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       DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - TEASER       1.

                  STAR TREK:  DEEP SPACE NINE                   

                            "The Visitor"                              

                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. JAKE SISKO'S HOUSE - NIGHT (DISTANT FUTURE)

	It is the early twenty-fifth century, some seventy 
	years later than the time our series ordinarily takes 
	place.

	The house is isolated, set off in swampy Louisiana 
	bayou country. It's a two-story modern design that 
	harks back to Southern architectural traditions; it has 
	a cluttered feel, stacks of BOOKS and papers -- the 
	home of a man who lives alone...

	There's a writing DESK against one wall, an antique 
	grandfather CLOCK with a pendulum that clicks quietly, 
	a pair of comfortable armchairs around a low table, a 
	fireplace with a mantle. On the walls are hung several 
	PAINTINGS: mostly impressionistic landscapes, some 
	depicting the surrounding bayous. RAIN beats softly 
	against the windows, and occasionally distant lightning 
	can be seen through them.

2    CLOSE ON JAKE SISKO

	now in his SEVENTIES, healthy and fit for a man his 
	age.

	He looks around the room, taking in his surroundings 
	with a pensive look. He approaches the mantle, begins 
	to study the objects propped there, his hands moving 
	somewhat unsteadily to touch each in turn. We 
	recognize some of them as Benjamin Sisko's personal 
	effects: the clock from his office, a YORUBA MASK; 
	a scuffed BASEBALL on a pedestal; a BLUEPRINT of an 
	ancient Bajoran spacecraft with solar sails and, next 
	to it, a framed PHOTO showing a seventeen-year-old Jake 
	and his father.

	A small smile plays on Old Jake's features as he takes 
	in these artifacts of his life... a smile that is at 
	once melancholy and yet somehow hopeful.