Sleeping Dog's (TNG Era episode)

Sleeping Dog's is the 10th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation The Next Generation Season 1.
==Synopsis==
While exploring a gas giant, Enterprise finds the wreck of a Klingon scout vessel sinking into the atmosphere.
==Script Chapters==
===Teaser===
FADE IN
EXT-WARP TUNNEL
Enterprise is at high warp.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE ARMORY
A type-2 phaser is being set to low power, and a target projector is set up.
LT. MASON: You have a ten second firing window. Ready?
LT. SITO: Ready.
(He pushes a button on PADD, the 3D target starts moving around and Sito fires a lot of shots in its direction.) 
LT. MASON: Time.
LT. SITO: Any better?
LT. MASON: Your hit to miss ratio is still below fifty percent. If those had been live rounds, you'd have blown out two or three bulkheads. 
LT. SITO: I never had this much trouble with it before the upgrades to the phaser.
LT. MASON: This is unlike the 2360s phaser design its not as bulky or you don't have to compensate for particle drift. Just point straight at the target, and try and keep your shoulders relaxed. It's hard to aim accurately when you're tense. Ahem.
LT. SITO: You alright?
LT. MASON: Yeah I'm fine its probably nothing.
[Engine sound changes.]
LT. SITO [confused]: I thought we were staying at warp for the next few days.
[Mason checks monitor.]
LT. MASON: We're approaching a gas giant class-nine.
LT. SITO [sighs]: Well, so much for target practice.
LT. MASON [smiles]: We'll pick it up tomorrow.
They leave the armory.
[END OF TEASER, FADE OUT]
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Theme Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZqTpbTsY70
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CAPTAIN'S OATH:
CAPT. MARTIN'S [voice over]: Space The Final Frontier These are the Voyages of the Starship Enterprise its Continuing Mission: To Explore Strange New Worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations to boldly go where no one has gone before!
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A shot of Starbase 1 and the USS Enterprise as she slowly departs from the base, as her warp engines powered up and leaps into warp.
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
A STAR TREK FAN FILM PRODUCTION
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'BASED UPON STAR TREK CREATED BY:
GENE RODDENBERRY
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A shot of the secondary hull of the Enterprise
JARVIS DAVIDSON 
 AS
CAPT. JOHN MARTIN
The Enterprise flies by an asteroid
FELECIA LINKOUS
 AS
LTCMDR. JANE KAL
The Enterprise flies by Mars 
KEVIN REGAN
 AS
LT. JACK MASON
FERNE MYERS
 AS
LTCMDR. COURTNEY JAMES
USS Enterprise is flying next to a comet
DELENA "DEE" LUSK
 AS
LT. JAMIE KAYE
JACOB ELLIOT
 AS
DR. PETER LANGFORD
The Enterprise flies under a Pioneer-Class vessel
SADIE BRICKHOUSE
 AS
LT. SITO JAXA
The Enterprise flies by a planet as the sunsets 
BECKY ELLIOT
 AS
LTCMDR. T'MIR
The Enterprise flies by Earth and her warp nacelles power up and she leaps into warp.
CREATED BY:
JARVIS DAVIDSON & JEREMY REGAN
===Act 1===
FADE IN
EXT-SPACE
[EPISODE NOTES: OPENING CREDITS FALL OVER OPENING SCENES]
A probe flies towards the planet.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
LTCMDR. T'MIR: The probe's entered the outer atmosphere.
CAPT. MARTIN: On screen.
[Transparent viewer show the gas giant surface as Captain Martin gets up from the Captain's chair and stands behind the ops and helm stations as the image starts getting all fuzzy.]
CAPT. MARTIN: Can we clear up the image?
Lieutenant Mason goes to work on his console.
LT. MASON: I'm trying, sir. There's a lot of EM interference. It sounds very strange. 
LTCMDR. KAL: How strange?
LT. MASON: Almost like singing.
CAPT. MARTIN: Let's hear it.
(Electronic Jupiter-type music,) 
LT. KAYE [smiles]: Siren calls. That's what we called them when I was a kid. My dad would put them through the speakers whenever we flew by a gas giant. It gave me nightmares sometimes
[Mason stops the sounds.]
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Other than keeping Lieutenant Kaye up at night, I'm not sure what we expect to accomplish here. There are four gas giants in your own solar system. 
