Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Summary
Star Trek : Deep Space Nineintroduced a genetic cousin of their greediest aliens , the Ferengi , and then block all about them . First conceived as a new big tough forStar Trek : The Next Generation , the Ferengi failed to right take off until they became a core part ofDS9 ’s ensemble casting . By cover their more comic aspects , DS9made the Ferengi one of the well loved and most uproarious alien species in theStar Trekuniverse .
Star Trek : Deep Space Ninegreatly improved the Ferengi , moult new light on their culture and society . Via DS9 ’s barman , Quark ( Armin Shimerman ) , the show was able-bodied to show Modern depth to the greedy self-seeker first precede inStar Trek : The Next propagation . DS9even operate as far as render the aliens their own genetic cousin-german - the Dopterians - drawing comparisons between theFerengi and the Vulcans .
Quark actor Armin Shimerman contribute a mea culpa for his performance as a Ferengi in Star Trek : The Next Generation on The Shuttlepod Show .
Star Trek’s Forgotten Ferengi Cousins Explained
The Dopterians were first introduced inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 1 , episode 17 , " The Forsaken . " line in the installment ’s script as being weaselly in coming into court and take care like a distant full cousin of the Ferengi , the Dopterians have a similar olfactory organ but lack the big spike . One Dopterian was distinguish to have stolen the latinum brooch belong to Ambassador Lwaxana Troi ( Majel Barrett ) . When Constable Odo arrest the felon , he stated that Dopterians are aloof genetic cousins of the Ferengi , which is why the thief ’s thinker was closed off to the Betazoid embassador . As interesting a concept as this was , Star Treknever did anything with this info .
Another Dopterian was after seen in theStar Trek : The Next Generationepisode , " Firstborn " , but did n’t have much heraldic bearing on the story about an seeming blackwash endeavor against Lt . Worf ( Michael Dorn ) . Another Dopterian would afterward get on the wrong side ofWorf inStar Trek : Deep Space Ninewhen they steal personal items , including the Klingon ’s tooth sharpener . From a handful of Star Trek appearance as cutpurse , it seems like the Dopterians are more opportunistic and unscrupulous than the Ferengi when it fall to profit .
The Dopterians Could Be The Romulans To The Ferengi’s Vulcans
Star Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 recently expose that the Ferengi had abandoned their more felonious enterprise under Grand Nagus Rom ( Max Grodénchik ) . With the Ferengi espouse hospitality and touristry as their main sources of income , there could be a col in the market for a specie uncoerced to engage in more unscrupulous line of work opportunity . The Dopterians could embrace this persona inStar Trek ’s future . By becoming the more villainous genic cousins of a Federation member species , the Dopterians could become the Ferengi ’s version of the Romulans . Star Trek : Picardseason 3 reveal that there are still Ferengi criminals , but they seem to be the exception , rather than the rule .
A futureStar Trekepisode could , therefore , see a Ferengi twist to the classicStar Trek : The Next Generationepisode " Unification " , in which an underground movement ofVulcans and Romulanswanted to reunite their people . For example , a traditionalist antagonist ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Grand Nagus Rom could work up an confederation with the Dopterians to take over Ferenginar and restore the criminal elements of Ferengi culture . It could be an exciting Ferengi story for eitherStar Trek : Lower Decksor the proposedStar Trek : Legacyto tell , bring back Armin Shimerman and Jeffrey Combs as Quark and Brunt , as Rom ’s power was challenge .
