DEEP SPACE NINE: "Soldiers... " - REV. 03/03/97 - ACT FIVE     52.

39   CONTINUED:	(2)

					WORF
			You are... a coward and I 
			challenge you for command of this 
			ship.

	Martok stares at Worf for a moment, unwilling to
	believe this betrayal by his friend. For the moment, 
	the rest of the Klingons forget their internecine 
	conflict and step back away from the two men, leaving 
	the center of the Bridge to Worf and Martok.

					MARTOK 
			I never would've expected this 
			from you, Worf.

	Worf feels the tug of his loyalty and friendship for 
	this man, but shoves it aside. He pulls his knife and 
	readies himself for the fight. Martok glances around 
	the Bridge at the faces of his crew -- sees no way out, 
	and then pulls his own knife.

40   THE FIGHT 

	begins with the two men circling each other warily 
	around the captain's chair... then Worf LUNGES at 
	Martok. The General moves out of the way and HITS Worf 
	as he passes, but Worf barely feels the blow...

41   THE KLINGONS 

	watch with little expression at first, maintaining an 
	eerie calm as the life-and-death struggle plays out 
	only a few short feet away. Only Dax seems to have any 
	kind of emotional stake in what's happening.

	But as the fight goes on, we should see that the 
	Klingons can't help but get emotionally involved in the 
	fight... their warrior instincts and hormones rising to 
	the fore despite themselves...

42   THE FIGHT

	Worf is clearly the better combatant -- Martok is on 
	the defensive and only barely able to keep Worf 
	from landing the killing stroke by clever use of the chairs 
	and consoles of the Bridge.

	Worf SLASHES Martok's free arm, drawing first blood and 
	getting a YELL in response from the gathered crowd.