CAPT. MARTIN: True T'Mir but none of them are class-nine this one is worth a look.
LT. SITO: Sir, the probe has picked up something it appears to be an anomalous power signature in the lower atmosphere, and several bio-signs. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Jamie move the probe closer.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
Transparent viewer shows the unknown vessel.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE SICKBAY
[Mason sneezes into a tissue.]
LT. MASON: We can travel faster than the speed of light. You'd think we could find a cure for the common cold. 
DR. LANGFORD: True but at least we have powerful meds to counter the effects I once had a patient with the Kamaraazite flu. He sneezed so violently he nearly regurgitated his pineal gland.
LT. MASON: I don't see how I could actually catch a cold on a hermetically sealed starship. 
DR. LANGFORD: Oh, you may have picked up the virus from a piece of equipment. It could have been lurking inside a sealed container. 
LT. MASON: Well, I was helping Steph open some plasma coolant to put into the warp core's reaction chamber.
DR. LANGFORD: Whoever packed that case was probably nursing a cold.
LT. MASON: But that was back in Spacedock five months ago.
DR. LANGFORD: You underestimate the tenacity of a virus, Lieutenant. It can lay dormant for months, adapt to whatever environment it finds itself in. This should ease the symptoms. 
[Langford gives Mason a hypospray.]
DR. LANGFORD: But the only cure I know of involves bed rest. 
LT. MASON: Sorry doc not happening the Captain wants me on the boarding party to investigate that shipwreck.
DR. LANGFORD: Well, you won't be contagious inside an environment suit. Just try not to sneeze in your helmet.
LT. MASON: I'll do my best.
He leaves sickbay.
EXT-SPACE
The Runabout Tennessee approaches the gas giant.
INT-TENNESSEE CANOPY
[Commander Kal is at the helm, Lieutenant Mason is at tactical, Commander James is at engineering and Lieutenant Sito is at the aft console.]
LTCMDR. KAL: It's one hundred kilometers below us, still descending. 
LT. SITO: Gravity's pulling it deeper into the atmosphere. At their current altitude the pressure is fifteen thousand gsc. 
LTCMDR. KAL: That's well within our hull tolerance.
LT. MASON: Deflectors are holding.
LT. SITO: For the moment. But at the rate that vessel is sinking, we'll have an hour at most.
LTCMDR. JAMES: You sound worried Sito.
LT. SITO: Just stating facts.
LTCMDR. KAL: We'll be on our way back well before we're in any danger. I for one have no interest in imploding a valuable Runabout.
LTCMDR. JAMES: Or four valuable officers.
EXT-GAS GIANT SURFACE
Runabout approaches the vessel.
INT-ALIEN VESSEL CORRIDOR
The boarding party wearing EVA suits enter the corridor.
LT. SITO [re: tricorder]: Nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere. Carbon dioxide levels are high, but nothing's toxic. It's breathable.
LT. MASON: Ladies first.
Commander Williams presses the button on suit and her helmet comes off automatically as she nearly gags.
LTCMDR. JAMES: Or we should leave the helmets on.
LT. MASON: What is it?
LT. SITO [coughs]: Don't you smell that?
LT. MASON: No. This damn cold.
LT. SITO: Count your blessings.
LTCMDR. JAMES: Commander?
They shine the light of their SMI beacons on a figure and they walk over to the figure and Sito rolls him over and its a Klingon warrior.
LTCMDR. KAL: Oh boy.
[END OF ACT 1, FADE OUT]
===Act 2===
FADE IN
EXT-GAS GIANT ORBIT
Enterprise is over the planet.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Klingons what are they doing in Shackleton they don't explore as far as I know.
INT-KLINGON VESSEL CORRIDOR
LTCMDR. KAL [to com]: We're not sure but we'll continue searching the vessel for survivors I had Sito and James take the Klingon to the Runabout for further examination.
CAPT. MARTIN [com voice]: I've informed Vice Admiral Herbert at Starbase 364 and she'll inform General Kargan of our discovery
LTCMDR. KAL [to com]: Alright, we'll head to the bridge to see if we can download their logs and possibly help the crew.
CAPT. MARTIN [com voice]: Alright, we'll remain up here to see if we can trace their course before they ended up here Enterprise out
LTCMDR. KAL: Let's go.
Lieutenant Mason gets out his phaser and they head towards the bridge.
