STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Armageddon Game"
#40512-433
Story by
Morgan Gendel
Teleplay by
Morgan Gendel
and
Ira Steven Behr & James Crocker
Directed by
Rick Kolbe
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STAR TREK: DS9 - "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - CAST
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Armageddon Game"
CAST
SISKO NYDROM
KIRA SHARAT
ODO E'TYSHRA
QUARK JAKIN
BASHIR
DAX
O'BRIEN
KEIKO
Non-Speaking Non-Speaking
N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES N.D. KELLERUNS
N.D. T'LANI
STAR TREK: DS9 - "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - SETS
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Armageddon Game"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE
OPS
COMMANDER'S OFFICE MUNITIONS CRUISER
QUARK'S
O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS T'LANI THREE
OPS
SURGERY GANGES
RIO GRANDE
RUNABOUT RIO GRANDE
RUNABOUT GANGES
T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER
LAB
BRIDGE
T'LANI THREE
MILITARY COMMAND CENTER
STAR TREK: DS9 - "Armageddon Game" - 11/12/93 -PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Armageddon Game"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
ALTERIAN all-ter-EE-an
ANABOLIC an-uh-BALL-ik
BAJORAN bah-JOR-an
CARDASSIAN car-DASS-ee-en
E'TYSHRA uh-TISH-ruh
GANGES GAN-Jeez
KELLERUN KELL-er-un
NUON MOO-on
NANO-BIOGENIC NAN-oh bi-oh-dEg-ik
NYDROM NIE-droz
PALIS DELON PAL-is DEH-lon
RIO GRANDE RE-o grand
SHARAT sha-ROT
T'LANI tuh-LA-nee
UTTABERRY OOT-uh-bear-ee
ZYDROLIAN ZIE-droe-lee-uhn
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Armageddon Game"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 EXT. SPACE - T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER (OPTICAL)
The Runabout Ganges and a much larger T'Lani Munitions Ship
are in synchronous orbit around a small planet, T'Lani Three.
BASHIR (V.O.)
Chief Medical Officer's log, Stardate
47529.4. For the past week Chief
O'Brien and I have been helping
scientists from the Kellerun and
T'Lani races find a way to eliminate
their stockpile of Harvesters... a
deadly biomechanical gene disrupter
used by both sides in their centuries-
long war...
2 INT. T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER - LAB
BASHIR hovers over a TRANSPARENT HALF-DOME filled with a
pale green liquid -- a genetic bath. He's surrounded by a
joint team of T'Lani and Kellerun scientists. (In looks
only, the T'Lani should be to the Kelleruns like the Vulcans
are to the Klingons... the T'Lani look like the more peaceful
race.) A T'Lani scientist named NYDROM is among the group;
he wears the loose-fitting, colorful garb common to all the
T'Lani we will see.
In another part of the room, O'BRIEN sits working at a
monitor. He pauses to sip from a MUG OF COFFEE, which he
sets down next to him. O'Brien, Bashir and the others appear
to have been working around the clock for the past week.
Everyone seems tired but determined. (NOTE: A transporter
pad and panel should inconspicuously be part of this lab.)
BASHIR
Doctor Nydrom, how's our muon charge?
Nydrom moves to a circuit control station, which is off to
the side of the room. He checks the readings.
NYDROM
Coming up to full power.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - TEASER 2.
2 CONTINUED:
Bashir then nods to an N.D. Kellerun scientist. The
scientist picks up a glass canister of Harvesters -- a DAY-
GLO ORANGE GEL. The scientist carefully fastens the canister
onto the top of the domed genetic bath.
BASHIR
(to computer)
Computer... this is Harvester test
sequence three hundred and seventy-
five.
NYDROM
(still at control
station)
Muon generator now at full power.
Bashir looks down at the genetic bath control panel, stares
at it along with the other scientists. O'Brien turns toward
them in his chair, aware of how important the next few moments
will be.
BASHIR
(wearily)
Once more into the breech... I hope
this works, because frankly I'm
running out of ideas.
NYDROM
It took ten years to perfect the
Harvesters. We've only been trying
to eliminate them for a week.
BASHIR
Is that all it's been? It feels
like we've been working nonstop for
a month. I've never seen a nano-
biogenic weapon so resistant to broad
spectrum radiation...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - TEASER 3.
2 CONTINUED: (2)
BASHIR
(eyeing muon bath;
thinking out loud)
It's all a matter of finding the
right combination of muon
frequencies...
(beat; to Nydrom)
It should be simple... but it's
not...
O'BRIEN
(letting out some
tension)
Doctor, start the sequence... or
we will be here a month.
BASHIR
Right, Chief.
(announcing)
I'm introducing the Harvesters into
the genetic bath...
3 CLOSE ON GENETIC BATH
The orange Harvester canister is lowered into the bath.
BASHIR (V.O.)
Beginning muon influx now...
BLUE MUON RAYS begin crackling throughout the genetic bath...
after a long beat, the canister rises back up. The gel inside
has been changed from a fiery orange to a placid green.
4 RESUME SCENE
Bashir and the others are quietly stunned.
BASHIR
(softly; to Nydrom)
Doctor, would you please check for
any gene-disrupter phasing...
Nydrom moves back to the circuit control station, checks the
readings.
NYDROM
The genetic integrity of the sample
is holding steady. I'm not reading
any genetic disruption at all.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - TEASER 4.
4 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
(quietly hopeful)
Are you sure? Run the sequence
again...
NYDROM
(works panel; rechecks
readings)
The results are identical...
O'BRIEN
(wondering)
What? Did it work?
(beat)
Somebody say something... !
BASHIR
(grinning)
It worked all right...
NYDROM
(victorious smile)
The Harvesters have been destroyed.
A beat. Smiles all around, weariness giving way to triumph.
Nydrom slaps Bashir on the back; the Kellerun and T'Lani
scientists congratulate each other. Bashir turns to O'Brien,
who gives him a "well-done" smile.
Amidst the celebration, the Kellerun Ambassador, SHARAT,
ENTERS the room. An elderly wisp of a man with long black
hair, he calmly observes the others.
SHARAT
Good news, I take it...
NYDROM
(a bit formally)
Ambassador Sharat. I'm pleased to
inform you that we've found a way to
eliminate the Harvesters...
Sharat smiles, begins shaking hands with all the scientists,
Kelleruns and T'Lani alike...
SHARAT
Excellent. Well done. I knew if
our people stopped killing each other
and worked together, we'd put an end
to these horrible weapons... this is
a symbol of the new future we have
embarked upon...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - TEASER 4A.
4 CONTINUED: (2)
NYDROM
Yes. And let's not forget, we never
could have done this without the
help of our friends from the
Federation...
SHARAT
(to Bashir and O'Brien)
At first we had questioned Doctor
Nydrom's decision to bring in outside
help. But obviously it was the right
thing to do. We're all grateful for
your assistance.
BASHIR
(modestly)
It was our pleasure, I assure you.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - TEASER 5.
4 CONTINUED: (3)
SHARAT
(to Nydrom)
But eliminating the Harvesters is
only half the task. We must make
certain that all scientific data
concerning them is wiped out as well.
Nydrom and Bashir look to O'Brien...
O'BRIEN
(confirming)
I've purged every file in the T'Lani
and Kellerun data banks pertaining
to the Harvesters. If anyone gets
it in their head to build these things
again, they'll have to start from
scratch.
NYDROM
Then it's finished.
SHARAT
Not quite...
