Story:Starship Archer/Be All My Sins Remember'd/Prologue

TEASER

FADE IN

EXT-SPACE

The Archer is in formation with the ninth fleet after a brutal engagement with the Dominion/Cardassian forces in sector 221.

TAYLOR

(Voice Over)

''Military Log Combat date 58254.1. The Archer is with the Ninth Fleet, after a brutal engagement with a Dominion/Cardassian Fleet. So far we've not had anymore contact with the enemy.''

INT-SITO QUARTER

John zips up his uniform jacket as Sito wraps her arms around him and lays her head on his back.

SITO

(Sighs)

Do you have to go now John?

He turns to her and looks into her eyes.

JOHN

(Smiles)

Its the weekly war meeting in the war room, and the Captain is waiting Sito.

Sito gets dressed as well and both Sito and John leaves her quarters.

INT-WAR ROOM

MARTIN is standing at an OKUDAGRAM briefing his senior staff about the war with the Dominion. MARTIN, CARLSON, CARLSON, and T'SHAR are seated at the table; ODO stands near the window. The mood is somber.

MARTIN

The Dominion has solidified its hold on the Kalandra Sector, especially Betazed here and here. Starfleet is trying to come up with a plan to free the Betazoids.

Taylor chimes in.

TAYLOR

(Sighs)

Two engagements and we can't seem to free Betazed,

(beat)

Keep at it with these meetings dismissed.

The Senior Staff leaves the war room.

TAYLOR

John stay for a moment.

John stays.

MARTIN

What's wrong?

Taylor gets up from the chair and walks over to him.

TAYLOR

Jack has made a full recovery, and he wants to return to tactical.

John isn't happy.

MARTIN

But my daughter is the Chief Operations Officer.

Taylor paces about.

TAYLOR

What if we promote Sito, we never got our own Strategic Operations Officer?

John thinks.

MARTIN

Alright let's try it.

[Com activates]

MASON

(Over com)

Bridge to Taylor.

Taylor taps her combadge.

TAYLOR

(to com)

Taylor here.

MASON

Incoming transmission from Commodore Amy Taylor, it is coded priority one.

Taylor turns to Martin.

MARTIN

I'll be on the bridge.

He leaves the War room.

TAYLOR

(to com)

Lieutenant patch it to the War room.

The Tactical map changes to the office of her mother's office on the USS Warspite.

COMMODORE TAYLOR

(On Monitor)

Captain, what is your status?

TAYLOR

A few scratches here and there but nothing that can't be fixed at DS9.

COMMODORE TAYLOR

(On monitor)