STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Captive Pursuit" (f.k.a. "A Matter of Breeding") #40511-406 Written by Jill Donner and Tim Burns and Michael Piller Directed by Corey Allen 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 1992 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 This script is not for publication or reproduction.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 REV. FINAL DRAFT PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION OCTOBER 23, 1992 STAR TREK: DS9 - "Captive Pursuit" - 10/23/92 - CAST STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Captive Pursuit" CAST BENJAMIN SISKO TOSK O'BRIEN THE HUNTER KIRA MISS SARDA ODO BASHIR DAX QUARK COMPUTER VOICE Non-Speaking Non-Speaking SUPERNUMARIES THE ALIENS STARFLEET MAINTENANCE MEN BAJORAN DEPUTIES STAR TREK: DS9 - "Captive Pursuit" - 10/28/92 - SETS STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Captive Pursuit" SETS INTERIORS EXTERIORS DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE COMMANDER'S OFFICE OPS AIRLOCK CORRIDOR PROMENADE QUARK'S SECURITY OFFICE HOLDING AREA HULL TOSK'S QUARTERS CARDASSIAN JEFFRIES TUBE ALIEN SHIP (TOSK'S SHIP) ALIEN SHIP COCKPIT STAR TREK: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/23/92 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Captive Pursuit" PRONUNCIATION GUIDE COLADRIUM cole-A-dree-um ARVA NODES ARE-vuh NODES BILITHIUM bye-LITH-ee-um DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/23/92 - TEASER 1. STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Captive Pursuit" TEASER FADE IN: 1 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE Close on an alien woman in casual clothes... she has a terrific body... but is intelligent, not a ditz, though a little nervous here... she's holding a small PADD... MISS SARDA I'm not what a lot of people think... Moving to reveal Sisko... uncomfortable at being put in this situation... MISS SARDA (continuing) I mean if you're a dabo girl, you know, you get a reputation... SISKO Miss Sarda, why don't tell me exactly what happened? When did you start having trouble with Quark... MISS SARDA About five minutes after I got off the ship... SISKO He immediately made sexual advances. MISS SARDA He said it was part of the job. A beat. Sisko frowns that special frown he reserves for Quark. SISKO And what did you say? DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/23/92 - TEASER 2. 1 CONTINUED: MISS SARDA I told him I'd wear the costume and entertain the gamblers... but to keep his Ferengi knuckles to himself... SISKO But that didn't stop him... ? MISS SARDA No, he said again that it was part of the job. She hands the PADD to Sisko so he can see the contract for himself, moves beside him and points to a section of small print that we don't need to see... MISS SARDA (continuing) He showed me my employment agreement... see? There it is in the Ferengi print, on page twenty- one, sub-section twelve... paragraph "D"... SISKO (hard to believe) You're telling me the contract you signed requires you to... MISS SARDA I guess I should have read it more carefully... I'm not a legal expert, Commander... SISKO (beat) I'm not a legal expert either, but I can assure you, after I talk to Quark, he won't hold you, or anyone else, to this provision of... KIRA'S COM VOICE Commander, sensors are picking up elevated neutrino readings. Something's coming through the wormhole... SISKO (reacts) Are any of the transports due back? KIRA'S COM VOICE Not according to our logs. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/28/92 - TEASER 3. 1 CONTINUED: (2) SISKO Put us on yellow alert. (to Sarda) Excuse me... She acknowledges, EXITS out the side door... he EXITS into Ops... 2 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) The wormhole illuminates... a small VESSEL of radical design is jettisoned out, careening through space. 3 INT. OPS KIRA, DAX and O'BRIEN at their stations... various Supernumeraries at others... they're looking at the O.S. viewscreen... DAX (checking monitors) It doesn't match anything in Starfleet files. O'BRIEN I'm getting readings of a massive energy flux. It could be damaged. DAX Sensors indicate a single humanoid lifeform onboard. SISKO Hail it. O'BRIEN (hitting a panel) Aye, Sir. (beat) Hail acknowledged. Response coming in. SISKO On screen. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/27/92 - TEASER 4. 4 ANGLE - INCLUDING VIEW SCREEN (OPTICAL) Shows the image of the alien face of TOSK -- a humanoid, but just barely; reptilian skin and bizarre facial features... His ship shakes lightly during the following... SISKO Welcome to the Alpha Quadrant. I'm Commander Benjamin Sisko of the United Federation of Planets. There is an alert intensity in the alien's eyes and a manner that seems on guard... nervous... on edge... TOSK Alpha quadrant? SISKO You have passed through a wormhole into a new part of the galaxy... TOSK I saw a small ship disappear... I followed it... SISKO That was one of our patrol vessels... you've travelled almost ninety- thousand light years. What planet do you come from? TOSK (ignoring the question) How long does it last -- this anomaly? SISKO The wormhole? It's stable... you can return whenever you want to. In the meantime, you're welcome to dock here and we'll try to answer all your questions... TOSK (quick) No. No time... The ship suddenly begins vibrating more seriously. Tosk holds on, steadies himself as he checks his instrument panel. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/28/92 - TEASER 5. 4 CONTINUED: O'BRIEN Inertial stress is overloading his structural capacity. SISKO Prepare to transport him off his ship. TOSK I will not abandon my vessel. The ship begins vibrating again. SISKO Sir, your ship is in danger of... TOSK I will not leave! O'BRIEN We can use a tractor beam to tow him in. The beam's graviton field should shore up the structural integrity. SISKO Do it. O'BRIEN (to viewscreen) Cut your engines. With the suspicion of a fox -- TOSK Why? O'BRIEN So I can save your ship, friend. We'll bring you in... try to fix you up good as new... Tosk feels his ship shudder again, decides to cut his engines... O'BRIEN (soothing, talking him down) Good... engaging tractor beam... steady now... you feel the graviton field taking hold? DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/23/92 - TEASER 6. 