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

ACT FIVE

EXT-SPACE

A large Dominion/Cardassian Battlegroup is approaching the system.

INT-ARCHER MAIN BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

Klaxon blares as the crew are at their battle stations as Lieutenant Mason reports.

LT. MASON: (Off his console) I'm picking up a fleet of 1,584 warships, (beat) their requesting that we leave this system or be destroyed.

Taylor gets up from her Captain's Chair.

CAPT. TAYLOR: Damn Mister Mason warn them off.

Lieutenant Mason presses the fire button on the tactical console.

LT. MASON: (to Taylor) I don't think they liked that Captain.

Taylor turns to him.

CAPT. TAYLOR: (To Mason) Why?

Ship ROCKS hard.

CAPT. TAYLOR: Return fire!

Lieutenant Mason presses the fire button on his station.

EXT-SPACE

Archer fires several phaser beams destroying some fighters and frigates, as the rest fires at the Intrepid-Class ship hitting the port shields making them flicker.

INT-ARCHER MAIN BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

(WHUMP!)

LT. MASON: Shields at seventy-five percent!

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INT-OLYMPIA MAIN ENGINEERING (BATTLE DAMAGED)

The rest of the Away Team are watching the battle.

LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: The Archer is taking heavy damage!

John looks at the pods and thinks.

CMDR. MARTIN: Steph how long will it take to move these pods to the saucer section, (beat) from the stardrive section?

Everyone looks at him.

LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: Uh not long why?

He looks at them.

CMDR. MARTIN: We move the pods into the saucer section, (beat) after that we separate the saucer from the stardrive section.

ADM. MARTIN (Smiles): You want to ram the lead Dominion ship with the saucer, (beat) bold plan son but how will the Archer and Olympia leave?

CMDR. MARTIN: They'll leap into high warp.

ADM. MARTIN (Worried) : What about you John?

CMDR. MARTIN (Sighs): Hopefully the transporters will beam me up, (beat) but if not I'll take a shuttle.

He leaves as Sito follows him.

ENS. SITO: John wait there has to be another way?

He stops.

CMDR. MARTIN: Sito there's no other way this plan will work.

Sito starts tearing up.

ENS. SITO: John I've lost my family and I don't want to lose you we just got back together, (beat) and I can't lose you as well.

John walks back to her and they kiss.

CMDR. MARTIN: That's telling you that I'm coming back.

He heads to the bridge.

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EXT-SPACE

The Archer is facing several enemy ships.

INT-ARCHER MAIN BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

Coolant is venting and sparks rain down, as crew goes from station to station.

LT. MASON: AFT SHIELDS ARE GONE, (beat) FORWARD SHIELDS ARE BUCKLING!

(BOOM!)

ENS. CARLSON: I'M LOSING LATERAL THRUSTERS!

Sensors beep.

CAPT. TAYLOR: (To Mason) Report!

Lieutenant Mason looks at his console.

LT. MASON (Smiles): (To Taylor) It's the Eighth fleet, (beat) and the Olympia we're picking up a hail.

CAPT. TAYLOR: (nods) open a channel.

Lieutenant Mason inputs commands into the console.

CMDR. MARTIN (Com Voice): ''Attention Dominion ships this Commander John T. Martin of the Federation Starship USS Archer I am on the Saucer section of the Olympia, (beat) I have the Omega particle with me. I'm requesting that you allow my friends and father to leave this system.''

Taylor gets up from her chair shocked by this.

Mason's console beeps.

LT. MASON: Captain the Cardassian forces are retreating.

Viewer shows the Dominion forces heading to the Olympia.

CAPT. TAYLOR: (To Com) Archer to Away Team come in.

ENS. SITO (Com Voice): Sito here go ahead Captain.

CAPT. TAYLOR: (To com) what the hell is going on over there?