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         DEEP SPACE: "THE SEARCH" - REV. 07/11/94 - ACT ONE          8.
                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

	(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)

6    EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE & DEFIANT (OPTICAL)

	The Defiant is docked at the station.

7    INT. WARDROOM (OPTICAL)

	The Wardroom is a room which has undergone a renovation since 
	Starfleet took over the station.  While the basic architecture 
	is clearly Cardassian, the furniture and decor are more in 
	the comfortable, ergonomic Federation vein.  There are 
	comfortable chairs, a couch or two, some small end tables, 
	and one large table which can be used for formal meetings.  
	One end is dominated by a viewer and computer console.

	Kira, O'Brien, Dax, Bashir and ODO are looking at a Okudagram 
	schematic diagram of the Defiant on one of the monitors.  
	Sisko is standing next to the monitor.

					SISKO
				(re: monitor)
			Officially she's classified as an 
			escort vessel... unofficially the 
			Defiant's a warship.  Nothing more, 
			nothing less.