Star Trek: DS9 Showed Why Quark Would Never Be Grand Nagus From The Start

Quark (Armin Shimerman) was never going to become Grand Nagus in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as proved by DS9‘s first Ferengi episode. In the season 1 episode “The Nagus”, DS9 introduced the character of Grand Nagus Zek (Wallace Shawn), the leader of the Ferengi Alliance, the most powerful figure on Ferenginar. Quark’s Bar became a vital location for expanding Ferengi business interests into the Gamma Quadrant, which won the DS9 bartender favor with the Grand Nagus, with many believing that Quark could succeed Zek in the event of his retirement.