STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                              
                          "Progress" 
                          #40511-415 
                              
                          Written by 
                      Peter Allan Fields 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Les Landau 

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         <C>DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - - 02/16/93 - CAST 

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                          "Progress" 
                             CAST 

          BENJAMIN SISKO           CAPTAIN
          O'BRIEN                  CHIANO
          KIRA                     FIRST BAJORAN GUARD
          ODO                      MULLIBOK
          BASHIR                   TORAN
          DAX                      
          QUARK                    
          JAKE                     
          NOG                      

          Non-Speaking             Non-Speaking
          FERENGI WAITER           BALTRIM
          SECOND BAJORAN GUARD     KEENA
          N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES     

           DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 01/21/93 - SETS 

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                          "Progress" 
                             SETS 

        INTERIORS                     EXTERIORS
        DEEP SPACE NINE                 DEEP SPACE NINE
          PROMENADE                     
          CARGO BAY                     MOON JERADDO
          QUARK'S                       
          SISKO'S OFFICE                RUNABOUT
          SISKO'S QUARTERS              
          OPS                           
          RUNABOUT                      

          COTTAGE                       COTTAGE (DAY
                                        & NIGHT)

     <C>DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 02/17/93 - PRONUNCIATION 

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                          "Progress" 
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

          BALTRIM                  BALL-trim
          CHLOROBICROBES           KLOR-o-BI-krobs
          DABO                     DAH-boe
          GANGES                   GAN-jees
          JERADDO                  JUR-ah-doe
          KANDIPPERS               KAN-di-purrs
          KATTERPOD                KATT-er-pod
          KEENA                    KEY-nuh
          LATINUM                  LAT-i-num
          LISSEPIAN                li-SEP-ee-an
          LOKAR                    LOW-car
          MALGORIAN                mal-GOR-ee-an
          MULLIBOK                 MULL-ih-bock
          NERYS                    nar-EES
          NOH-JAY                  NO-jay
          PALUVIAN                 puh-LU-vee-an
          RASTIPOD                 RAS-ti-pod
          SIRCO CH'ANO             SIR-ko CHAH-no
          THERMOLOGISTS            ther-MOLL-oe-jists
          TORAN                    tor-RAN
          YAMOK                    YA-muk
          TESSIPATES               TESS-i-payts

              DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - TEASER              1.

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE                    
                              "Progress"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. QUARK'S

	The place is closed.  JAKE and NOG are alone at a table, 
	playing a 24th century equivalent of a "Go Fish" card game.  
	Jake will remain engrossed in it -- but Nog will look up, 
	attentive to:

					QUARK'S VOICE (O.S.)
			I thought I told you to cancel that 
			order.  Now what am I supposed to do 
			with five thousand wrappages of 
			Cardassian yamok sauce.  They were 
			the only ones who could stomach that 
			swill!

					JAKE
			Hey, are you gonna play, or what?

	But Nog's attention is still on what he's overhearing, as:

2    INCLUDING QUARK & FERENGI WAITER

	Quark, having been taking inventory, storms out of his 
	(o.s.) storeroom, trailed by his hapless Ferengi 
	Waiter, carrying an inventory PADD. As they cross
	through the place (ignoring Jake and Nog):

					QUARK
			You ordered it, you're going 
			to pay for it!  I'll take half of 
			your paycheck every week for the 
			next... six years!
				(turns to face him 
				squarely)
			And from now on, no more Cardassian 
			food in here!  Ever!

	And Quark, trailed by the Waiter, barges out of the place.

					JAKE
				(exasperated)
			C'mon, Nog, it's your turn.

              DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - TEASER              2.

2    CONTINUED:

					NOG
				(musing)
			... five thousand wrappages... that's 
			a lot of yamok sauce...

					JAKE
			Look, either take your turn, or I 
			win.

					NOG
			... it'd be a shame for it to go to 
			waste...

					JAKE
				(tosses in cards; 
				disgusted)
			That's it; game's over.

					NOG
			Jake, I'm getting that... tingle in 
			the lobes.  And when a lobe tingles, 
			it means only one thing: 
			"Opportunity."

					JAKE
				(confused)
			What're you talking about?

					NOG
			I'm talking about gold-pressed 
			latinum... maybe four, or five bars...

					JAKE
			I thought you were talking about 
			yamok sauce.

					NOG
			You've got a lot to learn about 
			opportunity.
				(rises)
			Come on.

					JAKE
				(lost)
			Where?

	But Nog is already making tracks -- and Jake can only follow.

3    EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) (STOCK)

	Establishing.

              DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - TEASER              3.

3    CONTINUED:

					SISKO'S (V.O.)
			Station log.  Stardate xxxx.xx.  
			With the help of the Federation, 
			Bajor is about to commence its first 
			large-scale energy transfer: The 
			tapping of the molten core of its 
			fifth moon, Jeraddo.

4    INT. OPS

	SISKO and (Bajoran) MINISTER TORAN -- an anxious-appearing 
	Provisional Government official -- are overviewing the work 
	of KIRA, DAX and O'BRIEN, who're involved at the various 
	work stations.

					DAX
			Magma pressures remain constant...

					O'BRIEN
			Differential subsurface movement is 
			at zero-point-three percent.

					TORAN
			Is that good?

					KIRA
				(smiles)
			They'd tell you if it weren't.

	Toran moves to oversee O'Brien's work -- notices a blinking 
	red panel light, and:

					TORAN
			Why is that red light blinking?

					O'BRIEN
			We're in normal standby mode.

					TORAN
			I take it, then, that we're not 
			expecting any surprises.

					SISKO
			We don't like surprises any more 
			than you do.

					KIRA
			Minister Toran, these people are 
			professionals.

              DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - TEASER            4-5.

4    CONTINUED:

					TORAN
			Forgive my bureaucratic nitpicking, 
			Major, but we're counting on Jeraddo's 
			energy to heat a few hundred thousand 
			Bajoran homes this winter.

					KIRA
			With that in mind, we're due to make 
			our next inspection...

	Kira nods to Sisko and Toran -- and EXITS along with Dax.

4A
thru   OMITTED
8

9    EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT & MOON JERADDO (OPTICAL)

	The Runabout is in close orbit above Jeraddo.  (NOTE: this 
	moon does have an atmosphere.)

10   INT. RUNABOUT

	Kira at the controls; Dax alongside, working the (o.s.) panel.  
	As they run their inspection routine...

					DAX
			Anyway, so there I was, sitting in 
			Quark's, when Morn just comes over 
			and invites me for dinner... Grid 
			square twelve-delta reads clear of 
			life forms...

					KIRA
			Morn?  Are you serious?

					DAX
				(off panel)
			Beginning scan of grid square fifteen 
			delta...

					KIRA
			So what did you say?

					DAX
			I told him I was busy.

					KIRA
			Good.

              DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - TEASER              6.

10   CONTINUED:

					DAX
			But you know those seven or eight 
			little wiry hairs sticking out of 
			his forehead?

					KIRA
				(fearing the worst)
			What... ?

					DAX
			They make him look kind of cute.

	Kira stares at her in amazement.  Then:

					DAX
				(off panel)
			That's odd... Sensors read a humanoid 
			presence in fifteen delta.  Could be 
			one of the project thermologists.

              DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - TEASER              7.

					KIRA
			Not in fifteen delta.

					DAX
			See for yourself.

					KIRA
				(to herself)
			All the inhabitants should've been 
			evacuated by now.
				(rises)
			I'd better beam down there and see 
			what's going on.

					DAX
			Ready to transport.

					KIRA
			I won't be long.

	Kira moves back to stand on the transporter pad -- nods to 
	Dax, who works the control, and:

11   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Kira DEMATERIALIZES.

