STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Tribunal" (fka "Dark Tribunal") #40512-445 Written by Bill Dial Directed by Avery Brooks THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT. Copyright 1994 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved. This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department. Return to Script Department FINAL DRAFT PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION March 29, 1994 STAR TREK: DS9 - "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - CAST STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Tribunal" CAST SISKO MAKBAR O'BRIEN KOVAT ODO, BOONE KIRA GUL EVEK BASHIR MAQUIS MEMBER DAX DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE KEIKO COMPUTER VOICE Non-Speaking Non-Speaking N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES N.D. CARDASSIANS STAR TREK: DS9 - "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - SETS STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Tribunal" SETS INTERIORS EXTERIORS DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE COMMANDER'S OFFICE INFIRMARY RUNABOUT OPS PROMENADE CARDASSIA PRIME SUPPLY CLOSET WEAPONS LOCKER CARDASSIAN PRIME O'BRIEN'S CELL PRISON PROCESSING AREA COURTROOM RUNABOUT STAR TREK: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/07/94 - PRONUNCIATION STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Tribunal" PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ARCHON AHR-kahn BAJORAN buh-JOR-an BOLIAN BOW-lee-ahn CARDASSIA car-DASS-ee-uh CARDASSIAN car-DASS-ee-en DAKATH DAH-kuth DUKAT du-KOT EVEK eh-VEHK GADDI GAH-dee HIDEKI hih-DEHK-ee KALVA KAHL-vuh KOVAT KOH-vaht LADARIUM luh-DAYR-ee-uhm MAKBAR MOCK-bahr MAQUIS mah-KEE MINEZAKI mihn-ee-ZAH-kee NESTOR NEHS-tohr PROKOFIEV pro-KOFF-ee-ef SETLIK SEHT-lik TEROK NOR TEHR-uk NOR VALDEMAR VAL-dih-mar VOLAN VOE-lahn DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - TEASER 1. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Tribunal" TEASER FADE IN: 1 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) 2 INT. OPS DAX and KIRA at their stations. SISKO is in his office. O'BRIEN is at Dax's station, a small traveling case strapped to his shoulder, hurrying to EXIT... O'BRIEN ... and I downloaded the new docking procedure checklist for Bay Six into the Bay-Prod D-Nine file. That's the only bay that's using the new criteria. DAX Got it. He moves to his station and picks up a couple of small PADDS... putting them in his case... O'BRIEN (continuing) And be sure to monitor the power fluctuations in the secondary fusion core. It's got some little kinks I don't like the look of. DAX (dry and deliberate) I'll care for the secondary fusion core like it was my own child. Moving to the Turbolift... to Kira as he passes... DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - TEASER 2. 2 CONTINUED: O'BRIEN As soon as I get back I'll run a full diagnostic to be sure that... KIRA Chief, we're perfectly capable of running this place for a week. O'BRIEN (acknowledges) If there's any problem you can reach me on subspace. KIRA (overlapping) Would you please go on vacation and get out of our hair? He acknowledges, crosses up to the Turbolift. DAX Miles? O'BRIEN (turns back to her) Yes? DAX (a smiles) Have a good time. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - TEASER 3. 2 CONTINUED: (2) O'BRIEN Oh... right... Thanks. I already feel relaxed... And he goes into the Turbolift and it goes down. Sisko ENTERS from his office. SISKO Is he gone? KIRA Finally. SISKO Good. He's been driving me crazy all day. You'd think I was... The Turbolift rises just enough to see O'Brien's head... O'BRIEN Ah... Commander... I forgot to tell you. I added a new subroutine to the environmental control for the Habitat Ring... SISKO Chief O'Brien... O'BRIEN Yes, sir? SISKO (mock stern) You're on leave. Please disembark this station. O'BRIEN Aye, sir. The lift descends. Kira and Sisko react, and we... CUT TO: DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - TEASER 4. 3 INT. PROMENADE As O'Brien makes his way, running late now, and hurrying. 4 ANGLE UP PROMENADE We see a man come out of one of the shops. A tall, rugged- looking fellow we will come to know as BOONE. Boone turns and looks toward O'Brien, sees him, reacts slightly as if he recognizes O'Brien, but is not sure. He makes sure O'Brien makes eye contact... and once he does, O'Brien reacts, recognizing the man... 5 WITH BOONE AND O'BRIEN as O'Brien comes up to him. O'BRIEN Boone... ? Boone continues his polite, if puzzled, smile. O'BRIEN (continuing) O'Brien. Miles O'Brien. We served on the Rutledge together. BOONE O'Brien. Of course. It's been a long time. How're you doin? O'BRIEN Fine... fine... I work on this station now. Chief engineer. BOONE You don't say... O'BRIEN (re: civvies) How long you been out of Starfleet? BOONE Almost eight years now. I've settled on Volan Three. O'BRIEN That's on the Cardassian side of the Demilitarized Zone, isn't it... DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - TEASER 5. 5 CONTINUED: BOONE Yeah, the new treaty really puts us in harm's way. But I'm running a ladarium mining sluice. As long as the Cardassians need ladarium for their warp drives, they leave me alone. O'BRIEN After what we went through in the border wars, I don't know how you could live there. (can't remember) Were you there at Setlik Three? BOONE (acknowledges, ugly memories) That's why I got out of Starfleet. O'BRIEN Really. That's why I stayed in. (beat) Listen, my wife's meeting me at a runabout... and she hates it when I'm late... and I always am... BOONE (calling after him) I'm coming back for another supply pickup in a month or two. O'BRIEN Let me know when... Boone watches him go a moment, the smile fading. Then he heads in the other direction. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/04/94 - TEASER 6. 6 INT. SUPPLY CLOSET Dark as the door opens and Boone ENTERS, the door slides shut, leaving him in shadows... the only light source is from a small PADD that Boone takes out from under his jacket... it contains a miniature keyboard. Boone goes to work at the keyboard. O'BRIEN'S VOICE (playing back from the PADD) O'Brien. Miles O'Brien... we served on the Rutledge... Boone reacts, satisfied that he got the recording and as he hits the keyboard, we hear O'Brien's voice, speeded up as the tape fast forwards... and we... FADE OUT. END OF TEASER DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT ONE 7. ACT ONE FADE IN: (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.) 7 EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL) at impulse going through the space. 8 INT. RUNABOUT O'Brien is at the control panel, reading some PADDS... from the back room -- KEIKO (O.S.) Miles... O'BRIEN Hah? KEIKO (O.S.) Didn't you bring the holo-cam? O'BRIEN Was I supposed to? KEIKO sticks her head in... KEIKO You said you were going to... O'BRIEN I did? She ENTERS... KEIKO Last night? When we were going over the list in bed... O'BRIEN I was dead the minute my face hit the pillow. KEIKO You talked to me for a half hour. O'BRIEN Not me. There must've been someone else in bed with us. