DEEP SPACE: "Vortex" - REV. 1/21/93 - ACT FOUR           37.

51   CONTINUED:

					KIRA
			Miradorn vessel, you are in violation 
			of Bajoran transit regulations... 
			please return at once to the docking 
			ring...

					O'BRIEN
				(shakes his head)
			They've increased power to their 
			thrusters...

					SISKO
			On screen...

52   ANGLE (OPTICAL) - INCLUDE THE VIEWSCREEN

	the Miradorn vessel moves away from the outer ring and zips 
	into the wormhole.  On Sisko's reaction --

53   EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Runabout moves through space, approaching the Chamra 
	Vortex, a swirling gas nebula stretching across the vastness 
	of space.

54   INT. RUNABOUT

	Inside the Runabout, Croden and Odo look through the forward 
	window at the Vortex (off screen).

					CRODEN
			You'd save time going through the 
			Vortex.  It's a long way around.

	A beat.  Odo concentrates on business.