12   EXT. OUTSIDE COTTAGE (OPTICAL)

	as Kira MATERIALIZES.  The cottage in b.g. is framed by a 
	ring of fertile, nurtured soil, in which grow lovely, varied 
	(alien) flowers.  A partially built kiln, being constructed 
	from the stack of homemade bricks nearby, stands a few yards 
	from the cottage.  The cottage itself is small, inviting, 
	and in good repair.

	Beat, as Kira gets her bearings.  She then moves to the 
	front door; is about to knock.  But now something 
	(o.s.) catches her eye, and CAMERA WILL FOLLOW HER GAZE
	to:

13   INCLUDE BALTRIM

	A sturdy Bajoran man in his mid-to-late 40s, BALTRIM (dressed 
	for farm labor) stands holding a menacing looking farm 
	implement (probably resembling a long-handled pike) leveled 
	at Kira.  She now senses something opposite Baltrim, on the 
	other side of the cottage.  She wheels to look in that 
	direction...

              DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - TEASER              8.

14   INCLUDING KEENA

	Also in her 40s, the Bajoran woman KEENA (dressed much like 
	Baltrim), also brandishes a farming instrument as a weapon.

	NOTE:  Baltrim and Keena both appear as frightened of Kira 
	as they are hostile.  Nonetheless, each moves a couple of 
	steps forward from their opposite directions.  They evince 
	no sign of lessening their menace.

	And so -- Kira readies herself to be attacked from either 
	flank.  And she's waiting for it, as we...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT ONE              9.
                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

	(NOTE:  Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)

15   EXT. OUTSIDE COTTAGE - DAY (CONTINUING)

	Kira still stands before the door; is still covered by the 
	weapons of the couple, Baltrim and Keena, as:

					MULLIBOK'S VOICE (O.S.)
			The problem is, they don't like 
			uniforms.

16   INCLUDING MULLIBOK

	Standing in his cottage doorway, is MULLIBOK.  A tall, craggy-
	faced and raw-boned farmer (also of Bajoran origin), his 
	considerable age has not bowed him in the slightest.  He's 
	an impressive figure.

					KIRA
			Neither do I, but it comes with the 
			job.

					MULLIBOK
			Which is?

					KIRA
			Do we talk, or do they attack?

	Mullibok nods slightly to Baltrim and Keena.  They lower 
	their weapons.  But there's no invitation to Kira.

					MULLIBOK
			You're halfway pretty.

					KIRA
			Does that mean I can come in?

					MULLIBOK
			Problem is, I don't like uniforms, 
			either.  They scare me.
				(re: Baltrim & Keena)
			We've had our fill of uniformed 
			bullies.

					KIRA
			I'm no Cardassian.  You know you're 
			supposed to be out of here by now.

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT ONE             10.

16   CONTINUED:

					MULLIBOK
			All I know is this farm.  If you 
			want proof, girl, just take a look 
			at my crop.

	He starts to close the door on her.  She uses her forearm to 
	keep it open, and:

					KIRA
				(friendly)
			I'd rather you didn't call me "girl."

					MULLIBOK
				(undeterred; re: couple)
			... Our crop, I should say.  Mostly 
			the katterpod beans.  You won't find 
			better katterpods.

					KIRA
			My father always said you get bigger 
			katterpods when you spray in some 
			chlorobicrobes.

					MULLIBOK
			Is that right.  That could be.
				(a bit softer)
			So your family's farmers, then.

					KIRA
			No... but if I don't get on your 
			good side soon, my arm's going to 
			fall off.

	In spite of himself, Mullibok finally smiles -- for an 
	instant.  Then, even as he does open the door to admit her:

					MULLIBOK
				(sternly)
			Pretty eyes like yours deserve a 
			meal.  Come on in.

					KIRA
			I'm afraid we don't have the time.  
			Obviously, you were overlooked in 
			the general evacuation; I've got to 
			get you out of here.

					MULLIBOK
			We'll talk about that over supper.

	He beckons the Couple, who move inside past Kira.  She SIGHS, 
	and follows them in.

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT ONE             11.

17
thru   OMITTED
18

19   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)(STOCK)

	Re-establishing.


20   OMITTED

21   INT. PROMENADE

	As they walk, Jake and Nog appear to be searching for someone 
	or something.  Jake suddenly stops; points to:

22   CAPTAIN

	the CAPTAIN of a Lissepian freighter lounges against a 
	partition... idly calculating something on a small PADD.  
	The chevrons on his sleeves, the clusters on his epaulets, 
	mark his rank.

23   INCLUDING JAKE & NOG

	as they approach the Captain (the still uncertain Jake lagging 
	a bit behind).

					NOG
			Excuse me, Sir... Are you the captain 
			of the Lissepian cargo ship?

					CAPTAIN
			That's right.

					NOG
			And you do a lot of trading with the 
			Cardassians?

					CAPTAIN
			Why not... one thing about 
			Cardassians; they pay their bills.

	The Captain smiles at the boys -- moves off.  They stick 
	with him, and:

					NOG
			Yes, I've heard that... And I've 
			also heard they really love their 
			yamok sauce.

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT ONE             12.

23   CONTINUED:

					CAPTAIN
			Look, if you're trying to buy some 
			yamok sauce from me, boy, you're 
			wasting your time.  I'm not carrying 
			any.

					NOG
			We're not buying... we're selling.

					JAKE
			Five thousand wrappages of it.

					NOG

			Original; not replicated.

					CAPTAIN
				(interest piqued)
			Where would you two boys get all 
			that yamok sauce?

					NOG
			We have connections.

					CAPTAIN
				(tempted)
			... five thousand, you say.

					NOG
			And they can be yours for... say... 
			five bars of gold-pressed latinum.

					CAPTAIN
			That's a lot of latinum.

					NOG
			That's a lot of yamok sauce.

					CAPTAIN
			Look, I'm not carrying any latinum.  
			But I'll tell you what I'll do: I'll 
			trade you something for it.

					NOG
				(dismissive)
			We were kind of counting on latinum...

	Nog about to break off the negotiation, when Jake holds his 
	arm, with:

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT ONE             13.

23   CONTINUED:	(2)

					JAKE
			Hold on.
				(to Captain)
			What would you trade?

					CAPTAIN
			I'll give you a hundred gross of 
			self-sealing stem bolts.  Some Bajoran 
			ordered them from me, and now he 
			can't pay.

					JAKE
				(what are they?)
			Self-sealing stem bolts?

					CAPTAIN
			Top grade merchandise; you won't 
			find a better stem bolt in this 
			sector.

					NOG
			I don't think so.  We deal strictly 
			in latinum.

	Jake takes Nog aside.

					JAKE
				(whisper)
			Nog, are you sure?

					NOG
			What're we going to do with stem 
			bolts?

					JAKE
			What're we going to do with yamok 
			sauce?

	A beat -- then they return to the Captain.

					NOG
			Sir, I've discussed it with my 
			partner, and you have a deal.

	Nog sticks out his hand... Beat, then the Captain shakes it.

					CAPTAIN
			Good.  I'll meet you at cargo bay 
			nine at twenty-one hundred hours.  
			We'll make the trade then.

	The Captain EXITS.  Jake and Nog watch him go.

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT ONE             14.

23   CONTINUED:	(3)

					NOG
			Now the question is, what do we do 
			with a hundred gross of self-sealing 
			stem bolts.

					JAKE
			I've got a better question.  How do 
			we get your uncle's yamok sauce?

24   CLOSE - NOG

	Already plotting strategy.

25   OMITTED

26   INT. COTTAGE - DAY

	Mullibok, Baltrim and Keena are preparing supper.  He cooks 
	with the gusto of one who loves doing it.  Kira stands 
	watching; eyeing the odd food with interest (we see odd-sized, 
	odd-hued vegetables, and a couple of big, weird-appearing 
	roots -- one of which is already being sliced up for the 
	main pot).

					MULLIBOK
			At least you're not the type that'd 
			dispossess a man on an empty stomach.

					KIRA
			I wouldn't think of it.

					MULLIBOK
			That's fine.  Of course, these roots 
			take about three hours to soften.

