Story:Star Trek: Archer/Over the Horizon/Act One

ACT ONE

FADE IN

EXT-SPACE

(Notes: Opening Credits fall over opening scenes)

INT-BRIEFING ROOM

Monitor shows the border between the Federation-Romulan Neutral Zone border.

COMM. WESLEY: For weeks the Romulan forces have been testing our ships long the border.

Commodore Martin chimes in.

COMM. MARTIN: Ever since the Enterprise stole one of their cloaking devices, they've been destroying their ships to prevent us from taking their technology.

Taylor chimes in.

CAPT. TAYLOR: So what are our orders?

The screen zooms in on one of the sides of the Romulan Neutral Zone border.

COMM. WESLEY: Your orders are to meet up with a battlegroup of Federation ships led by the USS Dominion, you'll take your orders from Captain Brousseau.

Commander Martin chimes in.

CMDR. MARTIN (Confused): Wait what happened to Commodore Grissiom?

COMM. MARTIN (Sighs): He stepped down from Starship command, he's teaching at Starfleet Academy.

EXT-STARBASE BERTH

The Archer is being worked on and its photons reloaded.

INT-DECK SEVEN, STARBOARD AIRLOCK

A young Officer walks onto the ship, and walks to the nearest turbo-lift and heads to the bridge.

CUT TO:

INT-ARCHER MAIN BRIDGE

The lift doors open and the officer walks onto the bridge, amazed by the design he walks to the Captain's Chair as Commander Martin gets up.

CMDR. MARTIN: Ah, I guess you're our new chief navigational officer, welcome aboard Lieutenant?

He puts his bag down and he hands Martin a disc with his orders.

LT. MITCHELL: Oh Lieutenant Daniel Mitchell I just transferred from the Lexington under Commodore Wesley.

Commander Martin takes the disc and he assumes his station as he inputs commands into the navigational console, then Captain Taylor walks out of the ready room.

CAPT. TAYLOR: Alright let's get started all hands rig for departure.

The crew assumes their posts.

LT. SMITH: Dock master has cleared us for departure Captain.

Captain Taylor sits in the Captain's Chair.

CAPT. TAYLOR: Ensign back us out of the berth, thrusters full reverse then when clear the base set course for the Romulan border warp factor seven.

Ensign Carlson inputs commands into the helm station and Lieutenant Mitchell inputs commands into the navigational console.

CUT TO:

EXT-SPACE

Archer backs out of the berth of the Starbase, and moves away at impulse.

INT-ARCHER MAIN BRIDGE

ENS. CARLSON: Course set and laid in.

CAPT. TAYLOR: Warp factor seven and engage.

Ensign Carlson engages the warp drive.

EXT-SPACE

The Archer leaps into warp speed.

(End of Act One, fade out)