![]() ![]() "Latinum is cash" would have been a true statement, but "cash is latinum" is not. =) - Pseudohuman 13:04, (UTC) Well, if we really need to go into full "semantic analysis" mode. So the line would sound in the real-world more like: "gold or dollars" and you would flash your credit card as you hadn't exchanged your dollars into goldbars for the occasion. Cid Highwind 12:09, (UTC) It's not that straight forward, the cash is latinum and would be comparable to gold in the real world. A simple replacement test - replace "credits" with any other currency and see if it makes sense in context:ĭoesn't make sense. In the context of "cash or credits", it doesn't make sense to assume "currency" as the meaning of the word "credits", even if that may exists somewhere in the Trek universe. That is, though, different than a line of credit(I'll pay you the latinum/dollars/Credits later)- 31dot 10:56, (UTC) 31dot is right, I think. To me everything stated about the Federation Credit indicates that there is no actual cash or money involved as we know it, that it is just a "number in an account database" and nothing more. I'm saying that in that example, that's not what he was asking.- 31dot 10:21, (UTC) I'm not saying Quark doesn't accept Federation credits, I would think that he would. A Federation Credit is a form of currency, so wouldn't that be included with "cash"? Since Quark offers lines of credit, asking "cash or credit" would give the option of either paying with currency or with a line of credit. I think we need to differentiate between small c credit and big C Credit. Example: I go to a bar in France and order a drink and ask "How much?" The bartender, hearing my accent and knowing I'm American might well ask "Francs or Dollars?" (or "Euros or dollars" these days). The line "cash or credit" in that context is similar to asking the DENOMINATION of the payment. Since the Credit is the means by which Federation citizens (and thereforst Starfleet, a Federation organization) transact their business, the only rational explanation is that Quark is dealing in credits. Pseudohuman 10:06, (UTC) I added two other cites that referr to Federation/Quark exchanges to reinforce the claim that Quark can/will do business in Credits. Has a "cash" form of Federation credit ever even been established? Wouldn't cash be the federation credit exchanged to latinum in that context. I don't think we can be sure that credit meant a Federation credit(a form of cash).- 31dot 09:55, (UTC) ![]() Morder 09:41, (UTC) No need, I already fixed the article. :) Capt Christopher Donovan 09:49, (UTC) Wouldn't "credit" in that context mean a bar tab, not a Federation credit? Quark mentioned a few times about characters paying(or not) their bar bills(Morn, Bashir, O'Brien) and wanting credit(" The House of Quark"). Capt Christopher Donovan 09:24, (UTC) Thanks Captain Donovan, I'll update it to reference Voyager instead of DS9. Kim and at one point, when Kim asked the price he'd pay, Quark said "cash or credit" and held up a pad for a thumbscan (which is how credit transferrs were shown to be done). In "Caretaker" (VOY) Quark tried to get one over on Ens. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) I removed the above line as it's never been mentioned - Morder 09:18, (UTC) Actually, the use of Credits WAS mentioned. Thus, Federation officers could buy drinks at Quark's without owning a single bit of latinum. Is this canon? When was it acknowledged on screen? - Taduolus 22:53, 3 April 2007 (UTC) Use of Federation Credits at Quark's on Deep Space 9 4 "The Federation credit was the monetary unit of the UFP.".1 Use of Federation Credits at Quark's on Deep Space 9. ![]()
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