Shore Leave (TNG Era episode)

Shore Leave is the 10th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation The New Generation Season 1.
==Plot==
After the events of the Neutral Zone incursion the crew of the Enterprise has returned to Earth for some much needed shore leave, as John is being questioned by Command for his command decisions during the events. 
==Script Chapters==
===Teaser===
FADE IN
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
The Enterprise is docked in the dry-dock berth as worker bees and robotic arms are repairing the damage the ship sustained.
CAPT. BRANSON'S (voice over): Captain's Log Stardate 6986.5, The Enterprise has been at Sector 001 for the past few days following the Neutral Zone incident, I have authorized the crew to take a few months of shore leave with their friends and family its not everyday we come by home
INT-USS ENTERPRISE WEAPON'S CONTROL ROOM (BATTLE DAMAGED)
Support beams are down as wires are hanging from the ceiling as Captain Branson and Commander Kal are walking through the room as Lieutenant Williams is giving them a damage reports.
CAPT. BRANSON: How are we looking till we're back up and running.
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: Triple shifts we'll be looking at a month or two.
Captain Branson crosses his arms.
CAPT. BRANSON: I'll speak with Commander LaForge at the Starfleet Corps of Engineers to see if we he can spare some extra hands.
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: Thanks sir that would really be helpful.
They leave as Lieutenant Williams and the engineers continue to work on the damaged room.
CUT TO:
INT-USS ENTERPRISE DECK EIGHT CORRIDOR
Both Captain Branson and Commander Kal are walking through the corridor.
LTCMDR. KAL: At least we made it back alive.
CAPT. BRANSON (sighs): Yeah.
She turns to him.
LTCMDR. KAL: John, are you alright?
They stopped walking.
CAPT. BRANSON: We lost a crewmen Jane.
Com activates.
BRIDGE OFFICER [com voice]: Bridge to Captain Branson
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: Branson here.
BRIDGE OFFICER [com voice]: Vice Admiral Halsey has requested your presences at Starfleet Command
Captain Branson turns to Commander Kal surprised.
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EXT-EARTH SURFACE, DAY
An establishing shot of Starfleet Command.
INT-STARFLEET COMMAND, BRIEFING ROOM
The doors opened and Captain Branson wearing his dress uniform.
CAPT. BRANSON: Captain John Branson reporting as ordered sir.
Captain Branson is surprised to see the Admiralty.
VICE ADM. HALSEY: Have a seat Captain.
Captain Branson sits at the other side of the table.
CAPT. BRANSON: Is there something wrong?
FLEET ADM. OZAWA: We're still trying to figure out what happened at the edge of the Neutral Zone border between Federation and Garidian Space.
Captain Branson is surprised by that.
(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. BRANSON'S (voice over): Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continue 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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STAR TREK: THE NEW GENERATION
A STAR TREK FAN FILM PRODUCTION
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BASED ON STAR TREK CREATED BY: GENE RODDENBERRY
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A shot of the secondary hull of the Enterprise
JARVIS DAVIDSON 
 AS
CAPT. JOHN BRANSON
The Enterprise flies by an asteroid
FELECIA LINKOUS
 AS
LTCMDR. JANE KAL
The Enterprise flies by Mars 
KEVIN REGAN
 AS
LTJG. JACK MASON
FERNE MYERS
 AS
LTCMDR. STEPHANIE WILLIAMS
USS Enterprise is flying next to a comet
DELENA "DEE" LUSK
 AS
ENS. JAMIE KAYE
JACOB ELLIOT
 AS
DR. PETER LANGFORD
The Enterprise flies under a Pioneer-Class vessel
SADIE BRICKHOUSE
 AS
ENS. SITO JAXA
The Enterprise flies by a planet as the sunsets 
BECKY ELLIOT
 AS
LTJG. 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-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
The USS Enterprise sits in dry-dock.
(EPISODE NOTES: OPENING CREDITS FALL OVER OPENING SCENES)
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM
Commander Kal sits at the table looking over the duty shifts on the PADD as an ensign is standing at ease waiting for her to finish.
LTCMDR. KAL (re: PADD): Take these to Commander Williams in Main Engineering.
The Ensign takes the PADDs and leaves as Lieutenant Mason enters the room.
LTJG. MASON: Phaser upgrades are back on-line.
LTCMDR. KAL (surprised): Already?
