DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Changing... " - REV. 02/23/99 - ACT FIVE   50.

51   INT. DEFIANT - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)


	The ship ROCKS VIOLENTLY! Lights FLICKER as the 
	FORCEFIELD arcs through the bulkhead.

					O'BRIEN
				(off his console)
			What the hell -- ?

	The forcefield arcs stop and we go to a --

52   NEW ANGLE

	in time to hear the Defiant's engines GRIND to a 
	halt.

					KIRA
			I've lost power to the helm.

					EZRI
			The com's down.

	Suddenly the ship is ROCKED as it takes a hit.

					WORF
			So are weapons.

					BASHIR
			Primary computer systems are
			off-line!


	Another hit. Smoke and steam erupt.

					KIRA

			Manual controls are frozen.

	Another violent ROCK.

					SISKO
			Chief?

					O'BRIEN
			I can't get anything back on
			line. Somehow, they're draining
			all our power...

	And yet another HIT. This time, Kira is knocked off 
	her chair. Sisko and Bashir rush over to her side. 
	Bashir begins administering first aid as they 
	withstand another HIT... and another!