4 CONTINUED: (2) The shuddering stops... TOSK Yes. O'BRIEN You'll be fine now... just relax and enjoy the ride... Tosk does not relax for a second... and is unhappy about being in anybody else's hands... O'Brien switches off the viewscreen... KIRA I'd say that's a man who doesn't know how to relax... (to Dax, joking) He could use some of your meditation exercises, Lieutenant... DAX (smiles dryly) So could you, Major. Benjamin, I think we might want to skip formal first contact procedures for now... SISKO Agreed. (to O'Brien) Why don't you meet him by yourself at the airlock, Mister O'Brien... he might find that a little less intimidating... O'BRIEN Aye, sir... SISKO ... And if you can, find out what he's so... nervous about... O'Brien acknowledges and as he EXITS on the Turbolift... a beat on Sisko and... 5 thru OMITTED 7 FADE OUT. END OF TEASER DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/23/92 - ACT ONE 7. ACT ONE FADE IN: 8 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) The alien ship has docked. 9 INT. ALIEN COCKPIT It's a single pilot vessel. The hatch opens and O'Brien enters... looks around... there's no one there... O'Brien reacts, hits his combadge... O'BRIEN O'Brien to Ops... INTERCUTTING: 10 INT. OPS SISKO Go ahead, Chief. O'BRIEN You didn't beam this fellow out when I wasn't looking, did you? SISKO Negative. O'BRIEN Well, he's not in here. Sisko reacts, glances at Dax... DAX The sensors say he's still on board, Chief. 11 INT. ALIEN SHIP O'Brien reacts, looks around... his hand goes to a small hand phaser on his hip... but then he thinks again... He again uses the tone of his voice to communicate friendship and non-threat... Throughout their relationship, it's not what O'Brien says that bridges the communication gap, but how he says it... O'BRIEN Friend, if you're in here... you've got nothing to worry about from me... you understand? DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/27/92 - ACT ONE 8. 11 CONTINUED: O'BRIEN (Cont'd) I'm just going to look at your ship... see what the problem is, okay... ? No response. It's eerie. O'Brien takes a beat and moves to a forward section and finds a control on a panel below the pilot's seat... he presses it and it slides open... during the action -- O'BRIEN Now, just so you know... I'm an engineer... I know a little bit about ships... well, more than a little bit actually... He slides himself head first into the dark insides of the ship... O'BRIEN (O.S.) (reacting to what he sees) Though to be sure, I've never seen anything close to this... 12 ANGLE - ON A WALL AWAY FROM O'BRIEN (OPTICAL) Tosk shimmers into view... he moves closer to O'Brien's legs... during the action -- O'BRIEN (O.S.) All right, not... is that some sort of plasma injector there... okay... then that would have to be an off- axis field controller of some kind... uh-huh... uh-huh... Leaning down -- TOSK (casual) The coladrium flow has been damaged. Startled, O'Brien's legs react and we hear a bump of a head inside the panel... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/23/92 - ACT ONE 9. 12 CONTINUED: O'BRIEN (O.S.) (pain) Ah! He slides out... O'BRIEN You can't go sneaking up on someone like that, friend... it's an Alpha quadrant rule... Tosk examines him with curious alien eyes... TOSK Can it be fixed? O'BRIEN Well, that depends... TOSK Depends? O'BRIEN On what exactly a coladrium flow is... TOSK (frustrated) On my world, it would be simple... with proper materials I could do this myself... O'BRIEN Now, hang on, I didn't say we couldn't figure it out... you're just going to have to teach me as we go... I'm sure that... TOSK I have no time! O'BRIEN I know... everybody's in a hurry these days... we'll get you on your way as soon as it's humanly possibly... (beat) Oh, that's me, by the way... human species, name of O'Brien... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/23/92 - ACT ONE 10. 12 CONTINUED: (2) TOSK Oh. Brien. O'BRIEN Miles O'Brien, Chief of Operations. How about you? TOSK I am... Tosk. O'BRIEN That's your name? Or you... species... ? TOSK (confused) I am Tosk. O'BRIEN Tosk, it is. (moving toward the exit) Come on, then... Tosk hesitates... O'BRIEN There's nothing to be worried about out there. We've got to let your reactor cool down before we can do anything else anyway... Tosk still hesitates. O'BRIEN Now, Tosk, you know you've got a broken... uh, coladrium flow... and those aren't fixed overnight are they... Tosk acknowledges with a slight change of his eyes... O'BRIEN No reason to just sit in here. We've got a room for you. Probably not as nice as you're used to. But it'll do for now... O'Brien moves out the door... turns back... Tosk, like a hesitant dog, doesn't know what to do... O'BRIEN C'mon... I have work to do... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/23/92 - ACT ONE 11. 12 CONTINUED: (3) After a beat, Tosk finally follows... 13 INT. AIRLOCK Tosk looks around warily as they ENTER from the ship... O'Brien directs him toward the exit... O'BRIEN So what happened to you, anyway? Looks like you took some sort of shot to your hull. TOSK (evasive) The passage... through the anomaly was very rough. O'BRIEN (doesn't buy it) Yeah, the wormhole can shake you up all right. 14 INT. PROMENADE (OPTICAL) As they ENTER from the airlock, they pass through a sensor field... Tosk reacts as the optical flash occurs... O'BRIEN (explaining) Security sensor... screens for weapons... it's just picking up my phaser... you're fine... TOSK You wear a weapon? O'BRIEN Defensive purposes only. It may not seem hospitable. But going into an alien ship for the first time, you never know what might be inside... may even be someone who can turn himself invisible... know what I mean? DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/29/92 - ACT ONE 12. 14 CONTINUED: Tosk studies him... there is no sense of humor there, but he gets the joke and as slight as it is, there is a step forward in the connective process with the simple honest reaction -- TOSK I understand. 15 NEW ANGLE - MOVING WITH THEM Tosk reacts to the sights and sounds of the busy Promenade... as they walk, Tosk doesn't just look around, he studies the environment... As they pass the Infirmary, the door is open and Bashir is visible inside... Tosk looks inside... TOSK (concluding) A health center... ? O'BRIEN Yeah. That's Doctor Bashir... he looks after all our medical needs... As they continue walking... TOSK How many live here? O'BRIEN Oh, three hundred more or less... TOSK What is its purpose? O'BRIEN Purpose? TOSK Defense? Surveillance? O'BRIEN Well, sometimes when I walk along here, I think we're the flea market to the sector... I guess you could say our real job is to keep an eye on the wormhole... traffic goes in and out all the time now... TOSK Many ships dock here? DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/27/92 - ACT ONE 12A. 15 CONTINUED: O'BRIEN Well, five or six a week... sometimes we get a whole convoy on its way through the wormhole... (beat) But you have the honor of being the first visitor from the other side... