Infinite Bureaucracy

Infinite Bureaucraracy a short story by Anne E. Clements. It appears in Strange New Worlds VII. It is told in the form of various official business papers and transcripts of subspace radio communications.

Summary
Quark orders a glerint of self-sealing stembolts from Tzenketh Okl!a. After various incidents, the stembolts end up in the Oort cloud of the Aeolian system.