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT ONE 8. 8 CONTINUED: KEIKO (seeing the PADDS) What's this... O'BRIEN Just some new technical update manuals... She sits in the other chair... KEIKO Our first vacation without Molly in five years and you brought technical update manuals? O'Brien doesn't get the message, takes the conversation in a different direction... O'BRIEN You know, maybe we should've brought her... you really think she's gonna be all right with the Petersons? KEIKO Molly likes the Petersons more than she likes us. She's fine. O'BRIEN We could swing back, pick up the holo-cam and Molly and barely lose a half day... Off Keiko's stare... O'BRIEN (continuing, regrouping) ...Or... I'm sure we can pick up a holo-cam when we get there... Keiko sighs, tension on her face, leans back... KEIKO How many? O'BRIEN What? KEIKO Tech manuals did you bring? O'BRIEN Not many. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/07/94 - ACT ONE 9. 8 CONTINUED: (2) She doesn't even look at him, just shakes her head... O'Brien puts down the PADD... sighs... O'BRIEN Computer, play something by Minezaki. The soothing music comes on. Keiko closes her eyes, takes it in... feels the connection between her and her husband... he gets up and leans down and kisses her gently on her closed left eye, then her right eye... she reaches her arms around his neck and pulls him into a more passionate kiss... but it is awkward because of the chair... intimately -- KEIKO Do these chairs recline? O'BRIEN I wish they did. KEIKO You're an engineer. Figure something out. I'll make it worth your while. The music is interrupted by the Computer Voice -- COMPUTER VOICE Vessel approaching. Bearing one- nine-one mark six. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/07/94 - ACT ONE 10. 8 CONTINUED: (3) O'BRIEN Identify. COMPUTER VOICE Cardassian patrol ship, Hideki Class. O'BRIEN (instantly alert) Shields up. 9 EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL) as a Cardassian patrol ship moves to intercept. 10 INT. RUNABOUT (OPTICAL) O'Brien has moved back to his seat... the music has stopped. O'BRIEN Try to send an emergency subspace signal to the station... Keiko looking at her console... presses a few panels... KEIKO I can't... they're jamming all the subspace frequencies... O'BRIEN (notices something on console) They're hailing us. O'Brien throws a switch. The image of GUL EVEK appears on the monitor... he is calm and irritatingly polite. O'BRIEN This is Chief Miles O'Brien from Starbase Deep Space Nine... state your business. GUL EVEK Mister O'Brien, we've spoken before. My name is Evek. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/07/94 - ACT ONE 11. 10 CONTINUED: GUL EVEK Shut down your drive and come to a full stop. We're beaming an inspection team aboard. O'BRIEN We're nowhere near the Cardassian border... you have no authority here... GUL EVEK We'll argue about authority later. For now, you will either comply, or we will take preemptive action. COMPUTER VOICE Warning. Sensors are reading photo lock-on activation. GUL EVEK You have ten seconds. O'Brien's mind races... there are no other ways out of this... finally, O'Brien hits some controls, then rises and goes to Keiko. O'BRIEN It's all right, love. We've done nothing wrong. They turn to see -- 11 WIDER ANGLE (OPTICAL) As three Cardassians transport aboard the runabout. Gul Evek steps forward. GUL EVEK Thank you for cooperating. (producing small PADD) I have orders to arrest you, Mister O'Brien. KEIKO Arrest... DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT ONE 12. 11 CONTINUED: GUL EVEK (to the officers) Search the ship. The two officers EXIT into the cargo area of the ship. O'Brien moves forward. O'BRIEN What are the charges? GUL EVEK (ignoring him) You have the right to refuse to answer questions, but such refusal might be construed as a sign of guilt... O'BRIEN I demand to know what I'm being accused of! GUL EVEK You deny all knowledge of this crime then... O'BRIEN How the hell am I supposed to deny something when I don't even know what you're talking about... GUL EVEK So you do not deny all knowledge... KEIKO We are Federation citizens and we have rights... GUL EVEK Yes... yes... all your "rights" as defined by the Cardassian Articles of Jurisprudence will be protected. O'BRIEN I want to speak with my Commander. The two Cardassian officers return and look at Gul Evek, nodding to him that they've found what they were looking for. GUL EVEK We will contact your commander. And see that your wife is returned safely to your station. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/07/94 - ACT ONE 13. 11 CONTINUED: (2) Evek takes Keiko by the arm to pull her away from O'Brien... as the First Officer moves to take him into custody... GUL EVEK (continuing) You will be taken to central prison on Cardassia Prime to await trial. This is too much for O'Brien. He pushes the First Officer away... O'BRIEN I'm not going anywhere with you... The second officer downs the fighting O'Brien with a stun blast from a phaser. O'Brien drops to the floor. KEIKO Miles! Evek activates his transporter and he and O'Brien vaporize off the runabout. 12 KEIKO restrained by the remaining officer is distraught, and we... FADE OUT. END OF ACT ONE DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 14. ACT TWO FADE IN: 13 EXT. CARDASSIA PRIME - MATTE SHOT (OPTICAL) In the shot we can see a large outdoor screen or two... with constant messages bombarding the populace... on the screen now, is a Cardassian man speaking... we're too far away to discern any words... but we can see his image dissolve to a Cardassian symbol... and a word in Cardassian language that should look very alien -- the word means "children"... and then a picture of several Cardassian children is on the screen... and this word is superimposed several times over the picture... and is replaced by a stirring shot of Cardassian ships in space... and the Cardassian symbol superimposed over the space shot... replaced again by the anchorman who continues his stern lecture... We move in on an imposing-looking institutional building. CARDASSIAN ON SCREEN (unintelligible distance) Look to the children -- they are the future of Cardassia and they will lead the way. Invest in their minds, teach them carefully of the glories of the Cardassian Empire and they will bring us greater glory for years to come. It is every mother and father's responsibility to see that his child is living up to his full potential as a Cardassian citizen... 14 INT. PRISON PROCESSING AREA And it is extremely dark... too dark to pick up anything but the vaguest details of where we are... we start close on the door as it opens and two Cardassians pull a belligerent O'Brien inside... immediately he squints as, in front of him, a huge bright spotlight is pointed at him... INTERCUT: 15 ANGLE - THE LIGHT The voice is stern, colorless but calm. