Stardate 58901.5: The USS Cerritos and the USS Toronto are in orbit of Ferenginar. The planet is going to submit its formal application for Federation membership. Admiral Vassery and Captain Freeman welcome Grand Nagus Rom and Leeta aboard the Toronto. However, instead of signing the contract as expected, Rom only talks about baseball and Leeta is keen on getting the fine print changed in favor of the Ferengi. Meanwhile, Ransom orders Mariner, Boimler, Tendi and Rutherford to update the travel guide on Ferenginar. The latter two pose as a freshly married couple. This gets them into awkward situations, as the hotel named Lobe's Lodge arranges all kinds of fancy honeymoon specials for them. They master the challenge. However, Migleemo shows up in the restaurant, on the search for new food, and accidentally reveals that the two are not a couple. Tendi and Rutherford save the situation by pretending that the three are actually a love triangle and that the disappointed Migleemo came to ruin their honeymoon. Mariner meets her old friend Quimp but gets drunk and uses the next best opportunity to get into a fight. Boimler plans on reviewing museums but gets stuck in his suite and in the world of Ferengi television. Rom, Leeta, Vassery and Freeman beam down to the palace of the Nagus where the admiral hopes to finalize the contract, but Leeta and Rom come up with increasingly absurd demands. Freeman eventually steps forward and hands the Grand Nagus a PADD with a proposal that would grant him a signing bonus of one billion bars of latinum with the sole condition that he wins one more planet for membership. Rom happily signs the contract, only to learn that the fine print says the planet specifically is Qo'noS. Rom is baffled but then acknowledges Freeman's understanding for his culture. He finally ratifies the standard contract for membership application with no extra conditions.

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