Rivals story
Quark feels threatened when a charming swindler, Martus Mazur, opens a competing bar (Club Martus). Directed by: David Livingston. Story by: Jim Trombetta & Michael Piller.
12 total · 4 choice · 6 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| greed for riches | choice | Quark tried to profiteer from the Julian and Miles feud by taking bets on their space tennis matches. The rogue Martus Mazur tried to con old lady out of her money. |
| problem gambling in society | choice | people ended up loosing everything |
| reliable streak of luck | choice | everything went Miles way in the final space tennis match |
| rivalry | choice | Quark and Martus Mazur over space bars; Miles and Julian over space tennis |
| attitude of superiority | major | Julian's smugness about his space squash prowess infuriated Miles. |
| con artistry | major | Martus Mazur tried to swindle Alisa out of her inheritance, but it was Alisa who conned Martus in the end. |
| match fixing | major | Quark tried to drug Julian so he would lose space squash match in order to win a bet. |
| pridefulness | major | An infuriated Miles refused to give up playing space squash with Julian even though he was no match for the good doctor. |
| scams against the elderly | major | Martus Mazur tried to swindle an old lady out of her savings. |
| speculative device | major | A gambling device fundamentally altered the laws of probability so that extremely improbable events became commonplace. |