Sobi was a Brekkian involved in the selling and shipping of the drug felicium from Brekka to the planet Ornara, supposedly to help treat a plague on that world in 2364.
In truth, the felicium had cured the plague years ago and was now simply an addictive narcotic. Sobi and his people were aware of this, but determined to continue exploiting the Ornarans' dependency for their own profit. (TNG: "Symbiosis")
Sobi was played by actor Judson Scott.
"SOW-bee" was the pronunciation for this character's name from the script pronunciation guide. [1]