Ensign Mendon's internal/professional arc: procedural fidelity and cultural procedure (Benzite thoroughness) clash with Starfleet urgency — his delayed reporting creates crisis, then leads to shame and eventual redemption.
Ensign Mendon's internal/professional arc: procedural fidelity and cultural procedure (Benzite thoroughness) clash with Starfleet urgency — his delayed reporting creates crisis, then leads to shame and eventual redemption.
Events in This Arc
At the transporter, Riker sees off departing crew and receives four replacements — most notably Ensign Mendon, a formal, eager Benzite whose literalism and protocol-driven pride immediately create mild social …
An automatic hull scan reveals a hazy mass clinging to the Enterprise's dorsal fin; Data magnifies it and identifies a rare subatomic organism that doubles every fifteen minutes and reacts …
On the bridge, amid the ship's emergency tempo and visible hull damage, young Ensign Mendon is wracked with guilt for failing to adapt to Enterprise procedures. Wesley, relieved from helm, …