Fracture (episode)

Fracture is the 1st episode of the second season opener of Starship Enterprise.
==Synopsis==
Captain Martin pursues former Starfleet officer and his brother Riley Martin across the Demilitarized Zone.
==Script Chapters==
===Teaser===
FADE IN
INT. CAVES - REFUGEE CAMP - NIGHT
This is an underground Maquis camp in the DMZ. Conditions are crowded and primitive. Families are huddled together for warmth, children play in the rubble, people distribute food, others tend small cooking fires, while still others lie sick or wounded on the cold cave floors. We should get the feeling that this camp has been set up for some time.
ON THE CAVE ENTRANCE
where a silhouetted figure pauses in the entryway and looks around. A few refugees glance up at him for a moment and then continue about their business. The figure steps out of the backlight, revealing his features for the first time. It's CAPTAIN MARTIN, wearing the tattered clothes of another "refugee." He glances around the cave, as he walks through the chamber, taking in the pathetic sights and sounds of these humans and their living conditions.
Martin is looking for someone, scanning the faces, then spotting something off screen, he moves towards an OLD MAN working a twenty-fourth century equivalent of an arc welder, welding a section of a broken-down replicator. The light from the welder FLASHES on his face, revealing a distinctive scar running the length of his cheek. Martin approaches him.
JOHN: I'm looking for an old friend of mine.
The Old Man keeps working without even glancing up at Martin.
JOHN: I'm looking for C'tinga.
On the mention of that name, the Old Man finally looks up at Martin, seeming to size him up. Martin returns the look. After a beat, the Old Man points to a curtain, drawn to cover the entrance to another chamber. The Old Man returns his attention to his work. 
Martin crosses the room.
CONTINUED:
Then, making sure that no one has followed him or even taken notice of him, Martin steps through the curtain.
INT. CAVES - INNER CHAMBER
Martin steps into the dark room, looks around. No one seems to be there.
CAPT. MARTIN [sotto]: C'tinga?
Martin senses that something's not quite right. He takes a few steps into the room and then, slowly, trying not to draw attention to what he's doing, slips a hand into his coat pocket. But before he can pull out his phaser, the wrong end of a disruptor is pressed against his head.
Martin freezes. And then a familiar voice:
MAN'S VOICE: Throw it on the ground.
Martin does as he's told. The disruptor is eased away from his head, but its aim is never altered.
MAN'S VOICE: Turn around.
Martin turns to come face-to-face with RILEY MARTIN, the erstwhile Captain and Starfleet officer onboard the U.S.S. Jonesboro.
RILEY: Hello, John.
JOHN: Riley you look well.
RILEY: Mister Cing'ta won't be joining us. His shuttle had an accident on the way to this rendezvous.
JOHN: Is he dead?
RILEY [Snickers]: You just don't understand the Maquis, do you, John? We're not killers. Mister Cing'ta's accident has marooned him on a particularly nasty planet in the Badlands, but I assure you he's very much alive.
JOHN: How merciful. You condemned him to a slow death.
RILEY: It's more than he deserved. He was going to sell us out to you. He betrayed us.
JOHN: There's a subject you know alot about.
RILEY: You've been on my tail for eight months and now that we're face-to-face -- that's all you have to say to me?
JOHN: I'll save the rest for your court martial.
RILEY: Tell me, brother... what is it that bothers you more -- the fact that I left Starfleet to fight for a higher cause?
JOHN: You didn't "leave" Starfleet. If you had, I wouldn't be here. You "betrayed" Starfleet... you used your position as commanding officer to feed the Maquis information about us. And at the same time, you misled us with false information about them. There's a word for that... treason.
Riley's eyes harden... there's a lot of tension between these two men. Riley indicates the curtain with his disruptor.
John stares at him for a moment -- long enough to make the point that he's not at all intimidated by Riley. Then slowly, and deliberately, walks over to the curtain.
RILEY: Looked out there.
John pulls the curtain.
JOHN'S POV
of the first chamber, where he sees the refugees going about their sad existence.
RILEY: Those people... they used to be colonists on Salva Two. They had farms and shops and homes and schools... and then one day, the Federation signed a treaty and handed their world over to the Cardassians. (snapping his fingers) Just like that... they made these people refugees overnight.
JOHN: It's not that simple and you know it. These people don't have to live here like this. We've offered to resettle them.
Riley rolls his eyes.
RILEY: John, they don't want to be resettled -- they want to go home to the lives they built. How would you feel if the Federation gave our father's home to the Cardassians? Think he'd like to be "resettled?"
JOHN [turns to face Brandon]: I'm not here to debate Federation policy with --
RILEY [Snapping]: I didn't tell you to turn around.
John swallows his anger for a moment and turns back to look at the refugee camp.
