DEEP SPACE NINE: "Soldiers... " - REV. 03/03/97 - ACT FOUR     46.

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					MARTOK 
			Commander Dax... what side of the 
			border are they on?

					DAX 
				(works) 
			They're five hundred thousand 
			kellicams inside Cardassian 
			territory, sir. They must've 
			drifted across a few days ago.

	Martok mulls this over for a moment.

					MARTOK 
			There are probably five Jem'Hadar 
			warships out there right now... 
			just waiting for us to cross the 
			border...

	Worf exchanges a look with Dax and he realizes that he 
	has no choice but to push Martok.

					WORF
			General, if they are nearby, they 
			won't care which side of the 
			border we're on -- they'll simply 
			attack.

	Martok sees the logic of that argument, hesitates... 
	then falls back onto another excuse.

					MARTOK 
			I have explicit orders from the 
			High Council not to enter 
			Cardassian territory.

					WORF 
			I am certain the Council would not 
			object under these circumstances. 
			There are survivors still aboard the 
			B'Moth.

					MARTOK 
			We don't know that! All we know 
			is that there is an automated 
			distress call -- they could all be 
			dead by now.

					WORF 
			And if they are not?