STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"The Siege"
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STAR TREK: DS9 - "The Siege" - 07/20/93 - CAST
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"The Siege"
CAST
SISKO BAREIL
KIRA LI NALAS
ODO JARO
QUARK WINN
BASHIR KRIM
DAX DAY
O'BRIEN BAJORAN OFFICER
KEIKO BAJORAN OFFICER #2
MOLLY VOICE
JAKE BAJORANS
NOG OFFICERS
ROM
Non-Speaking Non-Speaking
N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES N.D. BAJORANS
MORN N.D. ALIENS
STAR TREK: DS9 - "The Siege" - 07/20/93 - SETS
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"The Siege"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE
AIRLOCK
CARGO BAY BAJOR
COMMANDER'S OFFICE
CORRIDOR BAJOR'S MOON
HOLOSUITE
OPS FOREST
PROMENADE
SUSHI KIOSK THE RAIDER
QUARK'S
O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS
CONDUIT #1
CONDUIT #2
CONDUIT #3
CONDUIT #4
CONDUIT #5
BAJORAN CITY
CHAMBER OF MINISTERS
TEMPLE SHRINE CHAMBER
RAIDER COCKPIT
CHAMBER
STAR TREK: DS9 - "The Siege" 07/27/93 - PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"The Siege"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
ANESTHIZINE ah-NESS-thu-zine
BAJOR BAY-jor
BAJORAN bah-JOR-an
BAREIL buh-RILE
BILECKI bi-LEK-ee
JARO ESSA JAR-oe ESS-uh
KRESSARI kre-SAR-i
LI NALAS LEE NAH-less
NERYS nar-EES
VEDEK VE-dik
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/27/93 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"The Siege"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 RECAP OF FIRST TWO EPISODES
ends with Sisko deciding not to abandon DS9.
FADE TO BLACK.
FADE IN:
2 INT. OPS
As we find a group of about fifteen Starfleet officers
assembled, standing, includes DAX, BASHIR and O'BRIEN -- in
the middle of being briefed on the situation by SISKO... he
is casual and intimate... moving along the group...
SISKO
(mid-explanation)
... Starfleet feels it has no other
choice... the Federation is here at
the invitation of the Bajoran
provisional government...
BASHIR
(understands, grim)
No more provisional government... no
more invitation.
SISKO
Governments can break off relations
with an edict. It's not so easy
when it comes down to our level.
Lieutenant Bilecki here is engaged
to a young man from Bajor...
(she acknowledges
sadly)
Ensign Kelly's daughter and a Bajoran
girl worked together on a prize-
winning science fair project...
(Ensign Kelly nods)
All of us who've served on this
station for the past year have made
Bajoran friends; we've come to care
about what happens to these people.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - TEASER 2.
2 CONTINUED:
SISKO
I know I do. So, I've decided to
stay.
(continuing over
murmuring reactions
from the crowd)
Just to make sure the "evacuation
is... conducted properly"...
A beat as he lets the revelation take hold.
O'BRIEN
(volunteering)
You'll be needing someone to oversee
the inventory process, sir...
BASHIR
(volunteering)
Packing up all my medical supplies
is going to take quite a long time,
Commander...
As others start to chime in, interrupting them...
OFFICERS
(ad lib)
Count me in, Commander... I'm
staying... I'll be here... You can
count on me, sir...
SISKO
Before you volunteer too quickly,
understand what you're in for. We'll
be trying to delay the takeover of
the station as long as possible...
hopefully as long as it takes to
expose the Cardassian involvement in
all this. It won't be easy. These
Bajoran assault forces have been
told the Federation is their blood
enemy. Jaro and The Circle would
love nothing better than to present
my head... and yours... to the Chamber
of Ministers. This is the last chance
to leave here in one piece. Some of
you have families. Some of you are
on temporary assignment. I wouldn't
blame anyone for getting out now
while you can. I mean that.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - TEASER 3.
2 CONTINUED: (3)
SISKO
(beat)
Anyone who wants to evacuate is
dismissed.
He looks them over and waits... none of them move toward the
door... after several beats and an inspiring music cue, Sisko
nods thank-you.
SISKO
(more softly)
Non-Bajorans won't be safe here...
our families, children have to be
evacuated... I'm sure many of the
Bajorans who have worked with us
will want to leave too. There's a
lot to get done. The assault vessels
will be here in less than five hours.
(beat)
Dismissed.
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT ONE 4.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)
3 INT. PROMENADE
Bustling with activity... shopkeepers closing up, taking
whatever valuable stock out of their stores they can carry...
emptying out window displays... locking doors... one alien
shopkeeper is motioning his partner to hurry up, finally
pulls her out of their shop... panic in faces as people and
families, several aliens plus some Bajoran and some human,
move through the various levels, preparing to evacuate... as
we come to the entrance to Quark's... we find QUARK and ROM
observing, Quark's mind working...
QUARK
Hundreds of people to evacuate and
only three tiny runabouts available.
Do you know what that means?
Move to reveal Rom trying to figure out what his brother is
thinking...
ROM
It... it means... a lot of people
will be left behind... tragic, yes,
brother... your compassion never
ceases to amaze me...
QUARK
It means we're gonna make a fortune...
ROM
We are... ?
QUARK
People will pay anything for a seat
on those ships...
ROM
(reacts, horrified)
You can't make me...
(off Quark's reaction)
I won't sell my seat...
QUARK
Rom...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT ONE 5.
3 CONTINUED:
ROM
... No, I won't stay and be killed
just to fill your pockets...
QUARK
... Rom, do you actually believe I
would sacrifice my own brother's
life for personal profit?
And this requires a long beat of silence between them as the
answer is obvious to them both... yes.
QUARK
It would have to be the deal of a
lifetime.
ROM
Yeah, my lifetime.
QUARK
Listen to me -- we're both going to
escape... but our bags will be packed
with all the gold-pressed latinum we
can carry...
Rom smiles as he considers the possibility... as they move
into the bar we'll notice Morn at the bar observing, drinking
casually, unperturbed by anything...
4 ANOTHER PART OF THE PROMENADE - MOVING WITH JAKE
through the rush of people, looking furiously, finally seeing
the one he's looking for...
JAKE
Nog!
Moving to reveal NOG coming toward him... smiles as he sees
him...
NOG
I've been looking all over for you.
JAKE
What ship you on?
NOG
Rio Grande.
Jake's face falls...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT ONE 6.
4 CONTINUED:
JAKE
I'm on the Ganges.
NOG
It'll be okay... we'll see each other
at the Hanolan colony in a few days...
JAKE
That's not where I'm going.
NOG
But my dad told me...
JAKE
My ship's going to the Korat system...
I guess that's where they're taking
the Starfleet families...
A beat as they realize this may be good-bye...
NOG
This'll be over in no time... we'll
be back in school driving Mrs. O'Brien
crazy again in a few days...
But Jake is really sad about this... he shakes his head,
forcing back the emotions...
JAKE
Just when I think I've found a new
home, made a new friend... it always
seems like I gotta leave.
NOG
(affectionate)
Hey, Hew-man...
Poking him in the ribs...
JAKE
Cut it out...
NOG
Has there ever been one of your kind
and one of mine who were better
friends?
JAKE
(deeply felt)
Never.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT ONE 7.
4 CONTINUED: (2)
NOG
If our fathers couldn't break us up,
no stupid coupe day... coupe dey...
