PERSONNEL FILE: FERENGI

NAME: Zek
RANK: Grand Nagus
BORN: not on file
PLACE OF BIRTH: not on file
ORIGIN: not on file
ASSIGNMENT: not on file
LAST SHIP: not on file
ACADEMY CLASS: not on file
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: Leader of Ferengi commerce who served as grand nagus. Zek had enormous ears and carried a cane with a head carved in his likeness made from gold-pressed latinum. Zek convened a major trade conference on Deep Space 9 in 2369 to announce the appointment of his successor as grand nagus. Zek named Quark as his successor, and apparently died shortly thereafter. In fact, Zek's supposed death was a ruse intended to test the suitability of his son, Krax, to one day assume the mantle as nagus. Zek came out of hiding when he realized that his son was not as mercenary as Zek would have liked. Zek therefore decided not to retire at that time. Zek later recruited Quark to act as his negotiator to purchase tulaberry wine from the Dosi in the Gamma Quadrant, but it was a ploy by Zek to learn more about the mysterious Dominion, a powerful force in that region of space. Zek underwent a dramatic temporary personality change in 2371 after obtaining the Bajoran Orb of Wisdom and encountering the Bajoran Prophets. Zek had hoped that meeting the Prophets would help him learn enough about the future to make an inconceivable profit, but instead, the wormhole aliens found Zek's acquisitive nature offensive. They devolved Zek's personality to a time before the Ferengi people revered profit above all. While in this noncompetitive state, Zek rewrote all 285 Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, and formed the Ferengi Benevolent Association. Quark eventually convinced the wormhole entities to restore Zek to his former self. SEE: Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, Revised.
ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS: not on file
FAMILY: Son, Krax, whereabouts not on file.
