DEEP SPACE: "Explorers" - 02/27/95 - ACT THREE           28.

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					SISKO
			You'll get the hang of it...

	Sisko finishes his readings, cranks a winch a few turns, and 
	moves to look at the star chart.  Using nautical-looking 
	NAVIGATIONAL TOOLS (a parallel ruler, a compass, etc), he 
	works out their flight plan as Jake watches...

					SISKO
			We'll be tacking against the light 
			most of the way... we'll run like 
			this for the next ninety minutes or 
			so... then we'll come about and I'll 
			calculate our next leg...

	Jake takes this in, fascinated...

					SISKO
			How about something to drink... ?

	Sisko goes to the galley and takes out two POUCHES of water, 
	tosses one to Jake.  Jake reacts to the zero-gravity ration...

					JAKE
			Don't tell me we only have zero-
			gravity rations...

					SISKO
				(lightly)
			That's all the ancient Bajorans had...

	Sisko settles onto the floor, his back against the wall, 
	lets out a contented breath.  Jake settles onto the floor 
	nearby.  After a quiet moment...

					SISKO
			Listen...

	Jake cocks his ear for a moment...

					JAKE
			I don't hear anything...

					SISKO
			Exactly... not even the hum of an 
			engine...

	Sisko smiles to himself, caught up for a moment in the romance 
	of sailing...