STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                              
                         "Blood Oath" 
                       (fka "The Beast") 
                          #40512-439 
                              
                          Written by 
                      Peter Allan Fields 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Rick Kolbe 

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        STAR TREK: DS9 - "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - CAST 

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                         "Blood Oath" 
                             CAST 

          SISKO                    KANG
          KIRA                     KOR
          ODO                      KOLOTH
          QUARK                    ALBINO
          BASHIR                   GUARD
          DAX                      

          Non-Speaking             Non-Speaking
          N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES     N.D. GUARDS
          N.D. DABO GIRLS          

        STAR TREK: DS9 - "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - SETS 

                  STAR TREK: DEEP-SPACE NINE 
                         "Blood Oath" 
                             SETS 

        INTERIORS                     EXTERIORS
        DEEP SPACE NINE                 DEEP SPACE NINE
          OPS                           
          DAX'S QUARTERS                BIRD OF PREY
          HOLOSUITE                     
          QUARK'S/UPPER LEVEL           SECARUS FOUR
          INFIRMARY                     
          REPLIMAT                      COMPOUND
          PROMENADE/SECOND LEVEL        
          SECURITY OFFICE/HOLDING CELL  FOREST

          BIRD OF PREY                  

          COMPOUND/SECURITY COMMAND CENTER

      STAR TREK: "Blood Oath" - 01/26/94 - PRONUNCIATION 

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                         "Blood Oath" 
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

          BAAKONITE                BAH-ko-nite
          BAHGOL                   BAH-gol
          BAT'LETH                 BAT'leth
          BECHT                    BECHT
          BRESHTANTI               bresh-TANT-i
          CARDASSIAN               car-DASS-ee-en
          CHERON                   CHE-ron
          D'AKTURAK                dak-TUR-ak
          DAHAR                    da-HAR.
          DAYOS                    DA-yos
          DLORN                    dl-ORN
          GALDONTERRE              gal-dont-AIR
          GALVINATOR               GAL-vin-ay-tor
          GHOPTU                   GOP-tu
          K'PEKT                   k'PEKT
          KAH'PLAHT                kah-PLAKT
          KAHIXSS                  KAY-less
          KAJUNPAK'T               ka-JUN-pak't
          KANG                     KANG
          KLACH D'KEL BRAKT        klac d'kel BRAKT
          KOLOTH                   KO-loth
          KOR                      KOOR
          KORVAT                   KOR-vat
          KUTTARS                  kut-TARS
          KYAMO                    ki-YA-mo
          N'YENGOREN               n'yeng'O-ren
          P'TACKT                  p'TAKT
          QIVON                    KEE-von
          RACHT                    RAcht
          RIDDINITE                RID-in-ite
          SECARUS                  sec-A-rus

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - TEASER             1.

                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE                    
                             "Blood Oath"                              
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. QUARK'S

	ODO and QUARK ascending the stairs to the second level.

					QUARK
				(anxious, mid-
				conversation)
			... only paid for one hour... and 
			he's been in there for three... 
			fighting the Battle of Klachdachbrach 
			or some such thing over and over...

					ODO
			The Battle of Klach D'kel Brakt was 
			a legendary Klingon victory over the 
			Romulans almost a century ago...

					QUARK
			Well, he's been losing it all 
			afternoon and he says he's not coming 
			out until he wins... I banged on the 
			door, he sealed himself in.  I 
			threatened to shut off the power, he 
			threatened to kill me.

2    SECOND LEVEL - OUTSIDE HOLOSUITE #

	As Odo and Quark approach the closed holosuite door, 
	we'll hear (from within) the wild laughter of one
	(o.s.) Klingon (KOR), and the sound of warrior blades
	clashing in combat -- then:

					KOR (O.S.)
				("You'll be remembered 

				with honor; now die!")

			Battlda-Kow-loo-takh.  DaH Hegh!

	And finally, the death scream of a vanquished foe, as:

					KOR (O.S.)
				("Success!")
			Kkhap-LA!  ShusH-kin'Hurra!

          DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - TEASER          2.

2    CONTINUED:

	Throughout the above:

					ODO
			Since when did you add ancient Klingon 
			battles to the holosuite programs?

					QUARK
			The Captain of the last Klingon ship 
			that went through the wormhole sold 
			some to me.  I know, I know -- it's 
			brutal, it's violent, it's bloody 
			but to the Klingons, it's 
			entertainment.

					ODO
			Shut off the power.

					QUARK
				(scared)
			He'll kill you.

					ODO
			No, he said he'd kill you.  Shut it 
			off.

	Quark produces a simple, pencil-shaped metal "key" -- inserts 
	it into a single small hole in the wall alongside the door -- 
	turns the key... Long beat, before:

					KOR (O.S.)
				("What's going on?")
			chay'pen Aha'bA?

3    ANGLE INCLUDING KOR

	Another beat before the door is wrenched open manually from 
	within -- and the elderly Klingon former-warrior KOR bursts 
	out to confront Odo and Quark.  He's big, broad and a 
	naturally effusive, good-natured slob.  Right now, he's very 
	drunk.  In one hand, he holds a transparent bottle which is 
	four-fifths empty.  (Not being in very good health, he'll be 
	plagued throughout the episode by an intermittent COUGH.)

	He explodes from the doorway in a rage...

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - TEASER             3.

3    CONTINUED:

					KOR
				(senseless threatening 
				roar)
			AR GOT K'NEL D'KULLUH MARG RAH GOL 
			LOOOOOOOOW!!!!!

	Quark shrinks behind Odo... who cooly lets the Klingon blow 
	off his steam...

					KOR
				(continuing)
			You dare interrupt the Battle of 
			Klach D'kel Brakt, you Ferengi k'pekt!

	While Quark is, of course, cringing, Odo remains relaxed; 
	implacable.  He simply takes the bottle from Kor; holds it 
	up to confirm for himself, and us, that it's almost empty.

					ODO
			The battle has been won.  The people 
			are waiting to celebrate your victory.

					KOR
				(stopped in his tracks)
			They are?

	Fine.  And, not realizing that he's actually preceding 
	Odo down the stairs...

					KOR
			Lead the way then!

4    MAIN LEVEL

	as Kor descends -- eyes the crowd.

					KOR
				(loudly; to all)
			Hear me!
				(blustering)
			I am Kor!  Dahar Master of the 
			Klingons!

	The crowd gives him the fish-eye, just another day at 
	Quark's... but he smiles and embraces their glance as if it 
	were a standing ovation.

	And now turning to his new aide-de-camp, Odo...

          DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - TEASER          4.

4    CONTINUED:

					KOR
			And now I need somewhere to rest.

					ODO
			I have just the place.

					KOR
			No, this will do just fine.

	And, stiff as a board, he capsizes forward to fall out of 
	SHOT... As we hear the (o.s.) crash...

5    OMITTED

6    INT. SECURITY OFFICE - ON A MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	to see Kor in a holding cell asleep, his loud snoring can be 
	heard from the holding area... pulling back to find Odo at 
	his desk working, frowning at the bothersome sound... the 
	door to the Promenade is open... pushing in close on his 
	face... taking the time to stay there a beat... and then 
	suddenly Odo senses a presence nearby... his head wheels 
	and he sees --

7    ANGLE - ANOTHER KLINGON (KOLOTH)

	The Klingon is, perhaps, even older than Kor.  But, in 
	contrast, Koloth is still ramrod straight and has kept himself 
	in obvious fighting trim.  Koloth has not chimed for entry, 
	nor knocked on the door.  He's just standing there.  Waiting.  
	His entire being has the look of coiled spring steel.  The 
	man seems to have appeared out of thin air.

	Odo springs to his feet ready to defend himself...

					ODO
			How did you get in here?

	Dry, calm, cool --

					KOLOTH
			I am Koloth.

					ODO
			That doesn't answer my question.

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - TEASER             5.

7    CONTINUED:

					KOLOTH
			Yes.  It does.

	Odo raises an eyebrow, if he has one, to that.  Motioning 
	toward the sound from the back room --

					KOLOTH
			What are the charges against him...

					ODO
			Charges?  No charges.  He's today's 
			guest of honor.

					KOLOTH
				(with a very cold 
				threat)
			You must be a very brave man to 
			attempt humor at the expense of a 
			Klingon Dahar Master.

