<Main Bridge>

The viewscreen returns to the interior view of the Starbase.

Two Ferengi Marauders suddenly head for the closed space doors, and blast it to smithereens with phasers. A third Marauder glides approaches the Lafayette.

As Captain Raleigh ponders the SFI communication, he dematerilizes in a transporter beam.

The Marauders head for the exit at full impulse, and enter warp before the pursuing Starfleet cruiser even manages to break it's umbilical link to the Starbase.