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             DEEP SPACE: "Q-Less" REV. 11/11/92 - TEASER             1.


                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE                    
                               "Q-less"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT.  REPLIMAT

	BASHIR in mid-conversation with a beautiful BAJORAN WOMAN (a 
	civilian).  She gazes at him dreamily as he tells his tale.

					BASHIR
			... So there I was, fighting the 
			toughest battle of my life.  I looked 
			around hoping to spot a friendly 
			face... only to discover my colleagues 
			were gone...
				(a beat for dramatic 
				effect)
			I was... alone.

	The Bajoran beauty hanging on his every word, nods 
	sympathetically.

2    NEW ANGLE

	to include O'BRIEN, seated at a nearby table.  He can't decide 
	what annoys him more, Bashir's "performance," or the women's 
	moonstruck response.

					BASHIR
			I admit, for a moment there, I 
			considered giving up.  I could feel 
			the seconds ticking away... panic 
			building up inside me.  I knew my 
			only chance was to trust my instincts.  
			I closed my eyes...
				(he reenacts the moment)
			... took a deep breath... and just 
			like that it came to me.  The answer 
			I was waiting for... A pericardial 
			membrane.
				(his eyes pop open)
			I looked down and wrote it into my 
			computer terminal, just as the buzzer 
			sounded ending the exam.
				(modestly)
			And that, I suppose, is the stuff of 
			which salutatorians are made.