JAKE
... coup d'etat... it's French...
NOG
... No stupid French thing will
either... we'll see each other
again... soon... and that's a
promise.
ODO (O.S.)
Mister Sisko, Nog...
Revealing ODO moving to them...
ODO
This is no time to be fooling
around... get yourselves wherever
you're supposed to be...
Nog looks at Jake and suddenly hugs him like a brother... a
long beat... another look with much feeling and they
separate... on Jake's reaction...
5 INT. O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS
O'Brien holds MOLLY as they come out of the bedroom, KEIKO
carrying a bag... she's sullen...
O'BRIEN
Is that everything?
KEIKO
(suppressed anger)
Sure.
O'BRIEN
Keiko. Don't leave like this.
KEIKO
(knows, stonewalling)
Like what?
O'BRIEN
I don't have any choice.
KEIKO
Don't you?
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT ONE 8.
5 CONTINUED:
And they're talking the way parents talk when they're
furious with each other but the kid's there... it's all in
the cracks...
O'BRIEN
He needs me.
KEIKO
We don't?
O'BRIEN
We can't let the bloody Cardies have
the wormhole.
KEIKO
They can have the whole Gamma Quadrant
for all I care.
Their eyes meet in a loving look... softly with great feeling --
KEIKO
Miles, come with us.
MOLLY
Where are we going?
O'BRIEN
On a ride, sweetheart...
MOLLY
Are you coming too, Daddy?
O'BRIEN
Soon, baby. I'll come as soon as I
can.
As Keiko looks at him, unforgiving, a tear rolls down her
cheek... an awkward beat... finally...
O'BRIEN
I'll walk you to the airlock.
He leads the way as they EXIT.
6 INT. OPS - CLOSE ON AN OKUDAGRAM (VPB)
Massive interference suggested.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT ONE 9.
6 CONTINUED:
DAX (V.O.)
I've scanned every subspace
communication window to find a
frequency to Bajor... they've got
them completely jammed.
7 ANGLE - AT DAX'S STATION
Sisko looking over her shoulder, KIRA beside him... LI near
by... in the background, Starfleet supernumeraries work on
disabling key pieces of equipment...
KIRA
Then, we have no choice. We'll have
to take the proof to the Chamber of
Ministers...
LI
Jaro's forces will be scanning for
any incoming vessels...
SISKO
(frowns)
A runabout could handle a Bajoran
patrol... unfortunately I don't have
one to give you...
Li's mind begins to work...
LI
(to Kira)
The Lunar Five base?
KIRA
You think there might still be a
ship there?
LI
(nods)
We managed to get a few sub-impulse
raiders underground before the
Cardassians hit us...
KIRA
(to Sisko)
Can one of the evacuation vessels
take a detour and drop me off?
SISKO
(anticipating her
plan)
What if you get there and those
raiders won't fly?
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT ONE 10.
7 CONTINUED:
KIRA
Then, I'll just have to wait to hear
from you, I guess...
SISKO
(dry)
You may be waiting a long time.
Sisko frowns... thinks a beat...
SISKO
Dax, any of your former hosts have
experience with sub-impulse thruster
configurations...
DAX
Yeah... Tobin Dax...
KIRA
(smiles)
Tobin? I don't think I've heard of
that one...
DAX
My second host... barely a sex life
and no imagination, but he knew phase
coil inverters like no one else.
SISKO
Major Kira could use his experience
today.
As Dax acknowledges, rises...
8 ANGLE - TURBOLIFT
Odo arriving, Quark in his grasp...
QUARK
I have no time for this foolishness!
I still have to pack!
Dax and Kira EXIT during the following...
SISKO
(to Odo)
What's the problem?
ODO
He's been brokering seats on the
evacuation vessels...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT ONE 11.
8 CONTINUED:
SISKO
(reacts)
Where did you get more than one
seat?
QUARK
(amused, the
professional ticket
broker)
Everybody always asks the brokers
where they get their extra seats...
and all I can say is it's my business
to find preferred seating for a select
list of clients who...
Sisko grabs him, in his face --
SISKO
I've got over two hundred people who
want to get off this station. Where
did you get more seats?
Quark blinks, unused to being handled this way by Sisko...
QUARK
A few trades... a person here or
there who changed his mind about
leaving at the sight of a reasonable
stipend...
BASHIR (V.O.)
Bashir to Commander Sisko.
SISKO
Go ahead.
INTERCUT:
9 INT. AIRLOCK
Close on Bashir being pushed by the crowd. Chaos... people
(mostly Bajorans, some aliens) wall to wall trying to get on
the escape ships...
BASHIR
We're having a bit of a panic at the
airlocks, sir... far more passengers
than we can handle have shown up...
they all claim to have made
arrangements to leave...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT ONE 12.
10 INT. OPS
Sisko reacts, looks to Quark...
QUARK
I may have overbooked slightly...
Disgusted, Sisko pushes him away and moves to EXIT...
SISKO
(to Com)
I'm on my way.
Motions to Li to come with him... Calling after Sisko --
QUARK
... It's an accepted Ferengi transit
practice... I feel perfectly
justified...
But Sisko ignores him, leaves... Turning to Odo --
QUARK
I have complete faith in Commander
Sisko's ability to straighten this
out...
ODO
I'll pass that on. He'll be so
pleased to have your confidence.
QUARK
As I'm no longer needed, my brother's
waiting for me on the ship...
(he moves to the
Turbolift)
Hey Odo, you'll miss me... you know
you will... say it...
ODO
I'll miss you, Quark.
QUARK
You said it!
ODO
I'll miss the aggravation. The petty
theft. The bad manners...
QUARK
(interrupting)
Odo...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT ONE 13.
10 CONTINUED:
As the Turbolift goes down...
QUARK
(continuing, seriously)
Take care of yourself.
Odo shrugs it off. But the subtext is there... he will miss
him...
11 INT. AIRLOCK
Even more chaos than before... as Sisko and Li arrive...
Kira and Dax and O'Brien and Bashir are already there talking
to irate Bajoran passengers who want on... occasionally, an
alien or a human is allowed into the airlock (including
Morn)... which only increases the walla from the others who
have been unable to board... people begin to wave their hands
at Sisko, he tries to yell over their voices...
BAJORANS
(AD LIB)
You can't leave us here... we have
to get out... I have a right to be
on that ship... I've paid for a seat
on that ship... Let us on!
SISKO
There isn't room for everyone...
don't you understand... We have to
get the children and families and
non-Bajorans...
But the crowd surges forward, unwilling to pay attention...
12 ANGLE - LI
takes a deep breath, uncomfortably realizing his power in
this situation, moves in front of Sisko and begins simply to
make eye contact with members of the Bajoran crowd... moving
his head slowly, silently stating his wish to speak... and
the crowd responds to the man they have endowed with
charismatic power. They begin to quiet down... After a beat
of quiet, without raising his voice --
LI
Where are you running to? This is
Bajor. We're Bajorans. We fought a
war to regain our homeland. How can
you abandon it like frightened
Cardassian voles?
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT ONE 14.
12 CONTINUED:
LI
These ships are for our guests who
must leave because it's no longer
safe for them. We're Bajorans. I
say we stay and solve our problems
together. Are you willing to join
me?
After he studies them for a dramatic beat, he starts to EXIT
and after a quiet reaction from the crowd, many follow him...
he exchanges a look with Sisko who nods an appreciation his
way...
