After years of poor luck, Rom gets made Grand Naugus in the second-to-last episode.
• By Ferengi standards Rom is considered something of a Brainless Beauty though.
• When they start to get serious he starts to have serious doubts about his good luck and starts to suspect she's after his money. When she's still interested after he donates it all to charity he knows it's real.
• Undying Loyalty : He may not impress on first impressions, but you can trust Rom with your life. Or, as O'Brien learned in "The Assignment", the life of your wife.
• Walking Disaster Area : An absolute menace on the baseball field, resulting in bat-related injuries for the entire team. (His jersey number is 13 .)

Rom : You remember my son Nog, don't you? He's the first Ferengi to join Starfleet. Zek : I'll try not to hold that against him. — "Profit and Lace"

• Almighty Janitor : Despite only being a cadet, he is able to work a Chain of Deals to get Chief O'Brien the supplies he needed while getting Martok a better batch of bloodwine, without Captain Sisko ever realizing his desk was gone . His Ferengi hearing came in handy during several missions. Other than Chief O'Brien and Rom, he is the only engineer on the station who understands the amalgam of Cardassian, Bajoran, and Starfleet technology that keeps the station running. And, he was the first Starfleet officer on the station to learn about the Romulans signing a non-aggression pact with the Dominion.
• Artificial Limbs : After the Siege of AR-558. It's actually a synthetically-grown replacement functionally identical to the one he lost, but he still struggles with getting used to it at first.
• Authority in Name Only : In "Blaze of Glory," Nog began goose-stepping around the promenade like a mall ninja. He baffled General Martok by marching right to some Klingons and telling them to clear off . "No loitering!"
• Book Dumb : At the beginning of the series, he can't read or write in English. Jake teaching him to do so is a big part of their friendship.
• Broken Pedestal : Initially, he hero-worships Red Squadron, the Academy's best of the best. His adventure with them in "Valiant" burns it out of him.
• Due to the Dead : By the time of the 32nd century, Starfleet would name an Eisenberg -class starship in his honor.
• Going Native : With humans to some degree. Not least in a quintessential human activity.
• Grammar Nazi : After his return from Starfleet Academy, Nog goes over one of Jake's attempts at writing. Despite Jake's hope for feedback, all he gets is spelling corrections.
• Gung Holier Than Thou : He is rather enthusiastic about militaristic behavior, especially for a Ferengi.
• Heroic BSoD : The episode "It's Only a Paper Moon" focuses on the psychological toll that AR-558 took on him—withdrawn, defensive, and unwilling to go back into reality after the trauma of losing his leg . He more or less has PTSD .
• Informed Flaw : He claims not to have the "lobes" for business, but he proves an extremely canny operator who can get just about any part or favor required. It's possible that he might not have the savvy or ruthlessness to go up against other Ferengi as adversaries, but as fixer for his comrades, he is eminently capable.
• Legendary in the Sequel : Star Trek: Discovery establishes that Nog made such a name for himself they named a ship after him in the 32nd century..
• Loser Son of Loser Dad : As he bluntly points out to Sisko, he is, by Ferengi standards, a failure from a family of failures. As such, he's desperate to prove himself.
• Neat Freak : Became one after attending Starfleet Academy, much to the annoyance of Jake, who's much more of a slob, when two became roommates.
• Never Learned to Read : An early subplot has Jake teaching Nog to read.
• No Indoor Voice : All but outright stated to be part of the whole Compensating for Something package.
• His friendship with Jake Sisko is something that both their parents initially try to discourage.
• He and General Martok aren't quite friends, given the huge discrepancies in culture and rank, but they're extremely respectful to each other. Martok always greets him before anyone else when he enters Ops as a result of Nog having the cajones to enforce station regulations to a Klingon general.
• Plucky Middie : Once the Dominion War starts, he's still a cadet for much of the initial invasion until he's field promoted to ensign.
• In the Finale, he is promoted to Lieutenant.
• In the expanded universe he would go on to become Chief Engineer of the Enterprise -E and eventually was promoted to captain of the USS Chimera (as implied in "The Visitor").
• Safe Cracking : Using his superior Ferengi hearing. Came into play during the heist in "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang".
• Sanity Slippage Song : Bashir brought some Vic Fontaine MP3s to AR-558 and Quark played "I'll Be Seeing You" for Nog while Nog was wounded and recovering in the infirmary, even during the pitched battle. When he came back from surgery, a traumatized Nog continued to replay the songs over and over again in his quarters. The Incessant Music Madness drove Jake to kick him out, and Nog limped his way upstairs to the Las Vegas hologram. ("It's Only a Paper Moon")
• Shell-Shocked Veteran : After losing his leg in the Siege of AR-558 .
• The Scrounger : By the time he joins Starfleet, he's an expert at navigating the "Great Material Continuum", much to Chief O'Brien's bemusement (and relief).
• Token Heroic Orc : At first, appears to be playing against the Ferengi hat of capitalistic greed full-tilt. However, once in Starfleet, he starts subverting it by using his innate Ferengi business sense to requisition needed supplies seemingly out of thin air (see The Scrounger above). He's still very much a Starfleet Officer after his Character Development , but he doesn't completely discard where he came from either.
• Toxic Friend Influence : Nog introduced Jake to the concept of whopper lies. Later (hilariously) reversed when Nog becomes the straight arrow, while Jake drags him into zany schemes .
• Space Cadet
• Unusual Ears

Leeta : I have brains! Quark : Sure you do, honey. That's why I hired you. Now, eat up, and then take those brains back to the dabo wheel where the customers can get a good looong look at them. — "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?"

• Ascended Extra : She was initially brought in as a vapid, superficial one-off Love Interest for Dr. Bashir. Fan response was strong, and she would appear in over a dozen subsequent episodes, becoming a fairly prominent secondary character by mid-series.
• Buxom Beauty Standard : She has a very busty figure, which often causes men to stare.
• Cute, but Cacophonic : When she gets upset by Rom's calm acceptance of his impending Dominion-mandated execution, she starts wailing.
• A Day in the Limelight : To a certain extent in the Season 4 episode "Bar Association". Once the midpoint of the show passes she no longer qualifies for this as she's more or less a recurring character by that point.
• Dude, Where's My Respect? : She's not a Disposable Sex Worker , but Quark treats her like one. She and Rom later let him have it.
• Fanservice with a Smile : Her duties as a Dabo Girl require her to be overly flirtatious, and overtly friendly with her clientele.
• Girly Girl : One of the most girlish and feminine characters in the crew. This actually comes in handy one time, when she needs to help Quark act like a female in "Profit and Lace".
• Good Stepmother : Not a consistent part of their dynamic, but she explicitly refers to herself as Nog's stepmother at least once; in a spin-off novel, Nog explicitly observes that Leeta has been a better mother to him than his own mother. Nog later takes to calling her "Moogie", the Ferengi term of endearment for mothers and grandmothers.
• Good with Numbers : A must-have skill for any good Dabo Girl.
• Ms. Fanservice : She was introduced as blatant eye-candy, being fairly attractive and often getting gratuitous fanservice scenes.
• Shameless Fanservice Girl : She doesn't seem to care much for modesty. In "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?" she greets Dr. Zimmerman at her door in only a Modesty Towel before going to get dressed. Then promptly walks out of her dressing room without it, and without finishing dressing, when she learns of a new job opportunity . She only notes her state of undress due to Zimmerman staring , and just casually apologizes before retreating to finish getting dressed for his sake.
• Opposites Attract : She's a gorgeous, charismatic, outgoing young woman. And he's easygoing, loyal, passive, and underestimated. They're both ditzy, though.
• Remember the New Guy? : In "Facets," Jadzia invites her seven closest friends to join her in a Trill ritual, including Leeta, who had had one scene in the last three seasons prior to that point. This was a function of the Dax symbiont having had three female hosts prior to Jadzia, but Nana Visitor was the only other female member of the main cast. Even after including Leeta, that still left one (handled by Quark, figuratively playing in drag long before "Profit and Lace").
• Smarter Than You Look : Despite Leeta's bubbly, somewhat ditzy demeanor, she is a keen observer and seasoned student of sociology.
• The Social Expert : She's an amateur sociologist and is very good at socializing and befriending people.
• The Tease : She often has a flirtatious demeanor, even when not working.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife : She's the hot wife to Rom 's ugly guy.
• What Does She See in Him? : Everyone is dumbfounded when she dumps Julian Bashir for Rom. Well, Quark and Bashir are, anyway.