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 14A. DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE Remove your clothes. O'BRIEN My name is Miles O'Brien. My rank is chief of operations, Starfleet. I am a Federation citizen. DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE Remove your clothes. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - ACT TWO 15. 15 CONTINUED: O'BRIEN My name is Miles O'Brien. My rank is chief of operations, Starfleet. I am a Federation citizen... In the middle of the above speech, he is dragged off his feet and because it is so dark it is unclear where he will land... it turns out to be against a wall where he is pressed face-first against it... as one of the guards uses a knife to rip his clothes down the back and off... continuing to intercut with: 16 THE LIGHT DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE Would you care to make a confession? 17 O'BRIEN (OPTICAL) naked now... O'BRIEN My name is Miles O'Brien. My rank is chief of operations, Starfleet. I am a Federation citizen... DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE Process him. O'Brien is dragged again through the blackness and held in front of a large medical piece of equipment that sends out optical red scanner beams into both of his eyes... on a monitor we may see an Okudagram of O'Brien's eyes graphically reconstructed with Cardassian labels and numbers, suggesting identification... a larger number at the bottom designates this as "41302Z" (the "Z" being a Cardassian symbol)... a moment later he is pulled away in another direction and finds himself being pushed into... 18 ANGLE revealing a chair... like a dentist's chair or an electric chair... and as they start to attach restraints, he gets very scared and for the first time fights for his life... he does not want to be in that chair... whatever the hell it is... and he bursts out of it... elbowing one guard as he goes... into the darkness... DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - 03/29/94 - ACT TWO 16. For an instant we hear a struggle and violent impact from the darkness and a moment later the light finds him being dragged back to the chair... he's bruised on his head now, but he's still struggling... and as someone moves in to him... 19 O'BRIEN reacts as he sees -- 20 HIS POV -- A HYPOSPRAY in a Cardassian's hands... 21 HIS EYES strain as the others hold him down... panning down to his neck as the hypospray is pushed into his neck and his resistance immediately ends... 22 WIDER he is still fully conscious but no longer able to lift a muscle to defend himself... his body shivers as though he were very cold as the guards finish locking him into the chair... O'BRIEN My name... is Miles O'Brien. My... rank... is... chief... operations, Starfleet. I... am a... Federation citizen... 23 CLOSE ON HIS HAIR as a Cardassian hand uses a scissors to snip a lock of hair and puts it into a clear evidence container -- designed for this very purpose... it too is marked "41302Z"... 24 THE CHAIR TILTS BACK... AND 25 O'BRIEN'S POV A guard with a dental tool approaches -- DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 17. 26 ANGLE as the guard forces O'Brien's mouth open and sticks the tool inside... O'Brien tries to yell but it is barely a moan... the man yanks and removes a tooth from the back of O'Brien's mouth... he moves away and inserts it next to the hair in the evidence container... O'Brien is left there to shiver... and after a beat a bright blue light overhead illuminates and almost blinds our view of O'Brien... he stops shivering... and as it ends a beat later... the guards move to release O'Brien... and he finds himself covered in a fine gray ash- like powder... 27 ANGLE - IN THE BACKGROUND the door opens and a Cardassian woman, MAKBAR, ENTERS. As O'Brien is given prisoner wear, which he weakly puts on... Makbar studies him... MAKBAR Has he been processed? DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE He has. She sees the bruise on his head... reacts, angrily... she speaks with quiet, cold danger... MAKBAR You were told he was not to be harmed... 28 THE LIGHT DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE He had to be restrained. MAKBAR You were told. She turns to a guard... MAKBAR You are in charge here now. The guard is delighted... moves off to do his work... DISEMBODIED CARDASSIAN VOICE (protesting) He has committed high crimes against the Cardassian people! Why do you protect him? DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/05/94 - ACT TWO 18. 28 CONTINUED: During the above, a barely discernable figure of a Cardassian man is dragged away by two guards passing briefly in front of the bright spotlight. MAKBAR You were told. And they are gone. 29 ANGLE (OPTICAL) O'Brien watches this craziness as he dresses... Makbar moves to a cell and turns off a forcefield... leads the weakened O'Brien by the arm as she speaks to him... MAKBAR I apologize for the way you've been treated, Mister O'Brien. I am Makbar, Chief Archon. I want your stay here to be as comfortable as possible under the circumstances. I have scheduled your trial to begin in two days. You have been assigned the Venerable Kovat as Public Conservator. O'BRIEN As what? MAKBAR Your lawyer. Many feel he's the best counsel in all Cardassia. O'BRIEN Why do I need a lawyer? What am I charged with, and who is accusing me? MAKBAR All in good time, Mister O'Brien. All in good time... She turns on the forcefield and EXITS... O'Brien reacts with frustration. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/04/94 - ACT TWO 19. 30 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) 31 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE Close on Keiko, who is sitting opposite Sisko's desk. She is composed, determined, trying to be strong. Sisko is standing near her. ODO is also there. SISKO Starfleet has ordered the Enterprise, the Prokofiev and the Valdemar to the border of the Demilitarized Zone... hopefully, when the Cardassians see they're risking the entire treaty over this... KEIKO (interrupting) ... and in the meantime, my husband is being violated by them... every shred of his humanity is being violated... isn't that true. It is true... Sisko doesn't know how to respond... there's no way to soften it... SISKO We have no way of knowing exactly what... KEIKO Dammit, don't lie to me... They're torturing him as we sit here. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 20. 