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

25C  CONTINUED:

	T'Rul doesn't answer immediately and Sisko turns to look at 
	her.  Barely a flicker of emotion crosses her face, betraying 
	the slightest hesitancy.

					T'RUL
			I'm... not sure.

	The tension on the Bridge rises another notch.

					KIRA
				(off console)
			They're getting closer.

					O'BRIEN
			Commander... the Defiant's power 
			signature is unusually high for a 
			ship this size... the cloaking device 
			might not be masking everything.

	Sisko thinks quickly, sees what O'Brien is saying.

					SISKO
				(to T'Rul)
			Cut main power.

	T'Rul works and almost all the consoles on the Bridge go 
	DARK, with only one or two panels still functioning.

	On the Viewscreen, a Jem'Hadar ship passes VERY CLOSE 
	overhead, like a shark in the water... suddenly the ship 
	STOPS, nearly on top of them.

					KIRA
				(urgent, off console)
			The other one has broken off its 
			search... it's coming this way.

					SISKO
				(calm)
			Stand by weapons and shields.

	A long tense moment as they watch the screen.  After a beat, 
	the other Jem'Hadar ship moves into view... it joins up with 
	the first ship...

25D  EXT. SPACE - JEM'HADAR SHIPS (OPTICAL)

	The two ships are now back in their standard formation and 
	they head off back the way they came.