Story:Starship Archer (fan film)/The Invasion Part 2/Act Three

Act Three

Fade in

EXT-SPACE

The Archer is outside the system.

INT-BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

Taylor paces about.

TAYLOR: (To Sito) Anything Sito?

She inputs commands into her console.

SITO: (off her console) Nothing yet Captain.

She gets frustrated.

TAYLOR: Keep sending the hail.

Taylor goes back to her chair.

TAYLOR: Keep trying.

Martin smirks.

MARTIN: (To Taylor) They might get annoyed by it.

She adjusts her uniform.

TAYLOR: (To Martin) I know but we need to get through to them.

(Sensors beep)

SITO: (off her console) Captain sensors are picking up ships.

Taylor gets up from the Captain's Chair.

TAYLOR: (To Sito) Our reinforcements?

She looks at the sensors.

SITO: (Off her console) No there Dominion fighters, (beat) sixteen of them.

Mason leans on his console.

MASON: Their probably wondering what happened to the Cardies.

CARLSON (Pilot): I can get us out of here in a few minutes just say the words Captain.

Martin turns to her.

MARTIN: (To Taylor) If we flood the debris field with ionized particles they'll think they had a warp core breach.

Taylor paces about.

TAYLOR: (To Sito) Do it Sito.

Sito inputs commands into her console.

SITO: (off her console) Aye, Captain let's hope they don't figure out that we destroyed them. (beat) They're scanning the field now Captain.

Everyone is tense.

SITO: (off her console) They've split up Captain.

Taylor thinks for a minute.

TAYLOR: (To Sito) Where's the closets ship?

Sito inputs commands into her console.

SITO: (off her console) Bearing two-three-seven mark three-six-five, (beat) it's combing the debris field.

Martin joins her.

MARTIN: (To Taylor) You're going to attack them?

She smiles at him.

TAYLOR: (To Martin) That's right I wanna make sure that they don't get anything to the Dominion/Cardassian forces, (To Carlson) Kara set a pursuit course. (beat) Mason power the phaser banks and ready torpedoes.

EXT-SPACE

The fighter is combing the debris field, when a photon hits it and the Archer flies over it.

INT-BRIDGE (RED ALERT)