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       DEEP SPACE NINE: "For The Cause" - 03/07/96 - ACT THREE      31.

25   CONTINUED:	(2)

					JAKE
			What?

	Sisko squeezes his son's shoulder hard for a moment.

					SISKO
			This is important. You and I. 
			Things change... but not this.

	Sisko trails off, unsure what to say and unwilling to 
	say it all. Jake looks at him with a puzzled, worried 
	look.

					SISKO
			Forget it. I'm just having a bad 
			day.


	He gives his son a kiss and then EXITS, leaving Jake 
	wondering just what the hell is up with his Dad.

									CUT TO:

26   EXT. SPACE - THE DEFIANT (OPTICAL)

	The ship is now docked at DS9.

27   INT. WARDROOM

	Eddington is finishing a briefing on the Defiant's 
	mission. Worf, O'Brien, Dax and Sisko are sitting at 
	the table. Sisko's expression is unreadable. An 
	Okudagram CHART of the Xhosa's flight path is on the 
	large monitor. The Badlands, Dreon Seven, and DS9 are 
	clearly marked.

					EDDINGTON
				(pointing to chart)
			after the cargo was beamed 
			aboard the Maquis raider, the 
			Xhosa took this route out of the 
			Badlands... and resumed its 
			course to Dreon Seven.

	An awkward silence as everyone glances at Sisko, but no 
	one wants to make eye contact.

					DAX
			Do you know what cargo was 
			transferred to the Maquis ship?