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             DEEP SPACE: "Defiant" - 09/29/94 - ACT TWO             20.

22   CONTINUED:

					GUL DUKAT
			What?

					ODO
			Thomas Riker was serving aboard the 
			starship Gandhi.  While he was there, 
			he began to express certain... 
			political opinions... opinions that 
			support the Maquis and their goals.

					SISKO
			The Gandhi's captain said that Riker 
			was adamantly opposed to stopping 
			Maquis raids against Cardassian 
			targets.

	Dukat gets up... shocked by this turn of events... he takes 
	a few steps as he tries to let this sink in.

					GUL DUKAT
			You're telling me that one of the 
			most heavily armed warships in this 
			quadrant is now in the hands of Maquis 
			terrorists?  Do you have any idea 
			what kind of response this will 
			provoke from the Central Command?

					SISKO
			They'll probably want to send ships 
			into the Demilitarized Zone to conduct 
			a search.  We understand that.  But... 
			any entry into the zone must be a 
			joint operation between Cardassia 
			and the Federation.

					GUL DUKAT
				(with contempt)
			The Central Command won't be 
			interested in any "joint operations," 
			commander.  They're not going to 
			believe this story of yours about 
			transporter duplicates and security 
			failures.