Story:Starship Archer/Into the Fold/Act One

ACT ONE

FADE IN

EXT-SPACE

(Note: Opening credits fall over opening scenes.)

The Dominion Heavy Cruiser fires at the shuttle hitting the dorsal shields making them flicker, as the shuttle fires back at the cruiser but it's not making a dent in it's shields as the cruiser fires again.

INT-SHUTTLE CANOPY

Huge showers of sparks erupt from the ceiling and side console.

CADET MARTIN: (off her console) Shields down to forty-five percent.

Another hit rocks the shuttle, sparks erupt from the side console.

VICE ADM. MARTIN: (off his console) There's a class-L planet on long range scanners.

Cadet Martin looks at one over the screens.

CADET MARTIN (worried): It's barely habitable and I don't think we can make it, (beat) but I can try to get us there.

EXT-SPACE

The shuttle flies to the planet.

INT-SHUTTLE CANOPY

Monitors are all static.

CADET MARTIN: (to com) This is the shuttle craft Darwin to any Federation vessels we've been attacked by a Jem'Hadar Heavy Cruiser and have taken heavy damage and are attempting to make an emergency landing on a class L planet.

(Power hums down)

CADET MARTIN: (off her console) WE'VE LOST ALL POWER!

Shuttle starts shaking violently as lights flicker.

VICE ADM. MARTIN: We're coming in too fast!

Window shows a mountain getting closer.

CADET MARTIN: (off her console) I've got no helm control.

EXT-PLANET SURFACE

The shuttle strikes the mountain.

INT-SHUTTLE CANOPY

A huge shower of sparks erupt from the ceiling and side console, as coolant vents from the ceiling and under the consoles.

VICE ADM. MARTIN (Shocked): Oh my god, (beat) BRACE FOR IMPACT!

CUT TO:

EXT-PLANET SURFACE

The shuttle hits the ground hard and skids and hits a rock that shears the port nacelle pylon off the shuttle's hull as it still skids.

INT-SHUTTLE CANOPY

Window shows the dirt being thrown up on the window, as it blackout,

EXT-PLANET SURFACE

then a little later we see the runa is perched on a rocky outcrop.

INT-SHUTTLE CANOPY

Sparks rain down from the ceiling as coolant vents from the ceiling and damaged console screen.

CADET MARTIN: Sir?

She looks around and sees the Admiral down on the floor.

CADET MARTIN (Shocked): ADMIRAL!

She crawls to her grandfather and turns him over, and gets a medkit and opens it and gets out a medical tricorder and scans him.

CADET MARTIN (Worried): Grandpa, sir, ADMIRAL!

She's shaking her grandfather.

(End of Act one, fade out)