DEEP SPACE NINE: "Inter Arma... " - REV. 01/08/99 - ACT TWO     18.

12   CONTINUED:

	The man DISAPPEARS and is replaced with the IMAGE of
	NERAL -- leader of the Romulan Empire.

					BASHIR'S VOICE
			Neral. Formerly Proconsul and
			now Praetor of the Romulan Star
			Empire.

	REVEAL Bashir and Sloan. Bashir is on the couch,
	while Sloan sits at a desk with a computer terminal.

					BASHIR
			Neral's ascension to the top post
			was confirmed by the Continuing
			Committee a little over a year
			ago. His immediate family was
			killed in a Klingon raid
			approximately twenty-five years
			ago. His hobbies include
			archeology and sociology. His
			favorite food is Delvan pudding
			and his pet set'leth's name is
			Pensho.

					SLOAN
			Very good. Total recall is a
			useful attribute for an
			operative.

	He works the computer terminal and the image of
	Neral DISAPPEARS and an image of CHAIRMAN KOVAL
	APPEARS. Koval is a heavy-set Romulan wearing the
	black tunic of the Tal'Shiar, with a lot of iron-
	gray in his hair. His deeply lined face looks like
	it would shatter into pieces if he attempted a
	smile.

					BASHIR
			Koval. Chairman of the
			Tal'Shiar. Section Thirty-one
			believes that he was involved in
			the death of Vice Admiral
			Fujisaki last year, but there's
			no proof.

					SLOAN
			The proof is buried somewhere in
			Koval's personal database, which
			puts it out of our reach for now.
			But believe me Doctor, the Deputy
			Chief of Starfleet Intelligence
			doesn't just die of "food
			poisoning."

	Sloan gets up and walks over to Koval, looking him
	right in the face -- the image doesn't react at all.