DEEP SPACE NINE: "Penumbra" - REV. 01/19/99 - ACT ONE        9.

7    CONTINUED:

					EZRI
			Go ahead.

					COM VOICE
			You have an incoming transmission
			from the Defiant.

					EZRI
			Patch it through.

	She moves to the MONITOR, activates it, and Sisko's
	face appears on the SCREEN.

					EZRI
				(almost afraid to ask)
			What is it, Benjamin?

					SISKO
				(grim)
			I'm afraid we're going to have to
			call off the search.

					EZRI
				(stricken)
			You're giving up... ?

									INTERCUT WITH:

8    INT. DEFIANT - READY ROOM (OPTICAL)

	where Sisko is sitting at his desk talking to Ezri
	on a MONITOR.

					SISKO
			We don't have any choice. There
			are over a dozen Jem'Hadar ships
			closing on our position.

					EZRI
			But what if he's out there
			somewhere?

	Sisko can see that Ezri is having trouble accepting
	the situation, he reluctantly lays out the facts for
	her.