					KIRA
			What?

					MULLIBOK
			Surely you don't eat your roots hard.

					KIRA
				(amused)
			I'm in no hurry.
				(taps combadge)
			Kira to Ganges.

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT ONE             15.

26   CONTINUED:

					DAX'S COM VOICE
			This is Dax.  Are you all right?

					KIRA
			A man with a talent for delay just 
			invited me to a farewell supper here.  
			You go on.  I'll have one of the 
			thermologists bring me back.

					DAX'S COM VOICE
			Enjoy supper; Dax out.

	Mullibok hands her the second -- as yet unwashed -- root.

					MULLIBOK
			After you wash it, scrub off the 
			skin.

	Kira will comply, throughout:

					KIRA
				(to Couple)
			You don't talk much, do you?

					MULLIBOK
			They don't talk at all.  Cardassians 
			took care of that.  They escaped to 
			this moon about eighteen years ago.  
			I've been here forty.  We've done 
			well together.
				(beat; patronizing)
			Be a good girl, and set out the plates 
			and utensils, please.

	Kira cocks an eyebrow at him -- finally looks around to see 
	where they might be stored:

					MULLIBOK
			In that cupboard on the other side 
			there.

	As Kira turns and heads away toward the cupboard:

					MULLIBOK
				(watching her go)
			Y'know, dear, you look good even 
			from this angle; but you walk like a 
			carnivorous rastipod.

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT ONE             16.

26   CONTINUED:	(2)

					KIRA
				(wheels around; losing 
				it)
			Now look!...

	But she breaks off; suddenly realizing something -- and now 
	it's she who smiles, with:

					KIRA
			You're trying to make me mad.

					MULLIBOK
				(slyly)
			How'm I doing?

					KIRA
			Not well enough to get rid of me.

					MULLIBOK
				(pleasantly)
			Damn.

	And now they're both smiling.

					MULLIBOK
			So what do they call you, dear?

					KIRA
				(beat)
			I'm Major Kira; I'm in charge of 
			evacuating all the...

					MULLIBOK
				(overrides)
			You're given name.

					KIRA
				(small smile)
			Nerys.

					MULLIBOK
			Well, Nerys, I'm Mullibok, and this 
			root really does take three hours to 
			cook, so... You sit yourself down 
			and relax, child, it'll be tasty.

	Kira does sit, and:

					KIRA
			Mullibok, they begin tapping the 
			core of this moon in seven days.

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT ONE             17.

26   CONTINUED:	(3)

					MULLIBOK
				(depressed now)
			I know.

					KIRA
			With respect... you are only three 
			people.  This project will benefit 
			thousands... hundreds of thousands.

					MULLIBOK
			I made myself unconcerned with all 
			of that forty years ago when I ran 
			away from a Cardassian labor camp on 
			your precious Bajor.

					KIRA
			What we're trying to create now is 
			what you weren't allowed to have 
			then.  It can be your Bajor, too.

					MULLIBOK
			This is where I live.  This is my 
			home.

					KIRA
			You'll have a home on Bajor... and 
			people who'll welcome you and your 
			friends.  Life'll be different, yes.  
			But it'll be fine... really.

					MULLIBOK
			No it won't.  I told you; my life is 
			here.  I'll die if I leave.
				(beat)
			I'd rather die here.

	Off Kira's reaction, we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT TWO             18.
                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

27   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)

	Re-establishing.

28   INT. QUARK'S

	A slow night.  Quark, behind the bar, is in a foul mood -- 
	as Nog approaches, with inventory PADD.

					NOG
			Uncle Quark...

					QUARK
				(irritable)
			Last night... that dabo player who 
			dropped his drink... I saw you run 
			and get him another one without 
			charging him.  I've warned you about 
			picking up your father's habits.

					NOG
			It'll never happen again, Uncle.
				(beat)
			Y'know, I was trying to find some 
			storage space for the shipment of 
			lokar beans that're due in tomorrow.  
			Is it okay if I stack them on top of 
			the yamok sauce?
				(afterthought)
			If I can reach that high.

					QUARK
			Please!  Don't talk to me about yamok 
			sauce.

					NOG
			Do you want me to get rid of it?  I 
			can take it to the matter reclamation 
			unit.

					QUARK
			Anything... Just get it out of my 
			sight.
				(pats his head)
			You're a good boy, Nog.

	Quark goes about his business.

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT TWO             19.

28A  INCLUDING JAKE (AT ENTRANCE IN B.G.)

	as Nog gives Jake the "high sign" that everything's okay.

29   EXT. OUTSIDE COTTAGE - NIGHT

	Re-establishing.

30   INT. COTTAGE - NIGHT

	where Kira, Mullibok, Baltrim and Keena sit finishing what 
	appears to be a sumptuous meal.  Mullibok, a teller of tall 
	tales, begins slowly suckering Kira in with one now, as:

					MULLIBOK
			I stowed away on a Cardassian survey 
			vessel.  They made stops all through 
			the Bajoran system, looking for 
			possible mining sites.  When they 
			got here to Jeraddo, I overpowered 
			the crew and stole what I'd need to 
			start building my life here.

					KIRA
			You overpowered the crew... by 
			yourself?

					MULLIBOK
				(much modesty)
			There were only six of them...
				(aside)
			... which was fortunate, because I'd 
			been weakened a bit by captivity and 
			starvation.
				(back to bluster)
			Anyway, here I was; the first person 
			ever to settle on this moon.  Trouble 
			was, I had no farm implements.  Once 
			again, starvation and I stared each 
			other in the face.
				(aside)
			I'm not boring you... ?

					KIRA
			No, no, I want to hear who won.

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT TWO             20.

30   CONTINUED:

					MULLIBOK
				(still deadpan)
			Well, it was mind over matter.  Every 
			twenty-six hours I just tightened my 
			waist-belt another notch, so my belly 
			could never really be sure it was 
			shrinking.

					KIRA
				(incredulous)
			Excuse me... ?

					MULLIBOK
			Now you asked me how I got started 
			here, and I'm trying very politely 
			to tell you, if you'll kindly let me 
			finish.

					KIRA
			I assume you found some food before 
			you ran out of belt notches.

					MULLIBOK
			Are you telling this story or am I?

					KIRA
				(waves him on)
			By all means...

					MULLIBOK
			Well, it was obvious I was going to 
			have to plant and harvest a crop.  
			So I did what anyone'd do who had an 
			entire world to build...

	Keena will rise; start clearing the table, during:

					MULLIBOK
			... I rolled back and forth across 
			the ground til it surrendered.  Then 
			I went down on my hands and knees 
			and started to plow... Using my bare 
			fingernails, mind you... I plowed 
			every last furrow in that field 
			straight as a plumb line.

					KIRA
			Now that's inventive.

           DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/19/93 - ACT TWO          21.

30   CONTINUED:	(2)

					MULLIBOK
			And when I'd hit a patch of 
			mineralized clay, I'd just grind it 
			up in my teeth to enrich the soil.
				(the tale told)
			Baltrim, let's taste a bit of your 
			wonderful wine here.

	And Baltrim, smiling, will go to a cupboard for wine and 
	mugs, as:

					MULLIBOK
				(dead serious)
			What I'm telling you, Major, is that 
			I tamed this place.  Me.

					KIRA
				(earnestly)
			I believe you.

					MULLIBOK
			You look like a bit of a fighter 
			yourself.

					KIRA
			On Bajor, we had to be.

					MULLIBOK
			To get rid of the Cardassians.
				(brooding)
			Mindless butchers.

					KIRA
			We paid them back.

					MULLIBOK
				(suckering her in)
			I bet you did... They probably never 
			knew what hit them.  I'm sorry I 
			missed the fun.

					KIRA
			Fun?

           DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/17/93 - ACT TWO         21A.

30   CONTINUED:	(3)

					MULLIBOK
			Like spearing kandippers in a bottle.

