DEEP SPACE NINE: "Honor... " - REV. 12/17/97 - ACT ONE       11.

8A   CONTINUED:	(2)

	Everyone nods ruefully as they realize what's going on --

					WORF
			I do not understand why his staff 
			can't keep the station running in 
			his absence.

					QUARK
			He must've left my idiot brother 
			in charge.

					KIRA
			The engineering crews are doing 
			the best they can.

					DAX
			The problem is no one knows how 
			the chief keeps all this 
			Federation and Cardassian 
			technology working together.

					QUARK
			We've got to do something. This 
			can't go on.

									CUT TO:

8B   INT. CAPTAIN'S OFFICE - CLOSE ON SISKO

	sitting at his desk.

					SISKO 
			Sorry, I can't discuss the chief's 
			whereabouts.

8C   NEW ANGLE

	to reveal Bashir standing in front of his desk. His 
	reply to Sisko is a bit too strident.