DEEP SPACE: "Rivals" - REV. 10/20/93 - TEASER            2.

2    CONTINUED:

					ALSIA (Cont'd)
			But I think I can really trust you.  
			I feel like we've known each other 
			forever.

					MARTUS
				(shrugs)
			When hearts are in sympathy... time 
			collapses...

	He puts a sympathetic hand on hers... she smiles in response.

3    ON ODO

	ENTERING Quark's from across the room.  He's scanning the 
	place with intent -- a man on a mission.

4    RESUME SCENE

	The matron puts her free hand on top of Martus's.

					ALSIA
			I'm taking everything I've saved, 
			and I'm purchasing the mining 
			concession for the entire Vlugta 
			asteroid belt.

					MARTUS
			Asteroid mining?  How adventurous.
				(concerned)
			But are you sure that's wise?  
			Prospecting can be risky.

	She leans toward him across the table.

					ALSIA
			Not this time.
				(confidentially)
			My father was a stellar cartographer.  
			Thirty years ago, he conducted a 
			full spectrum mineralogical analysis 
			of those asteroids.  But he never 
			had the means to follow up on what 
			he found.

					MARTUS
				(with admiration)
			And now you plan to carry out your 
			father's dream.