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        DEEP SPACE NINE: "Chimera" - REV. 12/16/98 - ACT FIVE       42.
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	FADE IN:

47   INT. CAPTAIN'S OFFICE

	Sisko, Odo, and Worf are reacting to Kira's news.

					SISKO
			Escaped? How did he get through
			the containment field?

					KIRA
			I can't explain it, all I can
			tell you is what I saw. He
			turned himself into some kind
			of... plasma energy and forced
			his way through.
				("kicking herself")
			Before I could stop him, he
			disappeared into an air vent.

	Odo has to fight to keep from showing that he's
	privately pleased about the changeling's escape.

					WORF
			According to the operations log,
			one of the airlocks was activated
			shortly after that.

					SISKO
			If he left the station, why
			didn't our sensors detect him?

					WORF
			A Corvallen Freighter was leaving
			at about the same time. He must
			have shadowed it to keep from
			being spotted.

					KIRA
			He could be anywhere by now.

	Sisko takes this in with a grim nod.

					SISKO
			General Martok's not going to be
			happy about this...

					WORF
			By fleeing, the changeling has
			demonstrated his guilt.