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      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Starship Down" - REV. 09/11/95 - TEASER      2.

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					HANOK (Cont'd) 
			In order to comply with your 
			commerce laws, we've had to pay a 
			series of taxes and fees that have 
			made the cost of doing business 
			with you too high.

	Quark begins to look nervous; he's about to get busted, 
	and he has to start thinking fast.

					SISKO
			What sort of taxes and fees are 
			you referring to?

					HANOK 
				(off PADD) 
			For example... on a recent 
			shipment of Karemman Fleece, a 
			four percent surcharge was added 
			to pay for inspecting the cargo 
			for "changeling infiltrators."

					SISKO
			What?

	Quark tries to push past this with a "what can you do?" 
	smile.

					QUARK 
			You never know where they might be 
			hiding.

	As Hanok continues to reel off the list of problems, 
	Sisko begins to see what's going on here, and he 
	doesn't like it.

					HANOK 
			Another three percent of the 
			shipment's value was lost due to 
			"unforeseen" currency 
			fluctuations.

					QUARK 
			There was a run on the Bolian 
			Credit Exchange... played havoc 
			with the markets...

					HANOK 
			A six percent tariff was imposed 
			to help offset the "lost income of 
			Tarkalian sheep herders."

					QUARK
 			Hardworking people... you have to 
			feel for them...