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          DEEP SPACE: "Explorers" - REV. 03/02/95 - ACT ONE         16.

11   CONTINUED:

					DAX
			I take it the two of you were... 
			competitive.

					BASHIR
			Absolutely.  We were neck and neck 
			right up to the final exam.  And 
			then I blew it.
				(a beat)
			And that's how she wound up on the 
			Lexington.  A post virtually everyone 
			in our graduating class was hoping 
			for.

					DAX
			Including you?

					BASHIR
			No, this is the assignment I wanted.

					DAX
			Then what does it matter?

					BASHIR
			Don't you see?  She could've had 
			this post, she could've taken it 
			from me.  Somehow... no matter what 
			I accomplish while I'm here, that'll 
			always make me feel... second best...

	And with that, Bashir turns and EXITS to the Promenade... 
	leaving Dax to wonder if maybe she should stop teasing him 
	so much...

12   INT. BAJORAN SHIP

	where Sisko is using a BAJORAN LASER TORCH to weld together 
	a winch that's used to trim the sails.  The ship's interior 
	has taken shape around him.  The walls and floor reflect the 
	gentle, graceful curves of the exterior design.  Compressed 
	air tanks are built into the walls, and in places we get a 
	suggestion of their existence.  There might be little nooks 
	and ledges formed where the walls and floor meet, places a 
	person might perch themselves to read.

	Because this was a zero-gravity ship, the ceiling is quite 
	low, and like the walls and floor, there are handles on it 
	for the crew to grab onto.

	The interior has an almost Jules Verne feel to it.