arch. There is a CHIME.</p>
  <p> PICARD<br>
    Come.</p>
  <p> Data ENTERS, and crosses to Picard.</p>
  <p> DATA<br>
    Sir, there is a discrepancy<br>
    between our requisition order<br>
    for display panels and the number<br>
    actually tendered by the<br>
    starbase.</p>
  <p> PICARD<br>
    How can something so simple<br>
    become so complicated?</p>
  <p> DATA<br>
    Such is the nature of a<br>
    bureaucracy?</p>
  <p> Suddenly Picard reacts. He leans eagerly into the<b