31 CONTINUED: After he sits there for a beat, Odo quite directly addresses her... ODO It is standard procedure for the Cardassians to use torture in their interrogations. You are correct, Mrs. O'Brien. A beat... Keiko shakes her head trying to absorb the reality of this horror... KEIKO You don't know how many times Miles spoke to me about this... what the Cardassians did to the prisoners they took at Setlik Three... what they were like when they came back... the thought of it... it disgusted him... it scared him... A tear rolls down her cheek... KEIKO ... we can't leave him there... SISKO We don't even know where he's being held on Cardassia Prime... Keiko nods silently, looking down, unable to tolerate any more of this... she rises and moves to the door... Sisko and Odo exchange a glance and follow her into... 32 INT. OPS As Keiko comes onto the landing above Ops, followed by a concerned Sisko and Odo. Kira and Dax at their stations. SISKO Keiko, I promise you as soon as we have more information, I'll do everything in my power... KIRA Commander, you have a subspace communication from Cardassia Prime. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 21. 33 ON SISKO AND KEIKO As they react to this. SISKO On screen. We see the image of Makbar come up on the screen. SISKO I'm Benjamin Sisko, Commander of Deep Space Nine. MAKBAR My name is Makbar, and I am the Archon representing the Cardassian Empire in its case against Miles O'Brien. SISKO May I speak with him. MAKBAR That is not possible. SISKO May I see him. MAKBAR Commander... SISKO May I be assured that he is well and being treated properly? MAKBAR Mister O'Brien is being treated with great care and respect. SISKO Good. Because if he's not, I'll hold you personally responsible. And if that sounds like a threat, it is. Makbar blinks, then almost grins... MAKBAR Gul Dukat has told me about you. You live up to your reputation, Commander. SISKO That's right. I do. Now what are the charges against Chief O'Brien. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 22. 33 CONTINUED: MAKBAR The charges will be announced when the trial begins. As is customary in Cardassian jurisprudence. KEIKO How are we supposed to prepare for the trial if we don't know the charges? MAKBAR Mrs. O'Brien, I take it? KEIKO Yes. MAKBAR Mrs. O'Brien, there is nothing for you to prepare. Your husband's verdict has already been determined. He is guilty. The trial will reveal how this guilt was proven by the most efficient criminal investigation system in the quadrant. You may, if you desire, attend the trial, which begins in two days time. SISKO We'll be there. MAKBAR I'm sorry, Commander, this is a privilege enjoyed only by the spouse of an offender. Odo who has been thinking ahead during this conversation, steps forward... ODO What about his Nestor? MAKBAR His Counsel and his Nestor will be assigned by the court. SISKO (to Odo) Nestor? ODO Advisor to the offender. Madame Archon, I volunteer to serve as Nestor in this trial. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/04/94 - ACT TWO 23. 33 CONTINUED: (2) MAKBAR (sighs, impatient) That is not possible. The Nestor must be an officer of the court. ODO I am an officer of the Court. (off her reaction) Chief of Security Odo... I served Gul Dukat on Terok Nor. You may check my credentials. I was designated an officer of the Cardassian court four years ago in order to testify in criminal cases. Makbar takes a beat to consider this... MAKBAR Very well. If this is true, you may accompany Mrs. O'Brien and serve as Nestor. ODO May I ask... what penalty does Mister O'Brien face? MAKBAR His execution is scheduled for next week. KEIKO (horrified) How can you schedule an execution before the trial even begins... ? MAKBAR We believe in swift justice. She nods good-bye and the screen returns to the starfield. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT TWO 24. 33 CONTINUED: (3) ODO Mrs. O'Brien, we should leave immediately. They move to the Turbolift... SISKO (to Kira) Begin a complete security sweep of the station and Chief O'Brien's recent activities... I want to know if there's anything out of the ordinary that might begin to explain this... Odo and Keiko are gone. KIRA Commander, Chief O'Brien's attitude toward the Cardassians is hardly a secret. What if he's actually done something. SISKO We need to know that too, don't we? He returns to his office. Kira turns back to her work, and we... FADE OUT. END OF ACT TWO DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/06/94 - ACT THREE 25. ACT THREE FADE IN: 34 EXT. CARDASSIA PRIME (OPTICAL) An establishing shot of the capital city. 35 INT. O'BRIEN'S CELL (OPTICAL) An older man (KOVAT) carrying a PADD arrives... KOVAT Miles O'Brien? O'Brien looks at him from his cot, doesn't respond... KOVAT Yes, of course you are. I am Conservator Kovat. He turns off the forcefield... and ENTERS, sits in a chair... Kovat has an unshakeable good humor and optimistic attitude, but is not a buffoon. He believes in the system. O'BRIEN I've been told that I've already been charged, indicted, convicted and sentenced. What do I need with a lawyer? DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/06/94 - ACT THREE 26. 35 CONTINUED: KOVAT Mister O'Brien -- if it seems immodest of me, I apologize, but the role of Public Conservator is key to the productive functioning of our courts. I am here to help you concede the wisdom of the state. To prepare you to accept the inevitable with equanimity. O'Brien can't help but laugh at this. KOVAT (continuing) There is an old Cardassian expression -- "Confession is good for the soul." It's also good for the populace to see people like you confess. It makes them feel better about themselves. Makes their lives more bearable. O'BRIEN Is that what this is all about? To make the people of Cardassia feel better? KOVAT No, but that's not a bad side effect. Now then... (checking his PADD) I have your biographical extract, Starfleet records, etc. These will be very useful... O'BRIEN What am I being charged with? KOVAT No need to worry about that at this point. O'BRIEN This is insane. KOVAT Whatever you've done, whatever the charges against you -- none of that really matters in the long run. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/06/94 - ACT THREE 27. 35 CONTINUED: (2) O'BRIEN What matters? KOVAT This trial is to demonstrate the futility of behavior contrary to good order. Everyone will find it most uplifting. O'BRIEN Not everyone. KOVAT Once again, justice will prevail. Our lives will be reaffirmed safe and secure. Here on Cardassia, all crimes are solved. All criminals are punished. All endings are happy. Even the poorest of our citizens can walk the streets in the dead of night in perfect safety. You are only one man, but your conviction will be a salutary experience for millions. (then) Now then... the trial opens tomorrow... Do you have any questions? Anything you want to tell me? O'BRIEN Only that I am not guilty of any crime. And that I regard this whole procedure with nothing but contempt. Kovat studies O'Brien for a moment, then smiles. KOVAT Good... good... maintain that level of arrogance in the courtroom and we should put on a very good show indeed. O'BRIEN I do have one question. