DEEP SPACE: "Whispers" - REV. 11/18/93 - ACT FIVE         45.

74   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			At current speeds, the Mekong is two 
			minutes, one second behind this 
			vessel.

					O'BRIEN
			Adjust our speed to let them catch 
			up to us in...
				(figuring, checking 
				sensors)
			... thirty seconds.

	On that cue, he hits a panel and one monitor or console 
	display begins a digital countdown from :30...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Dropping to point-four-impulse.

75   ANGLE - EMPHASIZING THE MEKONG ON THE MONITOR'S

	GRAPHIC (VPB)

					O'BRIEN
				(to the ship)
			Come on... come on... I'm waiting 
			for ya...

	Elements within the graphic begin to fritz and break up... 
	the timer (which is internal to the runabout and doesn't 
	fritz) is down to :15...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning.  Entering polar magnetic 
			field.  Sensors will be nonfunctional 
			for twenty-seven seconds... switch 
			to manual navigation...

					O'BRIEN
			Switching.

	The graphic completely fritzes out... move to see the timer 
	hit :05 - :04 - :03 - :02 - :01...

					O'BRIEN
			Computer, full impulse, engage!

	As O'Brien hits panels, the ship veers hard to the right, 
	O'Brien reacts to the centrifugal force...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Confirmed.  Manual navigation in 
			effect.