STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                              
                       "Armageddon Game" 
                          #40512-433 
                              
                           Story by 
                         Morgan Gendel 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                         Morgan Gendel 
                              and 
                Ira Steven Behr & James Crocker 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rick Kolbe 

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                        November 8, 1993

     STAR TREK: DS9 - "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - CAST 

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                       "Armageddon Game" 
                             CAST 

          SISKO                    NYDROM
          KIRA                     SHARAT
          ODO                      E'TYSHRA

          QUARK                    JAKIN
          BASHIR                   
          DAX                      
          O'BRIEN                  
          KEIKO                    

          Non-Speaking             Non-Speaking
          N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES     N.D. KELLERUNS
                                   N.D. T'LANI

     STAR TREK:  DS9 - "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - SETS

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                       "Armageddon Game" 
                             SETS 

        INTERIORS                     EXTERIORS
        DEEP SPACE NINE                 DEEP SPACE NINE
          OPS                           
          COMMANDER'S OFFICE            MUNITIONS CRUISER
          QUARK'S                       
          O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS            T'LANI THREE
          OPS                           
          SURGERY                       GANGES

                                        RIO GRANDE
          RUNABOUT RIO GRANDE           
          RUNABOUT GANGES               

        T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER      
          LAB                           
          BRIDGE                        

        T'LANI THREE                  
          MILITARY COMMAND CENTER       

STAR TREK: DS9 - "Armageddon Game" - 11/12/93 -PRONUNCIATION

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                       "Armageddon Game" 
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

          ALTERIAN                 all-ter-EE-an
          ANABOLIC                 an-uh-BALL-ik
          BAJORAN                  bah-JOR-an
          CARDASSIAN               car-DASS-ee-en
          E'TYSHRA                 uh-TISH-ruh
          GANGES                   GAN-Jeez
          KELLERUN                 KELL-er-un
          NUON                     MOO-on
          NANO-BIOGENIC            NAN-oh bi-oh-dEg-ik
          NYDROM                   NIE-droz
          PALIS DELON              PAL-is DEH-lon
          RIO GRANDE               RE-o grand
          SHARAT                   sha-ROT
          T'LANI                   tuh-LA-nee
          UTTABERRY                OOT-uh-bear-ee
          ZYDROLIAN                ZIE-droe-lee-uhn

          DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - TEASER          1.

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE                    
                          "Armageddon Game"                            
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER (OPTICAL)

	The Runabout Ganges and a much larger T'Lani Munitions Ship 
	are in synchronous orbit around a small planet, T'Lani Three.

					BASHIR (V.O.)
			Chief Medical Officer's log, Stardate 
			47529.4.  For the past week Chief 
			O'Brien and I have been helping 
			scientists from the Kellerun and 
			T'Lani races find a way to eliminate 
			their stockpile of Harvesters... a 
			deadly biomechanical gene disrupter 
			used by both sides in their centuries-
			long war...

2    INT. T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER - LAB

	BASHIR hovers over a TRANSPARENT HALF-DOME filled with a 
	pale green liquid -- a genetic bath.  He's surrounded by a 
	joint team of T'Lani and Kellerun scientists.  (In looks 
	only, the T'Lani should be to the Kelleruns like the Vulcans 
	are to the Klingons... the T'Lani look like the more peaceful 
	race.)  A T'Lani scientist named NYDROM is among the group; 
	he wears the loose-fitting, colorful garb common to all the 
	T'Lani we will see.

	In another part of the room, O'BRIEN sits working at a 
	monitor.  He pauses to sip from a MUG OF COFFEE, which he 
	sets down next to him.  O'Brien, Bashir and the others appear 
	to have been working around the clock for the past week.  
	Everyone seems tired but determined.  (NOTE:  A transporter 
	pad and panel should inconspicuously be part of this lab.)

					BASHIR
			Doctor Nydrom, how's our muon charge?

	Nydrom moves to a circuit control station, which is off to 
	the side of the room.  He checks the readings.

					NYDROM
			Coming up to full power.

          DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - TEASER          2.

2    CONTINUED:

	Bashir then nods to an N.D. Kellerun scientist.  The 
	scientist picks up a glass canister of Harvesters -- a DAY-
	GLO ORANGE GEL.  The scientist carefully fastens the canister 
	onto the top of the domed genetic bath.

					BASHIR
				(to computer)
			Computer... this is Harvester test 
			sequence three hundred and seventy-
			five.

					NYDROM
				(still at control 
				station)
			Muon generator now at full power.

	Bashir looks down at the genetic bath control panel, stares 
	at it along with the other scientists.  O'Brien turns toward 
	them in his chair, aware of how important the next few moments 
	will be.

					BASHIR
				(wearily)
			Once more into the breech... I hope 
			this works, because frankly I'm 
			running out of ideas.

					NYDROM
			It took ten years to perfect the 
			Harvesters.  We've only been trying 
			to eliminate them for a week.

					BASHIR
			Is that all it's been?  It feels 
			like we've been working nonstop for 
			a month.  I've never seen a nano-
			biogenic weapon so resistant to broad 
			spectrum radiation...

          DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - TEASER          3.

2    CONTINUED:	(2)

					BASHIR
				(eyeing muon bath; 
				thinking  out loud)
			It's all a matter of finding the 
			right combination of muon 
			frequencies...
				(beat; to Nydrom)
			It should be simple... but it's 
			not...

					O'BRIEN
				(letting out some 
				tension)
			Doctor, start the sequence... or 
			we will be here a month.

					BASHIR
			Right, Chief.
				(announcing)
			I'm introducing the Harvesters into 
			the genetic bath...

3    CLOSE ON GENETIC BATH

	The orange Harvester canister is lowered into the bath.

					BASHIR (V.O.)
			Beginning muon influx now...

	BLUE MUON RAYS begin crackling throughout the genetic bath... 
	after a long beat, the canister rises back up.  The gel inside 
	has been changed from a fiery orange to a placid green.

4    RESUME SCENE

	Bashir and the others are quietly stunned.

					BASHIR
				(softly; to Nydrom)
			Doctor, would you please check for 
			any gene-disrupter phasing...

	Nydrom moves back to the circuit control station, checks the 
	readings.

					NYDROM
			The genetic integrity of the sample 
			is holding steady.  I'm not reading 
			any genetic disruption at all.

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - TEASER        4.


4    CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
				(quietly hopeful)
			Are you sure?  Run the sequence 
			again...

					NYDROM
				(works panel; rechecks 
				readings)
			The results are identical...

					O'BRIEN
				(wondering)
			What?  Did it work?
				(beat)
			Somebody say something... !

					BASHIR
				(grinning)
			It worked all right...

					NYDROM
				(victorious smile)
			The Harvesters have been destroyed.

	A beat.  Smiles all around, weariness giving way to triumph.  
	Nydrom slaps Bashir on the back; the Kellerun and T'Lani 
	scientists congratulate each other.  Bashir turns to O'Brien, 
	who gives him a "well-done" smile.

	Amidst the celebration, the Kellerun Ambassador, SHARAT, 
	ENTERS the room.  An elderly wisp of a man with long black 
	hair, he calmly observes the others.

					SHARAT
			Good news, I take it...

					NYDROM
				(a bit formally)
			Ambassador Sharat.  I'm pleased to 
			inform you that we've found a way to 
			eliminate the Harvesters...

	Sharat smiles, begins shaking hands with all the scientists, 
	Kelleruns and T'Lani alike...

					SHARAT
			Excellent.  Well done.  I knew if 
			our people stopped killing each other 
			and worked together, we'd put an end 
			to these horrible weapons... this is 
			a symbol of the new future we have 
			embarked upon...


       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - TEASER       4A.

4    CONTINUED:	(2)

					NYDROM
			Yes.  And let's not forget, we never 
			could have done this without the 
			help of our friends from the 
			Federation...

					SHARAT
				(to Bashir and O'Brien)
			At first we had questioned Doctor 
			Nydrom's decision to bring in outside 
			help.  But obviously it was the right 
			thing to do.  We're all grateful for 
			your assistance.

					BASHIR
				(modestly)
			It was our pleasure, I assure you.

          DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - TEASER          5.

4    CONTINUED:	(3)

					SHARAT
				(to Nydrom)
			But eliminating the Harvesters is 
			only half the task.  We must make 
			certain that all scientific data 
			concerning them is wiped out as well.

	Nydrom and Bashir look to O'Brien...