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT THREE 28. 35 CONTINUED: (3) KOVAT Certainly. O'BRIEN Have you ever won a case? KOVAT (a smug smile) "Winning" isn't everything. O'Brien reacts to that, and we... 36 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) 37 INT. WEAPONS LOCKER Sisko and BASHIR ENTER to see Dax and Kira... looking at some open crates... he comes over to see they're filled with small pieces of scrap metal... SISKO Are they all like this? KIRA All of them... there isn't a photon warhead left in here... SISKO How could somebody transport two dozen warheads off this station without the perimeter sensors picking it up... DAX The metal in these crates has the same mass as the warheads... a Transporter could've been programmed to switch the two simultaneously... the sensors might've been fooled. KIRA (re: O'Brien) But it would require a transporter expert. BASHIR I know what you're implying, Major and I don't like it. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT THREE 29-29A. 37 CONTINUED: KIRA Neither do I... but there's more... according to the logs, O'Brien was in here just minutes before his runabout left... Reactions. DAX Computer, play security log entry, Stardate 47944.2, weapons locker... O'BRIEN'S VOICE Request access. Weapons Locker Four. Miles O'Brien, security level one. DAX The computer confirmed his voice- print I.D. and let him in... KIRA And the minute the door opened, some kind of field saturation device was activated that froze all the security scanners in the room... SISKO (frowns) I want a full analysis of that voice- print. Make absolutely sure it was O'Brien... BASHIR It doesn't make sense. What would he do with photon warheads... ? KIRA (speculating) Give them to... the Maquis? (off reactions, to Sisko) We had an advisory two weeks ago that a Maquis ship disabled a Bolian freighter near the Demilitarized Zone and stole a supply of photon launchers. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/04/94 - ACT THREE 30. 37 CONTINUED: (2) SISKO Launchers, but no warheads. KIRA (acknowledging) Launchers, but no warheads. BASHIR You're suggesting that Miles O'Brien took his wife on a romantic vacation as an excuse to deliver warheads to the Maquis. I don't believe it. SISKO (thinking strategy) If the warheads were in the runabout, they'll be used as evidence in the trial... we'll find that out soon enough... DAX If they were in the runabout, how did the Cardassians find out? SISKO That's one question I'd like the answer to... I'd also like to find out who the other guy was... KIRA The other guy? DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT THREE 31. 37 CONTINUED: (3) SISKO The one who was waiting to receive these warheads. I'll have Starfleet intelligence begin to pull in Maquis suspects for questioning... in the meantime, see if we can I.D. any possible members of the Maquis who've been on the station recently. They acknowledge and EXIT... 38 INT. O'BRIEN'S CELL (OPTICAL) O'Brien looks up as he hears the sound of a door opening and footsteps echoing, coming toward him... a Cardassian guard accompanies Odo... he turns off the forcefield and Odo ENTERS... O'Brien rises, glad to see anyone from home. The Guard EXITS after turning the forcefield back on. There's no real intimacy here... these two haven't done that much together, don't know each other that well... there's a tentative quality to the conversation... O'BRIEN Tell me you're here to take me home. ODO I'm sorry. How have they treated you... ? O'BRIEN Not so bad. They did some dental work on me when I got here that wasn't fun. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT THREE 32. 38 CONTINUED: ODO (acknowledges) All Cardassians are required to give the Bureau of Identification one of their first molars. It's usually extracted at age ten. O'BRIEN Keiko... is she all right? ODO (nods) She came with me. O'BRIEN (looking out of the cell) She's here? Now? ODO It's not permitted for family members to visit offenders in confinement. She'll be at the trial tomorrow. The Cardassians always invite families to trials and executions so the public can see them weep. O'Brien shakes his head, losing hope by the minute... O'BRIEN I don't want her there. I don't want her to see me like this. ODO I think that's a mistake. O'BRIEN (lost) My lawyer says it's all over but the execution. And I don't even know what the charges are... (beat) Did they tell you anything? ODO No. But we have an idea... O'BRIEN What... DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT THREE 33. 38 CONTINUED: (2) Odo is observing him carefully at all times, the ultimate police investigator... ODO Have you had any dealings with the Maquis? O'BRIEN Dealings? No... I'm not sure what you mean... ODO Do you know anybody in the Maquis? O'BRIEN No. ODO Ever supplied any of them with weapons? O'BRIEN No. (losing it) What -- are you here to interrogate me, Constable? Is anybody ever gonna tell me what I'm supposed to have done? ODO Commander Sisko informed me a few hours ago that twenty-four photon warheads are missing from the station... we believe they may have been in your runabout's cargo bay... intended for the Maquis... O'Brien reacts, thinks then nods... O'BRIEN The Cardassians found something in the hold, that's true... ODO But you know nothing about it. O'BRIEN Nothing. ODO And you didn't transport them out of Weapons Locker Four just before you left the station? DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/06/94 - ACT THREE 34. 38 CONTINUED: (3) O'BRIEN No. ODO Were you in Weapons Locker Four before you left the station? O'BRIEN No. Boring in, ever the investigator -- ODO Then why does the log say you were? Why is it your voice releasing the security lock? O'Brien is dumbfounded by these revelations... stares at Odo... O'BRIEN My voice? I... I don't know. A long beat. O'Brien takes a long, unsteady breath... O'BRIEN Look, Constable... you don't know me very well... But I... I... (collects himself) I've been in service to the Federation... to Starfleet... all of my adult life. No one's ever questioned my loyalty before. No one... in my entire life has ever had cause to ask: "Miles O'Brien, are you a criminal?" (beat) I took an oath to defend the Federation and what it stands for. I don't steal from them. I don't lie to them. I'm no angel, but I try to live every day as the best human being I know how to be. I need my little girl to look up at me when she wakes up in the morning and see a man she can respect. (beat) Until now, she always could. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT THREE 35. 