The Ferengi's entrance as a war-like race in the early The Next Generation episodes was pretty cool. Because that's what you spill when you're a people of skilled negotiators: Fear us. Deep Space Nine's Quark didn't work, at all. Now it's GREED that drives the wealthy people's decisions, underneath it all. Ferengi are, in this new interpretation, driven by codified Rules of Acquisition. That's absolutely NOT what Ferengi should have been. Make Quark a frequent visitor, but not the owner of that bar. No one knows that he is the real owner of it. Because you would not spill that fact. A better take on Quark therefore: He shows up at the bar's gambling table a lot, never wins anything, and nothing he ever does adds up. That type of Ferengi would match the skilled negotiator, that enters as a brute in The Next Generation. That plot would run smoothly. Deep Space Nine screwed up the Ferengi.
Review of The Nagus
