DEEP SPACE NINE: "Starship Down" - REV. 09/14/95 - ACT ONE     14.

18   INT. DEFIANT - BRIDGE (VPB)

	The ship SHAKES.

					DAX
				(off console) 
			We're crossing into another 
			thermal layer...

	Another SHUDDER...

					CARSON 
			Holding position at ten 
			kilometers.

					SISKO
			Major...

	She works the scanner... we HEAR the pulse, and the 
	icon kicks out a sphere... when it illuminates a 
	blip...

					KIRA 
			From the size of it, I'd say it's 
			the Karemma...

	Just as the sphere is about to reach the edge of the 
	monitor, it illuminates TWO MORE BLIPS near the top of 
	the screen.

					KIRA
				(urgent) 
			I'm picking up two more ships.

	Suddenly the Defiant is ROCKED by phaser fire...

19   EXT. ATMOSPHERE (OPTICAL)

	as the two JEM'HADAR ships drop from above and head 
	toward the Defiant... they open fire...

20   INT. DEFIANT - BRIDGE

	as the ship is ROCKED VIOLENTLY by the blasts. 
	Consoles explode... warning KLAXONS sound...

					WORF
			Shields at sixty percent.

					SISKO
			Return fire.

	We hear the SOUND of phasers firing, then take another 
	blast ourselves, which ROCKS the ship hard. The LIGHTS 
	flicker out and are replaced by EMERGENCY LIGHTS.