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/27/92 - ACT ONE 13. 15 CONTINUED: (2) TOSK (thoughtful) Others will detect ships from your quadrant as I did... and follow them here... O'BRIEN We hop so. (off Tosk's reaction) Our mission as Starfleet officers... is to seek out new lifeforms... so we can learn about one another... 16 NEW ANGLE They come to Quark's... the door is open... Quark is escorting an alien women from the gambling tables toward the door... QUARK Madame, I distinctly saw you move your wager to the green line after the play was completed... I will return your currency but you will promptly leave the establishment... you are no longer welcome... 17 ANGLE - TOSK reacts curiously... O'BRIEN Well, there are a few things to learn about us that can wait... They continue walking... O'BRIEN How about you? (off Tosk's reaction) Are you... an explorer... a scientist... ? TOSK I am Tosk. O'BRIEN Right. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/28/92 - ACT ONE 14. 18 INT. TOSK'S QUARTERS (VIDEO PLAY BACK) As they enter... O'BRIEN Computer, lights... The lights come on... O'BRIEN I wasn't the decorator. TOSK (impatient) I wish to begin work on my ship. O'BRIEN We'll get started as soon as we can... Now, why don't you get some rest... TOSK I require only seventeen minutes of sleep per rotation. O'BRIEN Seventeen... no kidding... if I don't get a good eight hours a night, I'm not the same man... are you hungry? TOSK Hungry? O'BRIEN You know, do you want something to eat, take in sustenance... TOSK Liquid nutrients have been stored in plasmic fibers throughout my body... O'BRIEN Well, the food replicator is over here if you change your mind... we've finally got it making a pretty good bowl of oatmeal. Just ask the computer for anything else you need. Tosk studies him a beat... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/28/92 - ACT ONE 15. TOSK Oh Brien. (beat) Thank-you. O'BRIEN As the Vulcans say, we're here to serve. He exits. We stay a beat on Tosk. He looks around for a beat, still nervous, still on edge... TOSK Computer... ? And any of us would give it an order, but he's an alien, so he doesn't... after a beat... COMPUTER VOICE State request. TOSK May I see a... display of this facility? COMPUTER VOICE Specifiy exterior or interior display. TOSK Interior. COMPUTER VOICE Interior display available in nineteen sections. Specify requirements. TOSK Show me where the weapons are stored. As he reacts to the computer monitor illuminating with a map... COMPUTER VOICE Habitat Ring, Level Five, Section Three. Access restricted to security clearance seven and above. As he examines the map, on that ominous note, we... FADE OUT. END OF ACT ONE DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/23/92 - ACT TWO 16. ACT TWO FADE IN: 19 EXT. SPACE - DS9 (OPTICAL) 20 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE O'Brien reporting back to Sisko on his impressions... O'BRIEN It's hard to say, sir... he is an alien and you hate to prejudge anyone... SISKO What're you thinking, Chief? O'BRIEN Well, there's an old saying back home... "a man who's always lookin' over his shoulder is waiting for trouble to find him." (Research: a real Irish saying to replace this would be nice.) SISKO You think he's on the run... ? O'BRIEN (shrugs) I'll tell you this -- he wasn't telling the whole truth about the damage to his ship... it sure wasn't caused by the wormhole. Somebody took a shot at him... came in at a 45 degree angle to the hull... sliced through two propulsion systems... I'll know more when I get a better look... SISKO (nods, thoughtfully) Stay with him as much as possible while he's here... I'll tell Odo to keep an eye on him too... O'BRIEN Aye, sir... He EXITS... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/27/92 - ACT TWO 17. 21 OMITTED 22 INT. TOSK'S SHIP angle toward the open compartment where O'Brien was earlier... no legs are showing this time... TOSK (O.S.) No... the coladrium flows through the Arva Nodes... O'BRIEN (O.S.) Uh-uh... and where's that... TOSK (O.S.) The Arva Nodes... here... O'BRIEN (O.S.) These coils... ? 23 INT. HULL - DARK TIGHT TWO SHOT surrounded by dark engine equipment... O'Brien uses a palm beacon to look at what they're talking about... we may not even need to see, it's so tight... O'BRIEN What are they... some kind of high- energy magnetic coils? Tosk reacts like he's listening to a foreign language... TOSK Ah... for fuel replenishment... fuel... ? (you understand?) O'BRIEN Like a ramscoop... TOSK Ramscoop... ? O'BRIEN To capture stellar gases and convert them into usable fuel... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/27/92 - ACT TWO 18. 23 CONTINUED: TOSK (connection made) Yes! The Arva Nodes convert space matter into fuel! O'BRIEN Gotcha. Piece of cake. TOSK (with misplaced confidence) Pieceofcake. Ramscoop. Arva Nodes. O'BRIEN Ah, "piece of cake" - it's just an old human expression. Means they'll be easy to fix. TOSK They will be easy to fix? O'BRIEN Sure, we'll just get my crew to remove your Arva Nodes, then we'll take them over to the replicator center and make new ones... TOSK (pleased) Piece of cake. 24 INT. TOSK'S SHIP As they crawl out... TOSK How long? O'BRIEN Maybe a day or two. We'll want to run some tests after we have the replacement unit in... TOSK No. No time for that. O'BRIEN Hey, I let you take this unit out without proper testing... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/23/92 - ACT TWO 19. 24 CONTINUED: O'BRIEN it breaks down and you blame me... next thing I know my work has a bad reputation in the Gamma quadrant... TOSK I would not blame you. O'BRIEN I'm joking, Tosk. TOSK (beat) I cannot tell. Oh Brien. O'BRIEN (beat, smiles) Sorry. It's just in my nature. And you're the most natural straight man I've met in ages... c'mon, while the fellas are working here, I'll buy you a drink... and you can tell me why you're in such a rush... 25 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT O'Brien and Tosk ENTER... taking in the atmosphere of the activities... TOSK Nothing like this exists on my world. O'BRIEN This is where we do most of our R and R... TOSK What is R and R... O'BRIEN Rest and relaxation. You know, down time. When we're not working. They sit at the bar... TOSK You sleep a full third of your rotation. You rest and relax while you are awake. (beat) The Alpha quadrant has too much... "down" time. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/23/92 - ACT TWO 20. 