I'm not sure I know them any better than Sa'ar. The chances of me convincing them is, I fear, fairly slim.
(Sorry, but you did walk into that one. An indefinite article would have saved you.
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Interesting tidbit on the Quark front - according to a Shimmerman interview on the s6 DVDs, Quark is only running side activities into season 2. After that he plays it straight, apparently. For the most part, anyhow.
On Atlantis:...Because all advanced races have monumentally stupid lacks of imagination? Why do the Time Lords send their least reliable member to erase their mortal enemies from history?
As for getting the science consultant job - get two more degrees, and be well-known in TV circles?