CUT TO. INT-WEAPON SHIP. IT IS A LONG, DARK TUNNEL. AT LEAST TWENTY KILOMETRES
LONG AND TEN KILOMETRES IN HEIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE THE PERFECT HARMONY OF BIO-
ENGINEERING AND CYBERNETIC TECHNOLOGY. SIX LONG CYLENDERS ARE TRANSFERRING
ENERGY FROM BOW TO STERN AND BACK. ATTACHED TO THE WALLS ARE THE CHARRED AND
MELTED REMAINS OF THREE VULCAN SHIPS, ONE KLINGON CRUISER, TWO ROMULAN
WARBIRDS AND AT LEAST A DOZEN STARFLEET SHIPS. THE TRACTOR BEAM RELEASES
ENTERPRISE AND SHE IS LEFT TO FLOAT IN THIS SPACE. SEVERAL CRAB SHAPED THINGS
LAUNCH FROM THE WALLS OF THE WEAPON SHIP TOWARDS ENTERPRISE. THESE THINGS ARE
ATTACHED TO TETHERS.
CUT TO. INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE. THE ROOM SLAMS HARD AND THE SOUND OF METAL
BEING TORN PERMIATES THE SHIP. MANY OF THE LIGHTS ON THE BRIDGE HAVE BURNT OUT
AND PEOPLE ARE LEFT WALKING WITH FUTURISTIC FLASHLIGHTS AND NIGHT VISION
MONOCLES.
MACGREGOR: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
FAWKES: SENSORS AREN'T FUNCTIONING.
TROUSE: THEY'RE GOING TO USE ENTERPRISE AS FUEL.
MACGREGOR: HOW DO YOU KNOW?
TROUSE: I CAN HEAR THEM.
STALAR: AS WELL I SIR. THEY WANT US TO COME ABOARD.
FAWKES: OH COME ON. THEY'D MAKE IT THAT EASY.
STALAR: OUR INTENTIONS ARE OF NO CONCIQUENCE TO THEM. THEY BELIVE THEY HAVE
ALREADY WON.
MACGREGOR: WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT. WHY WOULD THEY WANT US ABOARD?
TROUSE: THEIR MALEVOLENCE IS ONLY OUTWEIGHED BY THEIR CURIOSITY. THEY WANT TO
KNOW ABOUT US BEFORE THEY EXTERMINATE US.
MACGREGOR: WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SHIP? ITS POWER SOURES, ARMOURMENTS,
COMPLIMENT?
STALAR: THERE IS NO CREW. THE SHIP IS CONTOLLED BY ITSELF AND MAINTAINED BY A
SINGULAR ENTITY.
MACGREGOR: SPECULATE AS TO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WERE WE TO TAKE OUT THAT
MAINTAINING ENTITY.
TROUSE: THE SHIP WOULD BE A BODY WITHOUT A MIND. IT WOULD MOST LIKELY PLUMMET
INTO THE NEAREST GRAVITY WELL THERE IS.
FAWKES: THE SUN.
MACGREGOR: THIS COULD BE A GOOD NEWS STORY AFTERALL. HOW DO WE ACCESS THE
MAINTAINING ENTITY?
TROUSE: WE MUST RELENT TO ITS WILL.
MACGREGOR: WHAT?
TROUSE: WE MUST LOOSE ALL HOPE.
CUT TO. INT- JOHNATHAN ARCHER BRIDGE. JANEWAY IS SPEAKING WITH THE PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT: ADMIRAL, WE'VE GOT ABOUT FIFTY PERCENT OF THE POPULATION OUT OF THE
SYSTEM. I NEED YOU AND YOUR TASK FORCE TO RETURN TO EARTH TO ASSIST AND
DEFEND.
JANEWAY: MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I WERE TO SEND JUST HALF OF MY FORCE TO EARTH,
THE OTHER HALF CAN STAY HERE AND ATTEMPT TO RETREVE THE ENTERPRISE.
PRESIDENT: ADMIRAL, THE ENTERPRISE IS LOST. GET YOUR FLEET BACK TO EARTH
IMMIDIATELY. THAT IS A DIRECT ORDER. UNDERSTOOD?
JANEWAY: UNDERSTOOD. JANEWAY OUT.
