STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Civil Defense"
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STAR TREK: DS9 - "Civil Defense" 09/12/94 - CAST
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Civil Defense"
CAST
SISKO GARAK
KIRA GUL DUKAT
ODO KELL
BASHIR
DAX
QUARK
O'BRIEN
JAKE
COMPUTER VOICE
Non-Speaking Non-Speaking
N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES
STAR TREK: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - SETS
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Civil Defense"
SETS
INTERIORS EXTERIORS
DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE
COMMANDER'S OFFICE
BURNING CONDUIT
DOCKING RING CORRIDOR
HABITAT RING CORRIDOR
OPS
ORE PROCESSING BAY
ORE PROCESSING UNIT
REACTOR CONTROL JUNCTION
SECURITY OFFICE
STAR TREK: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - PRONUNCIATION
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Civil Defense"
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
BAJORAN bah-JOR-an
CARDASSIA car-DASS-ee-uh
CARDASSIAN car-DASS-ee-en
DEUTERIUM doo-TIR-ee-um
FRIN FRIN
GAILA GAY-luh
NEUROCINE NEW-ro-seen
RAKTAJINO rock-ta-GEE-no
TEROK NOR TAIR-awk nor
URIDIUM you-RID-ee-um
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - TEASER 1.
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
"Civil Defense"
TEASER
FADE IN:
1 INT. DEEP SPACE NINE - ORE PROCESSING UNIT
The room is two-level factory-like setting. The second level
has several ore chutes coming out from the wall and the first
level is dominated by a large ore reactor and a narrow conduit
leading from the reactor into the floor. O'BRIEN is using a
hand-held tech device to adjustments to an open panel in the
reactor. JAKE is at a small computer console off to the
side of the room.
O'BRIEN
How's it going, Jake?
JAKE
Fine. I've deleted about half the
Cardassian files from the computer.
I can't believe how many subroutines
it took just to run this ore
processor.
O'BRIEN
Well, it used to be a pretty large
operation. When the Cardassians
were in charge, I understand they
were processing twenty thousand tons
a day.
(looks around)
It must've been hell in here... I've
heard stories that the temperature
used to reach fifty-five degrees
Celsius.
Jake reacts with surprise.
JAKE
How could the Bajoran workers survive
that?
O'BRIEN
A lot of them didn't.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - TEASER 2.
1 CONTINUED:
Jake takes that in... keeps working at the console.
O'Brien moves away from the reactor and picks up a tricorder.
O'BRIEN
As soon as you've deleted all those
files, I'll show you how to download
the new operating system.
JAKE
You really think we can convert this
place into a deuterium refinery?
O'BRIEN
Absolutely. It'll take us three,
maybe four weeks at the most.
SISKO ENTERS as O'Brien says this.
SISKO
I hope you're planning on eating
sometime during those four weeks.
O'BRIEN
(a little abashed)
Commander... I guess I lost track of
the time.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - TEASER 3.
1 CONTINUED: (2)
JAKE
We're almost finished, Dad.
(beat)
Chief, I'm having a problem deleting
one of these files.
O'Brien moves to look at the computer screen.
O'BRIEN
Did you try reformatting the data
cluster?
JAKE
Yeah, but the file's still here...
O'Brien takes over the console.
O'BRIEN
Let me see...
(beat)
Well, that's odd. The file has no
name... no indication of what it
is... I better set this aside for
now. I can transfer it to the central
database in Ops and analyze it in
the morning.
He works for a moment... then reacts with surprise to
something on the screen.
O'BRIEN
Wait a minute...
COMPUTER VOICE
Unauthorized computer entry detected
in Ore Processing Unit Five. Enter
access code.
O'Brien looks a little puzzled but enters his code anyway.
COMPUTER VOICE
Incorrect code. You have five seconds
to enter correct access code.
JAKE
(alarmed)
Or what?
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - TEASER 4.
1 CONTINUED: (3)
O'BRIEN
I don't know. But I'm going to shut
this thing down.
O'Brien works, but then the computer console goes DARK.
Suddenly the doors to the room slam SHUT. They react in
surprise.
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning...
2 INT. OPS
KIRA, DAX and BASHIR are in Ops, along with a handful of
N.D. Crewmembers. The monitors in Ops are all displaying a
CARDASSIAN SYMBOL. Everyone is listening to the computer
voice with surprise.
COMPUTER VOICE
(continuing)
... worker revolt in progress in Ore
Processing Unit Five... Security
countermeasures initiated.
KIRA
What the hell... ?
3 INT. ORE PROCESSING UNIT
Sisko and O'Brien are trying to open the doors, but they
won't move.
RECORDED GUL DUKAT (O.S.)
Bajoran workers... your attention
please.
Sisko, Jake, and O'Brien react in surprise to the sound of
Dukat's voice. They turn and see...
4 MONITOR (VPB)
Which now displays a recorded image of GUL DUKAT, sitting in
the Commander's Office on the station.
RECORDED GUL DUKAT
(on monitor)
Your attempt to seize control of
this facility is going to fail. You
are valuable workers and we wish you
no harm.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - TEASER 5.
4 CONTINUED:
RECORDED GUL DUKAT
However if you do not return control
of this unit to your Cardassian
supervisors, we will be forced to
take action. Consider your options
carefully... your lives depend on
it.
(beat)
You have eight minutes to make your
decision.
The image of Dukat disappears and is replaced with the
Cardassian symbol. Off the reactions of Sisko, O'Brien and
Jake...
FADE OUT.
END OF TEASER
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - ACT ONE 6.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
5 INT. ORE PROCESSING UNIT
O'Brien has opened the control panel near the door and is
trying to open the door as Sisko and Jake look on. O'Brien
shakes his head in frustration.
O'BRIEN
The computer's engaged the magnetic
seal. I can't override it.
KIRA'S COM VOICE
Ops to Sisko.
SISKO
Go ahead.
INTERCUT AS NEEDED:
6 INT. OPS
Kira, Dax, and Bashir are studying the consoles... all the
monitors still display the Cardassian symbol.
KIRA
Commander, what's going on down there?
We just got a recorded message from
Gul Dukat regarding some worker revolt
in the ore processing facility.
SISKO
We saw the same message. It seems
we've tripped some kind of automated
security program left by the
Cardassians. We're locked in.
KIRA
We'll beam you out of there.
Kira looks to Dax, who crosses over to O'Brien's station.
Dax tries to work the console, but...
COMPUTER VOICE
Enter access code.
DAX
What?
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/15/94 - ACT ONE 7.
6 CONTINUED:
Dax looks up at Kira in frustration.
BASHIR
If this security program thinks
there's been some kind of worker
revolt... then it must also think
the station is still under Cardassian
rule... so it's probably waiting for
us to enter some kind of emergency
code.
KIRA
(frustrated)
One that the Cardassians never
bothered to tell us when they left.
They look at each other in frustration.
6A INT. ORE PROCESSING UNIT
KIRA'S COM VOICE
Commander, we're not going to be
able to transport you out of there
just yet.
He glances to Jake and O'Brien with frustration...
SISKO
Understood.
6B INT. OPS
As before.
ODO'S COM VOICE
Odo to Ops.
KIRA
This is Kira.
INTERCUT AS NEEDED:
7 INT. SECURITY OFFICE
ODO is working at his computer console.
ODO
My Cardassian access codes are still
valid. I'm attempting to override
the security program... but it's
going to take some time.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/15/94 - ACT ONE 7A.
