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This character is a member of Quark's family.
For the mirror universe counterpart, see Rom (mirror).

Rom was a 24th century Ferengi male, the second child of Keldar and Ishka, father of Nog and the brother of Quark. Rom ascended to the position of Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance in 2375. (DS9 episodes: "A Man Alone", "The Dogs of War")

Biography[]

Early life[]

Rom was conned by a classmate when he was a child. (DS9 novel: The 34th Rule)

In the early 2350s decade, Rom made a business proposition with Dav, father of Prinadora, for Prinadora's hand in marriage. By 2353, Prinadora gave birth to the couple's only child, Nog. Rom's marriage contract with Prinadora ran out in the year 2358. Rom, who was in love with Prinadora, signed an extension contract with Dav without reading the fine print. Dav swindled Rom out of all of his money, took Prinadora, and left Rom to raise Nog alone. (DS9 - Worlds of Deep Space Nine novella: Ferenginar: Satisfaction is Not Guaranteed)

With nowhere else to turn, Rom and Nog moved to the Cardassian space station known as Terok Nor in the Bajoran system, where his older brother Quark owned a bar. Quark gave his brother and nephew both jobs, but only paid them enough to survive.

In the year 2366 Rom was exposed to a variation of the Double Helix virus. This strain of the virus managed to jump between species infecting Ferengi, Cardassians and Bajorans. Rom and his family were quarantined on Terok Nor until a cure was found by a Federation medical team that was on the station. (TNG - Double Helix novel: Vectors)

Deep Space 9[]

The Cardassians withdrew from the Bajoran sector in the year 2369 and custodianship of the space station was given by the Bajoran Provisional Government to Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets, who re-christened the station Deep Space 9. Rom allowed his son Nog to attend a school run by Keiko O'Brien. (DS9 episode: "A Man Alone")

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The 34th Rule.

In 2372, Rom and Quark defied an edict from the Bajoran government that all Ferengi nationals must leave the Bajoran system after war was declared between Ferenginar and Bajor. They considered Bajor to be their home, and refused to be driven away. They were subsequently imprisoned for violating the edict at the old Cardassian forced-labor camp at Gallitep, where they endured hideous treatment at the hands of the insane Colonel Mitra. Following their escape from Gallitep, Rom and Quark traveled to Ferenginar onboard the USS Defiant (NX-74205) where they assisted Starfleet Captain Benjamin Sisko in defusing the situation between the two worlds. (DS9 novel: The 34th Rule)

In the year 2373, Rom began a romantic relationship with Leeta, a Dabo girl who worked for his brother. Soon after, Rom and Bajoran deputy Etana Kol tracked down a creature in the station's waste extraction system living off female hormones that had abducted Leeta and several other women on the station. (DS9 comics: "Lwaxana Troi and the Wedding of Doom", "Four Funerals and a Wedding")

Rom and Leeta were married late in the year 2373, in a ceremony performed by Captain Benjamin Sisko. (DS9 episode: "Call to Arms")

Rom remained aboard Deep Space 9 during its Dominion control, returning to work at Quark's. He later joined Kira Nerys and Jake Sisko in a resistance movement against the Dominion. (DS9 episodes: "Behind the Lines", "Favor the Bold", "Sacrifice of Angels")

Rom became a member of the Niners baseball team, although he was cut by Captain Sisko when he proved not to be a good player. When Rom was reinstated, he managed to help the team score. (DS9 episode: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite")

Grand Nagus[]

In 2375, Grand Nagus Zek, who was romantically linked to Rom's mother Ishka, appointed Rom his successor as Grand Nagus under the confidence that he would continue the reforms that Zek had begun. (DS9 episode: "The Dogs of War")

At his farewell party on Deep Space 9, Rom paid for the decorations that were used. (DS9 novel: Avatar, Book One)

In 2381, Rom and Leeta started the negotiations for the Ferengi joining the Federation. LD short story: "Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place")

First splinter timeline[]

