* The scene where Nog explains why he wants to join Starfleet in "Heart of Stone" is mentioned on the TearJerker page, yet, in a way, the plot of this episode is Nog's CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Why? Because Nog is able to step back and objectively look at [[ProudMerchantRace Ferengi]] [[PlanetOfHats culture]] and realise its flaws; namely, [[KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect Ferengi who aren't good at business are second-class]], something that has effectively crushed his father -- a Ferengi who could be a brilliant engineer, but who instead throws himself into mercantile businesses he's just not any good at, making him a nobody among his own people. Recognizing that, he chooses to defy expectations and make something of himself by taking a ''different'' route in life; joining Starfleet. He faces -- and overcomes -- opposition from his own uncle and the suspicious disdain of other races who see his race and expect only a money-grubbing DirtyCoward. Despite all this stacked against him, Nog not only becomes the first Ferengi officer in Starfleet, he gets there entirely of his own merits ''and'' he establishes a reputation as a good officer that even Sisko is proud of.

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18th Apr '13 7:10:31 AM GamerFromJump

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7th Jan '13 10:14:25 PM Peteman

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This is kinda natterish, and technically, based on my understanding, forced relocation on the scale Sisko did does constitute genocide, even if no one died (and Eddington had done twice as much by that point).

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Pointing out a common misinterpretation.

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