CUT TO:
INT-KLINGON VESSEL MAIN BRIDGE
They find some of the crew unconscious on the bridge.
LT. MASON: Are they alive?
LTCMDR. KAL [re: tricorder]: Yeah, they seem to be unconscious but they look like they're dead but I am reading bio-signs. We should leave before they regain consciousness. 
LT. MASON: And what if they don't? The atmosphere's going to crush this ship like an eggshell pretty soon. 
Then Commander James enters.
LTCMDR. KAL: How's our guest?
LTCMDR. JAMES: Still unconscious I've transferred the medical scans to the Enterprise via the probe.
CUT TO:
INT-KLINGON VESSEL GALLEY
[There are carcasses hanging from butcher's hooks, some green stuff in bowls. A woman walks out of a storage area.]
INT-KLINGON MAIN BRIDGE
CAPT. BRANSON [com voice]: How many?
LTCMDR. KAL [to com]: Three on the bridge, but I'm detecting at least nine more bio-signs on board.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
LTCMDR. KAL [com voice]: I'm detecting residual amounts of an carbon dioxide based neurotoxin, but it seems to have dissipated. There's not enough to affect us
Doctor Langford is at one of the consoles.
DR. LANGFORD [to com]: I've gone over the medical information you sent back it seems to be some sort of toxin but I don't recognize the sequence.
Captain Martin looks at Ensign Kaye.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jamie status on the Runabout's hull?
Lieutenant Kaye checks her console and reports.
LT. KAYE: At their present rate of descent, half hour, give or take. 
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Jane.
LTCMDR. KAL [com voice]: Go ahead
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: You've got twenty minutes to see if you can do anything for that crew, then I want you out of there. 
CUT TO:
INT-KLINGON VESSEL MAIN BRIDGE
LTCMDR. KAL [to com]: I don't believe there's anything we can do in twenty minutes. I suggest we leave now.
CAPT. MARTIN [com voice]: You have a margin of safety
[His transmission starts to crackle.]
LTCMDR. KAL [to com]: Captain? Kal to Enterprise.
INT-KLINGON VESSEL CORRIDOR
(The Klingon woman moves towards the voices.) 
LT. MASON [OC]: Damn interference. 
LTCMDR. KAL [OC]: Or we've dropped out of comm. range. 
LTCMDR. JAMES [OC]: We still have twenty minutes. 
LTCMDR. KAL [OC]: It doesn't make sense to place ourselves at risk when they'd rather die. 
LT. MASON [OC]: There must be something we can do. Maybe they have a distress beacon we can activate. 
INT-KLINGON VESSEL MAIN BRIDGE
(The woman sees them then retreats.) 
LTCMDR. KAL: I doubt you'll find one. Klingons don't call for help. 
LTCMDR. JAMES: What if we carry some of them into the pod? We could save three or four.
LTCMDR. KAL: And if they wake up on the return trip to the ship?
(The sound of a bulkhead closing. Mason pulls his phaser and goes to investigate. The woman jumps him and escapes.) 
INT-KLINGON CORRIDOR
LTCMDR. JAMES: What was that?
LTCMDR. KAL: Our runabout leaving.
LT. MASON: Wait Sito is on there.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
CAPT. MARTIN: Try it again.
ENS. PETERSON: Try it now sir.
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: Enterprise to Tennessee do you read me?
LT. KAYE: The com is still working sir.
Then a few hours later they hear a familiar language over the com.
BU'KAH [com voice]: Duj-to! Chak wa kah Deesh paklah! kah Deesh paklah!
CAPT. MARTIN: Klingon.
Lieutenant Kaye inputs commands to work the translator.
BU'KAH [com voice]: Chak wa kah Deesh paklah! kah Deesh paklah! 'kiv Duj in range. Respond. We've been attacked by a Federation Starship designation Enterprise NCC-1701-E. Any warships in range, respond
CAPT. BRANSON: Set a pursuit course.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
EXT-SPACE
Enterprise moves towards the Runabout.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
Transparent viewer shows the aft section of the Runabout.
CAPT. MARTIN: target the runabout engines five percent power fire when ready.
EXT-SPACE
Enterprise fires a phaser beam that disables the runabout's engines.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
CAPT. MARTIN: Bring it about and have a security team meet me in the shuttle bay.