He turns and faces a wall behind them... and for the first
time we reveal the full Harvester STOCKPILE: it's an entire
wall LINED WITH CANISTERS, each filled with the bright orange
Harvester gel.
SHARAT
(continuing)
We shouldn't rest until the entire
Kellerun and T'Lani supply of
Harvesters has been destroyed...
Everyone eyes the stockpile with an ominous respect...
BASHIR
We'll begin immediately.
Pull into the stockpile, death in every drop...
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/12/93 - ACT ONE 6-7A.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)
5 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE - ESTABLISHING
(OPTICAL)
6 OMITTED
7 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE
SISKO works on a PADD.
KIRA'S COM VOICE
Commander, I have Doctor Bashir for
you on subspace.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT ONE 8.
SISKO
In here.
8 TIGHT ON SISKO'S MONITOR (OPTICAL)
Bashir and O'Brien APPEAR, speaking to Sisko from the T'Lani
Munitions Ship Science Lab.
BASHIR
Commander, we have some good news to
report...
INTERCUT:
9 SISKO WITH MONITOR (OPTICAL)
SISKO
(with a smile)
I've already heard.
BASHIR
(mildly disappointed)
You have?
SISKO
I received a message from both the
T'Lani and Kellerun ambassadors,
informing me of your success in
neutralizing the Harvesters.
Congratulations, gentlemen.
O'BRIEN
Thank you, sir. The Doctor here
deserves the bulk of the credit.
BASHIR
Actually, it was a team effort...
O'BRIEN
The Doctor's just being modest. He
was the one who came up with muon
rays as a possible solution.
BASHIR
(shrugging)
Luckily, it worked.
SISKO
When can we expect you back?
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT ONE 9.
9 CONTINUED:
O'BRIEN
Soon, I hope.
SISKO
The ambassadors said something about
a celebration on T'Lani Prime...
BASHIR
Yes... it's planned for tonight.
But the Chief is anxious to return
to the station.
O'BRIEN
(to Sisko; re: having
been with Bashir)
It's been a long week.
SISKO
Still -- I think we can spare you
for another day...
BASHIR
(brightens)
I agree... if that's okay with you,
Chief.
O'BRIEN
(not thrilled)
I suppose another day won't kill
me...
BASHIR
That's the spirit.
SISKO
Then we'll expect you back the day
after tomorrow.
(more for the Chief's
benefit)
Enjoy yourselves. You've earned it.
Bashir's smiling... O'Brien manages a halfhearted grin...
they disappear from the monitor. End intercut. HOLD on
Sisko, both pleased and amused by the conversation...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT ONE 10.
10 EXT. SPACE - T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER AND
THE RUNABOUT GANGES (OPTICAL)
Re-establishing, both craft still in orbit around T'Lani
Three.
11 INT. T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER - LAB
Almost ceremoniously, Nydrom removes the final Harvester
canister from the now emptied stockpile. He brings it over
to the genetic bath and holds it out for Bashir. (The
T'Lani and Kellerun scientists from before are present.
O'Brien is off to the side, watching from the circuit
control station.)
NYDROM
The last cylinder... I believe you
should have the honor, Doctor.
Bashir carefully takes the cylinder from Nydrom.
BASHIR
My pleasure.
NYDROM
(to Bashir)
It's ironic that the war would finally
come to an end up here, above T'Lani
Three... a planet whose entire
population was decimated by the
Harvesters...
(beat)
I hope this will be a lasting peace.
Bashir nods in agreement, then fastens the Harvester canister
on top of the dome. The canister is entirely immersed into
the genetic bath... the light effect begins...
12 NEW SHOT
of the entrance to the Lab. TWO KELLERUN SOLDIERS, armed
with PHASER RIFLES, ENTER through the doorway. Their weapons
are pointed at the scientists.
13 ANGLE ON BASHIR AND NYDROM (OPTICAL)
both surprised by the intruders. Nydrom steps forward.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT ONE 11.
13 CONTINUED:
NYDROM
What is this? You know weapons aren't
allowed in here...
The lead Kellerun soldier SHOOTS him dead. They bring their
weapons to bear on the rest of the scientists...
13A TIGHT ON THE TWO KELLERUN SOLDIERS (OPTICAL)
as they OPEN FIRE directly into the camera.
13BA ANGLE - O'BRIEN 13BA
As he ducks behind the circuit control station.
13B ANGLE - BASHIR
as he dives for cover behind a table. Three of the scientists
are already down...
13C ANGLE - SOLDIER ONE
as he advances on Bashir, who crouches helpless before him.
14 ANGLE - O'BRIEN
as he springs into action, leaping at Soldier One as he aims
his rifle at Bashir. O'Brien grabs hold of the soldier's
phaser rifle and butts him in the head, gaining control of
the weapon.
15 WIDER ANGLE (OPTICAL)
Soldier Two has FINISHED OFF the remaining scientists, then
FIRES at O'Brien, who ducks behind the genetic bath...
16 BASHIR (OPTICAL)
Seeing Soldier Two advance on O'Brien, charges him from
behind. He grasps the soldier's arms... The soldier's phaser
rifle GOES OFF, EXPLODING the genetic bath and the Harvester
canister still in it...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT ONE 11A.
17 ON O'BRIEN
ducked down behind the genetic bath, now ducking further,
covering his head with his arm to protect himself from the
flying glass...
18 CLOSE ON O'BRIEN'S ARM
still protectively over his head... a small blotch of muddy
orange gel hits him on the forearm...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT ONE 12.
19 ANGLE ON BASHIR AND SOLDIER TWO
Bashir swings the soldier around and punches him in the face,
dropping him unconscious to the ground.
20 BASHIR
picks up the phaser rifle and moves to the scientists. He
takes out his tricorder, begins taking readings from the
inert bodies...
BASHIR
They're all dead...
O'Brien rushes to the door, presses a wall panel to CLOSE
the door, then smashes the panel with the butt of his rifle.
We hear an ELECTRONIC FRITZ, signaling the door mechanism
has been disabled.
O'BRIEN
We will be, too, if we don't get out
of here...
(hits combadge)
O'Brien to Ganges. Computer, activate
remote transporter sequence.
Nothing happens.
O'BRIEN
(hits combadge again)
O'Brien to Ganges...
No response. O'Brien and Bashir share a concerned look.
BASHIR
They must be jamming communications
with the runabout...
We hear MORE KELLERUN SOLDIERS as they start BANGING ON THE
DOOR from the other side.
O'BRIEN
Well, we sure as hell can't stay
here.
(sees transporter pad)
We'll have to beam down to the
surface...
He crosses to the transporter panel and begins activating
it.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT ONE 13.
20 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
But they'll be able to follow us...
O'BRIEN
(still working)
I'm programming the system to overload
thirty seconds after we transport...
(finishes; grabs Bashir)
Let's go...
Both of them step onto the pad, carrying their phaser rifles.
They DEMATERIALIZE as the BANGING on the door continues...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO 14.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
21 INT. QUARK'S - SECOND LEVEL
Sisko sits at a table, ordering from a Ferengi waiter.
SISKO
I'll have a cup of Alterian chowder...
uttaberry crepes... and a slice of...
KIRA'S COM VOICE
(interrupting)
Kira to Sisko.
SISKO
Go ahead, Major.
KIRA'S COM VOICE
The T'Lani and Kellerun ambassadors
have just arrived on the station.
They're asking to see you.
SISKO
Are O'Brien and Bashir with them?
KIRA'S COM VOICE
No, Commander. And the ambassadors
refuse to speak to anyone but you.
SISKO
Show them to my office. I'll be
right there.
