134. The Magnificent Ferengi

Summary

The Grand Nagus contacts Quark with the news that Quark's mother Ishka has been captured by the Dominion; Zek offers Quark 50 bars of latinum to rescue her. Quark, who wants to prove that Ferengi can be as heroic as anyone else, puts together a team consisting of himself, Rom, Nog, Leck, Gaila, and Brunt. They are hopeless as commandos, so Sisko arranges a prisoner exchange: Starfleet lets the Ferengi trade Keevan, a Vorta POW, for Ishka. The exchange is set to take place on Empok Nor; Ishka is brought there by another Vorta, Yelgrun. Gaila accidentally kills Keevan before they can make the swap; however, Nog is able to reanimate Keevan long enough for the Ferengi to recover Ishka, and they even capture Yelgrun into the bargain.

Summary provided by The DS9 Encyclopedia and Lexicon by kind permission of Tracy Hemenover.