• The Ace : Played for laughs, and entirely an Informed Attribute by the rest of the cast through the show, with none of his actual supposed abilities and personality ever seen on screen.
• Amusing Alien : They get a lot of mileage out of someone who never actually speaks.
• The Bartender : In the alternate future shown in " The Visitor ", Nog reveals that Morn took over the bar after Quark and Rom retired.
• Bald Of Awesome : According to a one-off mention by Quark, Morn's species have head hair, Morn has simply gone bald (Quark recalls of the first time Morn came into the bar that "he still had all of his hair then").
• Bizarre Alien Biology : He's got two (apparently metal-resistant) stomachs, more than one heart, and at least four lungs .
• Casting Gag : In "Who Mourns For Morn?", Quark tries to get a customer to sit on Morn's stool after he dies - that customer is Mark Shepherd out of his normal make-up.
• Character Shilling : Played for Laughs . The rest of the cast constantly talks up how funny, talented, talkative, charming, handsome, etc., Morn is, none of which the audience ever gets to see.
• Other ideas were batted around for preserving Morn's stool, including a holographic recreation of everyone's favorite barfly. Hilariously, after Morn returns from the dead and cheats Quark out of a fat inheritance, Quark, in a fit of rage, tries wrestling the stool out of the floor.
• Expy : For Norm of Cheers . His name is even an anagram.
• Faking the Dead : Has to pull this in the above episode due to his checkered past.
• To be fair, Li Nalas was specifically talking to the Bajorans and asking them to stay and help so that the runabouts could transfer non-Bajorans (like Morn) to safety.
• Off-screen; described afterwards by Kira, Odo, and Quark. After Quark speculated that a Dominion attack on Deep Space Nine would leave them all dead, Morn hit Quark with a barstool and ran through the Promenade screaming "We're all doomed!", then ran naked into the station's Bajoran shrine (interrupting Kira's meditation) and begged the Prophets for protection.
• Hidden Depths : Apparently, he has a beautiful singing voice and used to practice bat'leth with Worf.
• It might be a case of him avoiding Suspicious Spending , as he had to wait ten years for the statute of limitations to expire on the robbery. After that you'd think he'd quit his day job as a freighter captain, but apparently he likes his job (though he did give Quark a large tip for his troubles).
• He's also there the morning after Dax's bachelorette party.
• Massive Numbered Siblings : He has seventeen brothers and sisters.
• Momma's Boy : A vital message that changed the course of the Dominion War only got through because he smuggled it in one of the many presents he was rushing home to give his mother for her birthday. Of course, it's presented that this is sort of a cultural thing for all Lurians: "Mother's Day" is such a huge holiday on their homeworld that everyone was too busy celebrating it to guard the planetary bank, allowing Morn and a team of four other thieves to rob it.
• Odd Friendship : With everyone! Amazingly, Morn seems to get along with practically everyone on the station. When he faked his death, pretty much everyone on DS9 showed up to pay their respects. His friendship even goes as high up as Sisko, who's trust in him convinced him the secret messsage smugged out during the height of the Dominion War was genuine.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome : Morn's smuggling of the warning message to Sisko that the minefield around the wormhole was soon to be destroyed, his success in passing on the message led to Sisko reaching the wormhole in time and asking for help from the Prophets to destroy the massive Dominion fleet coming through it, saving the entire Alpha Quadrant, Federation and more in the process.
• Noodle Incident : Pretty much Morn's whole backstory is a series of these.
• Parody Sue : Morn basically does nothing onscreen throughout the entire series but is constantly and consistently praised as the greatest thing since James T. Kirk. Apparently , he's talkative, charming, funny, a ladies man, an excellent fighter in Klingon martial arts, has a beautiful singing voice, and single-handedly altered the course of the Dominion War by smuggling out vital secrets to the Federation. Jadzia even talks about how attractive she found him, but thought that he was "way out of her league." Jadzia.
• Pretty Boy : According to Odo, he's considered quite androgynous for a Lurian, though to the viewers Lurians all look pretty much the same .
• Running Gag : Everyone always talks about qualities he has or actions he took we never get to see. Such as him being very talkative and sociable. He is usually just seen quietly drinking in the bar. Quark : You know Morn; he never shuts up.
• Small Role, Big Impact : Largely just a comedic background character, but if it weren't for him, the Federation wouldn't have found out the wormhole minefield was going to be disabled until it was too late, and a Dominion armada would have conquered the entire Alpha Quadrant.
• Spear Carrier : His role is to be a regular face at Quark's... and not much else.
• Stomach of Holding : He kept over 1000 bricks worth of liquid-latinum in his second stomach for over ten years with no ill effects, apart from massive hair-loss.
• Take Our Word for It : Comedic version. He's quite the blabbermouth. You'd never know from watching. He's also referred to as the resident Boisterous Bruiser on a couple of occasions and apparently has a tremendous singing voice. Apparently also a ladies' man. See Kavorka Man .
• He does, however, laugh. Once . He also yelped in pain another time when Quark was trying his hand at darts and accidentally threw them at Morn instead of the dartboard.

Zek : The Gamma Quadrant, gentlemen — millions of new worlds at our very doorstep. The potential for Ferengi business expansion is staggering. Zek's crony: And best of all, no one there has ever heard the name "Ferengi"! — "The Nagus"

• Abhorrent Admirer : He spends one episode hitting on Kira. She's almost too bewildered to be disgusted.
• Annoying Laugh : A high-pitched, grating giggle, serving as an effective shorthand for a Grand Nagus's right and privilege to be the most irritating little git in this or any other room. Then again, he is played by Wallace Shawn, an expert at annoying laughs.
• Assassin Outclassin' : According to Zek himself, being Nagus comes with regular attempts of assassination. He's been out-stepping them for eight decades .
• Blue-and-Orange Morality : He encourages successors to want to usurp his position, but only approves it due the Ferengi way through profits. He doesn't approve of trying to gain the position through assassination.
• Characterization Marches On : In his first appearance, he messes with Quark's head and sets him up for a fall, but that's about it. In later episodes Quark is his chosen agent when dealing with the Gamma Quadrant and for several other matters and is barely aware of Rom (who takes advantage of the situation to skim the profits). In his last few appearances he seems to actively hate Quark and love Rom apropos of nothing (although the shift can be attributed to a mix of his growing senility and his new relationship with Ishka).
• Celebrity Paradox : Indirectly so. Wallace Shawn was Grand Nagus Zek on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , which is a Spin-Off of Star Trek: The Next Generation , and Dr. John Sturgis on Young Sheldon . Wil Wheaton was Wesley Crusher on Next Generation and also was on The Big Bang Theory As Himself .
• Dead Alternate Counterpart : In the Confederation timeline his skull is one of many displayed in Picard's trophy case.
• Dirty Old Man : Has a healthy libido, similar to most Ferengi. He can out-compete them, too, as shown when Quark hands him a holosuite menu. "The Nagus will try all five." His idea of a retirement plan is to find a planet of babes and spend his twilight years getting it on.
• Everyone Has Standards : Quark observes that the Grand Nagus has to think of the collective good of the Ferengi Alliance rather than their personal benefit, observing that this quality is what made Zek a better Grand Nagus than Brunt would be.
• Hospitality for Heroes : More or less the reason why he continues to hang out with a bartender and his brother.
• Jerkass : One of the reasons the position of Grand Nagus is so prized amongst Ferengi is that it lets you be a petty-minded asshole to everyone with zero repercussions. Zek is only too happy to oblige.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold : 'Gold' might be pushing it, but his advancing age does mellow him out, as does his marriage to Ishka .
• Married to the Job : Greed is hard work. The Nagus has been running the Ferengi Alliance non-stop for eighty-five years, with no vacations. The Ferengi work ethic seems to frown on vacation time or luxuries.
• Money Fetish : Like all Ferengi.
• Parent with New Paramour : He's the paramour to Quark's parent Ishka. He regularly browbeats and insults Quark into respecting Ishka and threatens him whenever Quark gives him any lip.
• Pet the Dog : In "Favor The Bold" he, with some convincing from Quark, offered to buy Rom's freedom. Sadly it didn't work since the Dominion didn't care about money.
• Reasonable Authority Figure : By Ferengi standards. Zek is greedy but he puts the common financial good of the Ferengi over his own personal greed.
• Scatterbrained Senior : His advanced age has caused him to become increasingly absent-minded and forgetting a lot of the basic things one needs to know to run the Ferengi government. This eventually leads to Ishka becoming The Female Behind the Male , helping him keep the empire together.
• Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior! : And also Grand Nagus. Time to throw out the etiquette books, people.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money! : Basically his response when the FCA tries to shoot down his social reform. Overlaps with Screw the Rules, I Make Them! , because in Ferengi society, those who have the money make the rules.
• Sickeningly Sweethearts : With Ishka.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute : Zek uses his diplomatic immunity (and a healthy amount of extortion) to enjoy free reign of the station, as well as Quark's home on Ferignar. This irritating behavior is similar to Lwaxana Troi. He's even got a mute bodyguard.
• The Thing That Would Not Leave : In every appearance, Zek monopolizes Quark's bar, reserves his holosuites free of charge, demands to use his quarters, and delights in imposing himself everywhere.
• We Want Our Jerk Back! : After the Prophets turn him into a friendly, generous philanthropist via a Heel-Face Mind Screw , Quark is horrified. It's not just because a Heel-Face Mind Screw is inherently creepy, either - Ferengi culture is literally built on venal, money-grubbing dickery, and having the Grand Nagus turned like that could have apocalyptic consequences - it's basically the Ferengi equivalent of the Pope being caught by paparazzi blowing money at a strip club/brothel. (Ironically, given Zek once almost literally did show up to blow money on Deep Space Nine at a strip club/brothel, but that's just in line with what the Ferengi consider healthy moral values for their religious leaders.)

• Battle Butler : Like any Grand Nagus, Zek employs a hulking, mute manservant from the Hupyrian race to taste-test his food and flatten any enemies. He's the reason why Quark resists the urge to push Zek out an airlock. Maihar'du's vow of silence and grim countenance are probably a reference to Lurch from The Addams Family .
• Elective Mute : Hupyrian servants are sworn to a vow of silence, speaking to no one except their masters. Maihar'du is no exception.
• Inelegant Blubbering : When Zek is zapped by the Prophets, Maihar'du knows what's been done to him but due to his vow can't say anything, so all he can do is sob to himself.

