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Photonic genius strikes once more! The Doctor is certain he's crafted his greatest masterpiece this time, but when characters from drafts gone by begin showing up in unexpected places, it might be time for someone else to do a little editing!
Details
Volatile Market was a Hybrid event which ran from 16:00 (UTC) Thursday, May 29, 2025 to 16:00 (UTC) on Monday, June 2, 2025.
The first phase functions as a Faction Event, with players completing shuttle missions for the Dominion, Ferengi Alliance and Ferengi Traditionalists.
The second phase was in the form of a Specialist Event.
This event offered a Special Pack with a guaranteed drop of event featured crew if you spend 650 
on the 10-pack pull.
FEATURED Crew
Featured crew give the largest bonuses to event recipes.
BONUS Crew
All characters below give a lesser bonus.
Other crew with the Merchant trait:
Event Rewards
There are 4 sets of rewards given in the event.
- Solo Ranked Rewards which are given at the end of the event based on your rank in the overall event. These are the top-tier prizes.
- Solo Threshold Rewards which are acquired at each level of displayed Victory Points
. - Community (Threshold) Rewards can be obtained by communal Victory Points .
- Squadron (Ranked) Rewards which are given at the end of the event based on your squadron's rank in the overall event.
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Phase 1, Faction Missions
Phase 1 ran from Thursday, May 29, 2025, 12:00 PM ET (16:00 UTC) until Saturday, May 31, 2025, 12:00 PM ET (16:00 UTC).
Volatile Market Faction Missions
Phase 2, Specialist Missions
Phase 2 ran from Saturday, May 31, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 UTC) until Monday, June 2, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 UTC).
Storyline
Announcement
Having someone with a different perspective is exactly what we need right now! Captain, the temporal anomaly crisis has led people from different times and universes to throw their proverbial weight around. It might not seem like anything new, as long as the crisis has gone on! [1]
Prologue
- Bartender Quark: "And that's why I said we shouldn't let these guys from the future take over! This is our gala-~well hello there, Captain! Just the Federation sap--| mean, sage, I wanted to see."
- Hanok: "This is your ace in the hole? A Starfleet captain? The people who have 'cast aside the acquisition of wealth'! How could anyone so naive help us with an economic problem of this scale?!"
- Pel: "Having someone with a different perspective is exactly what we need right now! Captain, the temporal anomaly crisis has led people from different times and universes to throw their proverbial weight around. It might not seem like anything new, as long as the crisis has gone on."
- Pel: "But we've already seen instances of people using future knowledge to play the market or racing to new mining locations that wouldn't normally be discovered for centuries. It's throwing more than just the economy off. Think you could help us?"
Intermission
- L'Kar: "I can't stand this! Every raid we go on is pointless, what we're looking for is already stolen! No loot! No treasure! Not even anyone to punch for taking it! They're long gone! These future pirates are the worst! Just wait til I get ahold of them, I'll..."
- Bartender Quark: "Yes, yes, I'm sure you'll do something horrible and violent, my little green friend. But we don't have time to wait for your promises of revenge. We need to do something now. And we Ferengi arejust the ones to lead the planning."
- Choice A
- Captain: "You are? How so?"
- Bartender Quark: "Captain, I'm offended. Are you saying my people don't have the entrepreneurial lobes to handle this? You've been to my Deep Space Nine location how many times? Seen my franchise flourish amid great galactic turmoil. And we won't even mention what I've done for dabo! Who better?"
- Choice B
- Captain: "We'll need intergalactic buy-in for this."
- Pel: "Of course. We've drafted a proposal that we feel will be amenable to major trade partners galaxy-wide, as well as smaller trade entities. Wejust need your help getting our proposal out there."
- Choice C
- Captain: "How does the Dominion feel about this?"
- Hanok: "I know the Founders are concerned. As you know, they do not care for instability. I believe they are willing to work with other factions, provided the terms are agreeable."
- Pel: "Let's bring the major galactic stakeholders together and get to work on bringing the present economy back into a balanced state."
Epilogue
- Pel: "Thank you for your help, Captain. I know how you Federation types feel about the pursuit of wealth, but the pursuit of it is to my people what hunting is to the Hirogen."