					KIRA
				(indignant)
			Wait a minute; are you serious?  You 
			know what the Cardassians were like; 
			the weapons they had.  We didn't 
			stand a chance against them.

					MULLIBOK
			Well then, how did you beat them?

					KIRA
			We beat them because...
				(beat, she realizes 
				where he's taken her)
			... We hung on like fanatics.

           DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/18/93 - ACT TWO          22.

30   CONTINUED:	(4)

					MULLIBOK
				(musing)
			Hung on like fanatics.
				(brightly)
			I'll have to remember that.

	He smiles nicely -- and saunters out.

30A  ON KIRA

	Her face reflects the realization that she's just given him 
	extra ammo.  Quickly, she moves to follow him out.

31   EXT. OUTSIDE COTTAGE - NIGHT - FAVORING KILN AREA

	Mullibok's approaching idly to look at the unfinished kiln.  
	Behind him, Kira EMERGES from the cottage... moves to join 
	him, with:

					KIRA
			Listen to me, Mullibok...

					MULLIBOK
			You know, one of these days I've got 
			to finish this kiln... So I can temper 
			my baking pots... put colorful tops 
			on them.  That'd be nice, wouldn't 
			it?

					KIRA
			Look... I appreciate that you're 
			trying to hang on here... and I 
			sympathize... but you can't stay.  
			The minute they start tapping the 
			crust, it will release sulfer and 
			carbon compounds that will make the 
			air unbreathable.

					MULLIBOK
			The Cardassians probably told you 
			that you didn't stand a chance, 
			either.  Did you surrender?

           DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/17/93 - ACT TWO         21A.

					KIRA
				(beat; softly)
			No.

					MULLIBOK
			Then why would you expect me to act 
			any different than you?
				(a beat)
			You tell them they can start cracking 
			this moon apart anytime they're ready.  
			I'll be here.

					KIRA
				(resigned)
			I'll tell them.

	And on her troubled face we...

32   OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

            DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT THREE            24.
                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

33   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)(STOCK)

	Re-establishing.

34   INT. CARGO BAY

	Jake and Nog stand amid several containers, one of which 
	they've opened -- and from which Nog's just retrieving a 
	single self-sealing stem bolt... which he holds aloft for 
	their (and our) examination.  Both ends of it are splayed 
	out; you can't tell which end, if either, is up; nor for 
	what the rounded protrusions along the middle -- with their 
	slim, tin-like protuberances -- might possibly be utilized.  
	If this really is some kind of "bolt," it's one in name only.

					JAKE
			So that's a stem bolt.

					NOG
			A self-sealing stem bolt.  There's a 
			difference.

					JAKE
			You're sure about that... ?

					NOG
				(paraphrasing Captain)
			What's important is that it's top 
			grade merchandise.  You can't find a 
			better stem bolt in this sector.

					JAKE
				(enthused)
			And we have a hundred gross of them!

	Nog is suddenly feeling the burden of too many stem bolts, 
	as:

					NOG
				(depressed)
			That's a lot of stem bolts.

					O'BRIEN (O.S.)
			Excuse me, gentlemen...

71:[1,#b],88:[1,#b]
            DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT THREE            25.

35   INCLUDING O'BRIEN

	He stands just inside the entrance; holding a PADD.

					O'BRIEN
			Anyone know what this cargo is doing 
			here?

					NOG
				(thinking fast)
			Uh... it belongs to my Uncle Quark; 
			they're... stem bolts.

					O'BRIEN
			Well, do me a favor and tell your 
			uncle we're getting a bit weary of 
			him short-circuiting import 
			procedures.

					NOG
			I'll certainly do that, Sir...
				(what are these things?)
			It's just that my Uncle Quark really 
			needed some stem bolts...

					O'BRIEN
			You mean self-sealing stem bolts.

					NOG
				(excited)
			That's right!  That's it!  Self-
			sealing stem bolts.

					O'BRIEN
				(looks around)
			He sure needs a lot of them.

					JAKE
			This is top grade merchandise.  You 
			can't find a better stem bolt in 
			this sector.

					O'BRIEN
			I don't doubt it.  What's he need 
			them for?

					NOG
			Oh... the usual.

					O'BRIEN
			The usual?

            DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT THREE            26.

35   CONTINUED:

					NOG
			Well, you know...
				(as if it's obvious)
			... Why does anybody use self-sealing 
			stem bolts...


					O'BRIEN
			I wouldn't know; I've never used 

			them.

					JAKE
			Never?

					O'BRIEN
			I've never even seen one.

					NOG
			Then how did you know they're self-
			sealing?

					O'BRIEN
			I read it here on the manifest padd.

	O'Brien gives the boys a nice little wave, and EXITS.

					NOG
			I would've bet anything he'd know 
			what they were.

					JAKE
			I told you we should've asked that 
			freighter captain.

					NOG
				(sudden idea)
			Wait... I know who can tell us what 
			self-sealing stem bolts are!  The 
			Bajoran who ordered them in the first 
			place.  His name's gotta be on the 
			shipping codes.

	Jake retrieves a code-reader from its magnetic holder on the 
	wall -- runs it across a kind of bar-coded label on one of 
	the crates.  Then, Jake looks at the readout, with:

					JAKE
				(off readout)
			Sirco Ch'Ano... It has his address 
			and everything.  You think he'll be 
			mad that we have his stem bolts?

            DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT THREE            27.

35   CONTINUED:	(2)

					NOG
			He couldn't afford 'em, remember.  
			But we'll offer to sell them to him 
			at a discount.

35A  INT. OPS

	Dax and Supernumeraries at stations, as Kira arrives in the 
	Turbolift -- moves through, as:

					DAX
			I'm glad you finally made it back; I 
			was getting worried.

					KIRA
				(re: Sisko's office)
			Is he alone?

					DAX
			I think Minister Toran's in there 
			with him.

					KIRA
			Even better.

36   INT. SISKO'S OFFICE

	Sisko, Kira and Toran.  Though Sisko presides, this is 
	primarily between Kira and the Minister.

					TORAN
			I don't understand.  There were forty-
			seven other people living on that 
			moon.  They all left willingly.

					KIRA
			How do we know?  All we know is that 
			they obeyed the order to leave.

					TORAN
			And so will these people.

					KIRA
				(not a chance)
			You haven't met Mullibok.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/17/93 - ACT THREE         28.

36   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			Is there anything you can offer that 
			might make him more willing to leave?

					KIRA
			Not a thing, believe me.

					SISKO
			Would a postponement help?

					KIRA
				(sparks to idea)
			It'd give us time to work something 
			out with him.

					TORAN
			We can't postpone, and if he stays, 
			he'll be committing suicide.
				(to Sisko)
			We'll have to beam him off the 
			surface.

					KIRA
			If we take him like that, we'll be 
			killing him.

					TORAN
			I refuse to allow three stubborn 
			holdouts to jeopardize a project 
			that'll benefit so many of our people.
				(beat)
			I'm sorry, Major; if there were 
			anything else we could do, we'd have 
			done it.

					KIRA
			But there is another way.  We can 
			tap the core using phased energy 
			retrieval.

					TORAN
			I thought we had agreed that phased 
			energy retrieval would take too long.  
			It would mean waiting a full year 
			before we could extract any meaningful 
			amount of energy.  I wish we had the 
			time to be more delicate, but we 
			don't.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/24/93 - ACT THREE         29.

					KIRA
			So instead, we'll act like 
			Cardassians...

					SISKO
				(calming)
			Easy, Major.

					TORAN
				(to Kira)
			I resent that.  It's obvious to me 
			that you've developed a feeling for 
			this man.  Fine; I can accept that.  
			But if you're not comfortable with 
			completing this assignment, I'll 
			find someone who is.

					KIRA
				(resigned to the 
				inevitable)
			That won't be necessary.

36A  INT. OPS

	Dax still works at her station, as an angry Kira comes down 
	the stairs from Sisko's (o.s.) office, and:

					KIRA
				(taps combadge)
			Kira to Odo.