7 CONTINUED:
ODO (Cont'd)
I'm not sure my clearance level is
high enough.
KIRA
Keep at it. We'll try to do the
same thing from up here.
ODO
Acknowledged.
QUARK ENTERS the Security Office.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - ACT ONE 8.
7 CONTINUED: (2)
QUARK
Odo, do you mind telling me what
this is all about? That message
from Dukat is making my customers
nervous... and when they're nervous
they're not --
ODO
Not now, Quark. I'm busy.
QUARK
Well... is there anything I can do
to help?
ODO
Not unless you have a level nine
Cardassian security clearance.
QUARK
Let's see... I think I have everything
from levels one through seven.
Odo looks surprised.
ODO
I only have levels one through six.
QUARK
Well if you'd like level seven, I'm
sure we could come to some kind of
an arrangement.
ODO
Leave me alone, Quark.
QUARK
Oh, no. Something very wrong's going
on... and this is the safest place
on the whole station. So I'll just
stay right here.
ODO
(irritated)
Whatever you want, Quark... but do
it quietly.
Quark shuts up.
CUT TO:
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - ACT ONE 9.
8 INT. ORE PROCESSING UNIT
Sisko has climbed up the ladder and is trying to open the
maintenance hatch on one of the ore chutes. O'Brien is at
the computer console.
O'BRIEN
(to Sisko)
Any luck?
SISKO
Nothing. It's probably magnetically
sealed like the door. We'd need a
phaser to blast it open.
Sisko climbs down the ladder.
O'BRIEN
(re: console)
There's just no way I can disable
the program from here.
The monitor comes alive again with the recorded image of
Dukat.
RECORDED GUL DUKAT
Bajoran workers. Your time is running
out. But it's not too late... you
can still surrender and save your
lives.
The Dukat image is replaced by the symbol. Sisko and O'Brien
exchange a look -- there's an idea.
SISKO
(to com)
Computer. This is... the leader of
the Bajoran workers. We surrender.
Gul Dukat now reappears on the screen with a smile.
RECORDED GUL DUKAT
I'm glad to see that you've come to
your senses. Stay where you are.
When Cardassian security arrives,
they will place you into custody --
but you will not be harmed. You
have my word.
O'BRIEN
For whatever that's worth.
The image of Dukat disappears again.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - ACT ONE 10.
8 CONTINUED:
JAKE
Now what?
SISKO
It sounds like the program is going
to wait for "Cardassian Security" to
enter the all-clear protocol. That'll
give us a few minutes, anyway...
They look around the room for some other exit. Sisko goes
to the large conduit leading from the floor to the reactor.
SISKO
What's in here?
O'BRIEN
Nothing at the moment. Processed
uridium used to flow down that pipe
to a secondary refining facility on
level thirty-three where it was
purified.
Jake reaches for a hatch on the side of the pipe... it just
swings OPEN.
JAKE
It's not locked.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - ACT ONE 11.
8 CONTINUED: (2)
SISKO
That's because that pipe would've
been filled with molten uridium...
there was no need for any security
measures.
O'BRIEN
It's too narrow for anyone to try
and escape through.
JAKE
I can get in there.
SISKO
(to O'Brien)
If he crawls up this pipe into the
machine... is there some way he can
get to the ore chute and open...
(pointing to overhead
hatch)
... that hatch from the inside?
O'Brien considers this for a moment. The image of Gul Dukat
reappears on the monitor.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - ACT ONE 12.
8 CONTINUED: (3)
RECORDED GUL DUKAT
Bajoran workers. You have not
surrendered to Cardassian security.
If you do not do so in the next four
minutes, I will be forced to release
neurocine gas into the ore processing
facility.
The image disappears.
JAKE
I can do it.
Sisko nods. Jake starts to crawl inside the pipe. With
great effort, Jake squeezes into the pipe and disappears
from sight.
SISKO
(taps combadge)
Jake... can you hear me?
JAKE'S COM VOICE
Loud and clear. But I can't see a
thing...
O'Brien taps his combadge.
O'BRIEN
There should be a large circular
opening to your right.
JAKE'S COM VOICE
Okay... let me see if I can find
it...
We hear a loud BANG inside the wall.
JAKE'S COM VOICE
Ow!
SISKO
Are you all right?
JAKE'S COM VOICE
Yeah... I just banged my head on
something.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - ACT ONE 13.
8 CONTINUED: (4)
JAKE'S COM VOICE
Wait a minute... there's a junction
here... it feels like it goes off in
two directions... which way do I go?
Sisko grabs one of O'Brien's tools and climbs up the ladder
toward the ore chute hatch.
SISKO
Follow this sound, Jake.
Sisko BANGS on the hatch with the tool.
JAKE'S COM VOICE
Do it again, Dad.
Sisko bangs again.
JAKE'S COM VOICE
Got it. I'm in the chute.
The Dukat image returns. He will now continue a long
monologue throughout the rest of the scene as O'Brien and
Sisko try to escape.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/15/94 - ACT ONE 14.
8 CONTINUED: (5)
RECORDED O'BRIEN
GUL DUKAT There should be a small ?
Bajoran workers. You have access port on one of the ?
one minute left to give walls...
yourselves up to your
Cardassian overseers and JAKE'S COM VOICE
save your lives. In that Found it.
brief time I want to make a
final appeal to you... to SISKO
reach out to you... in the You're doing fine, Jake.
hope of avoiding a
senseless tragedy. Even O'BRIEN
if you were to escape this Open the port and feel
station -- and believe me, around until you find a
such an event is handle... It should be
impossible -- where would shaped like a stirrup.
you go? Back to Bajor? I
can tell you that Terok SISKO
Nor is a paradise compared (re: Dukat)
to what would await you I never knew how much that
there. The Guls in charge man's voice annoyed me.
of the occupation are not
nearly as compassionate JAKE'S COM VOICE
and forgiving as I am. I can reach it... but I can't
I see you as an integral get a grip on it... it's
component of the important pretty far back inside the
work we do on this station. wall.
The uridium you process
today will lead not only O'BRIEN
to greater glory for You're going to have to pull
Cardassia, but to a that handle down, Jake. It's
better life on Bajor as the release for the hatch.
well.
(beat) JAKE'S COM VOICE
Ask yourselves why you are I'm trying...
doing this. What do you
really hope to accomplish? SISKO
Do you really think you Relax. Don't tense up...
can harm Cardassia by Take a deep breath and try
your actions? If so, then again.
perhaps you have been
deluded by a few
malcontents.
A long beat. The Dukat message drones on in the b.g.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/12/94 - ACT ONE 15.
8 CONTINUED: (6)
RECORDED
GUL DUKAT
(continuing) JAKE'S COM VOICE ?
Believe me, they're the I got it! I got it! I'm
ones who deserve to be pulling it down!
punished, not you. I'm
sure if you think about
it... you would agree.
The Dukat message has reached the end.
RECORDED GUL DUKAT
I'm sorry, but your time has run
out. I was hoping you would be
reasonable... Rest assured that your
deaths will serve as an example to
prevent similar incidents in the
future.
The ore chute hatch OPENS just as GAS begins to rise from
small VENTS on the wall. Sisko pulls himself up from the
ladder into the chute and O'Brien scrambles up behind him.
They barely make it inside and close the hatch behind them
before the gas fills the room.
CUT TO:
9 INT. OPS
Kira and Dax are underneath one of the consoles with a panel
open, trying to get at the circuitry and optical cabling.