SISKO
(to Bashir)
The moment the passenger lists are
confirmed, I want these ships out of
here...
BASHIR
They're almost ready to go sir...
the Rio Grande is full, so is the
Orinoco.
SISKO
Get them launched...
BASHIR
Aye, sir...
He moves off... Dax and Kira nod to Sisko and enter the
airlock... as Sisko turns to find --
13 ANGLE - JAKE
a duffel bag over his shoulder, waiting to say good-bye...
Sisko moves to him...
SISKO
Ready?
JAKE
I've been thinking.
SISKO
Yeah?
JAKE
I really think it'd be better if I
stayed.
And Jake knows there's no chance of this, but his heart
insists he try. Sisko hugs him.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT ONE 15.
13 CONTINUED:
JAKE
I don't want anything to happen to
you.
SISKO
That makes two of us.
He smiles at Jake... hands him a tiny disk...
JAKE
What's this?
SISKO
A letter I wrote you.
JAKE
A letter?
SISKO
Just some things.
JAKE
I'll read it as soon as I get on the
ship.
SISKO
Wait a while.
Jake swallows hard, nods.
SISKO
See you in a coupla weeks.
He holds the boy's face under the chin and gives him a long
look, imprinting the image of his face in his mind. Smiles.
Jake EXITS through the airlock...
14 ON SISKO
as he watches him go... after a beat, O'Brien seals the
airlock...
O'BRIEN
That's everyone...
SISKO
(hits combadge)
Sisko to Ganges. Proceed with launch.
KIRA'S COM VOICE
Acknowledged. Good luck, Commander.
Kira out.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT ONE 16.
14 CONTINUED:
A beat later...
QUARK (O.S.)
No! Wait!
15 ANGLE
to see Quark arriving, lugging a huge and heavy suitcase...
QUARK
My ship... the Rio Grande... my
brother's on it -- he has my ticket...
Sisko looks at Bashir for an explanation...
BASHIR
Sir, that ship was full... I checked
the list myself, Quark's name wasn't
on it... I did see Rom go on board...
he was with one of the dabo girls...
QUARK
Dabo girl... what?!
SISKO
Looks like he sold your seat, Quark.
Sisko chooses that line to EXIT... Quark looks around,
incredulous... to O'Brien and Bashir as they EXIT...
QUARK
No, you don't understand... I can't
stay here... I'll be hung... call
the ships back... I'll pay anyone
five bars of gold press latinum for
a seat... all right ten... twenty...
And on his terrified face...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT TWO 17.
ACT TWO
FADE IN
17 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
two Bajoran raiders move toward the station.
INT. AIRLOCK
as it rolls open... and two armed Bajoran soldiers move out,
quickly scan the area, they are followed by Field Colonel
DAY KANNU, a rugged, cold-eyed man about forty. He reacts
as he realizes no resistance is forthcoming. He hits a
Bajoran combadge.
DAY
(to com)
Clear.
A beat later... OVER-GENERAL KRIM... with whom Sisko met in
Episode Two... moves casually out of the airlock, escorted
by another two officers (including BAJORAN OFFICER).
DAY
No resistance at all. Minister Jaro's
prediction was correct... the
Federation has tucked its tail between
its legs...
Krim barely acknowledges, moves slowly with authority toward
the exit... the officers flanking him all the way...
18 INT. PROMENADE
as the same group appears, pauses at the entrance to observe
the empty environs. As they slowly move down the
thoroughfare, it's worth mentioning a bit about Day and Krim.
Krim is purely a professional military man, a Rommel, not
interested in politics but understands his role and
responsibility in the coup. Day is far more political and
is Jaro's eyes and ears in this operation, more like an SS
attache. There is always a subtle tension between these
two. Day thinks Krim is arrogant but knows he needs the
support of the military.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT TWO 18.
18 CONTINUED:
Krim has little respect for Day but knows he's dangerous.
KRIM
(curious)
Where are the Bajoran officers who
supported Starfleet... and where's
Li Nalas?
DAY
Perhaps they knew this old station
could never withstand a siege so
they abandoned it with Starfleet.
KRIM
(a beat, thoughtful)
The most strategic position in the
entire sector... at the mouth of the
wormhole... Had I been the Federation
commander, I would not have abandoned
it so easily.
And as they continue to walk...
19 HIGH ANGLE
from a surveillance position inside the walls to see them
moving... pulling back to see Sisko observing... behind him
O'Brien and Li. (The Starfleet guys should be out of
uniform.)
20 EXT. SPACE - BAJOR'S MOON (OPTICAL)
with the planet in the background perhaps...
21 INT. CAVERN
Dax and Kira push through massive spider webs and dust...
palm beacons on... duffel bags over their shoulders...
KIRA
Can you believe... about a year ago,
I was living in a camp like this
only not quite so nice.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT TWO 19.
21 CONTINUED:
DAX
(unhappily shaking
off the cobwebs)
Have I mentioned how allergic Trills
are to insect bites?
KIRA
Really?
DAX
The biochemical connections between
the host and symbiont can't tolerate
the...
(interrupting herself,
startled)
Is that a spider or a dog?
We catch a glimpse of something large, black and crab-like
moving quickly across a rock in the foreground...
KIRA
Palukoo. The Bajoran moons are
full of them.
DAX
(ugh)
I suppose they became your pets and
you all sang songs about them around
the campfire.
KIRA
No, we ate them.
Dax gives her a sharp look... Kira pauses... flashes the
palm beacon ahead...
KIRA
There it is...
22 ANGLE - TO REVEAL (OPTICAL)
the smallest, most archaic looking spacecraft we've ever
seen on Star Trek. In 20th century terms, it's a biplane.
As they move closer...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/21/93 - ACT TWO 20.
22 CONTINUED:
DAX
You're sure this is supposed to fly?
KIRA
I've been in a lot worse.
22A INT. RAIDER COCKPIT
as they climb in the hatch, Dax first, reacting to the size
of the cockpit...
DAX
I guess the Bajoran resistance must
have had a lot of short pilots.
KIRA
No, just short engineers. They were
always building these things without
thinking.
DAX
Encouraging.
KIRA
Bend your knees, you'll fit.
22B ANGLE - FROM INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT
Shooting back into the cockpit. Dax opens up a panel (on
rusty hinges) in the back of the craft... opens her bag and
begins to take out a tricorder and some small laser tools...
Kira moves forward to the pilot's seat...
KIRA
The real trick'll be to fire up these
thrusters after a year... it was
hard enough to get them running when
they were being used every day.
DAX
Oh, we'll get them fired up. You
don't have to worry about that...
KIRA
You're sure, huh...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/21/93 - ACT TWO 20A.
22B CONTINUED:
DAX
Yep. I have no intention of getting
stuck here...
(beat)
... eating palukoos.
As Kira reacts...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT TWO 21.
23 INT. OPS
Krim and Day, a Bajoran Officer and his two aides ENTER...
Ops is deserted... the aides fan out and begin working
consoles... The officer goes to Dax's station... begins to
work panels...
DAY
We should advise Minister Jaro of
our success immediately.
KRIM
You're too eager to receive his
plaudits, Colonel.
(to an aide)
What's the status of the internal
security net... ?
BAJORAN OFFICER
Completely disabled, General...
DAY
(annoyed at the way
he's treated)
The Minister personally requested
that I inform him as soon as we...
