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

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					CH'POK
			I have studied Commander Worf's
			report, along with the Defiant's
			sensor logs, and the reports of
			the other officers on the bridge.
				(beat)
			And I believe every word of it.
			It is a point of pride for the
			Federation that Starfleet officers
			never lie or commit fraud. So I
			will accept the facts of this case
			as they have been submitted.

	T'Lara raises an eyebrow in surprise. Worf and Sisko
	exchange a look.

					SISKO
			Admiral, if there are no facts in
			dispute, then this hearing would
			appear to be at an end.

					CH'POK
			We Klingons, are not concerned
			with matters of fact and
			circumstance... what matters to
			us is what was in Worf's heart
			when he gave the order to fire.
			Was he just a Starfleet officer
			doing his duty? Or was he a
			Klingon warrior reveling in the
			battle?
				(beat)
			That is why I am here. Because if
			he was a Klingon lost in the
			bloodlust of combat, then only we
			can judge him... not you.

					SISKO
			We can't put a man's heart on
			trial. It's a subjective issue
			that cannot be reasoned in a court
			of law. I ask that the advocate
			be limited to arguing the evidence
			in this case.

					CH'POK
			Someone told me that this was a
			search for the truth. Should we
			not follow that search wherever it
			takes us?