Quark's (Duyi'zu)

Quark's Bar, Grill, Gaming House and Holosuite Arcade was the multi-level, vibrant and popular central attraction of Imperia Nolus, 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 dalliances 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.

History

Terok Nor

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 (1510 NE), during the latter years of the Axis 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 Axis overseers. While the Bajorans existed in squalor in a ghetto zone on the Promenade, both Cardassian and Imperials soldiers alike laughed, gambled, drank and lauded it up in the bar and holosuites at Quark's.

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 (1512 NE). 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.

Following an accident in 2373 (1520 NE), 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 (1513 NE). In the shared vision, Sisko, Odo and Garak spent a day working as low-paid Bajoran cleaners in Quark's.

In 2369 (1516 NE), the Cardassian and the Galactic Empire 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.

Federation Control

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 who was selected by the Federation.

Quark was ready to leave the Bajoran sector until Sisko persuaded him 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.

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.

When another bar and gaming facility, Club Martus, opened in 2370 (1517 NE), 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

Following Bajor's admission into the Federation later in 2376 (1523 NE), Ferengi Grand Nagus Rom designated Quark's the Ferenginar Embassy to Bajor, thereby legally making the establishment Ferengi territory and also to the the Alliance member states, and allowing Quark to continue his non-Federation economic business practices.

Patrons

Morn

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.

Morn faked his own death in 2374 (1521 NE) 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.

Notable Visitors

• BJ Blazkowicz
• Allison Jakes
• Aeryn Sun
• John Price
• Anya Stroud
• Fergus Reid
• Maya
• John MacTavish
• Satele Shan
• Anakin Skywalker
• Marcus Fenix
• Han Solo
• Issac Clarke
• Cid