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         DEEP SPACE: "THE SEARCH" - REV. 07/12/94 - ACT TWO        26A.

12A  CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			Did it pass the Chief's inspection?

					DAX
			Does anything?  He has a maintenance 
			list about as long as this table, 
			but he said it'll get us where we're 
			going.

					SISKO
			And back I hope.

					DAX
				(joking)
			He said that was up to you.

	Sisko smiles and sits on the edge of the desk for a moment.  
	But Dax has touched on an issue that is clearly on his mind.

					SISKO
			I'd never have volunteered for this 
			mission unless I thought we had a 
			chance of coming back.

					DAX
			You volunteered?  How many times did 
			Curzon tell you -- never volunteer 
			for anything!

					SISKO
			As I recall, Curzon broke that rule 
			a few times himself.

					DAX
			And regretted it every time.

					SISKO
			This is different.  I'd end up 
			regretting it more if we just sat 
			around here and waited for an 
			invasion.

	Dax considers this for a beat, she moves around the table.

					DAX
			If I know Starfleet, they must've 
			run about two hundred probability 
			studies on this mission of ours.  
			What are the odds we succeed?