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           DEEP SPACE: "Past Prologue" 10/05/92 - ACT FIVE          48.
                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

59   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)

	The Klingon ship is no longer present.

60   INT. OPS

	Sisko, Kira, Dax, O'Brien, Bashir and Odo all present around 
	the table.  Kira is tight, eyes down, already has told what 
	she needs to tell, knows what she has to do next... doesn't 
	need to be told...

					SISKO
				(searching for options)
			We have nothing to hold them on.... 
			they haven't committed any crime 
			yet...

					ODO
			Conspiracy is a crime...

					BASHIR
			But conspiracy to what?  We don't 
			even know what their plan is...

					O'BRIEN
			Once the exchange is made, with the 
			Klingons, you've got them holding 
			the components to an explosive 
			device... that's enough evidence 
			right there...

	Kira looks up for the first time...

					KIRA
			Chief O'Brien's right.  We have to 
			let them have a runabout.

					SISKO
				(beat)
			Agreed.

					KIRA
			And I have to be on it.

					SISKO
			Not agreed.  Major...