(to waiter)
I'll have to cancel that order.
He EXITS Quark's...
22 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE
Sharat and his T'Lani counterpart, AMBASSADOR E'TYSHRA, a
woman, have just revealed the purpose of their visit to a
stunned Sisko.
SISKO
Are you saying both of my officers
are dead?
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT TWO 15.
22 CONTINUED:
E'TYSHRA
(nods sadly; speaks
for both Sharat and
herself)
Along with some of our greatest
scientists.
SHARAT
We're sorry you have to share in our
misfortune.
SISKO
What happened?
E'TYSHRA
It was...
She can't find the words to describe... Sharat finishes the
sentence for her.
SHARAT
... a terrible accident. It appears
one of your officers -- Chief O'Brien,
I believe -- inadvertently tripped a
security device. A lethal pulse of
radiation flooded the room, killing
everyone...
E'TYSHRA
Ambassador Sharat transported off
the ship only minutes before the
accident occurred.
SISKO
(wanting more
information)
This security device...
E'TYSHRA
It was built into the lab's computers
decades ago... we didn't even know
it existed.
SISKO
(trying to make sense
of it)
If there were no survivors, how do
you know Chief O'Brien caused the
accident?
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT TWO 15A.
22 CONTINUED: (2)
SHARAT
I was able to return to the ship
almost immediately after the accident.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO 16.
22 CONTINUED: (3)
SHARAT (Cont'd)
The first thing I did was to check
the internal security sensors. They
recorded the entire incident.
(hands Sisko a data
clip)
We assumed you'd want to see for
yourself.
SISKO
(taking clip)
Thank you.
An awkward beat of silence.
E'TYSHRA
Commander, I just want you to know
we don't blame Chief O'Brien for
what happened...
SHARAT
On the contrary, both he and Doctor
Bashir will always be considered
heroes to both the T'Lani and the
Kelleruns. Without their help, we
would never have destroyed the
Harvesters.
E'TYSHRA
Please extend our sympathies to their
families.
SISKO
(sad but resigned)
I'll do that.
The T'Lani and Kellerun ambassadors solemnly rise, nod and
EXIT. Sisko ponders the data clip in his hand...
23 EXT. T'LANI THREE - DAY - A CITY (MATTE SHOT)
A bombed-out husk of a city. Dimly lit. Totally deserted.
24 INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER - DAY
Bashir manually forces the door open, ENTERS. He looks around
the dusty but well-stocked room... smiles... he's hit
paydirt...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT TWO 17.
24 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
(calls out door)
Chief! Chief, in here!
Bashir's about to open one of the crates, when O'Brien ENTERS
and pulls him up by the shoulder...
O'BRIEN
Wait. Don't touch anything...
BASHIR
(confused)
Why not? There's food, medical
supplies...
O'BRIEN
They could be booby-trapped. The
Cardassians used to rig the supplies
they left behind with pressure
grenades. I've seen more than one
soldier permanently lose his appetite
that way...
Bashir looks at his cache of found "treasure" in a new light.
O'Brien scans the room with his tricorder.
BASHIR
Find anything?
O'BRIEN
(still scanning)
It looks all right...
O'Brien scans a moment longer, then closes his tricorder.
BASHIR
Good.
Bashir opens the crate, pulls out a packet of T'Lani field
rations.
BASHIR
At least we won't starve...
He tosses the packet to O'Brien, who eyes it with distaste.
BASHIR
What's the matter, Chief? I thought
you loved military rations...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO 18.
24 CONTINUED: (2)
O'BRIEN
Federation rations. I've had enough
T'Lani food this past week to last
me a lifetime...
BASHIR
Still, you want to keep your strength
up. We're going to have to find
some way to warn the T'Lani's that
the Kelleruns have broken the
treaty...
O'Brien has begun his own survey of the room, looking in
corners, checking the contents of crates, eyeing a dusty
work station...
O'BRIEN
(thinking out loud)
I still can't figure it -- why would
the Kelleruns wait until the
Harvesters were destroyed before
they made their move?
BASHIR
Maybe they didn't turn over all of
their Harvesters for destruction...
O'BRIEN
Or maybe they're convinced they can
defeat the T'Lani with conventional
weapons.
BASHIR
Whatever the reason, we need to get
moving.
O'BRIEN
Listen to me, Julian... the Kelleruns
are going to expect us to be on the
move... we start running and their
sensors will pick us up before we've
gone a kilometer. If we stay still...
maybe, just maybe it will take them
longer to find us...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO 19.
24 CONTINUED: (3)
O'BRIEN
The way I see it, we have only one
chance to survive this thing... that's
to stay alive long enough for
Commander Sisko to find us.
BASHIR
But that won't be for at least another
day... he thinks we're celebrating
on T'Lani Prime...
O'Brien shoots him a "That's your fault, pal... " look.
O'BRIEN
I said it was our only chance, I
didn't say it was a good one.
O'Brien comes to a small console next to which, built into
the wall, is a companel. The monitor facing has a crack in
it, the panel's smudged, the readouts are unlit... all in
all, it looks like it's been through a war.
O'BRIEN
What do we have here?
(wipes grime off panel)
Some kind of com system... maybe we
can contact the T'Lani from here...
BASHIR
(joining him)
You think you can get it working?
O'BRIEN
I'll have to open it up... see if
there's a backup power supply...
O'Brien finds Bashir almost breathing down his neck, curious
about the communications system...
O'BRIEN
Why don't you have a seat, Doctor?
BASHIR
I thought maybe I could help... I
took the engineering extension courses
at Starfleet Medical...
O'BRIEN
Extension courses... ?
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO 19A.
24 CONTINUED: (4)
BASHIR
They were actually quite
informative...
O'BRIEN
(enough already)
Julian...
BASHIR
Hmmm?
O'BRIEN
You really want to help?
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO 20.
24 CONTINUED: (5)
BASHIR
Yes.
O'BRIEN
Then let me do my job.
BASHIR
(a little disappointed)
Of course.
(looks around)
I'll inventory the supplies.
O'BRIEN
(already starting to
work)
Fine... you do that...
Bashir nods, heads for a small section of crates...
25 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE
Sisko, Dax, ODO and Kira watch the visual record from the
T'Lani Munitions Cruiser on the monitor.
26 ON THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)
In the Lab, Nydrom brings the final Harvester cannister over
to Bashir, who stands at the genetic bath with the other
scientists (just like in Act One.) O'Brien, however, is not
standing at the circuit control panel. He now sits working
at the monitor he was working at in the Teaser. The MUG OF
COFFEE is in its same place next to him. (NOTE: The security-
sensor record is a single WIDE MASTER, supered with T'Lani
TIME INDEX.)
NYDROM (ON SCREEN)
(to Bashir)
The last cylinder... I believe you
should have the honor, Doctor.
Bashir carefully takes the cylinder from Nydrom.
BASHIR (ON SCREEN)
My pleasure.
He fastens the Harvester cannister on top of the dome. The
Harvester orange gel is pumped into the genetic bath. As in
the Teaser, BLUE MUON RAYS begin crackling around the orange
gel... they gradually restore the dome's contents to its
original green color...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO 21.
26 CONTINUED:
NYDROM
(as before, a
pronouncement)
The Harvesters have been destroyed.
The room erupts in CHEERS, weariness giving way to triumph.
Nydrom now turns to look at O'Brien, still at his monitor.
NYDROM
We must make certain that all records
of their existence are wiped out.
