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Berik:"We have secured the ship, DaiMon, but Morta's incompetence has denied us access to...."
Morta: [offended] "My incompetence? DaiMon, you know that I am... "
DaiMon Lurin: [irritated] "ENOUGH!!! Where is the Captain of this ship?"
William T. Riker:"I'm in command of this vessel." [demanding] "Who are you and on whose authority do you..."
DaiMon Lurin: [interrupts] "I am DaiMon Lurin and I declare this ship to be a loss and open to claim, according to the Ferengi Salvage Code." [in a threatening tone] "You will cooperate with our salvage operations or we will begin executing your crew!"
-DaiMon Lurin's introduction and ultimatum to the Riker and the crew of the Enterprise NCC-1701 D, his most famous quote
Lurin was a Ferengi male featured as the main antagonist in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Rascals. He was portrayed by Mike Gomez, who had earlier played DaiMon Tarr, the first Ferengi seen onscreen in a Star Trek production.
Lurin and the group of Ferengi he led were not affiliated with the Ferengi Alliance. In 2369 he and this group of Ferengi salvaged some old Klingon birds-of-prey, using them to capture a colony on Ligos VII and used the population as slave labor to work the planet's dangerous mines. Lurin and his people lured the Enterprise to Ligos VII with a distress call. They launched an attack on the Enterprise, which was not expected given that the Federation and the Klingon Empire were allies.
Boarding the Enterprise, Lurin and his people captured the crew and forced them to work in the mines on the surface of Ligos VII, along with the colonists. Lurin took as hostages the children on the ship - which included the de-aged Captain Captain Picard, Ensign Ro, Keiko O'Brien, and Guinan - to secure the cooperation of Commander Riker.
Picard was able to talk the Ferengi into taking him to see Riker under the guise of Riker being his father. Picard was able to ask Riker to grant full computer-access to the classroom terminal, which Riker did when the Ferengi demanded that he unlock the computer. Picard, Ro, O'Brien, and Guinan were able to use that access to formulate a plan to successfully retake the Enterprise. Picard walked into his ready room to find Lurin sitting in his chair and pointed a phaser at the Ferengi, telling Lurin that he was sitting in the Captain's chair.
Lurin and his people were then taken into custody. The Ferengi Alliance quickly disavowed all knowledge of Lurin and his pirate group.
Several years later after Worf was reassigned to Deep Space Nine following the destruction of the Enterprise-D, he complained to Constable Odo about the security breaches on Deep Space Nine. Odo replied by reminding Worf of the time Lurin and his people captured the Enterprise, and pointed out that if a ship like the Enterprise was hard to keep secure, a space station like Deep Space Nine was even harder to secure.
Personality[]
DaiMon Lurin was a ruthless, sadistic, cunning, and greedy Ferengi pirate. He would not hesitate to order his crew to kill hostages, even children, if his demands weren't met.
Memorable Quotes[]
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Riker: I hope your profit margin's pretty high for this little adventure, because you're risking war with the Federation.
Lurin: We're not affiliated with the Ferengi Alliance. We are in business for ourselves. Yes, it will be highly profitable. For an investment of two surplus Klingon ships, a few repairs and some weapons, we've netted a Federation starship and her crew, not to mention a planet rich in vendarite.
Riker: So that's what this is all about. What did you do with the science team that was on the surface?
Lurin: They have proved most helpful in extracting the mineral.
Riker: You used them as slave labourers.
Lurin: The addition of your crew will greatly speed up the process. As for your ship, I'm sure that it will fetch a handsome price on the Romulan market. But before that can happen, we need to regain access to your central computer.
Riker: You don't really think I'm going to help you.
Lurin: I think that the mines on Ligos Seven can be very hazardous. Now, how many people on your ship?
Riker: One thousand fourteen.
Lurin: [hisses] Very hazardous, Commander.
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~ DaiMon Lurin and Commander Riker
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Lurin: Come in. I understand your son was here to see you.
Riker: That's right.
Lurin: We Ferengi do not bring our offspring along with us aboard ship.
Riker: Then I suppose that's your loss. We consider our families one of our strengths.
Lurin: I think you will find that they can also be a weakness. Unless you release the computer to our control, I will execute every child on this ship, beginning with yours.
Riker: Even you wouldn't be that cruel.
Lurin: It is cruel to put children in danger by bringing them aboard a starship in the first place.
Riker: All right. Just so you don't harm my son.
Lurin: You will release the computer and show Morta exactly how to use it.
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~ Daimon Lurin, threatening Riker that he will order his men to execute the children is he doesn't agree release the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 D's computer control access to them, his most infamous quote
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Lurin: Come in.
(Picard enters with a phaser)
Jean Luc Picard: I believe you're in my chair.
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~ DaiMon Lurin's defeat, upon being held at phaser point by a younger Jean Luc Picard
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Trivia[]
DaiMon Lurin is mistakenly thought by many Star Trek fans to be DaiMon Tarr, another villainous Ferengi character that actor Mike Gomez played previously, most likely due to both Ferengi characters having almost-near identical faces.