	Odo measures this strange old man and does something rather 
	incredible --

					ODO
			I... apologize.  No offense intended.

	It's a rare moment, but somehow Odo realizes it was the 
	necessary and correct thing to do.  Koloth barely 
	acknowledges... strides back into the --

8    INT. HOLDING CELL - CLOSE ON KOR'S FACE

	Still out cold.

					KOLOTH
			Kor!

	Kor stirs -- tries to get rid of the foul taste in his mouth -- 
	will finally open his eyes (squinting against the light and 
	the usual hangover headache) to focus in on who's disturbing 
	him.

9    ANGLE INCLUDING ODO & KOLOTH

	Koloth looks through at Kor with disdain and disgust.

       DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - TEASER 6-6A.         

9    CONTINUED:

					ODO
				(to Kor)
			Sir, if you'll wake up, I'll 
			release you into your friend's custody.


	At recognition of Koloth, Kor huffs and puffs to a sitting 
	position on the bunk (still a little loaded) and, with slack-
	jawed grin:

					KOR
			Koloth!
				(sentimentally)
			wIj jup... My old friend.  I knew 
			you'd be here.

					KOLOTH
				(to Kor)
			You disgrace yourself and our 
			purpose.  I do not go into battle 
			with one whose honor is washed 
			away in Breshtanti ale...
				(to Odo)
			Keep him.

	And that's that.  Koloth does a brisk, crisp 180, and strides 
	out.  Kor looks after him -- sadly -- and then plops heavily 
	back down on the bunk -- probably asleep again even as he 
	hits the headrest.  Odo considers the curious events...

9A
thru   OMITTED 
9B

10   INT. OPS

	DAX and KIRA at their stations.  Odo arrives on the Turbolift 
	with a PADD... moves to Kira and hands it to her...

					ODO
			The security reassignments, Major.  
			I'm sorry it took so long.  It's 
			been a Klingon afternoon.

					KIRA
			A "Klingon afternoon"?

					ODO
			Every time Klingons come to the 
			station, I wind up with a Klingon 
			afternoon.  But this was definitely 
			one that I'll cherish forever.

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - TEASER             7.

10   CONTINUED:

					ODO
			There's a drunk Klingon in my holding 
			cell who must be a hundred years old 
			singing battle songs.  Even his best 
			friend who's probably a hundred and 
			fifty years old won't have anything 
			to do with him... so I get the 
			pleasure of listening to his 
			repertoire.  "Kor!  Dahar Master of 
			the Klingons."

	Dax's face goes pale...

					DAX
			Did you say "Kor"?

					ODO
			That's what he announced right after 
			he won the Battle of Klach D'kel 
			Brakt in Quark's...

	She rises...

					DAX
				(to herself)
			What's he doing here... did you get 
			his friend's name, Odo?  Was it Kang?

	Odo reacts to her recognition...

					ODO
			No, it was...

					DAX & ODO
			...Koloth.

	She moves to the Turbolift...

					DAX
			Come with me, Odo.

	Odo exchanges a curious glance with Kira, follows Dax...

11   INT. HOLDING CELL (OPTICAL)

	As Dax ENTERS with Odo, Kor, still a little tipsy, is still 
	singing his song:

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - TEASER             8.

11   CONTINUED:

					KOR
				(singing)
			B'aski't Kor, B'askr'ip Kor, 
			KoHman-a-ti, B'aski't Kor.

	She looks at him with a certain affection mixed with the 
	look that seeing someone who has gotten very old brings... 
	plus in the back of her mind is a concern for why he's here.

					DAX
			Hello, Kor.

					KOR
			I'm thirsty.

					DAX
			Let him out.

					ODO
			Lieutenant...

					DAX
			I'll take responsibility.

	Beat -- Odo DEACTIVATES the forcefield.

					KOR
			I am very thirsty.

					DAX
			Kor, do you remember Curzon Dax?

					KOR
			Curzon?  My dear friend Curzon?  I 
			lift my ghoptu to Curzon Dax!

					DAX
			And I, who was Curzon Dax lift my 
			ghoptu to you.
				(off his look of 
				disbelief)
			Scorcher burn on your fourteenth 
			rib, and your left QiVon aches every 
			time your ship hits warp eight.

	Kor not only recalls, but will work himself into beaming, 
	expansive joy, during:

					KOR
			Dax!  My Curzon!  After eighty-one 
			years I find you a Kyamo-looking 
			woman.  Kiss me!

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - TEASER             9.

11   CONTINUED:	(2)

					DAX
			How about just a nice, big hug...

	He literally envelopes her in his happy bear-hug.

					KOR
			Curzon; my beloved old friend!

					DAX
				(gasp)
			I'm... Jadzia now.

					KOR
				(whatever)
			Jadzia; my beloved old friend!

					DAX
			Come on, Kor, let's go find Koloth.

					KOR
				(foggy)
			Koloth's here too?

	They EXIT.  Off Odo's look --

12   INT. REPLIMAT

	Koloth is seated, still ramrod straight.  With calculated 
	precision, he slices downward with an ornate, deadly but 
	small Klingon knife...

13   CLOSE - KLINGON (DISGUSTING) FOOD

	... As it is cut exactly in half.

14   RESUME - SHOT

	Koloth studies the exactitude of his slice.

15   INCLUDING DAX & KOR

	as they arrive, with:

					KOR
				(to Dax)
			Look at him.  He practices cuts and 
			thrusts even with his food.
				(at Koloth)
			Little children do that!

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - TEASER            10.

15   CONTINUED:

					KOLOTH
			A sharp knife is nothing without a 
			sharp eye.

					KOR
				(to Dax)
			It's been forty years since even his 
			good eye was sharp.
				(to Koloth)
			It is luck when you hit the plate!

					KOLOTH
				(re: Dax; disdain)
			I see the Federation insults us by 
			sending a Lieutenant to greet us.

					DAX
				(with a different but 
				still affectionate 
				response)
			You never did have much use for the 
			Federation, did you, Koloth?

	Koloth narrows an eye toward her.  "Do I know you?" his look 
	seems to say.  She smiles evenly, nods...

					DAX
				(continuing)
			I used to call you D'akturak.  "Ice 
			man."  Because no proposal, no matter 
			how reasonable, no matter how much 
			it favored the Klingon Empire would 
			satisfy you.  You were the hardest 
			man I ever faced across the 
			negotiating table.

					KOR
				(delighted at Koloth's 
				confusion)
			Do you not recognize our old friend 
			Dax?

					KOLOTH
			Dax?

					DAX
			Curzon is dead.  But Dax is alive as 
			part of me.

	Koloth studies her a long beat, then turns to Kor.  Cool and 
	remote.

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - TEASER            11.

15   CONTINUED:	(2)

					KOLOTH
			This is a mistake.  Kang must not 
			have known.

					KOR
				(flirting)
			But what a beautiful mistake.

					DAX
			Then Kang is coming?

					KOR
			Of course, he's coming.  He's brought 
			the four of us back together after 
			eighty-one years...

					DAX
			Could it possibly mean that he's...

					KANG (O.S.)
			Yes.  That is exactly what it means.

	At the sound of the (o.s.) voice, everyone turns... and even 
	the coolly distant Koloth rises instantly, in automatic 
	respect.

16   FAVORING KANG

	as he reaches them from the Promenade in b.g.. Despite his 
	advanced years, Kang's pride and prowess are evident in his 
	bearing.  But he doesn't boast the usual Klingon swagger.  
	If he has lost anything with the passage of the years, it is 
	pomposity.  He is a leader -- albeit a melancholy one.

					KANG
			I have found the Albino.

	HOLD on his somber face, until we...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT ONE         12.
                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

	(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)

17   OMITTED

18   INT. DAX'S QUARTERS

	As the door slides open and Dax leads the way in.  Kang is 
	in first and he studies the surroundings, uncomfortable with 
	Jadzia, considering what to do about her in his mind.  
	Meanwhile, she is drawing entirely on Curzon's experience to 
	guide her... and yet there is already an internal conflict 
	forming within her between Curzon's commitment to these three 
	and Jadzia's concern about the mission she knows they are 
	here to pursue...

					DAX
			May I offer you some warm Bahgol... 
			the replicators are Cardassian but 
			we've been upgrading their...