DAX
Maybe if we bypass the primary command
pathway and cross-connect the backup
with the ODN...
She breaks off as she hears the Computer Voice again.
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning. Workers have escaped from
Ore Processing Unit Five. Initiating
stationwide counterinsurgency
program.
Red Alert lights come ON in Ops and the doors SLAM SHUT.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - ACT ONE 16.
9 CONTINUED:
BASHIR
Now what... ?
Dukat is on all the monitors again.
RECORDED GUL DUKAT
Attention Bajoran workers... I will
not allow this rebellion to succeed.
If you do not surrender immediately...
I will kill every Bajoran on this
station.
As Dukat's words sink in...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/13/94 - ACT TWO 17.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
10 INT. ORE PROCESSING BAY
A small room used to dump unprocessed ore down a CHUTE leading
to the Ore Processing Unit seen in Act One. There are two
LOADING CARS on tracks which lead to the chute. The room is
FILTHY -- covered with soot, ore, and detritus. There's one
sealed door at the opposite side of the room from the chute
and there is a very DIM LIGHT illuminating the room. On one
wall can be seen a monitor which currently has the Cardassian
symbol on it.
We HEAR the sound of someone crawling up the chute toward
the Bay. After a beat, Jake appears in the chute -- it's so
dim he's not quite sure where he is.
JAKE
(calling behind him)
Wait a second... I found something.
SISKO'S VOICE
What is it?
JAKE
I don't know... some kind of room.
Jake hoists himself out of the chute and to his surprise, he
steps down into an ore cart next to the chute.
JAKE
(continuing)
It sure is dirty.
Jake steps out of the ore cart and pushes it away from the
chute.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - ACT TWO 17A.
10 CONTINUED:
JAKE
(sniffs)
Doesn't smell too good either.
Sisko climbs up from the chute and peers around.
SISKO
Looks like some kind of... loading
bay.
Sisko climbs out and moves to the door on the far side as
O'Brien climbs up after him.
O'BRIEN
You're right... this is where the
uridium ore was separated from the
rock. Then it would be dumped down
that chute to the processing facility.
Sisko has no luck at the sealed door.
SISKO
Locked.
He looks around.
SISKO
(continuing)
Chief, is there another way out of
here?
O'BRIEN
Just back down the chute, and we
know where that leads.
Sisko hits his combadge.
SISKO
Sisko to Ops.
(beat)
Sisko to Security.
(to O'Brien)
Try yours.
O'BRIEN
(hits combadge)
O'Brien to Ops.
Nothing. O'Brien takes off his combadge and examines the
back of it.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/13/94 - ACT TWO 17B.
10 CONTINUED: (2)
JAKE
(hits combadge)
This is Jake Sisko to anyone who can
hear me.
O'BRIEN
(re: combadge)
There must be something interfering
with the signal.
A moment of frustration and helplessness.
JAKE
What do we do now?
O'Brien and Sisko exchange a look... they don't know.
11 INT. OPS (OPTICAL)
Bashir has a tricorder out and is scanning the room. Kira
is adjusting a Bajoran phaser and Dax is working at a console.
Dax finally gives up.
DAX
(to Kira)
It's no good. We're completely cut
off from the rest of the station.
BASHIR
(off tricorder)
It looks like there's some kind of
general dampening field in place...
it must be disrupting communications.
KIRA
All right... let's try a less subtle
approach.
She goes to one of the doors next to the viewscreen and takes
careful aim at the control panel next to the door. She FIRES
a thin and carefully focused beam. The control FRITZES OUT.
Kira moves to the panel and yanks out some of the circuitry.
Bashir moves to help her and between them, they physically
pry the doors apart. Kira moves to step out into the
Corridor, but then is stopped by a FORCEFIELD.
BASHIR
Cardassians don't miss a trick, do
they?
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - ACT TWO 17C.
11 CONTINUED:
DAX
The ironic thing is that the field
is probably there to protect Ops
from hoards of rebelling Bajorans.
KIRA
We have to find a way to disable
that security program or a lot of
innocent people are going to be
killed.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/12/94 - ACT TWO 18-19.
11 CONTINUED: (2)
Dax heads down into the Pit.
DAX
If we can regain control of the main
computer, we may be able to wipe the
security program from its memory.
She opens a panel and peers inside.
DAX
(continuing)
Now if I can reroute the APT relay
through the secondary buffer, I might
get an independent terminal working...
As she works, Bashir looks around for a moment.
BASHIR
(quiet)
You know... I've been here almost
three years now... and I was finally
starting to think of this place as
home.
KIRA
Your "home" was built by Cardassians,
Julian... don't ever forget that.
BASHIR
Not much danger of that, is there?
And as they contemplate their situation...
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/15/94 - ACT TWO 20.
12 INT. SECURITY OFFICE (OPTICAL)
Odo is examining the door to Security with a tricorder as an
agitated Quark watches, but Odo is careful not to touch the
door.
QUARK
What do you mean we're trapped?
ODO
I mean...
He taps his finger against the FORCEFIELD protecting the
door, which now FLASHES ON briefly.
ODO
(continuing)
... we're trapped. I wouldn't be
surprised if the entire station is
locked down.
QUARK
But you're a Shape-shifter.
(off Odo's sharp look)
Excuse me -- a changeling. So change
into something and get us out of
here.
During the following, Quark begins punching a few commands
into Odo's computer.
ODO
(off tricorder)
This forcefield isn't just protecting
the door... it goes through the
bulkheads, the deck, the ceiling...
there's nowhere for me to go.
Odo notices that Quark's been using the computer. Odo touches
something that deletes whatever Quark was doing.
ODO
(continuing)
And stay away from my computer.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/15/94 - ACT TWO 21.
12 CONTINUED:
QUARK
You're telling me I'm stuck here
with you?
ODO
No, I'm stuck here with you. Believe
me, a far worse fate.
Odo sighs... it's going to be a long night.
CUT TO:
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/15/94 - ACT TWO 22-24.
13 INT. ORE PROCESSING BAY
As an Ore Cart is SLAMMED into the sealed door. Sisko,
O'Brien, and Jake are smashing the cart repeatedly into the
door like a battering ram.
SISKO
Again... again... again... Okay.
Hold on.
They stop. They're all sweaty, tired, and out of breath.
JAKE
Anything?
O'Brien moves to examine the door, which is barely scratched.
O'BRIEN
Not even a dent...
Sisko, still trying to catch his breath, looks around the
room for other options.
SISKO
There has to be something else we
can do.
(gets an idea)
What about all this ore?
Indicates the leftover ore scattered around the room.
SISKO
(continues)
As I understand it, uridium is highly
unstable.
O'BRIEN
True, but in it's raw form, you'd
need a strong electrical charge to
detonate it.
Sisko looks at the light fixture.
SISKO
Can we use this?
O'BRIEN
If I had some tools, I might be able
to get in there and yank out some
electrical cable.
Sisko steps over to the cart and pulls off a metal bar that
served as the handle. He goes to a second cart and pulls
free another one. O'Brien smiles and takes one of the
impromptu tools.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - ACT TWO 25.
A14 INT. OPS
As before. Dax is working in the Pit.
KIRA
How's it coming?
DAX
Almost done.
Suddenly there's the sound of an ENERGY DISCHARGE from the
pit. Bashir and Kira look down in time to see Dax yank her
hands out of the computer panel and crumple to her knees...
she cradles her hands to her chest in obvious pain. (We
might also see a few SPARKS coming from the computer panel.)