LTJG. MASON (acknowledges): We have begun power supply calibration.
Commander Ivanova looks at him.
LTCMDR. KAL (Smiles): You're just too damned efficient, Lieutenant.
LTJG. MASON (nods): Thank you Commander.
Commander Kal picks up another PADD.
LTCMDR. KAL: Continue with the testing Mister Mason, (hands him a PADD) Here's the final schedule for shore leave and personnel transfers.
Lieutenant Mason takes the PADD and leaves the briefing room.
CUT TO:
EXT-EARTH SURFACE, SAN FRANSICO, CALIFORNIA, DAY
An established shot of Starfleet Command.
INT-STARFLEET COMMAND, BRIEFING ROOM
A close of a screen that shows Outpost Four before its destruction, as the camera shows Captain Branson sitting in chair.
CAPT. BRANSON: As soon as we arrived at the outpost there was a lot of debris in area.
Commander Daryl Smith brother of both Lieutenant Julia Smith and Captain Jessica Smith picks up a PADD.
CMDR. SMITH (re: PADD): According to your chief science officer Lieutenant T'Mir the station was subjected to intense plasma bombardment.
CAPT. BRANSON: That's correct.
REAR ADM. TUCKER: When the Garidian warbird decloaked you couldn't get a phaser lock?
CAPT. BRANSON: The vessel was out of phaser range so I ordered a spread of photon torpedoes, when they impacted the vessel's deflectors they weren't damaged at all so I asked if Commander Al-Salah had phasers to fire upon the enemy vessel, and he told me that he didn't cause the phaser crews were dead I then ordered Lieutenant Mason to hail the enemy vessel to make a challenge to get its attention on us but the vessel ignored us and destroyed the outpost.
Fleet Captain Picard just sits there listening seeing how he was only invited by Fleet Admiral Ozawa.
FLT ADM. OZAWA: Captain we questioned your wife on her report of the events and she said that you wanted to disable the Garidian vessel.
CAPT. BRANSON: That's correct ma'am.
The Admirals looked at each other confused.
VICE ADM. HALSEY: W-Why?
CAPT. BRANSON: I wanted to establish a dialogue with the enemy and hopefully end the conflict without further bloodshed.
REAR ADM. TUCKER (frustrated): We lost a lot of drone mining vessels in that little stunt by your wife Captain, not to mention the damage the Enterprise sustained by the Garidian flagship's plasma torpedo and you lost 13 crewmen and 23 sustained plasma burns and your armory is in shambles did I leave anything out Captain?
CAPT. BRANSON: No, sir you didn't.
Admiral Tucker calms down.
FLT ADM. OZAWA: We'll reconvene at 1550hrs.
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INT-STARFLEET COMMAND FLEET CAPTAIN PICARD'S OFFICE
Both Fleet Captain Picard and Captain Branson are in his office.
CAPT. BRANSON [frustrated]: A hearing due to my command choices at the Romulan Neutral Zone incursion are you kidding me?
Picard turns to him.
FLT CAPT. PICARD: You've done a lot of good out there John but sooner or later this was coming to back to bite you in the ass.
CAPT. BRANSON: I wish it was later.
Jean-Luc walks over to his desk.
FLT CAPT. PICARD (smiles): I don't blame you for saying that.
John leans back in the chair.
CAPT. BRANSON: So what's going to happen?
FLT CAPT. PICARD (sighs): I'm not sure but if I know Admiral Tucker as well as I do he might suggest removing you from command of the Enterprise, and assigning you to a planet side assignment or a Starbase command assignment.
John is shocked by that.
""(END OF ACT ONE, FADE OUT)'''
===Act 2===
FADE IN
EXT-EARTH SURFACE, DAY
A shot of the Branson house hold.
INT-BRANSON HOUSE HOLD, KITCHEN
John is sitting at the table as Jessica is pacing about.
JESSICA: Removal of command?
JOHN: That's what Jean-Luc told me.
Jessica is freaking out a bit.
JESSICA: I can't believe that this happening.
John turns to her.
JOHN: Your report was read to me by Admiral Ozawa.
JESSICA: Yeah they interviewed me the second the Yorktown was towed into dry-dock by the Titan and Republic.
John gets up as Jessica looks at him.
JESSICA (confused): You don't think that my report?
Jessica walks over to him.
