{"id":20437,"date":"2022-10-24T19:29:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T23:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/?p=20437"},"modified":"2026-06-28T19:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:00:06","slug":"quark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/quark\/","title":{"rendered":"Offizier Quark"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>Quark, the Ferengi who turned mining into profit<\/span><\/h2>\n

Quark is an epic Command officer in Star Trek Fleet Command, and he belongs to the Ferengi Conglomerate group. If you came here looking for a way to mine faster and lose less cargo when a rival jumps your ship, he is one of the more useful Offiziere<\/a> you can put on a dedicated mining crew.<\/p>\n

His value is easy to explain. One ability speeds up how fast you pull resources out of a node, and the other protects more of what you are carrying. That pairing fits the part of the game where you have unlocked extra docks and want a mining ship working in the background while your main fleet does something else.<\/p>\n

He will not win battles for you. Quark is an economy officer, full stop. Knowing that going in keeps your expectations pointed at the right job, which is gathering resources and holding on to them.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Who Quark is in Star Trek<\/span><\/h2>\n

Quark first appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which premiered in 1993, played by Armin Shimerman. He ran Quark’s Bar, Grill, Gaming House and Holosuite Arcade aboard the station Deep Space 9, formerly the Cardassian station Terok Nor, in orbit of Bajor. The bar was the social center of the station, the place where residents and travelers met, gambled, drank, and cut deals.<\/p>\n

He was born on Ferenginar to Keldar and his mother Ishka, and he was the older brother of Rom and the uncle of Nog. Before he owned the bar, he spent about eight years working as a cook aboard a Ferengi freighter. As a Ferengi, he lived by the Rules of Acquisition and chased profit above almost everything, though across the series he showed real loyalty and decency when it mattered.<\/p>\n

That character, a sharp trader who guards what is his, lines up neatly with how the game uses him. The officer who protects your cargo and squeezes more out of every mining run is a fair translation of the bartender who never let a slip of latinum walk out the door.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Quark’s role in STFC<\/span><\/h2>\n

Quark is a mining officer, not a combat pick. He raises mining speed when he sits on the bridge and protects more of your cargo when he captains the ship. That makes him a natural fit for a crew whose only purpose is to gather resources, especially once you can run more than one mining ship at a time.<\/p>\n

Mining matters more as you progress, because almost every upgrade, ship build, and research project asks for raw materials. A second or third mining ship that pulls resources while you sleep or fight adds up fast, and Quark is built to make that ship both quicker and safer. Because he is a Command-class officer in the Ferengi Conglomerate group, he fits well alongside other Ferengi officers and Ferengi mining ships that work toward the same goal.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Quark’s abilities<\/span><\/h2>\n

Captain ability: Don’t Let Them Take Anything<\/h3>\n

When Quark captains a ship, he increases the amount of cargo that stays protected if the ship is destroyed or raided. As of the latest Daten<\/a>, the base bonus is about 90 percent more protected cargo, and it can climb higher when his crew synergy is active. The practical result is that you keep more of what you mined even when someone attacks your miner in open space.<\/p>\n

Treat that exact figure as a current value rather than a fixed law, since Scopely adjusts officer numbers over time. The part that stays true is the role: his captain seat exists to shield your haul, which is exactly what you want on a ship that spends its time sitting still on a resource node.<\/p>\n

Officer ability: Take Everything They Have<\/h3>\n

On the bridge, Quark increases mining speed, and the boost grows each time you promote him. A higher rank pulls resources out of a node noticeably faster, so ranking him up directly shortens the time your ship spends parked. His mining-speed bonus is strong enough to make him a genuine upgrade for a dedicated miner rather than a minor convenience.<\/p>\n

As with the captain ability, the smart way to read the number is as a current value. The general behavior, faster mining that scales with promotion, is what you can count on from patch to patch.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Shard cost to promote Quark<\/span><\/h2>\n

Quark reaches a maximum of rank 5. The shard cost to promote into each rank is below, current as of the latest game data. Each number is the shards needed for that single promotion, not the running total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rang<\/th>\nShards to promote<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n220<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n880<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

That works out to 1,650 shards from recruitment through max rank. The cost jumps sharply at the final promotion, so expect a long stretch of shard collecting before you reach rank 5. Plan around that if mining is a priority for you, because the biggest speed gains come at the top.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Where Quark shines<\/span><\/h2>\n

Quark earns his seat in a few specific situations:<\/p>\n