Interpersonal command/security friction: the onboard tension between security's instinct to use force and command's restraint and verification (immediate safety vs. diplomatic/ethical caution).

As Roga Danar materializes on the transporter pad his rifle fails; a stunned calm snaps into animal panic. When ordered to stay he launches in a blur, overpowering security with …

In the immediate aftermath of Danar's explosive transporter breakout and Worf's report that a phaser is missing, Riker snaps the Enterprise into a shipwide lockdown—sealing shuttlebays and disabling transporters and …

Picard orders general quarters and seals key decks while Riker suggests reactivating the turbolift network as deliberate bait. The bridge's tactical gamble is immediately tested: Roga Danar, calm and practiced, …