A fact he shared with Odo, when Odo was surprised to learn Quark knew how to operate transporter controls. " According to the episode's script Arjin was in his twenties.ĭuring the mid- 2350s, Quark served for eight years aboard a Ferengi freighter. If you miss it, you miss it." ( DS9: " Playing God")Īccording to Quark, he "was a young man, no older than. Unfortunately, he forgot the 112th Rule of Acquisition: " Never have sex with the boss's sister." Disgraced, Quark was fired and broke, and his world fell apart, later admitting " you only get one shot at the latinum stairway. True to the 33rd Rule of Acquisition, Quark " licked his boots like you couldn't believe," and for his effort he was doted by the Sub-Nagus, becoming his " golden boy." While Quark earned himself a way " on the high road to the top of the Ferengi business world." ( DS9: " Family Business")Īs a young man, and in accordance with the Ferengi By-Laws, section 105, subparagraph ten, Quark purchased an apprentice position with the District Sub-Nagus. Despite Keldar's short comings with respect to profits, Ishka nonetheless stood by him as he was a wonderful husband and father.ĭespite their mutual animosity, Ishka noted that Quark was very much like her, both personality wise as well as with respect to having a keen eye for business, whereas Rom was more like his father: a goodhearted man without the "lobes" for business. When forced many years later to confront his mother over her illegal business dealings, Quark learned that his father's failures were due to his own failings as a businessman and that if it hadn't been for his mother's prudence and business sense, the family would have gone bankrupt a long time ago. ( DS9: " Family Business") His father advised him against leaving Ferenginar, noting that he could make a profit at home, but Quark ignored his advice, opting instead to follow the 75th Rule of Acquisition – " Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum" – and left Ferenginar. Quark left his home quickly upon achieving the Age of Ascension in 2351, while Rom stayed on for ten more years. Ishka later recalled that when Quark was a lobeling, he used to be " such a miserable child." ( DS9: " Profit and Lace") Quark complained once that while Rom got a latinum tooth sharpener, he had to make do with wooden chew sticks. Quark grew to resent his mother, while his brother Rom, always a more compassionate sort, tended to take her side and always seemed in her good graces. Quark himself grew up being teased by other children because his mother did not behave like other Ferengi females and, for example, wouldn't chew his food for him and she talked to strangers. Like all good Ferengi children, Quark idolized his father who tended to blame all his financial failures on his domineering wife. And if there's anything I can't stand, it's listening to you mumble." ( DS9: " Prophet Motive") And," Rom recalled years later to his brother, " when you think, you mumble. Īs children, Quark and Rom roomed together, much to his own and Rom's annoyance, particularly because, Quark used to " stay up late every night, plotting and scheming.
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