DEEP SPACE: "Life Support" - REV. 11/15/94 - ACT ONE        12.

11   INT. SURGERY

	Bareil is lying on the operating table, still covered by the 
	clamshell.  There is a faint green LIGHT covering his entire 
	body, indicating a stasis field is in operation.  The Nurse 
	is standing nearby and a cart of medical instruments has 
	been wheeled next to the table.  Bashir ENTERS, goes over to 
	Bareil and looks down at him with a somber expression.

					NURSE
			We're ready to begin the autopsy, 
			Doctor.

	Bashir takes a long beat... pushes aside whatever personal 
	feelings he may have... then gets down to business.

					BASHIR
			Release the stasis field.

	The Nurse hits a control and the green light SHUTS OFF.

					BASHIR
				(to Nurse)
			Let's begin with a neural scan.  I 
			want to map his central axonal 
			pathways and find out exactly where 
			the breakdown began.

	Bashir picks up a large device shaped like a helmet and places 
	it on Bareil's head, completely covering his face.  The Nurse 
	activates the device, and Bashir moves to a monitor.

12   INCLUDE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	It shows a schematic diagram of Bareil's brain.  The schematic 
	rotates and then zooms in, and we see a complex pattern of 
	synapses, neurons and other medical data on Bareil's brain.

					NURSE
			Should I begin taking neural tissue 
			samples?

	Bashir nods and concentrates on the monitor.  In the b.g., 
	the Nurse holds up Bareil's arm and prepares to take tissue 
	samples.

					BASHIR
			Looks like the damage began in the 
			parietal lobe... and spread through 
			the rest of his brain in a retrograde 
			manner.