Story:Star Trek: Archer (fan film)/In the Line of Duty/Act Four

ACT FOUR

FADE IN

EXT-SPACE

Both the Archer and Olympia are next to each other.

INT-OLYMPIA MAIN ENGINEERING (BATTLE DAMAGED)

Williams is going from console to console, as alarms are blaring when Commander Martin walks into the Engine room.

CMDR. MARTIN: (To Williams) Report?

She's at a console.

LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: The containment fields are failing, (beat) the ship has taken a huge beating!

Martin follows her.

CMDR. MARTIN (Worried): Can't you eject the core?

She walks over to a console.

LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: Aye, sir activating the ejection systems, (beat) OH COME ON!

Commander Martin walks over to her.

CMDR. MARTIN: What?

She goes to another console.

LTCMDR. WILLIAMS (Shocked): The ejection sequence has been stopped, (beat) Commander you better come and take a look at them.

Martin looks at the screen.

CMDR. MARTIN: Ah, Crap.

CUT TO:

EXT-SPACE

The Archer is next to the Olympia.

INT-ARCHER MAIN BRIDGE

Ensign Carlson looks at her station.

ENS. CARLSON (Confused): What the hell?

Commander T'Shar gets up from the Captain's Chair.

LTCMDR. T'SHAR: Ensign report?

Suddenly, the monitor on her console goes blank, and an OMEGA symbol appears. Carlson tries to work the console, but nothing happens.

ENS. CARLSON (Confused): Hold on...I just lost all my sensor readings. The computer's bringing up some kind of message, but I can't access it.

T'Shar goes back to the captain's chair and sits down and T'Shar sees the same mysterious symbol. She looks around at other monitors on the Bridge - it's on all of them T'Shar tapped her combadge.

LTCMDR. T'SHAR: (to com) Bridge to Captain Taylor.

the Turbolift doors OPEN and Taylor strides onto the Bridge, purposeful.

LTCMDR. T'SHAR: Captain our computer systems are locked out.

Taylor goes to a console and unlocks all command functions.

CAPT. TAYLOR: (To T'Shar) I'll be in my ready room don't discuss this with the rest of the crew till I know what's going on.

She heads to her ready room.

CUT TO:

INT-CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

Captain Taylor ENTERS and goes to her desk and sits in her chair behind her desk, and gives the computer orders.

CAPT. TAYLOR: (To Com) Computer, seal the doors to this room. No entry without my authorization until further notice.

The doors lock.

COMPUTER VOICE: Doors are sealed.

Taylor activates her desktop monitor.

CAPT. TAYLOR: Access secured datafile Omega One.

COMPUTER VOICE: ''Voiceprint confirmed. State clearance code.''

She leans back.

CAPT. TAYLOR: (To com) Taylor four-seven-delta-red clearance level ten.

The screen on the desktop monitor shows the Olympia as a scanning field surrounds it.

COMPUTER VOICE: ''Sensors has detected the omega particle onboard this ship, Implement the Omega Directive immediately. All other priorities have been rescinded.''

Taylor leans back in her chair shocked by this.

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INT-OLYMPIA'S MAIN ENGINE ROOM

Admiral Martin enters Main Engineering.

ADM. MARTIN: (To his son) Why haven't you ejected the core yet?

John looks at him.

CMDR. MARTIN: Well dad we were about to till this shows up.

Shows him the Omega symbol.

CMDR. MARTIN: So tell me what the hell is going on?

ADM. MARTIN: John please we don't have time for this eject the core now.

John gets close to him.

CMDR. MARTIN: Dad tell me what is going on, (beat) I know