"Your father might have bought you your first copy of the Rules of Acquisition, but who helped you memorize them?" — To Quark, "Family Business"

• Abusive Parents : Though not thoroughly abusive and getting along really well with her son Rom, she was rather neglectful and patronizing of Quark in his youth and in his adulthood. She almost gets Quark in deep financial trouble with the FCA by breaking cultural taboos through earning profit and nearly gets Quark bankrupted with no apologies. In "The Magnificent Ferengi", Quark risks his life to save Ishka from the Dominion and she still treats him as The Unfavorite later on.
• The Ace : At least by profit worshiping Ferengi standards. Ishka is a genius when it comes to finances and business, eventually going so far as helping the Grand Nagus run his empire. It's worth noting she was able to do this despite living in a society that would not allow women to do anything except raise their children.
• Affectionate Nickname : Rom calls her 'Moogie' (implied to be the Ferengi version of 'Mommy').
• Cultural Rebel : A Ferengi woman who earns profit and wears clothes.
• Friendly Enemy : She happily gives investment advice to her Dominion captors (although the Ferengi are technically neutral).
• She says this about her relationship with her first husband: despite his inability to understand and manipulate finances, he provided a good home and was a loving husband and father.
• Sickeningly Sweethearts : With Grand Nagus Zek, or "Zekkie" as she calls him.
• The Smart Guy : She has great business sense, far more than her late husband or her sons. She was effectively the shadow Grand Nagus for a time when her paramour, Grand Nagus Zek, started slipping into dementia, before her son Rom took the position.
• Ungrateful Bastard : In "The Magnificent Ferengi", Quark risks his life to save Ishka from the Dominion. Half a season later in "Profit and Lace", she is still chastising Quark as her unfavorite.
• As Grand Nagus Zek's senility starts to catch up with him, she effectively becomes the shadow ruler of the Ferengi Alliance, with his cheerful assent.
• She filled this role in her first marriage as well; despite being a good man with good intentions, her first husband would have gone bankrupt if not for her helping him with the finances .

"You are a disease, Quark, a festering tumor on the lobes of Ferengi society; and it's my job to cut you off." — "Body Parts"

• Blatant Lies : "It's Nothing Personal , Quark." Brunt targets Quark endlessly because he sees Quark as betraying everything that Ferengi culture stands for.
• Dirty Coward : For all his posturing and bluster, he's just a petty bully at heart, visibly afraid when Quark physically threatens him.
• The Dreaded : All Ferengi fear the FCA, but Brunt strikes fear deep into the hearts of Quark and his family.
• The Fundamentalist : Brunt is basically the embodiment of the Ferengi at their worst; opportunistic, hostile, always scheming to get ahead, totally devoted to the Ferengi ideal ( except when he benefits from ignoring it ), and completely devoid of any of Quark's redeeming qualities.
• Intimidating Revenue Service : Because wealth is everything to Ferengi, the FCA is basically their equivalent of the Tal'Shiar or Obsidian Order . Brunt's first appearance has him walk into Quark's with a pair of leg-breakers and a writ shutting down the bar.
• Internal Affairs : The FCA's role in Ferengi society, right down to everyone hating them for it.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain : Not that Quark isn't terrified of him all the same, but even he's shocked when Brunt reveals that he's willing to use the terms of a contract to have Quark killed (or rather, have Quark kill himself) simply to prove a point, rather than simply having him beaten, or letting Quark pay back the difference.
• Obstructive Bureaucrat : His Rule-Fu is strong — strong enough to get Quark to try and commit suicide-by-Garak.
• Politically Incorrect Villain : Played with in that Brunt's values are more in line with what most of Ferenginar believes, even Quark himself, ostensibly. Ferengi hardly have what you could call progressive views on females, but Brunt is outright disgusted by the idea of Ishka earning profit for herself. Or wearing clothes, which Ferengi women are not allowed to do, for that matter. And Quark personally catches his ire for what Brunt considers "philanthropy", practically a four-letter word among Ferengi. "But Quark takes 30% of his employees' tips!" Why isn't he taking all of it? "But he hardly gives them any time off for vacations!" He lets them take vacations?!
• Professional Butt-Kisser : In his own words, when he receives news that Quark will be named the Grand Nagus. : "It's never too early to begin sucking up to the boss!"
• Smug Snake : The FCA are some of the most powerful men on Ferenginar, and Brunt enjoys that fact immensely.
• Ungrateful Bastard : After being given his job back at the FCA for his part in rescuing Iska from the Dominion, (which he was fired from in the first place for his previous scheme involving trying to usurp Zek) he happily takes up the position of 'Acting Grand Nagus' after Zek is briefly forced into exile for 'daring' to grant business rights to females.
• Verbal Business Card : "Brunt, FCA." Though given both Brunt's personality and his occupation, this is less to introduce himself and more to cultivate the appropriate amount of terrified expressions at his arrival.

"When you sing in as many joints as I have, you become a student of the human heart." — "His Way"

• The Ace : The epitome of cool.
• Alternate Universe Reed Richards Is Awesome : In the Mirror Universe, he's a gun-toting Android who is in the Alliance's employ (see the Klingon disruptor with Bajoran grips), who gets shot by Bashir. It seems all Bashir does in this universe is squeeze gats.
• Author Appeal : Basically a giant vanity piece by Ira Behr, who loves swing music and Bobby Darin.
• The Bartender : Ironically for a character who was introduced shortly before Ezri, he fit the "Ship's Counselor" role quite nicely, himself...leading to a sort of battle-over-turf between them in "It's Only A Paper Moon".
• Brooklyn Rage : Vic's nemesis in the mob scenario, Frankie Eyes, has a bone to pick with him from their childhood. Vic: It goes back to the old neighborhood. I used to beat him at stickball. Bashir: ....AND?? Vic: And nothing. We've been rivals ever since.
• Catchphrase : "Crazy!"
• Gilded Cage : Like the EMH on Voyager , Vic dutifully performs his role, but secretly pines for a more autonomous life. When Nog becomes a recluse and starts living in the holosuite 24/7, it has the added effect of allowing Vic to roam free: to sleep in a real bed (instead of simply being shut off), to play cards with his band-mates, and to have the semblance of a real life. The opposite is just as true for Nog: he can pretend all he likes, but living the high-life in a tiny holosuite is neither enviable nor healthy. Despite this paradox, Vic selflessly shuts himself off rather than let Nog continue to wrap himself in a cocoon of delusions.
• Glamorous Wartime Singer : Has pretty sweet lungs for a light bulb! His audience is composed of weary Starfleet officers, just looking for a breather.
• Good Counterpart : To Professor Moriarty from TNG.
• Homage : He plays Sam to the grieving Worf's Rick. Worf insists that he " play the song " until Vic acquiesces and sings All the Way . Turns out that was Worf and Jadzia's song. After several visits, Vic and his band have begun to dread Worf's arrival, as the song usually ends with Worf smashing up the joint.
• "It's Only a Paper Moon" revealed the extent of Vic's powers. Not only can he unilaterally turn himself off (as he does while booting Nog out of his casino), and later re-materializing in the empty holosuite without being called. He's also able to appear through nearby holographic projectors, as when he visits Kira during His Way.
• Intangible Man
• Hostile Show Takeover : A scripted event in "Badda Bing, Badda Bang" causes Vic's nightclub to be taken over by the mob. His friends on the space station take time off from the war to help him out—because if they don't, his character will soon be wearing cement shoes .
• Jive Turkey : Vic: If you're gonna work Vegas in the sixties, you better know the score. Otherwise you're gonna look like a Clyde. Kira : A Clyde? Vic: A Harvey, you know. Worf: Har-vee? Vic : A square. (getting impatient) You know what a square is, right? O'Brien: (happily) It's one side of a cube! Vic : Well, I guess that answers my question .
• Lounge Lizard : Vic is an amalgamation of Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , and other lounge singers from the sixties.
• Most Common Card Game : In the series finale "What You Leave Behind," Quark and Vic Fontaine play Go Fish while waiting to hear news on the outcome of the battle for Cardassia (since he is programmed to only play games indigenous to Earth of the Rat Pack era, it's the only game they both knew well enough to play together).
• Playing Cyrano : He was capable of scanning the crew and detecting any sexual tension within seconds. He helps Odo and Kira get together, with only a bit of deception.
• It's not as bad as Sisko paints it; the Rat Pack entertainers Vic is based on were instrumental in ending segregation in Vegas and supporters of the Civil Rights movement in general. The program is also set in 1962, two years after segregation ended.

• Blue-and-Orange Morality : By Ferengi standards, as he cares more for killing than latinum. That said, he does not shun wealth entirely: he was once mentioned seeking business advice from the Grand Nagus. He was also not pleased when it was revealed that Quark had tricked him into believing that the reward for Ishka's rescue was less than half of what it really was—he might not be motivated by latinum, but that doesn't mean he's going to tolerate being swindled.
• Challenge Seeker : His main motivation for joining Quark's rescue mission is to test his skills against the Jem'Hadar.
• Psycho for Hire : What his job as an eliminator amounts to.
• Sociopathic Hero : Downplayed. While his profession involves killing others for money, he is a good deal more likeable than either Brunt or Gaila. That said, when Nog's simulation of Ishka's rescue goes horribly awry, his first reaction is to simply shoot her, reasoning that since they weren't going to rescue Ishka, he might as well "put her out of her misery."

• Arms Dealer : How he makes his living.
• The Corrupter : When he finally makes his onscreen debut, it's to offer Quark a job as an arms dealer, which costs Quark all of his real friends as well as Quark's own self-respect. When Quark starts having doubts, Gaila gives him a rather dark little speech about how no one will really miss the loss of one star in the sky.
• Lack of Empathy : Not only does he brush off the deadly consequences of his business, he also laughs over Hagath's "bad temper" when Hagath has one of their associates murdered for vacation-time fraud.
• Phrase Catcher : Just about every mention of Gaila includes the fact that he owns (or used to own) his own moon.
• Riches to Rags : After "Business As Usual", the once wealthy Ferengi is reduced to being a vagrant after the arrest of his business partner Hagath.
• Vague Age : He looks somewhat older than Quark but not elderly. However, when he says he wants to retire from the weapons business, his justification is that he's been doing it for fifty years.