					O'BRIEN
				(confirming)
			I've purged every file in the T'Lani 
			and Kellerun data banks pertaining 
			to the Harvesters.  If anyone gets 
			it in their head to build these things 
			again, they'll have to start from 
			scratch.

					NYDROM
			Then it's finished.

					SHARAT
			Not quite...

	He turns and faces a wall behind them... and for the first 
	time we reveal the full Harvester STOCKPILE: it's an entire 
	wall LINED WITH CANISTERS, each filled with the bright orange 
	Harvester gel.

					SHARAT
				(continuing)
			We shouldn't rest until the entire 
			Kellerun and T'Lani supply of 
			Harvesters has been destroyed...

	Everyone eyes the stockpile with an ominous respect...

					BASHIR
			We'll begin immediately.

	Pull into the stockpile, death in every drop...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

    DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/12/93 - ACT ONE 6-7A.      
                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

	(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)

5    EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE - ESTABLISHING

	(OPTICAL)

6    OMITTED


7    INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE

	SISKO works on a PADD.

					KIRA'S COM VOICE
			Commander, I have Doctor Bashir for 
			you on subspace.

         DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT ONE          8.

					SISKO
			In here.

8    TIGHT ON SISKO'S MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	Bashir and O'Brien APPEAR, speaking to Sisko from the T'Lani 
	Munitions Ship Science Lab.

					BASHIR
			Commander, we have some good news to 
			report...

									INTERCUT:

9    SISKO WITH MONITOR (OPTICAL)

					SISKO
				(with a smile)
			I've already heard.

					BASHIR
				(mildly disappointed)
			You have?

					SISKO
			I received a message from both the 
			T'Lani and Kellerun ambassadors, 
			informing me of your success in 
			neutralizing the Harvesters.  
			Congratulations, gentlemen.

					O'BRIEN
			Thank you, sir.  The Doctor here 
			deserves the bulk of the credit.

					BASHIR
			Actually, it was a team effort...

					O'BRIEN
			The Doctor's just being modest.  He 
			was the one who came up with muon 
			rays as a possible solution.

					BASHIR
				(shrugging)
			Luckily, it worked.

					SISKO
			When can we expect you back?

         DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT ONE          9.

9    CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			Soon, I hope.

					SISKO
			The ambassadors said something about 
			a celebration on T'Lani Prime...

					BASHIR
			Yes... it's planned for tonight.  
			But the Chief is anxious to return 
			to the station.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Sisko; re: having 
				been with Bashir)
			It's been a long week.

					SISKO
			Still -- I think we can spare you 
			for another day...

					BASHIR
				(brightens)
			I agree... if that's okay with you, 
			Chief.

					O'BRIEN
				(not thrilled)
			I suppose another day won't kill 
			me...

					BASHIR
			That's the spirit.

					SISKO
			Then we'll expect you back the day 
			after tomorrow.
				(more for the Chief's 
				benefit)
			Enjoy yourselves.  You've earned it.

	Bashir's smiling... O'Brien manages a halfhearted grin... 
	they disappear from the monitor.  End intercut.  HOLD on 
	Sisko, both pleased and amused by the conversation...

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT ONE      10.

10   EXT. SPACE - T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER AND
	THE RUNABOUT GANGES (OPTICAL)

	Re-establishing, both craft still in orbit around T'Lani 
	Three.

11   INT. T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER - LAB

	Almost ceremoniously, Nydrom removes the final Harvester 
	canister from the now emptied stockpile.  He brings it over 
	to the genetic bath and holds it out for Bashir.  (The 
	T'Lani and Kellerun scientists from before are present.  
	O'Brien is off to the side, watching from the circuit 
	control station.)

					NYDROM
			The last cylinder... I believe you 
			should have the honor, Doctor.

	Bashir carefully takes the cylinder from Nydrom.

					BASHIR
			My pleasure.

					NYDROM
				(to Bashir)
			It's ironic that the war would finally 
			come to an end up here, above T'Lani 
			Three... a planet whose entire 
			population was decimated by the 
			Harvesters...
				(beat)
			I hope this will be a lasting peace.

	Bashir nods in agreement, then fastens the Harvester canister 
	on top of the dome.  The canister is entirely immersed into 
	the genetic bath... the light effect begins...

12   NEW SHOT

	of the entrance to the Lab.  TWO KELLERUN SOLDIERS, armed 
	with PHASER RIFLES, ENTER through the doorway.  Their weapons 
	are pointed at the scientists.

13   ANGLE ON BASHIR AND NYDROM (OPTICAL)

	both surprised by the intruders.  Nydrom steps forward.


       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT ONE      11.

13   CONTINUED:

					NYDROM
			What is this?  You know weapons aren't 
			allowed in here...

	The lead Kellerun soldier SHOOTS him dead.  They bring their 
	weapons to bear on the rest of the scientists...

13A  TIGHT ON THE TWO KELLERUN SOLDIERS (OPTICAL)

	as they OPEN FIRE directly into the camera.

13BA   ANGLE - O'BRIEN					13BA

	As he ducks behind the circuit control station.

13B  ANGLE - BASHIR

	as he dives for cover behind a table.  Three of the scientists 
	are already down...

13C  ANGLE - SOLDIER ONE

	as he advances on Bashir, who crouches helpless before him.

14   ANGLE - O'BRIEN

	as he springs into action, leaping at Soldier One as he aims 
	his rifle at Bashir.  O'Brien grabs hold of the soldier's 
	phaser rifle and butts him in the head, gaining control of 
	the weapon.

15   WIDER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Soldier Two has FINISHED OFF the remaining scientists, then 
	FIRES at O'Brien, who ducks behind the genetic bath...

16   BASHIR (OPTICAL)

	Seeing Soldier Two advance on O'Brien, charges him from 
	behind.  He grasps the soldier's arms... The soldier's phaser 
	rifle GOES OFF, EXPLODING the genetic bath and the Harvester 
	canister still in it...

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT ONE     11A.

17   ON O'BRIEN


	ducked down behind the genetic bath, now ducking further, 
	covering his head with his arm to protect himself from the 
	flying glass...

18   CLOSE ON O'BRIEN'S ARM

	still protectively over his head... a small blotch of muddy 
	orange gel hits him on the forearm... 

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT ONE      12.

19   ANGLE ON BASHIR AND SOLDIER TWO

	Bashir swings the soldier around and punches him in the face, 
	dropping him unconscious to the ground.

20   BASHIR

	picks up the phaser rifle and moves to the scientists.  He 
	takes out his tricorder, begins taking readings from the 
	inert bodies...

					BASHIR
			They're all dead...

	O'Brien rushes to the door, presses a wall panel to CLOSE 
	the door, then smashes the panel with the butt of his rifle.  
	We hear an ELECTRONIC FRITZ, signaling the door mechanism 
	has been disabled.

					O'BRIEN
			We will be, too, if we don't get out 
			of here...
				(hits combadge)
			O'Brien to Ganges.  Computer, activate 
			remote transporter sequence.

	Nothing happens.

					O'BRIEN
				(hits combadge again)
			O'Brien to Ganges...

	No response.  O'Brien and Bashir share a concerned look.

					BASHIR
			They must be jamming communications 
			with the runabout...

	We hear MORE KELLERUN SOLDIERS as they start BANGING ON THE 
	DOOR from the other side.

					O'BRIEN
			Well, we sure as hell can't stay 
			here.
				(sees transporter pad)
			We'll have to beam down to the 
			surface...

	He crosses to the transporter panel and begins activating 
	it.

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT ONE      13.

20   CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
			But they'll be able to follow us...

					O'BRIEN
				(still working)
			I'm programming the system to overload 
			thirty seconds after we transport...
				(finishes; grabs Bashir)
			Let's go...

	Both of them step onto the pad, carrying their phaser rifles.  
	They DEMATERIALIZE as the BANGING on the door continues...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO      14.
                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

21   INT. QUARK'S - SECOND LEVEL

	Sisko sits at a table, ordering from a Ferengi waiter.

					SISKO
			I'll have a cup of Alterian chowder... 
			uttaberry crepes... and a slice of...

					KIRA'S COM VOICE
				(interrupting)
			Kira to Sisko.

					SISKO
			Go ahead, Major.

					KIRA'S COM VOICE
			The T'Lani and Kellerun ambassadors 
			have just arrived on the station.  
			They're asking to see you.

					SISKO
			Are O'Brien and Bashir with them?

					KIRA'S COM VOICE
			No, Commander.  And the ambassadors 
			refuse to speak to anyone but you.

