Story:Starship Archer/Semper Fidelis/Act Four

ACT FOUR

FADE IN

EXT-SPACE

Archer approaches Chin'toka V.

INT-ARCHER BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

Viewer shows Breen ships in orbit around the planet where the 83rd's Forward Operations Base is on.

TAYLOR

(Surprised)

What the hell are the Breen doing here??

Martin shrugs his shoulders as Ensign Martin chimes in.

ENS. MARTIN

Picking up five Klingon Birds of Prey leaving the surface, we're being hailed by the lead ship.

Taylor gets up from the chair.

TAYLOR

Main viewer now!

Viewer changes to the Bridge of the Vorn.

MARTIN

(Smiles)

Korath what brings you out here?

KORATH

(On viewer)

Same as you Commander, we picked up the 83rd distress call we've them all expect for Lieutenant Mason.

Both Taylor and Mason are worried.

CUT TO:

INT-FORWARD OPERATION BASE

Lieutenant Mason is prepping the charges, when he hears a sizzling sound from the sealed doors.

MASON

Damn it.

He arms up and gets ready to fight the oncoming troops, then Gul Rejak walks through the burnt doors.

REJAK

Search this place I want to make sure that no one is alive.

The search the base when Lieutenant Mason starts shooting his particle rifle at Dominion troopers, he's shot in the leg by a Cardassian disruptor beam as the Cardassians take Lieutenant Mason to Rejak.

EXT-SPACE

Archer enters orbit with the Breen and Dominion ships.

INT-ARCHER BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

TAYLOR

Breen ships this is Captain Marcia Taylor of the Federation Starship USS Archer,(beat)

you will leave this system now or we'll open fire.

Ship jolts under fire.

ENS. MARTIN

The lead Cardassian ship has opened fire on us!

Ship jolts harder under fire as sparks erupt from the ceiling and MSD as Captain Taylor hangs onto her arm rests of her Captain's Chair.

TAYLOR

(to Sito)

Sito return fire!

Sito inputs commands into the tactical console.

EXT-SPACE

The Archer returns fire with a spread of photons and phasers at the Cardassian ship, the Cardassian ship fires back hitting the forward shield bubble making it flicker.

INT-ARCHER BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

Sparks erupt from the ceiling.

SITO

Shields down to seventy-five percent!

More sparks erupt from the ceiling and MSD as the screens flicker from the hits that the ship is taking.

ENS. MARTIN

(Off her console)

I've detected Mister Mason in the base, he's surrounded by a squad of Dominion and Cardassian troopers and also I'm detecting something as well with them the readings match the readings from Gul Rejak.

Sito is stunned by what Kelly just said.

TAYLOR

Can you get a lock on him?

CUT TO:

INT-FORWARD OPERATION BASE

Mason is being held by two Cardassian soldiers as Gul Rejak smirks at him as he gets out his disruptor pistol.

REJAK

(Sigh)

Time to die.

Rejak aims his pistol at him.

(End of Act Four, Fade out)