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            DEEP SPACE: "Rivals" - REV. 10/18/93 - TEASER           2A.


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					ALSIA
				(nods)
			When his survey results become public, 
			I'll get seven times my investment 
			back... overnight.
				(laughs)
			I still can't believe I'm telling 
			you all this.  My "secret plan." 
			I've been thinking about it for years.  
			I never even told my husband... it 
			must be all this Gamzian wine.

					MARTUS
			How brave of you... handling 
			everything on your own...

					ALSIA
				(flattered)
			It hasn't been easy.  There's so 
			much to keep track of... so much to 
			do.

					MARTUS
				(light bulb)
			Maybe I can help.
				(a beat)
			Would you consider... Some kind 
			of... partnership?

	Alsia smiles.  She's vulnerable, lonely, in a little over 
	her head.  Martus is just what she needs... Until...