VOY s3e5 “False Profits”
For a bit of context: Neelix (a Talaxian) is posing as a Ferengi, who is posing as the Grand Proxy (voice/go-between) to the Grand Nagus to a pair of con-men on a planet where they are perceived as deities. See? Super simple and straightforward.
Tropic Thunder ref! I’m working through season 2 via “The People vs. Star Trek Voyager” and these guys are guiding me, as Beatrice guided Dante through Hell. We’re in the Tuvix ring.