The final-state problem for the cubic-quintic NLS with nonvanishing boundary conditions We construct solutions with prescribed scattering state to the cubic-quintic NLS (mathematical formular)in three spatial dimensions in the class of solutions with (mathematical formular). This models disturbances in an infinite expanse of (quantum) fluid in its quiescent state— the limiting modulus c corresponds to a local minimum in the energy density. Our arguments build on work of Gustafson, Nakanishi, and Tsai on the (defocusing) Gross–Pitaevskii equation. The presence of an energy-critical nonlinearity and changes in the geometry of the energy functional add several new complexities. One new ingredient in our argument is a demonstration that solutions of such (perturbed) energy-critical equations exhibit continuous dependence on the initial data with respect to the weak topology on H1/x. 9 7 1523-1574 1523-1574 Mathematical Sciences Publishers