KRIM
Fine. Go on, go on... call your
friend... use a secured frequency...
Day moves to O'Brien's station... Krim joins his aide at
Dax's station... the Aide is pressing panels, checking the
security net...
KRIM
Scan the Operations Center for organic
material.
BAJORAN OFFICER
Organic... ?
KRIM
The station's security chief is
apparently missing... the shape-
shifter... it's possible he left
with the evacuation ships... or
perhaps there's more here than meets
the eye...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT TWO 22.
23 CONTINUED:
BAJORAN OFFICER
Yes, sir...
KRIM
Scan six times an hour at random
intervals... and advise all units to
be alert when they're...
Stops as he hears -- overlapping --
DAY
(moving to Viewscreen
position)
Minister... I'm pleased to report
that we've encountered no resistance
so far...
Krim reacts to the start of Day's conversation, moves to
join him...
24 ANGLE (OPTICAL) - INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN
JARO speaks from the Chamber of Ministers which is out of
session...
JARO
Good news... then the Federation has
withdrawn...
DAY
We monitored the evacuation of three
vessels several hours ago...
JARO
(very pleased)
When I announce that we've secured
the station, it will certainly impact
the...
KRIM
Minister, I urge caution... the battle
for this station has not even begun
yet...
JARO
(reacts, surprised)
Do you expect the enemy to return,
General?
KRIM
I'm not convinced they ever left.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT TWO 23.
24 CONTINUED:
Day reacts...
KRIM
The internal security net has been
sabotaged... we have no way to track
movements of anyone on board... which
suggests that someone didn't want to
be easily found.
JARO
Kira?
KRIM
Perhaps. She is unaccounted for.
So is Security Chief Odo. So is Li
Nalas.
JARO
You're right. Li would never have
abandoned Bajor... he must still be
there...
KRIM
For that matter, Starfleet might
have even left a contingent on
board...
DAY
(trying to catch up)
I'll be organizing search parties.
25 INT. CHAMBER OF MINISTERS - DAY (OPTICAL)
Jaro looking into a monitor displaying Ops.
JARO
Let me re-emphasize that you are to
take every necessary step to keep Li
Nalas alive. Dead, he's a martyr.
Alive, he seals our victory.
DAY
Understood.
Jaro switches off the monitor, thinks a long beat...
WINN (O.S.)
Once you have him, Li will see the
wisdom of giving you his support.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT TWO 24.
25 CONTINUED:
Move to reveal VEDEK WINN sitting beside Jaro... she has
been there through the whole conversation.
JARO
I'll offer him anything he wants to
make sure he does...
(teasing)
Short of becoming the next Kai, of
course.
He gets no smile at his humor from Winn. There may be the
slightest trace of sexual tension between these two.
WINN
You have a unique ability to build a
consensus, Essa. Bajor has been
waiting for a leader like you.
JARO
Leaders like us.
WINN
(nods, thank you)
If I am so favored by the Vedek
Assembly.
JARO
You don't have to worry about that...
twenty-six hours after I'm sworn
into office, I'll direct the Vedek
Assembly to elect you Kai... and
together, we will rebuild Bajor.
Vedek Winn gives a trace of a smile and we...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT THREE 25.
ACT THREE
FADE IN
26 INT. CAVERN - THE RAIDER (OPTICAL)
As the thrusters fire, belching black smoke, dust flying...
27 INT. RAIDER COCKPIT
Dax on her stomach... sticking halfway into the engine
compartment... Kira working the forward controls, yelling
over the dreadful racket --
KIRA
You got it!
DAX
Don't turn them off... we'll never
get them going again!
KIRA
Let's go!
DAX
(to herself)
Thank you, Tobin.
But as she backs up, and tries to close the engine panel, it
jams open... and she pushes it and hits it... but it won't
budge...
KIRA
Come on, Dax!
Dax sighs... defeated by the open panel...
DAX
(to herself)
The hell with it. If it's gonna
fly, it's gonna fly.
She tosses the door aside and moves toward the cockpit...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT THREE 25A.
27 CONTINUED:
KIRA
Problem?
DAX
(false cheer)
No. Everything's... wonderful.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/21/93 - ACT THREE 26.
27 CONTINUED: (2)
As she climbs into the chair next to Kira, she hits her
head on the roof.
DAX
Ow.
KIRA
The knees.
Dax settles in, frowns. Kira works the engines...
KIRA
Listen to that sound... this brings
back some memories...
DAX
How did you ever win a war in these
things?
KIRA
We were the insects, Lieutenant.
The Cardassians were just as allergic
as Trills. Is the proximity system
working?
DAX
(checking)
I think so.
KIRA
Then let's see if I can get out of
here without bouncing off the walls...
And we hear the noise and see the vibrations increase as she
boosts the thrusters...
28 INT. COMMANDERS' OFFICE
Krim and Day in a furious argument... Krim is always calm
but he's just as mad.
KRIM
You'll be playing right into their
hands.
DAY
If you're so convinced they're still
here, how can you sit and wait for
them to attack...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT THREE 27.
28 CONTINUED:
KRIM
They have no interest in attacking...
DAY
How can you be so sure?
KRIM
Because I understand military tactics.
They are vastly outnumbered. If we
divide our forces...
DAY
(interrupting)
Military tactics. The great General.
You are nothing without Jaro's
support. You could just as easily
be in prison today as in command of
this station.
KRIM
(conciliatory)
Our priority is to get this station
running... once we do, finding them
will be easier.
The lights go out in Ops... they react... move to the door
which opens...
29 ANGLE INTO OPS
BAJORAN OFFICER
The primary sensor array was
sabotaged, sir... as soon as we tested
it, the subnet shorted out...
DAY
(sotto, angry)
You can let your engineers play with
the machines... I'm sending out search
parties...
He EXITS through Ops... on Krim's tight facial muscles...
30 INT. CONDUIT #1
Close quarters. Sisko, Li, a group of human and Bajorans in
the background... a suggestion that maybe there's a dozen or
more out of view...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT THREE 28.
30 CONTINUED:
O'Brien arrives with food and drink... his helpers pass
out grub to the others in the background... as he hands a
nondescript edible to Sisko and Li...
O'BRIEN
Eat hearty... the replicators crash
in sixteen minutes... this'll have
to last awhile...
During the speech, Sisko studies the food...
SISKO
Combat rations, Chief? Couldn't you
replicate something a little more
palatable?
O'BRIEN
You don't like combat rations?
SISKO
A french onion soup would have been
nice...
O'BRIEN
Miracle of science, these little
rations... timed release formula of
all the nutrients the body needs for
three days.
(takes a bite)
I love 'em... only thing I miss about
the Cardassian front.
Sisko nods evenly, using this as an opportunity to relieve
tensions, he hits his combadge --
SISKO
Sisko to all units. You can thank
Chief of Operations Miles O'Brien
for the menu this afternoon...
INTERCUT:
31 INT. CONDUIT #2
Very much like the last one... Bashir is in command, Quark
is visible behind him, glumly eating the rations, his big
suitcase full of latinum serving as a table...
BASHIR
(smiling)
You haven't made any friends, here,
Chief... or should I say, Chef...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT THREE 29.
31 CONTINUED:
O'BRIEN
(with attitude)
Julian, I would expect you of all
people to appreciate the nutritional
value of combat rations...
