DEEP SPACE: "Meridian" - REV. 09/22/94 - TEASER           5.

1    CONTINUED:	(4)

					KIRA
				(sotto)
			And good riddance...
				(to Odo)
			Thank you, Odo.  I wish you'd been 
			around last night.

	Kira lets go of his hand and takes a last sip of coffee.

					KIRA
			I better get back to Ops.

	Odo acknowledges with a nod and Kira stands to go.

					KIRA
			See you later...
				(joking)
			-- dear.

	She moves away... off Odo's face as he looks down at his 
	hand, still palm up on the table... he hasn't moved it since 
	Kira let go...

2    EXT. SPACE - THE DEFIANT (OPTICAL)

	as it moves at impulse.

					SISKO (V.O.)
			Commander's log, Stardate 48423.2.  
			Despite the continuing threat posed 
			by the Dominion, I've convinced 
			Starfleet that we must continue our 
			exploration of the Gamma Quadrant.

3    INT. DEFIANT - BRIDGE (VPB)

	SISKO is in the command chair, DAX at the conn, and O'BRIEN 
	at a side console.  SUPERNUMERARIES as needed.

	BASHIR ENTERS from the corridor and approaches Sisko; he 
	seems excited about something.

					BASHIR
			I've run a preliminary analysis of 
			our sensor sweeps... the second planet 
			in the Kylata system is definitely M-
			class.