RILEY: Look at them, John. They're humans. Just like you and me. And Starfleet took everything away from them. Remember that the next time you put on that uniform. There's a war out here and you're on the wrong side.
John takes that in for a beat.
JOHN: You know what I see out there, Riley? I see victims...... but not of Cardassia or the Federation. Victims of you. The Maquis. You've sold these people the dream that one day, they can go back to those farms and homes and schools -- but you know they never can.
John turns around, faces him directly.
JOHN [continuing]: And the longer you keep that hope alive, the longer they're going to suffer.
Riley glares at him, raising the gun directly to his face.
JOHN: Go ahead, shoot me.
But Riley has no such plans. He relaxes his aim.
RILEY: Someday, little brother I may take you up on that. For now, let me leave you with one piece of advice... don't come after me... you'll regret it.
Riley smiles for the first time; then pulls out a small control device, taps a key and DEMATERIALIZES.
The second he's gone, John reaches inside his coat.
CAPT. MARTIN [taps combadge]: Martin to Enterprise my brother beamed out track his transport signal.
CMDR. RO [com voice]: We've got it, Captain. He's on a Maquis Raider. They're breaking orbit and heading out of the system
JOHN [to com]: Beam me up and lay in a pursuit course all hands battle stations.
Captain Martin dematerializes.
CUT TO:
EXT-SPACE
MAQUIS RAIDER pulling away from a planet. And on that, we:
[END OF TEASER, FADE OUT]
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Theme song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZqTpbTsY70
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CAPTAIN'S OATH:
CAPT. MARTIN [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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STARSHIP ENTERPRISE
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
CAPTAIN JOHN MARTIN
The Enterprise flies by an asteroid
FELECIA LINKOUS
 AS
COMMANDER RO LAREN
The Enterprise flies by Mars 
KEVIN REGAN
 AS
LIEUTENANT JACK MASON
FERNE MYERS
 AS
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER COURTNEY JAMES
USS Enterprise is flying next to a comet
DELENA "DEE" LUSK
 AS
LIEUTENANT JAMIE KAYE
JACOB ELLIOT
 AS
DOCTOR PETER LANGFORD
The Enterprise flies under a California-Class vessel
SADIE BRICKHOUSE
 AS
LIEUTENANT SITO JAXA
The Enterprise flies by a planet as the sunsets 
BECKY ELLIOT
 AS
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER 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-WARP TUNNEL
[NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes]
EXT-WARP TUNNEL
The Enterprise pursues the Maquis Raider.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Lights are dimmed and klaxons are flashing as T'MIR, RO, SITO, MASON and KAYE at their consoles. Martin sits in his chair, still out of uniform.
LT. SITO: He's headed for the Badlands, alright. Course is zero mark two-one-three.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jamie?
LT. KAYE: Changing course now to zero mark two-one-three. We're on his tail, captain.
CAPT. MARTIN: Maximum warp. (to Mason) How long until we're in firing range?
Lieutenant Mason checks his tactical read out.
LT. MASON: Twenty two minutes. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Sito?
LT. SITO: Not good enough. He'll reach the plasma fields two minutes before we're in range.
Commander Ro leans over.
CMDR. RO: We need help John.
CAPT. MARTIN [sighs]: I know, T'Mir where's the Courageous?
LTCMDR. T'MIR: They're on patrol in the DMZ, near the Gamma seven outpost. 
CAPT. MARTIN [smiles]: Jack, open a channel to Captain T'Sara Frost.
Lieutenant Mason works at the tactical console.
LT. MASON: She's responding.
A hologram of T'Sara Frost appears.
CAPT. FROST [hologram]: Captain Martin are you receiving my transmission
CAPT. MARTIN: Yes, Captain Frost I am and are you receiving me?
CAPT. FROST [hologram]: You appear to be sitting on my bridge. It may take me a while to get used to this. I'm not fond of uninvited guests
John stands up from his Captain Chair and walks towards the hologram of Captain Frost.
CAPT. MARTIN [smiles]: I'll try not to overstay my welcome but at the moment I need your help. We're in pursuit of a Maquis raider headed for the Badlands. Can you intercept?
CAPT. FROST [hologram]: You seem pretty eager, Captain. What did this Maquis raider do?
John puts his hands behind his back.
CAPT. MARTIN: It's not what they did, it's who's in command. Riley Martin my brother. 
Captain Frost raised an eyebrow.
CAPT. FROST [hologram]: Every Starfleet officer's favorite traitor
CAPT. MARTIN: Yeah, well if you don't mind.
CAPT. FROST: You want him in your brig. We'll cut him off, you can grab him. Frost out. 
Transmission ends as Lieutenant Sito reports.
LT. SITO: The Courageous is moving to intercept.
