DEEP SPACE: "The Alternate" - REV. 11/04/93 - ACT ONE       18.

14   WITH DAX (OPTICAL)

					DAX
			Computer, begin transport.

	The pillar DEMATERIALIZES... and as Dax begins to gather the 
	rods... the others return and there is a low rumbling, then 
	a tremor, small at first, but gathering intensity.  Dax 
	reacts, and this all happens very fast --

					DAX
				(urgent)
			Computer, realign transporter... 
			lock on to our combadges...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Stand by...

15   AT THE BLUFF

	The ground is shaking more intensely... Mora, Odo and Weld 
	move for shelter... there is a deafening roar.  A sudden 
	jolt and loud cracking noise.  The air is suddenly filled 
	with gas escaping from unseen fissures.

16   OMITTED

17   DAX, MORA, AND WELD (OPTICAL)

	Covered by the dust and gas reel back from it toward the 
	bluff.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Ready for transport...

	But by now, the three humanoids are severely affected and 
	fall to the ground, coughing and trembling.  The shaking 
	continues.  Mora seems almost paralyzed by the effects of 
	the gas.  Dax is choking as Odo kneels to help her.  Weld is 
	doubled over in a fetal position.  Mora is unconscious and 
	not moving.  Odo hits his combadge...

					ODO
			Computer, energize!