					SISKO
			Show them to my office.  I'll be 
			right there.
				(to waiter)
			I'll have to cancel that order.

	He EXITS Quark's...

22   INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE

	Sharat and his T'Lani counterpart, AMBASSADOR E'TYSHRA, a 
	woman, have just revealed the purpose of their visit to a 
	stunned Sisko.

					SISKO
			Are you saying both of my officers 
			are dead?

         DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT TWO         15.

22   CONTINUED:

					E'TYSHRA
				(nods sadly; speaks 
				for both Sharat and 
				herself)
			Along with some of our greatest 
			scientists.

					SHARAT
			We're sorry you have to share in our 
			misfortune.

					SISKO
			What happened?

					E'TYSHRA
			It was...

	She can't find the words to describe... Sharat finishes the 
	sentence for her.

					SHARAT
			... a terrible accident.  It appears 
			one of your officers -- Chief O'Brien, 
			I believe -- inadvertently tripped a 
			security device.  A lethal pulse of 
			radiation flooded the room, killing 
			everyone...

					E'TYSHRA
			Ambassador Sharat transported off 
			the ship only minutes before the 
			accident occurred.

					SISKO
				(wanting more 
				information)
			This security device...

					E'TYSHRA
			It was built into the lab's computers 
			decades ago... we didn't even know 
			it existed.

					SISKO
				(trying to make sense 
				of it)
			If there were no survivors, how do 
			you know Chief O'Brien caused the 
			accident?

         DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT TWO        15A.

22   CONTINUED:	(2)

					SHARAT
			I was able to return to the ship 
			almost immediately after the accident.

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO      16.

22   CONTINUED:	(3)

					SHARAT (Cont'd)
			The first thing I did was to check 
			the internal security sensors.  They 
			recorded the entire incident.
				(hands Sisko a data 
				clip)
			We assumed you'd want to see for 
			yourself.

					SISKO
				(taking clip)
			Thank you.

	An awkward beat of silence.

					E'TYSHRA
			Commander, I just want you to know 
			we don't blame Chief O'Brien for 
			what happened...

					SHARAT
			On the contrary, both he and Doctor 
			Bashir will always be considered 
			heroes to both the T'Lani and the 
			Kelleruns.  Without their help, we 
			would never have destroyed the 
			Harvesters.

					E'TYSHRA
			Please extend our sympathies to their 
			families.

					SISKO
				(sad but resigned)
			I'll do that.

	The T'Lani and Kellerun ambassadors solemnly rise, nod and 
	EXIT.  Sisko ponders the data clip in his hand...

23   EXT. T'LANI THREE - DAY - A CITY (MATTE SHOT)

	A bombed-out husk of a city.  Dimly lit.  Totally deserted.

24   INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER - DAY

	Bashir manually forces the door open, ENTERS.  He looks around 
	the dusty but well-stocked room... smiles... he's hit 
	paydirt...

         DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT TWO         17.

24   CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
				(calls out door)
			Chief!  Chief, in here!

	Bashir's about to open one of the crates, when O'Brien ENTERS 
	and pulls him up by the shoulder...

					O'BRIEN
			Wait.  Don't touch anything...

					BASHIR
				(confused)
			Why not?  There's food, medical 
			supplies...

					O'BRIEN
			They could be booby-trapped.  The 
			Cardassians used to rig the supplies 
			they left behind with pressure 
			grenades.  I've seen more than one 
			soldier permanently lose his appetite 
			that way...

	Bashir looks at his cache of found "treasure" in a new light.  
	O'Brien scans the room with his tricorder.

					BASHIR
			Find anything?

					O'BRIEN
				(still scanning)
			It looks all right...

	O'Brien scans a moment longer, then closes his tricorder.

					BASHIR
			Good.

	Bashir opens the crate, pulls out a packet of T'Lani field 
	rations.

					BASHIR
			At least we won't starve...

	He tosses the packet to O'Brien, who eyes it with distaste.

					BASHIR
			What's the matter, Chief?  I thought 
			you loved military rations...

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO      18.

24   CONTINUED:	(2)

					O'BRIEN
			Federation rations.  I've had enough 
			T'Lani food this past week to last 
			me a lifetime...

					BASHIR
			Still, you want to keep your strength 
			up.  We're going to have to find 
			some way to warn the T'Lani's that 
			the Kelleruns have broken the 
			treaty...

	O'Brien has begun his own survey of the room, looking in 
	corners, checking the contents of crates, eyeing a dusty 
	work station...

					O'BRIEN
				(thinking out loud)
			I still can't figure it -- why would 
			the Kelleruns wait until the 
			Harvesters were destroyed before 
			they made their move?

					BASHIR
			Maybe they didn't turn over all of 
			their Harvesters for destruction...

					O'BRIEN
			Or maybe they're convinced they can 
			defeat the T'Lani with conventional 
			weapons.

					BASHIR
			Whatever the reason, we need to get 
			moving.

					O'BRIEN
			Listen to me, Julian... the Kelleruns 
			are going to expect us to be on the 
			move... we start running and their 
			sensors will pick us up before we've 
			gone a kilometer.  If we stay still... 
			maybe, just maybe it will take them 
			longer to find us...

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO      19.

24   CONTINUED:	(3)

					O'BRIEN
			The way I see it, we have only one 
			chance to survive this thing... that's 
			to stay alive long enough for 
			Commander Sisko to find us.

					BASHIR
			But that won't be for at least another 
			day... he thinks we're celebrating 
			on T'Lani Prime...

	O'Brien shoots him a "That's your fault, pal... " look.

					O'BRIEN
			I said it was our only chance, I 
			didn't say it was a good one.

	O'Brien comes to a small console next to which, built into 
	the wall, is a companel.  The monitor facing has a crack in 
	it, the panel's smudged, the readouts are unlit... all in 
	all, it looks like it's been through a war.

					O'BRIEN
			What do we have here?
				(wipes grime off panel)
			Some kind of com system... maybe we 
			can contact the T'Lani from here...

					BASHIR
				(joining him)
			You think you can get it working?

					O'BRIEN
			I'll have to open it up... see if 
			there's a backup power supply...

	O'Brien finds Bashir almost breathing down his neck, curious 
	about the communications system...

					O'BRIEN
			Why don't you have a seat, Doctor?

					BASHIR
			I thought maybe I could help... I 
			took the engineering extension courses 
			at Starfleet Medical...

					O'BRIEN
			Extension courses... ?

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO     19A.

24   CONTINUED:	(4)

					BASHIR
			They were actually quite 
			informative...

					O'BRIEN
				(enough already)
			Julian...

					BASHIR
			Hmmm?

					O'BRIEN
			You really want to help?

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO      20.

24   CONTINUED:	(5)

					BASHIR
			Yes.

					O'BRIEN
			Then let me do my job.

					BASHIR
				(a little disappointed)
			Of course.
				(looks around)
			I'll inventory the supplies.

					O'BRIEN
				(already starting to 
				work)
			Fine... you do that...

	Bashir nods, heads for a small section of crates...

25   INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE

	Sisko, Dax, ODO and Kira watch the visual record from the 
	T'Lani Munitions Cruiser on the monitor.

26   ON THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	In the Lab, Nydrom brings the final Harvester cannister over 
	to Bashir, who stands at the genetic bath with the other 
	scientists (just like in Act One.) O'Brien, however, is not 
	standing at the circuit control panel.  He now sits working 
	at the monitor he was working at in the Teaser.  The MUG OF 
	COFFEE is in its same place next to him.  (NOTE:  The security-
	sensor record is a single WIDE MASTER, supered with T'Lani 
	TIME INDEX.)

					NYDROM (ON SCREEN)
				(to Bashir)
			The last cylinder... I believe you 
			should have the honor, Doctor.

	Bashir carefully takes the cylinder from Nydrom.

					BASHIR (ON SCREEN)
			My pleasure.

	He fastens the Harvester cannister on top of the dome.  The 
	Harvester orange gel is pumped into the genetic bath.  As in 
	the Teaser, BLUE MUON RAYS begin crackling around the orange 
	gel... they gradually restore the dome's contents to its 
	original green color...

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO      21.

26   CONTINUED:

					NYDROM
				(as before, a 
				pronouncement)
			The Harvesters have been destroyed.

	The room erupts in CHEERS, weariness giving way to triumph.  
	Nydrom now turns to look at O'Brien, still at his monitor.

					NYDROM
			We must make certain that all records 
			of their existence are wiped out.