					ODO'S COM VOICE
			Odo here...

					KIRA
			I'm going back to Jeraddo.  I need 
			two security officers to meet me at 
			Runabout Pad Three immediately.

					ODO'S COM VOICE
			They'll be there.

					DAX
			Is there something I should know?

					KIRA
				(turning on her)
			I am not a Cardassian!

					DAX
				(calmly; small smile)
			I knew that.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/24/93 - ACT THREE        29A.

36A  CONTINUED:

					KIRA
			I mean... What's the point!  If we're 
			going to act like Cardassians, why 
			did we bother to get rid of them in 
			the first place!

					DAX
			Not a good meeting, huh?

					KIRA
			All right, so it is my job, and I'll 
			do my job, but it's wrong!

	Kira walks off, toward the Turbolift.  HOLD on Dax, who 
	watches her go with concern...

37
thru   OMITTED
40

41   EXT. SPACE - MOON JERADDO (OPTICAL)

	Re-establishing.

42   EXT. OUTSIDE COTTAGE - DAY

	Kira, accompanied by a FIRST and Second BAJORAN SECURITY 
	GUARD, approach the cottage from b.g.  The Guards wear 
	holstered weapons at their belts (as they would on any "Away" 
	mission), but there's not the slightest thought of any use 
	of weaponry here.

					KIRA
				(calling)
			Mullibok?

	She continues forward, repeating:

					KIRA
			Mullibok!

					FIRST GUARD
			What about the other two?

            DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT THREE            30.

43   ANOTHER ANGLE

	With no reply from the cottage, Kira indicates the Two Guards 
	are to follow her back in the direction from which they came, 
	during:

					KIRA
			They have a cottage about...
				(indicates)
			... thirty-five, forty meters through 
			there.  Now remember; these people 
			were victims of the Cardassians.  
			They don't speak; they're very 
			frightened of uniforms.  Understood?

					FIRST GUARD
				(nice)
			Understood, Major.

					KIRA
			If they're out working in the fields, 
			just... start gathering their 
			supplies... clothing, I guess...

					FIRST GUARD
			Without permission?

					KIRA
			We're not going to get permission.  
			Just be careful with everything.

	The First Guard nods -- leads the Second off in the direction 
	indicated by Kira.  She watches them go for a beat; turns 
	back toward the cottage -- but stops abruptly at the sight 
	of:

44   MULLIBOK

	standing in his now open doorway; his face reflecting his 
	defiantly stubborn displeasure.

45   MULLIBOK & KIRA

	staring at each other for a long beat, before:

					MULLIBOK
				(re: Kira's phaser)
			You plan on using that... ?

					KIRA
			Protocol.
				(a beat)
			If you like, I'll help you pack your 
			things.

            DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT THREE            31.

45   CONTINUED:

					MULLIBOK
			You sent those two uniforms after 
			Baltrim and Keena.

					KIRA
			That's right;  I'm doing what has to 
			be done.

					MULLIBOK
			Me, too.

	And he closes his front door on her from within.  She takes 
	a deep breath, and continues to that door, on which she KNOCKS 
	somewhat forcefully, with:

					KIRA
				(calling o.s.)
			Don't make us take you by force... 
			Please!

	The door opens -- Mullibok emerges, carrying a trowel-like 
	tool in one hand, and a bucket filled with wet, cement-like 
	filler material, in the other.  He moves directly past Kira 
	(as though she weren't there), toward his partially built 
	kiln.

46   ANGLE AT KILN

	Mullibok will set down his bucket; begin laying a first brick 
	(from the stack alongside) onto what's to become a kiln wall -- 
	as Kira approaches him.  Throughout:

					KIRA
			I promise you it won't be that bad.  
			You can plant whatever you want on 
			Bajor; keep to yourself if you want 
			to; that's fine.  Take some seeds 
			with you for those terrible roots of 
			yours I had to eat.  Just listen to 
			reason!

					MULLIBOK
			Just listen to yourself, Major.  
			Tell me what you hear.

					KIRA
				(lost)
			What do you mean?

					MULLIBOK
			I mean you sound like a two-headed 
			Malgorian I knew as a boy.

            DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT THREE            32.

45   CONTINUED:

					MULLIBOK (Cont'd)
			Did you every try talking with a two-
			headed Malgorian?

					KIRA
			This is no time for one of your 
			stories...

					MULLIBOK
			You see, the thing about a two-headed 
			Malgorian is, it can never make up 
			its mind about what it really wants.  
			Which can be very confusing, believe 
			me.

					KIRA
			Eventually, you're going to have to 
			stop talking, and deal with this.

					MULLIBOK
			Now you see, that was the trouble 
			with my Malgorian friend.  He always 
			had problems, and he could never 
			decide how to solve them.  So he 
			would come looking for me to deal 
			with his problems for him.

					KIRA
			Mullibok, please...

					MULLIBOK
			And you know what I finally told 
			that Malgorian?  "Fellows, deal with 
			it yourselves."

					KIRA
			Fine.  I'll pack your things myself.

	Beat -- then Kira heads for his cottage door.  But she's 
	stopped by:

					FIRST GUARD'S VOICE (O.S.)
			Major!

47   ANGLE

	The First Guard appears in the clearing -- holding his side 
	(in which there's a wound) with one hand, and leading an 
	antagonistic Baltrim with the other.  Behind them, the Second 
	Guard leads an equally unwilling (albeit more frightened) 
	Keena by the arm.

            DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT THREE            33.

47   CONTINUED:

	During this:

					FIRST GUARD
			They're crazy!  The man just stuck 
			me with a farm tool, and she came at 
			me from behind!

48   CLOSE - MULLIBOK

	His face contorts with his outrage -- his fury.

					MULLIBOK
			Let her go!

					FIRST GUARD (O.S.)
			Stay back!

49   RESUME SHOT

	Mullibok -- emitting an unintelligible OUTCRY in his explosive 
	anger -- charges the Second Bajoran Security Guard.  
	Mullibok's big, and his rage renders him almost maniacal.  
	His hands go to the throat of the Second Guard, who goes 
	down beneath the onslaught.

					KIRA
				(at Mullibok)
			No!

50   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	The First Bajoran Security Guard instantly whips out his 
	hand weapon (for the first time), and FIRES once at the now 
	murderous Mullibok -- who's thereby knocked off the prone 
	body of the Second Guard he'd begun to strangle.  As Mullibok 
	lands, unconscious and seriously wounded, Kira rushes to 
	kneel at his side.

51   KIRA & MULLIBOK

	Devastated -- her own tears welling, she perfunctorily 
	examines his wound and his dire status.

					KIRA
				(at First Guard)
			You!  Beam up to the Runabout and 
			call the station!  Get Doctor Bashir!  
			Move!

            DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT THREE            34.

51   CONTINUED:

	Her attention goes instantly back to Mullibok.  She has 
	no more words.  She is heartbroken...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT FOUR            35.
                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

52   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)

	Re-establishing.

53   INT. SISKO'S QUARTERS

	Only Jake and Nog are present.  Because the monitor screen 
	displays only STATIC, we'll HEAR, but never see, a Bajoran 
	male, CH'ANO.  He's conversing with the boys.  We see that 
	Nog -- who's removed a side panel from the monitor -- is 
	continuously zapping the electronics just enough to make 
	video transmission impossible.   Throughout:

					CH'ANO'S VOICE
			I'm sorry, I still can't see you.  
			What'd you say your name was... ?  
			I'm getting some kind of subspace 
			interference.

					JAKE
			My name's...

					NOG
				(overrides)
			We're, uh...
				(thinking fast)
			... the Nog and, uh... The "Noh-Jay 
			Consortium."  And we have a hundred 
			gross of self-sealing stem bolts.  
			We were wondering...

					CH'ANO'S VOICE
				(interrupts; excited)
			You have my stem bolts?  What would 
			you want for them?