					KANG
				(interrupting, remote)
			That will not be necessary.

	And nothing is simple here, this signals a clear reservation 
	from Kang about Jadzia and she understands, doesn't move 
	away from the confrontation...

					DAX
			Would you dishonor me by refusing my 
			offer?

	Kang stares at her a moment, then nods...

					KANG
			Very well.

	She nods with a diplomatic victory and before she moves to 
	the replicator, she casually moves one chair in the room to 
	a dominant position and indicates it is for Kang.

					DAX
			Would you sit, Kang?

	These are big things.

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - ACT ONE           13.

18   CONTINUED:

					KANG
			I would.

	He moves with a stoneface to the chair and sits... the others 
	sit in lesser positions.  Koloth and Kor briefly bump each 
	other going for the seat at Kang's left but Koloth easily 
	wins that battle and Kor settles for a seat facing Kang.  
	The weakest position, at Kang's right, is left open for Dax.  
	Meanwhile, she is pleased they are seated and as she moves 
	to the replicator...

					DAX
				(to replicator)
			Four Bahgols.  Warm.

	The replicator lights up and she pulls out a tray with four 
	small saki-like glasses containing the juice.  Moving back...

					DAX
			Do you remember the first time we 
			sat together over Bahgol, Kang?  It 
			was at the Korvat colony.  The 
			Federation and the Klingon Empire 
			were still enemies...

					KANG
			I have never sat with you before 
			today.

	And this is clearly a setback for Dax... and it requires a 
	strong, confidant response.

					DAX
			I am Dax, the godfather of your son.

					KOLOTH
			You are no one's godfather.

	Kor cringes at the taste of the juice.  Dax never takes her 
	eyes off of Kang.

					DAX
				(repeating for emphasis)
			I am Dax, the godfather of your son.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT ONE         14.

18   CONTINUED:	(2)

					KANG
				(refusing to accept)
			So, you are the same Dax who took a 

			blood oath with us to seek 
			vengeance...

	Dax wants to avoid discussion of her blood oath for the moment 
	because she doesn't know how she feels about it.

					DAX
			Don't mistake a new face for a new 
			soul, Kang.  I feel at one with your 
			family.  Just as I felt eight decades 
			ago.

	A long look between them.

					DAX
				(continuing)
			I hope in time you will embrace me 
			as a brother again.

					KOLOTH
				(scoffs under his 
				breath)
			Brother.  Ha!

					KOR
			Brother, sister... what's the 
			difference.  We're here now.  Speak 
			to us, Kang.  Where is he?  Where 
			did you find the Albino?  Do you 
			have anything stronger perhaps?

	The last is said to Dax without pause...

					KOLOTH
			You drink another klorn of ale and I 
			will open a hole in your belly to 
			drain it out.

					KOR
			Your eyes cannot even see my belly.

	Kang waves a hand to shut them up as he still stares at Dax 
	then turns his attention to his story...

					KANG
			Seven years ago, on Dayos Four, I 
			met one of the Albino's discarded 
			wives.

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - ACT ONE           15.

18   CONTINUED:	(3)

					KANG
			I fed and clothed her and told her 
			the story of our sons.  She still 
			feared him too much to tell me 
			anything.  But three months ago, she 
			died.  A week afterwards, an amulet 
			that she wore around her neck arrived 
			by messenger.  Inside: the location 
			of the Albino's sanctuary.

					KOLOTH
			You're certain he's still there?

					KANG
			I have confirmed it with traders who 
			supply him.  It is on the fourth 
			planet in the Secarus System.  He 
			has been hiding there for almost a 
			quarter of a century.

					KOR
			Hiding from us, no doubt.  We almost 
			had him at Galdonterre...

	His speech is interrupted by coughing, which continues through 
	his next line.

					KOLOTH
			I've worried for years that he might 
			die before we found him again.

					KOR
			Or that we might...

					KOLOTH
			What is your plan...

					KANG
			I am told his compound is protected 
			by only forty men.  Apparently, he 
			has grown careless in his waning 
			years.

					KOR
			The fool.

					DAX
			I wouldn't count on reports from 
			traders.  The Albino may have told 
			them what to say if anyone asked 
			questions.

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - ACT ONE           16.

18   CONTINUED:	(4)

					KOLOTH
			She's right.  These traders may have 
			already warned him that we're coming.

					KANG
				(evenly)
			They will warn no one ever again.
				(a beat)
			This time, nothing will prevent us 
			from reaching the Albino.
				(continuing, to Dax)
			And when we do, I will cut out his 
			heart and eat it as he watches me 
			with his dying breath.

	On Dax.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/27/94 - ACT TWO         17.
                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

19   OMITTED

20   INT. PROMENADE - SECOND LEVEL

	Moving with Kang and Dax, who walk slowly.  Kang looks at the 
	floor thoughtfully.  He is slightly more casual than before.  
	But only because he knows he is going to dump her.  After a 
	long beat.

					KANG
			I did not know of course.

					DAX
			About Curzon... ?

					KANG
				(nods)
			I was unwilling to risk contacting 
			you by subspace.

					DAX
			I don't blame you.  That's how the 
			Albino learned we were coming to 
			Galdonterre...

					KANG
			His ears reach across the galaxy.  I 
			don't know how.
				(beat)
			Tell me about my friend Curzon.  Did 
			he die an honorable death?

					DAX
				(sighs, shakes her 
				head)
			In a hospital room.  Yelling at the 
			doctors and friends who were trying 
			to keep him alive for one more 
			miserable day.

					KANG
			A pity.  He was a good man.  He 
			deserved to die in battle.  It pains 
			me that I will not see him again in 
			this life.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT TWO         18.

20   CONTINUED:

					DAX
			Curzon was decorated often for his 
			diplomatic achievements... but no 
			honor touched him as deeply as yours.  
			For a Klingon to choose a Federation 
			official to be the godfather to his 
			son...

					KANG
			Curzon Dax opened the door to peace.  
			He was the first Federation diplomat 
			I ever met who seemed to... truly 
			appreciate the Klingon nature.

					DAX
				(with a grin)
			Well, there was always a bit of the 
			Klingon nature in Curzon.

	Kang smiles, nods.  Dax takes a beat, ready to approach the 
	subject she's not sure how to feel about...

					DAX
			His blood oath with you was very 
			important to him.

					KANG
				(casual)
			Would you eat from the heart of the 
			Albino, Jadzia Dax?

	She doesn't answer right away and he doesn't give her time 
	to think about it.

					KANG
			I learned about Trills during my 
			long friendship with Curzon.  And I 
			know that each new host has no 
			obligation to past commitments.

					DAX
			And I know that a Klingon blood 
			oath can never be broken.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT TWO         19.

20   CONTINUED:	(2)

					KANG
				(dismisses that)
			The old Klingon ways are passing.  
			When I was a young man, the mere 
			mention of the Klingon Empire made 
			other worlds tremble.  Today, warriors 
			open restaurants to serve racht to 
			the grandchildren of men I slaughtered 
			in battle.  Nothing is what it used 
			to be.  Including a blood oath.

					DAX
			I know you, Kang.  You don't believe 
			that.

					KANG
			What I believe is no longer relevant.  
			You are released from Curzon's oath.  
			You owe nothing to any of us.

	He moves away from her... on her uncertain face...

21   INT. OPS

	Kira and Dax working together at the table.  Only one 
	Supernumerary.

					KIRA
				(checking sensors)
			Are you still reading that plasma 
			leak in Lower Pylon One... ?  I can't 
			seem to find it now...

					DAX
			It's been intermittent... let me do 
			a high-resolution scan...

	She presses some panels... much on her mind, trying to be 
	casual...

					DAX
			Kira...

					KIRA
			Hmm...

					DAX
			How many people did you kill?

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - ACT TWO           20.

21   CONTINUED:

					KIRA
				(reacts)
			What?

					DAX
			While you were in the underground...

	Kira is promptly uncomfortable about discussing it... still 
	feels the guilt of the violence...

					KIRA
			Too many.

					DAX
			Were they all just... faceless 
			Cardassians or did you know who you 
			were killing?

					KIRA
			Why are we talking about this?

					DAX
			If it bothers you, we can stop.

					KIRA
				(irritated)
			It bothers me.

					DAX
			Sorry.