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How I ended up writing QUARK’S MENU at STAR TREK: THE EXPERIENCE in Las Vegas! (biography blog #3)

My first biography blog was posted on January 11, 2016, a day after Fan Film Factor first launched. It described how I turned down a job working for MICHAEL OKUDA in the Star Trek Scenic Art Department at Paramount Studios back in 1993. A year and a half later, I published my second biography blog , describing how I came to work as a freelance “professional Trekkie” fan consultant for Viacom Consumer Products starting in 1997. It was a gig I’d have for another six years.

It’s now 2022, today is my birthday (January 17), and I am going to indulge myself by finally publishing my THIRD biography blog, explaining how I ended up writing the menu for QUARK’S BAR & RESTAURANT at Star Trek : The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton. And as a special treat, here is a high-quality PDF file of the original menu for you to read and enjoy…

It was the summer of 1997, and I’d been working with JULIET DUTTON of Viacom Consumer Products for about 8 months, reviewing submitted Star Trek CD-ROM game scripts for accuracy, since Juliet wasn’t a Trekkie and didn’t know an Andorian from a Tellarite. Another person in licensing, KIRSTI PAYNE, was assigned to PARAMOUNT PARKS, a licensee that was finishing construction on a new Star Trek attraction at the Las Vegas Hilton that was scheduled to open early the following year. It would have an immersive virtual reality motion simulator ride, a Star Trek prop and costume museum, a gift shop (of course!), and even Quark’s Bar and Restaurant.

There was just one problem: their proposed menu was a complete disaster.

It wasn’t the food that was the issue so much figuring out what to call the various items. Uninspired names like “Cosmic Burger” and “Galaxy Fries” were falling far short of being Star Trek enough, and the menu just sounded boring. They needed help—badly! During a weekly staff meeting, Kirsti asked her fellow licensing staffers if anyone knew a creative Star Trek fan with a good sense of humor who was also able to write well.

Juliet said, “I have just the person for you…!”

A week later, I was sitting in Kirsti’s cubicle office at Paramount, reading through the list of food and drink items, along with descriptions of each. Kirsti asked if I had any ideas off the top of my head for names. I didn’t realize at the time, but looking back, that might have been an informal “interview” question…although these folks were pretty desperate by then. It was already July, and the menu needed to be sent to the printer by the middle of September to be ready for the grand opening. This gave me about eight weeks to not only write the whole thing but to also get it approved!

Looking through the items, I commented that the burgers would obviously be Borgers, with the three variations of burger, cheeseburger, and bacon cheeseburger being one-of-three, two-of-three, and three-of-three. The chicken fajita wrap could easily become the Wrap of Khan. And the onion rings HAD to be the Holy Rings of Betazed.

I was hired on the spot.

Two months might seem like a lot of time, but I knew it would fly by. And while thinking up a few names on the spot wasn’t too tough, there were 41 food items (including appetizers, entrees, kids orders, and deserts) plus another three dozen mixed drinks, draft beers, and Trek -branded wines. I also had to come up with Trek -ish names for all of the categories like salads, sandwiches, pastas, etc.

Fortunately, I had an ace in the hole…or rather, about 15 of them! I belonged to (and still belong to) a local chapter of the STARFLEET International fan club called the U.S.S. Angeles . A couple of weeks after my meeting with Kirsti, the chapter was having a BBQ and pool party at a members’ home in Ventura, and I asked if I could reserve a half hour or so for “brainstorming.” The crew was more than happy to help me think of ideas—it was a lot of fun!—and we came up with some FANtastic names like A Pizza the Action, Isolinear Chips and Dips, Journey to Basil Pasta, and Glop on the Stick (corn dog) and a whole bunch of others.

We also concocted some wonderful names for many of the mixed drinks: the Patten Buffer, Orion’s Belt, the Red Shirt, Trill Chill, Risan Shine, and Wesley’s Crush. One of our drink names, the Warp Core Breach (a seven liquor blend with various fruit juices, served in a large fish bowl with multiple straws, and guaranteed to be too much alcohol for one person to handle alone) actually made it into the season six episode of Deep Space Nine “His Way .”

We didn’t think of names for everything, but that pool party gave me a very decent head start. My unofficial challenge for myself (because it wasn’t a requirement) was to come up with at least one name for each main character from each series—TOS, TNG , DS9 , and Voyager ( Enterprise was still a few years away)—and at least one name referencing each major alien race—Vulcan, Klingon, Romulan, Cardassian, Bajoran, Ferengi, and Borg. Check out the menu and let me know if I missed anything.

Not everything I submitted was approved on the first try. I recall a rejection of Melon of Troi as the name for a melon colada (still not sure what was wrong with that name). But after finding out that the drink would be blue in color, Andorian Colada seemed fit nicely and was quickly approved.

Another rejection—which actually disappointed me quite a bit—was the name I wanted to use for the chocolate-peanut butter pie: Kai Pie. But they wouldn’t approve it. They did eventually approve the name Pie of the Prophets, and I ended up slipping “also known as Kai Pie” into the description, which the powers that be were okay with.

As clever as the names were, the descriptions were even funnier, and I encourage you to take the time to read them all thoroughly. Those blurbs actually took me way longer to create from scratch than I ever imagined, but in the end, they’re some of the work I am most proud of in my writing career.

I still remember the very last food item that I named…two food items, actually. The restaurant was going to feature a fresh fish catch of the day, and for many weeks, that item was going to be called Odo’s Fresh Catch of the Day (’cause Odo catches crooks, get it?). Yeah, I was never all that thrilled with the name either, and neither was Kirsti, but we were running low on time. I was finishing up the project, only needing to name the desserts, and I realized that Odo was much better suited for ice cream: Changeling Chocolate, Vorta Vanilla, Shapeshifter Strawberry. If I “transferred” Odo from fresh fish to frozen treat, I’d finally have the dessert section finished. But what about the fresh catch of the day? It was now nameless!

Don’t ask me how or why, but I often do my best thinking in the shower. And that’s when it hit me like a phaser on stun. I was so excited that as soon as I turned off the water and grabbed a towel, I ran to my phone to leave a voice-mail for Kirsti to hear when she arrived at work. She knew I’d been struggling to find a new name for the fresh catch, and we only had two days left until our deadline. As I heard the beep through my phone, I left the following message: “Kirsti, it’s Jonathan. Are you ready? I hope you’re sitting down. The fresh catch of the day is now…drum roll please…Fisherman’s Worf.”

She loved it, and so did I.

Surprisingly, Worf hadn’t previously appeared anywhere else in the entire menu! We had a Bird of Prey chicken sandwich and the Salad of Kahless, so Klingons were represented. But no Worf…until now. So it was truly perfect timing. The menu names and full text were sent in the following morning for final approval by the folks at Paramount Parks and the Las Vegas Hilton.

Early the following week, I got a call from Kirsti. While the menu text had been approved, someone over there suddenly asked, “We have a work-for-hire agreement with this guy, right?” Actually, no, they didn’t. I’d never been asked to sign one. That meant that, technically, I still owned all the rights to what I’d written. And I’d since found out that Star Trek : The Experience was planning to sell the menu in the gift shop.

They had offered to pay me $500 for writing the menu…which wasn’t all that much considering that I’d probably put about 70-80 hours of time into the project. And now, with the menu text approved and needing to be sent to the printers, I kinda had them over a barrel. Should I ask for a percentage of sales revenue? After all, this was likely something that fans would want to have as a keepsake.

In the end, I opted to simply sign the work-for-hire agreement rather than making life difficult for the Experience and probably alienating the friends I was making in licensing. I really did enjoy working with these folks (I was actually getting PAID to talk about Star Trek …I mean, c’mon!), and good reviews about me were already spreading to others in the licensing department like HARRY LANG and a young new hire by the name of JOHN VANCITTERS. Best not to upset the Kaferian apple cart!

The punchline to that story is that I found out later from Kirsti that during the first six months, the Experience had sold only a very small number of menus (probably because they were priced at $10 each for the bar and food menu separately!), and I’d likely have made almost nothing in royalties had I demanded a percentage of sales. However, during that same period, several thousand menus were simply taken by diners who didn’t know that the menus weren’t giveaways. They were actually quite expensive to print, and the Experience was having to spend a fair amount replacing them! Eventually, the wait staff was told to be certain to collect the menus from the tables and make sure none of them were taken by the customers. And even then, many menus still found new homes far beyond Las Vegas.

As the years went on, the food the drink menus at Quark’s changed. Items were added, unpopular items were removed (prune juice—a warrior’s drink—didn’t last more than 10 months). And each change was done with no input from me, which made me a little sad, as the new iterations became progressively less funny, less creative, and increasingly generic.

But that’s okay. I still cherish having been even a small part of Star Trek : The Experience …a very special destination that I visited maybe a dozen times during its all-too-brief decade of existence. And as it happened, that wouldn’t be my only professional contribution to that wonderful place. A few years later, I’d be hired to create the 2D LCARS animations for the Borg Invasion 4D ride. But that’s a story for another blog…

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15 thoughts on “How I ended up writing QUARK’S MENU at STAR TREK: THE EXPERIENCE in Las Vegas! (biography blog #3)”

It’s too bad Viacom aren’t tapping you for storyline ideas these days too. Or, any other with such a Trek history & knowledge. Maybe you should market yourself as a genuine: “Star Trek Consultant” you know, to help the writers on all the new series? Your story is rather unique, and could make a good book some day, each blog entry, a chapter? And you could even write yourself into a fictional episode, like that Deep Space episode where Sisko was a writer on old 20th century Earth. Of course time travel would need to be a part of it. Perhaps you meet the Gardian of Forever?

