Flax was a Ferengi man who lived in the 24th century, the only son of Bok.
Biography[]
Early life[]
From a young age it became obvious to Flax that his father wanted him to follow in his footsteps. Through bribery Flax was always assigned the best and most expensive tutors, and Bok's bribery continued as Flax moved up the chain of command in the Ferengi Alliance mercantile fleet.
DaiMon Flax[]
Flax was finally promoted to DaiMon and granted command of the Raider-class scout Seventy-Fifth Rule in the year 2355.
On his first mission as daiMon, Flax took the Seventy-Fifth Rule into the Maxia Zeta star system on a survey mission. What they discovered was a system full of mineral-rich planets which contained elements such as dilithium, latinum and verterium. Flax believed that the Great River had indeed been kind to him and with this discovery he could gain a large percentage of the wealth that the system would provide for the Ferengi Alliance.
Unfortunately, Flax was unable to see any of his plans come to fruition as the Federation starship USS Stargazer was also on a survey mission in the system and was approaching the Seventy-Fifth Rule's position in orbit of Maxia Zeta V. As the Stargazer had yet to have detected the Ferengi scout, Flax decided to launch an attack upon the Starfleet vessel.
The initial attack proved very successful and the Stargazer was seriously damaged, and destruction seemed a distinct possibility. Unfortunately for Flax, the ingenuity of Captain Jean-Luc Picard led to the Stargazer tricking the Seventy-Fifth Rule by initiating a warp jump and fooling the scout's sensors, leading to the destruction of the Ferengi vessel and Flax's death in a salvo of phaser fire and six photon torpedoes. (TNG novel: The Buried Age)
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Appearances and references[]
References[]
- TNG episode: "The Battle"
- TNG episode: "Bloodlines"
External link[]
- Flax article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
