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.