Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Star Trekactors would have like to see a lot more ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s female Ferengi . The gender inequality baked into Ferengi high society means Ferengi women are n’t allow to wear down wear or travel , while they are expected to stay on placid and pre - jaw intellectual nourishment for the male in their biography , sowe do n’t see too many female Ferengi visiting Deep Space Nine at all . AmongStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s recurring charactersis Ishka ( Cecily Adams , Andrea Martin ) , a Ferengi feminist and the female parent of Quark ( Armin Shimerman ) and Rom ( Max Grodénchik ) . Before Ishka , however , there was another Ferengi woman who appeared inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 2 , episode 7 , " Rules of Acquisition " , introduce Pel ( Hélène Udy ) , an entrepreneurial distaff Ferengi who adopts a male individuality so as to mould in Quark ’s Browning automatic rifle , becauseFerengi women are barred from participate in occupation and earning their own profit . Pel earns a coveted spot alongside Quark on an expedition toStar Trek ’s Gamma Quadrantto inflate Ferengi trade routes , while Pel ’s romantic feelings for Quark jeopardize to complicate their byplay relationship and the deal that Grand Nagus Zek ( Wallace Shawn ) wants to cut with the Dosi . Pel is an interesting fibre , but she ’s only in oneStar Trek : Deep Space Nineepisode .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine was the making of the Ferengi and Quark , Rom , Nog , and Ishka continue to make a immense impact on the Star Trek macrocosm .
Star Trek Actors Wish Female Ferengi Pel Was Established Sooner in DS9
Pel’s Return Later In DS9 Would Have Been Great, Too
InThe Delta Flyerspodcast sequence discussingStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 2 , instalment 7 , " principle of Acquisition,“DS9 ’s Armin Shimerman joinsStar Trek : Voyager ’s Robert Duncan McNeill and Garrett Wang . BothShimerman and McNeill say that they would have liked it if Pel had been featured in more episode ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , either before or after Pel ’s sole coming into court inDS9season 2 . Read their quotes below and listen toThe Delta Flyers , starting at the 1:10:48 timestamp :
Armin Shimerman : " I finger for Pel as well , and I care we would have control more of her in the shows that keep up . "
Robert Duncan McNeill : " I correspond . I would have liked to have go out her establish before this , in a couple little scenes where she was just working . Just a brief interaction where you could establish her . She could have done a tidy sum of episodes . "
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Pel ’s later return could have immensely improved one ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s lowest - ranked episodes , DS9season 6 , instalment 23 , " Profit and Lace " , in which Quark sit as a woman to help Zek keep the title of Grand Nagus . Quark ’s discomfort at being perceived as a woman is play for cheap laughs . It ’s also completely unneeded , becausePel , an literal Ferengi woman with the business organization insightfulness that Zek is looking for , could have stepped in to debate in favor of rights for Ferengi women . It would have been a completely different episode , to be sure , but it might have been practiced with Pel admit .
Star Trek: DS9’s Female Ferengi Pel Could Have Been Quark’s True Love
Would Pel Sticking Around Change Quark For The Better?
Pel , the first Ferengi woman seen inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , could have been Quark ’s true love . To hold open Quark from potential ruin , Pel redact herself on the line by confessing to Grand Nagus Zek that she ’s a cleaning lady , but only after Pel and Quark have successfully obtain selective information to put the Nagus in contact with the rule . Pel ca n’t return to Ferenginar or continue on DS9 , and Quark wo n’t depart for places unsung with Pel . Any potential for a relationship between Quark and Pel is squashed then and there , despite Quark showing that he reciprocate Pel ’s feelings . Pel ’s competency is attractive , but Quark is n’t quick to acknowledge that .
pixel could have dispute Quark ’s outward-bound attitudes , and advertize Quark to be dependable about his feeling .
Quark probably would n’t have draw along with a typical Ferengi female person as a mate , no matter how much Quark buys into theFerengi Rules of Acquisition . picture element breaks the barrier placed on Ferengi adult female , and proves she ’s more than open in business , a caboodle like Quark ’s own mother does . Having been raise by Ishka , Quark already do it that women are competent , but doubles down on supporting misogynism to tally in with traditional Ferengi society . In a amorous relationship , Pel could have challenged Quark ’s outward attitudes , and pushed Quark to be honest about his feeling . It really is unfortunate thatStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s female Ferengi , Pel , was n’t in more episodes .
seed : The Delta Flyers , " rule of Acquisition "
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