It got me thinking that this was a missed storyline.
Ferengi who didn't believe in profit was their version of atheism I guess.
Ferengi who didn't believe in profit was their version of atheism I guess.
Nog saying he doesn't care about profit in Heart Of Stone.
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Agreed. Nog cares about profit (like his uncle and grandmother) but is also willing to subordinate it to a life in the fleet and the pursuit of knowledge, like Rom.
Yeah I second other people here-- that Nog showed multiple times that he had a love for Latinum, business, work-ethic and reward; but growing up on a station full of Starfleet humans and seeing the way his father was treated by Quark gave him a unique perspective.
Nog in a way is similar to Worf. Worf is steadfastly Klingon in his thinking, values and actions, but tempers this slightly to fit into Federation society. He had no choice, especially since humans rescued him after his family got killed at Khitomer.
Nog is Ferengi in his thinking, but knows he would never be a successful businessman. He tempers Ferengi values to suit his own ends, and does this by joining Starfleet.
Nog is Ferengi in his thinking, but knows he would never be a successful businessman. He tempers Ferengi values to suit his own ends, and does this by joining Starfleet.
Worf would be working his way into the Klingon society from the outside, though, learning being Klingon via a correspondence course. Nog would be struggling out from within his native society.
Supposedly many a business-unsavvy Ferengi goes to outer space in search of easy profits, and is actually culturally encouraged to do so; we see this "pirate breed" fairly often in TNG, and again in ENT. And apparently these Ferengi pirates are very good at what they do in general, as their identity seems to remain a mystery to most players well into the 24th century. Nog might well have been a prime example of the sort of Ferengi who raids alien freighters if he hadn't redirected his skills to a Starfleet career.
Timo Saloniemi
Supposedly many a business-unsavvy Ferengi goes to outer space in search of easy profits, and is actually culturally encouraged to do so; we see this "pirate breed" fairly often in TNG, and again in ENT. And apparently these Ferengi pirates are very good at what they do in general, as their identity seems to remain a mystery to most players well into the 24th century. Nog might well have been a prime example of the sort of Ferengi who raids alien freighters if he hadn't redirected his skills to a Starfleet career.
Timo Saloniemi
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