CROSS FADE TO: EXT-PARIS, EARTH, DAY, THE UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS'
PRESIDENT'S OFFICES.
CUT TO: INT, A LARGE MEETING ROOM.THE ROOM IS FILLED WITH OCCUPIED SEATS. MANY
ALIENS, VULCANS, BOLIANS, TELLERITES, AND HUMANS BOTH STARFLEET AND NOT ARE
BUSY TALKING TO EACHOTHER ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS, MOSTLY ABOUT WHY THEY HAVE
BEEN CALLED HERE. AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM IS A PODIUM WITH THE EMBLEM OF
THE UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS HANGING OVERHEAD. ON THE WALL BELOW THE
EMBLEM ARE A PAIR OF SEMI-TRANSPARENT DOORS. THESE DOORS OPEN. EVERYONE IN THE
ROOM SLOWLY GO SILENT. THROUGH THE DOORS COME TWO STARFLEET CAPTAINS AND A ONE
STAR ADMIRAL. THE CAPTAINS SIT ON SEATS NEXT TO THE PODIUM. THE ADMIRAL STANDS
IN FRONT.
ADMIRAL: LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND HONOURED DIGNITARIES, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS.
THE ADMIRAL SITS. THE DOORS OPEN AGAIN. THIS TIME, TWO ARMED STARFLEET
SECURITY OFFICERS ENTER. THEY ARE FOLLOWED BY A TALL, AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN
IN A NAVY BLUE SUIT. SHE IS FOLLOWED BY TWO MORE ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS. THE
SECURITY OFFICERS TAKE UP PLACES BELOW THE LEVEL UPON WHICH THE PODIUM IS
SITUATED. THE PRESIDENT APPROACHES THE PODIUM.
PRESIDENT: PLEASE SIT DOWN EVERYONE.
EVERYONE SITS.
PRESIDENT: I HAVE CALLED YOU ALL HERE TO DISCUSS A RATHER UNNERVING
TRANSMISSION I RECIVED FROM STARFLEET COMMAND FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO.
THE MESSAGE TELLS OF A SECRET STARFLEET PROGRAM THAT CALLED FOR THE
CONSTUCTION OF MANY NEW STARSHIPS. THE PROJECT WAS HEADED BY ADMIRALS
NICHOLSON , THOMSON AND JANEWAY. THE PLAN WAS TO USE THIS FLEET IS THE EVENT
OF AN ATTACK ON THE FEDERATION BY A RACE OF BEINGS ADMIRAL JANEWAY ENCOUNTERED
IN THE DELTA QUADRENT KNOWN ONLY AS SPECIES 8472. THE PROJECT WAS NOT FORMALLY
PURSUED BECAUSE STARFLEET FELT THAT THE POSSIBLITY OF SUCH AN ATTACK WAS TOO
LOW. THE PROJECT, HOWEVER, INFORMALLY PURSUED. THE VESSELS WERE BUILT AND
FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO IRECIVED A TRANSMISSION STATING THAT THE ENTIRE FLEET WAS
ANNIHILATED BY THE VERY ENEMY IT SOUGHT TO DEFEND US AGAINST. PEOPLE, THE
UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS EXISTS NOW IN A STATE OF WAR.
THERE IS A GENERAL UPROAR FROM THE ASSEMBLY.
PRESIDENT: PEOPLE, PLEASE. I UNDERSTAND AND SENSE ALL YOUR ANXIETY, FEAR AND
ANGER. WE CANNOT ALLOW THESE FEELINGS TO DETER US FROM OUR COMMITMENT TO
SURVIVAL. I HAVE PERSONALLY CONVINCED OUR ALLYS, THE KLINGONS AND ROMULANS TO
ASSIST US IN THE IMPENDING CRISIS. OUR SURVIVAL IS THEIR SURVIVAL. THE ENEMY
WE NOW FACE CARES NOT ABOUT CONQUEST OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. OUR ENEMY
DESIRES BUT ONE THING, TOTAL ANHIALATION OF EVERY RACE IN THIS UNIVERSE.
AGAIN, AN UPROAR, BUT MORE FEAR THIS TIME. THE DOORS BEHIND THE PRESIDENT
OPEN.
PRESIDENT: READY YOUR FLEETS. THAT IS ALL.
SHE LEAVES.
CUT TO: INT-PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. THERE ARE LARGE BAY WINDOWS ON THE FAR SIDE OF
THE ROOM WITH A LARGE DESK IN FRONT. THE CARPETS ARE RED WITH THE EMBLEM OF
THE UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS IN THE MIDDLE. SURROUNDING THE EMBLEM ARE
FIVE RED COUCHES THAT FACE INTO THE PRESIDENT'S DESK. AROUND THE OPPOSITE WALL
ARE TEN HOLO PROJECTORS. THE PRESIDENT ENTERS THE ROOM BETWEEN THE TWO SETS OF
FIVE PROJECTORS. SHE TURNS AND STANDS FACING THE LEFT GROUP OF PROJECTORS.
SEVERAL ADMIRALS AND ADVISORS IN CIVILIAN ATTIRE ENTER THE ROOM.
PRESIDENT: ALRIGHT, BRING EM' BACK.
TWO OF THE PROJECTORS ACTIVATE. THE IMAGES OF A KLINGON AND A ROMULAN APPEAR
AS CLEARLY AS THOUGH THEY WERE IN THE ROOM. THE KLINGON IS WEARING A
CHANCELLOR'S ROBE AND THE ROMULAN IS WEARING A PREATOR'S ROBE.
PRESIDENT: CHANCELLOR DUR'PEK, PREATOR STALOAN. WERE READY.
