Rom - Notes

Name :	Rom1
Species :	Ferengi
Associated with :	Deep Space Nine

Brother to Quark and father to Nog1, Rom spent his early life as something of a failure. He married his first wife, Prindora, with a five year contract. When he fell in love with her he signed an extension without reading the small print, and her father was able to swindle him of all his money.2 Quark tended to treat him poorly, underpaying him and constantly belittling his intelligence.3

When Quark was promoted to Grand Nagus Rom served as his bodyguard. He planned to assassinate Quark, but the plot failed when the previous Nagus Zek proved to still be alive. Quark promoted Rom to assistant manager for policy and clientele as a result of this initiative.4

In 2372 Rom formed a worker's union from the staff at Quark's bar. Although the Ferengi FCA destroyed the union shortly afterwards, Rom was able to force an unofficial deal for better working conditions. Flushed with his success, Rom left the bar and became a diagnostic and repair technician for Deep Space Nine.5 He soon proved to be an excellent engineer who was invaluable in keeping the station running.6

In 2371 when Nog petitioned to join Starfleet, Rom was very supportive of the idea. His son's success became a source of considerable pride for Rom.7

In 2373 Rom established a romantic relationship with Leeta, a dabo girl at Quark's bar2, and the two eventually planned to get married. Rom worried that Leeta might also be after him for his money, and wanted her to sign a 'waiver of property and profit' - a Ferengi prenuptial agreement. Leeta refused, threatening their relationship, but Rom solved the dilemma by donating all of his money to the Bajoran war orphan's fund, so allowing him to be secure in the knowledge that Leeta must be marrying for love.8 The two were eventually married by the Emissary shortly before the station fell to the Dominion.9

Rom was a major contributor to the war effort - he came up with the concept for the cloaked self-replicating minefield which allowed the Federation to prevent the Dominion from bringing reinforcements through the wormhole whilst the station was in Dominion hands.9 Rom stayed on Deep Space Nine during the occupation as a Federation spy.9 He was arrested for attempting to sabotage the deflector array10, but eventually escaped and ultimately was able to disable the weapons array before the allied fleet arrived, allowing the station to be retaken without a fight.11

Rom was very progressive for a Ferengi, and supported Grand Nagus Zek's reforms of Ferengi society. His support led to him being appointed as Grand Nagus when Zek retired, much to Quark's dismay.12

Yellow text = Canon source

Green text = Backstage source

Cyan text = Novel

White text = DITL speculation

Played by

Actor	Series	Season	Title
Max Grodenchik	DS9	1	A Man Alone
Max Grodenchik	DS9	1	The Nagus
Max Grodenchik	DS9	1	Vortex
Max Grodenchik	DS9	2	The Homecoming
Max Grodenchik	DS9	2	The Siege
Max Grodenchik	DS9	2	Rules of Acquisition
Max Grodenchik	DS9	2	Necessary Evil
Max Grodenchik	DS9	2	Rivals
Max Grodenchik	DS9	3	The House of Quark
Max Grodenchik	DS9	3	Heart of Stone
Max Grodenchik	DS9	3	Prophet Motive
Max Grodenchik	DS9	3	Family Business
Max Grodenchik	DS9	3	Facets
Max Grodenchik	DS9	4	Little Green Men
Max Grodenchik	DS9	4	Our Man Bashir
Max Grodenchik	DS9	4	Bar Association
Max Grodenchik	DS9	4	Body Parts
Max Grodenchik	DS9	5	The Assignment
Max Grodenchik	DS9	5	The Ascent
Max Grodenchik	DS9	5	Doctor Bashir, I Presume?
Max Grodenchik	DS9	5	Ferengi Love Songs
Max Grodenchik	DS9	5	Call to Arms
Max Grodenchik	DS9	6	Behind the Lines
Max Grodenchik	DS9	6	Favor the Bold
Max Grodenchik	DS9	6	Sacrifice of Angels
Max Grodenchik	DS9	6	You are Cordially Invited...
Max Grodenchik	DS9	6	The Magnificent Ferengi
Max Grodenchik	DS9	6	Profit and Lace
Max Grodenchik	DS9	7	Take Me Out to the Holosuite
Max Grodenchik	DS9	7	Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
Max Grodenchik	DS9	7	The Siege of AR-558
Max Grodenchik	DS9	7	It's Only a Paper Moon
Max Grodenchik	DS9	7	The Dogs of War

References

#	Series	Season	Source	Comment
1	DS9	1	Emissary
2	DS9	5	Doctor Bashir, I Presume?
3			Various Deep Space Nine episodes
4	DS9	1	The Nagus
5	DS9	4	Bar Association
6	DS9	5	The Assignment
7	DS9	3	Heart of Stone
8	DS9	5	Ferengi Love Songs
9	DS9	5	Call to Arms
10	DS9	6	Behind the Lines
11	DS9	6	Sacrifice of Angels
12	DS9	7	The Dogs of War

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Last updated : 2 Apr 2014

Series:	DS9 Season 1 (Disc 1)
Source:	Emissary

Series:	DS9 Season 5 (Disc 4)
Source:	Doctor Bashir, I Presume?

Series:	DS9 Season (Disc )
Source:	Various Deep Space Nine episodes

Series:	DS9 Season 1 (Disc 3)
Source:	The Nagus

Series:	DS9 Season 4 (Disc 4)
Source:	Bar Association