Story:Starship Archer/Romulan Encounter/Act One

ACT ONE

FADE IN

EXT-SPACE

The Archer is struck by the torpedoes from the Romulan Warbird.

INT-BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

Shaking from the impact...

MASON: Shields down to eighty-seven percent.

TAYLOR: Return fire.

EXT-SPACE

The Archer fires a phaser volley at the Romulan vessel hitting it's shields.

INT-BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

MASON: (off his console) Direct hit. No damage.

More hits rock them...As a shower of sparks erupts from one of the consoles.

MARTIN: (To Cadet Martin) Somebody put that out!

Cadet Martin gets out an extinguisher.

TAYLOR (Confused): What happened to automatic fire suppression?

CADET Martin: That's the panel that caught fire.

She puts it out.

Mason examines his console read out.

MASON: Shields down to thirty-percent!

Martin shifts to Taylor.

MARTIN:(to Taylor) Captain, if we stay in a pounding match any longer. TAYLOR (Worried): We lose, (beat) Kara, can you take us into the upper atmosphere of the planet? Just skim the surface between air and space.

CARLSON (Confused) Captain, that'll create a lot of friction. With the deflectors low, the atmosphere...

TAYLOR: Can you do it?

Carlson gets confident.

CARLSON (Conn Officer): Aye Captain.

Taylor goes to Mason.

TAYLOR: (To Mason) Prepare a payload of torpedoes we're gonna shove them down their throats.

EXT-SPACE The Archer comes about as the Romulan Warbird fires at it hitting it's ventral Shields, as the ship heads to the planet as the Warbird gives chase it starts firing trying to get a lock on the ship but misses every shot.

INT-BRIDGE (Red Alert)

Shaking gets more intense.

SITO: Romulan vessel can't seem to lock onto us.

MARTIN (Surprised): You're throwing up a smoke screen.

TAYLOR: (nods) Their scanners are blinded, (beat) Kara when I say now you pull us up as hard and fast as you can, (to Mason) standby with our torpedoes Lieutenant and NOW!

Carlson inputs commands into her conn station.

EXT-SPACE

The Archer lifts up.

INT-BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

Shaking harder.