DEEP SPACE: "Destiny" - REV. 12/19/94 - ACT ONE           8.

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					KIRA
				(realizing)
			The Qui'al dam was just put back 
			into operation to divert water to 
			the city.

					YARKA
			Just as Trakor prophesied over three 
			thousand years ago.
				(grave)
			And even now, the vipers are making 
			their way here.

					SISKO
			I take it you think the vipers are a 
			reference to the Cardassian 
			scientists.

					YARKA
			Yes... and this station is their 
			nest in the sky.

	Sisko chooses his words carefully; even though he doesn't 
	quite believe any of this, he's being cautious.

					SISKO
			And how, exactly, will their presence 
			here bring destruction on us all?

					YARKA
			Trakor said that "when the vipers 
			try to peer through the temple 
			gates... a sword of stars will appear 
			in the heavens...
				(dire)
			-- the temple will burn... and its 
			gates will be cast open... "

	Yarka turns to Sisko, makes an impassioned plea.

					YARKA
			You must not let the Cardassians 
			come here... you must not let them 
			violate the celestial temple... or 
			they will destroy it.  And Bajor 
			will be cut off from the Prophets 
			forever.

					SISKO
			Slow down... let me get this straight.  
			You're saying that the vipers -- the 
			Cardassians -- are going to destroy 
			the wormhole?