	The boys exchange looks -- as opportunity has suddenly re-
	appeared.

					NOG
			We'll let you have them for five 
			bars of gold-pressed latinum.

					CH'ANO'S VOICE
				(dismayed surprise)
			Five bars!

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT FOUR            36.

53   CONTINUED:

					NOG
			Four bars.

					CH'ANO'S VOICE
			I don't think I...

					NOG
				(quickly)
			Three bars.

					CH'ANO'S VOICE
			If I had any latinum, I'd already 
			have the bolts.  Would you consider 
			an exchange?

					NOG
			I'd consider one bar of latinum...

	Jake tugs at Nog, with:

					JAKE
				(whispered aside)
			He doesn't have any latinum.  Let's 
			trade for something.

					NOG
				(aside to Jake)
			I don't want "something."  I want 
			latinum.

					CH'ANO'S VOICE
			I can't hear you... Can I interest 
			you in a piece of land?

					JAKE
				(aside to Nog)
			Land is good.

					NOG
				(aside to Jake)
			For what?  It's nothing but dirt.

					JAKE
				(back to Ch'Ano)
			How much land?

					CH'ANO'S VOICE
			I can let you have seven tessipates.

	The following is a whispered exchange between the boys:

					JAKE
			"Seven" sounds good.

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT FOUR            37.

53   CONTINUED:	(2)

					NOG
			First yamok sauce... then stem 
			bolts... now tessipates... and still 
			no profit.

					JAKE
			But we're getting closer... I can 
			feel it.

					NOG
			You can?

					JAKE
			I think so.

					CH'ANO'S VOICE
			Do we have a deal?

	Jake looks expectantly at Nog -- who only shrugs wearily.

					JAKE
				(beat; to Ch'Ano)
			We'll have to see proof that you own 
			the land.

					CH'ANO'S VOICE
			Naturally.  You'll get a transmission 
			on that by twelve hundred hours.

					JAKE
				(confident now)
			You've bought yourself some stem 
			bolts.

	The monitor BLANKS -- and Nog stops his transmission 
	interference, as:

					JAKE
				(satisfied with himself)
			Land!

					NOG
			Dirt.

54   EXT. OUTSIDE COTTAGE - DAY

	Re-establishing.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/18/93 - ACT FOUR          38.

55   INT. COTTAGE - DAY

	BASHIR labors over Mullibok -- who's just regaining 
	consciousness -- but is obviously in poor shape.  Kira stands 
	in b.g., still visibly affected, as:

					BASHIR
				(to Mullibok)
			Just rest easy.  You took a phaser 
			blast which punctured your peritoneum.  
			It's serious, and if you try moving 
			around, you're going to make it worse.

					MULLIBOK
			Another uniform.

					BASHIR
			Doctor Julian Bashir, Starfleet.  
			Major Kira sent for me.

					MULLIBOK
			She did, uh?...
				(louder; at Kira)
			... You're backwards, Nerys... I told 
			you...

	Kira, unsure of what to say and uncomfortable as hell, heads 
	for the door; will EXIT, as:

					MULLIBOK
				(back to Bashir)
			With me unconscious, she could've 
			just had us swept off of here with 
			no trouble at all.
				(suddenly recalls)
			My friends... Baltrim and Keena...

					BASHIR
			They've been evacuated to Bajor.  
			I'll be taking you back to our 
			station, so I can...

					MULLIBOK
			No.  I stay here.

56   EXT. OUTSIDE COTTAGE - DAY

	Kira stands, lost in brooding thought, just outside the 
	cottage door -- as it's opened from within.  Bashir emerges.

					BASHIR
			He refuses to leave.

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT FOUR            39.

56   CONTINUED:

					KIRA
				(small smile)
			Really.

					BASHIR
			He's got to be cared for.  I'm going 
			to take him without his permission.

					KIRA
			No you're not.

					BASHIR
			He needs close attention.  There's 
			no medical facility here.

					KIRA
			I'll be here.

	Kira now moves away -- toward the kiln in b.g.  As she goes, 
	she's stripping off her tunic, with:

					KIRA
				(without turning back)
			Leave me instructions and whatever 
			medication you think he'll need.

57   KIRA AT KILN

	In her shirt now, and focused only on the task at hand, she 
	begins preparing to lay bricks on the prospective kiln wall.

58   ON BASHIR

	From his just standing there -- without a clue -- watching 
	her, we go to:

59   INT. SISKO'S OFFICE - ON BASHIR

	as he reports:

					BASHIR
			She didn't offer a word of 
			explanation, Sir.  She simply removed 
			her uniform tunic and started... 
			building.

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT FOUR            40.

60   INCLUDING SISKO

	at his desk; not thrilled.

					SISKO
			Well Doctor, right now she stands a 
			pretty good chance of being out of 
			uniform permanently.
				(thoughtful beat)
			I'm going to tell Minister Toran 
			that she's remained temporarily on 
			Jeraddo at your request.

					BASHIR
			But sir, that... isn't true.

					SISKO
				(not just a request)
			Make it true, Doctor.  Now, please.

					BASHIR
				(beat)
			Commander, I'd advise that Major 
			Kira remain on Jeraddo for 
			humanitarian reasons, uh...
				(aside)
			... How long?

					SISKO
			The next day or two.

					BASHIR
			For the next day or two, sir.

					SISKO
			Thank you, Doctor; I'll consider 
			that request.  Dismissed.

	At first, Bashir thinks there's something else to say -- but 
	there isn't.  So, after a beat, he just turns; heads out.  
	HOLD on a thoughtful Sisko for a beat.  He finally rises; 
	moves out of his office.

61   EXT. SPACE - ON MOON JERADDO (OPTICAL)

	Re-Establishing.

62   INT. COTTAGE - DAY

	Kira, still without her tunic, has been running a plain-
	appearing little scanner-like medical device across the area 
	of Mullibok's wound.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/18/93 - ACT FOUR          41.

62   CONTINUED:

					MULLIBOK
			What's that?

					KIRA
			It's for deep bruises.  Don't ask my 
			why it works, I'm not the doctor.

					MULLIBOK
			What're they going to do to you for 
			staying here?

					KIRA
			Probably the same thing they'll do 
			to you.  I don't really know.

					MULLIBOK
			What're you so angry about?

					KIRA
			I don't really know...

	She rises; will move to look out the window, during:

					KIRA
				(continuing)
			... When I was very small... I remember 
			there was a tree just outside my 
			window.  It was the ugliest, gnarled 
			and battered old tree I've ever seen.  
			Even the birds stayed away from it.

					MULLIBOK
			But you loved it.

					KIRA
			I hated it.
				(turns; faces him 
				squarely)
			Because it'd grown so huge that its 
			branches blotted out the sun for 
			kellipates.  And its roots were 
			buried so deep in the soil that 
			nothing else could grow there.  It 
			was a big, selfish, annoying...

					MULLIBOK
				(interrupts)
			...Nasty...

					KIRA
			Nasty old tree.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/17/93 - ACT FOUR          42.

62   CONTINUED:	(2)

					MULLIBOK
			Sounds to me like it had character...

					KIRA
				(beat; quietly)
			A lot.

					MULLIBOK
			And what happened to it?  Did you 
			cut it down?

					KIRA
				(another beat; torn)
			I don't know yet.

					SISKO'S COM VOICE
			Sisko to Kira...

					KIRA
				(frowning surprise; 
				taps combadge)
			Commander?

					SISKO'S COM VOICE
			I'm preparing to beam down.

					KIRA
			I don't think that's a good idea.

					SISKO'S COM VOICE
			Major... Either I'm coming down, or 
			you're coming up.

					MULLIBOK
			Doesn't have much faith in you, does 
			he?

62A  OMITTED

63   EXT. OUTSIDE COTTAGE - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Sisko MATERIALIZES.  Beat, then he walks to the front door; 
	knocks.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/19/93 - ACT FOUR          43.