Ah, a true Marty Sue character! 🙂

Omg that is so cool. Thank you for sharing such an amazing story. I went there with my whole family back in 1998. It was an amazing experience and we loved eating at Quarks and I remember how much I loved the menu. Great job you should be very proud.

Wow! I absolutely HAD TO follow the links to see WHY IN THE WORLD you would actually TURN DOWN working with Mike Okuda (Of Okudagram fame!) OK… so I read the blogs. I get it… but man. It’s like, ask me which hand I want cut off… 🙁 But FAMILY does come first. 🙂 I’m glad you got a second chance, albeit in a different department. 🙂 All I can say is… “Wow…” (in Rom’s voice, when he was appointed Nagus!) 😉

Ah, the road less traveled by. But I have no regrets. I wouldn’t trade the six years I had working with my brother and the fine people at 2-Lane Media, Inc. for anything…even a job working long hours on Star Trek.

Congratulations, happy birthday, and I must’ve been there during the 10 months that Prune Juice was on the menu! TIL I’ve been reading you longer than I ever thought.

I can’t believe I am entering my SEVENTH YEAR doing this blog!!!

I totally blame Alec Peters for talking me into doing this!

I didn’t know you were involved with the Experience. I ate at Quarks several times and always loved reading the menu. It was great.

We went to the Experience as a group one time in full ST uniform. We had a Jonathan Frakes lookalike with us and went on the ride. I’ll never forget the double-take by one cast member as she had just talked to Riker on the main bridge screen and turned around to leave, almost walking into our Riker. She froze for a second, looking surprised, then gave him a quick nod, saying “Commander,” then getting off the bridge. It was pretty funny.

I too was a bit of a Frakes lookalike back in the day…at least in body shape. And in the late 1990s, I sported a mustache and goatee-style beard. One time at the Experience, I was waiting for a table at Quark’s dressed in a command-red TNG uniform, and an older woman came up to me and said, “I loved you in Star Trek.” I simply replied, “Oh, thank you.” After all, my name is also Jonathan. 🙂

If the only menu item you created was the “Wrap of Khan”, it would have been enough. I did not know whether to boo, laugh or hiss (or all three at the same time).

I prefer laughter, personally. 😉

Happy Late Birthday Live Long and Prosper

Thank you, David.

My wife and I shared a Warp Core Breach drink just before we got married in Vegas. Still together after 20 years. We then drove from Vegas to San Fransisco – a great time to be a Trekkie.

Usually, warp core beaches spell trouble, James. But I’m glad it worked out for you.

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‘Star Trek: The Experience’ brought otherworldly fun to Las Vegas

The interactive attraction at the Las Vegas Hilton let fans become part of Star Trek universe for more than a decade.

Las Vegas is a cosmopolitan sort of place, but nothing like it was when Andorians, Klingons and Ferengi hung out here.

It was during the days when “Star Trek: The Experience” offered fans of the now-iconic science fiction franchise the most intriguing entertainment offering this side of the Neutral Zone.

The $70 million attraction — part museum, part motion simulator, part dinner theater — opened in January 1998 at the Las Vegas Hilton (now the Westgate) and closed 11 years later. It took took up part of the hotel’s casino floor, near a futuristic SpaceQuest casino and a restaurant and bar named after “Quark,” a character from “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.”

While waiting in line for the attraction, fans could peruse a museum-like “History of the Future” exhibit that combined real history with Trekkian history. The attraction’s initial story line — a second, Borg-related attraction opened in 2004 — followed guests boarding a typical motion simulator ride. Things then took a novel departure into left field when some nasty Klingons seeking to prevent the birth of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard” (“Star Trek: The Next Generation” star Patrick Stewart was seen in prerecorded video) interrupted the ride.

The attraction closed in 2008 and talk of relocating it to Neonopolis in downtown Las Vegas never panned out. Two years later, many of the attraction’s props were sold, at least offering grieving fans the chance to scarf up themed signs, spaceship replicas, Starfleet costumes and the odd transporter room component for their memorabilia collections.

April Hebert worked at the attraction for its entire run. Now a communications professor at the College of Southern Nevada, Hebert was an actor then and came on board before it even was finished.

“I was everything,” she says, including a Starfleet officer, a Vulcan and an Andorian. Like other cast members, the job often involved interacting with guests.

“It was interactive theater, really. Environmental acting,” Hebert says.

While she recalls no untoward interactions with guests, she remembers that a colleague who played a Ferengi once had his faux ear pulled by an overeager woman. (In “Star Trek” lore, massaging a Ferengi’s ear is a turn-on.)

“She took off,” Hebert says. “I’m sure he was quite shocked.”

But she enjoyed her time at the attraction and still keeps in touch with some of her fellow cast members. This holiday season, Hebert again will host a party for some of them at her home.

And when people ask her about her “Star Trek” gig, “I always say it’s the best job in the galaxy.”

Contact reporter John Przybys at [email protected] or 702-383-0280. Follow @JJPrzybys on Twitter.

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Quark’s Bar Drink Recipes

By popular demand, the Geek Shock podcast is proud to bring you the actual Drink Recipes from Quark’s Bar at Star Trek: The Experience in the Las Vegas Hilton. Remember, 80s Jeff was a bartender there for years, and most of us worked there as Starfleet or Aliens (or both), so we know what we’re talking about. (These are the real deal, and all other sites featuring “star trek drinks” are full of crap.  Fight me.)

Saurian Brandy

The Saurian Brandy is a martini-style drink:

• 1.5 oz Smirnoff Vanilla Twist Vodka
• 1 oz Banana Liqueur
• .5 oz Godiva Chocolate Liqueur

In a Shaker cup, combine the Vodka and Banana Liqueur with ice. Shake gently, then pour into a chilled Martini glass. Last, gently pour the Godiva Chocolate Liqueur down the side of the glass so it sinks to the bottom, forming a layer. You may garnish this with a Maraschino Cherry (which is how we garnished it at Quark’s).

This apple martini-style drink was also once called the T’Pol-tini:

• 1 oz Smirnoff Green Apple Twist Vodka (you can use another apple vodka, but the Smirnoff tastes best in this drink)
• 1 oz Dekuyper Apple Pucker Apple Schnapps
• 1 oz 99 Apples Apple Schnapps
• splash Sweet & Sour Mix

In a shaker cup, combine all ingredients with ice. Shake gently, then strain into a chilled Martini glass. For garnish, you can add apple flavored sugar to the rim of the glass. The sugar can be found at most liquor stores.

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Here’s another frozen drink with festive colors for the holidays. This is also a swirled so follow the directions carefully:

• 1 oz Malibu Rum (or other brand coconut rum)
• 1 oz Midori (or other brand melon liquer)
• 1 oz Crème de Banana liqeur
• 3 oz Pina Colada mix (liquid, not powder)
• .5 oz Grenadine

Pour the Malibu rum, Midori, Crème de Banana, and Pina Colada mix into a blender with about a half cup of ice and blend until smooth, not watery (adding more ice if necessary). Pour the Grenadine by itself into the bottom of a tall glass. Finally, slowly and gently pour the frozen mix from the blender into the glass to get that swirled effect.

Orion’s Belt

This was a popular, easy to drink shot:

• .5 oz Midori(or any other brand of melon liqueur)
• .5 oz Malibu Rum (or any brand of coconut rum)
• splash of pineapple juice
• splash of half and half

Put all ingredients into a shaker cup with ice, shake, strain into a shot glass and enjoy.

This can also be made as a tall drink (also known as the Jamaican Ten Speed):

• 1 oz Midori(or any other brand of melon liqueur)
• 1 oz Malibu Rum (or any brand of coconut rum)
• about 1.5 oz pineapple juice
• about 1.5 oz half and half

Pour all ingredients into a glass with ice, stir and enjoy.

Cardassian Cooler

This was another very popular shot, and easy to drink:

• .5 oz Melon Liqueur (Midori or whatever cheap melon liqueur you can find)
• .5 oz Smirnoff Citrus Twist Vodka (you can use a different citrus vodka, but Smirnoff works best)
• .5 oz Triple Sec

Combine all ingredients into a shaker cup with ice, shake, then strain into a shot glass. That’s it.

James Tea Kirk

Like the Borg Sphere is basically a Tokyo Tea, the James Tea Kirk is basically an AMF (Adios Mother Fucker). Not a difficult drink to find a recipe for, but here you go:

• .75 oz Bacardi Superior (or other white rum)
• .75 oz Vodka
• .75 oz Blue Curaçao
• 1 oz Sprite (or 7up or other Lemon Lime soda)
• 1 oz Sweet and Sour mix

Mix together and pour over ice.

I was going over my old drink lists and found the old recipe for the bowl version of the James Tea Kirk. This one I thought was better so here you go:

• 1.25 oz Gin
• 1.25 oz Smirnoff Citrus Twist Vodka
• 1.25 oz Vodka
• 1.25 oz Blue Curaçao
• 1.25 oz Bacardi Superior (or other white rum)
• 30 oz Sweet and Sour mix

Mix all ingredients in a bowl with dry ice and enjoy. This used to have Gatorade Alpine Frost in addition to the Sour mix, but they don’t make Alpine Frost anymore.

