Buying Time

Description[]

An investigation into a chroniton disturbance leads the da Vinci to a time-travelling Ferengi named Lant -- one who is going to the past in order to "speculate" and make a fortune. Now Commander Gomez, Lt. Commander Tev, Lt. Commander Corsi, and Cultural Specialist Abramowitz of the S.C.E. must follow Lant into the past in order to preserve the timelines -- and save the future.

But what they find may be more than they can handle, as one Tellarite male and three human females are not as welcome on the Ferenginar of fifteen years ago as they might think...

Summary[]

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References[]

Races and cultures[]

Ferengi • Human • Tellarite
Referenced only: Nachri • Shanial

States and organizations[]

Ferengi Alliance • Ferengi Commerce Authority • Ferengi Futures Exchange • Frin's Taverns • Starfleet • Starfleet Corps of Engineers • United Federation of Planets
Referenced only: Pathfinder Project • Temporal Investigations

Science and classification[]

radiation shield

Other references[]

cabochon • chroniton • Divine Treasury • Dominion War • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • Grand Nagus • Guardian of Forever • kanar • latinum • oo-mox • Temporal Accord • Temporal Cold War

Appendices[]

Related media[]

Tev reads about the changes Zek and Ishka made to Ferengi society, as seen in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes "Ferengi Love Songs", "Profit and Lace" and "The Dogs of War".

Connections[]

Star Trek: Corps of Engineers stories and publications
eBooks	The Belly of the Beast • Fatal Error • Hard Crash • Interphase (Part One • Part Two) • Cold Fusion • Invincible (Part One • Part Two) • The Riddled Post • Here There Be Monsters • Ambush • Some Assembly Required • No Surrender • Caveat Emptor • Past Life • Oaths • Foundations • Enigma Ship • War Stories • Wildfire • Home Fires • Age of Unreason • Balance of Nature • Breakdowns • Aftermath • Ishtar Rising • Buying Time • Collective Hindsight • The Demon • Ring Around the Sky • Orphans • Grand Designs • Failsafe • Bitter Medicine • Sargasso Sector • Paradise Interrupted • Where Time Stands Still • The Art of the Deal • Spin • Creative Couplings • Small World • Malefictorum • Lost Time • Identity Crisis • Fables of the Prime Directive • Security • Wounds • Out of the Cocoon • Honor • Blackout • The Cleanup • Progress • The Future Begins • Echoes of Coventry • Distant Early Warning • 10 is Better Than 01 • Many Splendors • Turn the Page • Troubleshooting • The Light • The Art of the Comeback • Signs from Heaven • Ghost • Remembrance of Things Past
Short stories	"Field Expediency" • "An Easy Fast"
Omnibuses	Have Tech, Will Travel • Miracle Workers • Some Assembly Required • No Surrender • Foundations • Wildfire • Breakdowns • Aftermath • Grand Designs • Creative Couplings • Wounds • Out of the Cocoon • What's Past

Timeline[]

published order
Previous eBook: Ishtar Rising, Book 2	SCE eBooks	Next eBook: Collective Hindsight, Book One
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Ishtar Rising, Book 2	Pocket	Next Adventure: Unity
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2376. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in two other timeframes:
Previous Adventure: The Hunted	2366 Chapter 4, Section 1; Chapter 5; Chapter 6, Section 3	Next Adventure: The High Ground
Previous Adventure: Move Along Home	2369 Chapter 6, Section 3 and Chapter 7, Section 2	Next Adventure: The Nagus

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