DEEP SPACE NINE: "Trials and... " - REV. 08/30/96 - TEASER      3.

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					DULMUR 
			Good.

					LUCSLY 
			We hate those.

					LUCSLY 
			So. What happened?

	Sisko draws a breath, launches in.

					SISKO 
			This may take some time.

					DULMUR 
			Is that a joke?

					SISKO 
			No.

					LUCSLY 
			Good.

					DULMUR 
			We hate those too.

	Sisko clears his throat uncomfortably, starts in.

					SISKO 
			Two weeks ago the Cardassian 
			Government contacted me and said 
			they wanted to return an Orb to 
			the Bajorans.

					DULMUR 
				(to Lucsly) 
			Orb?

					LUCSLY 
			They're devices of alien origin 
			that are considered sacred objects 
			by the Bajoran people.

					SISKO 
			Each has a unique property, like 
			the Orb of Prophecy, or the Orb of 
			Wisdom. The one we received from 
			the Cardassians was the Orb of 
			Time, although we didn't know it 
			at first.

4    EXT. SPACE - THE DEFIANT (OPTICAL)

	The ship in orbit of Cardassia Prime.