Liquid Latinum

• 1 oz Midori (or any other melon liqueur)
• 1 oz Blue Curaçao
• 1 oz Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum (or your favorite spiced rum)
• 1 oz Alize Red Passion
• about 1 oz Orange Juice
• about 1 oz Pineapple Juice

This is a layered drink so you want to put the ice in the glass first. Next, pour the Midori and Blue Curaçao at the same time. The next layer is the Juice, pour both at the same time. Finally, pour the Spice Rum and Alize for the final layer.

Tamarian Frost

• 1 oz Smirnoff Vanilla Twist Vodka (you don’t have to use Smirnoff, but I would recommend it or Stoli Vanilla, since they have the best vanilla taste of the flavored vodkas I’ve tried)
• 1 oz Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
• 1 oz butterscotch schnapps
• about 2 oz half and half

Mix everything together and pour over ice, though you’ll want to be careful not to agitate it too much or the half and half gets pretty frothy, just like the Chocolate Obsession.

Deanna Troi’s Chocolate Obsession

• 1 oz Starbucks Coffee Liqueur (Kahlua, which was in the original recipe, can also be used)
• 1 oz Irish Cream (we used Merry’s Irish Cream, but Bailey’s or Carolyn’s or whatever work too)
• 1 oz Dekuyper Luscious Raspberry Rush (this one, like the Warp Core, is hard to replace with another brand. It really makes the Drink)
• a couple quick squirts of Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup
• about 2 oz Half and Half

I recommend mixing the alcohol and the Chocolate Syrup in a shaker first, shake, then add the half and half and gently shake. If you shake too hard after the half and half is added, it gets really frothy. Next, pour into a glass and enjoy. It may be hard to find, but if you can locate some chocolate sugar, add it to the rim of the glass with a little lime juice for a tasty garnish.

Here’s a drink that was often requested. Raktajino was like Klingon style coffee on the TV show, but at Quark’s it was an alcoholic drink:

• 1 oz Starbucks Coffee Liqueur (you can substitute Kahlua, but I think this one is better with the Starbucks)
• 1 oz Butterscotch Schnapps
• about 2 oz Half & Half
• .5 oz (about two squirts) Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup

In a shaker cup, combine the alcohol and chocolate syrup, then shake vigorously. Last, add the Half & Half and shake gently (if you shake too hard, it gets very frothy). Pour over ice into a tall glass and enjoy!

Stardrifter

• 1 oz Smirnoff Orange Twist Vodka (you can substitute another orange vodka, but Smirnoff seems to taste the best for this one)
• .5 oz Banana Liqueur
• about 1 oz Pineapple juice

This drink is also layered so pay close attention to the order on this one. First, get a tall glass and fill with ice. Next, pour the vodka, then the orange and pineapple juice (you can mix the juice in advance if you like). Add the Alize next, so that it sits on top (it will mix a little, so don’t worry if it’s not perfect, it will still taste great). Last, float the Banana Liqueur on the top.

Risa Colada

• 1.5 oz Malibu Rum (or whichever coconut rum you can find)
• 2 oz Pina Colada mix (liquid mix, not powder)
• .5 oz Blue Curaçao
• about a 2 oz scoop of ice cream

This is a swirled drink so follow along carefully. Put the rum, Pina Colada mix, and ice cream in a blender with about a half cup of ice and blend until smooth (add more ice if necessary). In an empty glass, pour the .5 oz of Blue Curaçao. Finally, slowly and gently pour the frozen concoction into the glass with the Curaçao to get that swirled effect. Enjoy as is or top with whipped cream.

The Harry Mudd is made as a shot:

• .5 oz White Crème de Cocoa
• .5 oz Irish Cream
• .5 oz Butterscotch Schnapps
• .5 oz Goldschlager

Pour all ingredients and ice into a shaker cup, shake, strain into a shot glass and enjoy.

The shot can also be made as a drink:

• 1 oz White Crème de Cocoa
• 1 oz Irish Cream
• 1 oz Goldschlager

Combine all the ingredients into a blender with a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream, blend well, pour into a glass, then top with whipped cream and enjoy! (I like this one better than the shot.)

One of the most requested drinks, named after a drink that was mentioned on the “The Corbomite Maneuver”, an episode in the first season of Star Trek (The Original Series).

• 1 oz Coconut Rum (Malibu probably works best)
• 1 oz Peachtree Schnapps
• .25 oz Amaretto
• 2 oz Cranberry Juice
• 2 oz Pineapple Juice

Mix the Coco Rum, the Peach Schnapps, Cranberry and Pineapple Juices, over ice. Finally, float the Amaretto on the top and enjoy.

Chaotica’s Death Ray

This is a good drink if you like Banana. The Death Ray is as follows:

• 1 oz Malibu Coconut Rum (or any Coconut Rum)
• 1 oz Bacardi Superior (or any cheap, clear, white rum)
• 1 oz Bacardi 151 (or any cheap 151 proof rum)
• about 1 oz Cranberry Juice

Mix all the ingredients and pour over ice and drink away!

Probably our second most popular drink on the menu, after the Warp Core Breach of course.

• 1 oz Bacardi Superior (or any white rum)
• 1 oz Bacardi 151 (you can use any 151 proof rum I suppose, since you don’t drink it for the taste)
• 1 oz peach schnapps
• 1 oz triple sec

Basically mix all the ingredients listed together and pour over ice and there it is. If you can find it, peach sugar for the rim of the glass is the garnish we used.

Borg Sphere

I personally hate this drink, but enough of you have requested it so here it is:

• 4.5 oz vodka
• 3 oz white rum (i.e. Bacardi Superior or any other non-flavored clear rum)
• 3 oz melon liqueur (Midori is the most common brand but there are others)
• sweet & sour mix (common bar mixer found in any store)
• Sprite (can also use 7up or Sierra Mist)

Mix the alcohol in a pitcher or other container, add about 15 oz sweet & sour mix and about 15 oz sprite, food-grade dry ice for that smoking effect and also some regular ice.

Warp Core Breach

The Warp Core Breach was by far and away the most popular drink at Quark’s, and was even featured on an episode of Deep Space Nine (AFTER it was served at Quark’s, not the other way around).  It came in a giant fishbowl with dry ice and a bunch of straws, once one person ordered one, nearby tables would want one too. We all have stories of people taking one down by themselves and falling over drunk.  Good times.

• 4.5 oz Bacardi Superior (or any white, clear, cheap rum out there)
• 3 oz Bacardi Limon (or any lemon rum you can find)
• 1.5 oz Bacardi Select (Meyers Dark rum also works, or whatever dark rum your store has)
• 1.5 oz Bacardi Spice (Captain Morgan’s also works, but any spice rum will do)
• 1.5 oz Dekuyper Razzmatazz, this is the most important part, other Raspberry liqueurs don’t seem to work)
• .75 oz Bacardi 151 (any 151 proof rum will do, since they all seem to taste like gasoline by themselves)
• 30 oz Welch’s Mountain Berry. This is a great substitute for the Sobe Power fruit punch, which isn’t made anymore. The Mountain Berry lacks some of the tartness of the Sobe, but adding a pinch or two of powdered citric acid will do the trick.

Mix the alcohol, pour into a bowl, add the 30 oz of Welch’s Mountain Berry and food-grade dry ice and there you have it, the Warp Core Breach.

Note:  In the early days, they used to use a mix of equal parts cranberry juice, pineapple juice, and orange juice in the Warp Core instead of Sobe Power. Some prefer this juice mix and some prefer the Sobe. I say, use whichever you like best.

Quark’s served a number of beers on tap with fun Star Trek names:

• Romulan Ale = Pabst Blue Ribbon (though it has also been Gordon Biersch Golden Export and before that, Warsteiner Lager), with blue food coloring
• Klingon Warnog Ale = Pyramid Hefeweizen
• Klingon Blood Ale = Gordon Biersch Marzen (formerly Spaten)
• Trixian Bubble Draft = Bud Light (has also been Moretti’s Italian Lager and J.W. Dundee’s Honey Brown)
• Dominion Lager = Gordon Biersch Blonde Bock (years ago it was Krombacher)
• Obsidian Dark = Newcastle Brown Ale (Isenbeck when I first started)
• Cardassian Pale = Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
• Maporian Ale = Fat Tire Amber Ale

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Bar Association

• Episode aired Feb 19, 1996

Unfair working conditions and pay cuts cause Rom to organize a union of the employees of Quark's Bar. Meanwhile, Worf still finds it hard to settle on the station. Unfair working conditions and pay cuts cause Rom to organize a union of the employees of Quark's Bar. Meanwhile, Worf still finds it hard to settle on the station. Unfair working conditions and pay cuts cause Rom to organize a union of the employees of Quark's Bar. Meanwhile, Worf still finds it hard to settle on the station.

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• Trivia Professional dart players James Lomas and Shawn McConnell were hired to play the two Nausicaans specifically for the scene where they throw darts at each other.
• Goofs Chief O'Brien describes the Anthracite Coal Miners Strike of 1902 incorrectly. It only lasted 6 months, not 11. The unions did not get all that they wanted, principally because the mine owners were not forced to recognize the unions by the government. Lastly, the Chief said that his ancestor, Sean Aloysius O'Brian, was murdered and left in the Allegheny River, but the strike did not affect western Pennsylvania where that river is. Western PA coal mines produced bituminous coal, which is less hard and burned with more smoke; anthracite coal was mined in eastern PA, and it is harder and burned with less smoke.

Rom : [reading from Marx's Manifesto] "Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains."

