DEEP SPACE: "Defiant" - REV. 10/10/94 - ACT FOUR          37.

34   CONTINUED:	(2)

	Kira looks at him for a moment... suddenly realizes what 
	he's saying.  She tries to take this in.  Riker smiles at 
	her.

					RIKER
			Let's go to the bridge.

	She looks at him in surprise.  Riker glances over at the 
	destroyed bulkhead.

					RIKER
				(re: bulkhead)
			I think we'd all feel better having 
			you someplace where we can keep an 
			eye on you.

	Riker indicates the door and after a moment, Kira gets up 
	and they EXIT.

									CUT TO:

35   INT. CARDASSIAN WAR ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Dukat is sitting at a console, staring at a screen, lost in 
	grim contemplation.  Sisko is pacing slowly up and down, 
	studying a PADD.  The room is quiet, but tense.  (Korinas is 
	not here.)

					SISKO
				(off PADD)
			Fifteen outposts have checked in... 
			no sign of the Defiant.  Twenty-six 
			warships have scanned fourteen cubic 
			light years of space with anti-proton 
			beams... no Defiant.

	Sisko puts the PADD down and tries to clear his mind.

					SISKO
				(continuing)
			What are the possibilities?  They're 
			still under cloak and heading deeper 
			into Cardassian territory.  They're 
			laying low and waiting for some 
			unknown reason.  Or they've 
			encountered some kind of problem...