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         DEEP SPACE: "Equilibrium" - REV. 08/11/94 - ACT ONE         7.
                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

	(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)

3    INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE (VPB)

	where Sisko and Dax are sitting playing CHESS.  Sisko is 
	studying the board carefully; Dax sits across from him, 
	looking a little edgy, trying to hum the tune she played in 
	Sisko's quarters.  Sisko looks up at her; her humming is 
	making it hard for him to concentrate.

					SISKO
				(lightly)
			Dax, do you mind... ?

					DAX
			What?

					SISKO
			Your humming.  It's a little 
			distracting.

					DAX
			Sorry, I didn't realize I was doing 
			it.

					SISKO
			You've been humming that same tune 
			ever since we started the game.

					DAX
			I guess I can't get it out of my 
			head.

					SISKO
			Do me a favor...
				(smiles)
			-- try.

	He studies the board again, and within seconds Dax starts 
	mouthing the tune to herself -- it's silent, but still 
	distracting.  He sees that she's off in her own world, and 
	decides not to make an issue of it.

	After a moment, Sisko moves a piece.  When she doesn't seem 
	to notice, he gets her attention.

					SISKO
			Your turn...