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       DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Ship" - REV. 07/29/96 - ACT FOUR       56.

84   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			I've got to get this ship back to 
			the station, old man. Five people 
			have died on this mission.
				(a beat)
			I want to be able to tell their 
			families why.

	Dax lets out a deep, long breath. After a beat, 
	something off screen catches her eye --

85   DAX'S POV

	of a small droplet that falls to the floor.

					DAX (O.S.)
			Ben...

86   WIDER

	as Sisko and Dax look up to find the source of the 
	dropping liquid.

87   OMITTED

88   NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Directly overhead, there's a large, sagging section of 
	the ceiling, almost as if a section of the metal was 
	melting.

	Slowly, the section begins to MELT into watery GOO. 
	Sisko and Dax take a quick step back, drawing their 
	phasers.

					SISKO
			It's a changeling...

	And off their reaction, we:

								FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR