DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Reckoning" - REV. 3/9/98 - ACT ONE       9.

 8   CONTINUED:

					SISKO 
			I need to know what these 
			inscriptions say...

					KORAL 
			I wish we could translate them 
			more quickly, but we don't have 
			the resources.

	Sisko traces the letters on the tablet thoughtfully.

					SISKO 
			Fortunately, we do.

	Off Sisko's face as he considers the mysterious artifact...

9    EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)

	Establishing.

10   INT. SCIENCE LAB

	The tablet stands on an examining table. Dax has just 
	completed a series of scans --

					DAX 
			I had a pretty good idea what this 
			was the minute I laid eyes on it.
				(off tricorder) 
			This confirms it.

	Sisko leans in, eager to hear what she has to say.

					DAX 
			It's a slab of stone with some 
			writing on it.

					SISKO
				(warning her) 
			Dax.

					DAX
			What do you want me to say, 
			Benjamin?