	Kira shakes her head at this, tries to lighten up... joking --

					KIRA
				(lightly)
			Why, are you thinking about killing 
			somebody?

					DAX
				(looks up, smiles, 
				good try)
			Me?

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - ACT TWO           21.

21   CONTINUED:	(2)

	And just like that Kira knows... she does a double take 
	then grabs Dax's arm and pulls her away from the table to a 
	more isolated spot in Ops.

					KIRA
			Tell me.

					DAX
			I don't know what you're talking 
			about.

					KIRA
			Tell me.

					DAX
				(beat, sighs)
			Eighty years ago, there was a band 
			of depredators, led by an Albino, 
			raiding Klingon colonies.  Three 
			Klingon warships were sent out to 
			stop him.  One of the captains was a 
			close friend of Curzon's.  The mission 
			was successful.  Most of them were 
			captured.  But the Albino escaped.  
			In his last message to the Klingons, 
			he promised to take his revenge on 
			the firstborn of each of the three 
			captains.  A few years later, he 
			kept his word.  Somehow, he infected 
			three innocent children with a genetic 
			virus that killed them.  One of them 
			was my godson.

					KIRA
				(sympathetic)
			I'm sorry.  But Jadzia, that was 
			Curzon's godson.

	Dax looks up, refusing to separate herself from Curzon...

					DAX
			I took a blood oath to revenge his 
			death.

					KIRA
			Curzon took a blood oath.

     DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT TWO 21A-22.        

21   CONTINUED:	(3)

					DAX
				(a tear rolls down 
				her cheek)
			I can still remember the boy's 
			funeral.
				(softly)
			He was named Dax.  For me.

					KIRA
				(beat)
			You've found this Albino?

					DAX
			We know where he is.  The three 
			Klingons came here to tell me...

					KIRA
			Look; you've said yourself that every 
			new life for a Trill has to be new.  
			If not you'd wind up paying off old 
			debts forever.  These Klingons can't 
			possibly expect you to keep this 
			oath.

					DAX
			No, they don't.  That's just it.  
			They say I have no obligation to 
			them.  But I do.  I know it.  I feel 
			it.
				(beat)
			If not to them, I owe it to Curzon.

	She starts to move away...

					KIRA
			Jadzia...
				(Dax stops)
			Your questions... about my experience 
			with killing... If you're wondering 
			what it's like...
				(beat)
			When you take someone else's life, 
			you lose a part of your own as well.

	Dax exchanges a somber look with Kira and EXITS...

22   INT. QUARK'S

	Kor sits at a table.  Drunk.  TWO DABO GIRLS (human) on his 
	lap, supported by both of his widespread arms.  A huge flagon 
	of gamzian wine on the table before his huge frame.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT TWO         23.

22   CONTINUED:

	Except for his intermittent nagging COUGH, a very merry, 
	carefree time for all... As Dax approaches from b.g..

					KOR
				(eyeing flagon)
			I need another arm!  Or am I doomed 
			to choose between...
				(re: girls)
			...perfection...
				(re: flagon)
			... and palate.

	As Dax arrives and reaches to bring the flagon to his lips, 
	during:

					DAX
			Let me spare you that terrible 
			decision.

					KOR
				(to Dax; "Well done!")
			majQa'!  To the rescue.  Dax, may I 
			present these, uh...
				(snuggling)
			... two students of Klingon history.

					DAX
				(to Dabo girls)
			Will you excuse us for a minute?

	The two Dabo Girls disengage -- rise -- will EXIT, as:

					KOR
				(to Dabo Girls)
			Only a minute, my students!
				(to Dax)
			Well, you certainly don't share 
			Curzon's priorities.

					DAX
			About going after the Albino I do.

	Kor gets more serious.  Evasively drinks.

					DAX
				(sits)
			Kang and Koloth don't want me to 
			come with you.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT TWO         24.


22   CONTINUED:	(2)

					KOR
				(semi-occupied with 
				girls)
			Kang thinks too much; Koloth doesn't 
			feel enough.

					DAX
			Where do you stand?

					KOR
			Of course you should come!  The 
			splendor of fighting and killing; a 
			bloodbath in the cause of vengeance; 
			who wouldn't want to come!

					DAX
			Will you speak to them about it?  It 
			means far more to me than I thought.

					KOR
			Koloth spends his time practicing in 
			the holosuite; he listens to no one.  
			And if Kang's made up his mind, there 
			is nothing I can do.

					DAX
			And you call yourself a history 
			teacher?  What of your own history?  
			You are Kor, Dahar Master.  They 
			cheered you at Klach D'kel Brakt.  
			Your voice weighed heavily on the 
			course of Klingon events.

					KOR
			You shame me.

					DAX
				(quickly; earnestly)
			No, no, please don't feel that...

					KOR
				(wryly)
			The only weight I carry now, dear 
			comrade... is my own bulbous body.  
			I was once, if you remember...
				(re: his belly)
			... far less than you see, and...
				(recalls sadly)
			... far more than I have become.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT TWO         25.

22   CONTINUED:	(3)

					KOR
				(beat)
			I'm sorry.

					DAX
				(rises; gently)
			My memories are still of Kor... a 
			great warrior.

	And Dax moves off the way she came.  Beat -- then Kor forces 
	himself to perk up again and bluster his frivolity, with:

					KOR
			Quark, you devious little Ha'DIbaH!  
			("animal!")  Bring wine!

23   OMITTED

24   INT. HOLOSUITE

	A dark, neutral b.g., with everything shrouded in fog.  And 
	in the middle of it stands Koloth -- practicing ("tai-chi"-
	style) Klingon swordplay with his bat'leth (a semicircular 
	curved blade which branches to four points.  About three 
	feet wide.  It is held by two handles on the mid-exterior of 
	the blade.  It can be used as either a shield or a sword --
	see TNG episode "The Reunion.") His every moves seems a 
	step out of some deadly ballet.  He pauses an instant after 
	every change in footing and each sweep or slice of the blade -- 
	gauging the perfection of the move just made.  His focus is 
	so intense that he seems to be totally unaware of...

25   DAX

	as, moving into visibility out of the fog, she moves slowly 
	forward to watch...

26   KOLOTH

	... still "practicing" his deadly art.

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - ACT TWO           26.

27   DAX & KOLOTH

	She comes from BEHIND CAMERA, which will now be looking OVER 
	HER SHOULDER, at Koloth.  He gives no hint of knowing she's 
	present.  Yet, suddenly, he executes a quick simultaneous 
	change in direction of both feet and his overhead chopping 
	lunge with the blade.

	It sweeps around to speed downward toward Dax's head -- 
	stopping abruptly only a couple inches from her skull.  She 
	doesn't even flinch.

28   ANOTHER ANGLE

	They stand for a moment as they were: He facing her with 
	blade two inches from her head -- she, totally unafraid and 
	unflinching, still just standing there looking him straight 
	in the eye.

					DAX
				(finally)
			Nice of you to stop.
				(off his silence)
			I'm going with you.

	Koloth lowers his blade -- moves out of attack position.

					KOLOTH
			Curzon Dax was a politician.  It was 
			a diplomatic ploy to bond himself to 
			us in a blood oath.

					DAX
				(calmly)
			That's a lie.

	She's again just risked getting her head chopped off.  For 
	just an instant, and almost reflexively, Koloth tenses for 
	the kill.  But again, her calmness -- and her facial 
	expression that tells him she's speaking the truth -- cause 
	that charged instant to pass.  But he's still not thrilled 
	with being called a liar.

					KOLOTH
				(deadly)
			I am practicing here.  Leave while 
			you can.

					DAX
			When you agree that I can fulfill my 
			part of the oath.

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - ACT TWO           27.

28   CONTINUED:

					KOLOTH
			Your presence would only jeopardize 
			the rest of us.  Leave me.

29   FAVORING DAX (OPTICAL)

					DAX
			Computer.  I want a Klingon bat'leth: 
			tip to tip one hundred and sixteen 
			centimeters, weight five-point-three 
			kilos with exterior handgripping 
			diameter of five centimeters.  Blades 
			of composite Baakonite.

	Dax holds her hands out in the proper bat'leth gripping 
	position, and the specified weapon MATERIALIZES in her grip.

