Description
- When a Vulcan space probe reports that the Ferengi are advancing the people of the planet Megara from a primitive agricultural state to a sophisticated technological society, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Starship Enterprise are ordered to transport an unlikely passenger to the system, a ruthless twentieth-century businessman who is now a Federation ambassador.
- The Ferengi have been changing Megaran culture, turning a hard working and honorable people into vicious xenophobic killers. But the Ferengi are only hired hands. They have hidden masters, with plans to use the Megaran people as a powerful weapon against the Federation.
- Now Picard must find a way to use the talents of this new ambassador to free the Megarans. But the ambassador is hiding a deadly secret of his own — a secret that could unleash an unstoppable destructive force on the Federation.
References
Characters
- Kardel Anit • Broz • Bwolst • Chudak • Wesley Crusher • Data • De Shay • Durok • Gakor • Gatyn • Glupet • Hrakin • Molokan • Anna Novotny • Ralph Offenhouse • Odovil Pardi • Par'mit'kon • Jean-Luc Picard • Alexander Rozhenko • Shrev • Singh • Somek • Taygar • Deanna Troi • Ubinew • Verden • Worf • Zhen
- Referenced only
- Marcus Aurelius • Napoléon Bonaparte • Cicero • Garth of Izar • Phillip Green • James T. Kirk • Klarten • Peter Linde Offenhouse • Christopher Pike • Theodore Roosevelt • Khan Noonien Singh • Hikaru Sulu • Sumash • Tebok
Locations
- 329 Aurigae • Megara • Metari Leeg • Perseus sector • Starbase 144 • Weber 512
- Referenced only
- Chad • Japan • Russia • Starbase 718 • Yemen
Starships and vehicles
- FMS Dividend (D'Kora-class) • USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class) • CDS Fatal Arrow (Liburnian-class)
- Referenced only
- USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
Races and cultures
- android • Betazoid • Cardassian • Ferengi • Human • Klingon • Megaran • Tellarite • Zhuik
- Referenced only
- Bajoran • Romulan
States and organizations
- Starfleet • United Federation of Planets • Vulcan Academy of Science
- Referenced only
- Great Khanate • Hive Zss'zhz
Science and classification
- alien • antenna • antigrav boot • anti-intoxicant • black eye • brain • Class J gas giant • cryonic suspension • egg • holodeck • lamp • mutant • neutrino • probe • sleepwalker • space • time
Ranks and titles
- admiral • advisor • ambassador • businessman • captain • developmental analyst • ensign • officer
Other references
- Battle of the Sea of Japan • Cardassian War • city hive • copper • cubbyhole • dagger • Dixon Hill • economy • Eugenics Wars • factory • gagh • garbat • grass • insect • iron • Klingonese • knife • Missing Link 3: Vacation in Armageddon • planet • pocket • popcorn • Prime Directive • prune juice • Rambo V • sector • sheath • Shrev Program 1 • soccer • soccer ball • taHgeg • technology • uniform • weapon • year
Appendices
Background
- Author W.R. Thompson's favorite moment in the book was Ralph Offenhouse nodding off during a lecture by Jean-Luc Picard. (The Official Fan Club Magazine Issue 96: "Holodeck Adventures: Debtor's Planet")
- Ralph Offenhouse first appeared in "The Neutral Zone".
- The Ferengi home world is called "Ferengal" in this novel, from detail given in The Worlds of the Federation, and is characterized as having a thin atmosphere (explaining the large Ferengi ear). Later canon would verify the name "Ferenginar," and a climate of heavy rain and swampy land conditions.
Images
Cover image.
Cover art.
Worf.
Picard.
Offenhouse.
Enterprise.
Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Sins of Commission |
TNG numbered novels | Next novel: Foreign Foes |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Fall of Terok Nor Chapter 1 |
Next Adventure: Chain of Command | |
External link
- Debtors' Planet article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