CAPT. MARTIN [to Mason]: Jack, Prepare to target the Maquis ship. I want to disable them -- but I want them alive.
LT. MASON: Aye, sir [to com] Mason to security team delta head to the transporter room and prepare to receive Maquis prisoners.
SECURITY OFFICER [com voice]: Aye, sir
LT. SITO: Captain, Martin's dropped out of warp.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jamie stay with him.
LT. KAYE: That was my plan sir.
EXT-SPACE
The Maquis Raider moves towards the Enterprise.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Transparent viewer shows the raider.
CAPT. MARTIN: Full power to shields.
CMDR. RO: What the hell is he doing?
LT. MASON: Looks like he's wanting to take on the Enterprise.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: He's crazy.
CAPT. MARTIN: Maybe.
LT. MASON: He's locking weapons onto us.
CAPT. MARTIN: Target his weapons array.
LT. MASON: Aye, sir.
As Lieutenant Mason inputs commands into the tactical console and the targeting scanners get a lock, all hell breaks loose: flashing LIGHTS, ALARMS, consoles blinking then going to static. Every system on the ship is crashing.
CAPT. MARTIN: Report?
LT. SITO: We've got a massive computer failure. Every computer system is down -- and all the backups.
Captain Martin is shocked to see that his vessel has been hacked as Sito is shocked by what she sees.
LT. SITO: We're losing control over... everything.
LT. CARLSON: Navigation, helm, propulsion!
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Bridge to Engineering.
No response.
CAPT. MARTIN: Ro get down to Engineering and see what's going on.
Commander Ro leaves the bridge as Captain Martin looks at Lieutenant Mason.
CAPT. MARTIN: Try to route the auxiliary controls through the 
(A hologram appears)
RILEY [hologram]: Before you waste a lot of time running around trying to restore computer control, let me save you some trouble. You can't. You'll find that your memory cores are completely wiped and will have to be reprogrammed from scratch
Captain Martin gets up from his chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: You snuck a cascade virus into my ships main computer core.
RILEY [hologram]: Sounds simple, doesn't it? But I assure you, it took a great deal of time to devise one that wouldn't be detected by Lieutenant Mason or Commander James. I'm really quite proud of it
CAPT. MARTIN: I'll add that to the list of charges.
RILEY: Well, as long as you're making a list, why don't you add this.
EXT-SPACE
The Maquis Raider makes a strafing run at the defenseless Enterprise, blasting it with its phasers.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
WHUMPH! A few consoles EXPLODE with a shower of SPARKS. Everyone, except Riley, is rocked as the ship is pounded --again and again.
RILEY [hologram]: You know what your problem is, John? You've made this personal. It didn't have to be. It wasn't with me
Another explosion.
RILEY [hologram]: I have no animosity, no harsh feelings toward you
Another explosion.
CAPT. MARTIN: I wish I could say the same.
Another explosion.
RILEY [hologram]: Does it really pay to risk yourself, your ship, your crew, on a personal vendetta? And would Starfleet approve?
CAPT. MARTIN [continuing]: This isn't over between us.
RILEY [hologram]: John -- I'm the one in control here. Your ship is defenseless...I could destroy you right now. (a beat) But I won't. Like I said, the Maquis aren't killers. Our quarrel is with the Cardassians, not you... Leave us alone and we'll leave you alone
Another EXPLOSION.
RILEY [to someone O.S.]: Cease fire.
And indeed the shaking stopped.
CAPT. MARTIN: Am I suppose to be thanking you?
RILEY [hologram]: No. I'm not going to make you grovel for your life. Unlike you, little bro, I know when to walk away. Maybe you should think about that on your long trip home
Transmission ends as they see the raider enter warp and Captain Martin sits in his chair disappointed.
[END OF ACT ONE, FADE OUT]
===Act 2===
FADE IN
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
The Enterprise is docked at Starbase 621.
CAPT. MARTIN [voice over]: Captain's Log Stardate 54784.2, The Archer has docked at Starbase 621, but not under its own power. The starship Courageous had to tow us back to base
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM
Captain Martin is leaning on his table as Lieutenant Commander James is giving him a full damage report.
CAPT. MARTIN: How long?
LTCMDR. JAMES [re: PADD]: According to the Dock master we'll be in dock for a few weeks.
CAPT. MARTIN: Get started.
She leaves as John leans back in the chair as Captain Frost enters.
CAPT. MARTIN: What can I do for you T'Sara?
CAPT. FROST: I don't know quite how to tell you this so I'll just say it. Starfleet Command has given me a new assignment. They want me to bring in Mister Martin.
CAPT. MARTIN: Oh, you mean you've been ordered to help me bring him in, don't you?
CAPT. FROST [sighs]: No. Your mission orders have changed. John your brother Riley is no longer your responsibility.
