RD'S COM VOICE<br>
    Can you be more specific?</p>
  <p> GEORDI<br>
    I'm picking up coherent<br>
    emissions... matter conversion...<br>
    it's incredible...</p>
  <p> Suddenly, the glow DIMS, begins to FADE... Geordi<br>
    looks at his tricorder in alarm.</p>
  <p> GEORDI<br>
    (continuing)<br>
    Wait, something's wrong... we've<br>
    got power fluctuations... the<br>
    vertion absorption rate is<br>
    dropping...<br>
    (beat)<br>
    What's happening to the particle<b