INT-JOHNATHAN ARCHER BRIDGE. THE VIEWSCREEN SWITCHES OVER TO AN IMAGE OF THE
WEAPON SHIP. JANEWAY GOES BACK TO HER CHAIR. SHE ACTIVATES THE COMM BUTTON.
JANEWAY: JANEWAY TO ALL HANDS. ANYONE WHO WISHES TO RETURN TO EARTH MAKE
YOUR WAY TO THE SHUTTLE BAYS AND TRANSPORTER ROOMS. THE JOHNATHAN ARCHER WILL
REMAIN HERE IN AN ATTEMPT TO ESABLISH CONTACT WITH THE ENTERPRISE. THAT IS
ALL. JANEWAY TO THE FLEET. ALL FEDERATION VESSELS, RETURN TO EARTH AND ASSIST
IN ITS EVACUATION. ALL NON-FEDERATION VESSELS ARE WELOME TO REMAIN HERE AND
ASSIST THIS VESSEL IN THE NEUTRALIZATION OF THE ALIEN THREAT. JANEWAY OUT.
INT-JOHNATHAN ARCHER BRIDGE. JANEWAY DEACTIVATES THE COMM. SHE LOOKS OUT OVER
A STUNNED BRIDGE CREW.
JANEWAY: I WON'T ORDER YOU
TO STAY. I WILL SAY THIS THOUGH. YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL WOULD BE VERY SLIM
IF YOU WERE TO REMAIN. CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION WHETHER TO
STAY OR GO.
CUT TO. EXT-SPACE: THE STARFLEET SHIPS LEAVE AS DO MANY OF THE JOHNATHAN
ARCHER SHUTTLES. THE REMAINING CARDASSIAN SHIPS ALSO LEAVE AS DO HALF OF THE
ROMULAN FLEET. ONLY THE KLINGON FLEET REMAINS IN FORCE.
CUT TO. INT-ENTERPRISE, ENGINERRING. MACGREGOR, FAWKES, TROUSE AND WARREN ARE
STANDING AROUND THE "POOL TABLE" ON TOP OF WHICH IS A PHOTON TORPEDO.
MACGREGOR: COMMANDER, I DON'T CARE HOW IT GETS DONE, JUST THAT IT GETS DONE IN
THE NEXT TEN MINUTES.
INT- ENGINERRING: MACREGOR BEGINS TO LEAVE THEN HE STOPS AND TURNS BACK TO
WARREN.
MACGREGOR: AND COMMANDER.
WARREN: SIR?
MACGREGOR: YOU'RE IN CHARGE UNTIL WE RETURN.
WARREN: YES SIR.
MACGREGOR: LET EM' KNOW WE'RE COMING OVER.
FAWKES: SIR, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THAT. A SUPRISE ATTACK IS WHAT WE NEED HERE.
MACGREGOR: ANDY, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. (TO TROUSE) DO IT.
INT. ENGINEERING: TROUSE STARES OFF INTO SPACE. HER EYES ROLL INTO HER HEAD.
AFTER ABOUT FIVE SECONDS OF THIS SHE SNAPS OUT.
TROUSE: IT'S WAITING FOR US.
MACGREGOR (TO WARREN): THE SHIP IS YOURS.
CUT TO. INT-ENTERPRISE, TRANSPORTER ROOM. MACGREGOR, STALAR, TROUSE, AND
FAWKES ENTER THE ROOM. THE TRANSPORT OFFICER LOOKS TO THEM.
TRANSPORT OFFICER: SIR, THEY'VE CREATED A NITROGEN OXYGEN ATMOSPHER OF 30
DEGREES CELCIUS.
MACGREGOR: THEY MUST FIGURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DIE WE SHOULD AT LEAST DIE
COZY. (TO TROUSE) IMPUT THE CO-ORDINATES.
INT- TRANSPOTER ROOM. TROUSE IMPUTS A SET OF CO-ORDINATES THE ALIENS GAVE HER
MENTALLY.
TROUSE: DONE.
MACGREGOR: LET'S MOVE.
INT- TRANSPORTER ROOM. THE AWAY TEAM STEPS ON TO THE TRANSPORTER PAD.
MACGREGOR: ENERGIZE.
INT- TRANSPORTER ROOM. THE AWAY TEAM DE-MATERIELIZES IN A SHOWER OF BLUE
ENERGY.
