Summary[]
- When a famous Federation scientist dies, his son puts his inventions up for sale to the highest bidder -- whether Federation, Klingon, Romulan or Cardassian. Among the items at auction are medical devices, engineering advances -- and a photon pulse cannon capable of punching through a starship's shields with a single shot.
Meanwhile, at the Academy, Wesley Crusher comes to the aid of his best friend -- and finds himself kidnapped by renegade Ferengi bent on controlling the universe through commerce. When they also set their sights on the photon cannon, Captain Picard must find a way to save the Starship Enterprise and the Federation from the deadliest weapon ever known - with every race in the galaxy aligned against him!
References[]
Characters[]
- Hugh Akston • Bernard Boxx • Charteris • Chirok • Beverly Crusher • Wesley Crusher • Dakvas • Data • Doraxi • Jenny DuBois • Fubar • Guinan • Heavenly • Kahless • Jina Kef • Frederick Kimbal • Kurak • Kurn • Carl La Fong • Geordi La Forge • Nanci Lees • Ming • S. Muldowney • Munk/Brubrak • Otto • Jean-Luc Picard • Raymond Redheffer • William T. Riker • Rolt • Dmitri Smythe • Spot • Georges St. Jean • Alison Swain • Deanna Troi • Lwaxana Troi • Tunk • Lyle Wolfe • Worf • Zek • unnamed Caraq • unnamed Coroustai • unnamed Elphasians • unnamed Fomorians • unnamed Simaks
- Referenced only
- Joshua Albert • Allende • Axel • B'Etor • Core Bellorus • Blut • Buckminster Boom • Phillip Boom • Bophur the Unholdable • Zefrim Cochrane • Corrigon • Dagragas Nai • Daxal • Dorak Halfhand • DuBois • Duras • Dyreal • Albert Einstein • Crystal Estes • Viscomte Nicholas Fouquet XI • Huck • Kahless the Unforgettable • La Fong • Silva La Forge • Ligwas • Nicholas Locarno • Louis XIV of France • Lursa • Mogh • Pindog • Roqadox • Rumpelstiltskin • Sito Jaxa • Sur • Edward Teach • Tivanazt • The Traveler • Mark Twain • Tyrdak • Vernor • Vinge • Bradford Zorka, Junior • Jaymi Zorka
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class) • Glutton (Madison-class) • USS Heisenberg • IKS Hiding Fish • Kings of the High Frontier • USS Lexington • Nämeme • Write Off
- Referenced only
- USS Constellation (NCC-55817) • USS Hood • Ryan-class
Locations[]
- Earth • Novus Alamogordus • Sector delta-alpha-hotel
- Referenced only
- Acquisition University • Adelphus-B • Deep Space 5 • Delta Quadrant • Federation Museum of Earth Artifacts • Gamma Amar IV • Gamma Quadrant • Keynes College • Lotri • Rubilator Colony • Starbase 2 • Starbase 6 • Trillby 13 • Versailles
Races and cultures[]
- Betazoid • Caraq • Cardassian • Coroustai • Elphasian • Ferengi • Fomorian • Human • Klingon • Lotriani • Romulan • Simaks
- Referenced only
- Bajoran • Lonatian
States and organizations[]
- Federation Association for the Advancement of Science • Federation Chamber of Commerce • Federation Exo-Vironmental Research Council • Ferengi Alliance • Ferengi High Command • Ferengi High Council • Hatheby's Brokerage • Peter Blood Studios • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Diplomatic Corps • Turn War College • United Federation of Planets
Science and classification[]
- Dirac number • holoplay • holosuite • Kimbal Clock • photonic pulse cannon • slidewalk • stevedore robot • VingeSys-666
Ranks and titles[]
- dabo girl • Grand Nagus • pirate • vedek
Other references[]
- Boomba Jamak the Quadrant Tour • chaseum • dabo • Earl Grey • Eugenics Wars • Eugenics Wars Bas-Reliefs • Ferengi Acquisitional Educational facility • Ferengi digfish • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • gold • gold pressed latinum • hectobar • Journal of Plasma Extrusions • The Pirates of Penzance • poker • skat knife • The Treasure of Bludy Sea • Treasures of Inner Mongolia
Appendices[]
Background[]
- The warp five restriction from "Force of Nature" is here referred to as General Order 44556-34.
- The stardate given as 47283.7 would place this adventure before the events of "Force of Nature", and is therefore likey to be an example of a non-sequential stardate.
Images[]
External link[]
- Balance of Power article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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Translations[]
- 1997
- German : Gleichgewicht der Kräfte, translated by Andreas Brandhorst. (Heyne)
- 1998
- French : Équilibre des forces. (Fleuve Noir)
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