30   DAX & KOLOTH

					KOLOTH
				(re: her bat'leth)
			A warrior's configuration.
				(condescending)
			Now what do you do with it?

					DAX
			I fight you with it.

	His condescending tone spreads to include a condescending 
	little smile.

					KOLOTH
			If my hand should slip, and you should 
			die?

					DAX
			Your hand would never slip... unless 
			you've become old and feeble.

	That's incentive enough for Koloth.  Instantly, he assumes 
	the initial battle position.  Dax then does the same.  Let 
	the games begin...

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - ACT TWO           28.

31   SERIES OF SHOTS - THE BAT'LETH DUEL

	They feel each other out with a quick series of tentative 
	lower blade thrusts and parries.  Then the switch to a sudden 
	upper blade sweep by Koloth, parried with an equally speedy 
	upper blade parry by Dax.  Another lower Koloth thrust; a 
	switch by Dax fast enough to execute her lower blade parry...

	Physically more powerful, Koloth will begin to drive Dax 
	backward -- to continuing defensive postures...

32   E.C.U. - DAX'S FACE

	Intense concentration -- being forced into almost constant 
	defense...

					DAX
			Come now, Koloth... surely you can 
			take me down...

33   E.C.U.  - KOLOTH'S FACE

	Implacable; unflappable -- but having to work a lot harder 
	than he'd anticipated -- and for a longer time as well... 
	He's in total command, but can't put her away.

34   RESUME - SERIES OF SHOTS

	as the battle continues.  We now hear (somewhere beyond our 
	view in the fog) the holosuite (o.s.) door close.  And OVER 
	the clanging of the bat'leths, we may hear the (o.s.) 
	footsteps of...

35   KANG & KOR

	They become discernable through the fog as they get closer 
	to the action... and stand watching it.

36   FULL SHOT

	Now with an audience, the one-sided duel goes on with 
	ferocity.  Koloth still can't put her away -- and it's evident 
	to the observers.

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - ACT TWO           29.

37   KANG

	... his scrutiny of the duel intense, sees that she's bending 
	but not breaking.  He's testing her heart and resolve with 
	his eyes, even as Koloth is overmatching her with the blades.

38   E.C.U.  - KOLOTH'S FACE

	Has the upper hand, of course -- but now sweating to maintain 
	it.

39   RESUME - FULL SHOT

	Suddenly, Dax finds one chance, one fleeting opening in his 
	attack, and reverses her footing -- driving forward on the 
	attack...

					KOR
			There's tension on your face, Koloth.  
			You ought to drink more.

	Koloth finally stifles her attack, and... perhaps annoyed by 
	Kor's remark; perhaps being "embarrassed" enough to become 
	over-adrenalized, Koloth executes a "windmill" attack, the 
	defense against which puts Dax off balance.  As quickly as 
	with every other move of the duel, Dax goes flat on her butt.

40   CLOSE - KOLOTH

	Weapon raised for the final death blow; face contorted by 
	the blood-rush of deadly combat; it appears for a fraction 
	of a second that his very momentum itself will carry him 
	through to that final, actual, death blow.

41   DAX

	Breathless as she sits there, waiting to die or not to die 
	at his hands.  But still unflinching and bold-eyed.

42   RESUME - FULL SHOT

	Koloth stops himself -- lowers his bat'leth.  Both of them 
	badly out of breath:

            DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - ACT TWO           30.

42   CONTINUED:

					KOLOTH
			Stand up.

	Dax rises.

					KOLOTH
				(to Dax)
			Your presence against the Albino 
			will honor our cause.

	Dax nods with honor.

					KOR
				(happily)
			Now that's a surprise from the great 
			stone face.

					KANG
				(to Dax)
			Releasing you from Curzon's oath was 
			not enough; I can see that now.

					KOR
				(expansively happy)
			It is agreed then!

					KANG
			No.

	As all eyes turn toward leader Kang:

43   ON KANG - CLOSE

	There is a hard finality in his expression.

					KANG
				(beat; to Dax)
			I tell you now that you will not be 
			a part of this quest.

	HOLD on Kang's uncompromisingly hard face, until we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

        DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT THREE        31.
                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

44   INT. QUARK'S - UPPER LEVEL - OUTSIDE HOLOSUITE

	Dax, Kang, Koloth and Kor emerge from the (o.s.) holosuite.  
	Kor's COUGH seems worse than it's been.

					KOR
				(to Kang)
			Why do you dismiss her like some 
			useless t'ooho'mIrah?
				(abruptly starts 
				COUGHING)

					KANG
				(to Kor)
			We cannot go into an enemy stronghold 
			with your sickly chest announcing 
			us.

					KOR
			There is nothing wrong with my chest.

					KOLOTH
			Nothing that won't get us killed 
			before we reach battle.  Come.
				(hand on Kor's arm)

					KOR
				(shrugs off hand)
			I need no nurse's hand.

	As Kor is being escorted away by Koloth, Dax never takes her 
	eyes off Kang, a long beat.  He looks away from her stare, 
	uncomfortable with all this, moves to a table and sits.  Dax 
	follows.

45   DAX & KANG

	now seated facing each other.  Kang sullen, trying to be 
	remote... but there is more going on here than we understand 
	yet.  He does not want her to go... but not for the reasons 
	he says.

					DAX
				(quiet but firm)
			You can't deny my right for vengeance.

           DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - ACT THREE          32.

45   CONTINUED:

					KANG
			You try to speak as a Klingon but 
			the words do not fit in your mouth.

					DAX
			You've said that to me before.  
			Remember, Kang?

					KANG
			I do not care to discuss it further.

					DAX
			The Korvat colony.  The first day of 
			negotiations.  I walked out on you 
			that day.  Right in the middle of 
			that long-winded speech of yours.  
			You should have seen the look on 
			your face.  Nobody ever had the 
			kajunpak't to show his back to the 
			great Kang until Curzon did.

	Kang relaxes slightly into the memory, enjoying it.

					KANG
			I almost killed Curzon that day.

					DAX
				(grins)
			I know.  I half-expected to feel a 
			Klingon dagger in my back before I 
			reached the door.  I was afraid you 
			could hear my knees knocking together.

					KANG
				(smile)
			Is that what that noise was?

					DAX
			I knew I had to get you very very 
			angry if my mission was to succeed.  
			Getting you angry at me was the only 
			way to begin to create the bond 
			between us.

					KANG
			Curzon understood Klingons.

        DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT THREE        33.

45   CONTINUED:	(2)

					DAX
			And he understood what he was doing 
			when he took a Klingon blood oath.

	Kang frowns, looks away.

					DAX
			You can't expect me to stay here and 
			not avenge my own godson's murder.  
			You can't ask me to live with that 
			dishonor.

					KANG
			I cannot dishonor myself by permitting 
			you to die in Curzon's place.

					DAX
			Who's talking about dying.  I have 
			no intention of dying.

	Without realizing it, Dax has moved too close to the truth... 
	Kang stands, moves away from the table, stands overlooking 
	the Promenade... Dax rises, speaks to his back..

					DAX
			You dishonor yourself already, Kang... 
			by placing your own honor above mine.  
			No Klingon warrior would leave a 
			comrade behind while he goes off to 
			battle.  Perhaps you're right.  
			Klingon honor isn't what it used to 
			be.

	He turns, furious.

					KANG
			You wish to anger me again!  You 
			think the old trick will work twice?!

					DAX
				(evenly)
			I understand Klingons.

					KANG
				(even more angrily)
			Fine then!  Let it work!  Come and 
			fight with us.  Come and be damned.

        DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 02/08/94 - ACT THREE        34.

45   CONTINUED:	(3)

	Kang storms off, leaving...

46   DAX

	looking after him -- relieved to have won her argument; 
	perplexed at the extent of his anger.  HOLD on her for a 
	long beat.

47   OMITTED

48   INT. DAX'S QUARTERS

	Dax begins to pack some essentials into a duffel bag.  It 
	continues during the scene.  A chime.

					DAX
			Come in.

	SISKO ENTERS.  Dax realizes that Kira has talked to him.

					DAX
			I was just about to come see you.

					SISKO
			No.

					DAX
			No what.

					SISKO
			No leave of absence.

					DAX
			Kira shouldn't have told you.

					SISKO
			She's my first officer.

        DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 02/08/94 - ACT THREE        35.