25 CONTINUED: O'BRIEN My wife would laugh at that. She's barely seen me in the last three weeks. TOSK We are very different, Tosk and Oh Brien. O'BRIEN I've noticed. Hey barkeep! Quark reacts, comes over... QUARK Don't call me "barkeep." I am not a barkeep. I am your host, the proprietor, a sympathetic ear to the wretched souls who pass through these portals... O'BRIEN (to Tosk) ... And a man who will exploit any vice you may have. Two synthales, barkeep. TOSK I am sorry, I have no vices for you to exploit. QUARK (glances to O'Brien) A challenge. O'BRIEN Tosk is our first guest from the Gamma Quadrant, Quark. I'd take him at his work. QUARK (never give up) Perhaps a short adventure in a holosuite... TOSK Holosuite... ? QUARK A fantasy encounter with danger, romance, thrills... created for your personal entertainment by the Quark Brothers... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/23/92 - ACT TWO 21. 25 CONTINUED: (2) TOSK I have no use for fantasy adventure. I live the greatest adventure one could ever desire. O'Brien raises an eyebrow at that. Quark exchanges a glance with him. QUARK Then, I envy you, Mister Tosk. He moves away. O'BRIEN What are you talking about, Tosk... what is this adventure you're on? TOSK I cannot discuss it. O'BRIEN Oh. Sure, of course. (long beat, irresistible) I mean, by the way you act, it's some kind of dangerous adventure, am I right? TOSK I cannot discuss it. O'BRIEN Sure. Sorry. A beat. Tosk glances at O'Brien... feeling an equally irresistible impulse to share the experience with his new friend... TOSK (the answer to your question) Yes. O'BRIEN Dangerous. TOSK (shrugs, of course) I am Tosk. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/28/92 - ACT TWO 22. 25 CONTINUED: (3) That's all he'll say, he looks at the room, drinks the ale for the first time and squinches his face at the taste... O'Brien studies the alien... and... 26 INT. OPS Sisko, Kira, Dax, Bashir... O'Brien is struggling to put into context what he knows... maybe sitting at the Ops table... KIRA Sounds like you've changed your mind about him, Chief... O'BRIEN Not exactly. I mean, he's running from something... that's for sure... and he's in danger... and he can't or won't talk about it... BASHIR People tell doctors things they never tell any one else... if you could talk him into having a routine medical examination, maybe I could... O'BRIEN (ignoring and interrupting Bashir) The thing is... I kind of like the guy... I'm not even sure why... in a way, he's almost naive... I guess any one would be in an alien environment... but... I don't sense a thread of criminal intent or dishonesty about him... SISKO I thought you said he lied about the damage to his ship... O'BRIEN Well, he didn't exactly lie... DAX But he didn't exactly tell the truth either... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/27/92 - ACT TWO 23. 26 CONTINUED: O'BRIEN He keeps the truth pretty much to himself. SISKO When will his ship be ready? O'BRIEN Tomorrow. SISKO I don't see that we have much of a choice. We can't hold him. If he wants to tell you the truth, fine. If not, wish him well... and send him on his way... O'Brien acknowledges, still unsettled about this curious visitor and... 27 INT. REMOTE CORRIDOR Tosk is positioned before a junction box. He is altering the mechanism for purposes known only to himself. 28 ANGLE - A FRAMED PICTURE OF A BAJORAN LANDSCAPE ON THE WALL (OPTICAL) Across from Tosk. It begins to shape-shift into Odo, (not a complete MORPH)... 29 ANGLE ON TOSK ODO (O.S.) (low key) Just what do you think you're doing? 30 NEW ANGLE as Tosk turns to see Odo behind him... 31 TOSK (OPTICAL) shimmers and disappears... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/29/92 - ACT TWO 24. 32 RESUME ANGLE ODO Computer, seal off corridor fourteen A, habitat level five... COMPUTER VOICE Seal confirmed. ODO (to combadge) Security to habitat five-fourteen- A... 33 ANGLE (OPTICAL) The sound of an air rush past Odo... as it hits a forcefield it pops on for a second... revealing Tosk... he bounces back, disappearing again... 34 ODO listening to Tosk's quick movements... glances the other way down the corridor where... 35 ANGLE (OPTICAL) the forcefield snaps on again revealing Tosk... this time he stays visible... 36 ODO ODO When you get tired of bouncing off forcefields, we'll talk... all right? 36A ANGLE At both ends of the corridor, Bajoran deputies arrive behind the forcefields... 37 ANGLE TOSK I've done nothing to you. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/27/92 - ACT TWO 25. 37 CONTINUED: ODO It's that security junction I'm curious about. TOSK I must prepare. ODO For what. TOSK I cannot discuss it. I am Tosk. ODO I'm sure you are. Why don't we go down to my office while your friend Chief O'Brien takes a look to see just what you were doing in there... TOSK Oh Brien. ODO Right. I'm going to release the forcefields now... I don't need a fight from you... understand? TOSK I will not fight you... ODO Good. Computer, release the security seals... We hear the sound of the release... The deputies move in at Odo's signal and escort Tosk away... On Odo's look... FADE OUT. END OF ACT TWO DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/27/92 - ACT THREE 26. ACT THREE FADE IN: 38 EXT. SPACE - DS9 (OPTICAL) 39 INT. SECURITY OFFICE HOLDING AREA (OPTICAL) Tosk is in a holding cell behind a forcefield... Sisko questions him... Odo in the background... O'Brien ENTERS early in the scene, waits to be acknowledged by Sisko... Tosk, in his cell, paces like a trapped animal -- this is the worst possible thing that can happen to a Tosk... TOSK I cannot discuss it. SISKO ... And I can't accept that as an answer... TOSK I did nothing to you. In his fervor, he accidentally bumps into the forcefield creating an optical flash. SISKO You were tampering with the security grid... I consider that a threat... He turns to see O'Brien, asks him what he knows with his eyes... O'Brien moves forward, looks at Tosk as he talks... O'BRIEN I think he was trying to shut down the lock-outs to Section Three... ODO The weapons locker... Sisko frowns, looks back at Tosk... SISKO What were you going to do with the weapons? Tosk looks away. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/23/92 - ACT THREE 27. 39 CONTINUED: ODO Are you wanted by authorities somewhere in the Gamma Quadrant? TOSK Wanted? ODO Have you committed crimes? TOSK (shocked at the accusation) Never. I am Tosk. SISKO What does that mean? Is that supposed to explain all this? TOSK It is all I can say. O'BRIEN Tosk, don't you think we deserve some answers? Tosk looks at O'Brien, but offers nothing more... Sisko sighs, shakes his head, moves way... ODO What should I do with him? SISKO Hold him for now. We'll wait to see if someone shows up looking for him. Sisko EXITS. Odo glances back at O'Brien, moves to leave them alone... O'BRIEN Enough of this craziness, Tosk... tell me what the hell you were doing... TOSK Oh Brien. You must let me out. O'BRIEN Tell me! TOSK Allow me to die with honor. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/23/92 - ACT THREE 28. 39 CONTINUED: (2) O'BRIEN Die? (beat) Who would want to kill you, Tosk? TOSK (pleading) Allow me to die with honor. Off O'Brien's reaction... 40 INT. SECURITY OFFICE As O'Brien comes out of the holding area... Odo looks up, sees the disturbed look on O'Brien's face... O'Brien slumps down in a chair across from Odo's desk... O'BRIEN He's climbing the walls... like a trapped animal... ODO Sorry our jail cells aren't to his liking. A beat... O'BRIEN Somehow, I feel responsible. ODO You do... ? O'BRIEN Yeah. I guess I kinda adopted him. Talked him into coming on board... ODO You didn't talk him into breaking into the security system... O'BRIEN I just feel sorry for him. Somehow, I don't think he means us any harm. He stands up... to himself more than Odo -- DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/27/92 - ACT THREE 29. 40 CONTINUED: O'BRIEN What the hell is his secret? He EXITS... 41 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) Time passage. After a beat, the wormhole explodes into view and another, larger ship (three passengers) arrives... 42 INT. OPS (OPTICAL) Sisko, O'Brien, Kira, Dax and supernumeraries... study the new arrival on the (O.C.) Viewscreen... DAX Sensors are reading ionized "L"-band emissions... The patterns match Tosk's ship... SISKO Hail them. Maybe we'll finally get a few answers... KIRA No response. SISKO Again. Rotate frequencies. Kira operates her panel... shakes her head... no response... They react as a while light scans across the room... DAX It's a modulated particle beam... we're being scanned... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/23/92 - ACT THREE 30. 42 CONTINUED: KIRA Ready shields. SISKO Not yet, Major... let them have a good look at us... A beat, as the scan completes its sweep... O'BRIEN I'm reading phased power fluctuations... they may be readying a transporter of some kind... SISKO Now, Major... KIRA Shields up... SISKO Open all hailing channels... DAX Open. SISKO This is Commander Benjamin Sisko of the United... The station shakes... Sisko looks to O'Brien... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/27/92 - ACT THREE 31. 42 CONTINUED: (2) O'BRIEN They're bombarding our shields with some kind of radiation I've never see before... very rapid magnetic flux variations... SISKO Red alert. 43 thru OMITTED 47 48 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) The ship floods DS9 with a wide beam... suddenly the shields do an optical flash and disappear... 49 INT. OPS O'BRIEN What the... they've inverted the amplitude on our shields... DAX I'm picking up transporter locks... they're beaming on board... SISKO Location. DAX Promenade. Sisko moves quickly to the Turbolift... followed by Kira, Dax and O'Brien... SISKO (to combadge) Security to the Promenade. Kira, O'Brien with me. Dax, you have Ops. 50 OMITTED DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/27/92 - ACT THREE 31A. 51 INT. PROMENADE (OPTICAL) and as Odo arrives he sees three beam-ins ending... spread out in a triangle formation... people are already moving for cover... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/27/92 - ACT THREE 32. 52 THE ALIENS our first impression is of men without faces. They wear high-tech helmets... designed with detection and tracking gear... their bodies dressed in a formal costume for the occasion -- think of them as the fox hunters -- they each carry special weapons that look like high-tech laser crossbows... along their arms are built-in metallic shield generators... 53 ODO AND BASHIR turn to see Sisko, O'Brien and Kira arriving... several security men arrive... and as Sisko reacts to the sight of the aliens... SISKO (quietly) Ready phasers... And as the confrontation is about to begin we... FADE OUT. END OF ACT THREE DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/27/92 - ACT FOUR 33. ACT FOUR FADE IN: 54 INT. PROMENADE As before. Sisko moves toward the lead alien... who is beginning to move forward in the direction of the security office (it should not be too close to give us room to play out some action)... SISKO I am the Commander of this station. Put down your weapons... The alien ignores Sisko, begins to move by him... Odo steps forward and blocks him... The alien makes a quick movement with his arms holding the weapon and "elbows" Odo hard... Odo falls over... and then everything happens fast -- 55 KIRA (OPTICAL) fires first... 56 THE LEAD ALIEN (OPTICAL) reacts in a blinding move, putting up an arm, catching the phaser shot on an optical deflector shield and it bounces harmlessly away... but it not so lucky when... 57 O'BRIEN (OPTICAL) fires at a different angle, connects with... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/28/92 - ACT FOUR 34. 58 THE LEAD ALIEN (OPTICAL) knocking him off his feet... but he's not stunned, he's rolling back up ready for more action as... 59 THE TWO OTHER ALIENS (OPTICAL) spread out in tactical formation as the phaser fight begins in earnest... 60 VARIOUS ANGLES (OPTICAL) security men fire... the aliens react with remarkable quickness... catching the phaser fire on their shields... but inevitably a couple of shots get by their arms... and connect, knocking them down... they aliens just roll into action again to continue their moves... getting ever closer to security... 61 SISKO (OPTICAL) pops his combadge, immediately begins to adjust his phaser setting... SISKO (order to combadge) Increase setting to level six... He fires a pair of shots... retreats to a better angle... 62 OMITTED 63 ODO (OPTICAL) is not and never will be armed... Kira moves into a covered position beside him... near the security office... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/27/92 - ACT FOUR 35. ODO It's that Tosk they're after. KIRA Maybe they have a right to him... ODO Nobody's abducting a prisoner out of my brig as long as I'm alive, Major. She reacts... offers him a spare phaser from her belt... KIRA You may need this... ODO Thanks anyway, I don't use them. An alien spins into view... Kira gets off a shot that bounces off the alien's shields and then drives a shot into an alien's chest and blows him back... she shrugs, sometimes it helps... 