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  2.          DEEP SPACE: "THE SEARCH" - REV. 07/11/94 - ACT ONE          9.
  3.  
  4. 7    CONTINUED:
  5.  
  6.                     KIRA
  7.             I thought Starfleet didn't believe 
  8.             in warships.
  9.  
  10.                     SISKO
  11.             Desperate times breed desperate 
  12.             measures.  Five years ago, Starfleet 
  13.             began exploring the possibility of 
  14.             building a new class of starship.  
  15.             This ship would have no families, no 
  16.             science labs, no luxuries of any 
  17.             kind... it was designed for one 
  18.             purpose only -- to fight and defeat 
  19.             the Borg.
  20.                 (beat)
  21.             The Defiant was the prototype... the 
  22.             first ship in what would've been a 
  23.             new Federation battle fleet.
  24.  
  25.                     DAX
  26.             So what happened?
  27.  
  28.                     SISKO
  29.             The Borg threat became less urgent. 
  30.             Also, some design flaws cropped up 
  31.             during the ship's shakedown cruise, 
  32.             so Starfleet decided to abandon the 
  33.             project.
  34.  
  35.                     O'BRIEN
  36.             What sort of... design flaws?
  37.  
  38.                     SISKO
  39.             You'll have complete access to the 
  40.             ship evaluation reports, but to put 
  41.             it simply... it's overgunned and 
  42.             overpowered for a ship its size.  
  43.             During battle drills, it nearly tore 
  44.             itself apart when the engines were 
  45.             tested at full capacity.
  46.  
  47.                     KIRA
  48.                 (incredulous)
  49.             And this is the ship Starfleet 
  50.             sent us to fight off an attack by 
  51.             the Dominion?
  52.