Star Trek: The Final Frontier, ~ the fraud god...

B'elanna is only half klingon, but still has forehead ridges...

Klingon captain klaa shoots space garbage...

Kruge & Kirk Battle (Star Trek III, ~ "The Search For Spock")...

MOOGIE, is Ishka, ~ Rom & Quark's feisty mom...

In "Family Business", Ishka (Andrea Martin) is introduced as a Ferengi widow who receives a monthly stipend from her elder son, Quark (Armin Shimerman). Per Ferengi law, she is forbidden from making profit or wearing clothing, yet she has begun doing both and is found out by the Ferengi Commerce Authority (FCA; an agency essentially equivalent to the United States' Internal Revenue Service). The FCA charges Quark with his mother's misdeeds, about which she is unrepentant, feeling that women should have the same rights and privileges as men. After much arguing with Quark, Iskha agrees to sign a confession and forfeit her earnings for her son's sake, though she confides in Rom (Max Grodénchik) that she only gave up a third of what she had hidden away. Season five's "Ferengi Love Songs" reveals the romantic relationship between Ishka and Grand Nagus Zek, the leader of the Ferengi Alliance. When Quark is unable to extract nepotistic assistance from the Grand Nagus, he colludes with Liquidator Brunt (Jeffrey Combs) to break up the couple. Quark soon realizes however that Ishka is the real power behind the throne, giving Zek financial advice and suggestions that keep the Ferengi economy afloat. Quark confesses his part, and helps reunite Ishka and Zek. In "The Magnificent Ferengi" (season six), Ishka is kidnapped by the Dominion. While in captivity at the hands of the Vorta Yelgrun (Iggy Pop), Ishka offers financial advice and tries to empathize with her captor about family. In the same season, "Profit and Lace" finds Ishka leaving the Ferengi homeworld of Ferenginar for the first time to travel to Deep Space Nine in the company of Grand Nagus Zek. She has convinced Zek to amend the Ferengi Bill of Opportunities to allow women to wear clothing, and the result was economic turmoil across the Ferengi Alliance. When Ishka suffers a heart attack, Quark undergoes sex reassignment surgery to take her place at Zek's side and win back the support of an influential Ferengi commissioner. Doctor Bashir (Alexander Siddig) is able to successfully perform a heart transplantation for Ishka, and she is up and about by the end of the episode. In the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "The Dogs of War", Quark discovers that Ishka has influenced Grand Nagus Zek to the point where the Ferengi leader has promoted labor rights, enforced environmental protection, and outlawed monopolies. SHE'S QUITE A WOMAN!

I JUST LOVE The Grand Nagus!!!...

He's such a groddy old monster!!!... My favorite "Deep Space 9" episodes are the ones that feature the ferengi and of those I like the Grand Nagus ones best. Humorous science fiction is rare and the ferengi characters are perefectly cast. I JUST LMAO!!!... >>>

"I guess I'm getting old. I'm just not as greedy as I used to be." ---The Grand Nagus.

A Feregeni Tooth Sharpener...

Worf tries it, likes it and immediately buys it. ;)

Gross Klingon Dishes & Ferengi Salad & Other Star Trek Things Pertaining to Food...

The Klingon gods...

a complete history of the klingon people...

BIG QUESTION: WHY did klingon appearance change???!!!...

Why did the Klingons all of a sudden look almost human in only 100 years? How is it that they lost their ridges, their power, and their warrior’s stature? Sometime in the 22nd century, the Klingons heard about humans creating genetically superior humans in the late 1990s. It was the same genetic engineering that created Khan and his people. They learned about a ship carrying Augmented humans that had crashed near the Klingon homeworld. Because they thought that humans were working on the way to overpower the Klingons and conquer them, they raced to the crash site and took the Augmented embryos to glean the DNA from them. Once their top scientists created a drug from the DNA samples, they tested it on a few willing subjects. The few volunteers that took this died agonizing deaths, even after they began showing enhanced characteristics. But it didn’t work as they planned, because they also showed human characteristics. Almost immediately, the cranial ridges disappeared, they became weak, and they contracted a flu-like illness that killed many Klingons. And because this drug affected the DNA sequences, it became a virus that continued for many generations of those who took the drug. The virus, known as the Levodian Flu, would have wiped out the entire race had it not been for the Klingons requesting help from Dr. Phlox on the Enterprise. Dr. Phlox managed to stop the virus from killing the Klingons, but he could not stop the humanizing effects of the virus. The Klingon High Council were afraid that these flat-forehead Klingons would become outcasts to the Empire, so they were the ones relegated to the “front line” of space as captains and crews of the Klingon Defense Space Force. By doing this, the “outcasts” would be assured of their place in the Empire. There were some Klingons who did not take the drug and were not affected by it, so they retained their original appearance as compared with others who did take the drug. In Kirk’s time, the Augmented Klingons were the descendants of those who took the drug in the 22nd century and survived the Levodian flu. The Discovery Klingons and traditional looking Klingons were descendants of those who avoided the drug in the 22nd century. Their ancestors did not get the virus that wiped out and changed Klingons as a result of the drug.