JESSICA: John I love you and I would never hurt you or never take the Enterprise from you, cause you worked so hard to earn her and you were chosen by Picard to replace him as Captain.
John holds his wife.
JOHN (sighs): Sorry its just this whole situation has me steamed at the moment.
JESSICA: I know honey I'm sorry.
John and Jessica embrace.
CUT TO:
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
An shot of the Enterprise sitting in the dry-dock.
INT-USS ENTERPRISE WEAPONS CONTROL ROOM
Commander Williams and Lieutenant Martine is working on one of the station as it comes back to life.
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS (re: Tricorder): That should be the last one let's make sure that its not going to break on us again.
LTJG. MARTINE (nods): Aye, Lieutenant.
They look at the station.
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: You know a funeral was held for Robert we didn't see you there.
They work on the console.
LTJG. MARTINE: Yeah I was visiting my parents for a few days.
She goes to one of the other stations.
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: Captain Branson had to inform his parents what happened to him.
Martine looks at the console still.
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: Angela take a break you've been in here helping for the last few weeks.
LTJG. MARTINE (sighs): Alright, I'll take a few minutes to relax.
She leaves the weapons control room, Commander Williams works on the consoles and she looks at the read out and starts working on what she discovered but a huge shower of sparks erupt from the ceiling and consoles as support beams fall and klaxons blare as the camera pans down to Commander Williams who's wounded.
CUT TO:
INT-BRANSON HOUSE HOLD, BEDROOM (DARKEN)
Both Jessica and John are asleep in the bed when the com activates.
LTCMDR. KAL [com voice]: Enterprise to Branson
John tapped the combadge on the table.
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: Branson here go ahead.
LTCMDR. KAL (com voice): John there's been an accident
John is worried.
(END OF ACT TWO, FADE OUT)
===Act 3===
FADE IN
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE SICKBAY
Commander Williams is laying in the surgical bio-bed as Nurse Takahashi is treating her wounds.
CAPT. BRANSON: What happened?
DR. LANGFORD: We're not sure but it looked like the weapons control room has an overload of some sort.
LTJG. MASON: I've got a security team going through the weapons control room to see what happened.
DR. LANGFORD: Don't worry Jack we'll take good care of her.
LTJG. MASON (smiles): Thanks Steven.
He leaves sickbay to start the investigation as to what happened in the weapons control room.
CAPT. BRANSON: Keep me posted on her condition.
DR. LANGFORD: Aye, sir.
Both Captain Branson and Commander Kal leaves sickbay as both Doctor Langford and Nurse Takahashi are treating Commander Williams.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE DECK SEVEN CORRIDOR
They walked out of sickbay.
CAPT. BRANSON: This isn't good.
LTCMDR. KAL: I agree.
They're walking through the corridor.
CAPT. BRANSON: With Stephanie down we're going to need a back up Chief Engineer to oversee the repairs, Mister Payne is currently on a trip with his family so he's out of the question.
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
The USS Harrison NCC-7645 a Excelsior-Class vessel parks next to the dry-dock berth.
INT-USS ENTERPRISE TRANSPORTER ROOM
Commander Clarkson materialized on the pad with his engineering gear.
CAPT. BRANSON (smiles): Commander Clarkson welcome aboard.
Kyle walks off the pad.
LTCMDR. CLARKSON (smiles): Thanks John its good to be aboard the Enterprise.
They leave the transporter room.
INT-USS ENTERPRISE DECK SIX CORRIDOR
Both Captain Branson and Commander Clarkson are walking through the corridor.
CAPT. BRANSON: I'm sure you read what happened?
LTCMDR. CLARKSON: Who hasn't read what happened at the Romulan Neutral Zone border, you did a lot of good there keeping the Garidians from destroying more of our outposts.
Captain Branson stops as Commander Clarkson turns to him.
LTCMDR. CLARKSON: John are you alright?
CAPT. BRANSON: The Admiralty are thinking about removing me from command because of my command decisions at the Neutral Zone border.
Kyle walks over to him.
LTCMDR. CLARKSON (shocked): W-What why you did everything right to defend the Federation from a possible Romulan/Garidian invasion, they should be giving you a medal for that.
CAPT. BRANSON (sighs): Yeah but Admiral Tucker wants me removed for my decisions.
They continue to the turbo-lift.
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INT-USS ENTERPRISE WEAPONS CONTROL ROOM (BATTLE DAMAGED)
Lieutenant Mason and Ensign Holiday are running scans as to what caused the overload, when Captain Branson and Commander Clarkson enter.