BASHIR
Actually, in med school, I designed
an incredible candy bar that was far
superior in food value...
QUARK
Am I the only one who doesn't find
this funny... ?
He takes another miserable bite...
ODO'S COM VOICE
(sotto)
Odo to Sisko...
SISKO
Go ahead...
ODO'S COM VOICE
Stand by.
32 INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)
Six Bajoran soldiers move through with a purpose... after
they EXIT, PAN UP to find Odo's head and neck already shaped,
sticking down from the ceiling, looking toward the departed
soldiers...
ODO
(sotto)
A six-man unit is about to begin a
search of the cargo deck...
33 INT. CONDUIT #3
BASHIR
That puts them closest to me,
Commander.
INTERCUT:
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/21/93 - ACT THREE 30.
34 INT. CONDUIT #1
Sisko takes a beat to think, sees O'Brien obviously
concerned...
SISKO
(to com)
Stand by, Doctor.
Presses his combadge off.
O'BRIEN
Maybe we ought to send him someone
with experience... someone who can
run the show like Li...
Sisko glances at Li who has overheard... Li breaks eye
contact, not capable of this...
SISKO
No, I need Li here with us.
(hits combadge)
All right, Doctor... move your unit
to cargo bay six, you know what to
do... and let me re-emphasize -- use
deadly force only if absolutely
necessary.
34A INT. CONDUIT #2
Bashir is already getting up to move, motioning the others
to follow...
BASHIR
Aye, sir... we're on our way...
As men move by Quark...
QUARK
Happy hunting. I'll be here thinking
of you.
As he turns to pick up an extra ration that somebody left
behind... starts to eat it...
35 OMITTED
36 INT. CARGO BAY
with crates and barrels as usual... a door opens and the
Bajoran search party ENTERS...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/21/93 - ACT THREE 30A.
36A ANGLE
on one of them, reading a tricorder; he reacts curiously as
the device leads him deeper into the room to a cargo
container... the tricorder makes more and more urgent beeps...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT THREE 31.
36A CONTINUED:
BASHIR (O.S.)
I wouldn't get too close to that...
it's a thorium isotope...
And this all happens quickly: as the troops turn to the
voice, suddenly
37 ANGLE - TO HIGH GRILL CONDUIT
as Bashir kicks it out, revealing that he's holding a phaser
pointed at the search party...
BASHIR
Prolonged exposure can have nasty
consequences.
38 OMITTED
39 ANGLE - BEHIND THE SEARCH PARTY
As the searchers react, begin to spread out and go for their
phasers -- the tops of several crates burst open and more
good guys are inside, standing up with phasers trained...
the assault team knows they're beaten, drop their phasers...
40 BASHIR
hits his combadge...
BASHIR
Bashir to Sisko.
SISKO'S COM VOICE
Go ahead.
BASHIR
Mission accomplished.
As the victims are taken prisoner...
41 INT. CONDUIT #1
BASHIR'S COM VOICE
We have our first six prisoners of
war.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT THREE 32.
Sisko exchanges a glance with O'Brien, allows himself a
smile...
42 EXT. SPACE - THE RAIDER (OPTICAL)
slowly chugging through space... engine still exposed...
43 INT. RAIDER COCKPIT
Shaking like a car without shocks...
KIRA
Preparing to establish a high altitude
orbit of Bajor...
DAX
Navigational sensors aren't
functioning...
KIRA
No problem...
DAX
No problem? Big problem. Without
navigational sensors...
KIRA
... we'll have to fly by the seat of
our pants.
DAX
Great. Seat of the pants technology.
KIRA
You Starfleet types depend too much
on gadgets and gizmos... you lose
your natural instincts for survival...
DAX
My natural instincts for survival
told me not to climb aboard this
thing... I'd say they were functioning
pretty well...
KIRA
I know the terrain of Bajor... we
ought to be able to recognize a
landing site by...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT THREE 33.
43 CONTINUED:
Suddenly a huge boom and a major shake...
KIRA
What the hell was that?
Frantically pressing panels...
DAX
I have no idea... None of the sensors
are...
Another explosion, this one causes some damage... sparks...
KIRA
Someone's firing at us... initiating
evasive maneuvers...
Frustrated by the control sensors, Dax finally reaches for
her tricorder and points it toward the window...
DAX
I'm reading the E-M signature of an
impulse engine...
KIRA
Let's see what we're dealing with...
As she takes a hard turn...
44 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
A sweeping pan as the ship moves to see in the window two
Bajoran impulse ships coming at us... phasers blasting...
KIRA
Welcoming committee from Jaro...
Kira makes a hard turn, the two ships sweep overhead...
explosions rocking us...
45 NEW ANGLE
DAX
We'll never outrun them in this...
KIRA
You're right... we've gotta even the
match...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT THREE 34.
45 CONTINUED:
DAX
How do you intend to do that?
KIRA
(as she furiously
presses panels)
New playing field. I'm taking us
down into the atmosphere. They won't
be able to use their impulse engines
down there.
Kira begins her descent...
KIRA
(determined)
If they want a fight... they'll have
to fight on our terms...
On Dax's reaction...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/21/93 - ACT FOUR 35.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN
46 INT. SECURITY OFFICE (OPTICAL)
Close on O'Brien and Li working in an open panel near the
floor, creating some sabotage... suddenly a phaser blast
shoots over their heads, just missing them... they roll and
flatten out and peek to see Bajoran assault forces on the
second level of the Promenade... pinning them down with
massive fire...
O'BRIEN
(to com)
O'Brien to Sisko. They've got us
pinned down in here...
SISKO'S COM VOICE
On our way, Chief...
47 NEW ANGLE - PROMENADE (OPTICAL)
As Sisko and several men come out of an airlock, firing
phasers, drawing attention, one of them rolls a 24th century
grenade down the thoroughfare like a bowling ball and as it
explodes into a massive smoke bomb...
48 O'BRIEN AND LI (OPTICAL)
O'BRIEN
Now!
Charge out... firing phasers through the smoke... then...
49 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
as they run like hell down the Promenade... as Sisko et al.
continue to draw the Bajorans' fire and hold them at bay
upstairs... but two of the assault forces manage to get down
the stairs and chase after O'Brien...
50 ANGLE - ODO
emerges through the smoke, in front of O'Brien and Li, sees
what's going on...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/21/93 - ACT FOUR 36.
51 WIDER (OPTICAL)
Odo MORPHS into a thin wire and stretches across the
thoroughfare about a foot off the floor just after O'Brien
and Li pass by... when the pursuit reaches the spot, they
trip and sprawl.
51A ANGLE - SISKO (OPTICAL)
sees O'Brien and Li are safe, withdraws his men back into
the airlock, firing a few last rounds as they go...
52 EXT. BAJOR - MATTE SHOT - DAY (OPTICAL)
The thruster trail of a tiny aircraft visible in the sky...
arcing down... now two more trails in pursuit, the glint of
the sun's reflection off metal...
53 INT. RAIDER COCKPIT - DAY
The ship continues to buckle and lurch...
KIRA
All right. They've gone to thrusters.
That evens things up a little.
DAX
If you consider two against one
"even."
Another near miss... Kira jerks the controls...
54 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
Blue sky out the window... the twisting, tilting horizon
moves across our view...
KIRA
There is one problem.
DAX
One?
KIRA
The guys flying those ships?
