After the Grand Nagus rewrites the Rules of Acquisition, Quark and Rom attempt to find the reason for Zek's odd behaviour.

Contents 1 Summary 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Locations 2.3 Starships 2.4 Species 2.5 States and Organizations 2.6 Other 3 Related stories 4 External links 5 Connections

SummaryEdit

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Main characters

• Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks)
• Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor)
• Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney)
• Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig)
• Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell)
• Odo (Rene Auberjonois)
• Quark (Armin Shimerman)

Recurring characters

• Rom (Max Grodénchik)
• Zek (Wallace Shawn)
• Maihar'du (Tiny Ron)
• Morn (Mark Allen Shepherd)

Other characters

• Emi (Juliana Donald)
• "Medical Bigshot" (Bennet Guillory)

Referenced characters

Curzon Dax • Ishka • Keldar • Nog • Keiko O'Brien • Ghee P'Trell • Henri Roget • Senva • April Wade

LocationsEdit

Bajoran wormhole • Celestial Temple • Deep Space 9 • Docking ring • Habitat ring • Infirmary • Operations center • Promenade • Quark's • Station commander's office • Wardroom

Referenced only 

Altair IV • Andoria • Bajor • Cardassia III • Ferenginar • Sacred Marketplace • Tower of Commerce • Nairobi • Vulcan

StarshipsEdit

Aurulent (Na'Far-class)

SpeciesEdit

Bajoran • Bolian • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Hupyrian • Prophets • Trill

Referenced only 

Pakled

States and OrganizationsEdit

Bajoran Militia • Ferengi Alliance • Starfleet • Starfleet Medical • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Central Hospital of Altair IV • Federation Medical Council • Starfleet Intelligence

OtherEdit

agriculture • Aldebaran whiskey • barley • Carrington Award • cargo bay • champagne • chirurgeon • darts • devolution • doctor • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance • healer • Hupyrian beetle snuff • Kohlanese barley • latinum • millipede juice • non-corporeal lifeform • oo-mox • orb • Orb of Wisdom • PADD • racquetball • replicator • reverse-ratcheting routing planer • Saurian brandy • self-sealing stembolt • solar flare • starbase • stasis • subspace • tongo • tooth sharpener • Trixian bubble juice

Related storiesEdit

• The 34th Rule depicts the events leading up to the return of the Orb of Wisdom to the Bajorans.

External linksEdit

• Prophet Motive (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Prophet Motive article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous episode: Destiny	DS9 episode produced	Next episode: Visionary
Previous episode: Destiny	DS9 episode aired	Next episode: Visionary
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Eye of the Needle	Pocket	Next Adventure: Ex Post Facto