38 CONTINUED: (4) A long beat. All of this seems to O'Brien to be for naught... they've got him and they've got him good... he's past the indignity and anger and into glum acceptance... he's a dead man. Odo now speaks with uncharacteristic warmth... ODO Being accused of a crime is not a disgrace, Chief. Some of the great figures of history have shared the honor with you. O'BRIEN I never figured on dying a martyr. ODO Not all of them were martyrs. And not all of them died. Some of them were just innocent men. Like you. They exchange a look of bonding. ODO I've managed to get myself named to your defense team. I'll be there tomorrow. Your wife will be there as well. But she won't be weeping. And neither will you. I want the Archon to see the clear, unwavering eyes of an innocent man. Is that understood? O'BRIEN Yessir. Odo nods... ODO Guard! The guard comes and turns off the forcefield... ODO I'll see you tomorrow. O'BRIEN Odo... (Odo pauses) Thanks for being here. Odo nods and EXITS as the Guard turns the field back on. O'Brien wants to be hopeful, but it's hard. FADE OUT. END OF ACT THREE DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 36. ACT FOUR FADE IN: 39 INT. DEEP SPACE NINE - OPS (INSERT) (VPB) Close on an Okudagram... it is a voiceprint analysis... we hear a drastically slowed down version of O'Brien's voice from the recording playing in the background so that O'Brien's voice is greatly distorted... DAX (V.O.) The voice modulation patterns don't match up. See how the peaks here and here are out of phase... ? 40 ANGLE - SISKO AND BASHIR LOOKING OVER DAX'S SHOULDER at her station... BASHIR So we can prove it wasn't O'Brien who entered the weapons locker... DAX (acknowledges) It's O'Brien's voice... but the sentence was reconstructed sound by sound. Kira arrives on the Turbolift... she thinks she has more bad news. KIRA I've got our Maquis. Kira moves to them with a PADD... puts it down on Dax's counter... KIRA I narrowed the suspects down to twelve people who live in the Demilitarized Zone and were on the station that day. 41 INSERT - THE PADD (OPTICAL) A picture of Boone. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 37. 41 CONTINUED: KIRA (V.O.) Raymond Boone. Human. Lives on Volan Three. Three merchants on the Promenade saw him talking to O'Brien just before he left. RESUME BASHIR Talking to him and recording his voice, perhaps... ? KIRA Recording? DAX (to Kira) Someone doctored Chief O'Brien's voice to get into the weapons' locker. That brightens Kira's outlook considerably... SISKO I'll have him picked up. As he moves to his office... 43 EXT. CARDASSIA PRIME - MATTE SHOT (OPTICAL) This time on the screen is Makbar... as the trial is being shown to the populace... our angle is close enough this time to allow us to hear -- MAKBAR The offender, Miles O'Brien, human, officer of the Federation Starfleet, has been found guilty of aiding and abetting seditious acts against the state. The sentence is death. Let the trial begin. As she bangs not a gavel but a symbolic rock... DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 38. 44 INT. COURTROOM Dark... multilevel but spare... no gallery per se, but there is a suggestion of a few children watching the proceedings from behind Makbar who is at the highest level... the defendant's "box" is elevated to separate him from the others... MAKBAR (continuing) Conservator Kovat, is the offender ready to face his judgement? KOVAT He is, Madame Archon. MAKBAR Let him enter. O'Brien moves in to the box, alone if there is only one entry to it... or he can be led in by a guard if necessary... he looks around taking in the environment... as he ENTERS we can hear knuckles rapping on countertops, almost seeming like applause, coming from the children's gallery. Makbar and Kovat do not rap. MAKBAR Mister O'Brien, you can spare your family and the Federation further humiliation by dispensing with this proceeding and confessing now. O'BRIEN No thanks. MAKBAR Very well. The Nestor and Mrs. O'Brien may enter. From a different doorway, Odo and Keiko ENTER... Keiko is strong, confident... more rapping... she exchanges a warm, loving smile with her husband and proceeds to join Odo with Kovat at the defense position... MAKBAR Mrs. O'Brien, this court recognizes the disgrace your husband has brought to you. As is prescribed by the Cardassian Articles of Jurisprudence, we hereby offer you the opportunity to dissociate yourself from his actions by testifying against him. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/08/94 - ACT FOUR 39. 44 CONTINUED: KEIKO I have no intention of testifying against my husband. MAKBAR (beat, observes her with disdain) Call the first witness... ODO Madame Archon, may I confer privately with the Conservator before we begin... MAKBAR Mister Odo, I understand you have not served as a Nestor before... perhaps I should explain that you have no status to address this court. You advise the offender... that's all. ODO I beg the court's indulgence. I am new at this. MAKBAR (unhappy) All of Cardassia is watching these proceedings... private conferences do not make for good viewing... you should have done this before we convened... (beat) Very well, make it quick. 45 ANGLE WITH THE DEFENSE SOTTO: KOVAT Please don't ruin this for me. I'm only a year away from retirement. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 40. 45 CONTINUED: ODO We have new evidence to prove O'Brien's innocence. KOVAT New evidence? ODO If O'Brien is accused of stealing warheads from Deep Space Nine, we can prove he didn't do it... KOVAT Of course, he did it. He's been found guilty, hasn't he? ODO Someone manipulated a recording of his voice to gain entry... I can produce that recording here... KOVAT No evidence can be submitted after the verdict has been reached... you should know that... Odo does know that but he will leave no stone unturned... ODO Of course... but I was hoping that the most reknowned conservator in Cardassia might be able to find a way... KOVAT (interrupting, smart, with disdain) You flatter me, sir. But, we want justice, not chaos in our courts. No, I will take no part in this. MAKBAR Enough. Are you ready to proceed, Conservator? KOVAT I am. ODO (overlapping) May I address the court, Madame Archon. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 41. 45 CONTINUED: (2) MAKBAR Didn't I just explain to you that you may not? ODO But if our conservator refuses to bring up new evidence... MAKBAR (overlapping) Silence! ODO (continuing) ... of a manipulated recording of the offender's voice that would prove his innocence... MAKBAR (overlapping) You are out of order, sir! ODO (continuing) ... what else am I supposed to do? MAKBAR You are supposed to respect our judicial procedures. Wouldn't you ask that we respect your rules if we were in your court? ODO Which raises my next point, Madame Archon. I would like to move for a change of venue to my court... no crime was committed against Cardassia... it was in fact committed at a Bajoran space station... KOVAT Madame Archon, I am extremely humiliated. I ask to be relieved of this assignment. MAKBAR No. Sit down. (to Odo) And you, sir -- do not try the patience of the Cardassian people. If this court finds you in contempt, you will discover the punishment very unpleasant. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 41A. 45 CONTINUED: (3) Defeated, Odo sits. ODO I regret I have no teeth to offer your Bureau of Identification. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 42. 45 CONTINUED: (4) MAKBAR (still angry) As for new evidence, yes, I fully expected the Federation to come up with remarkable new evidence in an attempt to free Mister O'Brien. I'm sure your experts can create all sorts of interesting evidence to confuse the issues. That may work in your courts, but not here. There will be no new evidence considered. She pounds her rock. MAKBAR (continuing) Call the first witness. 46 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE Boone sits in front of Sisko and Kira... Sisko is conciliatory... SISKO Look, we're not after the Maquis here... we're just trying to help an innocent man... BOONE ... And I'm telling you I don't have any idea what you're talking about... KIRA People saw you talking with O'Brien just before he left... BOONE Since when is that a crime? We're old friends from the Rutledge... SISKO Doesn't it bother you to see an "old friend" about to be executed by the Cardassians? BOONE Of course it does. I wish there were something I could do to help. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 43. 46 CONTINUED: KIRA He has a wife and a five-year-old daughter... SISKO If you're worried that we'll turn you over to the Cardassians, I can assure you that we won't. BOONE I haven't done anything. I have nothing to be worried about. Sisko glances at Kira -- they're getting nowhere. SISKO Hold him for further questioning. She escorts him out. Sisko frowns... 47 INT. OPS As she passes Dax and Bashir waiting for news, she shakes her head, no luck. Bashir drops his head, glum. 48 INT. INFIRMARY It's dark as Bashir ENTERS... it's unusual, he reacts... BASHIR Computer, lights. They don't come on. He moves to the computer terminal... starts to press some panels... 49 ANGLE - TO SEE A DARK FIGURE IN SILHOUETTE several feet behind Bashir... MAQUIS MEMBER Don't turn around, Doctor. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FOUR 44. 49 CONTINUED: BASHIR There's nothing here you could want. MAQUIS MEMBER You have a man in custody suspected of arranging the theft of photon warheads... Raymond Boone... BASHIR That's right... MAQUIS MEMBER I am here to tell you he is not one of us. BASHIR He is not one of... (he gets it) You're from the Maquis? MAQUIS MEMBER That's correct. BASHIR Why should I believe you? MAQUIS MEMBER We knew nothing about the theft and he is not one of us. That's all I can tell you. 50 CLOSER ANGLE ON BASHIR BASHIR How do I know that you're not just trying to protect him? (no answer) Who else would want photon warheads? Bashir turns as he suddenly realizes that he's alone. 51 ANGLE as he hits panels and the lights finally come on... there is no sign of the intruder... on Bashir's reaction... FADE OUT. END OF ACT FOUR DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/07/94 - ACT FIVE 45. ACT FIVE FADE IN 52 EXT. CARDASSIA PRIME - DAY - MATTE SHOT (OPTICAL) It's the next day. This time Gul Evek is on the screens, testifying... GUL EVEK The Maquis are savage, Federation- born killers... they live to terrorize and murder innocent Cardassians... 53 INT. COURTROOM Gul Evek is now on the stand. Near him are the crates of photon torpedoes. KOVAT These Maquis are based in the Demilitarized Zone? GUL EVEK (acknowledges) They are all from Federation settlements in Cardassian-occupied territories... frankly, the situation is becoming untenable... how many innocent people have to die before that becomes clear? KOVAT How do you know these photon warheads recovered from the offender's vessel were intended for the Maquis? GUL EVEK According to reliable sources, the Maquis arranged the theft. ODO I object. KOVAT (upset) Madame Archon, please! DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/11/94 - ACT FIVE 46-47. 53 CONTINUED: MAKBAR I thought we went over this yesterday, Mister Odo. (sighs) Very well, what is it this time? ODO Gul Evek has tied the Maquis to this plot by quoting reliable sources. I think we deserve to know who these reliable sources are. MAKBAR Can you provide any details, Gul Evek? GUL EVEK I'm afraid that information cannot be revealed without risk to national security, Madame Archon. MAKBAR That's an acceptable answer. ODO Might we know how Gul Evek learned the warheads were in the runabout? GUL EVEK Yes, of course. We learned about them from reliable sources. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FIVE 47A. 53 CONTINUED: (2) MAKBAR Are you satisfied, Nestor? ODO Madame Archon... DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FIVE 48. 53 CONTINUED: (3) MAKBAR Enough. This is already the longest trial in the history of Cardassia... let's try to speed things up, shall we... proceed Mister Kovat... KOVAT As you wish, Madame Archon... Over the above, Keiko and O'Brien exchange a worried look... 54 INT. DEEP SPACE NINE - INFIRMARY Boone is brought in by two Bajoran deputies. Sisko and Bashir are waiting for him... BOONE What is this? SISKO I'd like Doctor Bashir to give you a brief physical examination... BOONE What for? SISKO To help us answer some questions about you. BOONE What are you talking about? BASHIR For example, why you haven't spoken to your parents in eight years... BOONE What's that got to do with anything... I never got along with them... BASHIR That's not what they told us... SISKO You also left your wife about eight years ago... you'd been married a long time... almost fifteen years, wasn't it? DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/11/94 - ACT FIVE 49. 54 CONTINUED: BOONE Look, this is none of your business... SISKO And just about the same time, you were discharged from Starfleet after failing several crew performance reviews... BASHIR All of it seemed to happen shortly after Setlik Three... Boone realizes he's in trouble and tries to bolt. He is easily restrained by the deputies... BASHIR Bring him over here. As they pull him into an examining chair... 55 INT. COURTROOM They are in a recess... Keiko is holding Miles's hand, forced to reach up awkwardly... O'BRIEN Some romantic vacation I took you on... KEIKO We'll get another chance... O'BRIEN Keiko... I don't want you there next week... KEIKO This isn't over yet... O'BRIEN Don't give them the satisfaction... I mean it... KEIKO Miles... DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/11/94 - ACT FIVE 50. 55 CONTINUED: MAKBAR (hits her rock) Court will resume. A guard motions Keiko back to the defense area... MAKBAR The offender will step forward to testify. O'BRIEN I have nothing to say to this court. MAKBAR Under Cardassian law, you are compelled to testify. Step forward. As the guard moves to escort him, O'Brien shrugs his arm away and moves ahead alone... 