Story:Starship Archer/Heavy Losses/Prologue

TEASER

FADE IN

EXT-SPACE

Archer is at high warp heading to Starbase thirty-nine Sierra, to head off a Dominion strike group.

INT-MESS HALL

The crew is enjoying a much needed meal after several engagements against the Dominion/Cardassian Alliance, as Lieutenant Clarkson walks in and heads to a replicator.

CLARKSON (to Replicator) Coffee two sugars please.

The replicator makes the cup of coffee and he picks it up and sips the drink and walks over to where John is sitting.

KYLE Mind if I join you John.

John motions for him to sit.

JOHN Not at all man.

Kyle sits with his friend.

KYLE (Sighs) Ugh I've not been out of Engineering since we lost at Betazed.

JOHN (Sighs) It was brutal the Captain is still writing letters to the families of the crewmen we lost in that battle.

As Kyle is sipping his coffee, the ship goes to Red Alert.

TAYLOR (Over Com) All senior staff report to the bridge, immediately.

There's an urgency in Taylor's voice that puts everyone instantly on the go.

EXT-SPACE

The Archer drops out of warp entering sector zero, zero, one as debris from the Mars defense unmanned pods float under the Sovereign-Class ship.

INT-ARCHER BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

Red lights are flashing as the crew are at their battle stations as Lieutenant Carlson turns to Captain Taylor.

CARLSON (Helm Officer) Approaching Earth now Captain.

Taylor get up from her Captain's Chair as the turbo-lift doors opened and both Commander Martin and Lieutenant Clarkson walk out of it.

TAYLOR Ensign on main viewer.

Ensign Martin inputs commands into the ops console and the viewer shows Earth as everyone stares in horror at the viewscreen, as Captain Taylor walks in front of the ops and helm stations as Commander Martin walks up behind them.

MARTIN (Shocked) Damn it the Breen they attacked Earth.

EXT-SPACE

Archer flies by the debris of the Federation and Breen ships as the USS Enterprise-E and the USS Columbia are on station with the Home Fleet.

INT-ARCHER BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

TAYLOR (to Com) Bridge to Doctor Carlson assemble a med team you're beaming down to Starfleet Command, Starfleet Academy, Starfleet Medical and Corp of Engineering and Downtown San Francisco.

CARLSON (Chief Medical Officer, Over Com) Aye, Captain we're heading to the transporter room.

Both Taylor and Martin are in shock still.

(End of Teaser, Fade out, Starting Credits)