64   OMITTED

65   INT. COTTAGE - DAY (CONTINUOUS)

	Kira starts toward the door, but Mullibok, moving to get off 
	the bed, stops her with:

					MULLIBOK
			Now just hold on, Nerys.  This is 
			still my home.

	And Kira stops -- allowing Mullibok to open his own door.  
	He does so -- revealing Sisko.

65A  CLOSE - SISKO & MULLIBOK

	facing each other in the doorway.

					MULLIBOK
			What do you want?

					SISKO
			I'd like to see Major Kira.

					MULLIBOK
			She doesn't want to see you, and 
			neither do I.

	Kira comes to stand -- and is now visible -- just behind 
	Mullibok.

					KIRA
				(to Mullibok)
			Wait a minute... don't speak for me.

					SISKO
				(to Mullibok)
			You know, you're causing a lot of 
			trouble.

					MULLIBOK
				(happily)
			I can't tell you how delighted I am 
			to hear it.
				(beat)
			How many of your Federation uniforms 
			do you plan to send after me?  
			Forty... ?  Fifty?

					SISKO
			I don't think it'll come to that.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/19/93 - ACT FOUR         43A.

65A  CONTINUED:

					MULLIBOK
			Depends how badly you want to get 
			rid of me.

					SISKO
			Mister Mullibok, I'm here because 
			I'm concerned about my first officer.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/18/93 - ACT FOUR          44.

65B  INCLUDING KIRA

	who's come to stand near Mullibok.

					MULLIBOK
			What about her?

					SISKO
			By staying here, she's jeopardizing 
			her career.

	Mullibok has no ready reply for that.

					KIRA
			You'd better get back into bed.

					MULLIBOK
			Stop telling me what to do!

					SISKO
			Major, can I see you outside for a 
			minute?

	Kira nods -- is passing Mullibok, as:

					MULLIBOK
			Go on, talk all you want; tell him 
			your story about the tree.

					KIRA
			Be quiet.

					MULLIBOK
				(to Sisko)
			You see, there was this big, ugly 
			tree...

					SISKO
				(unphased)
			Go on...

					MULLIBOK
				(sees he's not getting 
				a rise)
			Never mind.

	And Mullibok closes the door on both of them.

66   EXT. OUTSIDE COTTAGE - DAY (CONTINUOUS)

	as Sisko and Kira walk from the cottage toward the kiln.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/22/93 - ACT FOUR          45.

66   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
				(wryly)
			I can see why you like him.

					KIRA
				(wearily)
			What can I do for you, Commander?

					SISKO
			You and I have a materiel subsistence 
			report to finish by the end of the 
			week.

					KIRA
			I'm not sure I'll be able to help 
			you with that.

					SISKO
			It's part of the liaison officer's 
			job.

					KIRA
			I know.

					SISKO
			I don't like the prospect of having 
			to break in a new one...

	They've reached the unfinished kiln, and Kira will studiously 
	resume working on it, as:

					SISKO
			You have a job to do here, Major, 
			and you're not doing it.

					KIRA
			It's not as simple as that.

					SISKO
			I'm not saying it's simple; I'm saying 
			it can't wait.
				(getting no response)
			Look, I understand you're used to 
			sympathizing with the underdog.  
			You've spent your life fighting to 
			overcome impossible odds... just 
			like he's doing.  But you have to 
			realize something, Major...
				(beat; softly)
			... You're on the other side now.

	That gets to her.  She stops work; regards Sisko.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/22/93 - ACT FOUR          46.


66   CONTINUED:	(2)

					SISKO
			Pretty uncomfortable, isn't it?

	For a moment, they stare at each other, before:

					KIRA
				(finally admits)
			It's awful.

66A  SISKO & KIRA (OPTICAL)

	A slight nod of understanding and agreement from Sisko, 
	before:

					SISKO
				(gently)
			When I first met you, Major, I thought 
			you were hostile and arrogant.  But 
			I was wrong.  Bajor needs you, and I 
			need you.
				(with warmth)
			I like you... I don't want you to be 
			hurt.
				(before she can reply)
			So as a friend, I came here to remind 
			you... His fate is already decided... 
			Yours isn't.

	And now, for the very first time, Kira does realize that 
	Sisko is not just her commanding officer -- but a caring 
	friend.

					KIRA
				(sincerely)
			Thank you.

					SISKO
			There'll be a Runabout standing by.
				(taps combadge)
			One to beam up.

	And Sisko DEMATERIALIZES.

	HOLD on Kira -- as she stands; alone.

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                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/24/93 - ACT FIVE          47.
                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

A70   EXT. OUTSIDE COTTAGE - NIGHT

	Re-establishing.

B70   INT. COTTAGE - NIGHT

	Kira is asleep in a chair.  Beat -- before we hear the (o.s.) 
	sounds of...

C70   MULLIBOK

	... sleeping fitfully on his bed, his medication on the little 
	table along side him.  He is having a bad dream.  He MOANS; 
	turns in discomfort; but remains asleep.

D70   RESUME - KIRA

	The sounds waken her.  She rises -- concerned -- with:

					KIRA
			Mullibok?

E70   KIRA & MULLIBOK

	No response from Mullibok, who remains asleep.  She moves to 
	his bedside table -- is preparing a hypospray, as:

					MULLIBOK
				(in his sleep)
			...No... Let go... You're hurting 
			her... Lussilla!  No!...

					KIRA
				(gently)
			Easy... Easy...

	She administers the hypospray.  His body relaxes -- he calms 
	for a beat -- and she's about to return to her chair, as:

	His eyes open, and -- though he's very groggy and unaware of 
	his surroundings:

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/24/93 - ACT FIVE         47A.

E70   CONTINUED:

					MULLIBOK
				(angrily, not referring 
				to Kira)
			I told you!  Get your hands off me!

	Kira does quickly remove her hand... but her manner remains 
	soothing, gentle -- and, above all, concerned.  Mullibok's 
	eyes close now... He seems to be again drifting into sleep.  
	She reaches to the bedside table... pours water onto a 
	washcloth... folds it into a compress... places it across 
	his brow, with:

					KIRA
			... that's right... just rest... it's 
			going to be fine...

	But he reacts to the compress -- forces himself awake.  After 
	a startled first instant, he focuses on Kira; realizes:

					MULLIBOK
			Oh... it's you.

					KIRA
			You were having a bad dream.

					MULLIBOK
				(without facade)
			Not just a bad dream... bad memories.
				(beat; suddenly wary)
			I didn't say anything, did I?

					KIRA
				(a kind lie)
			No.
				(beat)
			Are you thirsty?

					MULLIBOK
			No.

					KIRA
			Hungry?

					MULLIBOK
			Leave me alone.

	She's about to retort -- reflexively -- but stifles it; smiles 
	at herself; then, gently:

					KIRA
			Go back to sleep.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/24/93 - ACT FIVE         47B.

E70   CONTINUED:	(2)

	She turns back toward her chair -- but he holds her arm, 
	with:

					MULLIBOK
			Where are you going?

					KIRA
				(feisty again)
			I'd like to get some sleep, too.

					MULLIBOK
				(re: chair)
			Fine.  But bring the chair over here.

	She looks at him quizzically.

					MULLIBOK
				(covering his softness)
			Well, are you my nurse, or not?

	She brings the chair over to his bedside -- sits down.

					KIRA
			Is this better?

					MULLIBOK
			Are you going to talk all night, or 
			let me sleep?

	He closes his eyes -- and drifts back into sleep.  Kira, 
	sitting there watching him, smiles, and moves to rest one of 
	her hands on his forearm.

70   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) (STOCK)

	Re-establishing.

71   INT. QUARK'S

	Morning; not much business.  Jake and Nog again playing cards 
	at their table.  At least Jake's playing... Nog is staring 
	off into space.

					JAKE
				(impatient)
			Nog, I'm waiting.

					NOG
			I'm thinking.