56 ANGLE WITH KOVAT AND ODO The Cardassian lawyer leans in... sotto: KOVAT This would be a good time for you to advise the offender. ODO Advise him to do what? KOVAT To confess and throw himself on the mercy of the court, of course. ODO I've never heard of a Cardassian court showing mercy. KOVAT That's not the point. Think of the children, sir. Allow them to see a glimmer of enlightenment as the offender realizes the end is near. Let him use his last breath to show remorse... DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/11/94 - ACT FIVE 51. 56 CONTINUED: O'Brien is in place by now. MAKBAR Do you wish to advise the offender at this time, Nestor? ODO No, Madame Archon. Makbar throws a look at Kovat who shrugs, what can I do? MAKBAR Proceed Mister Korvat. Kovat approaches O'Brien... with sympathy -- KOVAT Mister O'Brien... were you abused as a child... O'BRIEN What? KOVAT Were your parents especially abusive... did you hate them very much? O'BRIEN I loved my parents... KOVAT I see... spousal abuse, perhaps... was your wife causing you severe psychologicial stress? O'BRIEN (incredulous) My wife is the most supportive, wonderful woman I've ever known. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/11/94 - ACT FIVE 52. 56 CONTINUED: (2) KOVAT Excuse me for asking. I'm merely trying to establish how a fine man like yourself could turn into a criminal. Perhaps you can help me... O'BRIEN I can't help you because I'm no criminal. KOVAT Well, I tried... MAKBAR Tell me, Mister O'Brien -- how many Cardassians have you killed. O'BRIEN Killed? None... since the war, that is... MAKBAR Including the war, how many Cardassians have you killed? ODO Madame Archon, what relevance does Mister O'Brien's war experiences have? MAKBAR His past criminal record is very much relevant to these proceedings, sir. Answer the question. O'BRIEN I'm not sure. MAKBAR That many, eh? O'BRIEN It was war. Both sides did things they had to do. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/11/94 - ACT FIVE 53. 56 CONTINUED: (3) MAKBAR Tell me, Mister O'Brien, now that we are at peace, do you have a warm place in your heart for your Cardassian neighbors? O'Brien glances at Odo... Makbar is glancing at a PADD... MAKBAR Or are you deeply prejudiced against Cardassians... do you not in fact hate Cardassians... have you not on several occasions publicly stated your opposition to the treaty because and I quote "the bloody Cardies can't be trusted?" O'BRIEN (beat) I decline to answer. MAKBAR There are no grounds in Cardassian law which allow you to decline. Answer the question. Is it an accurate quote or not? O'BRIEN (beat) It is. KOVAT Madame Archon, at this time, it seems the offender's guilt has been clearly established and I see no other alternative but to concede to the verdict... O'BRIEN I do not concede. MAKBAR You may stand down, Mister O'Brien. He does not leave... DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 04/08/94 - ACT FIVE 54. 56 CONTINUED: (4) O'BRIEN (ignoring her) I am not guilty. I have committed no crime, and I refuse to concede to this court or to the Cardassian Empire. KOVAT Your Honor, I apologize but it appears I have lost control of my... client... MAKBAR No matter. You've done your usual eloquent job on his behalf, Conservator Kovat... KOVAT Thank you. This was a most difficult assignment but it is always an honor to serve your court... He reacts as he realizes she's looking behind him to the rear of the court as he turns to see -- 57 ANGLE ON REAR OF COURTROOM Sisko escorts Boone into the courtroom... 58 MAKBAR looks at... 59 BOONE who looks at her, then averts his eyes. 60 O'BRIEN reacts to Boone's presence curiously... 61 KOVAT reacts to this latest intrusion into normal procedure... DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FIVE 55. 61 CONTINUED: KOVAT Madame Archon, how can you continue to tolerate these intrusions... But Makbar holds up a hand silencing him... as Sisko moves to the defense area and sits behind Odo... leans and whispers briefly to him... MAKBAR (to Kovat) Return to your seat. He does, curious... MAKBAR Once again the Cardassian system of jurisprudence has worked to protect the people. A guilty man has been brought to justice. But, never let it be said that there is no room in this system for compassion. I sense in Mister O'Brien... a man with strong family ties... the potential for rehabilitation. And I'm sure he has gained a new appreciation for Cardassian law through this difficult process. Therefore, I am pleased, in the spirit of furthering Cardassian/Federation relations, to hereby set aside the verdict and release Mister O'Brien into the custody of his Commander, Benjamin Sisko. She hits her rock on the countertop... stands and EXITS... O'Brien can't believe what's happened... runs to Keiko and embraces her... 62 AT THE DEFENSE TABLE Odo looks back to Sisko and nods. Boone gets up and EXITS to the rear. Kovat looks confused and worried. KOVAT What happened? ODO You won. DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FIVE 56. 62 CONTINUED: KOVAT (terrified) They'll kill me. He EXITS after Makbar. 63 EXT. SPACE A Starfleet Runabout at impulse. 64 INT. RUNABOUT Sisko is at the controls. Odo, O'Brien and Keiko are there. SISKO When Doctor Bashir examined him, he discovered that Boone was missing his first molar. His DNA analysis confirmed that he was Cardassian. KEIKO He was surgically altered... ? SISKO (acknowledges) Eight years ago, to replace the real Raymond Boone who was taken prisoner at Setlik Three... and apparently killed in detention. O'BRIEN How did you figure it out? SISKO His ex-wife told us he came back from captivity a different man. She blamed it on the treatment he received from the Cardassians. But it started us thinking... O'BRIEN So he was spying for the Cardassians even when he was on the Rutledge with me... KEIKO But why did they want to frame Miles? DEEP SPACE: "Tribunal" - REV. 03/31/94 - ACT FIVE 57. 64 CONTINUED: ODO This trial was never about your husband, Mrs. O'Brien. It was designed from the beginning to discredit the Federation. To show that the Maquis had their official sanction. Gul Evek made it clear in his testimony that the situation had become untenable, remember? O'BRIEN Next thing, they would have been demanding that the Federation colonies be disbanded. SISKO Exactly. As soon as Makbar saw Boone in the courtroom, she knew we had the goods to embarrass the High Command in front of the entire populace. KEIKO I'm just glad it's all over. O'BRIEN Yeah, I'm ready to get back to work. SISKO Uh uh, I had to use all my influence to get your accommodations extended at the lagoon... I want you to take some time to recover from all this... we'll drop you off on the way... O'BRIEN But we don't have our bags, no holo- cam, nothing to read... KEIKO Perfect. Off O'Brien's look... 65 EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL) As the Runabout heads for home, goes to warp. FADE OUT. END OF ACT FIVE THE END