Upon entering this room, one immediately notices a heavy air of ordered efficiency mixed with stately grace. Floors of glossy marble, high-vaulted ceilings, and walls of a subtle dove gray form the boundaries of this oblong, oval chamber. An eight-pointed azure starburst, outlined in silver, is embossed on the far wall behind the head of an expansive, black granite table. Centered in the room, its dimensions are proportioned as the room itself to allow for a generous, yet uniform, distance between the table and walls. Arranged about the grand table, tall black chairs sit spaced at generous intervals, each reserved for a particular member of the Direx Board. At each member's place, a small computer terminal is set into the polished surface of the stone table, presumably for accessing import