DEEP SPACE: "Meridian" - REV. 09/26/94 - ACT TWO          26.


18   EXT. SPACE - THE DEFIANT (OPTICAL)

	orbiting Meridian.

19   INT. DEFIANT - BRIDGE (VPB)

	where Dax, Deral and Sisko are working at a side science 
	station.  O'Brien is working at the back engineering console.  
	SUPERNUMERARIES as needed.

					DAX
			These are the Defiant's sensor 
			readings from when we first entered 
			this system.
				(indicating)
			Take a look at the spectral scan.

	Sisko and Deral study the screen.

					SISKO
			It indicates that your sun was giving 
			off modulated gamma bursts right 
			before Meridian appeared.

					DERAL
			My people have no record of that 
			phenomenon...

					SISKO
			That's not surprising, since Meridian 
			was in a non-corporeal state when it 
			occurred.

					DAX
			Gamma activity would seem to indicate 
			an anomaly in your sun's fusion 
			cycle...

					SISKO
			Let's find out for sure.

	He turns to O'Brien.