64 OMITTED 65 NEW ANGLE - THE LEAD ALIEN (OPTICAL) raises his crossbow... "cocks" it in some alien way... he fires at... 66 ANGLE - THE SECURITY OFFICE DOOR (OPTICAL) The charge from the alien weapon, blowing out the door, is the brightest light we've ever seen... whiting out all but the barest image... blinding all the human and Bajoran defenders... the lead alien moves quickly inside... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/27/92 - ACT FOUR 36. 67 thru OMITTED 69 70 INT. HOLDING AREA (OPTICAL) The alien ENTERS, sending a red sensing device from his helmet that bathes the apparently empty holding cell in color and reveals Tosk... who knows the game is up and returns to normal. The alien turns the device off and lowers his weapon... as Sisko, phaser raised, and Odo move in behind him... followed a beat later by O'Brien... the alien takes off his helmet to reveal a rather mundane humanoid face, not far off human... he hits a communicator of some sort on his shoulder... THE HUNTER I have Tosk... alive. 71 INT. PROMENADE (OPTICAL) The aliens lower their weapons, no longer attempting to move forward. The firing has stopped. With their faces still covered by helmets, they glance at each other, reacting with shock to the word "alive." THE HUNTER'S COM VOICE It is over. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/27/92 - ACT FOUR 37. 71 CONTINUED: Kira and the others react as the aliens hit their communicators and DEMATERIALIZE. 72 INT. HOLDING AREA The Hunter addresses the Tosk directly with contempt... THE HUNTER What a disappointment... after such an entertaining beginning... SISKO (furious) Entertaining... ? THE HUNTER (ignoring him) These aliens gave us a great deal of resistance... we wondered how you got their cooperation without violating your oath of silence... TOSK (small satisfaction) I told them nothing. THE HUNGER But, to see you here, caged and helpless... how could you allow this? Tosk just hangs his head... O'Brien studies the incredible exchange... THE HUNTER (continuing) It is a disgrace to all Tosk. And the most disappointing hunt in memory... That's too much for Sisko to bear... he steps forward between Tosk and the Hunter... SISKO You're saying that this whole thing... is a hunt... and Tosk is the prey... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/23/92 - ACT FOUR 38. 72 CONTINUED: The Hunter studies this minor lifeform and finally addresses it directly... THE HUNTER You are right... this Tosk is unworthy of such a noble description. (to Tosk) For this dishonor, you will endure the greatest humiliation Tosk can know... to be captured and brought home alive. You will live out your existence on public display... where children will make fun of you and toss you scraps of food... He turns to Sisko... THE HUNTER Release him. And now Sisko takes charge... moves to confront the alien... SISKO You've disrupted life on this station... for the pleasure of your... "hunt"... I'm not inclined to take any orders from you. (to Odo) Odo, watch the prisoner while our "guest" and I discuss this matter in private... (to The Hunter) ... unless you intend to take him by force... in which case I am prepared to give orders to open fire on your ship... The alien looks at this group with incredulity -- THE HUNTER Over this Tosk? DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/23/92 - ACT FOUR 39. 72 CONTINUED: (2) Sisko gives him a look that says that's right... and EXITS... The Hunter looks at the other two who stare him down evenly... and after a beat he follows Sisko out... Tosk, miserable, avoids O'Brien's look... 73 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE (OPTICAL) The Hunter follows an enraged Sisko into his office... they've already been talking on the way... THE HUNTER ... Have you nothing like this in your own society? SISKO Centuries ago, people on my world engaged in bloodsports... killing lower species for pleasure. A few cultures still do. But even they wouldn't consider hunting a sentient being... THE HUNTER (casual, obvious to him) He is only sentient because we have made him sentient. He has been bred for the hunt. His entire reason to exist is the hunt... to make it as interesting, as exciting as he can. (off Sisko's look) Obviously, you do not comprehend... SISKO I comprehend just fine. I have no tolerance for the abuse of any lifeform. THE HUNTER Abuse? We honor Tosk. They are the symbol of all that is noble and courageous. They train and condition themselves all their lives for this event. They are proud of their role in our culture. A beat... and this is the Starfleet training coming out in him... he backs off a little... he really has to... SISKO I can't judge what is right and wrong for your world. But on this station... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/27/92 - ACT FOUR 40. 73 CONTINUED: THE HUNTER In the future, passage through the anomaly will be considered out of bounds for the hunt... will that satisfy you? Sisko studies him evenly. It will have to satisfy him. THE HUNTER Now, you will arrange for the release of the Tosk. Sisko has nothing more to say than a nod... the alien acknowledges and hits his communicator and DEMATERIALIZES. 74 INT. OPS - CONTINUOUS Sisko walks out of his office... SISKO I've agreed to release him. O'BRIEN (reacts) But sir, Tosk is a living, intelligent being... SISKO This is their custom, Chief... under the prime directive, we have no right to interfere... KIRA What if Tosk were to request asylum? Sisko takes a long beat to think... looks back at O'Brien... SISKO If he asks for it... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/23/92 - ACT FOUR 41. 74 CONTINUED: That's all he has to say... O'Brien understands, nods and then EXITS... 75 INT. HOLDING AREA O'Brien ENTERS, slightly out of breath... Tosk looks up... O'BRIEN All right, I have a way out for you... TOSK A way... out. Of here? (meaning the cell) O'BRIEN Request asylum. TOSK (unclear) Asylum. O'BRIEN Ask for the protection of the Federation. Do you understand? My Commander is willing to protect you. Tosk looks disappointed... into O'Brien's eyes... don't you understand? -- TOSK Oh Brien. I am Tosk. I cannot hide here behind the protection of your Federation. It is against everything I believe. O'BRIEN You'd rather go back and live in a cage on public display... ? TOSK To stay would be a greater dishonor. I am Tosk, the hunted. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" - 10/23/92 - ACT FOUR 42. 