O'BRIEN (ON SCREEN)
(confirming)
I've purged every file in the T'Lani
and Kellerun data banks pertaining
to the Harvesters. If anyone gets
it in their head to build these things
again, they'll have to start from
scratch.
NYDROM
Then it's finished.
O'Brien nods, picks up his mug of coffee and sips from it,
then sets the mug back down. He continues working at the
monitor, finishing up, when he notices something odd...
O'BRIEN
Hold on... what's this?
An ALARM sounds.
BASHIR
Chief... ?
O'BRIEN
I don't know. Closing the last file
seems to have activated some sort of
security program...
(starts working the
panel)
It looks like it's part of the
original operating system... I can't
shut it down.
(as Nydrom comes over)
You know anything about this?
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO 22.
26 CONTINUED: (2)
NYDROM
(eyeing monitor)
No... maybe you should try cutting
the power...
O'BRIEN
(working at panel)
It's not responding...
Suddenly, the screen WHITES OUT. The T'LANI TIME INDEX keeps
running in the corner...
27 RESUME SISKO AND THE OTHERS
An uncomfortable quiet as the senior staff stares at the
monitor, mourning their loss. Finally:
ODO
I've heard of security weapons like
this. A radiation pulse that
vaporizes any intruder who doesn't
enter the proper code.
KIRA
I'm surprised the Chief didn't detect
it.
DAX
It must've been buried very deep in
the system.
KIRA
(with some bitterness)
I'd like to talk to the head of
security for that ship...
ODO
So would I.
SISKO
Remember, they lost people, too.
KIRA
But the T'Lani were responsible for
O'Brien's and Bashir's safety...
they should have known about that
device and deactivated it...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO 23.
27 CONTINUED:
SISKO
(quietly solemn)
That'll do, Major.
(knowing there's
nothing to do but go
on)
Major, I'd like you to get in touch
with Bajoran medical officials.
We'll need a doctor to be temporarily
assigned to the station... until
Starfleet can send us a replacement
for Doctor Bashir...
Kira nods, torn but accepting.
SISKO
(continuing)
Dax, inform Starfleet about the
accident... tell them we'll need a
new medical officer and a new chief
of operations.
DAX
Would you like me to go with you to
see Mrs. O'Brien?
SISKO
No, I'll take care of it. Find out
how I can get in contact with Julian's
family...
(beat)
Major, inform the crew we'll be
holding a memorial service tomorrow
evening at eighteen hundred hours.
KIRA
Yes, sir.
SISKO
All right, people. I know the next
few days are going to be hard. But
we all have jobs to do.
The others slowly leave. Sisko watches after them, sharing
their loss...
28 INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER - DAY
O'Brien has taken the cover off the companel and is working
on its insides, using some makeshift tools he's found. By
the look on his face, he's not having much success.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO 24.
28 CONTINUED:
He pauses, seems to be a little weary, then sighs and
resumes his work.
Bashir holds the phaser rifle, stationed by the entrance to
the center...
BASHIR
So... having any luck?
O'BRIEN
(pauses again; getting
frustrated)
I wish you'd stop asking me that...
BASHIR
I'm sorry, it's just... all this
standing around... at least you're
doing something constructive...
O'BRIEN
Just keep your eyes open for any
Kellerun soldiers...
BASHIR
Don't worry, I will.
O'Brien wipes the sweat off his forehead with the back of
his hand, then surmises the problem he's having inside the
companel...
O'BRIEN
It's a real mess in here...
BASHIR
You'll get it working, Chief. This
is the kind of challenge you live
for...
O'Brien rolls his eyes, continues working. A beat.
BASHIR
(musing out loud)
You know, I was really looking forward
to that celebration on T'Lani Prime...
I don't know if you've noticed, but
the T'Lani women are quite
attractive...
O'BRIEN
I'm not blind, Julian.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO 25.
28 CONTINUED: (2)
BASHIR
Of course not.
(wry smile)
But you are married.
O'BRIEN
Just because you're married doesn't
mean you stop looking at women.
BASHIR
As long as you don't let your wife
see you look.
(beat)
For me, tonight's celebration would
have been an adventure. The most
you could have hoped for was... a
good meal.
O'BRIEN
Women. That's all you ever think
about...
BASHIR
No, it isn't...
(beat)
Though I do think about them a lot.
O'BRIEN
Just wait until you fall in love
with one.
BASHIR
I did once.
O'BRIEN
Didn't work out?
O'BRIEN
Close. Not quite. I don't know.
Somehow marriage doesn't seem fair...
O'BRIEN
Fair?
BASHIR
Fair to them. I mean look at us...
Our lives are constantly in danger.
There's enough to worry about without
worrying about the wife and kids
back home worrying about us.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO 25A.
26 CONTINUED: (3)
BASHIR (Cont'd)
(off O'Brien's reaction)
Sorry, Chief. That's the way I feel.
It's the way a lot of career officers
feel.
O'BRIEN
Well, all of you "career officers"
have no idea what you're missing.
BASHIR
(smiles)
Really? Well, maybe so. But I look
at you and Mrs. O'Brien and I...
He stops himself.
O'BRIEN
(tempter stirring)
What about "me and Mrs. O'Brien?"
BASHIR
Nothing.
O'BRIEN
What?
BASHIR
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
(finally, off O'Brien's
look)
It's no secret that being assigned
to the station hasn't been conducive
to your marriage.
O'BRIEN
(really looks at him)
Say that again?
BASHIR
Let's just forget the whole thing.
O'BRIEN
(beat)
That's the first intelligent thing
you've said since we got here...
Rather offhandedly, O'Brien reaches over for a folded-up
tarp and swings it around his shoulders. Yet he's still
sweating. Bashir watches him a beat.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT TWO 25B.
26 CONTINUED: (4)
BASHIR
Are you cold?
O'BRIEN
(working)
Aren't you?
BASHIR
No. In fact, it's quite warm in
here...
Curious now, Bashir moves to O'Brien, studies him.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT TWO 26.
26 CONTINUED: (5)
BASHIR
You're looking a little pale...
O'BRIEN
I'm fine...
O'Brien shivers suddenly. Bashir takes out his medical
tricorder, scans O'Brien.
BASHIR
Your blood pressure's low... and
you're running a fever... you better
sit down.
O'BRIEN
I don't feel like sitting down.
I've got work to do...
Bashir, continuing to scan O'Brien, stops and holds the
tricorder in the vicinity of O'Brien's forearm.
BASHIR
(with concern)
Roll up your sleeve.
O'BRIEN
Why?
BASHIR
Just do it.
O'Brien begins to roll up his sleeve...
29 INSERT - O'BRIEN'S FOREARM
as the sleeve is rolled up, revealing a small, dark splotch
on his forearm...
30 BACK TO SCENE
Bashir uses his tricorder on the splotch, looks up at O'Brien
with even more concern.
BASHIR
You were behind the genetic bath
when it shattered, weren't you...
O'BRIEN
(reacting to Bashir's
serious expression)
If you've got something to tell me,
Doctor...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT TWO 27.
30 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
(beat)
You've been infected by the
Harvesters...
Off O'Brien's sweat-stained, quietly shocked look...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT THREE 28.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
31 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
Re-establishing.
32 INT. O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS
KEIKO is seated, working on a botany experiment. She nudges
tiny plants into a container of soil with a long-handled
tool. The door CHIMES.
KEIKO
Come in.
The door opens and Sisko ENTERS. Keiko's a little surprised.
KEIKO
Commander Sisko...
SISKO
Keiko.
She stands to greet him, but is slowed by the look on his
face. It's the moment every soldier's wife dreads...
KEIKO
Something's happened to Miles...
