DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Ship" - REV. 07/29/96 ACT ONE        18.

24   CONTINUED:	(2)

					WORF
			Their DNA readings. Forty-two
			Jem'Hadar. One Vorta.

	Sisko's combadge CHIRPS.

					HOYA (V.O.)
				(alarmed; urgent)
			Hoya to Captain Sisko --

					SISKO
			Go ahead.

25   INT. RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

					HOYA
				(alarmed)
			A Jem'Hadar warship has just
			dropped out of warp.

					SISKO (O.S.)
			Break orbit and get out of 
			sight --

					HOYA
				(urgent)
			They've locked phasers on us.
				(to her crewmen)
			Hard to port.

	SPARKS FLY as the ship ROCKS from a phaser hit.

					HOYA
		Shields are down! Engage w --

	But it's too late -- the screen goes WHITE.

26   EXT. ROCK PLANET - JEM'HADAR SHIP - DAY - CONTINUOUS 

	Sisko's combadge lets out an EAR-SPLITTING SQUEAL. 
	Instinctively, he and his crew look to the sky --