DEEP SPACE NINE: "Rules of... " REV. 1/26/96 - ACT ONE        7.

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	The Admiral reaches for the hammer to ring the bell.
	Sisko speaks up:

					SISKO
			Admiral, I request that Commander
			Worf be released from the holding
			cell for the duration of this
			hearing. I don't believe there's
			any danger that he'll flee the
			station.

					T'LARA
				(to Ch,Pok)
			Is there an objection?

	Ch'pok considers.

					CH'POK
			Captain Sisko is an honorable man.
			I will accept his word.
				(beat)
			However, I would ask that Mister
			Worf not be allowed to wear his
			family baldric until this hearing
			is over. He is dishonored among
			our people, and I am... offended
			by the sight of him wearing
			Klingon emblems.

	Worf bristles visibly. Sisko leans over.

						SISKO
				(sotto, a caution)
			You want to stay in the holding
			cell?

	Worf finally relents, takes off his sash and lays it on
	the table. Ch'Pok takes that victory with aplomb -- no
	smile, just calm acceptance.

					T'LARA
			Very well. We will resume
			tomorrow.