Story:Star Trek: Archer/Shakedown Cruise/Act Two

ACT TWO

FADE IN

EXT-SPACE

The Romulan Warbird fires its disrupter bolts at the Archer hitting the shields.

INT-ARCHER MAIN BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

Ship jolts hard under the fire.

LT. MASON

Shields down to seventy-five percent!

Ship shook hard.

LT. MASON

(Confused)

Captain you want me to arm photon torpedoes?

She puts her hand up as the ship jolts harder and harder.

CAPT. TAYLOR

Load tubes one and fire.

Lieutenant Mason inputs commands into the tactical console and presses the firing button.

EXT-SPACE

The Archer fires a spread of photons they strike the warbird's shields and the next one strikes the hull causing an explosion splitting the port wing.

INT-ARCHER MAIN BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

LT. MASON

(Smiles)

Direct hit to their port wing Captain, its been sheared off.

Captain Taylor gets up from the Captain's Chair.

CAPT. TAYLOR

Lieutenant Smith open a channel.

Lieutenant Smith inputs commands into her console.

LT. SMITH

(Off her console)

Hailing frequency open Captain.

Captain Taylor leans on the helm and navigation station that is still unmanned.

CAPT. TAYLOR

Romulan vessel this is Captain Marcia Taylor of the Federation Starship USS Archer, state your reasons for destroying one of our freighters?

Then a bright flash from the viewer as the crew covers their eyes, and nothing is left of the warbird.

LTCMDR. T'LAR

Sensors picked up no bio-signs onboard the ship before it exploded.

CMDR. MARTIN

If there wasn't a crew onboard then oh crap, shields up!

A bright flash.

(End of Act Two, fade out)