CUT TO. INT- ALIEN WEAPON SHIP. THERE IS A MASSIVE AMBER HUB THAT SEEMS TO BE
CONNECED TO THE WALLS OF THE BIO-SHIP BY LONG TENDRILS OF ENERGY THAT MAKES
THE WHOLE THING LOOK LIKE A PLASMA BALL. ONE OF THE RIBBONS OF ENERGY FLATTENS
OUT AND WIDENS. THE AWAY TEAM MATERIELIZES ON THE ENERGY RIBBON. THEY LOOK
AROUND TO GET SOME BARINGS BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO DO SO. THEY LOOK DOWN. THE
ENERGY PAD IS NEARLY TRANSPARENT. THEY CAN SEE FIVE KILOMETRES STRAIGHT DOWN.
THE BOTTOM IS LITTERED WITH WRECKAGE FROM VARIOUS VESSELS RANGING FROM
STARFLEET TO ROMULAN. TROUSE TURNS AROUND. HER EXPRESSION TURNS TO SHOCK AT
WHAT SHE SEES.
TROUSE: MICHAEL.
INT- WEAPON SHIP. MACGREGOR TURNS. AS DO STALAR AND FAWKES. WHAT THEY SEE IS
THE ENTERPRISE, VENTRAL SIDE "UP". IT IS BEING HELD THERE BY THE SUCTION
APPENDAGES.
CUT TO. INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE: WARREN IS WORKING AT THE ENGINEERING CONSOLE.
HE LOOKS UP ACROSS THE ROOM.
WARREN: TRY IT NOW LIEUTENENT.
INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE. CHAVEZ TRIES TO WORK HER CONSOLE. SHE LOOKS ELATED WHEN
IT DOES WORK.
CHAVEZ: IT'S ALIVE!
WARREN: TRY CONTACTING THE FLEET.
INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE: CHAVEZ WORKS HER CONSOLE. AUDIO STATIC BEGINS TO FILL
THE BRIDGE.
WARREN: THIS IS LIEUTENENT COMMANDER WARREN OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
ADMIRAL JANEWAY, CAN YOU HEAR US?
CUT TO. INT-JOHNATHAN ARCHER BRIDGE. JANEWAY BEGINS TO HEAR A FAINT VOICE
THROUGH SOME AUDIO STATIC.
JANEWAY: ENSIGN, CLEAR THAT UP!
WARREN: LIEUTEN... RREN... ST.RSHI... ENT..PR.SE.
JANEWAY: COME ON!
WARREN: ENTERPRISE! THIS IS THE ENTERPRISE!
JANEWAY: THEY'RE ALIVE. ENSIGN, CONTACT STARFLEET, ADVISE THEM OF OUR
SITUATION.
ENSIGN: YES MAM.
JANEWAY (QUIETLY): HANG ON GUYS. WE'LL GET YOU OUT.
CUT TO. INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE.
WARREN: DID THEY RECIEVE?
CHAVEZ: UNKNOWN. WE'LL KNOW ONLY IF THEY CAN RETURN THE TRANSMISSION.
WAREEN: KEEP ON IT.
CHAVEZ: AYE.
CUT TO. INT-WEAPON SHIP. MAGREGOR, TROUSE, STALAR AND FAWKES PASS THROUGH AN
ENERGY FIELD. THEY ENTER A LARGE, CAVERNOUS CHAMBER THAT SEEMS TO BE MUCH
LARGER THAN IT LOOKED TO BE FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE AWAY TEAM MOVES DEEPER INTO
THE CHAMBER.
CUT TO. FIRST PERSON P.O.V-MACGREGOR: HE LOOKS AHEAD WIDE EYED. HE SEES HIS
BROTHER, CAPTAIN LOUIS MACGREGOR OF THE STARSHIP REMINGTON. LOUIS' EYES,
HOWEVER, ARE PITCH BLACK.
MACGREGOR: LOU?
LOUIS: YOU ARE MICHAEL MACGREGOR OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE, CORRECT?
CUT TO. INT- WEAPON SHIP CHAMBER:
MACGREGOR: YOU'RE NOT LOU ARE YOU?
LOUIS: I HAVE CHOSEN THIS AVATAR FROM YOUR MEMORIES TO BETTER COMMUNICATE IN
YOUR PRIMITIVE DIALECT. (TO FAWKES) YOU ARE LIEUTENANT ANDREW FAWKES OF THE
STARSHIP ENTERPRISE CORRECT?
