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* FauxAffablyEvil: Hagath, again. He appears jovial and kind, seeing to it that all of Quark's debts are settled. Just don't make him lose his temper.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Hagath, again. He appears jovial and kind, seeing to it that all of Quark's debts are settled. Just don't make him lose his temper. [[BadBoss Because he will actually have you murdered.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Quark, when he realizes what he's gotten himself involved in.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Quark, when he realizes what he's gotten himself involved in. He even whispers "What have I done?" after waking up from his nightmare.
* OpinionChangingDream: Quark's nightmare of all his dead friends blaming him for getting them killed by the weapons he's selling.
* OpinionChangingDream: Quark's nightmare of all his dead friends blaming him for getting them killed by the weapons he's selling.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Just before meeting Hagath, Quark shakes the seats in his bar, worried that Odo is eavesdropping as an inanimate object, just as he has done in previous episodes. Gaila has to remind Quark that they watched him leave the promenade five minutes earlier.
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* CutenessProximity: Everybody in Ops is distracted by Kirayoshi sleeping.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Quark, when he realizes what he's gotten himself involved in.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Hagath, again. He appears jovial and kind, seeing to it that all of Quark's debts are settled. Just don't make him lose his temper.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Quark knows that Odo would ''never'' allow any weapons onto the station, so buyers are given demonstrations using holographic replicas instead. All the actual shipping takes place outside Bajoran and Federation territory, so they can't get busted by the local authorities.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Quark knows that Odo would ''never'' allow any weapons onto the station, so buyers are given demonstrations using holographic replicas instead. All the actual shipping takes place outside Bajoran and Federation territory, so they can't get busted by the local authorities.Starfleet.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Quark knows that Odo would ''never'' allow any weapons onto the station, so buyers are given demonstrations using holographic replicas instead.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Quark knows that Odo would ''never'' allow any weapons onto the station, so buyers are given demonstrations using holographic replicas instead. All the actual shipping takes place outside Bajoran and Federation territory, so they can't get busted by the local authorities.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Quark presents the meal for the Regent, Hagath begins to chew him out...and then samples one of the dishes and says it's delicious.
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* PlayingBothSides: Hagath and Gaila occasionally do this during planetary wars, but note that it's very risky.
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* LighterAndSofter: The A-Plot is Quark wrestling with his conscience as his new employers openly discuss ending thousands to millions of lives for profit. The B-Plot? O'Brien's baby won't stop crying.
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* MoodWhiplash: The A-Plot is Quark wrestling with his conscience as his new employers openly discuss ending thousands to millions of lives for profit. The B-Plot? O'Brien's baby won't stop crying.
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* LighterAndSofter: The A-Plot is Quark wrestling with his conscience as his new employers openly discuss ending thousands to millions of lives for profit. The B-Plot? O'Brien's baby won't stop crying.
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* ChewOutFakeOut: Quark contacts the Regent's chef to prepare a sumptuous dinner of all his favorites. Hagath pretends outrage, asking if Quark is trying to scuttle the deal.
--> "''This?!'' He's going to enjoy ''this?!'' [samples a plate] Well he should, it's delicious."
--> "''This?!'' He's going to enjoy ''this?!'' [samples a plate] Well he should, it's delicious."
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Quark presents the meal for the Regent, Hagath begins to chew him out...and then samples one of the dishes and says it's delicious.
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* CannotTellAJoke: Quark's conscience starts to act up when the Regent says he wants to kill thirty million people, earnestly asking "can't you just wound some of them?" Hagath covers for this by saying that Quark was making a joke, but Ferengi humor doesn't translate well.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Gaila tries to invoke this in his "one star in the sky" speech to Quark, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards Quark disagrees]]. Later, Quark considers the death of the Regent and Hagath to be a small price to pay for the lives of 28 million people--a sentiment Sisko agrees with.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Gaila tries to invoke this in his "one star in the sky" speech to Quark, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards Quark disagrees]]. Later, Quark considers the death of the Regent and (and the narrow escape of Hagath and Gaila) to be a small price to pay for the lives of 28 million people--a sentiment Sisko agrees with.
