Story:Starship Challenger/The Slaughter of Altair IV/Act One

ACT ONE

FADE IN

EXT-SPACE

(Notes: Opening Credits fall over opening scenes)

Challenger fires phase cannons at the Romulan Shrike-class ship hitting it's exposed outer hull.

INT-BRIDGE (TACTICAL ALERT)

(BOOM!)

RUBIN Hullplating is holding at seventy-two percent!

Taylor leans forward.

TAYLOR (to Rubin) Fire off another spread of photonics.

Rubin inputs commands into his console.

EXT-SPACE

Challenger fires off a spread of photonics they strike the warbird and it blows up into a thousand pieces as Challenger flies over the fiery ball of what was the Romulan Shrike-Class ship.

INT-BRIDGE (TACTICAL ALERT)

RUBIN Enemy vessel destroyed Captain.

Taylor leans back in her chair.

TAYLOR Stand down tactical alert, (to com) medical team to port docking hatch.

CARLSON (CMO, OC) We're on our way now Captain.

Martin leaves the bridge go join them as Marcia folds her arms.

CUT TO: EXT-SPACE

Challenger parks along side the Jamestown and extends it's docking arm and latches onto the ECS Freighter.

INT-C DECK

The medical team helps the wounded out of the ship as Martin walks to them.

MARTIN (to Carlson) How bad is it?

Carlson turns to him.

CARLSON (CMO) We've got twenty-three confirmed dead, fifteen wounded I'll know more as we get them to sickbay.

LEE DOCTOR!

Both Carlson and Martin head to the bed cart.

CARLSON (CMO) What's wrong?

LEE Hairline fracture, five broken ribs and internal bleeding.

It's revealed to be Kyle Clarkson who is the wounded person.

CARLSON (CMO) Take him to sickbay and prep him for surgery go now.

Janice takes Kyle to sickbay quickly.