DAX
Yeah...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/21/93 - ACT FOUR 36A.
45 CONTINUED:
KIRA
Used to be the guys flying these
ships.
BLAM! -- another near miss...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT FOUR 37.
55 RESUME
as they level off...
KIRA
(continuing)
Test the phaser banks.
Dax presses panels... we hear the sound of several phaser
shots...
DAX
Full power.
KIRA
Good.
DAX
(further checking)
Not so good. The phaser locks are
dead. There's no way to aim.
KIRA
Sure there is.
DAX
I know. I know. Seat of the pants...
KIRA
With your eyes, Lieutenant... not
your... pants. Just point at them
and fire.
DAX
You fly. I'll shoot.
KIRA
Hang on.
56 ANGLE - THROUGH THE WINDOW (OPTICAL)
A sharp movement... the ground twists topsy-turvy overhead
as Kira makes an incredible move and as she straightens out,
we're behind one of Bajoran ships... zigzagging through the
blue background to escape as Dax fires repeated shots...
missing badly the first few times... and then connecting
one-two-three... smoke wheezes from the Bajoran ship and
Kira flies us up and over the smoke trail...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT FOUR 38.
57 EXT. BAJOR - MATTE SHOT - DAY (OPTICAL)
A trail of smoke from one of the tiny specks as it crashes
and explodes on the ground.
58 INT. RAIDER COCKPIT
Kira presses forward to get a better look out the window...
KIRA
Where the hell's the other one?
A massive hit... on their tail...
KIRA
I think we found him.
Fire in the cockpit, behind them... the ship lurches even
more violently than before... Kira desperately tries to keep
control... the thrusters fire unevenly...
DAX
Thruster power is falling...
KIRA
They must've hit a plasma conduit...
DAX
(checking the fire)
Is there any fire gear?
KIRA
Check under the seat.
DAX
(checking)
I think I've got something.
She pulls out a very small archaic extinguisher.
DAX
That's it?
KIRA
That's it.
Dax sighs and starts to squirt the fire... a thick slime
barely arcs out and slops to the floor... not getting anywhere
near the fire...
DAX
Got any other ideas?
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT FOUR 39.
58 CONTINUED:
KIRA
Yeah. We could crash.
DAX
(fatalistic)
Is that the best you can come up
with?
KIRA
'Fraid it is.
DAX
(sighs, okay here we
go)
Might as well jettison the plasma
tank. The thrusters are gone.
KIRA
(hitting panels)
Plasma tank ejected... can you see
any openings where we can put down?
59 ANGLE (OPTICAL) - THROUGH THE WINDOW
the ground getting closer by the second... Kira trying to
hold the horizon level... but losing the battle... the whine
of the steep decline growing louder...
DAX
Three kilometers ahead at two
o'clock...
KIRA
Anything a little closer?
DAX
How much closer?
KIRA
(no other choice)
How about... right here.
Suddenly, the ground just seem to swallow us up as our view
of trees and forest jumps in our faces... twisting and
turning...
60 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
Establishing.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/21/93 - ACT FOUR 40.
61 INT. QUARK'S
Lights out... beacons sweeping through the darkness... finding
the face of Day as he leads the search team through...
VOICE
Sir, up here... one of the Ferengi's
holosuites is in use...
Day reacts, moves up the stairs...
62 SECOND FLOOR
Day and four men converge... ready weapons... Day hits the
door panel, it doesn't open...
DAY
Override it manually.
An officer opens a door panel and the door slides open; they
wheel inside...
63 INT. HOLOSUITE
Sisko, Li and O'Brien are there looking over station plans
on a table... they turn, start to go for their phasers...
DAY
Don't try it.
Sisko and the others realize they're caught... giving orders --
DAY
Get their weapons.
Day and his unit move deeper into the room... suddenly...
64 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
the Holosuite door slams shut... Sisko et al. disappear,
holographic images all, Day reacts, tries to get the door
open, it won't budge... an officer tries to manually override
but it won't work... suddenly, Sisko's voice echoes through
the room...
SISKO (O.S.)
This is Commander Benjamin Sisko.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT FOUR 41.
SISKO (O.S.) (Cont'd)
Please listen very carefully. The
Cardassians are supplying the weapons
for this coup...
DAY
Ridiculous. No Bajoran would ever
accept help from them.
SISKO (O.S.)
Jaro doesn't know -- The Cardassians
are using the Kressari to deliver
the weapons to The Circle.
DAY
That is a Federation lie.
SISKO (O.S.)
Tell General Krim that proof is on
its way to Bajor... once this evidence
is presented, the coup will end...
we don't want to fight you, or hurt
anyone...
(beat)
Your officers will be our guests for
awhile. I hope they won't mind
Starfleet combat rations.
And Day DEMATERIALIZES...
65 INT. OPS (OPTICAL)
Day MATERIALIZES on the Transporter pad to the surprised
reactions of everyone there including Krim... covering his
humiliation...
DAY
I was taken prisoner... the Federation
is behind all this... Sisko spoke to
me...
KRIM
(reacts, to himself,
admiring)
So, Commander, you didn't abandon
your post after all.
(turns back to Day)
What did he say?
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT FOUR 42.
65 CONTINUED:
DAY
(beat)
Nothing of consequence.
KRIM
Why did he let you go?
DAY
I promised them amnesty...
(Krim reacts, this
doesn't sound at all
right)
A promise I have no intention of
keeping.
From Dax's station --
BAJORAN OFFICER
General, the security net is back on
line.
KRIM
Scan for their communication devices.
The officer presses several panels... Krim and Day move to
him, look at an OKUDAGRAM on Dax's monitor...
BAJORAN OFFICER
Not picking up a thing, sir.
KRIM
Then they must be in a shielded
location...
DAY
The Cardassians used duranium
composite to shield all the
conduits...
KRIM
(nods)
Then that's where we'll find Commander
Sisko...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/21/93 - ACT FIVE 43.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
66 EXT. FOREST - NIGHT
We hear the sounds of a search party in the distance first...
hound-like bays, nondescript voices and yells in the
distance... alien searching equipment sounds... sounds of
machetes cutting down foliage... moving to a heavy growth to
find Kira badly hurt, her uniform scuffed, torn and burned
from the crash, trying desperately to hold onto
consciousness... Dax, who is less hurt but also shows the
cuts and damage of the crash landing, crawls back through
the underbrush to Kira...
DAX
They've found the raider and now
they're spreading out... we can't
stay here...
KIRA
I'll slow you down. The only thing
that's important now is to get the
evidence to the provisional
government.
DAX
It'd be a lot more convincing if it
came from you...
KIRA
The evidence speaks for itself.
You've got to leave me. That's an
order, Lieutenant.
DAX
The Federation officially left Bajor
yesterday. You're not my commanding
officer anymore.
KIRA
I can't walk...
DAX
Sure you can, come on...
Dax tries to help her to her feet... Kira can't put any
strength on her left leg...
KIRA
(exhausted)
... you're being a fool, Dax...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/21/93 - ACT FIVE 44.
66 CONTINUED:
DAX
... And don't speak to your elders
that way...
They've barely taken a step when they hear approaching steps
and machetes slashing nearby... Dax reacts... they crouch
back to the ground... more sounds of people coming... Dax
pulls Kira down... stay with them as they try to breathe
without making noise...
67 CLOSE ON KIRA
in pain, hugging the ground...