PRESIDENT'S OFFICES.
CUT TO: INT, A LARGE MEETING ROOM.THE ROOM IS FILLED WITH OCCUPIED SEATS. MANY
ALIENS, VULCANS, BOLIANS, TELLERITES, AND HUMANS BOTH STARFLEET AND NOT ARE
BUSY TALKING TO EACHOTHER ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS, MOSTLY ABOUT WHY THEY HAVE
BEEN CALLED HERE. AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM IS A PODIUM WITH THE EMBLEM OF
THE UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS HANGING OVERHEAD. ON THE WALL BELOW THE
EMBLEM ARE A PAIR OF SEMI-TRANSPARENT DOORS. THESE DOORS OPEN. EVERYONE IN THE
ROOM SLOWLY GO SILENT. THROUGH THE DOORS COME TWO STARFLEET CAPTAINS AND A ONE
STAR ADMIRAL. THE CAPTAINS SIT ON SEATS NEXT TO THE PODIUM. THE ADMIRAL STANDS
IN FRONT.
ADMIRAL: LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND HONOURED DIGNITARIES, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS.
THE ADMIRAL SITS. THE DOORS OPEN AGAIN. THIS TIME, TWO ARMED STARFLEET
SECURITY OFFICERS ENTER. THEY ARE FOLLOWED BY A TALL, AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN
IN A NAVY BLUE SUIT. SHE IS FOLLOWED BY TWO MORE ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS. THE
SECURITY OFFICERS TAKE UP PLACES BELOW THE LEVEL UPON WHICH THE PODIUM IS
SITUATED. THE PRESIDENT APPROACHES THE PODIUM.
PRESIDENT: PLEASE SIT DOWN EVERYONE.
EVERYONE SITS.
PRESIDENT: I HAVE CALLED YOU ALL HERE TO DISCUSS A RATHER UNNERVING
TRANSMISSION I RECIVED FROM STARFLEET COMMAND FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO.
THE MESSAGE TELLS OF A SECRET STARFLEET PROGRAM THAT CALLED FOR THE
CONSTUCTION OF MANY NEW STARSHIPS. THE PROJECT WAS HEADED BY ADMIRALS
NICHOLSON , THOMSON AND JANEWAY. THE PLAN WAS TO USE THIS FLEET IS THE EVENT
OF AN ATTACK ON THE FEDERATION BY A RACE OF BEINGS ADMIRAL JANEWAY ENCOUNTERED
IN THE DELTA QUADRENT KNOWN ONLY AS SPECIES 8472. THE PROJECT WAS NOT FORMALLY
PURSUED BECAUSE STARFLEET FELT THAT THE POSSIBLITY OF SUCH AN ATTACK WAS TOO
LOW. THE PROJECT, HOWEVER, INFORMALLY PURSUED. THE VESSELS WERE BUILT AND
FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO IRECIVED A TRANSMISSION STATING THAT THE ENTIRE FLEET WAS
ANNIHILATED BY THE VERY ENEMY IT SOUGHT TO DEFEND US AGAINST. PEOPLE, THE
UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS EXISTS NOW IN A STATE OF WAR.
THERE IS A GENERAL UPROAR FROM THE ASSEMBLY.
PRESIDENT: PEOPLE, PLEASE. I UNDERSTAND AND SENSE ALL YOUR ANXIETY, FEAR AND
ANGER. WE CANNOT ALLOW THESE FEELINGS TO DETER US FROM OUR COMMITMENT TO
SURVIVAL. I HAVE PERSONALLY CONVINCED OUR ALLYS, THE KLINGONS AND ROMULANS TO
ASSIST US IN THE IMPENDING CRISIS. OUR SURVIVAL IS THEIR SURVIVAL. THE ENEMY
WE NOW FACE CARES NOT ABOUT CONQUEST OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. OUR ENEMY
DESIRES BUT ONE THING, TOTAL ANHIALATION OF EVERY RACE IN THIS UNIVERSE.
AGAIN, AN UPROAR, BUT MORE FEAR THIS TIME. THE DOORS BEHIND THE PRESIDENT
OPEN.
PRESIDENT: READY YOUR FLEETS. THAT IS ALL.
SHE LEAVES.
CUT TO: INT-PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. THERE ARE LARGE BAY WINDOWS ON THE FAR SIDE OF
THE ROOM WITH A LARGE DESK IN FRONT. THE CARPETS ARE RED WITH THE EMBLEM OF
THE UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS IN THE MIDDLE. SURROUNDING THE EMBLEM ARE
FIVE RED COUCHES THAT FACE INTO THE PRESIDENT'S DESK. AROUND THE OPPOSITE WALL
ARE TEN HOLO PROJECTORS. THE PRESIDENT ENTERS THE ROOM BETWEEN THE TWO SETS OF
FIVE PROJECTORS. SHE TURNS AND STANDS FACING THE LEFT GROUP OF PROJECTORS.
SEVERAL ADMIRALS AND ADVISORS IN CIVILIAN ATTIRE ENTER THE ROOM.
PRESIDENT: ALRIGHT, BRING EM' BACK.
TWO OF THE PROJECTORS ACTIVATE. THE IMAGES OF A KLINGON AND A ROMULAN APPEAR
AS CLEARLY AS THOUGH THEY WERE IN THE ROOM. THE KLINGON IS WEARING A
CHANCELLOR'S ROBE AND THE ROMULAN IS WEARING A PREATOR'S ROBE.
PRESIDENT: CHANCELLOR DUR'PEK, PREATOR STALOAN. WERE READY.