DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Ascent" - REV. 10/14/96 - ACT ONE      12.

7    CONTINUED:	(2)

					SISKO
			You inspire me with confidence, 
			cadet. Dismissed.

	Nog stands, does an about-face and EXITS. Sisko 
	watches him go, bemused.

7A   INT. OPS

	Nog walks out of Sisko's office. KIRA is on duty in 
	Ops.

					KIRA
			How'd it go?

					NOG
				(proudly)
			I inspire him.

					KIRA
			Congratulations. Now don't let 
			him down.

					NOG 
			You can count on me, sir.

	Nog EXITS. Kira shakes her head.

8    INT. JAKE AND NOG'S QUARTERS

	Jake and Nog ENTER the darkened quarters.

					JAKE 
			Lights.

	The lights come up. Jake's still-packed luggage is 
	piled in the center of the room.

					JAKE 
			So what do you think?

					NOG
			I think I've died and gone to the 
			Divine Treasury. After living in 
			cadet barracks for the past year, 
			this is going to be paradise.

					JAKE 
			I know exactly what you mean. 
			We're on our own, with no one to 
			tell us what to do.