BASHIR
Jadzia!
Bashir jumps down to examine her hands, which are badly BURNED.
BASHIR
(to Kira)
Get me a medkit.
Kira rushes o.s. to get the first aid kit.
DAX
(in pain)
I was reaching toward the main ODN
conduit... a small forcefield flashed
on... it caught my hands...
Kira tosses the medkit over the rail and down to Bashir. He
catches it, takes out a tricorder. She flinches as he tries
to examine her hands.
BASHIR
Easy, Jadzia... I have to look at
them.
(beat)
Second-degree burns... but I don't
think there's any neural damage...
He takes out a small spraying device and sprays her hands.
BASHIR
(continuing)
This should relieve the pain.
Dax looks instantly relieved, but suddenly...
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/12/94 - ACT TWO 25A.
A14 CONTINUED:
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning, security in the Operations
Center has been compromised.
Initiating counterinsurgency program
level two.
And as Kira, Dax and Bashir react to this announcement...
14 INCLUDE THE MONITORS (VPB)
Which once again display the recording of Dukat.
RECORDED GUL DUKAT
Attention Bajoran Workers. Your
failure to surrender is forcing me
to take stronger measures... in five
minutes, we will begin pumping
neurocine gas into the Habitat Ring.
Think of your families as you consider
your course of action. All Cardassian
personnel should evacuate the area
immediately.
KIRA
The Habitat Ring... there must be
hundreds of people trapped in their
quarters out there.
GARAK'S VOICE
I believe that's the point, Major.
They turn in surprise to see GARAK standing at the door Kira
and Bashir pried open earlier.
GARAK
Computer, access code Garak one-three-
five-nine.
COMPUTER VOICE
Identity confirmed.
14A NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)
The forcefield fritzes out. Garak steps through. The field
flashes back on.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/13/94 - ACT TWO 25B.
14A CONTINUED:
GARAK
(off reactions)
Ironic isn't it? That the only place
in the galaxy that still recognizes
my access code is a Bajoran space
station.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/12/94 - ACT TWO 26.
14A CONTINUED: (2)
KIRA
If you can get past the forcefields,
then you've got to get out to the
Habitat Ring and start evacuating
those people before --
GARAK
I'd like nothing better than to help
my loyal customers, but it's not
that simple. My access code allows
me to move around the station...
unfortunately, as you've just seen,
the forcefields reappear as soon as
I pass through a doorway.
BASHIR
Have you tried to use your code to
shut down the security program?
GARAK
Several times. But for some reason
that I can't begin to fathom, Gul
Dukat chose not to trust me with his
top level security codes during the
occupation.
BASHIR
Garak, do you have any idea how we
can stop the neurocine gas?
GARAK
The only way to do that is to destroy
the life support system.
KIRA
That's insane. What are you trying
to do Garak? Get us all killed?
BASHIR
No, wait a minute. He's right. The
neurocine gas is released through
the life support system. Destroy
it... and we save everyone in the
Habitat Ring.
DAX
For twelve hours. And then everyone
on the station will suffocate when
the oxygen runs out.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/12/94 - ACT TWO 26A.
14A CONTINUED: (3)
BASHIR
That gives us twelve hours to find a
way to regain control of the station.
GARAK
Believe me, Major, it's the only way
to save those people.
(points to a console)
I believe life support is controlled
from over there.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/12/94 - ACT TWO 27.
14A CONTINUED: (4)
Kira stares at Garak for a beat, then makes up her mind,
grabs a phaser and heads for the console.
KIRA
(to everyone)
Get down.
She makes an adjustment on the phaser... then points it at
the console and FIRES. This time, the beam is bigger and
more powerful -- the console EXPLODES. The LIGHTS DIM, and
we hear the sound of MACHINERY SHUTTING DOWN. (NOTE: From
this point on, ALL lights should be dim throughout the
station.)
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning. Counterinsurgency program
level two has been interrupted.
Initiating counterinsurgency program
level three.
The image of Gul Dukat comes on the monitors again.
RECORDED GUL DUKAT
My fellow Cardassians... I regret to
inform you that Bajoran workers have
gained control of this station.
15 INT. ORE PROCESSING BAY
Sisko, O'Brien, and Jake listen to the announcement.
RECORDED GUL DUKAT
(continuing)
In all likelihood, I am dead or
otherwise incapacitated...
16 INT. SECURITY OFFICE
Quark and Odo listen to the announcement.
RECORDED GUL DUKAT
(continuing)
But rest assured, this station will
not be allowed to remain in Bajoran
hands...
17 INT. OPS
As before.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - ACT TWO 28.
17 CONTINUED:
RECORDED GUL DUKAT
(continuing)
However it is my duty to inform you
that if you do not regain control
within two hours, the station will
be destroyed.
The image is replaced with the symbol.
COMPUTER VOICE
Self-destruct sequence initiated.
And as everyone in Ops reacts to this new danger...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/15/94 - ACT THREE 29.
ACT THREE
FADE IN:
18 INT. SECURITY OFFICE (OPTICAL)
Quark is repeatedly FIRING a phaser at the forcefield covering
the doorway. He's really keyed up and anxious... on the
edge of panic.
QUARK
Come on... come on!
Odo ENTERS from the holding cell area.
ODO
Give me that before you hurt yourself.
(takes the phaser)
I checked the entire security
complex... there's no way out.
Odo walks away and puts the phaser back in its place. Quark's
shoulders slump in defeat.
QUARK
I should've listened to my father.
He always warned me this would happen.
ODO
What? That you'd spend your final
hours in jail? I could've told you
that.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - ACT THREE 30.
18 CONTINUED:
QUARK
No. He warned me never to leave
home... that there were plenty of
business opportunities right outside
my door. But no, I had to follow
the seventy-fifth Rule of Acquisition:
"Home is where the heart is... but
the stars are made of latinum."
(beat)
A lifetime of plotting and scheming,
wheeling and dealing -- and what has
it got me? One measly little bar.
My uncle Frin owns thirty... and my
cousin Gaila...
ODO
I know... he owns a moon.
QUARK
I told you that?
ODO
Many times.
QUARK
It's a small moon, but it's enough
to live on.
ODO
Come on, Quark... you've done all
right for yourself.
Quark doesn't seem very comforted.
QUARK
What would you know about it?
ODO
Quark... I've met a lot of Ferengis
in my time... and the truth is...
although some of them may have been
more wealthy... I've never met one
more devious.
QUARK
(pleased)
Really?
ODO
Would I lie?
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/12/94 - ACT THREE 31.
18 CONTINUED: (2)
QUARK
I guess not.
(beat)
Thank you, Odo. That means a lot to
me. Now can I have the phaser back?
ODO
No.
CUT TO:
19 INT. OPS (VPB)
Garak is sitting at Dax's station working the terminal, which
is now ACTIVE. Kira is pacing. Dax is sitting nearby and
Bashir is treating her hands.
BASHIR
How do they feel?
DAX
A little better...
BASHIR
Good. I wish I could do more, but I
won't be able to repair the tissue
damage until we can get you to the
Infirmary.
Kira goes over to see how Garak is doing.
KIRA
Any luck?
GARAK
Plenty, Major. Unfortunately, all
of it bad. My personal code will
activate any terminal on the station,
however, that's the extent of my
access. All I can do is... look
around. I can tell you exactly what's
going on, but I can't do anything
about it.
