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     DEEP SPACE NINE: "Business as... " - REV. 1/30/97 - ACT ONE      8.
                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:


	(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)

5    OMITTED

6    INT. O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS - MORNING

	Chief O'BRIEN is pacing up and down the room. His 
	infant son, KIRAYOSHI, is cradled between his neck and 
	shoulder. The DOOR CHIMES.

					O'BRIEN 
				(softly) 
			Come in.

	JAKE ENTERS.

					JAKE 
				(loudly) 
			Morning, Chief!

					O'BRIEN 
			Quiet! You'll wake him. He just 
			dropped off an hour ago.

	Jake advances more cautiously, noticing O'Brien's red 
	cracked eyes, matted hair and rumpled uniform.

					JAKE 
			You look terrible.

					O'BRIEN 
			Didn't get much sleep. He was up 
			every hour or two. Every time I 
			tried to put him back in his crib 
			he started crying again. He 
			misses his mother.

					JAKE 
			When will Professor O'Brien be 
			back from Bajor?

					O'BRIEN 
			I don't know, a week, maybe two - 
			however long it takes to get that 
			blight under control.

					JAKE 
			That long?