					O'BRIEN (ON SCREEN)
				(confirming)
			I've purged every file in the T'Lani 
			and Kellerun data banks pertaining 
			to the Harvesters.  If anyone gets 
			it in their head to build these things 
			again, they'll have to start from 
			scratch.

					NYDROM
			Then it's finished.

	O'Brien nods, picks up his mug of coffee and sips from it, 
	then sets the mug back down.  He continues working at the 
	monitor, finishing up, when he notices something odd...

					O'BRIEN
			Hold on... what's this?

	An ALARM sounds.

					BASHIR
			Chief... ?

					O'BRIEN
			I don't know.  Closing the last file 
			seems to have activated some sort of 
			security program...
				(starts working the 
				panel)
			It looks like it's part of the 
			original operating system... I can't 
			shut it down.
				(as Nydrom comes over)
			You know anything about this?

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO      22.

26   CONTINUED:	(2)

					NYDROM
				(eyeing monitor)
			No... maybe you should try cutting 
			the power...

					O'BRIEN
				(working at panel)
			It's not responding...

	Suddenly, the screen WHITES OUT.  The T'LANI TIME INDEX keeps 
	running in the corner...

27   RESUME SISKO AND THE OTHERS

	An uncomfortable quiet as the senior staff stares at the 
	monitor, mourning their loss.  Finally:

					ODO
			I've heard of security weapons like 
			this.  A radiation pulse that 
			vaporizes any intruder who doesn't 
			enter the proper code.

					KIRA
			I'm surprised the Chief didn't detect 
			it.

					DAX
			It must've been buried very deep in 
			the system.

					KIRA
				(with some bitterness)
			I'd like to talk to the head of 
			security for that ship...

					ODO
			So would I.

					SISKO
			Remember, they lost people, too.

					KIRA
			But the T'Lani were responsible for 
			O'Brien's and Bashir's safety... 
			they should have known about that 
			device and deactivated it...

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO      23.

27   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
				(quietly solemn)
			That'll do, Major.
				(knowing there's 
				nothing to do but go 
				on)
			Major, I'd like you to get in touch 
			with Bajoran medical officials.  
			We'll need a doctor to be temporarily 
			assigned to the station... until 
			Starfleet can send us a replacement 
			for Doctor Bashir...

	Kira nods, torn but accepting.

					SISKO
				(continuing)
			Dax, inform Starfleet about the 
			accident... tell them we'll need a 
			new medical officer and a new chief 
			of operations.

					DAX
			Would you like me to go with you to 
			see Mrs. O'Brien?

					SISKO
			No, I'll take care of it.  Find out 
			how I can get in contact with Julian's 
			family...
				(beat)
			Major, inform the crew we'll be 
			holding a memorial service tomorrow 
			evening at eighteen hundred hours.

					KIRA
			Yes, sir.

					SISKO
			All right, people.  I know the next 
			few days are going to be hard.  But 
			we all have jobs to do.

	The others slowly leave.  Sisko watches after them, sharing 
	their loss...

28   INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER - DAY

	O'Brien has taken the cover off the companel and is working 
	on its insides, using some makeshift tools he's found.  By 
	the look on his face, he's not having much success.

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO      24.

28   CONTINUED:

	He pauses, seems to be a little weary, then sighs and 
	resumes his work.

	Bashir holds the phaser rifle, stationed by the entrance to 
	the center...

					BASHIR
			So... having any luck?

					O'BRIEN
				(pauses again; getting 
				frustrated)
			I wish you'd stop asking me that...

					BASHIR
			I'm sorry, it's just... all this 
			standing around... at least you're 
			doing something constructive...

					O'BRIEN
			Just keep your eyes open for any 
			Kellerun soldiers...

					BASHIR
			Don't worry, I will.

	O'Brien wipes the sweat off his forehead with the back of 
	his hand, then surmises the problem he's having inside the 
	companel...

					O'BRIEN
			It's a real mess in here...

					BASHIR
			You'll get it working, Chief.  This 
			is the kind of challenge you live 
			for...

	O'Brien rolls his eyes, continues working.  A beat.

					BASHIR
				(musing out loud)
			You know, I was really looking forward 
			to that celebration on T'Lani Prime... 
			I don't know if you've noticed, but 
			the T'Lani women are quite 
			attractive...

					O'BRIEN
			I'm not blind, Julian.

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO      25.

28   CONTINUED:	(2)

					BASHIR
			Of course not.
				(wry smile)
			But you are married.

					O'BRIEN
			Just because you're married doesn't 
			mean you stop looking at women.

					BASHIR
			As long as you don't let your wife 
			see you look.
				(beat)
			For me, tonight's celebration would 
			have been an adventure.  The most 
			you could have hoped for was... a 
			good meal.

					O'BRIEN
			Women.  That's all you ever think 
			about...

					BASHIR
			No, it isn't...
				(beat)
			Though I do think about them a lot.

					O'BRIEN
			Just wait until you fall in love 
			with one.

					BASHIR
			I did once.

					O'BRIEN
			Didn't work out?

					O'BRIEN
			Close.  Not quite.  I don't know.  
			Somehow marriage doesn't seem fair...

					O'BRIEN
			Fair?

					BASHIR
			Fair to them.  I mean look at us... 
			Our lives are constantly in danger.  
			There's enough to worry about without 
			worrying about the wife and kids 
			back home worrying about us.

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO     25A.

26   CONTINUED:	(3)

					BASHIR (Cont'd)
				(off O'Brien's reaction)
			Sorry, Chief.  That's the way I feel.  
			It's the way a lot of career officers 
			feel.

					O'BRIEN
			Well, all of you "career officers" 
			have no idea what you're missing.

					BASHIR
				(smiles)
			Really?  Well, maybe so.  But I look 
			at you and Mrs. O'Brien and I...

	He stops himself.

					O'BRIEN
				(tempter stirring)
			What about "me and Mrs. O'Brien?"

					BASHIR
			Nothing.

					O'BRIEN
			What?

					BASHIR
			Nothing.  Absolutely nothing.
				(finally, off O'Brien's 
				look)
			It's no secret that being assigned 
			to the station hasn't been conducive 
			to your marriage.

					O'BRIEN
				(really looks at him)
			Say that again?

					BASHIR
			Let's just forget the whole thing.

					O'BRIEN
				(beat)
			That's the first intelligent thing 
			you've said since we got here...

	Rather offhandedly, O'Brien reaches over for a folded-up 
	tarp and swings it around his shoulders.  Yet he's still 
	sweating.  Bashir watches him a beat.

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO     25B.

26   CONTINUED:	(4)

					BASHIR
			Are you cold?

					O'BRIEN
				(working)
			Aren't you?

					BASHIR
			No.  In fact, it's quite warm in 
			here...

	Curious now, Bashir moves to O'Brien, studies him.

         DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT TWO         26.

26   CONTINUED:	(5)

					BASHIR
			You're looking a little pale...

					O'BRIEN
			I'm fine...

	O'Brien shivers suddenly.  Bashir takes out his medical 
	tricorder, scans O'Brien.

					BASHIR
			Your blood pressure's low... and 
			you're running a fever... you better 
			sit down.

					O'BRIEN
			I don't feel like sitting down.  
			I've got work to do...

	Bashir, continuing to scan O'Brien, stops and holds the 
	tricorder in the vicinity of O'Brien's forearm.

					BASHIR
				(with concern)
			Roll up your sleeve.

					O'BRIEN
			Why?

					BASHIR
			Just do it.

	O'Brien begins to roll up his sleeve...

29   INSERT - O'BRIEN'S FOREARM

	as the sleeve is rolled up, revealing a small, dark splotch 
	on his forearm...

30   BACK TO SCENE

	Bashir uses his tricorder on the splotch, looks up at O'Brien 
	with even more concern.

					BASHIR
			You were behind the genetic bath 
			when it shattered, weren't you...

					O'BRIEN
				(reacting to Bashir's 
				serious expression)
			If you've got something to tell me, 
			Doctor...

         DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT TWO         27.

30   CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
				(beat)
			You've been infected by the 
			Harvesters...

	Off O'Brien's sweat-stained, quietly shocked look...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT THREE        28.
                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

31   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)

	Re-establishing.

32   INT. O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS

	KEIKO is seated, working on a botany experiment.  She nudges 
	tiny plants into a container of soil with a long-handled 
	tool.  The door CHIMES.

					KEIKO
			Come in.

	The door opens and Sisko ENTERS.  Keiko's a little surprised.

					KEIKO
			Commander Sisko...

					SISKO
			Keiko.

