DEEP SPACE NINE: "Rapture" - REV. 10/23/96 - ACT FIVE       50.

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	Sisko is prepared to accept the consequences.

					SISKO
			I know.

	But Whatley didn't get to be an admiral by misreading 
	political situations.

					WHATLEY
			But considering how the Bajorans 
			feel about you, if I pulled you 
			from this post, we'd probably lose 
			Bajor forever.

					SISKO
			Admiral, for what it's worth I 
			wish things had turned out 
			differently.

					WHATLEY
			So do I.

					SISKO
			But it's not over. One day Bajor 
			will join the Federation. That 
			much, I'm sure of.

					WHATLEY
			Are you speaking as a Starfleet 
			Captain or as the Emissary of the 
			Prophets?

					SISKO
				(with a smile)
			Both.

					WHATLEY
			In that case, I'll keep the 
			champagne on ice.


	Off this moment between them, we go to --