CAPT. BRANSON: Report?
LTJG. MASON: So far we've not found the cause of what caused the overload we've got over this place with a fine toothcomb, I will take the scans that we took back to the security office and run a full scan.
CAPT. BRANSON: I'm sure you remember Commander Clarkson he's come over to take over while Stephanie is recovering from her injuries.
LTCMDR. CLARKSON: Lieutenant Mason, Ensign Holiday.
LTJG. MASON: Come on Ensign let's get to work.
They leave the weapons control room.
CAPT. BRANSON: You've got your work cut out for you Kyle.
LTCMDR. CLARKSON (smiles): I can see that.
John leaves as Kyle starts working on repairing the weapons control room with some help from the engineers.
CUT TO:
EXT-EARTH SURFACE, NIGHT
An establishing shot of Starfleet Command.
INT-STARFLEET COMMAND, BRIEFING ROOM
Commander Williams speaks.
CMDR. WILLIAMS: The details of this debriefing will remain classified, as ordered by the Command Council. 
FLT ADM. OZAWA: If there are no further questions? 
(Everyone rises and leaves the room, except Branson and Tucker.) 
CAPT. BRANSON: Admiral, I want to apologize for what I said to you the other day. I was out of line. 
REAR ADM. TUCKER: Yes you were Captain.
CAPT. BRANSON: I'm glad we can finally agree on something.
REAR ADM. TUCKER: Captain. Your actions, while being morally questionable, were necessary. I opposed your appointment as captain of Enterprise, but it's obvious now that I was wrong.
CAPT. BRANSON (surprised): Oh?
REAR ADM. TUCKER: Your wife explained the reason as to why you wanted to conduct peaceful negotiations with the Commander of the Garidian vessel, and you were defusing a situation before it became critical.
[Admiral Tucker extends his hand.]
REAR ADM. TUCKER: I am glad that Picard chose you.
[Branson shakes his hand.]
CUT TO:
INT-USS ENTERPRISE WEAPONS CONTROL ROOM
Repairs are almost done again as an engineer is at one of the consoles and tags it with a small device.
ENGINEER: Commander can you come and look at this?
Kyle walks over to the console.
LTCMDR. CLARKSON: What's wrong?
ENGINEER: It appears that the main phaser couplings are having issues.
[Kyle works at the console and he sees something and he removes it and sees that its a device, and deactivates it and scans it with a tricorder but then hears a phaser power up and turns to see the engineer.]
(END OF ACT THREE, FADE OUT)
===Act 4===
FADE IN
INT-USS ENTERPRISE WEAPONS CONTROL ROOM
[Kyle is held at phaser point by the engineer.]
LTCMDR. CLARKSON: What's going on?
ENGINEER: The Federation is weak they don't even defend their bases.
LTCMDR. CLARKSON: What?
He shot the bulkhead as it erupts in a shower of sparks.
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INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
Lieutenant Mason looks at his console and reports.
LTJG. MASON: Commander my scanners has detected weapons fire deck 8 armory.
Commander Kal walks over to his station.
LTCMDR. KAL [confused]: Why would a phaser be discharged in there Jack take a security team down there and figure out what the hell is going on.
LTJG. MASON (nods): Aye, Commander.
[Lieutenant Mason walks into the turbo-lift and the doors closed, as Commander Kal is worried.]
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INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE WEAPON'S CONTROL ROOM [RED ALERT]
[Kyle has his hands up as the engineer is holding him at phaser point.] 
LTCMDR. CLARKSON: Who are you? 
[Engineer speaks Romulan.]
LTCMDR. CLARKSON [shocked]: You're Romulan disguised as a human.
ENGINEER: I did it for my people and our empire as I see you Federation dogs are still weak you couldn't even defeat a Garidian warbird. 
[Then Kyle jumps him and they wrestle for the phaser as Kyle kicks him in the face, as he attempts to grab the phaser meanwhile Lieutenant Mason and two security officers are heading to support Kyle. As the hand to hand combat is going ok for Kyle who picks the phaser up and aims it at the engineer.] 
LTCMDR. CLARKSON: Now tell me what the hell is going on? 
[Then the doors opened and Lieutenant Mason and his security team shows up also aiming their phasers at the engineer.] 
