DEEP SPACE NINE: "Covenant" - REV. 10/14/98 - ACT TWO       15.

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					ODO
			Is there any way to trace it?

	O'Brien shakes his head grimly.

					O'BRIEN
			Afraid not, the signal's already
			dissipated.

	Something on the floor catches O'Brien's eye -- it's
	the CLOTH the crystal was wrapped in. As he moves
	to retrieve it, Sisko turns to Worf.

					SISKO
			Their transporters operate over
			longer distances than ours --
			what's their maximum range?

					WORF
			If a homing transponder is in
			place, up to three light years.

					O'BRIEN
			There was a homing transponder,
			all right.

	All eyes turn to O'Brien, who's scanning the cloth
	he found.

					O'BRIEN
			It was wrapped inside this.

	A grim beat.

					ODO
			Three light years... for all we
			know, she could be deep inside
			Dominion space by now...

	Off Odo's helplessness...

9    EXT. SPACE - EMPOK NOR (STOCK-OPTICAL)

	Establishing.