Captain Martin leaves the bridge.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN SHUTTLE BAY
[Captain Martin and two security officers enter the bay The runabout hatch is open, and Bu'kaH jumps the guard who goes to look inside. It takes stun shots from both Martin and Sito to knock her out.]
CAPT. MARTIN: Is everyone alright?
LT. SITO: Yes, sir I hid from her when she boarded the runabout.
Captain Martin tapped his combadge.
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Martin to Bridge do you have a fix on the ship wreck.
LT. KAYE [com voice]: Yes, sir
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Transfer the coordinates to the shuttle bay. I'm going back for the boarding party. 
LT. KAYE [com voice]: Captain, sensors have shown that the alien ship sunk another two thousand meters. It's below the shuttle's safety limits
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Raise deflectors we'll take Enterprise down.
CUT TO:
INT-KLINGON VESSEL MAIN BRIDGE
The boarding party are trying to figure out how to get out of their current situation.
LT. MASON: There's got to be another way off this vessel?
LTCMDR. JAMES: What about escape pods?
LT. MASON: I don't know about the structural integrity of Klingon escape pods. My guess is we're better off in here.
LTCMDR. KAL: It's irrelevant, Lieutenant. Klingons don't use escape pods. It would be considered an act of cowardice to abandon ship.
Then Captain Martin's voice comes over the com.
CAPT. MARTIN [com voice]: Enterprise to boarding party come in
Commander Kal tapped her combadge.
LTCMDR. KAL [to com]: We read you, Captain. 
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: How are you holding up? 
LTCMDR. KAL [com voice]: We're doing okay, sir. It's nice to hear your voice
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: What's your status?
INT-KLINGON VESSEL MAIN BRIDGE'
LTCMDR. KAL [to com]: We've been attempting to restart their engines, but they appear to be offline. 
CAPT. MARTIN [com voice]: Don't worry about that we're coming to get you
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN: Jamie how much further?
LT. KAYE: Ten thousand meters, but I'm having a hard time getting a fix on them. Too much interference. 
John turns to T'Mir.
CAPT. MARTIN: Is the probe working?
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Barely.
CAPT. MARTIN: See if you can use it to get a fix on their position.
Commander T'Mir gets to work.
EXT-GAS GIANT
The probe implodes.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTCMDR. T'MIR: The probe's gone.
[The hull starts to groan.]
LT. SITO: Sir, external pressure's at maximum.
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: I'm afraid we've got a bit of a hitch in our rescue plan.
[Big metallic groan.]
LT. SITO [worried]: Deflectors are failing.
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: We'll be back for you as soon as we can.
CUT TO:
INT-KLINGON VESSEL MAIN BRIDGE
CAPT. MARTIN [com voice]: In the meantime, just sit tight
(He dissolves into static.) 
LTCMDR. KAL [to com]: Captain you're breaking up, Captain!
Commander Kal looks at the others.
[END OF ACT 2, FADE OUT]
===Act 3===
FADE IN
EXT-GAS GIANT ORBIT
Enterprise is in orbit.
Bu'Kah is struggling against the bio-bed restraints.
BU'KAH: Release me. Cowards! Let me die on my feet. 
DR. LANGFORD: Jane was right. There's a neurotoxin in her bloodstream. Untreated, it could kill her within a day or two.
CAPT. MARTIN: Can you help her?
DR. LANGFORD: I'm working on something right now with the EMH he's currently in my office right now.
LT. SITO: Its strange when we boarded the vessel the Klingons were all unconscious. Why is this one so lively? 
The EMH shows up.
EMH: She's showing the effects of hypothermia. My guess is she took refuge in a low temperature environment aboard her ship. The cold would have delayed the effects of the toxin.
BU'KAH: I demand to speak to your Captain.
Captain Martin walks over to the bio-bed.
CAPT. MARTIN: I'm John Martin commanding officer of this vessel you're among allies not enemies.
BU'KAH [scoffs]: You raided my vessel, infected my crew you call yourselves an ally of the Klingon Empire!
CAPT. MARTIN: We didn't infect your crew.
BU'KAH: Liar!
CAPT. MARTIN: Bu'Kah we fought side by side during one of the most brutal battles of the Dominion War you called me a man of great honor you pulled me out of rubble that fell on me.
Bu'Kah remains silent as John looks at her.
