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        DEEP SPACE: "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/14/92 - ACT ONE        11.
                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

22   EXT. SPACE - DS9 (OPTICAL)

	Establishing.  In this angle, we can see the Enterprise and 
	a few other ships are docked.

					SISKO (V.O.)
			Commence station log, Deep Space 
			Nine, Commander Benjamin Sisko, 
			Stardate xxxxx.x.  At the request of 
			the Bajoran provisional government, 
			Starfleet has agreed to establish a 
			Federation presence in this system 
			following the withdrawal of Cardassian 
			occupational forces.

23   INT. AIRLOCK - CLOSE ON MILES O'BRIEN

	his face straining with physical exertion...  sweating... 
	pulling back to find him working inside an open panel manually 
	working the levers and gears...  this is not Starfleet 
	technology by any means... as he struggles, the airlock slowly 
	opens to reveal Sisko and Jake standing there... they ENTER...

					O'BRIEN
			Sorry about that, Commander...  all 
			the interlock servos in this airlock 
			were stripped by the Cardassians...

	He sticks out his hand to shake then realizes that it is 
	covered with sludge from the panel he was just in and pulls 
	it back...

					O'BRIEN
			Miles O'Brien, your chief operations 
			officer...

	Sisko is cordial... but throughout the first three acts, 
	there is a grudging subtext... he's doing his duty but he 
	doesn't want to be here.

					SISKO
			We would've transported aboard if 
			we'd known you were having problems, 
			Chief...

	A Bajoran supernumerary manually closes the door behind them 
	as O'Brien leads them down the corridor...