Story:Starship Challenger/Times/Act One

ACT ONE

FADE IN

EXT-SPACE/PLANET ORBIT

Challenger is in orbit of the planet next to a Constitution-Class Starship.

TAYLOR'S (VO): ''Captain's Starlog Unknown. After coming across a rift the Challenger was pulled into it and somehow encountered an unknown Starfleet vessel.''

INT-BRIDGE (TACTICAL ALERT)

Taylor is shocked by the transmission when she gets up from her chair and walks over to Commander Martin's console.

TAYLOR Commander what the hell is going on?

Martin leans back and thinks.

MARTIN I think that rift we discovered it could be a temporal rift Captain.

She folds her arms.

Viewer shows the unknown vessel.

TAYLOR (to Martin) Wonder what their thinking right now.

Martin shrugs his shoulders when the com system starts beeping.

Sutherland Captain we're getting another transmission from the unknown Starfleet vessel.

Taylor gets up from the chair.

TAYLOR Let's hear it.

She inputs commands into the console.

BISHOP (OC) This is Jack Bishop Captain of the Federation Starship Valiant to the Starfleet vessel claiming to be the Starship Challenger, we've locked onto you with our phasers and photons please respond before we open fire.

Taylor walks over to Sutherland.

TAYLOR Open a channel.

Sutherland inputs commands into her console and nods.

TAYLOR