48   CONTINUED:

	Sisko grabs Dax by the shoulders, firmly but gently, and 
	pulls her away from her packing chores...

					DAX
			I don't have to tell you what this 
			oath meant to Curzon.

					SISKO
			Jadzia Dax took an oath too... when 
			she joined Starfleet.  You're subject 
			to orders, Lieutenant.

					DAX
			Don't do it, Benjamin.  Don't make 
			me disobey a direct order.

	A beat.  Frustrated, Sisko moves away...

					SISKO
			I never understood this.  I mean, 
			whatever else he was, Curzon did 
			have a fundamental morality.  He 
			wouldn't condone murder any more 
			than I would.  And yet he swore to 
			kill this Albino.  And now you plan 
			to go out and kill in his name.  
			What about the laws of the Federation?

					DAX
			The Klingons have their own set of 
			laws, Benjamin... this is justice to 
			them...

					SISKO
			And to you... ?

					DAX
			I've chosen to respect their codes 
			of honor in this matter, yes.

	She finishes packing.

					SISKO
				(softer)
			You really think you're capable of 
			this?

	A slow push to Dax... a beat...

     DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 02/08/94 - ACT THREE 36-38.       

48   CONTINUED:	(2)

					DAX
			I don't know.  There's only one way 
			to find out, isn't there.

					SISKO
			Let's say you are.  Let's say you 
			even survive this insanity.  You 
			expect to just come back here and 
			resume your duties as though nothing's 
			happened... ?

					DAX
			I guess that'll be up to you.

	She picks up her bag, and EXITS.

49
thru   OMITTED 
50

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT FOUR        39.
                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

51   EXT. SPACE - BIRD OF PREY (OPTICAL) (STOCK)

	Establishing.  Traveling at warp.

52   INT. BIRD OF PREY - BRIDGE (VPB)

	Dax (no longer in Starfleet uniform), Kang, Koloth and Kor 
	around console with a graphic representation (which we needn't 
	see in exact detail) showing the Albino's lair and surrounding 
	terrain.

					KANG
			The compound is constructed of 
			riddinite.  Several walls separate 
			the main residence from the rest of 
			the grounds...
				(pointing)
			His main power source is here... 
			that's an armory there...

					KOLOTH
			Any information about the position 
			of the sentries?

					KANG
				(acknowledges)
			They're posted at standing intervals, 
			seventy-five meters apart, along the 
			perimeter.

					DAX
			Standing?  No patrols?

					KANG
			That's what I was told.

	Dax shakes her head, that's hard to believe.

					KOR
			Perhaps he thinks we are already 
			dead and have stopped chasing him.

					DAX
			Or perhaps he has made his defenses 
			look weak for our benefit.

	Koloth thinks about it, turns to Kang.

     DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 02/08/94 - ACT FOUR 40-40A.       

52   CONTINUED:

					KOLOTH
			She may be right.

					DAX
			We have to assume the guards patrol 
			the perimeter... but at seventy-five 
			meters apart, they'd be out of eye 
			contact with each other...

					KOR
			He wouldn't be that stupid.  We should 
			expect them to be no farther than 
			fifty meters apart.

					KANG
				(impatient)
			Fine.  It makes no difference...

					DAX
			Doesn't it?  If we accept that he 
			has adequate defenses, with a minimum 
			of fifty guards, then we ought to 
			use a N'yengoren strategy.

					KANG
			No!

	Kang rises, raging... pacing... inspiring.

					KANG
			I will not sneak into his bedroom 
			and murder him like a kah'plakt.  I 
			want him to see us coming for him.

	He moves back to the display...

					KANG
			I say we attack here... a bold assault 
			right at the main threshold.  The 
			guards will be too scattered to 
			respond in time.  We will overwhelm 
			the defenders and fight on to a 
			glorious victory.

	Koloth rises, committed.

					KOLOTH
			Or to a glorious death.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 02/08/94 - ACT FOUR        41.

52   CONTINUED:	(2)

	Kor rises, smiles, committed.

					KOR
			It is a good day to die.

	Koloth and Kor look to Dax, but Kang does not... he turns 
	away from her look... she finally rises, softly adds her 
	quiet but firm voice to the pledge.

					DAX
			It is a good day to die.

	Koloth looks to Kor...

					KOLOTH
			Come on, old comrade.  For the last 
			time, we'll sharpen our blades.

	They exit, leaving Dax alone with Kang... who still avoids 
	her look.

					DAX
			So.  We're talking about dying again.

					KANG
			A Klingon warrior is always prepared 
			to die.

					DAX
			Yes.  But to invite death with a 
			direct assault against a superior 
			force... ?
				(he avoids her look, 
				a beat)
			What are you doing, Kang... What is 
			really going on here...

	Kang is silent, avoids her look.

     DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 02/08/94 - ACT FOUR 42-42A.       

52   CONTINUED:	(3)

					DAX
				(continuing)
			Loyalty blinds Kor and Koloth, but 
			not me.  This is not a plan for battle -- 
			it is a plan for suicide.  If it 
			were someone else, I would almost 
			think you'd been paid to lure us 
			here.

					KANG
				(devastated)
			How can you say that to me?  I took 
			a blood oath with you.

					DAX
			Is this the reason you didn't want 
			me to come?  Because you knew you 
			were coming here to die?

	A long silence.  Softer --

					KANG
				(almost desperately)
			When the amulet arrived with the 
			location of the Albino, I went to 
			the Secarus system to see if it was 
			true.  Somehow, the instant I arrived 
			the Albino knew I was there.

					DAX
				(reacts)
			How did you know?

					KANG
			He contacted me.  He sent an 
			invitation... to one last glorious 
			battle.  He said he is tired of this 
			lifelong pursuit.  He swore to send 
			forty of his strongest and most 
			skilled guards against us in honorable 
			combat.  And I agreed.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 02/08/94 - ACT FOUR        43.

52   CONTINUED:	(4)

					DAX
			But why?

					KANG
			This is our last chance.  If we cannot 
			reach the Albino, we can at least 
			die an honorable death trying to 
			reach him.  A death a Klingon Dahar 
			Master deserves!

	A long beat.  Dax shakes her head, deceptively casual, 
	changing the formality of all this stuff.

					DAX
			You know what, Kang?  You Klingons 
			embrace death too easily.  You treat 
			death as a lover.  I think living is 
			a lot more attractive.  I think an 
			honorable victory is a lot better 
			than an honorable defeat.

					KANG
			I know the Albino's defenses.  There 
			is no chance of victory here.

	A long beat.  Dax considers the dilemma... slowly formulating 
	a plan...

					DAX
			What if they had no phasers.  That 
			might make our odds a little better, 
			don't you think?

					KANG
				(unconvinced)
			How do you intend to disarm them 
			all?

	A beat as she finishes formulating the plan on her feet... 
	nods, it would work...

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT FOUR        44.

52   CONTINUED:	(5)

					DAX
			Once we establish a low orbit, we 
			modulate your disruptor banks to 
			bombard the compound with tetryon 
			particles... every directed energy 
			weapon will be neutralized...

					KANG
			You're certain such a thing can be 
			done?

					DAX
			If Curzon were here, you'd be out of 
			luck.  But Jadzia Dax is a science 
			officer.

	Kang takes a moment to realize the consequences of this.

					KANG
			We would also be unable to use our 
			disruptors.  But who among them could 
			match our skills with the bat'leth?

					DAX
			Not many.

	He studies her with new appreciation.

					DAX
			We're forty minutes away from the 
			Secarus System.  I suggest we cloak 
			and then you and I, old friend, should 
			sharpen our blades too.

	As he smiles with new confidence...

					KANG
			Perhaps... it is a good day to live!

53   EXT. SPACE - BIRD OF PREY (OPTICAL)

	Traveling at warp.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT FIVE        45.
                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

54   EXT. SPACE - SECARUS FOUR (OPTICAL) (STOCK)

	Establishing.

55   EXT. COMPOUND - DAY (ESTABLISHING) MATTE SHOT

					(OPTICAL)
			Several alien guards with ominous 
			masked faces (perhaps akin to Ninja 
			masks) on patrol.

56   EXT. FOREST SITE #1

	Dax, Kang, Koloth and Kor under cover.  The three Klingons 
	wear d'k tahg knives and bat'leths.  Dax is reading the lay 
	of the land with her tricorder...

