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STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Emissary" #40511-721 Teleplay by Michael Piller Story by Rick Berman Michael Piller THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT. Copyright 1992 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved. This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department. Return to Script Department REV. FINAL DRAFT PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION. AUGUST 10, 1992 STAR TREK: DS9 "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/25/92 - C STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Emissary" CAST BENJAMIN SISKO PICARD JAKE SISKO CON OFFICER MILES O'BRIEN TACTICAL OFFICER KIRA NERYS OPS OFFICER ODO VULCAN CAPTAIN NOG MONK #1 QUARK MONK #2 KAI OPAKA JENNIFER JULIAN BASHIR FERENGI PIT BOSS JADZIA DAX A LIEUTENANT KEIKO FEMALE TRANS. CHIEF GUL DUXAT CHANCELLOR (ON MONITOR) CARDASSIAN OFF. #1 COMPUTER VOICE CARDASSIAN OFF. #2 FEMALE COMPUTER VOICE BATTER ALIEN GUL JASAD CARDASSIAN OFFICER BAJORAN BUREAUCRAT (ON MONITOR) DORAN, WOUNDED WOMAN Non-Speaking CARDASSIAN OFF. #3 FERENGIS 2 YEAR OLD (Mollie) SEVERAL BAJORANS Non-Speaking Non-Speaking SEVERAL CARDASSIANS BAJORAN DEPUTY ALIENS CURZON, DYING OLD MAN STAR TREK: DS9 - "Emissary" REV. FINAL- 08/10/92 SETS STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Emissary" SETS INTERIORS EXTERIORS DEEP SPACE NINE DEEP SPACE NINE AIRL0CK PROMENADE THE SARATOGA MONASTERY SISKO'S QUARTERS BAJOR CITY OPS COMMANDER'S OFFICE BEACH ASSAYING OFFICE CARDASSIAN WARSHIP SECURITY OFFICE JAKE'S ROOM QUARK'S RUNABOUT INFIRMARY (MEDICAL FACILITY) LABORATORY BRUTAL TERRAIN CORRIDOR RUNABOUT GARDEN MEDICAL FACILITY OPERATING ROOM BAJOR CITY ASTEROID BELT TEMPLE MONASTERY THE WORMHOLE CHAMBER BENEATH MONASTERY BASEBALL FIELD BEACH PARK THE SARATOGA BRIDGE FISHING POND CORRIDOR SISKO'S QUARTERS USS ENTERPRISE BORG SHIP ESCAPE POD HOL0DECK (FISHING POND) CORRIDOR USS ENTERPRISE OBS. LOUNGE O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS BEDROOM MAIN BRIDGE TRANSPORTER ROOM CARDASSIAN WARSHIP CORRIDOR BRIDGE STAR TREK: "Emissary" - REV. FIN. 08/25/92 - PRONUNCIATION STAR TREK: DEEP-SPACE NINE "Emissary" PRONUNCIATION GUIDE KIRA NERYS KIH-ruh nar-EES ODO OH-doo KAI OPAKA KI o-PAH-ku BASHIR bah-SHEER JADZIA DAX jahd-ZEE-uh DAX QUARK Kwark GUL DUKAT gull du-KOT GUL JASAD gull jahs-SAD KYUSHU kee-OOSH-ooh KUMOMOTO koo-moh-MUH-toh BAJORAN bah-JOR-an BAJORA bah-JOR-uh CARDASSIAN car-DASS-ee-en LOCUTUS low-KEW-tus UTOPIA PLANITIA yew-TOH-pea-uh plah-NIM-shee-uh KAI TALUNO XI tah-LOO-noh IDRAN IH-drahn DENORIOS dohn-OHR-ea-uhs CURZON KIHR-zahn GILGO GIHL-goh DABO DAH-bow LAPOLIS lah-PO-lis MORAVIAN mohr-A-vee-ahn SETLIK SET-lik ROLADAN rohl-AH-dun FRUNALIAN frow-NAY-lee-an RIO GRANDE REE-oh GRAND YANGTZEE KIANG yang-se key-an BAJOR BAY-jor DEEP SPACE: "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/10/92 - TEASER 1. DEEP SPACE NINE "Emissary" TEASER FADE IN: 1 WHITE LETTERS ON BLACK: On Stardate 43997, Captain Jean- Luc Picard of the Federation Starship Enterprise was kidnapped for six days by an invading force known as the Borg. Surgically altered, he was forced to lead an assault on Starfleet at WOLF 359 FADE TO BLACK. AFTER A BEAT: PICARD/LOCUTUS (V.O.) You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. HARD CUT TO: 2 CLOSE UP OF LOCUTUS (VIEWSCREEN) (OPTICAL) PICARD/LOCUTUS You will disarm all weapons and escort us to sector zero zero one. If you attempt to intervene, we will destroy you. 3 REVERSE ANGLE - INT. BRIDGE - THE SARATOGA (OPTICAL) A Battle Bridge
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a male Vulcan Captain, a burly male Bolian tactical officer (Lieutenant rank), female humans at Con and Ops (Ensign rank)
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our primary attention is on Lieutenant Commander BENJAMIN SISKO, the first officer, a rugged, charismatic man in his late thirties
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they react to the viewscreen pronouncement
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Sisko is monitoring signals on a panel
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SISKO Sir, Admiral Hanson has deployed the Gage, the Kyushu and the Melbourne
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DEEP SPACE: "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/12/92 - TEASER 2. 3 CONTINUED: CAPTAIN Move us to position alpha, Ensign
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CON OFFICER Aye, sir
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CAPTAIN Load all torpedo bays
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ready phasers
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4 EXT. SPACE - THE SARATOGA (OPTICAL) fires phasers and photons as the Borg ship sends out a cutting beam at the Melbourne
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when the Melbourne's shields fail, there is a massive explosion. The Borg ship immediately turns its attention to the Saratoga
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sending out another tractor beam
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5 INT. SARATOGA - BRIDGE A shake
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TACTICAL OFFICER The Borg are attempting to lock on to us
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CAPTAIN Evasive maneuvers
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delta pattern
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5A EXT. SPACE - THE BORG SHIP (OPTICAL) LOCKS ON TO THE SARATOGA 5B INT. SARATOGA - BRIDGE CON OFFICER Delta pattern initiated
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OPS OFFICER (interrupting) They've locked on
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DEEP SPACE: "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/14/92 - TEASER 3. 6 EXT. SPACE - THE SARATOGA (OPTICAL) caught in the Borg tractor beam
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two more Starfleet ships come to the rescue
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fire several rounds at the Borg without success
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7 INT. BORG SHIP - LOCUTUS - (OPTICAL) watches the battle on a viewscreen with dispassion
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8 INT. SARATOGA BRIDGE As before
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OPS OFFICER Our shields are being drained
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sixty-four percent
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forty-two
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CAPTAIN Recalibrate shield nutation
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TACTICAL Modulation is having no effect
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OPS OFFICER Shields have failed. CAPTAIN Full reverse