ENGINEER: All I can tell you is that my people are going to rule the entire Alpha and Beta Quadrants. 
[He gets out a small dagger and stabs his arm and twists as blue veins pop out and he chants in Romulan, as Kyle realizes what he's doing and goes to a console and taps into the transporter controls and beams the engineer off the ship.] 
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EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
[The engineer explodes.] 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT] 
[Transparent viewer shows this as the bridge crew shields their eyes from the bright flash.] 
LTCMDR. KAL [to com]: Kal to weapons control report? Commander Clarkson or Lieutenant Mason respond.
INT-USS ENTERPRISE WEAPONS CONTROL ROOM [RED ALERT] 
Lieutenant Mason tapped his combadge.
LTJG. MASON (to com): Mason to bridge we're still here.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTCMDR. KAL [to com]: What the hell just happened?
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE WEAPONS CONTROL ROOM [RED ALERT]
LTJG. MASON [to com]: Commander Clarkson just saved the ship from a Romulan spy who tried to blow us up.
LTCMDR. CLARKSON [to com]: It will all be in my report Commander.
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT 
[Repairs to the Enterprise are completed.] 
CAPT. BRANSON'S (voice over): Captain's Log supplemental, Repairs to the Enterprise are finished and the crew are very anxious to continue our mission of exploration and discovery as am I
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE TURBO-LIFT CART
[Captain Branson is standing in the cart with his hands behind his back.] 
CAPT. BRANSON'S (voice over, continuing): I wasn't able to see Kyle off but he has informed my first officer that he enjoyed his time on the Enterprise and perhaps might want to transfer over in the near future, Commander Williams has fully recovered from her injuries which is good and she is impressed with how well Kyle was able to finish the repairs in such record time
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INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
[The turbo-lift doors opened and Captain Branson walks onto the bridge as Commander Kal gets up from the Captain's chair.] 
LTCMDR. KAL: Captain on the bridge. 
[The bridge crew stands at attention.] 
CAPT. BRANSON (smiles): As you all were. 
[The bridge crew resumes their stations.] 
LTCMDR. KAL: Good that you're still in command. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Its good to be back aboard her Jane she looks as good as I remember her. 
[Commander Kal assumes the first officer, as Captain Branson sits down in the Captain's chair and tapped his combadge.] 
CAPT. BRANSON (to com): Bridge to Engine room Steph are we ready to get underway? 
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INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN ENGINEERING
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS (to com): Yes, sir you'll have warp as soon as we clear space dock. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
CAPT. BRANSON: Ensign Kaye take us out one half impulse speed and as soon as we clear space dock set course 213 mark 40 warp factor seven. 
ENS. KAYE: Aye, sir. 
[Ensign Kaye inputs commands into the helm station.] 
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
[Enterprise moves slowly out of the dry-dock berth.] 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE 
ENS. KAYE: We've cleared space dock sir. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Hit it. 
[Ensign Kaye activates the warp drive.] 
EXT-SPACE
[The Enterprise's warp engines powered up and she leaps into warp onto her next adventure.] 
[END OF ACT FOUR, FADE OUT, ENDING CREDITS]
==Cast==
===Starring===
*Jarvis Davidson as Captain John Branson
*TBA as Lieutenant Commander Jane Kal
===Also Starring===
*Kevin Regan as Lieutenant Junior Grade Jack Mason
*Ferne Myers as Lieutenant Commander Stephanie Williams
*Jacob Elliot as Doctor Peter Langford
*Delena "Dee" Lusk as Ensign Jamie Kaye
*Sadie Brickhouse as Ensign Sito Jaxa
*Becky Elliot as Lieutenant Junior Grade T'Mir
===Guest Stars===
*TBA as Nurse Christine Chapel
*TBA as Transporter Chief Kayla Mackenzie
*TBA as Lieutenant Samuel Kirk
*TBA as Ensign Elias Sheridan
*TBA as Lieutenant Junior Grade Angela Martine
===Special Guest Stars===
*Joshua Irwin as Fleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard
*Jeremy Regan as Lieutenant Commander Kyle Clarkson
*TBA as Vice Admiral Tom Halsey
*TBA as Fleet Admiral Alice Ozawa
*TBA as Rear Admiral Duncan Perry
*TBA as Admiral Ronald Tucker
==Trivia Notes==
===Background Information===
*Takes place after Romulan Resurgence.