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    DEEP SPACE NINE: "Statistical... " - REV. 10/23/97 - ACT THREE   34.

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					BASHIR 
			By then, internal pressures within 
			the Cardassian-Dominion alliance 
			will have erupted.
				(handing over still 
				another PADD) 
			Within three years, we're 
			projecting that --

	Sisko's so overwhelmed by the outpouring of information 
	that he finally puts the PADDS down in exasperation.

					SISKO 
			Hang on a minute. How did you 
			come up with all this? Two days 
			ago you said these people were 
			impossible to deal with, now 
			they're turning out projections 
			that would take Starfleet 
			Intelligence months to come up 
			with.

	Bashir smiles, shrugs --

					BASHIR 
			We're mutants.

	Sisko frowns -- this isn't an answer and Bashir knows 
	it.

					BASHIR 
			I know we're not exactly qualified 
			for this kind of work -- it might 
			even be beyond the "limits" of 
			what people like us should be 
			allowed to do --

	A moment as Sisko and Bashir regard each other. The 
	Captain knows exactly what he's referring to.

					BASHIR
				(continuing) 
			But if you let me walk you through 
			the analyses, I think you'll be 
			impressed.

	Sisko decides not to call Bashir on his comment, and 
	it's a tacit admission that maybe he was wrong.

					SISKO 
			All right, doctor. Go ahead.