SISKO
(gently)
There was an accident...
Off Keiko's look of concern...
SISKO
Both your husband and Doctor Bashir
were involved...
A beat. Keiko doesn't have to be told what's coming.
KEIKO
They're dead...
SISKO
(confirming)
I'm sorry.
Keiko holds onto her composure.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT THREE 29.
32 CONTINUED:
KEIKO
Tell me what happened.
SISKO
The T'Lani security sensors recorded
the entire incident.
KEIKO
(steeling herself)
I want to see it.
SISKO
I'll have it sent to you.
(beat)
Miles was a fine officer and a fine
man. I'll miss him.
KEIKO
(nods)
Thank you, Commander. I'd like to
be alone now.
SISKO
(with simple sincerity)
If there's anything you need, just
let me know.
He EXITS. She stands there a moment, staring blankly off
into space, then turns and sits back down at her botany
experiment. She picks up the tool, works the soil aimlessly
for a beat. Then she slowly lowers her head... (NOTE: We
cut away before she starts to cry.)
32A INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER
A pale, sweating, frustrated O'Brien is still struggling
with the companel. A concerned Bashir watches him from his
position at the door. O'Brien suddenly winces, drops a tool,
shakes his hurt finger...
O'BRIEN
Damn T'Lani circuitry...
(sucks hurt finger)
The way they have everything packed
in here...
BASHIR
(comes over, re: finger)
Let me take a look at that...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT THREE 30.
32A CONTINUED:
O'BRIEN
(gruffly)
I'm fine, Doctor... go back to your
post...
Bashir goes back to the door. O'Brien peers up into the
companel, at the problem that's annoying him...
BASHIR
(beat)
Look, Chief... about you and Mrs.
O'Brien... I didn't mean to imply...
O'BRIEN
(cutting him off)
I'm trying to work here, Doctor...
He shakes his head a little, as if trying to clear the
cobwebs.
BASHIR
Maybe you should rest a bit...
O'BRIEN
(annoyed)
I'm fine. Just give me another one
of those anabolic supplements.
Bashir eyes him a beat, then goes to a T'Lani medical supply
kit, takes out a T'Lani hypospray. He administers it to
O'Brien's arm.
O'BRIEN
(exaggerating)
Ahhh, that's better.
O'Brien picks up the tool, resumes working. A beat, then he
has to stop. He wipes his brow, rubs his eyes. Staring
into the companel, he squints slightly. With renewed
determination, he starts working again... pauses... squints
harder at the companel.
BASHIR
Chief... ?
O'BRIEN
(hates to admit it)
It's my eyes... getting a little
fuzzy...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE 30A.
32A CONTINUED: (2)
BASHIR
(softly)
You better sit down. I'll take over
here.
O'BRIEN
What makes you think you can fix
this thing?
BASHIR
Because you're going to talk me
through it. Now have a seat...
A beat, then O'Brien hands him the tool.
O'BRIEN
Maybe just for a minute...
O'Brien drops heavily onto a crate, steadies himself...
O'BRIEN
(forcing a grin)
... or two...
Bashir turns to the companel, sizes it up like a battle that
needs to be won...
BASHIR
All right, Chief... tell me where
you left off...
O'BRIEN
Do you see that dark blue coil in
the upper right hand corner?
BASHIR
(looking)
No.
O'BRIEN
It's right next to the green
cylinder...
(remembering; seeing
it in his mind)
Behind it a little bit...
BASHIR
(finds it)
Yes, I see it.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE 31.
32A CONTINUED: (3)
O'BRIEN
You have to lock the base of the
coil into that tiny receptor right
below it...
Bashir reaches inside with the tool, starts struggling...
realizes it's harder than it appears... applies more effort...
O'Brien watches him quietly...
33
thru OMITTED
34
35 INT. QUARK'S - SECOND LEVEL
Kira and Dax sit at a table, still thinking about O'Brien
and Bashir.
DAX
You know, I just remembered... I
still have Julian's medical school
diaries...
KIRA
He let you read them?
DAX
He felt they would make me understand
him better.
KIRA
How? By reading about all the women
he went out with?
DAX
They're not about that. When he
gave them to me, he told me they
were about his innermost thoughts...
his struggle to graduate at the top
of his class... his dreams of a career
in Starfleet... his constant fear of
failure...
KIRA
(a little impressed)
Really. And did you understand him
better?
DAX
(guiltily; with sadness)
I never got around to reading them...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE 31A.
35 CONTINUED:
DAX
(beat)
I suppose I should send them to his
parents.
KIRA
You could keep them...
DAX
(hoping)
Really?
KIRA
(smiles)
I think he'd like that. He... cared
about you a great deal.
DAX
I know. I cared about him, too.
QUARK approaches with three drinks, sets two of them down on
the table.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT THREE 32.
35 CONTINUED: (2)
QUARK
(respectful of the
moment)
These are on the house.
KIRA
How come?
QUARK
I thought we'd have a toast to the
memory of Chief O'Brien and Doctor
Bashir.
Both women are surprised and a little impressed by Quark's
sensitivity.
DAX
That's very thoughtful, Quark...
QUARK
(looks at a doubting
Kira)
I can be thoughtful.
He holds up his glass. Dax joins him. Kira reluctantly
holds up hers.
QUARK
(making toast)
To our dear departed comrades... we
may have had our differences, but
I'll say this for them -- and there's
no higher tribute I can think of...
(heartfelt)
They were good customers. They always
paid their bar bills on time.
KIRA
That's it?
QUARK
I'm not done yet.
(continuing toast)
At times like these I'm reminded of
the Fifty-Seventh Rule of Acquisition:
"Good customers are as rare as latinum --
treasure them."
Quark drinks. Kira and Dax share a glance as they sip their
drinks, oddly touched...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT THREE 33.
36 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
Re-establishing.
37 INT. OPS
Kira and Dax are back at their stations. N.D. Supernumeraries
as needed. Keiko ARRIVES on the Turbolift, holding the T'Lani
data clip. She approaches Kira, looking quietly determined.
KIRA
(surprised at Keiko's
presence in OPS)
Mrs. O'Brien... ?
KEIKO
Major, I have to see Commander Sisko.
It's important.
KIRA
I'll tell him you're here.
(before she alerts
Sisko)
I just want you to know how sorry I
am...
(including Dax)
... how sorry we all are...
KEIKO
Thank you.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE 34.
38 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE - TIGHT ON MONITOR (OPTICAL)
We see the T'Lani ship's lab... we are watching the visual
record of the accident that Sisko, Dax, Odo and Kira watched
before. The T'LANI TIME INDEX is plainly seen in the corner.
KEIKO (V.O.)
Watch -- it's coming up in just a
few seconds --
On the monitor, we see O'Brien talking to Nydrom.
O'BRIEN (ON SCREEN)
... If anyone gets it in their head
to build these things again, they'll
have to start from scratch.
NYDROM (ON SCREEN)
Then it's finished.
O'Brien nods, picks up his mug of coffee and sips from it...
KEIKO (V.O.)
Computer, freeze image.
O'Brien is frozen on the screen, the mug at his lips.
39 WIDER ANGLE
to show Keiko, Sisko, Kira and Dax watching the monitor.
KEIKO
There. Do you see it?
SISKO
I see the Chief drinking coffee...
KEIKO
Exactly. Now, look at the time index.
40 INSERT - MONITOR (OPTICAL) - FAVORING TIME INDEX
The index reads: 0015:28:33:12.
KIRA (V.O.)
Fifteen hundred hours...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE 35.