	She stands to greet him, but is slowed by the look on his 
	face.  It's the moment every soldier's wife dreads...

					KEIKO
			Something's happened to Miles...

					SISKO
				(gently)
			There was an accident...

	Off Keiko's look of concern...

					SISKO
			Both your husband and Doctor Bashir 
			were involved...

	A beat.  Keiko doesn't have to be told what's coming.

					KEIKO
			They're dead...

					SISKO
				(confirming)
			I'm sorry.

	Keiko holds onto her composure.

        DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT THREE        29.

32   CONTINUED:

					KEIKO
			Tell me what happened.

					SISKO
			The T'Lani security sensors recorded 
			the entire incident.

					KEIKO
				(steeling herself)
			I want to see it.

					SISKO
			I'll have it sent to you.
				(beat)
			Miles was a fine officer and a fine 
			man.  I'll miss him.

					KEIKO
				(nods)
			Thank you, Commander.  I'd like to 
			be alone now.

					SISKO
				(with simple sincerity)
			If there's anything you need, just 
			let me know.

	He EXITS.  She stands there a moment, staring blankly off 
	into space, then turns and sits back down at her botany 
	experiment.  She picks up the tool, works the soil aimlessly 
	for a beat.  Then she slowly lowers her head... (NOTE:  We 
	cut away before she starts to cry.)

32A  INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER

	A pale, sweating, frustrated O'Brien is still struggling 
	with the companel.  A concerned Bashir watches him from his 
	position at the door.  O'Brien suddenly winces, drops a tool, 
	shakes his hurt finger...

					O'BRIEN
			Damn T'Lani circuitry...
				(sucks hurt finger)
			The way they have everything packed 
			in here...

					BASHIR
				(comes over, re: finger)
			Let me take a look at that...

        DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT THREE        30.

32A  CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				(gruffly)
			I'm fine, Doctor... go back to your 
			post...

	Bashir goes back to the door.  O'Brien peers up into the 
	companel, at the problem that's annoying him...

					BASHIR
				(beat)
			Look, Chief... about you and Mrs. 
			O'Brien... I didn't mean to imply...

					O'BRIEN
				(cutting him off)
			I'm trying to work here, Doctor...

	He shakes his head a little, as if trying to clear the 
	cobwebs.

					BASHIR
			Maybe you should rest a bit...

					O'BRIEN
				(annoyed)
			I'm fine.  Just give me another one 
			of those anabolic supplements.

	Bashir eyes him a beat, then goes to a T'Lani medical supply 
	kit, takes out a T'Lani hypospray.  He administers it to 
	O'Brien's arm.

					O'BRIEN
				(exaggerating)
			Ahhh, that's better.

	O'Brien picks up the tool, resumes working.  A beat, then he 
	has to stop.  He wipes his brow, rubs his eyes.  Staring 
	into the companel, he squints slightly.  With renewed 
	determination, he starts working again... pauses... squints 
	harder at the companel.

					BASHIR
			Chief... ?

					O'BRIEN
				(hates to admit it)
			It's my eyes... getting a little 
			fuzzy...

      DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE    30A.

32A CONTINUED:	(2)

					BASHIR
				(softly)
			You better sit down.  I'll take over 
			here.

					O'BRIEN
			What makes you think you can fix 
			this thing?

					BASHIR
			Because you're going to talk me 
			through it.  Now have a seat...

	A beat, then O'Brien hands him the tool.

					O'BRIEN
			Maybe just for a minute...

	O'Brien drops heavily onto a crate, steadies himself...

					O'BRIEN
				(forcing a grin)
			... or two...

	Bashir turns to the companel, sizes it up like a battle that 
	needs to be won...

					BASHIR
			All right, Chief... tell me where 
			you left off...

					O'BRIEN
			Do you see that dark blue coil in 
			the upper right hand corner?

					BASHIR
				(looking)
			No.

					O'BRIEN
			It's right next to the green 
			cylinder...
				(remembering; seeing 
				it in his mind)
			Behind it a little bit...

					BASHIR
				(finds it)
			Yes, I see it.

      DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE     31.

32A  CONTINUED:	(3)

					O'BRIEN
			You have to lock the base of the 
			coil into that tiny receptor right 
			below it...

	Bashir reaches inside with the tool, starts struggling... 
	realizes it's harder than it appears... applies more effort... 
	O'Brien watches him quietly...

33
thru   OMITTED
34

35   INT. QUARK'S - SECOND LEVEL

	Kira and Dax sit at a table, still thinking about O'Brien 
	and Bashir.

					DAX
			You know, I just remembered... I 
			still have Julian's medical school 
			diaries...

					KIRA
			He let you read them?

					DAX
			He felt they would make me understand 
			him better.

					KIRA
			How?  By reading about all the women 
			he went out with?

					DAX
			They're not about that.  When he 
			gave them to me, he told me they 
			were about his innermost thoughts... 
			his struggle to graduate at the top 
			of his class... his dreams of a career 
			in Starfleet... his constant fear of 
			failure...

					KIRA
				(a little impressed)
			Really.  And did you understand him 
			better?

					DAX
				(guiltily; with sadness)
			I never got around to reading them...

      DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE    31A.

35 CONTINUED:

					DAX
				(beat)
			I suppose I should send them to his 
			parents.

					KIRA
			You could keep them...

					DAX
				(hoping)
			Really?

					KIRA
				(smiles)
			I think he'd like that.  He... cared 
			about you a great deal.

					DAX
			I know.  I cared about him, too.

	QUARK approaches with three drinks, sets two of them down on 
	the table.

        DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT THREE        32.

35 CONTINUED:	(2)

					QUARK
				(respectful of the 
				moment)
			These are on the house.

					KIRA
			How come?

					QUARK
			I thought we'd have a toast to the 
			memory of Chief O'Brien and Doctor 
			Bashir.

	Both women are surprised and a little impressed by Quark's 
	sensitivity.

					DAX
			That's very thoughtful, Quark...

					QUARK
				(looks at a doubting 
				Kira)
			I can be thoughtful.

	He holds up his glass.  Dax joins him.  Kira reluctantly 
	holds up hers.

					QUARK
				(making toast)
			To our dear departed comrades... we 
			may have had our differences, but 
			I'll say this for them -- and there's 
			no higher tribute I can think of...
				(heartfelt)
			They were good customers.  They always 
			paid their bar bills on time.

					KIRA
			That's it?

					QUARK
			I'm not done yet.
				(continuing toast)
			At times like these I'm reminded of 
			the Fifty-Seventh Rule of Acquisition: 
			"Good customers are as rare as latinum -- 
			treasure them."

	Quark drinks.  Kira and Dax share a glance as they sip their 
	drinks, oddly touched...

        DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT THREE        33.

36   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)

	Re-establishing.

37   INT. OPS

	Kira and Dax are back at their stations.  N.D. Supernumeraries 
	as needed.  Keiko ARRIVES on the Turbolift, holding the T'Lani 
	data clip.  She approaches Kira, looking quietly determined.

					KIRA
				(surprised at Keiko's 
				presence in OPS)
			Mrs. O'Brien... ?

					KEIKO
			Major, I have to see Commander Sisko.  
			It's important.

					KIRA
			I'll tell him you're here.
				(before she alerts 
				Sisko)
			I just want you to know how sorry I 
			am...
				(including Dax)
			... how sorry we all are...

					KEIKO
			Thank you.

      DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE     34.

38   INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE - TIGHT ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)


	We see the T'Lani ship's lab... we are watching the visual 
	record of the accident that Sisko, Dax, Odo and Kira watched 
	before.  The T'LANI TIME INDEX is plainly seen in the corner.

					KEIKO (V.O.)
			Watch -- it's coming up in just a 
			few seconds --

	On the monitor, we see O'Brien talking to Nydrom.

					O'BRIEN (ON SCREEN)
			... If anyone gets it in their head 
			to build these things again, they'll 
			have to start from scratch.

					NYDROM (ON SCREEN)
			Then it's finished.

	O'Brien nods, picks up his mug of coffee and sips from it...

					KEIKO (V.O.)
			Computer, freeze image.

	O'Brien is frozen on the screen, the mug at his lips.

39   WIDER ANGLE

	to show Keiko, Sisko, Kira and Dax watching the monitor.

					KEIKO
			There.  Do you see it?

					SISKO
			I see the Chief drinking coffee...

					KEIKO
			Exactly.  Now, look at the time index.

40   INSERT - MONITOR (OPTICAL) - FAVORING TIME INDEX

	The index reads:  0015:28:33:12.

