Infinite Bureaucracy 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 Flem on Tzenketh Okl!a. After various incidents, the stembolts end up in the Oort cloud of the Aeolian system.
References[]
Characters[]
- Referenced only
- Birk • Li Yuan Fitzsimmons • Goln • Jancy Venkataramani • Nirrep V'tetsoh
Locations[]
- Aeolia Penta • Aeolia Prime • Aeolian system • Alpha Centauri • Bajor • Cardassia • Deep Space 9 • Ferenginar • Fromaginar II • Starbase 201 • Starbase 247 • Tzenketh Okl!a
Starships and vehicles[]
- Wings of the Morning
- Referenced only
- !!iikb& a'na 21 • Vilossia Twilight • Zippy One
Races and cultures[]
- Referenced only
- Cardassian • Terellian
States and organizations[]
- Tz'grtha n!hing ko • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets • Smith Freightways • Vulcan Science Academy
Other references[]
- Aeolian plumule • daytonite • duranium • feliform • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • Ferengi language • Fourth Claw • Giffla-37XZ • glerint • gold-pressed latinum • homeworld • Oort cloud • robe • salvage reclamation form • self-sealing stembolt • smuggling • stardate • Tzikaa!n
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Background information[]
- The author commented on their inspiration for the story: "We had a bit of a regime change at my day job, and the new management team brought in a host of new procedures and controls—all well-intentioned and ultimately productive, but there was a certain period of, shall we say, adjustment required. At that time I found myself wandering the halls muttering 'Infinite Bureaucracy in Infinite Combinations!'— unfortunately, very few people there got the reference, but it occurred to me that it would make a wonderful SNW story title. After all, in a Federation composed of thousands of technologically advanced civilizations, let's face it, despite Mr. Roddenberry's utopian biases, that is exactly what you'd get". (Voyages of Imagination)
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