41 RESUME SCENE
Keiko turns to them, nodding excitedly.
KEIKO
That's right. Late afternoon.
(beat for emphasis)
Miles never drank coffee in the
afternoon. It kept him up all night.
SISKO
Maybe he made an exception this time.
He was working long hours, under a
lot of stress...
KEIKO
I know my husband. He never drank
coffee that late in the day.
KIRA
Maybe he's not drinking coffee.
(nodding at the monitor)
Maybe it's tea...
KEIKO
(shakes head)
I checked the data clip and it
contained a spectroscopic analysis.
The liquid in Miles' cup consisted
of vegetable-based oils and
caffeine... it's coffee all right...
SISKO
(exploring the
possibility)
You're saying this recording has
been tampered with...
KEIKO
Yes, I am. And I'd like to know the
reason why.
So would Sisko.
SISKO
(to Dax)
When were you planning on bringing
the Ganges back from T'Lani Three?
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT THREE 36.
41 CONTINUED:
DAX
Tomorrow.
SISKO
I don't see any reason to wait, do
you?
DAX
I'll leave right away.
SISKO
Good. I'll come with you.
(to Keiko)
Mrs. O'Brien... if this recording
has been altered, we'll find out
why.
Keiko nods slightly, with a tentative glimmer of hope...
41A INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER
Bashir has a few parts from the companel scattered on the
console. He's checking a transceiver assembly. In the b.g.,
O'Brien now sits on the floor propped against the crate. He
has the blanket from before around his shoulders. As he
watches Bashir through half-mast eyes, his breathing is slow
and audible.
BASHIR
You were right, Chief... the contacts
on the subprocessor are corroded...
O'BRIEN
(a little raspy)
They need to be cleaned...
BASHIR
I think there's some sterile pads in
the med kit...
Bashir crosses to the kit, rummages through it briefly, comes
out with an enclosed sterile pad...
BASHIR
Here we go.
Returning to the console, he tears the pack open, takes out
the sterile pad, begins cleaning the contacts... he glances
at O'Brien, who looks like he's fading...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE 37.
41A CONTINUED:
BASHIR
Stay with me, Chief... I still need
your help...
O'Brien shakes his head to keep himself awake.
O'BRIEN
Don't worry... I'm not going
anywhere...
He forces himself to stay alert.
O'BRIEN
Who was she?
BASHIR
Who... ?
O'BRIEN
"Close. Not quite."
BASHIR
(smiling at the memory)
Palis. Palis Delon. She was a
dancer. A ballerina. She had
exquisite feet...
O'Brien chuckles...
BASHIR
(continuing)
I'm serious... it's very important
for a dancer to have good arches...
(a beat)
She was gorgeous... not to mention
brilliant... I'd watch her on stage...
I couldn't believe anyone could be
that graceful...
O'BRIEN
And she was crazy about you...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE 38.
41A CONTINUED: (2)
BASHIR
We were crazy about each other. I
thought, "Julian, you lucky devil --
you've found the perfect woman." We
used to finish each other's
thoughts...
Having cleaned the contacts on the assembly, he shows it to
O'Brien.
BASHIR
What do you think?
O'BRIEN
Good. Now put it back in the panel...
Bashir takes the assembly over to the open companel, inserts
it in its place. A few LIGHTS flicker to life. Bashir
reacts, pleased.
BASHIR
Looks like we have some power
anyway...
He tries working the console.
BASHIR
(continuing)
Still no response from the
transmitter...
O'BRIEN
Try retuning the R-F oscillator...
Bashir begins to make these delicate adjustments. A beat of
silence. O'Brien's eyeing Bashir curiously...
O'BRIEN
So what happened?
(off Bashir's
questioning look)
With you and Palis?
BASHIR
What happened is I graduated... her
father was the top administrator for
a medical complex in Paris... he
offered me a job there... promised
I'd be chief of surgery within five
years...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT THREE 38A.
41A CONTINUED: (3)
O'BRIEN
But that meant giving up your career
in Starfleet...
BASHIR
(ruefully)
You have no idea how close I came...
(beat)
But... here I am...
O'BRIEN
You made your choice...
BASHIR
Yes... though sometimes I wake up in
the middle of the night and I think
to myself... will I ever find anyone
that wonderful again... ?
A beat, then Bashir shakes off the memory. He examines the
companel...
BASHIR
The oscillator's working, but the
frequency's still fluctuating...
O'Brien takes this opportunity to get back to the problem at
hand.
O'BRIEN
Let me take a look at it...
He tries to push himself up... but then slides back down to
the floor. Bashir comes over, concerned...
BASHIR
What is it?
O'BRIEN
(labored breathing)
My legs... hard to move...
(beat; looks up at
Bashir)
I can't feel them anymore...
HOLD on Bashir, realizing time is running out...
42
thru OMITTED
44
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT FOUR 39.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
45 INT. RUNABOUT RIO GRANDE - IN MOTION
Dax pilots the craft, Sisko sitting next to her.
DAX
(checking panel)
We're approaching T'Lani Three.
Establishing a synchronous orbit
along side the Ganges.
SISKO
Open a channel to the T'Lani cruiser.
Dax works the panel...
46 INCLUDE MONITOR (OPTICAL)
E'Tyshra appears on the screen from Bridge of the T'Lani
ship.
E'TYSHRA
Commander Sisko -- what a pleasant
surprise. I take it you're here for
your runabout...
SISKO
That's right.
E'TYSHRA
We were about to leave for the
memorial service on T'Lani Prime.
You're welcome to accompany us...
SISKO
Perhaps we will. But first I'd like
to see for myself where the accident
took place...
E'TYSHRA
(sympathetically)
Of course.
The transmission ends.
DAX
While you're on the cruiser, I think
I'll beam over to the Ganges and
take a look around.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR 40.
46 CONTINUED:
SISKO
Good idea.
47 EXT. T'LANI THREE - DAY - THE CITY (MATTE SHOT)
Re-establishing.
48 INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER
Bashir is tinkering in the companel. O'Brien's still seated
where we last saw him... his vision is dimmed to the point
he can only make out shadows. Bashir moves to the console,
presses the panel...
BASHIR
(reacting)
Chief... Chief! It's working...
(continues working
the panel)
The signal's very faint...
O'BRIEN
(voice weak)
You'll have to shift... to a higher
carrier frequency... go back into
the companel... reset the actuators...
on the chambers coil...
Bashir goes to the companel, follows O'Brien's instructions.
He returns to the console, presses the panel.
BASHIR
(eyeing panel)
That's better... it's still pretty
weak though...
Bashir's fingers fly across the console.
BASHIR
I'm sending a distress signal. I've
set it to repeat every two minutes...
(crosses to O'Brien)
Let's hope the T'Lani find us before
the Kellerun do.
O'BRIEN
They better get here soon...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT FOUR 41.
47A CONTINUED:
BASHIR
Don't worry, Chief... I'm going to
get you home...
Bashir checks O'Brien with the tricorder, but at this point
there is very little he can do, and they both know it.
O'BRIEN
In a box, maybe...
BASHIR
(forcing himself to
be optimistic)
Nonsense. Don't go giving up on me
now...
O'BRIEN
I'm not giving up... I'm dying...
listen to me, Julian... you have to
tell Keiko and Molly...
BASHIR
(interrupting)
You'll tell them yourself...
A beat.
O'BRIEN
You know, you're wrong... about
marriage.
BASHIR
(placating)
Whatever you say, Chief.
