DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Magnificent Ferengi" - REV. 10/24/97 - ACT ONE 13.

12   CONTINUED:

					ROM (Cont'd)
				(supplicating) 
			Please.

					NOG 
			I'm a Starfleet Officer. I can't 
			go running off with you on some 
			half-baked rescue mission. I have 
			duties to perform.

					ROM 
			But you know how to fire a phaser.

					QUARK
			Forget it, Rom. Don't beg.
				(to Nog) 
			Too bad, though. We were going 
			to make you strategic operations 
			officer.

	That gets Nog's attention.

					NOG 
			You mean like Commander Worf?

					QUARK
			Exactly like Commander Worf.
				(the hard sell) 
			Think of it, Nog -- you'll devise 
			the tactics... come up with a plan 
			of action.

					ROM
				(the harder sell) 
			You can be the team's drill 
			instructor. Put us through our 
			paces! Prepare us for combat!

					QUARK 
			Turn us into soldiers.

					NOG 
			That's a big job.

					QUARK
				(putting a hand on Nog's 
				shoulder) 
			That's why we need you.