111:[1,#b] DEEP SPACE NINE: "Children... " - REV. 03/11/97 - TEASER 9. 12 EXT. SETTLEMENT- MATTE SHOT (OPTICAL) A cluster of adobe-like buildings, surrounded by farmland. Scattered around the main settlement we see other, smaller clusters of buildings. Windmills and irrigation pipes dot the landscape. 13 EXT. TOWN SQUARE - DAY (OPTICAL) as Sisko, Dax, Worf, and O'Brien MATERIALIZE. The buildings that surround them show a range of architectural styles, as if they were built over years of technological advances -- a wooden building with a thatched roof abuts an adobe-type building, which stands next to a brick and tile structure. As the crew beams in, all activity in the settlement stops. Some CHILDREN who were playing with a BALL halt their game and stare at our people with a mixture of curiosity and awe. The people in the market stop inspecting the wares on the CARTS. A man who was DYEING FABRIC in a barrel pulls his hands out and wipes them on a cloth. A woman who was sifting pebbles from a sack of beans with a SIEVE stops what she's doing. Like Yedrin and Miranda, the inhabitants are dressed in practical, worn-looking clothes. These are working people, and their physicality expresses this in every way. They are a racially mixed group -- Black, Caucasian, Asian. A few of the men wear beards, and we might notice that a few of the inhabitants have subtle Trill markings, while a few others have subtle Klingon- style forehead ridges. Yedrin and Miranda approach the crew, who are taking in their surroundings. Yedrin holds his hands clasped behind his back as he approaches, much the same way Jadzia does. As Miranda extends a hand to Sisko, Yedrin glances at Jadzia. MIRANDA Miranda O'Brien. O'Brien reacts -- this is an odd coincidence. Yedrin introduces himself to Sisko. YEDRIN Yedrin... (looking at Jadzia) Yedrin Dax. This is starting to get weird. DAX (wry) What a coincidence...