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Star Trek's holodeck seems to have completely taken the place of video games, as every in-universe video game looks like something from the 1980s.

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• Star Trek's holodeck technology has made video games largely obsolete by the 24th century.
• Captain Jean-Luc Picard still enjoys physical books despite advanced holo-novels.
• Holodecks allow people to physically participate in stories, replacing movies and video games.

Star Trek may have technologically advanced holodecks in the distant future, but their video games leave something to be desired. Introduced in the premiere episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation , the holodeck allows the characters to visit historical locations or take the place of their favorite fictional characters. One of Star Trek's most impressive pieces of technology, the holodeck creates a hyper-realistic setting populated by holographic characters. The experiences within the holodeck feel real but remain completely safe (unless the safety protocols malfunction, which happens far more often than they should).

The realism of the holodeck in Star Trek has made television shows, movies, and video games largely obsolete by the 24th century, although some characters still like the nostalgia of old-school media. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) regularly reads physical books even though holo-novels exist, and the entire crew of the USS Enterprise-D once got addicted to a rather primitive video game. In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6 , "Whistlespeak," Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Lt. Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman) go on an away mission, leaving Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) aboard the USS Discovery. To pass the time, Book plays a combat simulation video game with graphics that look rudimentary even by 21st-century standards.

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Star trek has bad video games, even considering when the shows aired, star trek's in-universe video games look rudimentary..

Star Trek has provided very few examples of the video games of the far future, but the ones that have popped up have been simplistic even for the time in which the show aired. One memorable Star Trek video game appears in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 5, episode 6, "The Game," in which the crew of the USS Enterprise-D become addicted to a strange video game. Using a device attached to the player's head, the augmented-reality game features brightly colored targets and funnels. While the goal of the game itself is not entirely clear, its addictive nature was orchestrated as an attempt by the Ktarians to take over the Federation.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture also had a bizarre video puzzle game in the USS Enterprise's recreation room.

The video game Booker plays in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6 appears somewhat more advanced, but it features very simple 2D graphics despite being a product of the 32nd century. When Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz) questions why Book doesn't just use the holodeck for a combat simulation, Book replies that he "can always tell it’s not a real ship." The game he's playing, however, looks more like something from 1980s Atari than a 32nd-century combat simulator. It's possible, and even likely, that other, more advanced video games still exist beyond the holodeck in the world of Star Trek, and that many Starfleet crew members simply don't have the downtime or desire to play them.

Holodecks Replaced Video Games In Star Trek

Why hit buttons on a controller, when you can be the video game hero.

Star Trek 's holodecks not only allow people to visit real and fictional locations, but they can also be used as a combat simulator or a shooting gallery. The ability of the holodeck to recreate realistic environments and simulate actual events would render most kinds of video games obsolete. Anything someone could do in a video game, they could do on the holodeck, in a much more realistic setting. After Star Trek: The Next Generation , holodecks seem to have become standard not only on Federation starships but also on space stations such as Deep Space Nine.

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• Armin Shimerman found Quark's portrayal in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "The Homecoming" to be antithetical to his character's earlier peace-focused attitude.
• Quark's sense of greed is viewed as a moral obligation within Ferengi society, making him nuanced compared to typical stereotypes.
• Shimerman's insight challenges audiences to see Quark's actions from a Ferengi perspective, rather than judging based on human standards.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actor Armin Shimerman says he hated playing Quark as an "ugly" character. In DS9 season 2, episode 1, "The Homecoming", a scene taking place in Quark's bar after hours sets the stage for the Ferengi bartender to be pulled into the episode's political plot. Quark divides a stack of gold-pressed latinum bars into a large portion for himself, and a smaller one for his brother Rom (Max Grodénchik), declaring, "One for you, six for me." The scene plays out as a not-quite comical moment, ostensibly designed to establish Quark's inherent greed, but something about it feels off.

The Ferengi are Star Trek 's ultra-capitalists, hailing from a society built around the pursuit of profit, guided by the Rules of Acquisition as wisdom that good Ferengi should follow in order to be successful. Quark is a rigid adherent to Ferengi doctrine, so it makes sense for Quark to be proud of the bar's profits. Humans often find Ferengi customs to be insensitive, so Quark waves his bigger cut of the profits in Rom's face, to really show just how greedy Quark is by human standards. That should be perfectly in character for Quark, as a successful Ferengi entrepreneur. So why does Shimerman hate the scene?

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Armin shimerman hated playing quark as a stereotype on ds9, quark is inconsistent in "the homecoming".

On The Delta Flyers podcast , Armin Shimerman joins Star Trek: Voyager 's Robert Duncan McNeill and Garrett Wang for their coverage of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2, episode 1, "The Homecoming". As always, Shimerman offers valuable insights into his acting process as Quark, and zeroes in on the Ferengi's negative depiction in the payday scene. Particularly as it contrasts with Quark's attitude earlier in the same episode, when he quotes Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #76: "Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies." Read his quote below and listen to The Delta Flyers , starting at the 1:04:24 time stamp.

Armin Shimerman: "I hated this scene ... First of all, it has nothing to do with the themes of the episode. It's antithetical to the way Quark starts out in the episode, of declaring peace, of being somewhat of a Rick from Casablanca. All that sort of was there, and I loved going with that. This is just me being ugly. ... It hurts me, as Armin, to portray Quark that way. That's an old stereotype that I think has worn out by now."

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Made Quark a Different Kind of Ferengi

Quark sees acquisition as a moral obligation, not just a personal gain.

Quark is abundantly moral by Ferengi standards.

Armin Shimerman changed the Ferengi in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, making Quark more nuanced than earlier Ferengi in Star Trek: The Next Generation , who were characterized by their stereotypical greed and pursuit of profit above all else. In The Delta Flyers , Shimerman points out that "the moral code of the Ferengi is acquisition," which explains that Quark's greed doesn't come from a place of malice, but a place of devotion. If acquisition is just the right thing to do in any given situation, then Quark is abundantly moral by Ferengi standards with his strict adherence to the laws of Ferengi society, and the Rules of Acquisition in particular.

Ferengi death rituals, first referenced in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 1, episode 11, "The Nagus", involve selling the deceased's dessicated remains because there's comfort in turning tragedy into opportunity, not because the Ferengi value being crass.

Armin Shimerman's insight asks the audience to reconsider Quark from a different, less human-centric perspective. When Quark exploits Rom as an employee of the bar, it's because that results in more profit for the bar, so it's the right thing to do. It's not because Quark is a jerk. Making a grand show of his greater yield doesn't actually benefit Quark in any way, though, so Quark is just being mean to Rom for no reason. Quark isn't heartless, so it doesn't make sense, and Shimerman is right to hate the scene he calls "me being ugly," because it misses the point of Ferengi culture on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine entirely.

Source: The Delta Flyers , season 10, episode 1, "The Homecoming"

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is streaming on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Cast Terry Farrell, Cirroc Lofton, Rene Auberjonois, Nicole de Boer, Michael Dorn, Andrew Robinson, Nana Visitor, Avery Brooks, Colm Meaney, Armin Shimerman, Alexander Siddig

Release Date January 3, 1993

Genres Drama, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure

Network CBS

Streaming Service(s) Paramount+

Franchise(s) Star Trek

Writers Ira Steven Behr, Michael Piller, Ronald D. Moore

Showrunner Ira Steven Behr, Michael Piller

Rating TV-PG

Where To Watch Paramount+

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29 Years Ago, Deep Space Nine Created The Coolest Trill Canon

From 'Facets' to Discovery, the zhian'tara abides.

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As a metaphor for the spectrum of human experiences, the Trill are one of Star Trek 's most enduring concepts. But the literal, in-universe workings of the Trill also represent impressive world-building, all of which truly came into its own in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . Yes, the Trill were invented for the 1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " The Host ," but the most intricate and downright cool aspects of Trill culture were expanded throughout Deep Space Nine thanks to the stories of Jadzia Dax, Ezri Dax, and the Trill hosts that came before.

On June 12, 1995, one episode leveled-up Trill canon like no previous episode had before. Before this episode, without flashbacks, or characters reminiscing, previous Trill hosts were hard for the audience to access. But, right at the end of Season 3, the Deep Space Nine episode " Facets " changed everything.

"Facets"

Today, Star Trek: Discovery inherited quite a bit of useful lore from "Facets," and the recent episode, " Jinaal ," even gives us touches of what made "Facets" so compelling to begin with. Here’s why this groundbreaking DS9 episode is so utterly fantastic, and influential to this day.

On the surface, "Facets" is a wacky sci-fi set-up in which Jadzia asks to "borrow" the bodies of her best friends. But instead of a Freaky Friday (or " Spock Amok ") style switcheroo, "Facets" is a deeper story, all about Jadzia meeting her previous hosts, physically , instead of those memories just existing inside of her.

Luckily, this doesn’t require her symbiont to be moved out of her body, because the zhian'tara  — a nifty Trill ritual — allows the the personality of one of Dax's previous hosts to be "temporarily removed from the symbiont and imprinted," via telepathy, onto another person. Jadzia Dax chooses the seven people she's closest to on the space station, and then, we, briefly, get to see other Daxes in the bodies of Quark, O’Brien, Bashir, Sisko, Kira, Odo, and Leeta.

While Odo merging with the personality of Curzon Dax is the most dramatic, and enduring aspect of "Facets," the significance of this episode cannot be overstated not just for the creation of a very profound Trill ability, but because this episode snuck Leeta (Chase Masterson) into the Star Trek family forever.