In the Gateways Crisis of 2376, the Nagal Residence was invaded by marauding Orions who had used a gateway to make a strike on Ferenginar. Rom later contributed a Ferengi ship to the Alpha/Beta Alliance; initiated by the Federation to negotiate with the Iconians (who turned out to be the Petraw - carrying out an elaborate deception). (TNG - Gateways novel: Doors Into Chaos)

In September of the same year, Rom initiated diplomatic relations between the Ferengi Alliance and the Republic of Bajor shortly before it joined the Federation, designating Quark's Bar the Ferengi Embassy in the UFP Republic of Bajor, making it officially sovereign territory of the Ferengi Alliance and as such subject to its laws and commerce practices. Quark was made Ferengi Ambassador to the Republic of Bajor (UFP), saving his business, which was about to be absorbed into the Federation's largely moneyless economy. Later that month, Rom and Leeta visited Bajor to witness the signing ceremony for Bajor's admittance into the Federation. (DS9 novel: Unity)

Two months later, Rom was nearly forced out of office when a number of prominent businessmen opposed to Rom and Zek's continued reforms -- including Brunt, now a member of the Economic Congress of Advisors of the Ferengi Alliance -- attempted to forge a false copy of Rom's marriage contract with the Ferengi female Prinadora, Nog's mother. Scandal engulfed the Nagus as it was believed that the contract had not been a standard seven-year one, but one that lasted in perpetuity, making Rom's marriage to Leeta a violation of the monogamy clause. Fortunately, Ambassador Quark and Starfleet Lieutenant Ro Laren, working in conjunction with Nog and other Rom supporters, proved the document a forgery. That month, Rom and Leeta's daughter, Bena, was born. (DS9 - Worlds of Deep Space Nine novella: Ferenginar: Satisfaction is Not Guaranteed)

In 2381, Rom accepted an invitation to join the Khitomer Accords in response to the newly formed Typhon Pact (ST novel: A Singular Destiny)

In 2383, Rom did the Department of Temporal Investigations a great service by drawing on his personal fortune to purchase an ancient but functional vortex manipulator discovered and auctioned by the Redheri bartering it to the Federation in exchange for trade concessions, effectively making it a donation. With his own experience regarding temporal displacement leaving him sympathetic to the DTI's goals, the following year at Rom's behest the Ferengi Alliance was in the process of establishing a nascent temporal management agency. (DTI eBook: The Collectors)

In August 2385, Rom, accompanied by Leeta, attended the opening ceremony of the second Deep Space 9 along with several other attendees, including other political leaders. Unfortunately, he was one of several to witness the assassination of Federation President Nanietta Bacco. (ST - The Fall novel: Revelation and Dust)

By the early 25th century, Rom and Leeta had a son and at least one more daughter together. (ENT novel: The Good That Men Do)

Also by that point, Rom has created the Ferengi Liquidators baseball team. (ST video game: Star Trek Online)

Alternate timelines[]

In an alternate timeline in which the Cardassian Union did not withdraw from Bajor in 2369, Rom bought the bar on Terok Nor from Quark prior to 2373. His brother was able to achieve his long held ambition of buying a moon as he had been paid off by the Detapa Council to keep both the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole and the existence of the Dominion a secret. (TNG - Myriad Universes novel: A Gutted World)

Appendices[]

Background[]

  • Rom was played by Max Grodénchik from 1993 to 1999, with a guest voice appearance in 2023.

Connections[]