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* ICanLiveWithThat: Quark's reaction to the narrow escape of Hagath and Gaila from the station. He also has this reaction to the death of the Regent:
--> '''Quark:''' I can live with that, too. And I can think of twenty-eight million other people who won't mind either. \\
'''Sisko:''' Twenty-eight million... and ''one''.
--> '''Quark:''' I can live with that, too. And I can think of twenty-eight million other people who won't mind either. \\
'''Sisko:''' Twenty-eight million... and ''one''.
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* CallBack: This is not the first time that Gaila and his weapons business have been mentioned.
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* CallBack: This is not the first time that Gaila and his weapons business have been mentioned. Dax also brings up that time [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E08LittleGreenMen he tried to kill Quark]].
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Hagath and Gaila reminisce about how people said they were crazy for wanting to sell weapons to the Bajoran resistance.
-->'''Hagath:''' "What chance do they have? Invest in a winner, sell to the Cardassians."
-->'''Hagath:''' "What chance do they have? Invest in a winner, sell to the Cardassians."
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* EveryoneHasStandards: While the crew is usually content to roll their eyes at Quarks greedy nature, his entry into weapons trading is the straw that breaks the camel's back. Even Jadzia freezes him out.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: While the crew is usually content to roll their eyes at Quarks greedy nature, his entry into weapons trading is the straw that breaks the camel's back. All of the Starfleet crew immediately stop coming to the bar. Even Jadzia freezes him out.
* RejectedApology: Quark tries to make amends with Dax before sabotaging the deal, knowing he will likely die, but she rebuffs him. She's much more receptive, though, afterwards when everything is back to normal.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Hagath is extremely displeased with Farrakk, who was vacationing instead of conducting a weapons deal. Needless to say, Farrakk doesn't leafe the station alive.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Hagath is extremely displeased with Farrakk, who was vacationing instead of conducting a weapons deal. Needless to say, Farrakk doesn't leafe leave the station alive.
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* ShutUpHannibal: After the Bajoran government orders the charges against Quark to be dropped, Sisko makes it abundantly clear to him that he's ''not'' '''''happy'''''.
-->"You better hope there isn't a next time, mister. I have cut you a lot of slack in the past. I even looked away once or twice when I could have come down hard on you. But those days are over. Now, we may not be able to get you for selling weapons but you so much as litter on the Promenade and I will nail you to the wall."
-->"You better hope there isn't a next time, mister. I have cut you a lot of slack in the past. I even looked away once or twice when I could have come down hard on you. But those days are over. Now, we may not be able to get you for selling weapons but you so much as litter on the Promenade and I will nail you to the wall."
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* WorthIt: Implied several times regarding Quark's screwing of the deal at the climax. If Quark died in the execution, it was worth it to stop the slaughter of 28 million people. (As he himself puts it: "One life for 28 million. Best deal I ever made.") He sheds no tears over the Regent's death when it's revealed, and he doesn't even try to wiggle out of being sent the bill for the damage dealt in the firefight, only asking for a payment plan that Sisko agrees to.
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* WorthIt: Implied several times regarding Quark's screwing of the deal at the climax. If Quark died in the execution, it was worth it to stop the slaughter of 28 million people. (As he himself puts it: "One life for 28 million. Best deal I ever made.") He sheds no tears over the Regent's death when it's revealed, and he doesn't even try to wiggle out of being sent the bill for the damage dealt in the firefight, only asking for a payment plan that Sisko agrees to.to.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Hagath is extremely displeased with Farrakk, who was vacationing instead of conducting a weapons deal. Needless to say, Farrakk doesn't leafe the station alive.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Hagath is extremely displeased with Farrakk, who was vacationing instead of conducting a weapons deal. Needless to say, Farrakk doesn't leafe the station alive.
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* ShoutOut: Gaila's speech to Quark about whether Quark should care about some people he doesn't know and will never meet is very similar to Harry Lime's speech in ''Film/TheThirdMan''.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Gaila's speech to Quark about whether Quark should care about some people he doesn't know and will never meet is very similar to Harry Lime's speech in''Film/TheThirdMan''.''Film/TheThirdMan''.
