DEEP SPACE: "Explorers" - REV. 03/13/95 - ACT THREE        29.


26   CONTINUED:	(2)

					SISKO
			It's almost like being on the deck 
			of an old sailing ship... except the 
			stars aren't just up in the sky, 
			they're all around us...
				(a beat)
			Imagine what the ancient Bajorans 
			must've felt... heading out into 
			space in ships like this one... not 
			knowing what they would find... or 
			who they would meet.

	Jake is looking at his father, glad to see him swept up in 
	something... Sisko looks at him for a quiet moment...

					SISKO
			Jake... I know you didn't really 
			want to come on this trip...

	Jake starts to protest but Sisko holds up a hand to stop 
	him.

					SISKO
			I just want to say I'm glad you're 
			here...

	A moment between father and son...

					JAKE
			Dad... there's something I need to 
			talk to you about...

					SISKO
			Sure, what is it?

	Jake stands to go get his duffel bag and remove a PADD from 
	it.

					JAKE
			First you should read this...

	This is a difficult moment for him, as if he's both proud of 
	something and yet embarrassed by it.  He activates the PADD 
	and hands it to his father.

					JAKE
			It's a story I wrote...