DEEP SPACE: "Explorers" - REV. 03/13/95 - ACT FIVE         56.

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					SISKO
			The same thing must've happened to 
			the ancient Bajorans...

	They spontaneously move to grab hold of each other...

					JAKE
			We did it... we proved the trip was 
			possible...

	There's a moment as they both contemplate the wonder of what's 
	happened... then...

					DUKAT
			I hate to interrupt your celebration, 
			but I've been asked to convey a 
			message from the Cardassian 
			Government...

	He picks up a PADD, reads hastily, as if he can't wait to 
	get through it.

					DUKAT
			"Your voyage is a testament to the 
			spirit of the ancient Bajorans who 
			first ventured out into space... it 
			could not be more appropriate that 
			your arrival coincides with the 
			discovery here on Cardassia of an 
			ancient crash site... "

	Dukat clears his throat as if to distract attention from the 
	unlikely scenario he's been asked to portray...

					DUKAT
			"A site that our archaeologists believe 
			contains the remnants of one of the 
			Bajoran vessels whose journey you 
			have just recreated... "

					SISKO
				(wry)
			What an amazing coincidence...

					DUKAT
				(even)
			Yes...

	Dukat turns and gives a curt nod to someone off screen... 
	suddenly a BURST of colored LIGHT shines onto Jake and Sisko 
	through the window...