How did money work on deep space 9? (endlesstalk.org)

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Whenever there's a storyline with quark, they talk about money/latinum.

I remember in one of the next gen episodes that there was discussion about money and Picard said something about how they've moved away from money.

So do Starfleet get paid now?

Update: thank you for the quick responses. From what I'm gathering the tldr is that the following is the answer

Ferengi love for money/not being a post scarcity society by design
Bajorans being so near their slavery times and not post scarcity yet
Quark creating an atmosphere of camaraderie/gambling/upgraded replicators/actual food

All this requires some form of currency.

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[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure that's the episode where Quark becomes an arms dealer.

Which also has Avery Brooks's creepiest line in the series; the way he says "Works for me!" gives me chills. Serial killer vibes.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Having seen Avery Brooks give panels at cons, I can confidently say that all the times when Sisko got space madness or was holosuite transformed into a Bond villain or was otherwise acting like a madman... all of those performances are the real Avery Brooks, and the stolid, restrained, level-headed Sisko is the character that Avery Brooks uses his formidable acting skills to pretend to be.

[-] teft@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's the strike episode. "Bar Association" Sisko threatens him with charging rent if the strike doesn't end soon.

[-] e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 6 points 1 year ago

I think Sisko's threat is to start collecting rent Quark technically always owed but that Sisko had chosen to overlook because of the benefits the bar brings to the promenade, especially in the immediate aftermath of the Cardassian withdrawal.

[-] teft@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

I believe you are correct.

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