75 CONTINUED: TOSK I live to outwit the hunters... for another day... to survive until I die with honor. (beat) Now that will not be my fate. But I will not deny my existence as Tosk. Thank-you, Oh Brien but I cannot request... asylum. On O'Brien's reaction... FADE OUT. END OF ACT FOUR DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/23/92 - ACT FIVE 43. ACT FIVE FADE IN: 76 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) 77 INT. QUARK'S ESTABLISHMENT O'Brien frustrated, moves into the bar... Quark moves over... QUARK So far, I'm not impressed with the tourist trade from the Gamma Quadrant... not one of them has bought a single drink... Clearly in a lousy mood -- O'BRIEN Shut up, Quark. As he serves O'Brien an ale -- QUARK (beat, a sympathetic shoulder) More trouble with the little woman... O'Brien reaches across the bar and grabs him by the lapels... pulls him against the bar... O'BRIEN What's that supposed to mean? QUARK Nothing... nothing... I just thought you might want to talk... O'BRIEN ... there's nothing wrong between me and my wife and if there was, I sure as hell wouldn't talk about it to some barkeep... O'Brien pushes him away with disdain... QUARK Sorry. My mistake. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/23/92 - ACT FIVE 44. 77 CONTINUED: Quark stays and studies O'Brien as he takes a drink... O'Brien glares at him. O'BRIEN What? QUARK Your face gets very pink when you're aggravated... much more so than most other hew-mans... O'BRIEN Then stop aggravating me! QUARK No... no... no... no... not me. You came in the door this way. O'BRIEN Fine. You're right. I'm... aggravated. QUARK (pleased with himself) I'm a keen observer of behavior. (beat) Want to talk about it? O'BRIEN No. QUARK Why not? O'BRIEN Because talking to you won't help anything. QUARK Try me. O'BRIEN Forget it. It's just the rules of the game. QUARK Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Rules of the game. Go on. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FIVE 45. O'BRIEN It's a damn hunt, didja know that... they're chasing Tosk in a hunt... and everybody's playing by the rules... they're playing by their rules, we're playing by ours... and he gets caught in the middle... QUARK (has no idea what O'Brien is talking about) Uh-huh. O'BRIEN Of course, I suppose when the Ferengi don't like the rules... they just change them... O'Brien takes a swallow and the thought hits him as the ale hits his throat as Quark fumbles on... QUARK Well, rules... rules are always subject to inter--... O'BRIEN (interrupting) Of course... change the rules... why didn't I think of that... He plops the mug on the bar with an exclamation point... O'BRIEN Thanks, barkeep. And EXITS... Quark looks after O'Brien a beat and then moves a few meters down the bar to another depressed customer... QUARK So what's bothering you today? A quick beat and... 78 INT. OPS O'Brien is at his station... moving in on his face, hard with concentration... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FIVE 45A. 79 MONITORS (OPTICAL) Interior station designs... access tubes and conduits... passageways and corridors... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FIVE 46. 80 ECU ON O'BRIEN'S FACE he studies them, his mind working... O'BRIEN Computer, access power grid to security check point four on the Promenade... 81 HIS HANDS work the panels on his console... 82 HIS EYES concentrate... 83 INT. SECURITY As a neck manacle is snapped into place around Tosk's neck... connected to a metal tether... moving back to find Odo and the Hunter without his helmet on... but carrying his crossbow across his shoulder... ODO That isn't necessary. THE HUNTER Our ritual requires it when a Tosk is captured alive. O'Brien ENTERS wearing a large phaser, Tosk looks up to see him... ODO All right... let's go... O'BRIEN I'll be escorting the prisoner to the transporter station. ODO (the hell you are) This is a security matter... O'BRIEN (overriding) This is a Starfleet matter. Orders from Sisko. ODO (reacts) We'll see about that. And EXITS... the Hunter is bored with all of this -- DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FIVE 47. 83 CONTINUED: THE HUNTER Do not trouble yourself. My ship can transport us. O'BRIEN Nossir, that won't be necessary. Good relations with other cultures is our highest priority. Commander Sisko wants to make sure you understand we're sorry we interfered with your hunt. The least we can do is give you an official escort off the station... it's a token of goodwill and respect in our society... THE HUNTER (reacts, pleased) Very well. As they leave, O'Brien casually tosses his combadge on Odo's desk... 84 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE As Odo storms in... ODO Starfleet has no business taking charge of a prisoner transport... SISKO Calm down, Constable... what are you talking about... ODO I'm talking about your ordering O'Brien to escort Tosk off the station... SISKO (reacts) I didn't give him any orders at all... Now Odo reacts... SISKO (to combadge) Sisko to O'Brien... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/23/92 - ACT FIVE 47A. 85 INT. SECURITY - CLOSE ON THE COMBADGE on the desk... SISKO'S COM VOICE Mister O'Brien, report to Ops immediately. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/28/92 - ACT FIVE 48. 86 INT. PROMENADE As the Hunter walks with customary pride with his Tosk at the end of the chain... the few people around glance oddly at him... O'Brien leads them to one of the exits... O'BRIEN This way... And we may recognize the security check point with the screening device that O'Brien and Tosk went through earlier in the show just ahead... 87 ANGLE ON THE HUNTER'S WEAPON on his shoulder... and as O'Brien allows him to move through the screening device, this time there is... 88 WIDER (OPTICAL) A huge optical flash that we will assume O'Brien has programmed... that stuns them... The Hunter drops the chain. O'Brien, prepared, steadies himself, and then as The Hunter reacts, O'Brien swings a fist that connects with his jaw and he crumples down... the crossbow falling to his side... O'BRIEN Glass jaw. Now, I know why you wear a helmet. He stamps on the crossbow, smashing some component, then pushes Tosk toward a nearby staircase... O'BRIEN Up there! As they run up the stairs... 89 ANGLE ON THE HUNTER dazed, rubbing his chin... hits his communicator... THE HUNTER (to com) The hunt has resumed! And he smiles as he gets back on his feet... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FIVE 49. 90 INT. PROMENADE - SECOND FLOOR (OPTICAL) O'BRIEN C'mon... your ship is ready... He leads Tosk ahead at a fast clip when one of the hunters MATERIALIZES in front of them, raising his weapon. Before O'Brien has a chance to draw his phaser, Tosk does an incredible leap, several yards long, into the alien as the weapon discharges up in the sky and the alien falls over the railing... 