68 HER POV - SIDEWAYS (OPTICAL)
through foliage to see Bajoran boots walk slowly by, ... and
then they return and pause nearby... the sounds of a
tricorder beeping... sounds of more searchers, louder and
louder... and slowly the scene begins to lose focus...
69 KIRA
knows it's over, loses consciousness.
70 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
Re-establishing.
71 INT. CONDUIT #3
Sisko, O'Brien, Li...
ODO'S COM VOICE
Odo to Sisko. I hope you're not
still on level five...
SISKO
No, we're on three... why?
ODO'S COM VOICE
Because they're about to fill the
conduits with anesthizine gas...
starting with level five...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT FIVE 45.
71 CONTINUED:
SISKO
(any solutions)
Chief?
O'BRIEN
(shakes his head)
Good idea. Kind of thing I might've
come up with. We've got to get out
of here and soon.
Sisko takes a beat, thinks...
SISKO
We should have heard something from
Dax and Kira by now...
O'BRIEN
If they didn't make it, we're all
fighting for a lost cause here...
SISKO
(beat)
We still have an ace in the hole.
He turns to Li... gives him a hard look.
LI
Me...
Li's eyes go white... O'Brien notices...
SISKO
Mister O'Brien, get the units ready
to move out.
O'Brien throws a curious glance at Li before...
O'BRIEN
Aye, sir...
He EXITS down the conduit...
SISKO
Jaro's plan depends on the military's
support... without it, the coup fails.
LI
You think I can sway the Generals...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT FIVE 46.
71 CONTINUED: (2)
SISKO
Right now, I'm only concerned with
one General... The one that's here...
he's picked the wrong side and we've
got to convince him of that...
(off Li's doubtful
look, evenly)
Would he rather follow a politician...
or Bajor's greatest war hero...
LI
(softer)
I've done everything I can to help.
I would die for my people but...
SISKO
(overlapping)
Sure you would. Dying gets you off
the hook. Question is -- are you
willing to live for your people?
Live the role they want you to play.
That's what they need from you right
now.
Li studies him. With an encouraging nod, Sisko leads the
way out.
72 INT. TEMPLE SHRINE - DAWN
Dark... close on Kira, still wearing her uniform, as she
regains consciousness, sits up with a gasp... turns to see...
73 ANGLE - BAREIL
BAREIL
Kira... you're safe... you're at the
monastery...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT FIVE 47.
73 CONTINUED:
KIRA
(trying to regain
composure)
How did I... the last thing I
remember...
BAREIL
The entire city saw your ship go
down... the searchers that found you
were from my order...
KIRA
Dax... ?
BAREIL
She's fine... she's changing
clothes...
Rising with some difficulty but not as much as before...
KIRA
We've got to get to the Chamber of
Ministers... the Cardassians...
BAREIL
I know. Lieutenant Dax told me.
Kira stumbles a little as she tries to walk... Bareil reaches
out and holds her with both hands... there is a sexual tension
that comes with the touch...
BAREIL
Careful, you've just had a broken
hip mended...
KIRA
How long have I been here?
BAREIL
Six hours.
KIRA
Six hours... we have to...
The door opens, adding some light to the subject, Dax ENTERS,
wearing religious garb, including a Winn-like hat and has a
Bajoran nose... she's also carrying a monk's robe for Kira...
Kira reacts to the sight of Dax which matches her orb
vision...
DAX
Good, you're up... put this on...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT FIVE 48.
73 CONTINUED: (2)
KIRA
Why are we...
DAX
It's the only way we can get to the
Chamber of Ministers...
BAREIL
Members of religious orders are the
only ones who can travel safely in
the streets... I'm going to escort
you...
KIRA
No. We have to go alone, Bareil...
I can't be responsible for your
safety...
BAREIL
Of course you can't. But I can be
responsible for yours. Please don't
argue.
A look between them. He's going. She acknowledges, has the
monk's gown on... he leads the way and as they EXIT... quick
exchange --
DAX
So what do you think... ?
KIRA
Think?
DAX
The nose?
KIRA
(noticing)
It's... flattering.
DAX
(dry)
I'm thinking of keeping it.
And they're out.
74 INT. CONDUIT #4
Quark dragging his suitcase awkwardly down the conduit...
grunting and sweating with the strain... Bashir sticks head
back around the corner...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT FIVE 49.
74 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
Quark, leave it!
QUARK
I can't leave it. It's all that I
am. My personal mementos, my family
album...
BASHIR
It's filled with gold-pressed latinum
and you know it.
QUARK
Who told you!
BASHIR
(lightly)
Your mother did. The day you were
born.
QUARK
Never make fun of a Ferengi's mother.
Rule of Acquisition number thirty-
one.
SISKO'S COM VOICE
Sisko to Bashir.
INTERCUT:
75 ANOTHER CONDUIT #5 - VERTICAL
SISKO
We're in position.
BASHIR
My unit's stationed above Airlock
Fourteen, awaiting your signal.
SISKO
You've got it. Just make as much
noise as you can before you surrender,
Doctor.
BASHIR
We'll make them think there are two
hundred of us instead of twenty,
sir. Bashir out.
(to Quark)
Twenty-one. Come on. Now!
QUARK
Fine. Fine. I'm coming.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT FIVE 50.
75 CONTINUED:
He leaves the suitcase and crawls forward toward Bashir
but once the doctor disappears around the corner, Quark
scrambles back and starts to lug the suitcase again.
76 INT. OPS (VPB)
Krim, Day and the Bajoran officer and others...
DAY
(to a supernumerary)
Proceed with level three...
BAJORAN OFFICER
General, the enemy has attacked our
position at airlock fourteen...
KRIM
(shocked)
They've attacked?
DAY
We must have flushed them out...
Seal all airlocks, lock all docking
clamps...
(hits companel)
This is Colonel Day. All security
units to airlock fourteen.
He EXITS...
KRIM
Let me see what's going on down
there...
The Aide hits a panel... they look at the screen but it's
all interference.
BAJORAN OFFICER
Surveillance cameras have been
sabotaged...
But we can hear a racket that sounds like huge assault...
phasers crackling... yells and screams...
KRIM
How many of our officers are stationed
by that airlock... ?
BAJORAN OFFICER
Four, sir.
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT FIVE 51.
76 CONTINUED:
Krim listens with a curious ear...
KRIM
(unconvinced)
Our four men seem to be doing a
remarkable job of holding them off...
unless...
BAJORAN OFFICER
Sir, sensors are reading organic
material in this room...
He stands, moves with a tricorder...
77
thru OMITTED
78
79 ANGLE - BY THE TURBOLIFTS
Odo-like fluid oozes up from under a grate...
BAJORAN OFFICER
Here...
All attention moves to that corner of the room... Krim moves
to see -- meanwhile...
80 ANGLE INTO COMMANDER'S OFFICE
From the side entrance, Sisko, Li, O'Brien, and other officers
crawl in and take a position out of sight...
81 INT. OPS - RESUME
KRIM
The shape-shifter... ?
BAJORAN OFFICER
(reading the tricorder)
Nossir. Some kind of petroleum
jelly...
(beat)
The organic readings seem to have
disappeared...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT FIVE 52.
81 CONTINUED:
DAY'S COM VOICE
This is Colonel Day. The enemy forces
at airlock fourteen have surrendered.
We've taken several prisoners.
