DEEP SPACE NINE: "Inter Arma... " - REV. 01/08/99 - ACT TWO     16.

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					SLOAN (Cont'd)
			The phrase "never say die" was
			originally from a nineteenth
			century poem based on
			Shakespeare's "Merchant of
			Venice." It has since passed
			into the vernacular as an
			exhortation never to give up, no
			matter what the cost.

					CRETAK
			Interesting.

					SLOAN
				(to Ross)
			Wendell Greer, Assistant
			Director, UFP Department of
			Cartography.

					ROSS
			A pleasure. I'm Admiral William
			Ross... this is Senator Cretak..

	Sloan shakes their hands in turn.

					SLOAN
			Admiral... Senator...

					ROSS
			And Doctor Julian Bashir...

	Sloan sticks out his hand, which Bashir takes after
	a beat.

					SLOAN
			Ah. The physician from Deep
			Space Nine.

					BASHIR
			That's right.

					SLOAN
			I've been hoping to meet you. I
			have so many questions about the
			Bajoran sector, the navigational
			anomalies, the transport patterns...
			could you spare a moment?
				(to others)
			Unless I'm interrupting... ?

					ROSS
			Not at all.