FAWKES: WHY ARE WE HERE?
LOUIS: DR.TROUSE COMPREHENDS THE SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOUR. IN ORDER TO LEARN HOW
ONE CAN BETTER EXTERMINATE AN ORGANISM ONE MUST FIRST COMPREHEND IT TO A
CERTAIN DEGREE.
TROUSE: NOT ALL HUMANOID LIFEFORMS ARE ALIKE.
LOUIS: QUITE RIGHT. YOU ARE ALL, HOWEVER, ALIKE ENOUGH FOR US TO INVESTIGATE
CERTAIN ASPECTS OF YOUR BIOLOGY IN ORDER TO DISCOVER HOW TO ERASE YOUR COMMON
GENOME FROM THE KNOWN UNIVERSE. WE DO NOT INTEND FOR A SINGLE CELL THAT IS NOT
OUR OWN TO BE LEFT ALIVE IN THIS UNIVERSE.
MACGREGOR: HOW MANY OF THESE WEAPON SHIPS ARE THERE?
LOUIS: ONE. JUST ONE. THIS ORGANISM WAS BROUGHT INTO BEING TO EXTERMINATE ALL
LIFE FROM THIS GALAXY. IF THE PROCESS TOOK MORE THAN TWO OF YOUR CORPOREAL
MONTHS, THAN THE INVASION WOULD BE POSTPONED FOR THREE OF YOUR TERRESTRIAL
MILLENNIUMS. THOUGH THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A LONG TIME TO YOU, TIME TO US IS OF NO
RELEVANCE.
MACGREGOR: YOU WILL NOT WIN THIS.
LOUIS: WE ALREADY HAVE. YOUR PRESENCE HERE PROVES THAT. YOU ARE IN THIS
CHAMBER TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT. WE, HOWEVER, HAVE NOT THE DESIRE NOR THE
ETHICAL STAND YOU BEINGS DO TO PROCEED WITH SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT. YOU HUMANOID
BEINGS AND EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU IS A SYSTEMIC DISEASE. YOU ARE A CANCEROUS
TUMOUR IN THE HEART OF THE UNIVERSE. AS ANY GOOD PHYSICIAN WOULD TELL YOU,
SOMETHING THAT MALIGNANT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM BEING AT ALL COST.
CUT TO. INT- ENTERPRISE BRIDGE: WARREN HAS ESTABLISHED A SCRATCHY VISUAL
CONTACT WITH JANEWAY.
WARREN: WE ARE BEING HELD INSIDE THE WEAPON BY UNKNOWN APPENDAGES. WE HAVE
ALSO LOST AUDIO CONTACT WITH THE AWAY TEAM.
JANEWAY: COMMANDER, WE HAVE DETECTED THE WEAPON SHIP'S POWER OUTPUT HAS
INCREASED BY OVER THREE HUNDERD PERCENT IN THE PAST FIVE MINUTES.
WARREN: THEY'RE GETTING READY TO FIRE AREN'T THEY?
JANEWAY: SEEMS THAT WAY. LISTEN, WE BELIVE WE'VE FOUND A WAY FOR THE
ENTERPRISE TO GET OUT OF THERE BUT WE'LL BE NEEDING YOU TO ACT FAST.
WARREN: I'M ALL FOR IT.
CUT TO. INT-WEAPON SHIP CHAMBER.
LOUIS: ALTHOUGH THIS EXCHANGE OF PRIMITIVE DIALECT HAS BEEN ENLIGHTENING AND
SLIGHTLIY AMUSISING, I AM AFRAID THAT IT MUST BE TERMINATED.
MACGREGOR: HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
LOUIS: AS MUST YOU BE, TERMINATED.
MACGREGOR: NOT HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
LOUIS: I WASN'T EXPECTING YOU TO BE.
INT-WEAPON SHIP CHAMBER: LOUIS SUDDENLY TRANSFORMS INTO A MASSIVE, SIXTEEN
FOOT TALL ALIEN CREATURE. THE BEAST TOWERS OVER THE AWAY TEAM. ONLY TROUSE
TURNS AWAY. THE CREATURE'S EYES BEGIN TO GLOW A MALICIOUS SHADE OF ORANGE. THE
THREE MEN BEGIN TO WAIL IN AGONY AS THEY ARE BROUGHT TO THEIR KNEES.
