Story:Starship Archer/Grace Under Pressure/Act Three

ACT THREE

FADE IN

EXT-COLONY SETTLEMENT

The Cardassian soldiers enter the settlement unknown to them both T'Shar and Kara are disguised as settlers so they won't get caught by the soldiers.

MINISTER JONES (To Rejak) Welcome to my settlement I'm Minister Amy Jones.

REJAK (nods) Please to meet you I'm Gul Rejak of the Cardassian fourth order and its very nice to meet you Minister Jones.

MINSTER JONES I know you're people tried to annex this world once before.

REJAK True and we're annexing this planet for good to help us in our current fight with the Federation Alliance forces, and I promise that you will not be harmed in any fashion.

As this happening T'Shar and Carlson are watching it go down.

CARLSON (Helm Officer) We need to contact the Captain and have her get the ship and a fleet of ships here.

T'Shar shakes her head no.

T'SHAR It's logical to believe that Captain Taylor could be on her way right now so we wait.

Rejak nods and leaves the Settlement.

INT-MINISTER JONES'S HOUSE

The pair removes their hoods as they walk to the Minister.

CARLSON (Helm Officer) They might have a fleet in orbit this every moment already forming a blockade, (beat) I can't out fly a fleet of enemy ships in a shuttle craft.

T'Shar paces about.

T'SHAR (Sighs) We wait for help.

CARLSON (Helm Officer, Scoffs) We can't wait T'Shar if they discover us we're as good as dead from what Sito told me Gul Rejak is a brutal Cardassian commander after having her in his clutches we're not safe.

Then the Colonist show up along with Jones's husband.

MINISTER JONES What's the meaning of this.

TY JONES Honey we shouldn't have these officers here with us, they'll bring death and destruction and we already made a deal with Gul Rejak.

Then a squad of Jem'Hadar soldiers unshroud pointing their disrupters at both T'Shar and Carlson.

JEM'HADAR SOLDIER Don't move Starfleet.

The other two Jem'Hadar soldiers disarm them and removed their combadges.

CARLSON (Helm Officer) That's just great we're dead.

CUT TO: EXT-SPACE

The Federation Battlegroup enters the system as fighters flyby the cruisers and destroyers as the USS Archer flies at the head of the fleet.

INT-ARCHER MAIN BRIDGE

Lieutenant Mason looks at his console.

MASON (Off his console) Captain sensors are picking up a battlegroup of Dominion ships comprised of Jem'Hadar, Cardassian, and Breen Warships in orbit around the planet.

Both Taylor and Martin are surprised by his report.

TAYLOR On screen.

Viewer shows the enemy fleet in orbit of the planet.

MARTIN (Surprised) Damn that's a lot of ships.

Taylor thinks then gives the order.

TAYLOR (Into Com) All ships assume tactical formation theta four.

The lights dimmed and klaxons blare, as the crew assumes their battle stations.

TAYLOR (Sighs) Let's bring it.

EXT-SPACE

The Federation Battlegroup is nose to nose with the Dominion ships.

(End of Act Three, Fade out)