O'BRIEN
(insistent)
Listen to me, Julian. You're always
talking about adventure... well
marriage is the greatest adventure
of all. It's filled with pitfalls
and setbacks and mistakes, but it's
a journey worth taking... because
you take it together.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT FOUR 42.
47A CONTINUED: (2)
O'BRIEN
(a beat)
I know Keiko's been unhappy... about
our coming to the station... we still
argue about it... But that's all
right... because at the end of the
day, we both know we love each other.
And when you get right down to it,
that's all that matters.
A beat. Bashir nods, touched by O'Brien's words.
BASHIR
You'd better get some rest. The
T'Lani should be here soon...
O'Brien closes his eyes. HOLD on Bashir watching him...
48
thru OMITTED
50
51 INT. T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER - LAB
Sisko moves around the room with a tricorder as E'Tyshra
matter-of-factly observes.
SISKO
(studying tricorder)
I see there's still residual traces
of the radiatiopulse...
E'TYSHRA
That's to be expected, given the
pulse's intensity. But it poses no
danger.
Sisko walks over to where O'Brien was sitting, looks at the
now-blank monitor.
SISKO
Tell me, Ambassador -- have you been
able to learn more about the fail-
safe device that caused the accident?
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR 43.
E'TYSHRA
Not yet, Commander, but we're working
on it...
SISKO
It was Ambassador Sharat who brought
you the data clip...
E'TYSHRA
That's right.
SISKO
I suppose he showed it to you as
soon as you arrived...
E'TYSHRA
(why shouldn't he?)
Of course.
SISKO
Could the clip have been altered
before you saw it?
E'TYSHRA
(innocently wondering)
Why would Ambassador Sharat alter
the data clip?
SISKO
I have no idea.
Sisko's combadge BEEPS. He taps it.
SISKO
Sisko.
DAX'S COM VOICE
Commander, when you're through there,
could you join me on the Ganges?
SISKO
(to Dax)
I'll only be a few more minutes.
E'TYSHRA
Commander, the T'Lani and Kellerun
have finally made peace. That peace
cannot survive unless both sides
trust each other...
HOLD on Sisko, absorbing this...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR 44.
52 INT. RUNABOUT GANGES (OPTICAL)
Dax is at the console as Sisko MATERIALIZES on the Transporter
pad.
SISKO
What've you got, Dax?
DAX
It looks like someone has erased
five seconds from the Ganges's computer
log --
SISKO
(approaches her)
Show me.
DAX
At first I thought it was just some
kind of power fluctuation... but
when I checked the log's memory core,
it showed traces of a remote transport
command...
SISKO
Did you find any indication of
transporter activity at that time?
DAX
No.
SISKO
And you're saying somebody erased it
later on...
DAX
(nods, then gestures
at monitor)
Look at the time index when the call
for transport came in...
Sisko looks at the monitor (which we don't have to see.)
SISKO
(off monitor)
At fifteen thirty four... that's a
full three minutes after the accident
on the T'Lani cruiser.
DAX
Which means if either Chief O'Brien
or Julian made that request...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR 45.
SISKO
(finishing her sentence)
... they would've been alive after
the fail-safe device went off...
Sisko and Dax exchange knowing looks.
SISKO
Good work, Lieutenant.
Dax permits herself a small smile...
52A INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER
Bashir, holding the phaser rifle, is on guard at the door.
O'Brien, who appears to be sleeping, begins to cough. The
cough builds into a violent hacking. He gasps for air.
Bashir races over, grabs a hypospray, injects him in the
neck. O'Brien continues to gasp. Bashir pulls him up into
a straight position...
BASHIR
Come on, Chief... don't leave me...
breathe... !
O'Brien finally is able to take air into his lungs. He
inhales and exhales greedily, wheezing.
BASHIR
That's it... you're doing it...
O'Brien calms a little, nods... he can breathe again...
O'BRIEN
Tell me, Julian... you ever talk to
that ballerina of yours... ?
BASHIR
Not since I left Earth...
O'BRIEN
(after a beat)
Maybe you should...
BASHIR
(beat)
Maybe one day I will.
Suddenly both of them hear the sound of FOOTSTEPS moving
outside. Bashir takes up the rifle, aims it at the door
as...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR 46.
53
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54
E'TYSHRA AND TWO T'LANI SOLDIERS
step through the door. Bashir approaches her, immensely
relieved, feeling the cavalry has arrived...
BASHIR
Ambassador E'Tyshra... am I glad to
see you. Chief O'Brien was infected
by the Harvesters when the Kelleruns
attacked your ship... they killed
all of the scientists...
56 ANGLE - SHARAT
as he ENTERS behind the T'Lani's, accompanied by three
Kellerun soldiers.
SHARAT
Not all of them...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR 48.
56 CONTINUED:
Seeing Sharat and his soldiers, Bashir stands next to
E'Tyshra.
BASHIR
You're too late, Sharat...
Sharat smiles at him. Bashir wonders why he's so confident.
He looks to E'Tyshra, who also smiles at him, coldly.
E'TYSHRA
No, Doctor -- he's right on time.
Bashir realizes E'Tyshra and Sharat are in this together.
BASHIR
But why kill Nydrom and the others?
E'TYSHRA
To ensure that the peace agreement
between our two races will last.
BASHIR
But we'd already destroyed the
Harvesters... there was no need for
more killing... unless...
The truth dawns on Bashir...
SHARAT
It's not enough to simply destroy
the Harvesters. We have to make
sure no one can ever recreate them.
E'TYSHRA
The only way to do that... was to
eliminate everyone who possessed
such knowledge...
(sadly)
... including the two of you.
BASHIR
But we have no use for such a horrible
weapon...
SHARAT
As long as the knowledge exists,
there's a danger it may be used.
That's a risk we refuse to live with.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FOUR 48.
56 CONTINUED: (2)
E'TYSHRA
I truly am sorry, Doctor... but at
least you have the consolation of
knowing your deaths will be for a
noble cause.
As the T'Lani and Kellerun soldiers raise their weapons,
HOLD on Bashir, standing defiantly...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE 49.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
57 INT. MILITARY COMMAND CENTER - CONTINUOUS ACTION
(OPTICAL)
The T'Lani and Kellerun soldiers
have their weapons trained on
Bashir...
O'BRIEN
(in a croaked voice)
Wait...
E'Tyshra raises a hand, stopping the soldiers.
E'TYSHRA
(re: O'Brien)
Let him speak.
O'BRIEN
(to Bashir)
Help me up... want to die... on my
feet...
Bashir goes over and lifts O'Brien, supports them as they
stand side-by-side...
BASHIR
I'm sorry I couldn't get us home,
Chief...
O'BRIEN
Did... best you could... been an
honor... serving with you...
Bashir is surprised and honestly touched...
BASHIR
Thank you, Chief... that means a lot
to...
Bashir's interrupted as both he and O'Brien DEMATERIALIZE...
they are transported out of the scene...
58 INT. RUNABOUT GANGES (OPTICAL)
Bashir and O'Brien MATERIALIZE on the transporter pad...
Sisko's there to greet them...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE 49A.
58 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
(surprised and relieved)
Commander... am I glad to see you...
Sisko helps Bashir support O'Brien, who has slipped into
unconsciousness. As Sisko lowers him into a chair, Bashir
darts to the back of the runabout and returns with a medical
kit.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE 50.
58 CONTINUED: (2)
BASHIR
Chief O'Brien will be dead within an
hour unless we get him back to the
station...
SISKO
What happened?
BASHIR
He was exposed to the Harvesters...
Bashir takes out a Federation hypospray, administers it to
O'Brien...
