Story:Star Trek: Four Years War/Arsenal of Freedom/Act Four

ACT FOUR

FADE IN

EXT-PLANET SURFACE

CAPT. TAYLOR: Captain's Log supplemental. With T'Lar disabled we're trying to disable the weapon ourselves, so far no luck and also no further contact with the Procyon has been picked up since the first volley shot up into the sky.

She turns off the recorder.

LT. MASON: Captain I think I found it.

Taylor walks over to him.

CAPT. TAYLOR: You found the off switch?

LT. MASON (Sighs): Maybe.

She pats his shoulder.

CAPT. TAYLOR: Good work keep at it Lieutenant.

LT. MASON (Nods): Aye, Captain.

Lieutenant Mason keeps working on the weapon device.

EXT-SPACE

Procyon makes a slow approach to the planet.

INT-PROCYON MAIN BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

Klaxon blares.

CMDR. BRANSON: Keep us outside of the weapons sensors Ensign.

ENS. CARLSON: Aye, sir.

He turns to Lieutenant Smith.

CMDR. BRANSON: Attempt to hail the away team Lieutenant.

LTJG. SMITH: Aye, sir.

Lieutenant Smith inputs commands into the console.

CUT TO: EXT-PLANET SURFACE

The landing party is working on the weapons platform control panel when Taylor's communicator beeps she takes it out and opens it.

CAPT. TAYLOR: (To com) Taylor here go ahead Procyon.

CMDR. BRANSON (Com Voice): Captain sorry we didn't contact you earlier the source of the strange energy reading forced us to leaving orbit.

CAPT. TAYLOR: (To com) T'Lar is down but stable, we're attempting to shut the weapon down ourselves standby to move in.

CUT TO: INT-PROCYON MAIN BRIDGE (RED ALERT)

CMDR. BRANSON: Aye, Captain we're standing by.

EXT-PLANET SURFACE

Lieutenant Mason is working on the control panel as she closed the communicator.

CAPT. TAYLOR: Status Mister Mason?

Lieutenant Mason turns to her.

LT. MASON (Sighs): I've broken through the first level of encryption and I'll have the second one down in no time flat.

Then an alarm sounds as he looks at the tricorder.

LT. MASON: Its building to an overload!

Taylor walks over to him.

CAPT. TAYLOR: Can you stop it?

Mason works on it.

LT. MASON: I can't stop it!

Taylor is worried.

(End of Act Four, fade out)