LONG AND TEN KILOMETRES IN HEIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE THE PERFECT HARMONY OF BIO-
ENGINEERING AND CYBERNETIC TECHNOLOGY. SIX LONG CYLENDERS ARE TRANSFERRING
ENERGY FROM BOW TO STERN AND BACK. ATTACHED TO THE WALLS ARE THE CHARRED AND
MELTED REMAINS OF THREE VULCAN SHIPS, ONE KLINGON CRUISER, TWO ROMULAN
WARBIRDS AND AT LEAST A DOZEN STARFLEET SHIPS. THE TRACTOR BEAM RELEASES
ENTERPRISE AND SHE IS LEFT TO FLOAT IN THIS SPACE. SEVERAL CRAB SHAPED THINGS
LAUNCH FROM THE WALLS OF THE WEAPON SHIP TOWARDS ENTERPRISE. THESE THINGS ARE
ATTACHED TO TETHERS.
CUT TO. INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE. THE ROOM SLAMS HARD AND THE SOUND OF METAL
BEING TORN PERMIATES THE SHIP. MANY OF THE LIGHTS ON THE BRIDGE HAVE BURNT OUT
AND PEOPLE ARE LEFT WALKING WITH FUTURISTIC FLASHLIGHTS AND NIGHT VISION
MONOCLES.
MACGREGOR: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
FAWKES: SENSORS AREN'T FUNCTIONING.
TROUSE: THEY'RE GOING TO USE ENTERPRISE AS FUEL.
MACGREGOR: HOW DO YOU KNOW?
TROUSE: I CAN HEAR THEM.
STALAR: AS WELL I SIR. THEY WANT US TO COME ABOARD.
FAWKES: OH COME ON. THEY'D MAKE IT THAT EASY.
STALAR: OUR INTENTIONS ARE OF NO CONCIQUENCE TO THEM. THEY BELIVE THEY HAVE
ALREADY WON.
MACGREGOR: WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT. WHY WOULD THEY WANT US ABOARD?
TROUSE: THEIR MALEVOLENCE IS ONLY OUTWEIGHED BY THEIR CURIOSITY. THEY WANT TO
KNOW ABOUT US BEFORE THEY EXTERMINATE US.
MACGREGOR: WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SHIP? ITS POWER SOURES, ARMOURMENTS,
COMPLIMENT?
STALAR: THERE IS NO CREW. THE SHIP IS CONTOLLED BY ITSELF AND MAINTAINED BY A
SINGULAR ENTITY.
MACGREGOR: SPECULATE AS TO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WERE WE TO TAKE OUT THAT
MAINTAINING ENTITY.
TROUSE: THE SHIP WOULD BE A BODY WITHOUT A MIND. IT WOULD MOST LIKELY PLUMMET
INTO THE NEAREST GRAVITY WELL THERE IS.
FAWKES: THE SUN.
MACGREGOR: THIS COULD BE A GOOD NEWS STORY AFTERALL. HOW DO WE ACCESS THE
MAINTAINING ENTITY?
TROUSE: WE MUST RELENT TO ITS WILL.
MACGREGOR: WHAT?
TROUSE: WE MUST LOOSE ALL HOPE.
CUT TO. INT- JOHNATHAN ARCHER BRIDGE. JANEWAY IS SPEAKING WITH THE PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT: ADMIRAL, WE'VE GOT ABOUT FIFTY PERCENT OF THE POPULATION OUT OF THE
SYSTEM. I NEED YOU AND YOUR TASK FORCE TO RETURN TO EARTH TO ASSIST AND
DEFEND.
JANEWAY: MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I WERE TO SEND JUST HALF OF MY FORCE TO EARTH,
THE OTHER HALF CAN STAY HERE AND ATTEMPT TO RETREVE THE ENTERPRISE.
PRESIDENT: ADMIRAL, THE ENTERPRISE IS LOST. GET YOUR FLEET BACK TO EARTH
IMMIDIATELY. THAT IS A DIRECT ORDER. UNDERSTOOD?
JANEWAY: UNDERSTOOD. JANEWAY OUT.
INT-JOHNATHAN ARCHER BRIDGE. THE VIEWSCREEN SWITCHES OVER TO AN IMAGE OF THE
WEAPON SHIP. JANEWAY GOES BACK TO HER CHAIR. SHE ACTIVATES THE COMM BUTTON.
