DEEP SPACE: "THE Search, II" - 07/18/94 - ACT TWO        20B.

19B  CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
			What did you want to talk to them 
			about?

					T'RUL
			I wanted to protest the exclusion of 
			the Romulan Empire from the treaty 
			negotiations.

					BASHIR
			I wasn't aware the Romulans had been 
			excluded.

					T'RUL
			Every great power in the Alpha 
			Quadrant has been invited to 
			participate except for us.

					BASHIR
			There must be some mistake.

					T'RUL
			The mistake is thinking the Romulan 
			empire will stand by and allow such 
			a betrayal to go unchallenged.  
			Believe me Doctor, if a treaty is 
			signed without our approval, it will 
			mean war.

	And with that T'Rul storms away.

					GARAK
			Still feel I'm worrying about nothing, 
			Doctor?

	Bashir isn't quite so sure anymore.

20   INT. SHUTTLE

	Kira is working the companel.  (Note: the ship is still on 
	the planet's surface.)

					KIRA
			Computer, transmit a subspace signal 
			using a narrow theta band frequency 
			shifted into a background radiation 
			domain.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Working.

					KIRA
				(to herself)
			I hope you're out there, Commander.