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        DEEP SPACE: "The Forsaken" - REV. 3/08/93 - ACT FOUR        36.
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	FADE IN:

31   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)

32   INT. OPS

	At the conference table.  Sisko, Kira, O'Brien, Dax.  Sisko 
	listens intently.  Picking up mid-meeting --

					DAX
			What if it's some kind of non-
			biological lifeform we've never seen 
			before... ?

					KIRA
			Non-biological... ?

					DAX
			Well, it comes down to how we define 
			"lifeform"... but just as biological 
			organisms have evolved in our 
			cultures, mechanical life could have 
			done the same in others...

	Dax acknowledges.

					KIRA
			You're suggesting someone's left a 
			baby on our doorstep.

					DAX
				(smiles)
			Possibly.

					SISKO
			Do you think we could communicate 
			with it?

					O'BRIEN
			In a way, we already have... I mean, 
			it's part and parcel of our computer 
			now...