JANEWAY: JANEWAY TO ALL HANDS. ANYONE WHO WISHES TO RETURN TO EARTH MAKE
YOUR WAY TO THE SHUTTLE BAYS AND TRANSPORTER ROOMS. THE JOHNATHAN ARCHER WILL
REMAIN HERE IN AN ATTEMPT TO ESABLISH CONTACT WITH THE ENTERPRISE. THAT IS
ALL. JANEWAY TO THE FLEET. ALL FEDERATION VESSELS, RETURN TO EARTH AND ASSIST
IN ITS EVACUATION. ALL NON-FEDERATION VESSELS ARE WELOME TO REMAIN HERE AND
ASSIST THIS VESSEL IN THE NEUTRALIZATION OF THE ALIEN THREAT. JANEWAY OUT.
INT-JOHNATHAN ARCHER BRIDGE. JANEWAY DEACTIVATES THE COMM. SHE LOOKS OUT OVER
A STUNNED BRIDGE CREW.
JANEWAY: I WON'T ORDER YOU
TO STAY. I WILL SAY THIS THOUGH. YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL WOULD BE VERY SLIM
IF YOU WERE TO REMAIN. CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION WHETHER TO
STAY OR GO.
CUT TO. EXT-SPACE: THE STARFLEET SHIPS LEAVE AS DO MANY OF THE JOHNATHAN
ARCHER SHUTTLES. THE REMAINING CARDASSIAN SHIPS ALSO LEAVE AS DO HALF OF THE
ROMULAN FLEET. ONLY THE KLINGON FLEET REMAINS IN FORCE.
CUT TO. INT-ENTERPRISE, ENGINERRING. MACGREGOR, FAWKES, TROUSE AND WARREN ARE
STANDING AROUND THE "POOL TABLE" ON TOP OF WHICH IS A PHOTON TORPEDO.
MACGREGOR: COMMANDER, I DON'T CARE HOW IT GETS DONE, JUST THAT IT GETS DONE IN
THE NEXT TEN MINUTES.
INT- ENGINERRING: MACREGOR BEGINS TO LEAVE THEN HE STOPS AND TURNS BACK TO
WARREN.
MACGREGOR: AND COMMANDER.
WARREN: SIR?
MACGREGOR: YOU'RE IN CHARGE UNTIL WE RETURN.
WARREN: YES SIR.
MACGREGOR: LET EM' KNOW WE'RE COMING OVER.
FAWKES: SIR, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THAT. A SUPRISE ATTACK IS WHAT WE NEED HERE.
MACGREGOR: ANDY, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. (TO TROUSE) DO IT.
INT. ENGINEERING: TROUSE STARES OFF INTO SPACE. HER EYES ROLL INTO HER HEAD.
AFTER ABOUT FIVE SECONDS OF THIS SHE SNAPS OUT.
TROUSE: IT'S WAITING FOR US.
MACGREGOR (TO WARREN): THE SHIP IS YOURS.
CUT TO. INT-ENTERPRISE, TRANSPORTER ROOM. MACGREGOR, STALAR, TROUSE, AND
FAWKES ENTER THE ROOM. THE TRANSPORT OFFICER LOOKS TO THEM.
TRANSPORT OFFICER: SIR, THEY'VE CREATED A NITROGEN OXYGEN ATMOSPHER OF 30
DEGREES CELCIUS.
MACGREGOR: THEY MUST FIGURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DIE WE SHOULD AT LEAST DIE
COZY. (TO TROUSE) IMPUT THE CO-ORDINATES.
INT- TRANSPOTER ROOM. TROUSE IMPUTS A SET OF CO-ORDINATES THE ALIENS GAVE HER
MENTALLY.
TROUSE: DONE.
MACGREGOR: LET'S MOVE.
INT- TRANSPORTER ROOM. THE AWAY TEAM STEPS ON TO THE TRANSPORTER PAD.
MACGREGOR: ENERGIZE.
INT- TRANSPORTER ROOM. THE AWAY TEAM DE-MATERIELIZES IN A SHOWER OF BLUE
ENERGY.
