DEEP SPACE: "THE SEARCH" - REV. 07/11/94 - ACT TWO         35.

25   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				(off console)
			Here they come... they'll pass us in 
			five seconds...

					SISKO
			On screen.

25A  INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	As our people watch, the two Jem'Hadar ships come racing 
	past the Defiant.

					SISKO
			Track them.

					O'BRIEN
			They're continuing along their 
			original heading... no indication 
			that they saw us or...
				(reacts to something)
			Wait a minute.  They're altering 
			course... heading back this way.

					DAX
			They must've seen us.

					KIRA
				(off console)
			They're powering their weapon systems.

					SISKO
			Prepare to decloak.  Lock phasers on 
			the lead ship and--

					T'RUL
				(urgent)
			No.  We may not have been detected.

					SISKO
			Explain.

					T'RUL
			A cloaked ship radiates a slight 
			subspace variance at warp speeds...

					O'BRIEN
			A subspace variance?  I've never 
			heard of that.