Starbase Deep Space 9 personnel and residents (original station)
station personnel K. AdabweM. AhzedT. AimatsuAleco V.R. AlfonzoAlle T.AltmanAmranK. AndrewsT. AneN. AponteJ. AsheAylam E.J. S. BashirBattes A.M. BileckiJ. BlackmerBojja R.P. BoudreauxS. BowersBrooksJ. BroomeCardokCarltonS. CarsonCenn D.J. ChaoJ. ChavezH. CollinsF. CortezCostelloCryanD. CzirakyG. DavisE. DaxJ. DaxDevroS. DouglasM. EddingtonEddonEricEtana K.Evik N.Gaysd T.Girani S.GoodmanGordimerGreskrendtregkGueretteHageHava R.T. JastJataq'qatJatteraS. JonssonKaboKahrimanisKellyKira N.V. KnezoJ. KurlandKurnT. KwiatkowskiS. ch'LarnC. LingMartenP. MatthiasMcCormickMcEwianK. MerimarkMeskMonyodinT. MooreMoruI. MuckerheideMunsonNalan B.J. Si NaranNedani I.Nev R.NguyenN'HeydorNogM.E. O'BrienOccinoOdoD. ParksPertweeH. PetersenPhongsitG. PrimminRedacReis I.ch'RellenK. RichterRo L.RomG. RonessSangerSarish M.A. SelznerJ. SenkowskiSetrin Y.R. th'ShantShul T.Shula S.SimakB.L. SiskoZ. SlaineJ. SmithN. SthiliW. StinsonM. StrangStrekC. SwannigTaganaS. TaranS. TarsesA. TaverasDarl TavrosTelnorriP. TenmeiTerekT. ch'ThaneTollandM. TomsonGelia TorlyT'PeynTrulliE. Vaughnzh'VeskVu K.Wasa G.Wayeh S.D. WilkensWorfWoros K.YamaguchiD. YarrowYevlin M. Federation icon image. Bajoran icon image. Starfleet icon image. DS9 icon image.
station residents AluuraA. WyossL. ArlinAriosBarys K.Betenn B.Betenn C.Betenn K.BokatBrocBroikBylaCadaraCaprilChalan A.Chon S.ChramConpapDalba S.DrakElvimV. FontaineA. FontanaFreylaFroolGannE. GarakGrehmGrimpE. GrofHadronHatram N.HetikJas-qalJhakkaKagaKalawLeetaLondar P.MaikiMalor B.Malor T.MardahMartokMirehMo'NekeMornM'PellaKeiko O'BrienKirayoshi O'BrienMolly O'BrienQuarkRasmus S.RhitSardaS'taassN. SardopolousShul AbaJ. SiskoT'AraTaran'atarJ. TharenTigart H.Tir R.Tora Z.TreirVisshKasidy YatesYelsi
Starbase Deep Space 9 personnel and residents (second station)
station personnel Aleco V.AllasarE.g. AnsargJ. BashirB. BecerraV. BixxJ. BlackmerP. BoudreauxJ. CandlewoodCardokCenn D.H. CollinsJ. CollinsB. CrusherA. d'ArnaudV. deGromO. DellasantG. DesjardinsEtana K.S. DouglasHava R.B. HerriotE. JuarezV. KnezoS. ch'LarnP. MatthiasK. MerimarkE. MinnarNogM.E. O'BrienD. PhloxS. RavidK. RichterRo L.N. SaygurShul T.Z. SlaineW. StinsonT'LuneP. TenmeiL. ThorneValinarVerlonR.K. VissP. WalenistaZhang S.
station residents Altek D.AluuraBroikDamas H.FroolGrimpKala M.M'PellaOrcamQuarkShmengeUlu L.Zirk
Terok Nor personnel
Cardassian Union
Cardassian Guard
and Cardassian-allied personnel
Basso TromacBoheekaCorat DamarDatarSkrain DukatDulathHadarMavekNaratOranParekSigol RusotGaten RussolThrax Sa'kat Emblem of the Cardassian Union.
Bajoran Provisional Government
and Bajoran-allied personnel
JabaraKellec TonKira NerysOdoRom Bajoran insignia.
Dominion (2374) Weyoun Emblem of the Dominion.
Mirror universe Terok Nor personnel
Klingon-Cardassian Alliance Elim GarakKira NerysOdoJennifer SiskoTelok Alliance emblem.
Terran Rebellion Julian BashirSam BowersJadziaMichael EddingtonKeiko IshikawaLeetaEnrique MuñizNogMiles O'BrienJennifer SiskoLuther SloanLon SuderEzri TiganTiron Seal of the Terrans.
Grand Nagi of the Ferengi Alliance
Ferengi
(primary universe)
GintYostDrikOblatisFrekBrolokOblatSmeetUntz the InvisibleLifaxTwimZindZekQuarkRom Ferengi Alliance icon image.
Ferenginar
(mirror universe)
AzarkNarl

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