Story:Starship Archer/The Invasion of Corvan II/Act Three

ACT THREE FADE IN

EXT-SPACE

The Archer is at high warp speeding to Korvan II.

INT-BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

The crew are at their battle stations.

SITO: (off her console) Picking up signals from the fleet.

TAYLOR: (Turns to Martin) Maybe Admiral Samuels got there to stop them from bombarding the surface, (to Carlson) time to Korvan System Ensign?

CARLSON (Pilot): (off her console) We're approaching the system now Captain.

TAYLOR: (Gets up from chair and walks to the rail) Take us out of warp as close to the nearest Cardassian Warship you can get us to Ensign, (To Mason) Standby to fire the moment we drop out of warp.

MASON: (To Taylor) Aye, Captain.

(Power hums down from the warp engines)

CARLSON (Pilot): (off her console) Slowing to Impulse speed now.

TAYLOR: (To Mason) FIRE!

EXT-SPACE

The Archer emerges from warp and starts firing at the nearest Galor-Class Warship destroying it, as the camera pans over and shows the Federation Eighth Fleet in combat with the Dominion/Cardassian Alliance forces.

INT-BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

A few jolts rocked the Archer hard as sparks erupt from the MSD.

MASON: (off his console) One Cardassian destroyed, (beat) Shields down to sixty-seven percent.

Ship ROCKS under fire.

CARLSON (Conn Officer): (inputs commands into the console) Going to evasive pattern gamma six.

Ship rocks again and again SPARKS erupt from the MSD.

MASON: (Off his console) Shields down to ninety percent.

The Ops console goes crazy.

SITO: (To Taylor) Captain the USS Daystrom has lost shields and is being targeted by a squadron of Jem'hadar fighters.

TAYLOR: (Turns to Carlson) Ensign bring us about let's give them a hand, (to Mason) see if you can get those fighters attention Mr. Mason.

MASON: (Smirk) With pleasure Captain.

EXT-SPACE

The Daystrom is taking heavy damage and can't take another shot when four quantum torpedoes strike the lead fighter and phaser beams hit three of the fighters destroying them, as the remaining fighters give chase firing at the Archer.

INT-BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

A few more jolts rock the ship harder and harder.

MASON: (Off his console) Shields down to forty-nine percent, (beat) the other fighters have broken off the attack, and their chasing us.

Another jolt causes a huge shower of sparks to erupt from the MSD as pieces from the MSD fly sending an officer flying to the deck as coolant vents from it.

MASON: (off his console) Shields down to thirty-five percent, (beat) damage to port phaser coupling and forward launcher is off-line.

MARTIN: (To Carlson) Come to course two-one-six mark Seven-Nine-Five.

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EXT-SPACE

An Excelsior-Class is destroyed along with several birds of prey and five Vor'cha attack cruisers, Archer fires several photons at the Cruiser causing explosions to erupt along the outer hull.

INT-BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

(Boom, Boom)

TAYLOR: (To Mason) Report?

Coolant vents from the ceiling still.

MASON: (Working) Shields down to forty-two percent.

Another shower of sparks erupt from the ceiling.

CARLSON (Pilot): Coming to course two-one-seven mark eight-seven-zero, (beat) increasing to full impulse.

Martin looks at his XO computer next to his chair.

MARTIN: (Off the XO console) We've got a leak in the port nacelle.

(BOOM!)

TAYLOR: (To Martin) Reroute power, (to Mason) return fire.

INT-ENGINEERING

There is a sudden EXPLOSION on the upper level. Williams and the other Engineers rush to deal with it.

WILLIAMS: (to Ensign Nelson) Reroute power to the secondary power grid!

Sparks rain down.

WILLIAMS: (To Gomez) Sonya try to reduce pressure in G-12.

INT-BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

Another JOLT. The Bridge lights FLICKER. The situation is desperate.

TAYLOR: (To Mason) Photons full spread!

Mason inputs commands into the tactical console.

As before. The ship is jolted again...the Conn console on the right side EXPLODES and Ensign CARLSON is thrown from her console holding her arm that is cut by a piece of shrapnel.

TAYLOR: (To Martin) JOHN TAKE THE HELM EVASIVE MANUEVERS BETA SIX!

Sito gets up from the floor as coolant vents from the ceiling.

SITO: (Off her console) Direct hit to our EPS Conduit again, (beat) main power just went down switching to emergency back up power.

Close up on Taylor as the bridge lights FLICKER.

(End of Act Three, Fade out)