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    DEEP SPACE NINE: "Little Green Men"- REV. 10/09/95 - ACT ONE    12.

16   CONTINUED:

	Dax doesn't get the irony. Kira smiles.

17   INT. FERENGI SHUTTLE

	Rom is in the pilot's chair. Quark sits behind him, 
	playing Captain. Nog is off to one side, reading from 
	his guidebook to Earth.

					NOG
				(amazed) 
			It says here that humans didn't 
			even have currency until five 
			thousand years ago. Let alone 
			banking, speculative investments 
			or a unified global economy.

					QUARK 
			They're a primitive, backward 
			people, Nog. Pity them.

					NOG 
			But think about it, uncle. That 
			means they went from being savages 
			with a simple barter system to the 
			leaders of a vast interstellar 
			Federation in only five thousand 
			years... It took us twice as long 
			to establish the Ferengi Alliance. 
			And we had to buy warp technology 
			from the...

					QUARK
				(cuts him off) 
			Five thousand... ten thousand... 
			what's the difference? The speed 
			of technological advancement isn't 
			nearly as important as short-term 
			quarterly gains.
				(snaps at Rom) 
			Can't this thing go any faster?

					ROM 
			We're already exceeding the safe 
			maximum cruising speed by two 
			tenths of a warp factor.

					QUARK
				(playing Captain) 
			Push it another tenth. This trip 
			is taking long enough as it is.

	Rom nods. He understands.