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    DEEP SPACE NINE: "Ties of Blood... " - REV. 2/14/97 - ACT TWO    29.

30   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN 
			They're hailing us.

					SISKO
			On screen.

31   INCLUDE THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL) 


	Which shifts from the image of the Jem'Hadar battleship 
	in space to a close shot of its bridge.

	Gul Dukat stands on the bridge, with Jem'Hadar soldiers 
	at his side.

					DUKAT
				(on Viewscreen) 
			Captain Sisko.

					SISKO
			Gul Dukat. What's the meaning of 
			this?

					DUKAT
				(on Viewscreen) 
			You said you'd take my request for
			Ghemor's extradition under 
			advisement.

					O'BRIEN
			They've locked weapons on the station.

					DUKAT
				(menacing) 
			I eagerly await your decision.

32   ANGLE ON SISKO AND THE OPS CREW

	As they react to Dukat's implied threat. They know he 
	means business. And as Sisko considers his options, we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO