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      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Rules of... " - REV. 1/26/96 - ACT THREE     30.

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					ODO
			I checked the flight plan the
			captain filed and his projected
			course was close to the border.
			It would've taken only a very
			slight error in navigation for the
			ship to stray into the fight.

					SISKO
			But why did he drop his cloak
			right in front of the Defiant?

					ODO
			That's a question no one seems
			able to answer.

					SISKO
			No one seems able, or no one seems
			willing?

					ODO
			They're too willing to answer
			questions. That's the problem.
				(off his look)
			I'm always suspicious of people
			who're eager to help a police
			officer.

					SISKO
			Remind me not to help you out 
			from now on.

					ODO
			Hm.

					SISKO
			Start looking into the passengers
			on that ship. Maybe someone with
			a grudge against Worf or the
			Federation was aboard... someone
			who could've seized control of the
			ship and taken it into the battle.
				(off his skeptical look)
			I'm reaching, I know. But at the
			moment, it's all we have.

					ODO
			I'll keep looking.

	Sisko EXITS as Odo goes back to work.