KRIM
(trying to measure
all this)
Bring them to me for questioning.
Krim scratches his chin, looks at the jelly, shakes his head
in befuddlement and enters his office...
82 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS
as he ENTERS, Sisko and the others are hiding to the far
right... phasers drawn...
LI
Please don't resist, General. We
have no wish to use deadly force.
The general takes a second, but decides to comply.
LI
My name is Li Nalas. Perhaps you've
heard of me.
On the General's reaction...
83 INT. CHAMBER OF MINISTERS - DAY
A booming Davy Crockett entrance as Kira ENTERS, flanked by
Dax, Bareil and one other monk... as she moves down the center
aisle, she casts aside her monk's robe... the walla of the
reactions of the Ministers (they're in session) grows
louder... Ministers rise as she passes...
84 ANGLE - TO THE PODIUM
where Jaro is rising along with Winn and an elderly
Minister...
JARO
Stop that woman... guards!
Guards move forward and seize Kira, stopping her progress at
the front of the aisle... Winn stares curiously at Dax in
the hat...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - 07/15/93 - ACT FIVE 53.
84 CONTINUED:
WINN
What is this blasphemy...
Dax sees Winn's stare, shrugs - you gotta do what you gotta
do - takes off the hat and hands it to Bareil... who exchanges
an even look with Winn...
KIRA
I am Major Kira Nerys and I've come
with proof that Cardassians are behind
Minister Jaro's attempt to take
control of the government.
Huge reactions from the ministers... Jaro is not flustered,
smiles...
JARO
Major Kira has long been an outspoken
opponent of the provisional
government, of reason and progress
and finally now of me. I am honored
to be included, Major.
(signalling to the
guards to remove her)
But I have no intention of allowing
you to disrupt the orderly transition
of power with your wild charges...
Kira takes the Cardassian file PADD from inside her jacket...
KIRA
This is a manifest padd from a
Kressari vessel. It bears the
thumbscan of the Cardassian Gul who
transferred weapons to that ship.
Those weapons were taken by the
Kressari to The Circle.
She thrusts it onto the podium like a gauntlet...
KIRA
This coup will deliver Bajor back
into the hands of its greatest enemy.
Are you willing to live under
Cardassian rule again?
Jaro stares at the file PADD... shaken...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT FIVE 54.
84 CONTINUED: (2)
JARO
I assure you there is nothing to
these accusations...
But quite subtly, Winn has put some distance between herself
and Jaro... she's now closer to Kira than to Jaro...
WINN
Then you should have no objection to
an inspection of this manifest,
Minister...
JARO
(sensing he's lost)
Of course not...
The elderly Minister takes the PADD out of Jaro's hands...
JARO
We will... adjourn for the time being
and let me say that I completely
support this investigation and intend
to fully cooperate with...
MINISTERS
(ad lib)
Major Kira... Major Kira... may I
have a word with you... Major... do
you have any details on the contents
of this manifest... are you certain
the Cardassians are involved?
The noise and turmoil from the adjournment interrupt and cut
him off... and as he looks down at Kira, his eyes are
stunned... like a fighter who's been blindsided...
85 KIRA
reacts, triumphant...
86 INT. OPS
As Day returns with Bashir and Quark and other prisoners, he
finds Krim coming out of the Commander's office with Sisko,
O'Brien, Odo and Li and the others... he reacts... as Krim
confronts him, stronger, angry...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT FIVE 54A.
86 CONTINUED:
KRIM
Colonel, you deliberately withheld
information that was to be
communicated to me...
DAY
Information... ?
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/20/93 - ACT FIVE 55.
86 CONTINUED: (2)
KRIM
Regarding the Cardassians...
DAY
(glancing at Sisko)
Lies... that's all they were...
KRIM
Would you stake your life on that?
Day's eyes narrow... what is going on?
KRIM
You may want to consult your friend
Minister Jaro before answering...
we've been told the Chamber is in
recess while evidence of Cardassian
involvement is being examined.
SISKO
The Circle... is broken, Colonel.
KRIM
I'm returning to the surface
immediately to consult with the
Ministers. I expect that I will be
asked to resign.
(turns to Sisko)
Commander, since the provisional
government has prevailed, I believe
it is appropriate to return command
of this station to Starfleet.
(to Li)
Well fought, sir.
And moves with dignity toward the Turbolift... he nods to
his aide who joins him as do the other Bajoran guards... but
Day, who is shaken to the core by this turn, can't live with
it, turns back...
DAY
(under his breath)
No...
He draws his phaser and aims it at Sisko, who has turned partly
away... O'Brien sees it, yelling --
O'BRIEN
Commander!
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 08/02/93 - ACT FIVE 56.
87 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
Sisko reacts a beat late... as the phaser fires and Li
concurrently lunges at Day... manages to interrupt the beam...
catching it full force in his chest before falling on top of
Day... a moment later, Odo is disarming him as Sisko moves
quickly to see if Li is badly hurt. He is.
88 ANGLE - ON THE GROUND
Li is turned over by Sisko and Bashir... badly burned at the
stomach... Bashir takes readings, he looks at Sisko incredibly
helpless, emotionally wrenched but there's nothing he can
do...
LI
(looks up at Sisko)
Off the hook... after all...
And he dies. On Sisko's reaction...
89 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
A day later.
90 INT. QUARK'S
Lights back up. Close on Kira, saddened by the death of
Li...
KIRA
Somehow, you figured now that he was
back, things would be better, you
know, he'd find a way to make them
better... because he was a man who
could do that... a great man... I
wish I knew where we could find others
like him...
Moving to find Sisko and O'Brien with her at the bar...
SISKO
There are heroes all over Bajor,
Major... I'm standing with one...
She gives him a look that attempts appreciation; it doesn't
quite make it...
KIRA
Sorry, I just don't feel like
celebrating tonight. Excuse me.
She EXITS. A beat later, Sisko and O'Brien move toward the
exit...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 08/02/93 - ACT FIVE 57.
90 CONTINUED:
O'BRIEN
Sir, can I ask you something?
SISKO
Sure, Chief.
O'BRIEN
About Li Nalas.
SISKO
Uh huh...
91 INT. PROMENADE - SECOND FLOOR - CONTINUOUS
Still somewhat underpopulated...
O'BRIEN
Listening to Kira talk about all he
was, all he did, all he was gonna
do... I mean she made him sound larger
than life... like he was some kind
of military genius... but the Li
Nalas I fought with...
SISKO
Chief, Li Nalas was the hero of the
Bajoran resistance. He performed
extraordinary acts of courage for
his people and died for their
freedom... that's how the history
books on Bajor will be written and
that's how I'll remember him when
anybody asks.
O'BRIEN
(understands)
Yessir.
DAX'S COM VOICE
Dax to Sisko. The Ganges has just
docked, Benjamin.
SISKO
Acknowledged.
O'Brien reacts to the message that means his family has
returned...
O'BRIEN
'Scuse me, sir...
DEEP SPACE: "The Siege" - REV. 07/27/93 - ACT FIVE 58.
92 INT. PROMENADE - DOWNSTAIRS - CONTINUOUS
And he runs into the security checkpoint... Sisko moves in
the same direction, more controlled but before he enters the
airlock, an out of breath Jake exits... and as they see each
other and smile... Jake puts his arms around his dad... and
as we pull back to see life returning to normal on the
Promenade... and they walk down the thoroughfare...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END