CAPT. MARTIN: Look, I don't know what happened to your crew but we had nothing to do with it. Now your vessel is sinking deeper into the atmosphere and unless we do something, it'll be destroyed. 
BU'KAH: When our Birds of Prey arrive, your ship will be destroyed. 
John leaves sickbay.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM
Wall monitor show the schematics of the vessel.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: I was able to go into the Klingon database and pull this out its a Negh'var battle ship.
CAPT. MARTIN: A Negh'var what would cause a ship like that to be knocked into the atmosphere of a gas giant?
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Unknown at the moment but I was able to trace its course from a planet in an uncharted sector of the Shackleton Expanse to here.
CAPT. MARTIN: How long can it last?
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Its hull's at least twice as thick as ours, reinforced with some kind of coherent molecular alloy.
LT. SITO: Yeah, it's a tough little ship but it can't hold up under that pressure forever.
CAPT. MARTIN: We need an idea to get our people out of there.
LT. SITO: We could reinforce the structural integrity grid by drawing power from the warp drive.
CAPT. MARTIN: Do it keep an eye out for Klingon vessels.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Aye, sir.
CUT TO:
INT-KLINGON VESSEL MAIN BRIDGE
The boarding party are in their pre-EVA suits.
LTCMDR. KAL: How's it coming?
LTCMDR. JAMES: So far so good but I don't know if this will work.
LT. MASON: I think I have something its the last log entry made by the Captain.
They join him.
LTCMDR. KAL: Play it.
He activates it.
CAPT. K'DOK [monitor]: OonoS Thrott! Nej joS mIch ka Xanant 'ach pagh Q'tahL Class planet. We destroyed their ship, but we've sustained damage in our port fusion injector. We've descended into the outer atmosphere of a Q'tahL Class planet to make repairs in case there are other Romulan ships in the area. My crew is falling ill and I have been unable to determine why. If we had died when the Romulans attacked our honor would be secure, but to fall victim to some disease, to be crushed into nothing in the depths of this miserable planet. 
Transmission ends.
LTCMDR. KAL: I don't see how that's possible the Romulans are still in isolation.
LT. MASON: Maybe the Klingons did something to piss them off?
LTCMDR. JAMES: Sounds like we need to find the port fusion injector. 
LTCMDR. KAL: Let's go.
They leave for the engine room.
INT-KLINGON VESSEL MAIN ENGINEERING
They walk into the room and walk over to one of the consoles.
LTCMDR. JAMES: Yeah, their port fusion injector is off-line.
LTCMDR. KAL: Can you repair it?
LTCMDR. JAMES: I believe so.
She opens a panel and gets to work.
CUT TO:
EXT-GAS GIANT ORBIT
Enterprise is in orbit.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [YELLOW ALERT]
LT. SITO: Modifications are almost done sir.
CAPT. BRANSON: Great work Sito now we can...
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Captain, Klingon vessels decloaking directly ahead.
EXT-SPACE
Two Vor'cha-class attack cruisers decloak in front of the Enterprise.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Captain Branson tenses up.
[END OF ACT 3, FADE OUT]
===Act 4===
FADE IN
EXT-SPACE
Enterprise is facing two Klingon attack cruisers.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
ENS. PETERSON: We're being hailed.
CAPT. BRANSON: On screen.
Transparent viewer shows the bridge of the vessel and General Kargan sitting in the center chair.
CAPT. BRANSON: General Kargan please to meet you I am John Branson Captain of the Enterprise.
GEN. KARGAN [viewer]: Captain Branson I heard of you and read your file you are a very capable warrior
CAPT. BRANSON: I believe I am so what can I do for you?
GEN. KARGAN [viewer]: Captain I would like for you to forgo your rescue mission of your crew
CAPT. BRANSON [confused]: Uh, excuse me but you're not my commanding officer you may be the KDF commanding officer but unless I hear from either Fleet Captain Picard or Admiral Herbert I will not abandon my crewmen to die.
Transmission ends.
LT. KAYE: They're maintaining their position.
CAPT. BRANSON: Good, keep an eye on them.
EXT-GAS GIANT ATMOSPHERE
The Klingon cruiser is descending still.
INT-KLINGON VESSEL MAIN ENGINEERING
Commander James stands up staggers and burns her hand.
LTCMDR. JAMES: Argh!
Commander Kal and Lieutenant Mason go to her.