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maintain
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He is interrupted by a huge explosion on the Bridge
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that obliterates our view
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and when it clears there is smoke and fire
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and massive damage
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the forward consoles are spitting sparks
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emergency lights come on
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Sisko has been thrown to the floor, his forehead is cut
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he tries to regain his bearings
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SISKO Damage report
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No answer
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SISKO Damage report
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The tactical officer is the only other one alive in the room and he's hurt worse than Sisko
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he struggles to his feet to read his console
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TACTICAL OFFICER Direct hit
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decks one through four
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Sisko has checked the dead Captain and other officers
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DEEP SPACE: "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/25/92 - TEASER 4. 8 CONTINUED: COMPUTER VOICE Warning. Damage to warp core. Containment failure in four minutes
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The Tactical Officer is still trying to make something on his console work
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SISKO Let's get the civilians to the escape pods, Lieutenant
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The Tactical Officer acknowledges, follows Sisko out
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9 INT. CORRIDOR (OPTICAL) engulfed in fire
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yelling and cries in the background
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stabilizers are failing, and everything is leaning left just a little bit
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we find a Turbolift door opening and Sisko and the Tactical Officer come out
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react to the sight
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they fight their way through the fire
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find some injured civilians, trying to gather personal possessions in their arms to take with them
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Sisko is alert, professional
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SISKO Leave everything
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Go to your assigned evacuation area now. COMPUTER VOICE Warning. Damage to warp core. Containment failure in three minutes
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He reacts as they come to a wounded woman struggling to get down the hallway
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DEEP SPACE: "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/25/92 - TEASER 5. 9 CONTINUED: SISKO Doran
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She leans exhausted into him
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the Tactical officer lifts her
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TACTICAL OFFICER I'll take care of her
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go on
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SISKO (to the woman) Have you seen Jennifer
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She looks at Sisko with mournful eyes
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and his heart jumps into his throat
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he moves down the hallway with more focus
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comes to a door that is jammed open
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smoke is billowing out
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10 INT. SISKO'S QUARTERS (OPTICAL) Destroyed
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an explosion has ripped a hole in the floor
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fire and smoke is streaking up through it
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outside the window we can see evidence that the battle with the Borg ship is continuing
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Sisko enters, sees his wife buried in rubble
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He urgently pulls things away to get to her
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he uncovers the upper part of her body
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beside her is an unconscious nine year old boy
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SISKO (calm, controlled) It's gonna be okay
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I'll get you out of there
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you're gonna be okay
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But he can't lift the wreckage that has crushed her lower half
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his calm demeanor is betrayed by
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DEEP SPACE: "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/31/92 - TEASER 6. 11 HIS HANDS desperately trying to lift heavy debris
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12 RESUME as he ignores the pain
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but fails to make any headway, so he returns to the front and tries to pull the boy free
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he's small enough to be eased out
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he moves slightly, barely conscious, but not hurt critically
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SISKO Okay, Jake
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we'll just get your Mom now and get outta here
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Jake is still very groggy, doesn't respond
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13 ANGLE the tactical officer ENTERS
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TACTICAL OFFICER (let's go) Commander
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SISKO Help me
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The officer moves in
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examines Jennifer's lifeless body with his tricorder
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quickly determines she's dead