A fight in the bar with old style human-looking klingons, ~ NO forehead ridges (GASP!!!)...

The Frozen Klingon Prison Planet...

THOSE FERENGI FEMALES!!!...

...Not much fun, ~ never leaving the house, even though it DOES rain most of the time on Ferenginar. Few would like the weather, unless you're a frog. The soggy conditions on the planet are probably responsible for the great deal of slugs and other worm-like creatures that make up a large part of the ferengi diet.

I JUST Love Quark & Rom's Mom.~ their moogie...

Romulan Ale Is Illegal...

...But, it is because of politics, not because of it's content. However, many including Captain Kirk, Doctor Mc Coy and Worf, have suffered Romulan Ale hangovers.

Scenes from "The Undiscovered Country"...

...Including "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?" & "Uhuru Speaks Klingon"...

Quark says, #1...

"Tell me WHERE you're hiding the chocolate!"

"bljath 'e' ylmer!' ("Shut up!")...

Riker Gains The Respect Of the Klingons Onboard Their Ship...

He also complimented them on their delicious food and flirted with one of their female warriors.

Worf & Jadzia Wedding Photo...

...As you probably know by now, Jadzia and I will be married here on the station in six days." "There's nothing more romantic than a wedding on DS9 in springtime." "…when the neutrinos are in bloom." - Worf, Bashir, and O'Brien (I wonder if they served chocolate at the wedding. Klingons are very fond of chocolate, but they like it unsweetened, ~ strong and bitter!)

Yes, Klingons Like Christmas,,,

In the posts below, ~ a Klingon "Christmas Carol," & "A Very Klingon Christmas" & MORE!!!... (See Older Posts.)

A Bit About The Magnificent Grilka, ~ who Work says is "GLORIOUS!!!," when he first saw her...

She has blue eyes, ~ rare in a Klingon, and she became Worf's final wife...

Grilka...

She was glorious." – Worf, 2373 ("Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places") Traveling to Deep Space 9, she confronted Quark, learning that the death was an accident. Kidnapping Quark, she brought him back to Qo'noS, where she forced Quark to marry her at knifepoint. By doing so, Grilka was able to prevent the council from dissolving her House, which had been temporarily renamed as the House of Quark. Quark and Grilka soon discovered that D'Ghor had been manipulating Kozak financially. When D'Ghor was willing to murder Quark in cold blood, Chancellor Gowron realized that Quark's accusations were true. D'Ghor was discommended by Gowron and the High Council. Afterwards, the council granted Grilka special dispensation, allowing her to lead the House on her own. Grilka granted Quark a divorce, and assumed leadership of her House, now known as the House of Grilka. (DS9 episode: "The House of Quark") During the Empire's conflicts with the Federation and the Cardassian Empire, Grilka's House suffered serious losses in both personnel and equipment. Returning to Deep Space 9, she asked Quark once again for financial advice. While Worf was quite interested in her, Grilka instead renewed her relationship with Quark. (DS9 episode: "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places") Before or during the Dominion War Grilka took J'nek, a warrior serving on her ship, as her mate. Near the end of the war she bore him a daughter, Koren. J'nek was killed in action during the war. (STO mission: "Day of Honor") In 2385, she became romantically involved with Worf. The next year the couple married and in 2388 she gave birth to her first son, K'Dhan. (ST website : The Path to 2409)