** The Breen weapon that Quark demonstrates is designated CRM-114, which was the B-52 radio encryption set in ''Film/DrStrangelove''.
* ShutUpHannibal: After the Bajoran government orders the charges against Quark to be dropped, Sisko makes it abundantly clear to him that he's ''not'' '''''happy'''''.
-->"You better hope there isn't a next time, mister. I have cut you a lot of slack in the past. I even looked away once or twice when I could have come down hard on you. But those days are over. Now, we may not be able to get you for selling weapons but you so much as litter on the Promenade and I will nail you to the wall."
** Gaila's speech to Quark about whether Quark should care about some people he doesn't know and will never meet is very similar to Harry Lime's speech in
** The Breen weapon that Quark demonstrates is designated CRM-114, which was the B-52 radio encryption set in ''Film/DrStrangelove''.
* ShutUpHannibal: After the Bajoran government orders the charges against Quark to be dropped, Sisko makes it abundantly clear to him that he's ''not'' '''''happy'''''.
-->"You better hope there isn't a next time, mister. I have cut you a lot of slack in the past. I even looked away once or twice when I could have come down hard on you. But those days are over. Now, we may not be able to get you for selling weapons but you so much as litter on the Promenade and I will nail you to the wall."
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[[caption-width-right:350:Oh, Quark. You are in deeper shit than you've ever been in your entire '''life.''']]
[[caption-width-right:350:Oh, Quark. You are in deeper shit than you've ever been in your entire '''life.''']]
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* ShoutOut: Gaila's speech to Quark about whether Quark should care about some people he doesn't know and will never meet is very similar to Harry Lime's speech in ''TheThirdMan''.
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* ShoutOut: Gaila's speech to Quark about whether Quark should care about some people he doesn't know and will never meet is very similar to Harry Lime's speech in ''TheThirdMan''.''Film/TheThirdMan''.
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* HeroInsurance: Averted for Quark, who finds himself in debt to ''Sisko'' at the end of the episode for the firefight that caused damage to part of the station. Sisko is open to a payment plan, thankfully, and at least now Quark is out of hot water with his original creditors.
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* HeroInsurance: Averted for Quark, who finds himself in debt to ''Sisko'' at the end of the episode for the firefight that caused damage to part of the station. Sisko is open to a payment plan, thankfully, and at least now Quark Starfleet is out of hot water with not a creditor that is liable to resort to thuggish measures unlike his original creditors.previous ones.
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* BadassBoast: Quark gets off thanks to Hagath's old connections with Bajor. But Sisko makes sure he knows he's skating on ''super'' thin ice.
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* BadassBoast: Quark gets off thanks to Hagath's old connections with Bajor.the Bajoran government due to his business with the Resistance during the occupation. But Sisko makes sure he knows he's skating on ''super'' thin ice.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: While the crew is usually content to roll their eyes at Quarks greedy nature, his entry into weapons trading is the straw that breaks the camels back. Even Jadzia freezes him out.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: While the crew is usually content to roll their eyes at Quarks greedy nature, his entry into weapons trading is the straw that breaks the camels camel's back. Even Jadzia freezes him out.
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* WarForFunAndProfit: Subverted - Quark acts like he's willing to sell to both sides, but he's really setting it up so that the leaders of both sides will "accidentally" run into each other and [[LetsYouAndHimFight start shooting]].
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* WarForFunAndProfit: Subverted - Quark acts like he's willing to sell to both sides, but he's really setting it up so that the leaders of both sides will "accidentally" run into each other and [[LetsYouAndHimFight start shooting]].shooting]].
* WorthIt: Implied several times regarding Quark's screwing of the deal at the climax. If Quark died in the execution, it was worth it to stop the slaughter of 28 million people. (As he himself puts it: "One life for 28 million. Best deal I ever made.") He sheds no tears over the Regent's death when it's revealed, and he doesn't even try to wiggle out of being sent the bill for the damage dealt in the firefight, only asking for a payment plan that Sisko agrees to.
