From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!ihuxv!lew Newsgroups: net.startrek Title: the ficus Article-I.D.: ihuxv.319 Posted: Wed Sep 15 08:44:43 1982 Received: Thu Sep 16 01:29:13 1982 The emotionless character in Quark was "the ficus". Ficus is the genus of the fig tree, which includes common decorative plants (I learned this after I saw Quark.) Once when Quark was about to be killed, the ficus explained to him that it didn't matter to him (the ficus) at all. I thought the show was hilarious. Lew Mammel, Jr. BTL - Indian Hill