CUT TO. INT- ALIEN WEAPON SHIP. THERE IS A MASSIVE AMBER HUB THAT SEEMS TO BE
CONNECED TO THE WALLS OF THE BIO-SHIP BY LONG TENDRILS OF ENERGY THAT MAKES
THE WHOLE THING LOOK LIKE A PLASMA BALL. ONE OF THE RIBBONS OF ENERGY FLATTENS
OUT AND WIDENS. THE AWAY TEAM MATERIELIZES ON THE ENERGY RIBBON. THEY LOOK
AROUND TO GET SOME BARINGS BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO DO SO. THEY LOOK DOWN. THE
ENERGY PAD IS NEARLY TRANSPARENT. THEY CAN SEE FIVE KILOMETRES STRAIGHT DOWN.
THE BOTTOM IS LITTERED WITH WRECKAGE FROM VARIOUS VESSELS RANGING FROM
STARFLEET TO ROMULAN. TROUSE TURNS AROUND. HER EXPRESSION TURNS TO SHOCK AT
WHAT SHE SEES.
TROUSE: MICHAEL.
INT- WEAPON SHIP. MACGREGOR TURNS. AS DO STALAR AND FAWKES. WHAT THEY SEE IS
THE ENTERPRISE, VENTRAL SIDE "UP". IT IS BEING HELD THERE BY THE SUCTION
APPENDAGES.
CUT TO. INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE: WARREN IS WORKING AT THE ENGINEERING CONSOLE.
HE LOOKS UP ACROSS THE ROOM.
WARREN: TRY IT NOW LIEUTENENT.
INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE. CHAVEZ TRIES TO WORK HER CONSOLE. SHE LOOKS ELATED WHEN
IT DOES WORK.
CHAVEZ: IT'S ALIVE!
WARREN: TRY CONTACTING THE FLEET.
INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE: CHAVEZ WORKS HER CONSOLE. AUDIO STATIC BEGINS TO FILL
THE BRIDGE.
WARREN: THIS IS LIEUTENENT COMMANDER WARREN OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
ADMIRAL JANEWAY, CAN YOU HEAR US?
CUT TO. INT-JOHNATHAN ARCHER BRIDGE. JANEWAY BEGINS TO HEAR A FAINT VOICE
THROUGH SOME AUDIO STATIC.
JANEWAY: ENSIGN, CLEAR THAT UP!
WARREN: LIEUTEN... RREN... ST.RSHI... ENT..PR.SE.
JANEWAY: COME ON!
WARREN: ENTERPRISE! THIS IS THE ENTERPRISE!
JANEWAY: THEY'RE ALIVE. ENSIGN, CONTACT STARFLEET, ADVISE THEM OF OUR
SITUATION.
ENSIGN: YES MAM.
JANEWAY (QUIETLY): HANG ON GUYS. WE'LL GET YOU OUT.
CUT TO. INT-ENTERPRISE BRIDGE.
WARREN: DID THEY RECIEVE?
CHAVEZ: UNKNOWN. WE'LL KNOW ONLY IF THEY CAN RETURN THE TRANSMISSION.
WAREEN: KEEP ON IT.
CHAVEZ: AYE.
CUT TO. INT-WEAPON SHIP. MAGREGOR, TROUSE, STALAR AND FAWKES PASS THROUGH AN
ENERGY FIELD. THEY ENTER A LARGE, CAVERNOUS CHAMBER THAT SEEMS TO BE MUCH
LARGER THAN IT LOOKED TO BE FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE AWAY TEAM MOVES DEEPER INTO
THE CHAMBER.
CUT TO. FIRST PERSON P.O.V-MACGREGOR: HE LOOKS AHEAD WIDE EYED. HE SEES HIS
BROTHER, CAPTAIN LOUIS MACGREGOR OF THE STARSHIP REMINGTON. LOUIS' EYES,
HOWEVER, ARE PITCH BLACK.
MACGREGOR: LOU?
LOUIS: YOU ARE MICHAEL MACGREGOR OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE, CORRECT?
CUT TO. INT- WEAPON SHIP CHAMBER:
MACGREGOR: YOU'RE NOT LOU ARE YOU?
LOUIS: I HAVE CHOSEN THIS AVATAR FROM YOUR MEMORIES TO BETTER COMMUNICATE IN
YOUR PRIMITIVE DIALECT. (TO FAWKES) YOU ARE LIEUTENANT ANDREW FAWKES OF THE
STARSHIP ENTERPRISE CORRECT?