* WorthIt: Implied several times regarding Quark's screwing of the deal at the climax. If Quark died in the execution, it was worth it to stop the slaughter of 28 million people. (As he himself puts it: "One life for 28 million. Best deal I ever made.") He sheds no tears over the Regent's death when it's revealed, and he doesn't even try to wiggle out of being sent the bill for the damage dealt in the firefight, only asking for a payment plan that Sisko agrees to.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Gaila tries to invoke this in his "one star in the sky" speech to Quark, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards Quark disagrees]]. Later, Quark considers the death of the Regent and Hagath to be a small price to pay for the lives of 28 million people--a sentiment Sisko agrees with.
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* HeroInsurance: Averted for Quark, who finds himself in debt to ''Sisko'' at the end of the episode for the firefight that caused damage to part of the station. Sisko is open to a payment plan, thankfully, and at least now Quark is out of hot water with his original creditors.
* LoanShark: Quark is facing a ''lot'' of business debts about to come due, with what are implied to be dire consequences if he doesn't pay up.
* LoanShark: Quark is facing a ''lot'' of business debts about to come due, with what are implied to be dire consequences if he doesn't pay up.
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* BadDreams: Quark's conscience gets the better of him, and he dreams of his friends being killed by the weapons he's selling.
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* EvilIsHammy: Hagath sells weapons, not subtlety.
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* EvilIsHammy: Hagath sells weapons, not subtlety.subtlety.
* LoopholeAbuse: Quark knows that Odo would ''never'' allow any weapons onto the station, so buyers are given demonstrations using holographic replicas instead.
* ShoutOut: Gaila's speech to Quark about whether Quark should care about some people he doesn't know and will never meet is very similar to Harry Lime's speech in ''TheThirdMan''.
* WarForFunAndProfit: Subverted - Quark acts like he's willing to sell to both sides, but he's really setting it up so that the leaders of both sides will "accidentally" run into each other and [[LetsYouAndHimFight start shooting]].
* LoopholeAbuse: Quark knows that Odo would ''never'' allow any weapons onto the station, so buyers are given demonstrations using holographic replicas instead.
* ShoutOut: Gaila's speech to Quark about whether Quark should care about some people he doesn't know and will never meet is very similar to Harry Lime's speech in ''TheThirdMan''.
* WarForFunAndProfit: Subverted - Quark acts like he's willing to sell to both sides, but he's really setting it up so that the leaders of both sides will "accidentally" run into each other and [[LetsYouAndHimFight start shooting]].
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* CallBack: This is not the first time that Gaila and his weapons business have been mentioned.
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With all his debts about to catch up to him at once, a desperate Quark agrees to enter the dangerous world of weapons trading with his treacherous cousin Gaila and feared weapons merchant Hagath.
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* BadassBoast: Quark gets off thanks to Hagath's old connections with Bajor. But Sisko makes sure he knows he's skating on ''super'' thin ice.
-->'''Sisko:''' You'd better hope there isn't a next time, mister. I have cut you a lot of slack in the past. I even looked away once or twice when I could have come down ''hard'' on you, but those days are over. Now we may not get you for selling weapons, but you so much as ''litter'' on the Promenade and I will nail you to the wall!
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Quark has done some reprehensible things, but even his conscience can't justify ending ''28 million'' lives.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While the crew is usually content to roll their eyes at Quarks greedy nature, his entry into weapons trading is the straw that breaks the camels back. Even Jadzia freezes him out.
* EvilBrit: Hagath.
* EvilIsHammy: Hagath sells weapons, not subtlety.
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* BadassBoast: Quark gets off thanks to Hagath's old connections with Bajor. But Sisko makes sure he knows he's skating on ''super'' thin ice.
-->'''Sisko:''' You'd better hope there isn't a next time, mister. I have cut you a lot of slack in the past. I even looked away once or twice when I could have come down ''hard'' on you, but those days are over. Now we may not get you for selling weapons, but you so much as ''litter'' on the Promenade and I will nail you to the wall!
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Quark has done some reprehensible things, but even his conscience can't justify ending ''28 million'' lives.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While the crew is usually content to roll their eyes at Quarks greedy nature, his entry into weapons trading is the straw that breaks the camels back. Even Jadzia freezes him out.
* EvilBrit: Hagath.
* EvilIsHammy: Hagath sells weapons, not subtlety.
