DEEP SPACE NINE: "Extreme Measures" - REV. 04/05/99 - ACT THREE  33.

25   CONTINUED:

	Sloan is clearly filled with genuine emotion and
	there are times in his speech when he has to stop
	and regain his composure.

					SLOAN
			As I stand here, reunited with my
			friends and family for one last
			time... I want you -- the people
			I love -- to know just how sorry
			I am for all the pain I've caused
			you. I dedicated my life to the
			preservation and protection of
			the Federation. This duty, which
			I carried out to the best of my
			ability, took precedence over
			everything else... my parents, my
			wife, my children...
				(a beat)
			I lived in a world of secrets.
			Of sabotage and deceit. I spent
			so much time erasing my
			movements, covering my tracks...
			and now that I look back at my
			life, I find... nothing. It's as
			if I never really existed. I
			cheated you all out of being in
			my life. And what's more, I
			cheated myself as well.
				(a beat)
			I know a simple apology won't
			change that. Still, I feel the
			need to apologize anyway.

	Sloan looks around at the tear-stricken crowd.

					SLOAN
			No tears, please. My death isn't
			a tragedy, it's a celebration.
			In death, I can finally step out
			of the shadows and prove to
			myself that I existed. That I
			lived.

26   THE CROWD

	bursts into APPLAUSE. An attractive woman steps out
	of the group --

27   JESSICA SLOAN

	hurries over to Sloan.