Act One/Meeting First Officer

ACT ONE

FADE IN

EXT-SPACE

(Notes: Opening credits fall over opening scenes)

A Class-9 shuttle approaches a Cardassian designed station.

INT-SHUTTLE CANOPY

CMDR. MARTIN (Sighs): Boy it feels good to be out here again.

Ensign Carlson turns to him.

ENS. CARLSON (Smiles): You were grounded for four years?

CMDR. MARTIN: (Nods) Yeah now its nice to be here again.

Then Carlson points at the Intrepid-Class ship docked.

ENS. CARLSON: That's our ship.

Window shows Calisto docked on the upper pylon.

ENS. CARLSON: That's Calisto Intrepid class sustainable cruise velocity of warp factor nine point nine seven five, fifteen decks crew complement of one hundred and forty one bio-neural circuitry.

Commander Martin still looking at the Calisto.

CMDR. MARTIN (Confused): Bio-Neural?

ENS. CARLSON: Some of the traditional circuitry has been replaced by gel packs that contain bio-neural cells, they organize information more efficiently, speed up response time.

CUT TO: EXT-SPACE

The shuttle flies over Calisto's primary hull.

INT-CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

Captain Taylor is studying Voyager's mission logs to the badlands when the doors chimed.

CAPT. TAYLOR (Sigh): Come.

The doors opened and Commander Martin enters and stands at attention.

CMDR. MARTIN: Commander John Timothy Martin reporting for duty Captain.

Captain Taylor puts on of the PADDs down.

CAPT. TAYLOR (Smiles): Ah, welcome aboard Commander Martin.

They shook hands as he took a seat in one of the chairs in front of the desk.

CAPT. TAYLOR: I've been looking over your file and I'm impressed, (sighs) but why were you grounded on Earth?

CMDR. MARTIN (Sighs): I'm not sure myself Captain.

Then the com activates.

ENS. SITO (Com voice): Bridge to Captain Taylor.

She tapped her combadge.

CAPT. TAYLOR: (To com) Taylor here.

ENS. SITO (Com Voice): We're picking up a distress call from Starbase 39-Sierra, their reporting a Romulan fleet passing through the Neutral Zone.

Both Taylor and Martin are shocked by this.

(End of Act One, fade out)