( DS9: " Profit and Lace")Īfter influencing Zek to pass even more extreme reforms on Ferenginar, Ishka and the Nagus retired to Risa in 2375.
Ishka recovered after receiving a new heart. Quark posed as Zek's "other female financial adviser" and convinced commissioner Nilva to vote for Zek's reinstatement. During a fight with Quark, she had a heart attack and was unable to attend the meeting. She set up a meeting with an important FCA commissioner on Deep Space 9. After an amendment to the Ferengi Bill of Opportunities caused Zek to be deposed, Ishka attempted to arrange his comeback. Under Ishka's influence, Zek began reforming Ferengi society in 2374. In gratitude for allowing them to use Keevan to conduct the exchange, Quark gave Yelgrun to the Federation for interrogation. ( DS9: " The Magnificent Ferengi") The exchange didn't quite go as planned, since Keevan was inadvertently killed moments before the exchange took place, but thanks to some improvised engineering by Nog and quick thinking by the others in the group, Quark was not only able to effect the transfer and save Ishka, but capture the other Vorta Yelgrun in the process. Quark arranged a prisoner exchange on station Empok Nor, trading the Vorta Keevan for Ishka. Grand Nagus Zek commanded Quark to rescue her. During the return trip to Ferenginar, her transport was captured by the Dominion. ( DS9: " Ferengi Love Songs")ĭuring the Dominion War, Ishka traveled to Vulcan to get her ears raised. After Quark discovered the state of Zek's mind, he reunited the two lovers. Brunt hoped that, without Ishka, Zek would be deposed as Nagus, and then he could take Zek's place.
She began discreetly giving him assistance in financial matters, keeping the Ferengi business world going from behind the scenes.Įventually, FCA Liquidator Brunt discovered their relationship and plotted for Quark to break them up, in exchange for restoring his Ferengi business license. Later, as Zek's mind began to fail, Ishka realized that his deterioration would cause the deterioration of the Ferengi economy. When she eventually revealed herself to Zek, he was furious until he realized that they were in love. The two began corresponding afterwards, with Ishka at first concealing her identity as a female. She began passing tips to Grand Nagus Zek during his games, helping him win the competition. Ishka competed in the Global Tongo Championship, female division, in 2373. In the first draft script of "Body Parts", Ishka was referred to as having given Quark some profitable advice about Talabian rivets. Quark visited Ishka while on Ferenginar, negotiating a vole belly deal, in late 2372.
When Kira Nerys and Odo saw Quark with a holo-imager in 2371, he claimed it was to record an image of the Promenade that he was to send to Ishka. Ishka returned the money she made to the FCA, though only she and her other son Rom knew that she had only given one-third of the profits back.
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Quark discovered that Ishka had earned far more profit than he expected, and that it would be impossible for him to make restitutions for her.Īfter much strife between mother and son, Quark finally convinced his Moogie to make a full confession so that she could avoid being sold into indentured servitude and his business would be saved. Her son Quark was forced to travel to Ferenginar to handle the matter. Amassing a large fortune, Ishka was eventually discovered by the Ferengi Commerce Authority. When Quark and Rom were children, Ishka taught them to memorize their first copies of the Rules of Acquisition.įollowing Keldar's death, Ishka began conducting secret business transactions in violation of Ferengi law, since as a female, she was forbidden to acquire profit in Ferengi society. Ishka attempted to help her husband in financial matters, but he refused to listen to her because she was a female. Ishka was married to Keldar, a good man who didn't have the mind for business that was needed in Ferengi society. Ishka was born sometime before 2274, as she had once indicated in 2374 that her lobes hadn't been "this firm in over a century." ( DS9: " The Magnificent Ferengi")