Quark este abordat de un ferengi numit Krax, care i-l prezintă pe tatăl său, Marele Nagus Zek, veneratul conducător al imperiului comercial ferengi.

În timp ce joacă un joc de tongo cu Rom, Dax și un tânăr chelner ferengi, Quark este apelat de liderul său, Marele Nagus Zek, care îi dă vești bune.

Zek, Marele Nagus ferengi, vizitează stația Deep Space Nine și se mută în locuința lui Quark, unde acceptă un proiect important.

Stardate: Unknown. Quark doesn't know whether to be panicked or overjoyed when he learns that his mother is the new lover of the Grand Nagus.

Stardate: Unknown. Quark's mother and the Grand Nagus show up on DS9, announcing a new amendment to the Bill of Opportunities he has instituted on the home planet of Ferenganar, and then follows up with the announcement, that, due to the new amendment, chaos has followed and he has been deposed.

Stardate: Unknown. Quark and Rom have to rescue Grand Nagus Zek who is being held captive in the Alternate Universe.

Stardate: 52861.3. Odo begins his recovery from the deadly disease as Dr. Bashir informs him of Section 31's intentions of wiping out his race. A resistance mission goes bad for Kira and Garak and they end up hiding in the basement of the house that Garak grew up in, where they learned that Legate Damar has apparently become a casualty of war, despite him also hiding with them. Quark is chosen by the Grand Nagas as his successor upon his impending retirement to Risa.