ding up around the ship.</p>
  <p> Geordi indicates the monitor graphic which Picard<br>
    studies briefly.</p>
  <p> PICARD<br>
    (concerned)<br>
    Why didn't the sensors alert us?</p>
  <p> GEORDI<br>
    Our sensors were never designed to<br>
    detect theta flux distortions.<br>
    And yet -- there is a record of<br>
    the distortion in the sensor log.<br>
    That's the other mystery.</p>
  <p> DATA<br>
    One fact is clear, however. The<br>
    distortion was gaining in<br>
 