					KIRA (V.O.)
			Fifteen hundred hours...

      DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE     35.

41   RESUME SCENE

	Keiko turns to them, nodding excitedly.

					KEIKO
			That's right.  Late afternoon.
				(beat for emphasis)
			Miles never drank coffee in the 
			afternoon.  It kept him up all night.

					SISKO
			Maybe he made an exception this time.  
			He was working long hours, under a 
			lot of stress...

					KEIKO
			I know my husband.  He never drank 
			coffee that late in the day.

					KIRA
			Maybe he's not drinking coffee.
				(nodding at the monitor)
			Maybe it's tea...

					KEIKO
				(shakes head)
			I checked the data clip and it 
			contained a spectroscopic analysis.  
			The liquid in Miles' cup consisted 
			of vegetable-based oils and 
			caffeine... it's coffee all right...

					SISKO
				(exploring the 
				possibility)
			You're saying this recording has 
			been tampered with...

					KEIKO
			Yes, I am.  And I'd like to know the 
			reason why.

	So would Sisko.

					SISKO
				(to Dax)
			When were you planning on bringing 
			the Ganges back from T'Lani Three?


        DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT THREE        36.

41 CONTINUED:

					DAX
			Tomorrow.

					SISKO
			I don't see any reason to wait, do 
			you?

					DAX
			I'll leave right away.

					SISKO
			Good.  I'll come with you.
				(to Keiko)
			Mrs. O'Brien... if this recording 
			has been altered, we'll find out 
			why.

	Keiko nods slightly, with a tentative glimmer of hope...

41A  INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER

	Bashir has a few parts from the companel scattered on the 
	console.  He's checking a transceiver assembly.  In the b.g., 
	O'Brien now sits on the floor propped against the crate.  He 
	has the blanket from before around his shoulders.  As he 
	watches Bashir through half-mast eyes, his breathing is slow 
	and audible.

					BASHIR
			You were right, Chief... the contacts 
			on the subprocessor are corroded...

					O'BRIEN
				(a little raspy)
			They need to be cleaned...

					BASHIR
			I think there's some sterile pads in 
			the med kit...

	Bashir crosses to the kit, rummages through it briefly, comes 
	out with an enclosed sterile pad...

					BASHIR
			Here we go.

	Returning to the console, he tears the pack open, takes out 
	the sterile pad, begins cleaning the contacts... he glances 
	at O'Brien, who looks like he's fading...

      DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE     37.

41A  CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
			Stay with me, Chief... I still need 
			your help...

	O'Brien shakes his head to keep himself awake.

					O'BRIEN
			Don't worry... I'm not going 
			anywhere...

	He forces himself to stay alert.

					O'BRIEN
			Who was she?

					BASHIR
			Who... ?

					O'BRIEN
			"Close.  Not quite."

					BASHIR
				(smiling at the memory)
			Palis.  Palis Delon.  She was a 
			dancer.  A ballerina.  She had 
			exquisite feet...

	O'Brien chuckles...

					BASHIR
				(continuing)
			I'm serious... it's very important 
			for a dancer to have good arches...
				(a beat)
			She was gorgeous... not to mention 
			brilliant... I'd watch her on stage... 
			I couldn't believe anyone could be 
			that graceful...

					O'BRIEN
			And she was crazy about you...

      DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE     38.

41A  CONTINUED:	(2)  

					BASHIR
			We were crazy about each other.  I 
			thought, "Julian, you lucky devil -- 
			you've found the perfect woman."  We 
			used to finish each other's 
			thoughts...

	Having cleaned the contacts on the assembly, he shows it to 
	O'Brien.

					BASHIR
			What do you think?

					O'BRIEN
			Good.  Now put it back in the panel...

	Bashir takes the assembly over to the open companel, inserts 
	it in its place.  A few LIGHTS flicker to life.  Bashir 
	reacts, pleased.

					BASHIR
			Looks like we have some power 
			anyway...

	He tries working the console.

					BASHIR
				(continuing)
			Still no response from the 
			transmitter...

					O'BRIEN
			Try retuning the R-F oscillator...

	Bashir begins to make these delicate adjustments.  A beat of 
	silence.  O'Brien's eyeing Bashir curiously...

					O'BRIEN
			So what happened?
				(off Bashir's 
				questioning look)
			With you and Palis?

					BASHIR
			What happened is I graduated... her 
			father was the top administrator for 
			a medical complex in Paris... he 
			offered me a job there... promised 
			I'd be chief of surgery within five 
			years...

      DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE    38A.

41A  CONTINUED:	(3)

					O'BRIEN
			But that meant giving up your career 
			in Starfleet...

					BASHIR
				(ruefully)
			You have no idea how close I came...
				(beat)
			But... here I am...

					O'BRIEN
			You made your choice...

					BASHIR
			Yes... though sometimes I wake up in 
			the middle of the night and I think 
			to myself... will I ever find anyone 
			that wonderful again... ?

	A beat, then Bashir shakes off the memory.  He examines the 
	companel...

					BASHIR
			The oscillator's working, but the 
			frequency's still fluctuating...

	O'Brien takes this opportunity to get back to the problem at 
	hand.

					O'BRIEN
			Let me take a look at it...

	He tries to push himself up... but then slides back down to 
	the floor.  Bashir comes over, concerned...

					BASHIR
			What is it?

					O'BRIEN
				(labored breathing)
			My legs... hard to move...
				(beat; looks up at 
				Bashir)
			I can't feel them anymore...

	HOLD on Bashir, realizing time is running out...

42
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44

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

      DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT FOUR      39.
                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

45   INT. RUNABOUT RIO GRANDE - IN MOTION

	Dax pilots the craft, Sisko sitting next to her.

					DAX
				(checking panel)
			We're approaching T'Lani Three.  
			Establishing a synchronous orbit 
			along side the Ganges.

					SISKO
			Open a channel to the T'Lani cruiser.

	Dax works the panel...

46   INCLUDE MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	E'Tyshra appears on the screen from Bridge of the T'Lani 
	ship.

					E'TYSHRA
			Commander Sisko -- what a pleasant 
			surprise.  I take it you're here for 
			your runabout...

					SISKO
			That's right.

					E'TYSHRA
			We were about to leave for the 
			memorial service on T'Lani Prime.  
			You're welcome to accompany us...

					SISKO
			Perhaps we will.  But first I'd like 
			to see for myself where the accident 
			took place...

					E'TYSHRA
				(sympathetically)
			Of course.

	The transmission ends.

					DAX
			While you're on the cruiser, I think 
			I'll beam over to the Ganges and 
			take a look around.

         DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR        40.

46   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			Good idea.

47   EXT. T'LANI THREE - DAY - THE CITY (MATTE SHOT)

	Re-establishing.

48   INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER

	Bashir is tinkering in the companel.  O'Brien's still seated 
	where we last saw him... his vision is dimmed to the point 
	he can only make out shadows.  Bashir moves to the console, 
	presses the panel...

					BASHIR
				(reacting)
			Chief... Chief!  It's working...
				(continues working 
				the panel)
			The signal's very faint...

					O'BRIEN
				(voice weak)
			You'll have to shift... to a higher 
			carrier frequency... go back into 
			the companel... reset the actuators... 
			on the chambers coil...

	Bashir goes to the companel, follows O'Brien's instructions.  
	He returns to the console, presses the panel.

					BASHIR
				(eyeing panel)
			That's better... it's still pretty 
			weak though...

	Bashir's fingers fly across the console.

					BASHIR
			I'm sending a distress signal.  I've 
			set it to repeat every two minutes...
				(crosses to O'Brien)
			Let's hope the T'Lani find us before 
			the Kellerun do.

					O'BRIEN
			They better get here soon...

      DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT FOUR      41.

47A  CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
			Don't worry, Chief... I'm going to 
			get you home...

	Bashir checks O'Brien with the tricorder, but at this point 
	there is very little he can do, and they both know it.

					O'BRIEN
			In a box, maybe...

					BASHIR
				(forcing himself to 
				be optimistic)
			Nonsense.  Don't go giving up on me 
			now...

					O'BRIEN
			I'm not giving up... I'm dying... 
			listen to me, Julian... you have to 
			tell Keiko and Molly...

					BASHIR
				(interrupting)
			You'll tell them yourself...

	A beat.

					O'BRIEN
			You know, you're wrong... about 
			marriage.

					BASHIR
				(placating)
			Whatever you say, Chief.

