Mercenary

A mercenary or soldier of fortune was an individual who offered to fight in exchange for money or other personal compensation. Species with a reputation as mercenaries included the Corvallens, () Nausicaans, the Breen, and the Klingons. () The related term, hired gun, also referred to the aforementioned, but also "a negotiator who serves a variety of clients." ()
On Earth in the 21st century, mercenaries could be hired through "private military organizations". One such company was Spearhead Operations. ()
In 2369, Quark hired two Bajoran mercenaries for Rao Vantika to help him to steal a deuridium shipment from the Gamma Quadrant. ()
In 2370, the Vulcan Isolationist Movement hired several mercenaries, including Arctus Baran's group and , to steal for them the remaining pieces of the Stone of Gol, an ancient Vulcan weapon. ()
Also that year, Verad hired two Klingon mercenaries, T'Kar and Yeto, to help him take Jadzia Dax's symbiont by force. ()
Tuvok considered Chakotay's Maquis crew to be a group of "malcontents, outlaws, and mercenaries." ()
The Takrit were a Delta Quadrant group of mercenaries. In 2372, a Takrit was rumored to have been doing reconnaissance at the meeting place of a proposed summit between Kazon majes. ()
In 2374, during the Dominion occupation of Deep Space 9, Quark intended to hire Nausicaan mercenaries to break his brother Rom out of captivity. Kira Nerys however, convinced him that an attack would only cause unacceptable casualties. ()
Later that year, Rom wanted to hire mercenaries to rescue Ishka from the Dominion, but Quark insisted on an all-Ferengi team instead. ()
The only game of tongo Miles O'Brien had ever played prior to 2374 was against a Ferengi privateer and a Romulan mercenary. ()
== See also ==
* Pirate
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