LT. MASON: Are you alright?
LTCMDR. JAMES: Yes. I seem to be getting a little light-headed. Must be the heat. 
LTCMDR. KAL [re: tricorder]: You're dehydrated you need some water.
LT. MASON: Here you go.
He hands her a water container.
LTCMDR. JAMES: Thanks.
[The ship jolts hard as sparks erupt and coolant spews.]
[END OF ACT 4, FADE OUT]
===Act 5===
FADE IN
INT-KLINGON VESSEL MAIN ENGINEERING [RED ALERT]
LT. MASON: It'll work.
LTCMDR. KAL: If you're wrong, you could destroy the ship.
LTCMDR. JAMES: It could take me days to find the injector and we don't have that kind of time we should try the weapons.
LTCMDR. KAL: Will it work?
LT. MASON: If there's one thing on board this ship I ought to be able to figure out, it's the torpedoes.
They head to the bridge.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM
FLT CAPT. PICARD [monitor]: I don't envy your position John
CAPT. BRANSON: You're not the only one Jean-Luc.
FLT CAPT. PICARD [monitor]: I'll speak with Chancellor Martok and see what he has to say for now maintain the peace between us and the Klingons
CAPT. BRANSON [nods]: Aye, sir.
FLT CAPT. PICARD [monitor]: Picard out
Transmission ends as John thinks and then leaves the ready room.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE SICKBAY
Doctor Langford injects Bu'Kah with a hypo.
DR. LANGFORD: Please relax. If you strain against the straps you might hurt yourself. 
BU'KAH: What's that? Is that what you used against my crew? 
CAPT. BRANSON: Doctor Langford has developed an antidote to the neurotoxin in your system.
BU'KAH: Is this how you plan to gain my trust? First poison me, then miraculously cure me? 
CAPT. BRANSON: As I've told you we're allies not enemies so take that mistrust and throw it out the air lock.
BU'KAH: YOUR GOVERNMENT SAT BACK AND DID NOTHING WHILE GOOD WARRIORS FOUGHT AND DIED TO PROTECT THE ALPHA QUADRANT FROM A POSSIBLE DOMINION INVASION!
DR. LANGFORD: We were looking for a diplomatic solution.
BU'KAH [scoffs]: The Cardassians aren't known for their diplomatic side.
CAPT. BRANSON: Have you had a drink lately?
BU'KAH: What?
CAPT. BRANSON: The bio-agent that affected you and your crew was consumed, apparently in alcohol.
DR. LANGFORD: Specifically, the toxin was bonded to a molecule unique to Xarantine ale.
BU'KAH: There was a raid we were successful the Romulans were no match for us.
CAPT. BRANSON: So, you attacked the Romulans knowing that they fought with us during the Dominion War?
BU'KAH: They attacked one of our bases 10 years ago killed good warriors who fought and died they killed my son.
John walks over to her.
CAPT. BRANSON: Bu'Kah I am sorry for your lost but we need to work together if we're going to save your crew and my boarding party.
CUT TO:
EXT-GAS GIANT ATMOSPHERE
A photon torpedo has been fired down into the lower atmosphere.
INT-KLINGON MAIN BRIDGE
LTCMDR. JAMES: One thousand meters. Two thousand. Three thousand.
(Detonation, the ship shakes.) 
LTCMDR. JAMES: No, effect we're still sinking.
LTCMDR. KAL: The shockwave dissipated before it reached us.
LT. MASON: We'll need to detonate one closer next time. 
(The hull groans) 
LTCMDR. KAL: I don't think that's a good idea.
LT. MASON: And if I don't? We need to generate a large enough shock wave to push us into a higher orbit. To do that, the blast has to be big and it has to be close. 
Commander Kal nods.
LT. MASON: You heard the Commander. Load two this time. 
Commander James works at the console.
EXT-GAS GIANT ATMOSPHERE
Enterprise descends down.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Bu'Kah is on the bridge with two security guards watching her.
LT. SITO: Sensor resolution's dropping off. 
BU'KAH: This was your plan? To grope in the darkness and hope to stumble across my ship? 
CAPT. BRANSON: That's how we found it the first time.
[Ship jolts]
CAPT. BRANSON: What was that?
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Weapons fire.
CAPT. BRANSON: Where is it coming from?
