DEEP SPACE: "The Jem'Hadar" - REV. 04/22/94 - ACT FOUR       42.

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					KEOGH
			Are you sure that's wise?  With the 
			exception of Major Kira and Mister 
			O'Brien, none of you have had much 

			combat experience.

					BASHIR
			We fought the Maquis.

					KEOGH
			All the Maquis had were a pair of 
			lightly armed shuttlecraft.  I expect 
			the Dominion to have sharper teeth.

					KIRA
			Then you're going to need all the 
			help you can get.

	She's got a point.  A beat as Keogh thinks it over.

					KEOGH
			Mister O'Brien, can you equip your 
			two remaining Runabouts with extra 
			banks of photon torpedos?

					O'BRIEN
			I've already started retrofitting 
			their weapons systems.  They'll be 
			ready in a few hours.

					DAX
			It'll take at least that long to 
			offload all the nonessential personnel 
			from the Odyssey.
				(off Keogh's look)
			You were planning on doing that, 
			weren't you?

	Keogh looks at Dax long and hard.

					KEOGH
			Lieutenant, have you ever thought of 
			serving on a starship?

					DAX
			I'm happy where I am.