90A LOW ANGLE as the Alien falls to the first level of the Promenade with a thud... 90B RESUME SECOND LEVEL as O'Brien and Tosk start to run down the path... 91 thru OMITTED 96 DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FIVE 50. 97 INT. OPS Kira moving to Sisko and Odo checking sensors at the Ops table... Dax at her station... KIRA Security reports a fight in the Promenade... apparently O'Brien set him loose... Sisko frowns... DAX (reading sensors) I'm showing someone in an access conduit above Quark's... two lifeforms... one's human... (she exchanges a glance with Sisko, that means it's O'Brien and Tosk) ... they're heading out toward the docking ring... ODO I'll seal off the adjoining corridors... they won't get far... Begins to move away... SISKO Constable... A beat as Odo stops and turns back -- SISKO (continuing) There's no hurry. Odo reacts and then just nods... Kira looks at Sisko who chooses not to make eye contact... 98 INT. CARDASSIAN ACCESS TUBE (OPTICAL) O'Brien and Tosk in the cramped area... out of breath... O'Brien takes a beat to fire his phaser at close range, freeing the neck manacle from Tosk's neck... Tosk looks at O'Brien with appreciation... TOSK You are Tosk as well now, Oh Brien... O'Brien gives him a short grin as he leads the way, they begin to scramble forward... getting grimy and dirty as they go... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/27/92 - ACT FIVE 51. 98 CONTINUED: O'BRIEN The Cardies made these conduits out of two-meter thick duranium composite... I've never seen a scanning device that could penetrate it... Suddenly, several yards directly ahead a huge charge explodes from above... O'BRIEN ... until now. They turn back to retreat, but another charge explodes at their rear... They scramble to their left into another leg of the tube, moving into a cube where they see a hatch below... they look down... begin to remove the hatch... 99 INT. CORRIDOR NUMBER ONE Another alien arrives on foot as Tosk drops down on him from the ceiling, followed immediately by O'Brien... the alien is dazed and drops his weapon and Tosk picks it up... as O'Brien scrambles to his feet and they run down the corridor and EXIT... 100 INT. CORRIDOR NUMBER TWO (OPTICAL) As they ENTER, out of breath... see a clear path to freedom... O'BRIEN C'mon, Tosk, just around that corner... and we're there... But as they take their first jogs in that direction... three aliens including the lead alien, still without the helmet on, MATERIALIZE blocking their path... they all raise their crossbows, but the Hunter shakes them off... smiles slowly... THE HUNTER No. He's mine. He raises his weapon... and as we begin -- DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/23/92 - ACT FIVE 52. 101 SLOW MOTION - TOSK pushes O'Brien out of the way hard... 102 SLOW MOTION - THE HUNTER (OPTICAL) fires. 103 SLOW MOTION - TOSK rolls away from O'Brien... 104 SLOW MOTION - ANGLE PAST TOSK AND O'BRIEN (OPTICAL) as the charge zips between them and explodes against the back door... 105 SLOW MOTION - TOSK (OPTICAL) rolls over, cocks and aims the crossbow in one fluid motion and fires... 106 SLOW MOTION - THE HUNTER (OPTICAL) by reflex, he raises his arm to try his shields but they aren't strong enough to repel his own weapon... he catches it full force and disappears in the white fire... the fading shock the last thing we see on his face... the other aliens are thrown to the side... and we END SLOW MOTION as... 107 O'BRIEN AND TOSK run through them easily now... O'Brien glancing with distaste at the remains of the Hunter... the dazed aliens on the floor... 108 INT. TOSK'S SHIP As they ENTER... Tosk turns to O'Brien... O'BRIEN What happens now? DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 11/12/92 - ACT FIVE 53. 108 CONTINUED: TOSK (shrugs with a smile) The hunt goes on. He moves to get into his seat... pauses as he has an additional thought -- TOSK You wish to come? O'BRIEN No... no... I don't think so... one day as a Tosk is enough for me... and I have a wife and kid that wouldn't fit too well into this lifestyle... TOSK Will your Federation punish you for helping me? O'BRIEN Maybe. But if I know my Commander... (beat) Hell, those guys wanted a hunt. I just gave them one. They exchange a smile. O'BRIEN (continuing) Go on, you better get out of here while you can... He gives him a male bonding shoulder hug... TOSK (a formal Tosk good- bye) Die with honor, Oh Brien. O'BRIEN (gets it) Die with honor, Tosk. As as Tosk turns back into his chair, O'Brien takes a last look at him and then EXITS... 108A INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE O'Brien is sitting, taking his medicine... Sisko is standing looking out at Ops, not making eye contact... DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 11/12/92 - ACT FIVE 53A. 108A CONTINUED: SISKO Just what did happen at that security checkpoint, Chief... O'BRIEN The weapons' sensors must have overloaded on all his various gear, sir. SISKO (glances over now) "Must have"? A short glance between them... not more... O'Brien doesn't hesitate further to coming clean... O'BRIEN Yessir. They must have... since... I increased their output by about two hundred percent... SISKO So... in effect you assaulted him... (they exchange a look) Our first contact with a new species. O'BRIEN Yessir. SISKO (angry) We've got dozens of top level officials back at Starfleet Command, eagerly waiting to hear about our encounter with the first new lifeforms to come through the wormhole... how do you suggest I write up this report? O'BRIEN Well, sir... I'm not one to say. But you know, these... hunters weren't any happier than we were about having to bring Tosk home... and it seems in the interests of mutual understanding and future relations... SISKO Save it. A beat. DEEP SPACE: "Captive Pursuit" REV. 10/23/92 - ACT FIVE 53B. 108A CONTINUED: (2) SISKO (continuing) You ignored your duty to Starfleet... you took off your combadge so you could ignore me... you even ignored the Prime Directive by interfering in their damned hunt. Another stunt like this and your wife won't have to complain about the conditions here anymore. Do I make myself clear? O'BRIEN I understand. Sisko nods... the conversation is over. O'Brien rises, pauses, curious... O'BRIEN I was surprised by one thing, sir. SISKO What's that? O'BRIEN I knew I couldn't override all the security seals on the station.. I figured once you and the Constable located us... well, that it would be over... we'd find ourselves locked behind a forcefield somewhere... SISKO (poker-faced) I guess that one got by us. O'BRIEN Yessir. (beat) Thank-you, sir. SISKO Dismissed. O'Brien EXITS and we linger on Sisko a moment until... 109 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL) FADE OUT. THE END