LT. KAYE: Bearing two-nine-seven mark two-six-one, down about two kilometers. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Take us to it.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
CUT TO:
INT-KLINGON MAIN BRIDGE
LT. MASON: Did it work?
LTCMDR. JAMES: We've moved up, but only two hundred meters. 
LTJG. MASON: That's all? 
(There is a big bang inside the ship.) 
LTCMDR. JAMES: A compartment just collapsed. Deck three, green sector. 
LT. MASON: This whole damn ship's coming apart. How many torpedoes do we have left? 
LTCMDR JAMES: Six. 
LT. MASON: Load two more. 
LTCMDR. JAMES: It won't be enough. 
LTJG. MASON: Load the weapons. 
LTCMDR. JAMES: We already tried. It didn't work. 
LTJG. MASON: Court. 
LTCMDR. KAL: She's right. We'll never reach a safe altitude climbing a few hundred meters at a time. 
LT. MASON: The longer we stand around arguing the more ground we lose. 
LTCMDR. JAMES: Fire them all. What if we detonated all the torpedoes at once? 
LTCMDR. KAL: We may gain enough altitude, but I doubt we'd make it in one piece. 
LTCMDR. JAMES: I don't know about you but I'm willing to take the chance. 
LT. MASON: We'll detonate at eight hundred meters. 
LTCMDR. JAMES: I was thinking more like five hundred. 
Both Mason and Kal look at her.
LTCMDR. JAMES; Look, I didn't come all this way to get crushed in the atmosphere of some anonymous gas giant. Loading ports one through six. 
LT. MASON: Brace yourselves. 
LTCMDR JAMES: Torpedoes armed. 
(as she presses the launch button, circuits explode on the bridge) 
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. SITO: Another explosion. There's a shock wave this time. Hang on.
WHUMPH! Debris flies past the saucer section.
EXT-GAS GIANT ATMOSPHERE
Enterprise approaches the vessel.
INT-KLINGON VESSEL MAIN BRIDGE
Pattern enhancers have been set up and Captain Branson along with Bu'Kah beam over.
CAPT. BRANSON: What have you been shooting at? 
LTCMDR. KAL: We used the shock waves to gain some altitude but it's only temporary. We'll start sinking again unless we can come up with a way to get this ship out of here. 
CAPT. BRANSON: I believe you've all met Officer Bu'kaH. What's the status of their engines? 
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: The Klingon crew made most of the necessary repairs before they were overcome, but the port fusion injector is still damaged. 
BU'KAH: I will tend to my own ship. 
CAPT. BRANSON: I didn't bring you down here just so you could die with your shipmates. My crew risked their lives to get this ship out of danger. I don't intend to leave until the job is finished. 
EXT-SHACKLETON EXPANSE
Enterprise is towing the battle damaged Somraw to Starbase 364.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM
ADM. HERBERT: I reviewed your mission report Captain and I am impressed by the discovery of a Klingon vessel that was thought to have been lost with all hands still intact with its crew still alive.
CAPT. BRANSON: Thank you Admiral.
VICE ADM. HERBERT: General Kargan would like to thank you as well.
CAPT. BRANSON: I'm sure the General is glad to have another Klingon vessel here.
VICE ADM. HERBERT: I'm sure he is.
EXT-SHACKLETON EXPANSE
Enterprise is docked at Starbase 364.
[END OF ACT 5, FADE OUT, ENDING CREDITS]
==Cast==
===Starring===
*Jarvis Davidson as Captain John Martin
*Felecia Linkous as Lieutenant Commander Jane Kal
===Also Starring===
*Kevin Regan as Lieutenant Jack Mason
*Ferne Myers as Lieutenant Commander Courtney James
*Jacob Elliot as Doctor Peter Langford
*Delena "Dee" Lusk as Lieutenant Jamie Kaye
*Sadie Brickhouse as Lieutenant Sito Jaxa
*Becky Elliot as Lieutenant Commander T'Mir
===Guest Stars===
*TBA as Lieutenant Junior Grade Harris Payne
*TBA as Transporter Chief Kayla Mackenzie
*TBA as Nurse Laurel Takahashi
*TBA as Bu'kaH
*TBA as Captain K'Dok
===Special Guest Stars===
*Joshua Irwin as Fleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard
*TBA as Vice Admiral April Herbert
*TBA as General Kargan
==Trivia Notes==
===Background Information===