Businessman A businessman was someone who initiated trade and business deals , similar in practice to a merchant , but who did not always trade goods directly . Many Ferengi were considered businessmen , like Barbo . ( ) Bela Okmyx of Sigma Iotia II considered himself a businessman and told Spock that once , while he was searching for James T . Kirk . ( ) In 1947 , after hearing General Rex Denning compare him to his brother - in - law , Quark asked if he was some kind of businessman . Denning told Quark that he was a car salesman and not a very good one . ( ) In 2151 , Captain Jonathan Archer asked Krem if his cousin Ulis charged him for his services . Krem told Archer that he did as he wouldn ' t be a very good businessman if he didn ' t . Later , Charles Tucker III asked Ulis if he would leave the female crew members on if he showed him to the ship ' s " vault " . Ulis promised that he had his word as a businessman . ( ) In 2266 , Harcourt Mudd told Captain James T . Kirk , Commander Spock , Leonard McCoy and Montgomery Scott on the that he was nothing more than an honest businessman , to which the computer voice of the " Enterprise " replied " " Incorrect . " " ( ) While talking about the custody status of Rugal in 2370 , Gul Dukat couldn ' t believe Benjamin Sisko was considering letting Rugal remain in the custody of his Bajoran father Proka Migdal after all the abuse accusations a businessman like Zolan was making . ( ) In 2370 , while trying to sell the vacuum dessicated remains of Plegg to patrons in his bar , Quark told them he was merely a businessman . ( ) Later that year , Quark went to Elim Garak ' s clothing shop on Deep Space 9 to look for a Cardassian dress for Natima Lang . He found one and offered to buy it for twenty strips of latinum . Garak was surprised at Quark ' s offer , as the price was seventeen slips . Quark told Garak that he was just one businessman trying to help out another . ( ) Rom once reminded his brother Quark in 2371 that he was a businessman and all that he cared about was profit . ( ) Quark took his status as a Ferengi businessman very seriously . His brother Rom saw him as a respected businessman on Deep Space 9 and a pillar of the community there . After mistakenly believing he was going to die from Dorek Syndrome , Quark sold his vacuum dessicated remains to Brunt and entered into a contract with him . When it was revealed Quark was not going to die , he decided he still needed to die as he was a businessman and had made a contract . According to Quark in 2372 , " " It means that I ' m not exploiting and cheating people at random . I ' m doing it according to a specific set of rules . The Rules of Acquisition . " " ( ) In 2373 , Odo , while severely injured and stranded on a Class L planet with Quark , discovered that Quark had tried to enter the Orion Syndicate , but as they had a substantial membership fee , Quark was unable to join . Odo remarked that Quark was not as successful a businessman he thought himself to be . ( ) Later that year , Arissa told Odo that she had once been sent to investigate a businessman by Draim , a member of the Orion Syndicate . The businessman later disappeared after Arissa discovered him . ( ) In 2374 , Damar told Quark on Terok Nor that he had discovered something that could change the course of history . Quark told him that , as a businessman , he was very interested in the course of history . Damar later told him that he had found a way to destroy the self - replicating mine s surrounding the Bajoran wormhole , which would allow for Dominion re - inforcements to come in from the Gamma Quadrant , turning the tide of the Dominion War . ( ) Later that year , Jake Sisko followed Quark around as research for a character in a crime novel he was writing . Quark told Jake that he was just a businessman and that if he wanted to learn more about his business then it could be arranged . ( )