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Nagus utser sin efterträdare.
ZEK: Shh. A new Ferenginar needs a new kind of Nagus. A kinder, gentler Nagus. And that's you, my boy. It's a great responsibility to
stand at the bow of the Ferengi ship of state. A Nagus has to navigate
the waters of the Great Material Continuum, avoid the shoals of
bankruptcy and seek the strong winds of prosperity.
(Rom takes the staff from Zek.)
ROM: I'll do the best I can.
DS9: The Dogs of War
Författarna valde att skriva i några ytterligare linjer för att visa att Ferengi-samhället hade förändrats tillräckligt för att någon som Rom (någon med socialistiska tendenser och en historia av facklig rubbning) inte skulle vara ett helt löjligt val.
QUARK: Did you know this Congress of Economic Meddlers actually passed legislation making monopolies illegal? What's the point of
being in business if you can't corner the market and gouge your
customers?
...
QUARK: You can't even dump industrial waste anymore because it might harm the natural habitat. I'm supposed to start worrying about
animals now? Look how they live, wallowing in dirt, sleeping in trees.
That's not natural.
...
QUARK: I read a report that over forty percent of the population no longer believes that you have to buy your way into the Divine
Treasury when you die.
...
QUARK: They don't teach children the Rules of Acquisition anymore.
DS9: The Dogs of War
Utanför universum talade exec-producenten Ira Behr och skådespelare / regissören René Echevarria om de förändringar som Ferengi-samhället måste gå igenom för att göra Roms berättelse båge till en trovärdig.
We had to figure out what would happen to Ferengi society that would
enable Rom to become the Nagus. We were in love with the idea, but Rom
wasn't up to being the Nagus of the old Ferenginar. They'd eat him
alive. But to oversee a new Ferenginar that had a heart and compassion
and was trying to be more progressive, well Rom has those qualities."
As René Echevarria elaborates, "To some extent, we'd laid some pipe in
that direction with Moogie's influence on the Nagus. The audience had
accepted the leap Moogie had accomplished for females, so we figured
they'd be able to make this leap too
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