Bok Bok was a male Ferengi DaiMon of the Ferengi Alliance in the early 2360s . He commanded a marauder . He had one son . In 2355 , his son was killed in what he called the Battle of Maxia when his ship was destroyed by the , under the command of Captain Jean - Luc Picard . This greatly affected Bok , to the point that he plotted his revenge for year s . He attempted to carry it out in 2364 when he used a thought maker to influence Picard ' s actions . He tried to trick Picard into taking command of the " Stargazer " and attacking the , but his plot was foiled . He was subsequently relieved of command of his ship by his first officer Kazago for his " unprofitable venture " . ( ) After this incident , Bok was stripped of his title of DaiMon and incarcerated at Rog Prison , having been considered unstable and dangerous . He continued planning his revenge and eventually bought his way out of the prison in 2368 . Making his way to the Dorias Cluster , he convinced a Ferengi crew that he had regained his title and would lead a profitable ransom mission . However , this was part of the plan , as he resequenced the DNA of Jason Vigo to make it appear on a genetic scan that he was Picard ' s son . He planned to take revenge on Picard by killing him without a ransom involved . He also gained access to subspace transporter technology to kidnap Vigo and taunt Picard . In 2370 , Bok sent a probe to inform Picard of his plan and Vigo ' s existence , of which Picard had been unaware . The " Enterprise " picked up Vigo and trailed Bok to the Dorias Cluster , though it was later discovered that Vigo was actually not his son . Bok successfully kidnapped Vigo , but failed to kill him , prevented by Picard ' s intervention of using the subspace technology himself . Bok ' s associates , having learned of the full deceit , apprehended Bok . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Bok was played by Frank Corsentino in " The Battle " and by Lee Arenberg in " Bloodlines " . In the " " , author Larry Nemecek said that actor Frank Corsentino couldn ' t be located to reprise Bok in " Bloodlines , " so Lee Arenberg stepped into the role ( despite having played another Ferengi , Prak , earlier that season on ) . Evidently , Corsentino was later " found " and played Gegis in the episode . " Bok ' s face , belonging to Frank Corsentino ' s , was reused for the character of Aramut in the video game " " . Corsentino was not credited in the game , however . Apocrypha . In the novel " The Buried Age " , Bok ' s son was named Flax , and the ship he commanded was known as the " Seventy - Fifth Rule " ( referring to the 75th Rule of Acquisition : " Home is where the heart is , but the stars are made of latinum " ) . The " Seventy - Fifth Rule " was conducting a survey of the Maxia Zeta star system , discovering a massive wealth of dilithium and other precious metals before the " Stargazer " arrived in the system on its own survey mission . Believing the Federation to be insane due to its moneyless economy , Flax ambushed the " Stargazer " , leading to his death in the " Battle of Maxia " . Bok arrived in the system afterwards searching for his son ' s ship , but instead found the abandoned " Stargazer " and kept it as a personal prize , until he could avenge himself on Picard for his son ' s death . In the novel " Indistinguishable from Magic " , Bok attempts to prevent the death of his son by using the NX class " Intrepid " ( NX07 ) to travel back to before the Battle of Maxia . He enlisted the help of Berlinghoff Rasmussen to achieve this goal . However , he was killed when the " Intrepid " travelled back to the Big Bang .