At the time "Facets" was written, Leeta had only appeared in one episode previously, very briefly in the episode " Explorers ." But, suddenly, in the penultimate episode of Season 3, "Facets" retroactively established that Leeta, someone who worked at the Dabo tables in Quark's bar, was very good friends with Jadzia Dax.

"I thought I was only going to be in one episode," Chase Masterson revealed in 2020, on the DISCO Nights podcast . "It was my second episode! Suddenly, I got a call from wardrobe that I was going to be Emony Dax, and I was like, 'What’s that mean?'"

In the episode, Masterson plays Leeta, of course, but, through the zhian'tara , also plays Emony. In the Trek timeline, Emony was an Olympic gymnast who lived in the 23rd Century, and, as we later learned in " Trials and Tribble-ations " was also cozy with Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy. So, thanks to "Facets" and the zhian'tara , not only did we get details about Emony Dax, but also, later, a connection between DS9 and The Original Series . And even though we never saw Leeta and Dax growing closer on-screen prior to this episode, bringing Chase Masteron back as Leeta had a massive impact on Star Trek fandom. "It kinda meant I was in the group," Masterson remembers. "I felt lucky and of course, it changed everything."

Fans who attend conventions and events like Star Trek: The Cruise are fully aware of just how active and integral Masterson is to modern Trek fandom. As a co-founder of the  Pop Culture Hero Coalition , Masterson helped create an anti-bullying program which is the only social emotional learning program used by the YMCA nationwide. Would any of this have happened if Chase Masteron hadn’t been brought into the family in "Facets"? It seems unlikely!

Masteron remembers "Facets" as an "intense episode," and it's that intensity which made it such an important part of Star Trek history. In fact, the emotionally-charged nature of "Facets" is part of what made Discovery ' s recent zhian'tara episode so compelling.

"Jinaal"

When Dr. Culber takes on the memories of the titular “Jinaal," we certainly get shades of Curzon Dax in Odo's body. Jinaal is direct, jovial, and more than a little evasive. Like Curzon inhabiting Odo's body, there's a ticking clock in play, a time limit to how long Jinaal can stay in Culber's body without the effect becoming more permanent.

Both Jinaal and Curzon are also hiding part of their motivations, keeping a past memory to themselves, for fear of what the current members of Starfleet might do with it. In "Facets," Curzon was keeping a very personal memory close to him, the idea he was in love with Jadzia. For Jinaal, he's not too sure Starfleet in the 32nd Century can handle the power of the Progenitor tech.

Somewhat appropriately, and in a sense, with a poetic connection, Jinaal Bix was a Trill working for Starfleet back in the 24th Century during the Dominion War; very close to the same timeframe that Jadzia had her zhian'tara in "Facets."

Did Jinaal Bix know Curzon Dax, or even Jadzia Dax? While we don’t know the exact answer to that question, Discovery ' s recent return to the zhian'tara , and to a storyline that honors Deep Space Nine isn't just fan service. It creates a meaningful connection across generations and centuries, which, appropriately, is exactly what the Trill do, too.

In Star Trek , the Trill teaches us that we're never too old — or too young — to learn something new.

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Ryan Britt is the author of the nonfiction books Phasers on Stun! How the Making and Remaking of Star Trek Changed the World (2022), The Spice Must Flow: The Journey of Dune from Cult Novels to Visionary Sci-Fi Movies (2023), and the essay collection Luke Skywalker Can’t Read (2015). He is a longtime contributor to Star Trek.com and his writing regularly appears with Inverse, Den of Geek!, Esquire and elsewhere. He lives in Portland, Maine with his family.

Star Trek: Discovery Seasons 1-4 are streaming exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., the UK, Canada, Switzerland, South Korea, Latin America, Germany, France, Italy, Australia and Austria. Seasons 2 and 3 also are available on the Pluto TV “Star Trek” channel in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. The series streams on Super Drama in Japan, TVNZ in New Zealand, and SkyShowtime in Spain, Portugal, Poland, The Nordics, The Netherlands, and Central and Eastern Europe and also airs on Cosmote TV in Greece. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

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Best Rooftop Bars (Restaurants) in Moscow

These are 7 Best Rooftop Bars in Moscow

We are looking for the best rooftop bars Moscow’s. Another winter is in the books and Moscow’s citizens are looking to spend as much time outdoors as possible. In this period Moscow transforms itself into an outdoor city filled with trendy destinations to enjoy long days and cool nights. Indeed, as the sky in Moscow is one of the most astonishing that I’ve ever seen, summer here is all about rooftop terraces with fantastic views.

Here is a selection of the coolest bars and restaurants on top of Moscow’s sprawling buildings.

Strelka Bar:

Strelka is definitely a summer must and it’s one of my favorite. It’s located in the center of Bolotny Island, right opposite the Christ the Savior Cathedral. Food and drinks are great, guests can choose from an extensive cocktail list and an international menu. There’s a beautiful spacious terrace with an amazing view that overlooks the Moscow river. Yes, you can find terraces much higher up but if you prefer a more charming riverside view to a skyline – this is the one for you.

Bersenevskaya Emb., 14/5A. Metro Kropotinskaya Tel.+7 (495) 771 74 16

Time Out Bar:

Update: according to a Google search of this establishment, this place is closed to this day (23.09.2021)

Amazing city view from 2 open terraces located atop the tower of the Hotel Peking. Visitors with the patience to wait in line for the lift up to the 12th floor of the Hotel Peking are in store for a magical evening in front of the gleaming Moscow lights. Open daily from 6pm to 6am, the place offers the possibility to watch breathtaking sunsets and dawn. Excellent cocktails and a lively night club at night.

Ulitsa Bolshaya-Sadovaya 5/1. Pekin Hotel, 13th floor. Metro Mayakovskaya. Tel. (495) 229-0180

Located in the center of Moscow, on the roof of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, O2 lounge has one of the best view over the Red Square and the Kremlin. Innovative cocktails and creative sushi dishes make O2 a Moscow city summer hot spot. But i’ll warn you: Prices are exactly what you would expect in a hotel called the Ritz located within walking distance of the Kremlin.

Tverskaya Ulitsa 3, Floor 12 at the Ritz-Carlton. Metro Okhotny Ryad. Tel. 495-225-8888. 

Kalina Bar:

Cosy and classy, Kalina Bar is located on 21st floor of Lotte Business Center. The place will have you going back and forth between two views of Moscow’s skyline. From one of the restaurant’s balcony you have an outstanding view of the skyscrapers of Moscow-City, Moscow State University and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From the other side of the bar you can see the Kremlin cathedrals and Christ the Savior Cathedral. With a high class lounge feel, Kalina is a perfect summer destination for a date, business dinner or a friends night out.

Novinsky Bulvar 8. 21St floor. Metro Smolenskaya. Tel. 495-229-55-19

Sky Lounge:

One of the best panoramic restaurant/bars in Moscow. The 22nd-floor establishment offers its guests an excellent view of Moscow State University, Gorky park, Sparrow Hills and Moscow-city, with exquisite cuisine and relaxing atmosphere. From the balcony you can also look upwards at the gold brain-like sculpture that crowns the tower. Sunset here is unforgettable.

Leninsky Prospekt 32A. 22nd floor at the Academy of Sciences. Metro Leninsky Prospekt. Tel. 495-781-5775

The 60th floor of the sleek Federation Tower is home to Bar Sixty, the higher restaurant in Europe. The interior design is classy and the view on the city is simply priceless. Make sure you arrive early to get the best tables and then watch Moscow turn from light to dark blue with lots of bright lights. Great atmosphere, good food, amazing cocktails.

Presnenskaya Naberezhnaya 12. Metro Mezhdunarodnaya. Tel. 495-653-8369.

Mercedes Bar:

Mercedes Bar is located at the 31st-floor of the Radisson Royal Hotel (one of Stalin’s “Seven Sisters”). There you can have a unique view on the skyscrapers of Moscow City, which are located exactly in front of the hotel. Creative and exquisites cocktails.

Kutuzovsky prospect 2/1. Floor 31 Radisson Royal Hotel. Metro Kievskaya. Tel. 495-229-8309

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Moscow rooftop bar: Sixty

Sixty - rooftop bar in Moscow

• Europe's highest
• Amazing views
• Trendy & vibrant

Perched on the 62nd floor of the Federation Tower, the Sixty rooftop is not only the highest restaurant in Moscow, but also the highest placed restaurant in Europe .

Mixing an ultra stylish and trendy interior with nostalgia from the 1960s, Sixty is mostly an indoor sky bar and restaurant. But every hour the panoramic windows are opened, and you can enjoy breathtaking al-fresco views over pretty much all of Moscow, almost 500 meters above it all.

With the motto 'the higher, the better' , Sixty Restaurant & Bar aims to offer a top class experience all around. From food and drinks, to setting and vibes.

The rooftop menu includes creative signature cocktails by mixologist Bek Narzi, an impressive wine list, as well as dishes ranging from Mediterranean and Russian to Japanese and Pan-Asian.

From business lunches and romantic dinners to vibrant evenings with cocktails and live DJs – Sixty is a fantastic Moscow rooftop for any special occasion , celebrated high above the Russian capital.

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Karlson, Central City Tower

Vibrant and chic, the Karlson rooftop restaurant is preched on top of the Central City Tower and here you get a fantastic view of the Kremlin and a lot more of Moscow, both at the outdoor summer terrace and inside the observatory-like, glass roofed...

O2 Lounge at The Ritz Carlton

Perched on top of the Ritz Carlton, just off the Red Square, this rooftop bar and lounge offers rooftop glamour at its finest. Awesome views of the central and historical parts of Moscow is served with a side of tasty dishes and award-winning cocktails...

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