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Quadrant and became trapped within its event horizon. They ally to smuggle a quantity of illegal kemacite to Orion. Although were able to free themselves by enlarging a crack in the event the ship appeared to be in good operating condition, sabotage horizon and passing through it. (“Parallax” [VGR]). SEE: black was later suspected when the ship's command sequencer malhole; dekyon. functioned. As a result, the ship's warp drive accelerated out of control, eventually causing Quark and his family to crash on Earth quantum torpedo. Advanced weaponry developed by Starfleet in 1947. SEE: UFO. The ship and crew were captured by the in the late 2360s. Quantum torpedoes employed an energetic ~~ American military near Roswell, New Mexico, and later held for local release of the zero point energy field. This quantum effect interrogation at Hangar 18 at Wright Field. The discovery of an tended to be more effective than conventional antimatter explo- extraterrestrial spacecraft caused ripples of concern through the sives in penetrating deflector shields. Quantum torpedoes were highest levels of the American government. Quark and his crew installed on the U.S.S. Defiant. (“Defiant” [DS9]). While atthe were later able to escape, with assistance from Earth natives Founders’ homeworld in 2372, Garak attempted to override the ~~ Faith Garland and Jeff Carlson. Rom was able to devise a launch controls for the Starship Defiant’s quantum torpedoes. means to use the kemacite to establish an inversion wave that Garak was attempting to destroy the planet's surface in order allowed the ship and its crew to return to the 24th century. Unforto kill all the Founders. (“Broken Link” [DS9]). In 2372, the tunately, Quark's Treasure was seriously damaged in the return weapons systems of the U.S.S. Lakota were upgraded, including flight, and Quark was forced to sell it for passage back to Deep a loadout of quantum torpedoes. (“Paradise Lost” [DS9]). The Space 9. (“Little Green Men" [DS9]). Quark's Treasure was a reCardassian guided tactical missile known as Dreadnought was use of the Ferengi shuttle model first seen in “The Price” (TNG). equipped with quantum torpedoes. (“Dreadnought” [VGR]). The crew of the Enterprise-E used quantum torpe- Quark’s bar. Bar and gambling establishment does to destroy a time-traveling Borg sphere on the Promenade at station Deep Space 9 (Star Trek: First Contact). In 2373, in order to Owned by its Ferengi namesake, Quark’s place convince Michael Eddington to give himself " was a favorite gathering spot for station resiup, Benjamin Sisko fired quantum torpedoes dents, as well as for travelers passing through. containing 50 kilograms of trilithium resin into The bar provided games such as dabo for gamthe atmosphere of planet Solosos III, a Maquis bling, and several holosuites on the second colony. This rendered the planet uninhabitable level of the bar. ("Emissary” [DS9)). The bar was for a period of 50 years. (“For the Uniform” located on level seven, section five of DS9. [DS9)) (“Playing God" [DS9]). In 2371, Chief Miles NN y O'Brien convinced Quark to put a dart board in quarantine pods. Specialized medical equip- 2 ( his bar. (“Visionary™” [DS9]). The employees of ment. In 2370, shipments of quarantine pods, i Quarks bar organized into a labor union in 2372 along with other supplies, lead the Maquis to it | in response to abusive management decisions believe that the Cardassian colonists in the \ by Quark. SEE: Guild of Restaurant and Demilitarized Zone were developing a bio- | Casino Employees. ("Bar Association” [DS9]). genic weapon. (“Preemptive Strike" [TNG]) \ FCA Liquidator Brunt tried to close down \ J Quark’s bar later that year when he forced Quark quarantine seal. Also called a medical quar- J to break a sales contract. Even though Brunt antine field. Force field used to isolate poten- was able to revoke Quark’s Ferengi business tially hazardous biological specimens in sick- license, Quark’s friends came to the rescue, bay and other laboratory facilities aboard starships. ("Home Soll" contributing furniture, glassware, potables, and other necessities to [TNG]). A medical quarantine field was used to isolate young help keep the establishment in operation. (“Body Parts" [DS9]). Willie Potts when he contracted a deadly and contagious parasite from a cove palm fruit in 2367. “Brothers” [TNG)). Quark. (Armin Shimer- — man). Entrepreneur who ran - quarantine transmitter. Standard equipment on Federation Quark's bar on station Deep -e starships. These radio beacons are capable of transmitting auto- ~~ Space 9. Quark grew up on yy \ mated warning messages should a ship become dangerously planet Ferenginar with his \Scontaminated. The quarantine transmitter on the U.S.S. Lantree father Keldar, his mother p ) was activated after the ship's entire crew was killed from expo- Ishka, and his younger LI 4 ~~ J sure to deadly antibodies from the Darwin Genetic Research brother Rom. Inheriting his Lod Station. (“Unnatural Selection” [TNG]) mother's good business Patt J 5 sense, Quark left his home- = bY Quark (mirror). (Armin Shimerman). In § Jj world in 2351 as soon as he - ¢ - the mirror universe, proprietor of the bar -—~ reached his Age of Ascen- ~ . at Terok Nor (mirror). Quark illegally sion. (“Family Business” SA 3 helped Terran slaves find passage off the [DS9)). As a young man, station. Unfortunately, his activities were Quark was apprenticed to oa 3 discovered, and he was executed in § a district subnagus. He ‘ JL v 2370. (“Crossover” [DS9]). After this behaved as a proper, sub- aN a Quark was killed, the mirror Rom inherit- servient Ferengi, and was “- 5 ws ed the bar at Terok Nor. When Rom was very popular with the sub- v =! “RT killed a year later, Nog became the nagus, and felt he was well L mn y » owner. (“Shattered Mirror” [DS9]) on his way to success F ' However, Quark became 1 Quark’s Treasure. Small starship of involved with the sub- 14 Ferengi design owned by Quark in nagus's sister, and was ousted from his apprenticeship because 2372. The ship had been given to of it. (“Playing God" [DS9]). SEE: Ferengi Rules of Acquisition: ~. Quark by his cousin Gaila in pay- 112. Quark worked on a Ferengi freighter ship for eight years ment of an old business debt. before opening a bar on the Cardassian mining station, Terok Quark's first (and only) trip aboard Nor. (“Babel” [DS9), “The Way of the Warrior” [DS9]). Quark I J the Treasure was a flight to Earth, served as ship's cook on the freighter, and was away from - ostensibly to transport his nephew, Ferenginar when the planet was struck by the Great Monetary F - 2 Nog, to Starfleet Academy, but actu- Collapse. (“Homefront” [DS9]).