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        DEEP SPACE: "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/10/92 - ACT ONE        17.

31   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			Sir, have you ever served with any 
			Bajoran women?

					SISKO
			No.  Why?

					O'BRIEN
				(I warned you)
			Just wondering, sir.

	Sisko nods... and walks up the stairs to his office...  as 
	he reaches the door which is open... he can hear her raised 
	voice in a conversation...

					KIRA...

			... YOU'RE THROWING IT ALL AWAY...
			ALL OF YOU...

					BAJORAN BUREAUCRAT...
				(MONITOR)
			... You're being a fool...

32   INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	Seeing Major KIRA NERYS for the first time... a striking 
	Bajoran woman in her early thirties... dressed in a Bajoran 
	military uniform... ending her conversation to the Bajoran 
	official on the monitor...

					KIRA
				(fuming)
			... THEN DON'T ASK FOR MY OPINION 
			NEXT TIME!

	She turns off her monitor with a slap of her hand...  looks 
	immediately to Sisko at the door...

					KIRA
			Yes?

					SISKO
			I'm Benjamin Sisko...

					KIRA
				(without a beat)
			I suppose you want the office.

	Sisko does a take... suppressing an incredulous smile... 
	ENTERING...