					JAKE
			About what?

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/24/93 - ACT FIVE         47C.

71   CONTINUED:

					NOG
			Latinum.  And how we don't have any.  
			All we have is dirt.

					JAKE
			How many times do I have to tell 
			you... It's not dirt; it's land.

					NOG
			And what're we supposed to do with 
			this land?

	Good question.  Jake has to think about that one.  Finally:

					JAKE
			Sell it, I guess.

					NOG
			To who?

					JAKE
				(defensive)
			Why do I have to think of everything.

					NOG
			We should've kept the stem bolts.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/18/93 - ACT FIVE          48.

71   CONTINUED:

					JAKE
			Land is better than bolts.

					NOG
			How do you know?

					JAKE
			You can build things on land.

					NOG
			You can't build anything without 
			bolts.

					JAKE
			Just throw down a card.

72   QUARK & ODO (ON STAIRS)

	As Quark comes down the stairs, with Odo right behind him:

					QUARK
			And you say they're based here on 
			the station?

					ODO
			That's correct.

					QUARK
			... The Noh-Jay Consortium... No, 
			never heard of it.  Why do you ask?

					ODO
			I was contacted by a government 
			official this morning.  They want to 
			build a reclamation facility on a 
			strip of land owned by four different 
			people.

	They've proceeded by now to the bar, and are in close 
	proximity to Jake and Nog.

					ODO
			... Three of them have agreed to sell, 
			but the government doesn't know how 
			to contact the fourth... this Noh-
			Jay Consortium...

73   CLOSE - JAKE & NOG (INTERCUT AS DESIRED)

	Jolted upon hearing that name.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/18/93 - ACT FIVE          49.

74   RESUME - SHOT

					QUARK
			You mean the government can't build 
			without that one piece of land?

					ODO
			Apparently not.

					QUARK
				(longingly)
			What a wonderful opportunity for 
			profit...

74A  ANGLE ON JAKE & NOG

	Jake, barely controlling his excitement, gives the 
	thunderstruck Nog a bump on the chest.

					JAKE
			I told you land was better than bolts.

75   RESUME - ODO & QUARK

	as Quark suddenly realizes why Odo's been quizzing him.

					QUARK
			... And you think that I'm part of 
			this consortium?

					ODO
			I think very little goes on here 
			without your knowledge.

					QUARK
			True.  This time, however...
				(annoyed)
			... someone failed to include me.

					ODO
			Are you telling me you're not 
			involved?

					QUARK
				(smiles)
			Not yet.  But that will be remedied; 
			and you can tell the Bajorans I'll 
			be opening negotiations with them 
			shortly.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/17/93 - ACT FIVE          50.

75   CONTINUED:

	With that, Quark walks off -- leaving Odo to ponder whether 
	he's just helped the Bajoran government, or hindered it.  
	Beat; then Odo EXITS.

75AA   ANOTHER ANGLE

	Quark now scurries behind the bar to select one of his 
	computer security rods.  He inserts it into the monitor... 
	eyeing the readout with impatience.

					QUARK
				(to himself)
			Let's see... Who on this station is 
			clever enough...

					NOG
			Uncle Quark?

					QUARK
			Not now.

					NOG
			But... Uncle Quark...

					QUARK
			Go sweep the floor!

					NOG
			This is important.

					QUARK
			Well?  Make it fast.

					NOG
			I have a... business opportunity 
			that might interest you... It'll 
			only cost you five bars of gold-pressed 
			latinum.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/17/93 - ACT FIVE          51.

75A  INCLUDING JAKE

	Watching with anticipation.

75B  QUARK & NOG (JAKE IN B.G.)

	As a surprised Quark turns to look from Nog to Jake, Jake 
	gives him a very slight, very tentative little wave of 
	"hello."

76   EXT. SPACE - MOON JERADDO (OPTICAL)

	Re-Establishing.

77   INT. COTTAGE - DAY

	Kira, still in her blouse, is asleep in a chair.  We HEAR 
	the (o.s.) grating noise of a lid being fitted onto the kiln.  
	The sound wakens Kira.  She rises -- moves to look out the 
	window.

78   EXT. OUTSIDE COTTAGE (KILN AREA) - DAY

	Mullibok is putting finishing touches on the kiln -- as Kira -- 
	now wearing her tunic -- EMERGES from the cottage.  She 
	approaches to join Mullibok.  He stops in his labor to take 
	a deep breath and test his wounded side for tenderness, as:

					KIRA
			Any pain?

					MULLIBOK
			A little sore.  I was starting to 
			think you'd sleep all day.

					KIRA
			That's because I was up all night 
			taking care of you.

					MULLIBOK
			I don't recall asking you to.

	And they go back to work on the kiln -- together.

					MULLIBOK
			Look, I can handle this.  Go in and 
			get something to eat.

					KIRA
			There isn't time.

             DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - 2/16/93 - ACT FIVE            52.

78   CONTINUED:

					MULLIBOK
			Why?  You finally leaving?

	She hands him the final kiln brick, with:

					KIRA
			Last one.

78A  CLOSE - KIRA & MULLIBOK

	As he takes this brick from her, they look squarely at each 
	other.  He knows there is finality here.

79   OMITTED

80   ANGLE

	Mullibok sets in the final brick.  Both step back to admire 
	the handiwork.

					MULLIBOK
			I never thought I'd finish it.

					KIRA
				(sadly)
			It's finished.

					MULLIBOK
			Nothing left to do but fire it up.

	She turns; heads back into the cottage, as he fires up his 
	kiln.  As it catches -- and he regards it with satisfaction -- 
	Kira RE-EMERGES, carrying two large satchels filled with his 
	belongings.  She sets them down a few yards from the cottage.  
	He moves away from the kiln, toward Kira, with:

					MULLIBOK
			What's all this?

					KIRA
			You finished your work; I have to 
			finish mine.

					MULLIBOK
			But you don't want to.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/19/93 - ACT FIVE          53.

					KIRA
			No... I don't.
				(beat)
			Look.  I could use a friend on Bajor.  
			I'd like it to be you.

					MULLIBOK
			Major, as long as that cottage 
			stands... I stay right here.

	He turns to walk back to the kiln.  But before he can do so, 
	she whips out her phaser, and FIRES at the kiln, which 
	explodes into a fiery mass.

					MULLIBOK
			What the hell are you doing!

					KIRA
			Saving your life.

	She strides to the kiln; lights a wooden brick-framing tool -- 
	then moves to the cottage.

81   FOLLOWING KIRA

	She lights the roof eave, first on the left side of the place, 
	and then on the right.  She then tosses the burning wood 
	through an open window.

81A  ANOTHER ANGLE

	As the cottage begins burning intensely, she comes back to 
	Mullibok.

					MULLIBOK
			So you chose your uniform over me 
			after all.

					KIRA
			That's not true.  The time I've spent 
			with you here has meant a lot to me.  
			But it's over.  It's time we got on 
			with our lives.  Mine... and yours.

					MULLIBOK
				(broods; finally)
			You say you're my friend.  Prove it.
				(indicates phaser)
			Use that thing on me.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/23/93 - ACT FIVE         53A.

81BA   CLOSE - KIRA

					KIRA
				(quiet plea)
			I can't...

81B  CLOSE - MULLIBOK

	He's watching his home burn.  There are, perhaps, tears in 
	his eyes.  Long beat, before:

					MULLIBOK
				(finally)
			If I leave this place... I die.

81C  KIRA & MULLIBOK

	She reaches to him again; this time placing her hand on his 
	shoulder.

          DEEP SPACE: "Progress" - REV. 2/24/93 - ACT FIVE          54.

81C  CONTINUED:

					KIRA
			No you won't.  I won't let you.

	Without any change of expression, Mullibok turns his back to 
	her -- shrugging off her hand.

					KIRA
				(beat; taps combadge)
			Energize.

	Her hand is still reaching out toward him, as we...

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                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END