Dosi The Dosi were a humanoid civilization native to a world in the Gamma Quadrant . The Dosi placed great importance on business and were extremely aggressive negotiators , to the point that fatalities were not uncommon . The Ferengi , represented by Quark and Pel , negotiated with the Dosi in 2370 to purchase 100 , 000 vats of tulaberry wine . When the Dosi were unable to fulfill the demand , they referred the Ferengi to the Karemma , an important member of the Dominion . ( ) Background information . According to the script for , this species ' name was pronounced as " DOE - zi " . " " In a cut line from this story , Rom listed the Dosi as having individuals who Quark had acquired debts with . According to StarTrek . com , the Dosi were a reptiloid race of the Gamma Quadrant . According to " " ( pp . 70 & 71 ) , the Dosi were from the planet Dosi which was located in the Dosi system . The homeworld of the Dosi was a world . The official name for their government was the Dosi Confederation , which governed the planet from the capital city of Relxer - D . The dominant species on the planet was the humanoid Dosi . In 2378 , there were an estimated 1 . 5 billion Dosi living on the planet . In the late 23rd century , the Dosi established trade relations with the Vorta . The planet Dosi was discovered as a result of the Gamma Quadrant Bio - Survey . Dosi system primary was a , with a magnitude of + 9 . Dominion membership . In " Rules of Acquisition " , Quark states " He ( Zek ) never wanted to do business with the Dosi . He just wanted to use them to get to a more important member of the Dominion . " Although we cannot be certain , this might indicate that the Dosi are a member of the Dominion themselves , albeit a less important one . A later statement by Ronald D . Moore , however , might cast the Dosi being full members into doubt ( although he was not necessarily referring to the Dosi ) : " There are other races in the [ Gamma Quadrant ] that are not part of the Dominion and the Ferengi at least have established trade with some of them . " Conception . It was Director David Livingston who opted to give the Dosi bright red face make - up . This was inspired by a book of African tribal face paint markings . ( " " , p . 97 ) According to Michael Westmore , the make - up designer for the Dosi , their facial art designs were specifically based on colorations found in tribes in and in the s . ( " Michael Westmore ' s Aliens : Season Two " , DS9 Season 2 DVD , Special Features ) Proceeding from how the Dosi had been conceived , David Livingston tried to make them seem comical . " " The Dosi were written kind of silly , " " he remembered , " " so I ended up directing them kind of silly [ . . . ] The Dosi were described to me as very ' buff ' men and women , so that ' s the kind of actors we chose . " " ( " " , p . 97 ) Ira Steven Behr was dissatisfied with the Dosi . " " I didn ' t particularly care for the Dosi on a lot of levels , " " he critiqued . " " This was the first [ gamma quadrant ] race and no one knew what the hell it was going to look like . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 25 / 26 , No . 6 / 1 , p . 100 ) Michael Piller felt likewise , believing their makeup and headdresses were too elaborate to look credible . However , David Livingston ' s opinion differed . " " I personally felt that in ' Rules of Acquisition ' these aliens were just right for the episode , " " he expressed . " " Because whatever anybody may say , I think it ' s a comedy [ . . . ] And that ' s why I think that the over - the - top nature of those aliens and their screwy make up and their attitudes and their overblown posturing and stuff was right for the episode . " " ( " Captains ' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages " , p . 65 )