He sits back from the terminal, stymied.
GARAK
(continues)
As far as I can tell, the only person
who can disable the security program
is Gul Dukat.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/12/94 - ACT THREE 31A.
19 CONTINUED:
Dax begins to have an idea.
DAX
Maybe there's a way to fool the
computer into thinking you are Gul
Dukat. You could try rewriting your
code to match his.
GARAK
Even if I could it wouldn't do any
good.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/14/94 - ACT THREE 32.
19 CONTINUED: (2)
GARAK
If I were to input his code, the
computer would scan my DNA pattern
to determine if I really were Dukat.
DAX
But what if we disconnected the
sensors in Ops... so that the computer
couldn't scan you?
Garak looks at her with sudden appreciation.
GARAK
What a creative idea.
(a beat)
Tell me, do you eat breakfast,
Lieutenant?
DAX
Excuse me?
GARAK
My lunch calender is full, but I am
looking for someone to join me at
breakfast. I'm sure the Doctor will
tell you it's the most important
meal of the day.
KIRA
This is no time to plan your social
calender. Can you rewrite your access
code or not?
GARAK
It's certainly worth a try.
BASHIR
The question is, can we disable the
sensors...
(looks at Dax's hands)
Without getting anyone else hurt.
KIRA
We'll have to take that chance.
Garak begins working at the terminal. Dax heads for one of
the bulkheads.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/13/94 - ACT THREE 32A.
19 CONTINUED: (3)
DAX
(to Kira)
We could switch the sensor input
from the primary scanners to the
backup scanners. The computer
shouldn't see that as a threat but
it'll blind the system for a few
seconds during the changeover.
GARAK
If this works, all I'll need is a
few seconds.
DAX
(re: her hands)
Major, I'm going to need a hand.
Kira follows Dax over to a bulkhead and removes one of the
panels, revealing circuitry inside.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - ACT THREE 33.
20 ON BASHIR AND GARAK
Bashir stands nearby with a slight smile on his face, watching
Garak work.
GARAK
(continuing to work)
Doctor, what exactly is it about
this situation that's making you
smile?
BASHIR
You, Garak. I wonder how many other
tailors can rewrite Cardassian
security protocols?
GARAK
I wouldn't even venture a guess.
But that reminds me... those pants
you wanted altered are ready to be
picked up.
Suddenly Garak reacts with concern to something on his
terminal.
GARAK
(continuing)
Well... this is a problem.
BASHIR
What's wrong?
GARAK
I always suspected that Gul Dukat
was a little paranoid... he left
quite a large number of interrogative
subroutines imbedded in his access
code.
BASHIR
Meaning what?
GARAK
Meaning the computer is continually
trying to make me prove I am who I
say I am.
Garak begins working faster and faster as if trying to keep
up with the computer's demands.
GARAK
(continuing)
Lieutenant, how long until you'll be
able to disable those sensors?
Dax is watching Kira work inside the panel.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/14/94 - ACT THREE 34.
20 CONTINUED:
DAX
Another ten minutes at least.
GARAK
We may not have that much time... in
fact, I'm sure we don't.
Suddenly the computer voice is activated.
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning. Unauthorized use of command
code. Initiating counterinsurgency
program level four.
21 NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)
The replicator on the wall suddenly is activated. A
multifaceted LENS, like an insect's eye, MATERIALIZES inside.
The lens then sends out a PHASER BLAST which hits and
VAPORIZES an N.D. Crewmember standing nearby. The lens sends
out more BLASTS and everyone dives for cover.
CUT TO:
22 INT. ORE PROCESSING BAY
Sisko and O'Brien continue to pry off the faceplate of the
light fixture.
SISKO
On three... One, two, three.
Sisko and O'Brien strain at their bars, but this time, Sisko's
snaps just as the plate comes loose.
JAKE
(happy)
You did it.
They pull off the plate and O'Brien reaches in and checks
the interior.
O'BRIEN
Okay... I see a power cable. Now we
just have to pack the uridium around
the door.
Sisko, O'Brien, and Jake begin placing the ore around the
door frame.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/14/94 - ACT THREE 35.
22 CONTINUED:
SISKO
(to Jake)
Jake, what time's our racquetball
game tomorrow?
JAKE
Fourteen hundred hours.
SISKO
Looks like neither one of us will
get much sleep before then... Tell
you what... I'll spot you five points.
JAKE
If you really want a challenge, you
should play Chief O'Brien. He's got
a wicked backhand.
SISKO
So I hear...
(with a smile)
But I'm told he's a little weak in
the corners.
O'BRIEN
Let me guess... You've been talking
to Julian.
SISKO
He may have said something.
O'BRIEN
Let me put it this way, Commander...
with Keiko down on Bajor, I've had a
lot of time to work on my game.
(continues working)
Of course, by the time we're through
here, I don't know how my shoulder's
going to feel.
SISKO
Come on, Chief. I haven't even beaten
you yet, and you're already making
excuses.
O'BRIEN
Tell you what, Commander, if we get
out of this... I'll spot you five
points.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/14/94 - ACT THREE 36.
22 CONTINUED: (2)
SISKO
(laughs)
You're on.
And they continue to work.
CUT TO:
23 INT. OPS (OPTICAL)
Everyone is hiding behind consoles. Kira and Dax peek out,
but as soon as they do, a BLAST from the replicator makes
them duck back quickly.
KIRA
(yells)
My phaser's on the Ops table. Can
anyone get to it?
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/15/94 - ACT THREE 37.
23 CONTINUED:
Bashir is under the Ops table... he tries to lift his arm
up to feel for the weapon, but nearly gets it shot off as a
BLAST hits the table.
BASHIR
(yells)
The answer, Major, is no.
KIRA
(yells)
Well, we can't just sit here.
Garak is huddled under Dax's console.
GARAK
(yells)
I respectfully disagree, Major.
Sitting here is about all we can do.
24 NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)
As GUL DUKAT BEAMS into Ops. He seems perfectly at ease and
unconcerned about the replicator. He looks around at the
people huddled for protection.
GUL DUKAT
Let me guess... someone tried to
duplicate my access code.
KIRA
Dukat... what the hell are you doing
here?
Dukat begins to walk around Ops.
GUL DUKAT
A short time ago, I had the strangest
experience... there I was, patrolling
the demilitarized zone, when I
received a distress signal -- from
me. Or at least a recording of me.
It seems that the Bajoran workers
were rioting on Terok Nor. I must
admit, it did pique my curiosity.
Dukat taps a few controls at a terminal and reacts to what
he sees.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - ACT THREE 38.
24 CONTINUED:
GUL DUKAT
(off console)
I see the auto-destruct program has
begun. You are in trouble.
(looks around)
Where's Commander Sisko? I trust he
wasn't vaporized while asking for
one of those raktajinos he's so fond
of.
DAX
No... the last we heard, he was
trapped in the ore processing unit.
GUL DUKAT
Hmm. I wish him well.
BASHIR
Can you help us, or not?
GUL DUKAT
Oh, most certainly. All I have to
do is enter my command code and shut
the program.
Kira leans out a little in frustration.
KIRA
Then do it!
Another BLAST makes her duck back behind the console. Dukat
calmly walks up to the replicator.
GUL DUKAT
All in good time, Major. But first,
there are a few things we should
discuss.
(to replicator)
Red leaf tea, please.
