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     DEEP SPACE NINE: "In the Pale... " - REV. 2/11/98 - ACT ONE      7.
                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

4    INT. CAPTAIN'S OFFICE

	Sisko is pacing, thinking out loud and using Dax as a 
	sounding board.

					SISKO 
			It's in their own best interest 
			to join the war -- that's the key, 
			that's the reason the Romulans 
			will finally take action. Not to 
			do us any favors, but to protect 
			themselves from the Dominion.

					DAX
			Okay. Let's say I'm the Romulan 
			Proconsol. From where I'm 
			sitting, the Dominion isn't a 
			threat to me. I have a 
			nonaggression pact with them. 
			They're my allies.

					SISKO
			You're not going to put your faith 
			in some piece of paper are you?

					DAX
			Not at all. I've been watching 
			the Dominion very closely since 
			the beginning of the war. And so 
			far, they've kept their part of 
			the bargain.

	The tone here starts getting more heated -- they're 
	both pushing their roles and their arguments as hard 
	as they can.

					SISKO 
			They're violating your territory 
			almost every day -- what kind of 
			an ally is that?

					DAX
			So they're crossing through my 
			backyard to give the Federation 
			a bloody nose. I can't say that 
			makes me very sad.