FAWKES: WHY ARE WE HERE?
LOUIS: DR.TROUSE COMPREHENDS THE SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOUR. IN ORDER TO LEARN HOW
ONE CAN BETTER EXTERMINATE AN ORGANISM ONE MUST FIRST COMPREHEND IT TO A
CERTAIN DEGREE.
TROUSE: NOT ALL HUMANOID LIFEFORMS ARE ALIKE.
LOUIS: QUITE RIGHT. YOU ARE ALL, HOWEVER, ALIKE ENOUGH FOR US TO INVESTIGATE
CERTAIN ASPECTS OF YOUR BIOLOGY IN ORDER TO DISCOVER HOW TO ERASE YOUR COMMON
GENOME FROM THE KNOWN UNIVERSE. WE DO NOT INTEND FOR A SINGLE CELL THAT IS NOT
OUR OWN TO BE LEFT ALIVE IN THIS UNIVERSE.
MACGREGOR: HOW MANY OF THESE WEAPON SHIPS ARE THERE?
LOUIS: ONE. JUST ONE. THIS ORGANISM WAS BROUGHT INTO BEING TO EXTERMINATE ALL
LIFE FROM THIS GALAXY. IF THE PROCESS TOOK MORE THAN TWO OF YOUR CORPOREAL
MONTHS, THAN THE INVASION WOULD BE POSTPONED FOR THREE OF YOUR TERRESTRIAL
MILLENNIUMS. THOUGH THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A LONG TIME TO YOU, TIME TO US IS OF NO
RELEVANCE.
MACGREGOR: YOU WILL NOT WIN THIS.
LOUIS: WE ALREADY HAVE. YOUR PRESENCE HERE PROVES THAT. YOU ARE IN THIS
CHAMBER TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT. WE, HOWEVER, HAVE NOT THE DESIRE NOR THE
ETHICAL STAND YOU BEINGS DO TO PROCEED WITH SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT. YOU HUMANOID
BEINGS AND EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU IS A SYSTEMIC DISEASE. YOU ARE A CANCEROUS
TUMOUR IN THE HEART OF THE UNIVERSE. AS ANY GOOD PHYSICIAN WOULD TELL YOU,
SOMETHING THAT MALIGNANT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM BEING AT ALL COST.
CUT TO. INT- ENTERPRISE BRIDGE: WARREN HAS ESTABLISHED A SCRATCHY VISUAL
CONTACT WITH JANEWAY.
WARREN: WE ARE BEING HELD INSIDE THE WEAPON BY UNKNOWN APPENDAGES. WE HAVE
ALSO LOST AUDIO CONTACT WITH THE AWAY TEAM.
JANEWAY: COMMANDER, WE HAVE DETECTED THE WEAPON SHIP'S POWER OUTPUT HAS
INCREASED BY OVER THREE HUNDERD PERCENT IN THE PAST FIVE MINUTES.
WARREN: THEY'RE GETTING READY TO FIRE AREN'T THEY?
JANEWAY: SEEMS THAT WAY. LISTEN, WE BELIVE WE'VE FOUND A WAY FOR THE
ENTERPRISE TO GET OUT OF THERE BUT WE'LL BE NEEDING YOU TO ACT FAST.
WARREN: I'M ALL FOR IT.
CUT TO. INT-WEAPON SHIP CHAMBER.
LOUIS: ALTHOUGH THIS EXCHANGE OF PRIMITIVE DIALECT HAS BEEN ENLIGHTENING AND
SLIGHTLIY AMUSISING, I AM AFRAID THAT IT MUST BE TERMINATED.
MACGREGOR: HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
LOUIS: AS MUST YOU BE, TERMINATED.
MACGREGOR: NOT HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
LOUIS: I WASN'T EXPECTING YOU TO BE.
INT-WEAPON SHIP CHAMBER: LOUIS SUDDENLY TRANSFORMS INTO A MASSIVE, SIXTEEN
FOOT TALL ALIEN CREATURE. THE BEAST TOWERS OVER THE AWAY TEAM. ONLY TROUSE
TURNS AWAY. THE CREATURE'S EYES BEGIN TO GLOW A MALICIOUS SHADE OF ORANGE. THE
THREE MEN BEGIN TO WAIL IN AGONY AS THEY ARE BROUGHT TO THEIR KNEES.