					DAX
			You say he promised you an honorable 
			battle...

					KANG
			That's right.

					DAX
			Hand to hand combat at the main 
			threshold... ?

	Kang acknowledges.  Dax hands him the tricorder.

					DAX
				(continuing)
			Take a look at this.

	As he does...

					DAX
			That looks like a gravitic mine 
			planted under the main threshold.

					KOLOTH
			He plans to detonate it the moment 
			we enter the compound.

					KOR
			That's what you get for making a 
			deal with the devil, Kang.

	Kang frowns at his error in judgement.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT FIVE        46.

56   CONTINUED:

					DAX
			On the other hand, this gives us an 
			advantage we wouldn't have had 

			otherwise.  He's expecting us at the 
			front door.

					KOR
			How do we know he's even inside?

					DAX
			Good question.

					KOLOTH
				(getting up)
			Wait here.

					KOR
			Where are you going?

					KOLOTH
			To find out if he's inside.

					KOR
			How do you intend to do that?

					KOLOTH
				(shrugs)
			Ask someone.

	He disappears.  Kang refers to a PADD with a map display --

					KANG
			We would be wise to shut down his 
			sensor array before we attack.
				(pointing to the PADD)
			It's controlled from this power 
			station...

					KOR
			Yes, but a power failure will signal 
			our presence.  At the same time you 
			shut down the sensors, I will create 
			a diversion at the armory to misdirect 
			their response...

					DAX
			A good strategy.  But whoever creates 
			that diversion will have to run all 
			the way across this field to escape... 

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT FIVE        47.

56   CONTINUED:	(2)

					DAX (Cont'd)
			... with all due respect, none of you 
			are as quick as you once were.  I'll 
			volunteer for that job.

					KANG
			Agreed.

57   EXT. COMPOUND - DAY - CLOSE ON FIRST LOOKOUT

	On a small cleared rise, a First Lookout (face partially 
	covered by a thick veil) sits relaxedly staring out across 
	the forest.  The very tip of a bat'leth ENTERS FRAME to very 
	gently brush his shoulder -- and then pull back again OUT OF 
	FRAME.  Absently, the First Lookout brushes his hand across 
	the spot where the slight itch was created.  Beat -- then 
	the bat'leth ENTERS FRAME again; this time to touch his 
	shoulder just a bit harder.  The First Lookout quickly stares 
	up at the source -- and his mouth drops open.  As we follow 
	his gaze, PULL BACK and WIDEN to discover Koloth -- his 
	bat'leth now against the First Lookout's throat.

58   EXT. FOREST SITE #1 - DAY

	Dax, Kang and Kor still poring over the map layout on a 
	PADD...

					KANG
			It seems our best entry would be 
			here...

	They react as the camera moves to find Koloth beside them...

					KOLOTH
			I encountered a helpful lookout.  
			The Albino is inside.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT FIVE        48.

58   CONTINUED:

					KOR
			His overconfidence will be the death 
			of him.

	Pointing to the map of the house's interior...

					KOLOTH
			This is where he is now.  But when 
			the attack begins, he will move to a 
			secured command post... here...

					KANG
			It will be midday in one hour... 
			can you create the diversion at the 
			armory by then... ?

					DAX
			I think so...

					KANG
			We will be in position at the power 
			station...

	She nods... as Kang holds out his hand and the others put 
	theirs on top of his...

					KANG
			May Kahless guide us on this day of 
			vengeance.

	They separate... Dax going one way, the Klingons another... 
	(Dax takes a small knife but hands her bat'leth to one of 
	the others... she needs mobility... )

59   OMITTED

60   GUARD

	moves along an outer wall of the power center... as he reaches 
	a corner, he is engulfed with Klingons, knocked back with 
	the force of Kor's bat'leth blow... they quickly move toward 
	the power center...

61   ANOTHER LOCATION NEAR THE ARMORY - ANOTHER GUARD

					DAX (O.S.)
			Excuse me...

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT FIVE        49.

61   CONTINUED:

	Revealing her as he reacts confused...

					DAX
			I seem to be lost.  Which way to the 
			tennis courts?

	And hey, she's an attractive young woman, how's he supposed 
	to know, and it only takes that moment of hesitation for Dax 
	to do a quick Trill karate move with her elbow to his neck 
	and he folds to the ground...

62   EXT. COMPOUND & OUTBUILDING (FROM OUTSIDE WALL)

63   DAY MATTE (OPTICAL)

	HOLD... Long Beat... Then suddenly the (largely o.s.) armory 
	building blows sky high.

	ON UPPER BALCONY

	The doors burst open from within -- and through the smoke, 
	we see the ALBINO -- an all-white humanoid in good physical 
	shape for a man of a hundred -- come rushing onto the 
	balcony... people are yelling, scurrying about, confusion 
	reigns... he is stunned -- and angry.

64   EXT. COMPOUND - DAY

	Dax races across the clearing from the explosion site toward 
	the (o.s.) compound building.

65   ANGLE - SEVERAL GUARDS

	appear on the walls behind her... they raise their phaser 
	rifles to fire at her... but the weapons don't work... they 
	adjust them, try again... nothing... on their confusion...

66   DAX

	makes good her escape...

67   INT. COMMAND POST - DAY (VPB)

	Massive iron-like main doors, a bank of security monitors 
	with graphic displays we don't have to see.  An archway leads 
	in from an o.s. corridor.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FIVE        50.

67   CONTINUED:

	Through the archway, the infuriated Albino rushes in.  
	Angry as he is, the Albino is nonetheless a cold, calm 
	customer.  He's smart and there's no panic in him.

					ALBINO
			Report.

	He moves to study the monitors...

					GUARD
			The armory's been sabotaged... I'm 
			diverting the forward patrols to 
			that area...

					ALBINO
			Cancel those orders... move all guards 
			to the inner defense line... make 
			sure the power station is secure...

	The head guard nods to another guard who goes off to carry 
	out those orders...

					GUARD
			None of the phasers are functioning...

					ALBINO
				(reacts)
			Not functioning?

					GUARD
			We're running diagnostics now...

					ALBINO
				(urgent)
			Use long range sensors to check for 
			interference from a cloaked ship in 
			orbit... In the meantime, have the 
			guards fix kuttars to their rifles 
			and prepare for hand-to-...

	Suddenly the banks of monitors go to static... the lights in 
	the room go out... a few emergency light cells come on... on 
	their reactions...

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT FIVE        51.

68   EXT. COMPOUND - AREA INCLUDING STEPS TO POWER

					STATION
			Kang, Koloth and Kor barge out of 
			the station -- leaving billowing 
			smoke emanating from the structure 
			behind them.  Two guards arrive late.  
			Koloth and Kang take them out with 
			their bat'leths with ease.  Dax 
			arrives at a corner and joins them 
			(takes her bat'leth back)... they 
			move toward the house.

69   INT. COMMAND POST - DAY

	As before.  Guards arriving from various places... lots of 
	scurrying... fixing really deadly looking bayonets to their 
	rifles... the head guard trying desperately to make the 
	security system work again... shakes his head...

					GUARD
			I can't make contact with the power 
			station...

					ALBINO
			They must have already broken through 
			the inner defense line.  Move the 
			perimeter guards into the house...

					GUARD
			Sir, without power, we have no 
			communications...

	The Albino rages for the first time, grabs his aide and pushes 
	him roughly toward the door...

					ALBINO
			Then get out there and tell them 
			yourself.  I don't want that Klingon 
			filth to get in this...

	He never finishes...

70   ON MASSIVE CLOSED DOORS (LOW ANGLE)

	Suddenly, the massive doors are literally blown inward.  As 
	the debris and some of the smoke clears -- backlit by the 
	diffused light playing on the smoke -- loom the silhouettes 
	of the legs-apart, ready-for-action quartet of Dax, Kang, 
	Koloth and Kor.

           DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - 01/25/94 - ACT FIVE           52.

71   REACTIONS

	The Assistant and guards are stunned into momentary 
	immobility by the sudden explosion and being faced with the 
	spectre of these (o.s.) half-mad seeming Klingons.

72   KANG

	takes one step forward... to the Albino --

					KANG
			Look upon your executioners, killer 
			of children.

73   THE ALBINO

					ALBINO
			Get them!

