DEEP SPACE: "Life Support" - REV. 11/11/94 - ACT ONE        16.

13   CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
			If the burst is the proper intensity, 
			it might create a cascade effect 
			within his brain.  The neurons might 
			resume their normal firing patterns...

	They both look at each other.  Bashir makes the decision.

					BASHIR
			Let's close up the cranial cavity.

								DISSOLVE TO:

14   INT. SURGERY

	An hour later.  Bareil's head is covered with bandages.  
	Bashir is placing small devices on Bareil's extremities.  
	The Nurse is at a nearby console.  Bashir makes a final 
	adjustment.

					BASHIR
			Neurogenic stimulators are in place... 
			let's try a fifty millivolt burst.

	The Nurse hits a control and Bareil's body stiffens ever so 
	slightly.  Bashir looks at the Nurse, who looks at the 
	console.  She shakes her head after a beat.

					BASHIR
			Increase to sixty.

	She activates it again.  Bareil stiffens a little more.  The 
	Nurse checks her console, shakes her head again.

					BASHIR
			Seventy.

					NURSE
			That's five millivolts above what 
			normal tissue can withstand.  It'll 
			burn out his cerebral cortex.

					BASHIR
			If I'm right... the inoprovaline 
			drug I gave him should provide 
			additional resistance against the 
			excess electro-stimulation.