The lens DISAPPEARS and is replaced by a CUP of tea. Dukat
takes the tea. Bashir begins to stand up.
GUL DUKAT
(a warning)
Doctor...
The Lens suddenly REAPPEARS in the replicator and FIRES a
blast at Bashir, who narrowly avoids it.
KIRA
(angry)
What is it you want, Dukat?
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - ACT THREE 39.
24 CONTINUED: (2)
GUL DUKAT
You'll find I don't respond well to
that tone of voice, Major.
Dukat comes over to Dax's console and peers down at Garak,
who is still huddled underneath.
GUL DUKAT
(continuing)
Ah, Garak... groveling in a corner.
That alone makes the trip worthwhile.
Garak looks at him for a beat... seems to make a decision,
and then he stands up.
BASHIR
Garak!
But nothing happens. Garak replies to Bashir, but keeps his
eyes locked on Dukat.
GARAK
Easy, Doctor... it would seem that
the computer is only targeting non-
Cardassians after all.
GUL DUKAT
If you'd been on the station when I
designed this program I would have
made an exception in your case.
GARAK
You've always been shortsighted...
it's held you back over the years.
(a beat)
As I recall, your father had the
same flaw.
The look in Dukat's eye hardens slightly... Garak has touched
a sensitive topic.
GUL DUKAT
My father's only flaw was in trusting
you.
GARAK
Funny... at his trial, your father
said his biggest flaw was that his
ambition outweighed his patriotism.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/13/94 - ACT THREE 40.
24 CONTINUED: (3)
KIRA
Maybe you two should settle this
another time!
GUL DUKAT
You're right, Major.
(to Garak)
And believe me, Garak, that time is
coming.
Garak doesn't look particularly worried.
GUL DUKAT
(continuing, to Kira)
Major, why don't you join me in the
Commander's office? So we can talk...
in private.
Dukat heads for the Commander's office, but then stops
himself.
GUL DUKAT
Oh. I forgot -- the replicator.
Well, I suppose it's the least I can
do.
He taps something into the replicator control panel.
GUL DUKAT
(continuing)
You can all rise now. You're safe...
for the moment.
Everyone cautiously stands up. Dukat heads for the office
and Kira follows him.
25 INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS
Dukat and Kira ENTER. Dukat sits down at the desk... picks
up the baseball, glances at it, then tosses it on the floor.
He looks appraisingly at Kira.
GUL DUKAT
Major, I know time is of the essence
so I'll be brief. I think it's time
to re-establish a permanent Cardassian
presence on this station... nothing
too elaborate... a garrison should
suffice. I can deploy troops from
my ship immediately. In return,
I'll solve your current dilemma.
KIRA
You know I'm not going to agree to
that.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/13/94 - ACT THREE 41.
25 CONTINUED:
Dukat's enjoying having Kira at a disadvantage.
GUL DUKAT
I'm not sure you have much of a
choice.
KIRA
Dukat, you know as well as I do that
neither Bajor nor the Federation
will honor an agreement negotiated
under a death threat.
GUL DUKAT
I don't expect them to be happy about
it, but once my troops are in place,
I think you'll find it very difficult
to get them to leave.
KIRA
All right, let me put it another
way... I would destroy this station
before I'd give it back to the
Cardassians.
GUL DUKAT
I don't doubt it. But would you
condemn the two thousand people aboard
this station to death, just because
you don't like us?
Kira is stuck... she doesn't have a good response to that.
Dukat tries to give her his best winning smile.
GUL DUKAT
(continuing)
No need to decide just yet... we
still have some time left... thirty
minutes, in fact. Why don't I return
to my ship and let you... think it
over. I'll return in say... twenty-
five minutes.
(hits communicator)
This is Dukat. One to transport.
Energize.
Nothing happens.
GUL DUKAT
Energize.
The monitor on the wall springs to life. Kira and Dukat
turn to see a recording of LEGATE KELL.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/13/94 - ACT THREE 41A.
25 CONTINUED: (2)
KELL
Dukat... if you're seeing this
recording, it means you tried to
abandon your post while the station's
self-destruct sequence was engaged.
That will not be permitted.
GUL DUKAT
This is outrageous.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - 09/12/94 - ACT THREE 42.
25 CONTINUED: (2)
KELL
You have lost control of Terok Nor,
disgracing yourself and Cardassia.
Your attempt to escape is no doubt a
final act of cowardice. All fail-
safes have been eliminated. Your
personal access codes have been
rescinded. The destruct sequence
can no longer be halted. All you
can do now is contemplate the depth
of your disgrace.
(beat)
And try to die like a Cardassian.
It's hard to tell who's more surprised; Dukat or the crew.
As everyone reacts...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT THREE
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/13/94 - ACT FOUR 43.
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
26 INT. OPS
Dukat is at the Ops table, the others are gathered around,
watching him. He's trying to hide his growing sense of panic.
GUL DUKAT
Computer, abort the self-destruct
sequence. This is a priority one
override. Clearance level nine.
Authorization: Dukat five-one-one-
six green.
COMPUTER VOICE
Request denied. All authorization
codes are void. Time to self-
destruct: twenty-five minutes.
Dukat slams his hand on the table in frustration. Garak
laughs.
GARAK
Your own computer program turned
against you. I always said your
shortsightedness would be your
downfall.
GUL DUKAT
I don't see you coming up with any
ideas, tailor.
KIRA
Look, if you're finished with the
insults, we can use some help here.
(to Dukat)
What can you tell us about the self-
destruct sequence?
GUL DUKAT
It's very simple. When the countdown
is complete, the computer will order
the main fusion reactor to disengage
the reaction stabilizers... causing
it to overload... and destroy the
station.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/14/94 - ACT FOUR 44.
26 CONTINUED:
DAX
What about the reactor... is there
some way to shut it down?
GUL DUKAT
It may be possible to manually
disengage the laser fusion
inititator... but we would need to
be in the reactor room.
DAX
Not necessarily... we can disengage
the initiator from one of the control
junctions on Level Thirty-four.
BASHIR
But now that the computer's wiped
out the access codes, not even a
Cardassian can get out of this room.
KIRA
Then maybe we should concentrate on
trying to eliminate the forcefield
protecting the door.
DAX
We don't have time to eliminate every
forcefield between here and Level
Thirty-four.
(beat)
What we need to do is find a way to
deactivate all the forcefields on
the station at the same time.
And as they try to think of a solution...
27 INT. ORE PROCESSING BAY
Sisko and O'Brien are packing the edges of the door with
fragments of uridium ore. They step back to check out their
work.
O'BRIEN
That oughta do it. If we use much
more we run the risk of bringing
this whole room down around our heads.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/13/94 - ACT FOUR 45.
27 CONTINUED:
SISKO
(nods, to Jake)
All right, we'd better take cover.
O'Brien and Sisko overturn the ore cart. Jake and O'Brien
hunker down behind it. But Sisko lingers for a second, and
sweeps the unused uridium dust away from the area in front
of the door.
Sisko joins O'Brien and Jake behind the ore cart.
SISKO
Ready when you are, Chief.
O'Brien reaches over and gingerly takes hold of the power
cable. He considers it for a beat, then offers it to Sisko.
O'BRIEN
Would you like the honors, Commander?
Sisko takes the cable.
SISKO
(smiles)
Keep your heads down.
They do as he says. Sisko takes a beat, and then flings the
power cable at the packed uridium fragments.
