Holosuite A holosuite was a form of holotechnology which ran holographic program s in a room in much the same way that a holodeck did , however , holosuites were smaller , modular and therefore easier to deliver to a wider range of facilities than large starship s and buildings . As such , they tended to be more for commercial use and had a variation of designs . ( ) Purpose and design . Holosuites had fundamentally the same technology as holodecks , such as holographic projector s , however , different civilizations had slightly different designs . Holographic programs were able to be ran on both holodecks and holosuites . ( ) Some wealthy individuals had their own private holosuites , although , due to the costs and maintenance , this was uncommon . ( ) Generally , holosuites were intended for individual or small group usage unlike holodecks which were known to accommodate dozens of people . ( ) They could be used for playing sport s like springball and baseball . ( ) Ferengi operators particularly advertised their holosuites ' potential for acting out sexual fantasies . ( ) Holosuites were also used for merchant s to show off products as hologram s without actually bringing them into possible regulated regions , provided the potential buyer believed the holographic replica was accurate . ( ) Aboard starships , holosuites could also be used by several people . Although , the term holosuite may have just have become more widespread and used interchangeably with the word holodeck . ( ) History . The Ferengi entrepreneur Plegg was credited with designing the first modular holosuite in the 24th century and was responsible for its subsequent spread across the galaxy , even to remote locations . ( ) Aboard space station Deep Space 9 , Quark ' s Bar , Grill , Gaming House and Holosuite Arcade had several holosuites available for renting programs . ( ) Quark offered the bidders at his auction free use of the holosuites to calm them down after Q told them about the doom of Deep Space 9 . ( ) He also offered the Wadi use of the holosuites after he was caught cheating at the dabo game . ( ) In 2369 the Rakhari Croden shot the Miradorn twin Ro - Kel in a holosuite in Quark ' s Bar . ( ) The same year Julian Bashir proposed that the visiting Federation ambassador s Taxco , Vadosia , Lojal , and Lwaxana Troi used the holosuites at Quark ' s Bar . Taxco was insulted by the proposal to use these " disgusting Ferengi sex programs " . ( ) A Klingon crew who visited Quark ' s bar damaged holosuite six and the furniture . ( ) In 2373 , Quark briefly helped his cousin sell weapon s using his holosuites as a showcase for holographic replicas . ( ) In 2375 , Nog spent medical leave inside a holosuite to escape his life for awhile . Eventually , he was able to cope and left . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Herman Zimmerman commented that the holosuites " " are like the holodeck of " Next Generation " and we can program pretty much any kind of experience for any kind of location we want to . But what we are doing on " Deep Space Nine " that we weren ' t able to do on " Next Generation " is we see the inside of the holodeck and we see the machinery that runs it . When we did " Next Generation " we were in a budget constraint that made us do a set that is a wireframe look ; it ' s a grid of squares when the holodeck is not activated and they just see a black void with yellow grids . In the Cardassian holodeck when the lights go off , so to speak , you see the machinery that creates the imagery . It ' s a step forward for us and it ' s something we ' ve always wanted to do on " Next Generation " and we were never able to achieve " . " ( " " ) The " " states that aboard starships , there were twenty holosuites on decks 12 and 33 . Apocrypha . In the " Deep Space Nine " book trilogy " " it is revealed that Jadzia Dax and Worf enjoyed using Quark ' s holosuites to re - enact the events from . Dax would dress as an " Enterprise " crewmember , while Worf would take on the role of Kang .