DEEP SPACE: "Q-Less" REV. 11/09/92 - ACT ONE            13.

14   CONTINUED:	(2)

					VASH
				(considering)
			You know, I haven't been back to 
			Earth in... it must be twelve years.

					SISKO
			Here's your chance.  I could arrange 
			passage...

					VASH
				(smiling)
			I think, I'd like that.

	Sisko nods.  It's a done deal.

15   INT. THE GANGES

	O'Brien finishes closing up some open panels as Sisko ENTERS.  
	O'Brien looks up.

					O'BRIEN
			I don't understand it, Commander.  I 
			can't find anything wrong with her.  
			This ship's completely functional.

					SISKO
			It didn't look that way this morning.

					O'BRIEN
			Oh, don't get me wrong.  The power 
			reserves are empty, the inertial 
			damping fields are barely operating 
			and the warp drive containment field 
			is on the verge of collapse.

					SISKO
			But...

					O'BRIEN
			But there's nothing wrong with any 
			of them.  Once we put power back 
			into the Ganges, she should be fully 
			operational.

					SISKO
			Did you check the central power 
			linkages?