DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Darkness... " - REV. 11/01/96 - ACT FOUR   46.

42   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
				(to Worf)
			Prepare the Defiant. I want to 
			leave in ten minutes -- see if we 
			can pick up her ion trail.

					WORF
			It will be difficult. our sensor 
			logs show that Major Kira masked 
			her engine emissions with a 
			polaron field. The runabout 
			particle trail will be--

					SISKO
				(not in the mood)
			I understand the difficulties. You 
			have your orders. Dismissed.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

	Worf EXITS, leaving a very angry and very worried Sisko 
	and Odo.

									CUT TO:

43   EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	As it approaches a rocky, barren world.

					KIRA (V.O.)
			Kira Nerys, Personal Log: Stardate 
			50416.2. I've eliminated three of 
			the suspects from Odo's list. I'm 
			satisfied that none of them 
			could've committed the murders. 
			The fourth name is Silaran Prin -- 
			a Cardassian living on a planet
			near the DMZ.

43A  EXT. PLANET SURFACE (OPTICAL)

	Silaran's house is a converted cargo container sitting
	on a barren, windswept plain.