BASHIR
(continuing)
That should keep him stabilized for
a while...
DAX
They told us you were both dead,
Julian...
BASHIR
We would have been, if the T'Lani
and Kellerun had their way... they're
killing everyone involved with the
Harvester project.
DAX
(checking panels)
The T'Lani cruiser's coming this
way... they're hailing us...
SISKO
Ignore them... send out a general
distress signal on all Federation
subspace frequencies.
DAX
(tries)
They're blocking all subspace
communications with a broad band
inversion.
(a beat)
They're hailing us again.
SISKO
(thoughtful)
Is the inversion field affecting
sensors as well?
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE 50A.
58 CONTINUED: (3)
DAX
(confirming)
All short range sensors are useless...
SISKO
(forming a plan)
Which means... theirs are useless
too...
58A EXT. SPACE - T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER AND
THE TWO RUNABOUTS (OPTICAL)
The three ships are in close proximity. A beat, then one of
the runabouts suddenly turns and veers off... the T'Lani
cruiser starts off after it...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT FIVE 51.
59 INT. T'LANI MUNITIONS CRUISER - BRIDGE
A T'Lani captain, JAKIN, is at the bridge controls. As
E'Tyshra and Sharat ENTER...
JAKIN
(to E'Tyshra)
Ambassador, Commander Sisko is
attempting to escape... we are in
pursuit...
SHARAT
(to E'Tyshra)
Can we overtake them?
E'TYSHRA
Their runabout is no match for this
ship.
(to Jakin)
Fire a warning shot.
Jakin works panels. We hear the SOUND of the T'Lani phaser
firing.
JAKIN
(off panel)
Confirmed...
(a beat)
Commander Sisko is hailing us...
E'TYSHRA
I thought he would.
She nods to Jakin, who taps a console panel...
60 ANGLE TO INCLUDE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
as Sisko APPEARS, defiantly angry.
SISKO
By firing on this vessel, you've
committed an act of war against the
Federation.
E'TYSHRA
Commander, we have no quarrel with
the Federation or with you... but we
must insist you turn over Doctor
Bashir and Chief O'Brien.
SISKO
Why? So you can murder them?
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE 52.
60 CONTINUED:
SHARAT
Unfortunately, Commander, your
officers are the only two people
left who have seen the data concerning
the development of the Harvesters.
SISKO
They have no intention of ever using
that knowledge. You have my word...
SHARAT
Their intentions are irrelevant.
The fact is, the threat remains as
long as the knowledge exists...
E'TYSHRA
I know this is painful for you,
Commander. It wasn't easy for us to
order the deaths of our own people.
But it is necessary...
SISKO
And if I refuse to turn them over?
E'TYSHRA
You can't outrun us and you can't
fight us. We can destroy your
runabout at any time.
SISKO
But Lieutenant Dax and I know nothing
about the Harvesters... are you
willing to kill us, too?
SHARAT
We'll do whatever we have to do to
ensure our safety...
E'TYSHRA
Commander... you're running out of
options... you have one minute to
turn over Doctor Bashir and Chief
O'Brien...
SISKO
You want them? You're going to have
to take us all...
Sisko DISAPPEARS from the Viewscreen.
SHARAT
(to E'Tyshra)
He leaves us no choice...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE 53.
60 CONTINUED: (2)
JAKIN
(off panel)
The runabout is turning... it's
heading back in our direction...
E'TYSHRA
Full stop.
Jakin works panels.
JAKIN
(off panel)
He's preparing to fire.
E'TYSHRA
Employ shields.
JAKIN
(working panel)
Shields employed.
E'TYSHRA
Put the runabout on screen.
The Runabout appears on the VIEWSCREEN, heading straight
toward the cruiser (the camera)...
SHARAT
He must know his phasers can't hurt
us...
Two PHASER BLASTS from the Runabout hit right into camera,
causing a very slight SHIP SHAKE...
JAKIN
(off panel)
He's aimed his vessel straight for
us.
SHARAT
The man must be crazy.
E'TYSHRA
(to Jakin)
Fire phasers.
61 CLOSE ON T'LANI CRUISER'S VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
as PHASER BEAMS from the cruiser fire at the Runabout, BLOWING
IT UP...
62 ANGLE ON E'TYSHRA AND SHARAT
as they react.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - REV. 11/09/93 - ACT FIVE 54.
62 CONTINUED:
SHARAT
It's over.
E'TYSHRA
(to Jakin)
Head back to T'Lani Three. Prepare
to take the other runabout in tow.
Jakin nods, works the panel.
JAKIN
(nonplussed)
Ambassador... sensors indicate the
other runabout is no longer in
orbit...
E'TYSHRA
Then where is it?
JAKIN
I don't know... It's gone.
SHARAT
It can't just have disappeared.
E'Tyshra and Sharat consult the monitors which show an
Okudagram of T'lani Three -- there's no ship in sight.
JAKIN
I'm picking up a warp signature.
E'TYSHRA
(grimly realizing)
Sisko... Maybe he and the others
weren't on that runabout we destroyed.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/09/93 - ACT FIVE 55.
62 CONTINUED: (2)
JAKIN
They could have transported to the
other runabout while our sensors
were down.
E'TYSHRA
And then piloted the first ship by
remote navigation.
SHARAT
But we saw them die.
E'TYSHRA
(numb)
Did we?
HOLD on E'Tyshra and Sharat as they look at each other, the
bad news sinking...
63
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65
66 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
Re-establishing.
67 INT. SURGERY
O'Brien is convalescing in a bed as Keiko hands him a
colorfully painted coffee mug.
O'BRIEN
What's this?
KEIKO
Something Molly made for you. She
painted it herself.
O'BRIEN
(the proud parent)
It's lovely. She's got real talent...
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE 56.
67 CONTINUED:
Bashir ENTERS, smiling.
BASHIR
How's my patient?
O'BRIEN
Better. Can I go home now?
BASHIR
You should be out of here by tomorrow.
(beat)
I want you to know, I really
appreciated what you said back on
T'Lani Three.
O'BRIEN
(a little suspicious)
What did I say?
BASHIR
(touch of pride)
That it was an honor serving with
me...
O'BRIEN
Oh... right.
BASHIR
I'd like to return the compliment,
Chief -- it's been an honor to serve
with you, too.
(to Keiko)
You know, Mrs. O'Brien -- they say
when two people face death together,
it creates a bond that can never be
broken... I never believed that
until...
O'BRIEN
(starting to get
annoyed)
Julian...
BASHIR
Hmm?
(misunderstanding)
Oh, yes -- of course. You want to
be alone. I understand.
He EXITS, smiling. O'Brien looks after Bashir, disgruntled.
DEEP SPACE: "Armageddon Game" - 11/08/93 - ACT FIVE 57.
67 CONTINUED: (2)
KEIKO
(re: O'Brien's
expression)
He saved your life, you know.
O'BRIEN
And he's never going to let me forget
it.
Keiko knows full well O'Brien's mixed feelings for Bashir.
She's amused by it and can't help egging him on a bit...
KEIKO
So what was it like... spending all
that time alone with him?
O'BRIEN
(good-natured
exasperation)
It was... hell. You can see for
yourself -- the man never stops
talking.
They share a smile. O'Brien eyes Molly's cup.
O'BRIEN
You know, I wouldn't mind a cup of
coffee right now...
KEIKO
(surprised)
Miles -- you never drink coffee in
the afternoon --
O'BRIEN
Sure I do.
KEIKO
You do?
Off Keiko's stunned look.
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END