DEEP SPACE: "The Homecoming" - 07/02/93 - ACT THREE        26.

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					KIRA
				(working panel)

	OPENING A CHANNEL

					CARDASSIAN (V.O.)
			This is Cardassian Navigational 
			Control Post Twenty-Four.  Identify 
			yourself.

					KIRA
			This is the Lissepian transport 
			Martuk.

					CARDASSIAN (V.O.)
			According to our scan your subspace 
			field emitters appear to be 
			malfunctioning.

	Kira turns off the communications link (as she will do 
	whenever she doesn't want to be overheard by the Cardassians) 
	and looks at O'Brien who is working to correct the problem.

					O'BRIEN
			The field buffers must be distorting 
			our power signature.

					KIRA
				(re-opens comlink)
			We've been having trouble with our 
			phase modulators.  We're attempting 
			to correct the problem.

					CARDASSIAN (V.O.)
			Do you require assistance?  We can 
			dispatch a repair ship.

					O'BRIEN
			Bloody hell.  They want to help us.

					KIRA
				(on subspace)
			Your offer is most appreciated, Post 
			Twenty-Four.  But unnecessary.

					CARDASSIAN (V.O.)
			Are you certain?  Your power signature 
			is still fluctuating.

					O'BRIEN
				(tight)
			He's getting suspicious.