					O'BRIEN
				(insistent)
			Listen to me, Julian.  You're always 
			talking about adventure... well 
			marriage is the greatest adventure 
			of all.  It's filled with pitfalls 
			and setbacks and mistakes, but it's 
			a journey worth taking... because 
			you take it together.

      DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT FOUR      42.

47A  CONTINUED:	(2)

					O'BRIEN
				(a beat)
			I know Keiko's been unhappy... about 
			our coming to the station... we still 
			argue about it... But that's all 
			right... because at the end of the 
			day, we both know we love each other.  
			And when you get right down to it, 
			that's all that matters.

	A beat.  Bashir nods, touched by O'Brien's words.

					BASHIR
			You'd better get some rest.  The 
			T'Lani should be here soon...

	O'Brien closes his eyes.  HOLD on Bashir watching him...

48
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50

51   INT. T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER - LAB

	Sisko moves around the room with a tricorder as E'Tyshra 
	matter-of-factly observes.

					SISKO
				(studying tricorder)
			I see there's still residual traces 
			of the radiatiopulse...

					E'TYSHRA
			That's to be expected, given the 
			pulse's intensity.  But it poses no 
			danger.

	Sisko walks over to where O'Brien was sitting, looks at the 
	now-blank monitor.

					SISKO
			Tell me, Ambassador -- have you been 
			able to learn more about the fail-
			safe device that caused the accident?

         DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR        43.

					E'TYSHRA
			Not yet, Commander, but we're working 
			on it...

					SISKO
			It was Ambassador Sharat who brought 
			you the data clip...

					E'TYSHRA
			That's right.

					SISKO
			I suppose he showed it to you as 
			soon as you arrived...

					E'TYSHRA
				(why shouldn't he?)
			Of course.

					SISKO
			Could the clip have been altered 
			before you saw it?

					E'TYSHRA
				(innocently wondering)
			Why would Ambassador Sharat alter 
			the data clip?

					SISKO
			I have no idea.

	Sisko's combadge BEEPS.  He taps it.

					SISKO
			Sisko.

					DAX'S COM VOICE
			Commander, when you're through there, 
			could you join me on the Ganges?

					SISKO
				(to Dax)
			I'll only be a few more minutes.

					E'TYSHRA
			Commander, the T'Lani and Kellerun 
			have finally made peace.  That peace 
			cannot survive unless both sides 
			trust each other...

	HOLD on Sisko, absorbing this...

         DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR        44.

52   INT. RUNABOUT GANGES (OPTICAL)

	Dax is at the console as Sisko MATERIALIZES on the Transporter 
	pad.

					SISKO
			What've you got, Dax?


					DAX
			It looks like someone has erased 
			five seconds from the Ganges's computer 
			log --

					SISKO
				(approaches her)
			Show me.

					DAX
			At first I thought it was just some 
			kind of power fluctuation... but 
			when I checked the log's memory core, 
			it showed traces of a remote transport 
			command...

					SISKO
			Did you find any indication of 
			transporter activity at that time?

					DAX
			No.

					SISKO
			And you're saying somebody erased it 
			later on...

					DAX
				(nods, then gestures 
				at monitor)
			Look at the time index when the call 
			for transport came in...

	Sisko looks at the monitor (which we don't have to see.)

					SISKO
				(off monitor)
			At fifteen thirty four... that's a 
			full three minutes after the accident 
			on the T'Lani cruiser.

					DAX
			Which means if either Chief O'Brien 
			or Julian made that request...

         DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR        45.

					SISKO
				(finishing her sentence)
			... they would've been alive after 
			the fail-safe device went off...

	Sisko and Dax exchange knowing looks.

					SISKO
			Good work, Lieutenant.

	Dax permits herself a small smile...

52A  INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER

	Bashir, holding the phaser rifle, is on guard at the door.  
	O'Brien, who appears to be sleeping, begins to cough.  The 
	cough builds into a violent hacking.  He gasps for air.  
	Bashir races over, grabs a hypospray, injects him in the 
	neck.  O'Brien continues to gasp.  Bashir pulls him up into 
	a straight position...

					BASHIR
			Come on, Chief... don't leave me... 
			breathe... !

	O'Brien finally is able to take air into his lungs.  He 
	inhales and exhales greedily, wheezing.

					BASHIR
			That's it... you're doing it...

	O'Brien calms a little, nods... he can breathe again...

					O'BRIEN
			Tell me, Julian... you ever talk to 
			that ballerina of yours... ?

					BASHIR
			Not since I left Earth...

					O'BRIEN
				(after a beat)
			Maybe you should...

					BASHIR
				(beat)
			Maybe one day I will.

	Suddenly both of them hear the sound of FOOTSTEPS moving 
	outside.  Bashir takes up the rifle, aims it at the door 
	as...

      DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR      46.

53
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54

	E'TYSHRA AND TWO T'LANI SOLDIERS

	step through the door.  Bashir approaches her, immensely 
	relieved, feeling the cavalry has arrived...

					BASHIR
			Ambassador E'Tyshra... am I glad to 
			see you.  Chief O'Brien was infected 
			by the Harvesters when the Kelleruns 
			attacked your ship... they killed 
			all of the scientists...

56   ANGLE - SHARAT

	as he ENTERS behind the T'Lani's, accompanied by three 
	Kellerun soldiers.

					SHARAT
			Not all of them...

         DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR        48.

56   CONTINUED:

	Seeing Sharat and his soldiers, Bashir stands next to 
	E'Tyshra.

					BASHIR
			You're too late, Sharat...

	Sharat smiles at him.  Bashir wonders why he's so confident.  
	He looks to E'Tyshra, who also smiles at him, coldly.

					E'TYSHRA
			No, Doctor -- he's right on time.

	Bashir realizes E'Tyshra and Sharat are in this together.

					BASHIR
			But why kill Nydrom and the others?

					E'TYSHRA
			To ensure that the peace agreement 
			between our two races will last.

					BASHIR
			But we'd already destroyed the 
			Harvesters... there was no need for 
			more killing... unless...

	The truth dawns on Bashir...

					SHARAT
			It's not enough to simply destroy 
			the Harvesters.  We have to make 
			sure no one can ever recreate them.

					E'TYSHRA
			The only way to do that... was to 
			eliminate everyone who possessed 
			such knowledge...
				(sadly)
			... including the two of you.

					BASHIR
			But we have no use for such a horrible 
			weapon...

					SHARAT
			As long as the knowledge exists, 
			there's a danger it may be used.  
			That's a risk we refuse to live with.

         DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR        48.

56   CONTINUED:	(2)

					E'TYSHRA
			I truly am sorry, Doctor... but at 
			least you have the consolation of 
			knowing your deaths will be for a 
			noble cause.

	As the T'Lani and Kellerun soldiers raise their weapons, 
	HOLD on Bashir, standing defiantly...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE        49.
                              ACT FIVE                                

	FADE IN:

57   INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER - CONTINUOUS ACTION

					(OPTICAL)
			The T'Lani and Kellerun soldiers 
			have their weapons trained on 
			Bashir...

					O'BRIEN
				(in a croaked voice)
			Wait...

	E'Tyshra raises a hand, stopping the soldiers.

					E'TYSHRA
				(re: O'Brien)
			Let him speak.

					O'BRIEN
				(to Bashir)
			Help me up... want to die... on my 
			feet...

	Bashir goes over and lifts O'Brien, supports them as they 
	stand side-by-side...

					BASHIR
			I'm sorry I couldn't get us home, 
			Chief...

					O'BRIEN
			Did... best you could... been an 
			honor... serving with you...

	Bashir is surprised and honestly touched...

					BASHIR
			Thank you, Chief... that means a lot 
			to...

	Bashir's interrupted as both he and O'Brien DEMATERIALIZE... 
	they are transported out of the scene...

58   INT. RUNABOUT GANGES (OPTICAL)

	Bashir and O'Brien MATERIALIZE on the transporter pad... 
	Sisko's there to greet them...

        DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE       49A.

58   CONTINUED:

					BASHIR
				(surprised and relieved)
			Commander... am I glad to see you...

	Sisko helps Bashir support O'Brien, who has slipped into 
	unconsciousness.  As Sisko lowers him into a chair, Bashir 
	darts to the back of the runabout and returns with a medical 
	kit.

        DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE        50.

58   CONTINUED:	(2)

					BASHIR
			Chief O'Brien will be dead within an 
			hour unless we get him back to the 
			station...

					SISKO
			What happened?

					BASHIR
			He was exposed to the Harvesters...

