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     DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Assign... " - REV. 09/12/96 - ACT FOUR    39.
                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

36   INT. WARDROOM (OPTICAL)

	Sisko, Dax, O'Brien and Odo sit at the long conference 
	table with PADD's, coffee mugs, red eyes and rotten 
	dispositions. Anxiety and fatigue have eroded 
	O'Brien's face.

					SISKO 
			All right, what have you got?

					DAX
			Computer, display diagnostic.

	The staff consider the OKUDAGRAM appearing on the 
	viewscreen. Dax wants O'Brien to walk everyone through 
	the technicalities.

					DAX 
			Chief...

					O'BRIEN 
			We've identified nine hundred and 
			forty-three tiny fluctuations in 
			the primary communication relays 
			and several power distribution 
			junctions.

					DAX
			"Fluctuations" that can't be 
			attributed to anything except 
			external intervention.

					SISKO
			Someone's gained access to our 
			systems and is altering them. 
				(at O'Brien) 
			For what purpose?

	O'Brien shifts uncomfortably. Pretending not to know 
	what's going on is very difficult for him. He doesn't 
	like acting out this lie at all.

					O'BRIEN 
			We're working on that. At this 
			point, it's hard to even call it 
			sabotage -- there's been no real 
			damage...