Story:Starship Archer/The Front/Act Three

ACT THREE

FADE IN

EXT-SPACE

(After the break, ships are having holes blows in them. Several Defiant-class ships are whizzing around as the Archer is pursuing a Jem'hadar fighter.)

INT-BRIDGE (Red Alert)

CARLSON: (off her console) I'll say this for the Jem'Hadar they really know how to pilot their ships.

TAYLOR: (to Carlson) So do you keep them from attacking the station.

SITO: (to Carlson) Stay with him.

CARLSON: I'm trying, but he's slippery...

TAYLOR: Mister Mason?

MASON: Unable to lock target.

The Archer is ROCKED by a series of hits. One of the N.D.s goes down.

SITO: (off her console) We have two Jem'Hadar ships coming in behind us, bearing one-three-six mark four.

TAYLOR: (To Carlson) Evasive Pattern Beta.

CARLSON: Hang on.

CUT TO

EXT-SPACE

The Archer outmaneuver the Jem'Hadar ships --destroying one in the process. However, the Dominion ship we were after gets away.

INT-BRIDGE (Red Alert)

TAYLOR: Well done Ensign.

CARLSON (Conn officer): Thanks Captain but the Jem'Hadar fighter I was chasing got away.

TAYLOR: (To Carlson) Don't worry there's plenty more where that came from.

Ship gets ROCKED again and again as sparks erupt from the ceiling and side consoles and MSD.

MASON: (off his console) Shields down to forty-three percent.

The Archer gets ROCKED harder as more sparks erupt from the ceiling.

SITO: (Off her console) Hull breach on deck seven,(beat) medical teams to decks eleven and fourteen!

MASON: (Off his console) Shields down to forty-one percent.

CARLSON (Conn officer): Switching to pattern beta four.

(KA-BOOM!)

SITO: (off her console) Direct hit to the EPS Conduits main power just went down.

MARTN: (To Sito) Emergency power.

lights and consoles start flickering.

MASON: (Off his console) Shields are buckling!

Taylor goes to him.

TAYLOR: (To Mason) Reroute power to the shields.

MASON: (Nods) Aye, Captain.

Ship gets ROCKED hard.

TAYLOR: (To Carlson) Keep our bow from the Dominion ship!

Carlson inputs commands into her console.

CARLSON (Conn officer): (off her console) Aye, Captain.

EXT-SPACE

As the Archer takes up a defensive posture a Jem'Hadar fighter rams into the Archer's port side causing a large explosion.

INT-BRIDGE (Red Alert)

A huge shower of sparks erupt from the ceiling as coolant vents from the ceiling and lights flicker as the computer speaks.

COMPUTER: ''Warning. Hull breach on deck four, Cargo bay two.''

SITO: (off her console) HULL BREACH DECKS FOUR-TEN, (beat) Emergency force fields are in place and holding.

The ship jolts harder.

MARTIN: (To Taylor) We're losing life-support!

Close up on Taylor.

(End of Act Three, Fade out)

CARLSON