28 NEW ANGLE
As Sisko ducks into cover... the uridium fragments EXPLODE,
forcing the doors to jackknife open.
29 ANGLE ON SISKO, O'BRIEN, AND JAKE
Emerging from cover. Jake looks pleasantly surprised.
JAKE
It worked.
Off their triumphant expressions...
30 INT. OPS
As before. Everyone is lost in thought trying to figure out
a way to eliminate the forcefields. Dukat is pacing back
and forth, cockily, in control, almost strutting, as he
thinks.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/13/94 - ACT FOUR 46.
30 CONTINUED:
GUL DUKAT
(to Kira)
I set up this program, and I assure
you Major, I'll find a way to defeat
it. There's no dilemma that can't
be solved by a disciplined, Cardassian
mind.
But Kira doesn't even bother to respond.
GARAK
It's not going to work, you know.
GUL DUKAT
What are you babbling about now?
GARAK
I'm talking about Major Kira...
Kira looks at Garak in surprise.
KIRA
What about her?
GARAK
(to Dukat)
She's much too busy trying to save
this station to be impressed by your
incessant posturing. And even if
she weren't, she has much better
taste than to be attracted to you.
Kira looks up at Dukat and her face says that she agrees
with Garak.
GARAK
(to Dukat)
And you, a married man...
Dukat's feathers are ruffled. Garak's comments may've
actually hit the mark.
GUL DUKAT
(to Garak)
I should've had you executed years
ago.
GARAK
You tried, remember?
BASHIR
Garak, this isn't helping.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/14/94 - ACT FOUR 47.
30 CONTINUED: (2)
Suddenly Dax is hit by an idea.
DAX
Wait a minute...
All eyes turn to Dax.
DAX
(explaining herself)
What about the power supply grid?
If we can overload the grid, we might
be able to cause a power surge and
short out the forcefields.
KIRA
It might even eliminate the dampening
field that's been keeping us from
using our communicators.
Dukat, who has stopped pacing, looks at the floor beneath
his feet.
GUL DUKAT
Tell me, Major... the Cardassian
neutralization emitters that were
under here... I assume you deactivated
them when you took over the station?
KIRA
That's right. We prefer our
containment fields to be non-lethal.
GUL DUKAT
But are the emitters still in place?
KIRA
As far as I know.
GUL DUKAT
Excellent. That means they weren't
affected by the counterinsurgency
program. We still have control over
them.
Dax is already ahead of Dukat.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/13/94 - ACT FOUR 48.
30 CONTINUED: (3)
DAX
Then if we bring them back on line,
we can use the emitters to overload
the power grid.
GUL DUKAT
Exactly.
KIRA
You think that'll be enough to short
out the forcefields?
DAX
(nods)
Unfortunately, we'll also lose the
transporters and turbolifts. But
they aren't doing us much good right
now anyway...
Dukat and Dax both look to Kira. In Sisko's absence, she
has the final decision.
KIRA
All right... let's give it a try.
And as they move to comply...
31 INT. DOCKING RING CORRIDOR
Sisko and Jake are standing at an intersection, waiting for
O'Brien, who ENTERS from one of the side corridors.
SISKO
Anything?
O'BRIEN
I only got a couple hundred meters
before I was stopped by a forcefield.
How about you?
JAKE
We didn't even get that far.
O'BRIEN
Dammit... there must be some way to
get to Ops...
Sisko is looking thoughtfully at a pair of turbolift doors.
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31 CONTINUED:
SISKO
The turbolift shaft. We can climb
it all the way to Ops.
(O'Brien looks sold)
Let's see if we can get these doors
open.
And as the three of them start to work on the doors.
32 INT. OPS
Dukat and Dax are down in the pit working at an opened panel
(a different one than the one Dax was working in before).
KIRA
Dukat, we're running out of time.
GUL DUKAT
I'm almost done. I've got the
emitters wired into the control panel.
Now all I have to do is reattach
them to the power grid.
He does it.
GUL DUKAT
All right, I'm ready.
DAX
Brace yourselves.
Everyone does just that and Dukat triggers the surge. The
station rocks and the emergency lights flicker as the POWER
SURGE RUMBLES through the station. Sparks POP and SIZZLE
from the panels and controls in Ops.
33 ANGLE ON THE OPEN DOOR (OPTICAL)
As the forcefield fritzes out.
34 ANGLE ON KIRA
Who immediately hits her combadge.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/13/94 - ACT FOUR 50.
34 CONTINUED:
KIRA
(to com)
Kira to Sisko.
INTERCUT AS NEEDED:
35 INT. DOCKING RING CORRIDOR
Sisko steps back as O'Brien and Jake easily slide back the
turbolift doors. They look surprised.
SISKO
Go ahead Major.
KIRA
Commander... Where are you?
SISKO
Level Twenty-nine Section D. What's
your status in Ops?
KIRA
We've got about ten minutes before
the main reactor core overloads and
destroys the station. The only way
to stop it is to disengage the laser
fusion initiator at one of the control
junctions on Level Thirty-four. But
the turbolifts and transporters are
off line.
O'BRIEN
(to Sisko)
They'll never get there in time.
SISKO
But we might.
(to com)
Major... O'Brien and I will handle
the reactor. You begin evacuating
the station. Get as many people to
the Defiant and the runabouts as you
can.
KIRA'S COM VOICE
Understood. Good luck.
SISKO
Jake, I want you to head for Runabout
Pad "C"...
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - ACT FOUR 51.
35 CONTINUED:
JAKE
(cuts him off)
It's too far; I'll never make it.
I'm going with you.
SISKO
Now listen to me, Jake...
But Jake just stares at him, his mind made up.
SISKO
All right... let's go.
And as they head off down the corridor...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FOUR
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - ACT FIVE 52.
ACT FIVE
FADE IN:
36 INT. SECURITY OFFICE
Quark is staring out the door, though we skew the angle so
that we don't have to see the Promenade.
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning, main fusion reactors will
overload in seven minutes.
QUARK
(glum)
Tell me something I don't already
know.
Suddenly, Odo's combadge CHIRPS.
KIRA'S COM VOICE
Kira to Odo.
ODO
Go ahead, Major.
KIRA'S COM VOICE
We're beginning evacuation procedures.
The forcefields have been deactivated
and all the doors on the station
should be operable.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - ACT FIVE 52A.
37 NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)
Odo looks at his own door. He tries to reach outside, but
his hand is stopped by a forcefield.
ODO
All except one.
(to com)
It seems the forcefields around my
office are still in operation.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - ACT FIVE 53.
37 CONTINUED:
KIRA'S COM VOICE
I'll send a work team down
immediately.
Odo stares at the door. He looks insulted. For his part,
Quark is more than a little upset.
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning, main fusion reactors will
overload in six minutes.
QUARK
Are you telling me we're the only
ones still locked in?
ODO
This forcefield must be on a separate
system from the others.
QUARK
But why go to so much trouble to
keep people out of the Security
Office?
ODO
It's not to keep people out, it's to
keep me in. I suppose during the
occupation the Cardassians considered
their security chief a security risk.
QUARK
And I know why.
ODO
Do you?
QUARK
It's because they knew you were an
honorable man... the kind of person
who'd do the right thing regardless
of the circumstances... and now your
integrity is going to get us both
killed. I hope you're happy.
Odo is definitely not happy.
38 INT. CORRIDOR
Sisko, O'Brien, and Jake are moving rapidly down a corridor.
