DEEP SPACE NINE: "Favor the Bold" - REV. 9/5/97 - ACT ONE     10.


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					DAX 
			Hopefully, that's about to change.

					BASHIR
			You think Starfleet Command will 
			approve Sisko's plan?

					DAX
			We'll find out soon enough. He's 
			presenting it now.

	O'Brien lifts his glass to Bashir.

					O'BRIEN
			Here's to retaking the castle.

	Bashir lifts his glass, they CLINK.

					BASHIR 
			And planting our flag on its 
			battlements, once again.

	They drink.

					DAX
			You two spent too much time in the
			holosuites...

	And as they all sip their drinks --

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15   INT. STARBASE 375 - SISKO'S OFFICE

	Sisko, ADMIRAL ROSS, ADMIRAL COBURN, a human in his 
	late fifties, and a Vulcan, ADMIRAL SITAK, are gathered 
	around the wall monitor which displays Sisko's plans 
	for the retaking of Deep Space Nine.

					SISKO 
			By putting together a task force 
			comprised of elements from the 
			Second, Fifth and Ninth fleets, 
			I believe that we can take back
			Deep Space Nine -- the most 
			important piece of real estate in 
			the quadrant.