	Bashir takes out a Federation hypospray, administers it to 
	O'Brien...

					BASHIR
				(continuing)
			That should keep him stabilized for 
			a while...

					DAX
			They told us you were both dead, 
			Julian...

					BASHIR
			We would have been, if the T'Lani 
			and Kellerun had their way... they're 
			killing everyone involved with the 
			Harvester project.

					DAX
				(checking panels)
			The T'Lani cruiser's coming this 
			way... they're hailing us...

					SISKO
			Ignore them... send out a general 
			distress signal on all Federation 
			subspace frequencies.

					DAX
				(tries)
			They're blocking all subspace 
			communications with a broad band 
			inversion.
				(a beat)
			They're hailing us again.

					SISKO
				(thoughtful)
			Is the inversion field affecting 
			sensors as well?

        DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE       50A.

58   CONTINUED:	(3)

					DAX
				(confirming)
			All short range sensors are useless...

					SISKO
				(forming a plan)
			Which means... theirs are useless 
			too...

58A  EXT. SPACE - T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER AND

	THE TWO RUNABOUTS (OPTICAL)

	The three ships are in close proximity.  A beat, then one of 
	the runabouts suddenly turns and veers off... the T'Lani 
	cruiser starts off after it...

     DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT FIVE      51.

59   INT. T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER - BRIDGE

	A T'Lani captain, JAKIN, is at the bridge controls.  As 
	E'Tyshra and Sharat ENTER...

					JAKIN
				(to E'Tyshra)
			Ambassador, Commander Sisko is 
			attempting to escape... we are in 
			pursuit...

					SHARAT
				(to E'Tyshra)
			Can we overtake them?

					E'TYSHRA
			Their runabout is no match for this 
			ship.
				(to Jakin)
			Fire a warning shot.

	Jakin works panels.  We hear the SOUND of the T'Lani phaser 
	firing.

					JAKIN
				(off panel)
			Confirmed...
				(a beat)
			Commander Sisko is hailing us...

					E'TYSHRA
			I thought he would.

	She nods to Jakin, who taps a console panel...

60   ANGLE TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as Sisko APPEARS, defiantly angry.

					SISKO
			By firing on this vessel, you've 
			committed an act of war against the 
			Federation.

					E'TYSHRA
			Commander, we have no quarrel with 
			the Federation or with you... but we 
			must insist you turn over Doctor 
			Bashir and Chief O'Brien.

					SISKO
			Why?  So you can murder them?

        DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE        52.

60   CONTINUED:

					SHARAT
			Unfortunately, Commander, your 
			officers are the only two people 
			left who have seen the data concerning 
			the development of the Harvesters.

					SISKO
			They have no intention of ever using 
			that knowledge.  You have my word...

					SHARAT
			Their intentions are irrelevant.  
			The fact is, the threat remains as 
			long as the knowledge exists...

					E'TYSHRA
			I know this is painful for you, 
			Commander.  It wasn't easy for us to 
			order the deaths of our own people.  
			But it is necessary...

					SISKO
			And if I refuse to turn them over?

					E'TYSHRA
			You can't outrun us and you can't 
			fight us.  We can destroy your 
			runabout at any time.

					SISKO
			But Lieutenant Dax and I know nothing 
			about the Harvesters... are you 
			willing to kill us, too?

					SHARAT
			We'll do whatever we have to do to 
			ensure our safety...

					E'TYSHRA
			Commander... you're running out of 
			options... you have one minute to 
			turn over Doctor Bashir and Chief 
			O'Brien...

					SISKO
			You want them?  You're going to have 
			to take us all...

	Sisko DISAPPEARS from the Viewscreen.

					SHARAT
				(to E'Tyshra)
			He leaves us no choice...

        DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE        53.

60   CONTINUED:	(2)

					JAKIN
				(off panel)
			The runabout is turning... it's 
			heading back in our direction...

					E'TYSHRA
			Full stop.

	Jakin works panels.

					JAKIN
				(off panel)
			He's preparing to fire.

					E'TYSHRA
			Employ shields.

					JAKIN
				(working panel)
			Shields employed.

					E'TYSHRA
			Put the runabout on screen.

	The Runabout appears on the VIEWSCREEN, heading straight 
	toward the cruiser (the camera)...

					SHARAT
			He must know his phasers can't hurt 
			us...

	Two PHASER BLASTS from the Runabout hit right into camera, 
	causing a very slight SHIP SHAKE...

					JAKIN
				(off panel)
			He's aimed his vessel straight for 
			us.

					SHARAT
			The man must be crazy.

					E'TYSHRA
				(to Jakin)
			Fire phasers.

61   CLOSE ON T'LANI CRUISER'S VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as PHASER BEAMS from the cruiser fire at the Runabout, BLOWING 
	IT UP...

62   ANGLE ON E'TYSHRA AND SHARAT

	as they react.

     DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT FIVE      54.

62   CONTINUED:

					SHARAT
			It's over.

					E'TYSHRA
				(to Jakin)
			Head back to T'Lani Three.  Prepare 
			to take the other runabout in tow.

	Jakin nods, works the panel.

					JAKIN
				(nonplussed)
			Ambassador... sensors indicate the 
			other runabout is no longer in 
			orbit...

					E'TYSHRA
			Then where is it?

					JAKIN
			I don't know... It's gone.

					SHARAT
			It can't just have disappeared.

	E'Tyshra and Sharat consult the monitors which show an 
	Okudagram of T'lani Three -- there's no ship in sight.

					JAKIN
			I'm picking up a warp signature.

					E'TYSHRA
				(grimly realizing)
			Sisko... Maybe he and the others 
			weren't on that runabout we destroyed.

        DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/09/93 - ACT FIVE        55.

62   CONTINUED:	(2)

					JAKIN
			They could have transported to the 
			other runabout while our sensors 
			were down.

					E'TYSHRA
			And then piloted the first ship by 
			remote navigation.

					SHARAT
			But we saw them die.

					E'TYSHRA
				(numb)
			Did we?

	HOLD on E'Tyshra and Sharat as they look at each other, the 
	bad news sinking...

63
thru   OMITTED
65

66   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)

	Re-establishing.

67   INT. SURGERY

	O'Brien is convalescing in a bed as Keiko hands him a 
	colorfully painted coffee mug.

					O'BRIEN
			What's this?

					KEIKO
			Something Molly made for you.  She 
			painted it herself.

					O'BRIEN
				(the proud parent)
			It's lovely.  She's got real talent...

        DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE        56.

67   CONTINUED:

	Bashir ENTERS, smiling.

					BASHIR
			How's my patient?

					O'BRIEN
			Better.  Can I go home now?

					BASHIR
			You should be out of here by tomorrow.
				(beat)
			I want you to know, I really 
			appreciated what you said back on 
			T'Lani Three.

					O'BRIEN
				(a little suspicious)
			What did I say?

					BASHIR
				(touch of pride)
			That it was an honor serving with 
			me...

					O'BRIEN
			Oh... right.

					BASHIR
			I'd like to return the compliment, 
			Chief -- it's been an honor to serve 
			with you, too.
				(to Keiko)
			You know, Mrs. O'Brien -- they say 
			when two people face death together, 
			it creates a bond that can never be 
			broken... I never believed that 
			until...

					O'BRIEN
				(starting to get 
				annoyed)
			Julian...

					BASHIR
			Hmm?
				(misunderstanding)
			Oh, yes -- of course.  You want to 
			be alone.  I understand.

	He EXITS, smiling.  O'Brien looks after Bashir, disgruntled.

       DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" -  11/08/93 - ACT FIVE        57.

67   CONTINUED:	(2)

					KEIKO
				(re:  O'Brien's 
				expression)
			He saved your life, you know.

					O'BRIEN
			And he's never going to let me forget 
			it.

	Keiko knows full well O'Brien's mixed feelings for Bashir.  
	She's amused by it and can't help egging him on a bit...

					KEIKO
			So what was it like... spending all 
			that time alone with him?

					O'BRIEN
				(good-natured 
				exasperation)
			It was... hell.  You can see for 
			yourself -- the man never stops 
			talking.

	They share a smile.  O'Brien eyes Molly's cup.

					O'BRIEN
			You know, I wouldn't mind a cup of 
			coffee right now...

					KEIKO
				(surprised)
			Miles -- you never drink coffee in 
			the afternoon --

					O'BRIEN
			Sure I do.

					KEIKO
			You do?

	Off Keiko's stunned look.

									FADE OUT.

                           END OF ACT FIVE                         
                               THE END