They've raided a supply room en route and are using palm
beacons to illuminate the darkened corridor. Sisko and
O'Brien have a tricorder.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - ACT FIVE 54.
38 CONTINUED:
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning, main fusion reactors will
overload in five minutes.
SISKO
Chief, did you ever finish those
upgrades on the deflector shields?
O'BRIEN
Yeah, why?
SISKO
We may not have time to disengage
the fusion initiator. What would
happen if we directed the explosion
into the shields?
O'BRIEN
That's not a bad idea. The shields
are the only thing on the station
that can absorb that much energy.
Suddenly, they round a corner and come upon...
39 NEW ANGLE
a mass of twisted metal and debris blocking their path.
Orange flickers of fire can be seen just beyond the debris.
There's no way around it.
O'Brien scans the wreckage with his tricorder. Bad news.
O'BRIEN
That power surge we felt must've
blown out one of the plasma conduits.
The corridor's completely blocked
for the next fifty meters.
JAKE
Can't we get around it?
SISKO
We don't have time.
O'Brien scans the area, looking for a solution. A possibility
occurs to him.
O'BRIEN
There might be a way.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - ACT FIVE 54A.
39 CONTINUED:
Sisko turns to O'Brien.
O'BRIEN
There's a maintenance conduit adjacent
to this corridor. If it's not blocked
too, we should be able to get around
this debris and get to a reactor
control junction.
(to Sisko)
Give me a hand.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - ACT FIVE 55.
39 CONTINUED: (2)
Together, Sisko, O'Brien, and Jake clear a large piece of
wreckage and open the access plate to the conduit. O'Brien
looks inside the conduit, then pulls his head back out. He
looks grim.
SISKO
What's wrong?
O'BRIEN
Better see for yourself.
Sisko looks inside and sees...
40 INT. BURNING CONDUIT
The conduit is full of smoke and the walls are rimmed with
green fire. It looks like a tunnel to hell.
41 INT. CORRIDOR
Sisko takes a good look.
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning, main fusion reactors will
overload in three minutes.
Sisko hands Jake the tricorder, then starts tearing some
cloth off the undershirt from his already ragged uniform and
wrapping it around his hands for protection.
SISKO
(to Jake)
Wait here.
(cutting off any
argument)
And this time I mean it.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - ACT FIVE 56.
41 CONTINUED:
Sisko and Jake exchange a quick father-son look. During
the above, O'Brien follows Sisko's example and bandages his
hands..
SISKO
(to O'Brien)
I'll go first. Follow five meters
behind me. If one of us runs into
trouble in there...
O'BRIEN
(finishes for him)
The other one keeps on going.
Sisko nods and leads the way into the glowing, smoky conduit,
followed by O'Brien.
42 ANGLE ON SISKO
clambering inside the conduit. The heat is unbearable, like
crawling through a blast furnace.
Sparks from unseen plasma leaks barely miss Sisko, and he
almost loses his grip.
43 ANGLE ON O'BRIEN
O'Brien holds his breath and presses on through the smoke.
44 ANGLE ON SISKO
as he works his way through the magnesium smoke. A few feet
ahead of him, a FLARE OF LIGHT from the plasma fire forces
him back. Sisko winces, then hurries past.
Every meter is an ordeal. Sisko's lungs are screaming for
air, as he ignores the FLARES, SIZZLING SPARKS and swirling
toxic smoke.
45 ANGLE ON O'BRIEN
who is flagging. But just when it looks like he's about to
get his second wind, another plasma explosion rips through
the tunnel nearby. The explosion knocks O'Brien unconscious.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/14/94 - ACT FIVE 57.
46 ANGLE ON SISKO
as he sees the exit hatch, and bursts through it.
47 INT. REACTOR CONTROL JUNCTION
Sisko ENTERS this small chamber where various maintenance
conduits come together. He breaches the hatch, gasping for
air.
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning, main fusion reactors will
overload in ninety seconds.
Sisko looks back into the hatch and sees that O'Brien isn't
behind him. He hits his combadge.
SISKO
Sisko to O'Brien...
(no response)
Chief, answer me.
When there's no response, Sisko, not sure whether or not his
combadge is working through the plasma fire, looks back down
the conduit and yells to O'Brien.
SISKO
Chief. Can you hear me?
48 INT. CORRIDOR
Jake, waiting by the hatch, hears his father's voice echo
through the conduit.
49 INT. REACTOR CONTROL JUNCTION
Not able to wait any longer, Sisko turns away from the panels
and begins working on the (TECH).
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning, main fusion reactors will
overload in sixty seconds.
50 INT. BURNING CONDUIT
O'Brien is barely conscious. Suddenly he's grabbed from
behind. Jake ENTERS the frame. He pulls O'Brien's arms
around his shoulders and together, they turn back and head
for safety.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/16/94 - ACT FIVE 58.
51 INT. REACTOR CONTROL JUNCTION
Sisko's working frantically, but his face is set with calm
determination.
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning, main fusion reactors will
overload in thirty seconds.
Sisko keeps working.
52 INT. CORRIDOR
Jake pulls O'Brien free from the conduit. Both of them cough
and gasp for breath.
O'BRIEN
Jake, your father told you to stay
out of there.
JAKE
If you don't tell him, I won't.
53 INT. REACTOR CONTROL JUNCTION
Sisko's almost done.
COMPUTER VOICE
Warning, main fusion reactor overload.
54 CLOSE ON SISKO
As he slams the last modification into place... a THUNDERING
ROAR shakes the station.
55 EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)
The DEFLECTOR SHIELDS FLARE brightly, as the fusion explosion
is channeled through them and into space.
After a long moment, the shields fade slowly to nothing, and
the station hangs in space, just as it should be.
56 INT. REACTOR CONTROL JUNCTION
Sisko slumps back in relief.
O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
O'Brien to Sisko.
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56 CONTINUED:
SISKO
(relieved)
Chief, you're all right?
57 INT. CORRIDOR
On O'Brien and Jake.
O'BRIEN
Looks like we all are.
58 INT. REACTOR CONTROL JUNCTION
As Sisko smiles in relief.
59 OMITTED
60 INT. SECURITY
Odo's standing by the door as it opens.
DEEP SPACE: "Civil Defense" - REV. 09/14/94 - ACT FIVE 61.
60 CONTINUED:
ODO
(re: the door)
It's about time.
(turns to Quark)
All right, Quark. You can leave
now.
61 NEW ANGLE
To reveal Quark, standing behind Odo's desk reading some
text off of a panel.
QUARK
(reading)
"A self-important con artist who's
nowhere near as clever as he thinks
he is."
(re: the computer
text)
That's your official security
evaluation of me?
ODO
I thought I told you to stay away
from my computer.
QUARK
Two hours ago you said I was the
most devious Ferengi you ever met.
ODO
I thought we were going to die. I
was trying to be nice.
Odo and Quark exit security.
61A INT. PROMENADE
Things have returned to normal on the station as Odo and
Quark walk down the Promenade.
QUARK
Name one Ferengi who's more devious
than I am.
ODO
(without even thinking
about it)
The Grand Nagus.
QUARK
All right, name another...
ODO
Damon Tye.
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61A CONTINUED:
QUARK
One you know personally.
ODO
Your brother, Rom.
Quark is outraged.
QUARK
(the ultimate insult)
My brother!
And as they walk off down the Promenade we...
FADE OUT.
END OF ACT FIVE
THE END