DEEP SPACE NINE: "Inter Arma... " - REV. 01/08/99 - ACT FIVE    55.

45   CONTINUED:	(2)

					KOVAL (Cont'd)
			If they killed the head of the
			Tal'Shiar, Starfleet Intelligence
			would be held blameless
				(beat)
			As the Committee knows, I have
			been diagnosed with Tuvan
			Syndrome. Sloan became aware of
			my condition and hoped to make my
			death look like a sudden
			acceleration of the disease. To
			do that, he needed a doctor. So
			ten days after Fujisaki's death,
			Sloan arranged to "recruit"
			Doctor Bashir into Section Thirty-
			one.
				(beat)
			After that, Sloan bided his time,
			and waited for an opportunity to
			present itself. He found one
			when he learned of this
			conference. He then arranged for
			Bashir to be invited. Everything
			was going perfectly. But then he
			made a fatal mistake -- he
			decided to come to Romulus
			himself. He was unaware that his
			identity had become known to us.
			Once we recognized him in the
			delegation, we knew immediately
			that an intelligence operation
			was underway.

	Koval moves over to Sloan, looks him over with
	curiosity.

					KOVAL
			What I don't understand is why?
			Why come here and take the risk
			of being discovered?

	Sloan glares at him for a long beat before answering.

					SLOAN
			I had to make sure nothing went
			wrong. And... I wanted to watch
			you die.

					KOVAL
			You broke the cardinal rule of
			our profession -- you allowed
			business to become personal.

	Koval turns away, done with Sloan.