74   DAX, KANG, KOLOTH & KOR

	Rush forward, in slightly varying directions, to take on all 
	comers.

75   VARIOUS GUARDS

	Reacting -- moving forward now to meet the challenge.

76   WIDE ANGLE

	Dax, Koloth, Kang and Kor have engaged the guards.  Bat'leths, 
	kuttars and knives start clanging.

77   THE ALBINO

	moves back away from the fight...

78   KANG & THE HEAD GUARD

	square off...

79   SERIES OF VERY QUICK SHOTS (ALL AS ONE FLUID
	SEQUENCE)

	The 1st guard thrusting;

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/27/94 - ACT FIVE        53.

79   CONTINUED:

	Kor's bat'leth arcing down through the air; The 2nd guard's 
	face contorting with pain; Koloth's ever-cool face moving to 
	the side, avoiding the thrust of a blade which passes his 
	ear.

	The 3rd guard reeling backward, on his way down BELOW FRAME; 
	Dax reversing the blades of her bat'leth to parry a thrust 
	from...

	A 4th guard who's giving it all he's got, but can't put her 
	away... she feints, he stumbles... she nails him in the jaw 
	with a Trill karate forearm move and he goes down... another 
	guard engages her immediately... (and please note, Dax goes 
	out of her way not to kill anyone, but to defend her comrades, 
	protect herself and disable the adversaries... )

80   FAVORING KOLOTH

	An extraordinary display of defensive skill... as he fights 
	off and puts away one... two... three guards in quick 
	succession... but then a fourth gets him from a three-quarter 
	rear angle in his flank... he goes down, badly wounded..

81   ANGLE - KOR

	sees Koloth go down to one knee in pain... his adversary 
	raising his arm in a death blow...

					KOR
			Koloth!

	He kicks the guard he's fighting in the stomach, shoving him 
	into a collision with the guard who was about to kill 
	Koloth... the two of them turn at Kor and charge back at 
	him... and he smiles...

					KOR
			That's right.  Gang up on the fat 
			old man...

	And he's back at Klach D'Kel Brakt again... he's twenty 
	again... and with his lightning quick bat'leth he fights, 
	the two younger guards retreat under the assault -- back, 
	back, back... an incredible flurry of moves until they fall 
	over backward in unison over a table, hitting their heads on 
	the floor... Kor quickly moves to check on Koloth...

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT FIVE        54.

81   CONTINUED:

					KOLOTH
				(ruefully)
			I didn't see him coming...

					KOR
			Even you can't have eyes in the back 
			of your head, my friend... quiet 
			now, rest... I still have work to 
			do...

	Another guard engages Kor...

82   WIDE

	to show Dax and Kang pushing the guards protecting the Albino 
	deeper into the room...

83   THE ALBINO

	seeing the battle turn against him, now retreats quickly, 
	looking to escape, but he is met by Kang, who blocks his 
	exit... the Albino raises his weapon, ready to fight...

					ALBINO
			You will die far quicker than your 
			son did, Kang.

	Their fight begins.

84   KOR

	reacts, his eyes popping wide with the surprise of a wound 
	(which evokes a YELL of rage); he swipes at his assailant 
	and puts him down... but then sags near the dying Koloth...

85   KOR & KOLOTH - CLOSE

	Kor runs his big paw soothingly across his friendly-enemy's 
	forehead.

					KOLOTH
			I will not die before you, you 
			thunderous bulk.

					KOR
			The story of your courage will never 
			die... I will sing the story... the 
			children of all Klingons will know 
			of this day...


         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/27/94 - ACT FIVE        55.

85   CONTINUED:

	Koloth looks at Kor a last time -- a gleam of real 
	friendship in his eyes... and then his head slumps over; 
	dead.

86   DAX

	driving another opponent backward, the last guard still 
	standing...

87   KANG AND THE ALBINO

	in a furious fight up the stairs... two old men, tired, 
	weakening... neither seems to have the death blow left within 
	him... The Albino is an excellent fighter... but Kang is 
	driven beyond reason... and finally Kang gets the upper hand 
	and the Albino is forced back and seems beaten when Kang 
	swings the bat'leth and it hits the banister and the sword 
	breaks in half... there is just an instant of shock and 
	vulnerability on his face as he realizes he is defenseless 
	and in that moment the Albino thrusts his bayonet through 
	Kang's chest and pulls it back out... Kang goes down... his 
	eyes look up with hatred at the Albino who doesn't laugh or 
	even smile but looks down and simply says...

					ALBINO
			No vengeance today, Kang.

	He turns to escape and suddenly a bat'leth strikes the weapon 
	out of his hands, leaving him defenseless.

88   REVERSE ANGLE - DAX

	stands there blocking the Albino's escape.

89   DAX & ALBINO

	Dax faces him with a bat'leth at-the-ready.

90   ON KANG

	Lying mortally wounded, he looks up at the final 
	confrontation.

91   DAX & ALBINO

	She's armed, he's not.  And she blocks his exit with the 
	bat'leth at his chest.  But all he shows is sarcastic 
	confidence.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT FIVE        56.

91   CONTINUED:

					ALBINO
			And who are you, girl?

					DAX
			You knew me as Curzon Dax.

					ALBINO
			The Trill.  Of course.
				(re: bat'leth)
			You're far too young and lovely to 
			sport such a deadly weapon.

	A beat.  A huge moment of conflict for her.  She seems to 
	droop a bit in her resolution and he picks up on it... 
	impatiently prodding her --

					ALBINO
			All right, then, use it if that's 
			what you came to do.  Kill me in 
			cold blood.  Run me through the belly 
			and cut out my heart... isn't that 
			what your blood oath promised?
				(beat)
			Or have you lost your appetite, my 
			dear.

92   ON THE ALBINO

	He smiles... And, suddenly, we realize that the smile, and 
	the Albino himself, have stiffened and become frozen in place.  
	Like a toppling tree, he falls stiffly forward.  And as he 
	falls we see the Klingon knife sticking out of his back... 
	and behind him, still standing, the weak, dying Kang.  He 
	looks evenly at her, nods, it's okay that she couldn't bring 
	herself to kill him.

					KANG
				(weakly)
			Thank you... for saving the death 
			blow for me... you have honored me, 
			one last time... godfather to my 
			son.

	Kang sinks weakly down.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/26/94 - ACT FIVE        57.

93
thru   OMITTED 
95

96   KOR

	begins to move over, holding his wounded side...

97   OMITTED

98   ANGLE - KANG

	on his back, close to death.  Kor moves to him... kneels...

					KANG
			Koloth... ?

					KOR
			... He's dead.

	As Dax moves closer to him... kneeling too... he looks at 
	her and smiles...

					KANG
			I was right, Dax.  It is a good day 
			to die.

					DAX
			But never a good day to lose a friend.

         DEEP SPACE: "Blood Oath" - REV. 01/31/94 - ACT FIVE        58.

	Kang nods weakly, closes his eyes at peace and at rest.  
	Dax gently puts the hand down, lowers her head in a silent 
	moment, controlling great sorrow...

	Kor moves to look down at the dead Albino, begins to CHANT a 
	sacred Klingon funereal dirge...

					KOR
				(chanting, repeat as 
				needed)
			Ki-naH-naH, lo-maytoo;
			Ki-nah-nah, lo-maytaH;
			ko-no-ma... Ko-no-mayy...

	And as he puts his hand on the knife from his BELT (but 
	doesn't draw it), staring down at the chest of the Albino...

99   EXT. FOREST AND COMPOUND -- DAY

	... his voice ECHOES across the expanse before us...

					KOR (O.S.)
			Ko-no-ma... Ko-no... MAAAY...

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

	Re-Establishing.

101  INT. OPS

	Kira, Sisko and N.D. Supernumeraries at their work.  The 
	Turbolift arrives bearing Dax... back in uniform.  Cleaned 
	up.  She solemnly, clearly affected by what she's participated 
	in, walks to her station -- resumes her own work.  She 
	exchanges a look with Sisko.  Sisko looks at her with hard 
	disapproval, doesn't want to know.  He simply walks into his 
	office.

102  ON KIRA

	She looks over at Dax a long beat.  Dax doesn't look at her.

103  FULL SHOT

	Kira and Dax and everyone else working away as usual.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END