John is shocked that he's hearing this from T'Sara.
CAPT. MARTIN: Did they give you a reason?
CAPT. FROST: You've been after him for eight months. Not to put too fine a point on it, but you haven't gotten the job done. Look, John, I understand how you feel. If one of my officers had fooled me the way Riley fooled you, I'd take it personally, too. Bad choice of words, I didn't mean fooled.
CAPT. MARTIN: No it's alright T'Sara you're right he fooled me.
Captain Frost comes at this as his friend.
T'SARA: John, that's not the issue. Starfleet also believes that where Riley is concerned, you're vulnerable. He just knows you too well, John. So maybe it's time for someone he doesn't know to go after him. 
John takes a deep breath to control his emotions; he knows that T'Sara isn't to blame for Starfleet's new orders. After a long beat, John steps up to T'Sara, stretching out his hand.
JOHN: Good hunting T'Sara.
T'Sara shakes his hand.
T'SARA: Thanks John.
And T'Sara leaves as John stands in his ready room alone saddened and disappointed that he was taken off of the assignment of bring his brother in.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN ENGINEERING
The engineering crew are repairing the damage that Riley inflicted on the Enterprise, trying to bring her back on-line. Consoles are open, optical cable and portable equipment are strewn everywhere. The room is a mess.
LTCMDR. JAMES: Harris you wanna give me that hydrospanner.
LT. PAYNE: Sure, Commander.
Lieutenant Payne hands her the spanner.
LTCMDR. JAMES: Can't believe that the Captain was pulled off the assignment by Starfleet.
LT. PAYNE: Even if he wasn't Commander we're in no shape to combat him or his raider.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS, BEDROOM AREA
Jessica turns over and sees that John isn't in bed with her she gets up as she looks around for him.
JESS [to com]: Computer locate Captain Martin.
COMPUTER VOICE: Captain Martin is on holodeck 2.
Jessica is worried about him.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE HOLODECK TWO
CLOSE ON A GLOVED FIST SLAMMING into a punching bag. ADJUST TO REVEAL Martin, drenched in sweat, working out his frustration by furiously pummeling the bag being held by Commander Ro.
RO: The good news is Starfleet Intelligence is making progress breaking the Maquis communication codes. 
JOHN: The bad news is it won't do us any good. We're out of the game. But what the hell, right? You win some, you lose some.
But Ro isn't fooled by John's "it's okay" attitude; she knows this is bothering him deeply then the doors opened and Jessica enters.
JESSICA: I had a feeling you'd be here instead of in bed.
JOHN [letting the hurt show through]: I can't sleep right now you two know that in the five years of my career I've never been pulled from a mission in my life you can ask Kyle and Liz.
JESS: John its not your fault about what happened to Riley he was a Maquis and from what I heard that's hard to get rid of no offense Commander.
RO: None taken.
John stops hitting the punching bag and is breathing heavily sweating still.
JOHN: He's my brother Jess my flesh and blood my family and he betrayed me our sisters and our parents and his nieces.
Jess sat next to him.
JESS: You are the best guy that I met and you don't let anything get you down.
CMDR. RO: Riley, has Starfleet training and he was aboard the Enterprise during your time as XO that gave him enough time to upload that virus.
Then the com activates.
LTCMDR. T'MIR [com voice]: Captain Martin report to the bridge
They leave the holodeck.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
The turbo-lift doors opened and they walk onto the bridge.
CAPT. MARTIN: Report.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: It appears that your brother just upped the ante. He attacked the Cardassian colony on Veloz Prime with a biogenic weapon.
CAPT. MARTIN [confused]: What?
LT. SITO: He launched three stratospheric torpedoes at the planet and spread cobalt diselenide throughout the biosphere. 
John reviews the PADD and then hands it to Commander Ro and his girlfriend.
CMDR. RO: My god the Maquis are using bioweapons.
CAPT. MARTIN: What's cobalt diselenide?
CAPT. SMITH: A nerve agent that is harmless to most humanoids but it is deadly to Cardassians.
CAPT. MARTIN: Is the colony evacuating?
LT. SITO [Nods]: They're evacuating now.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Mister Martin transmitted this a few hours ago.
She inputs commands into the console and Riley appears on the transparent viewer.
RILEY [viewer]: As of right now the Cardassian Colony has been attacked by a biogenic weapon and we're going to claim it for the Maquis once again, we'll keep using this till every colony in the DMZ is reclaimed by the Maquis
Channel closes as Captain Martin tenses up.
CMDR. RO: Damn it, I should've seen it earlier. The selenium and rhodium nitrites they hijacked can be reformulated, and with some work, synthesized to produce cobalt diselenide.
Captain Martin looks at her.
CAPT. MARTIN: And you know this how?
CMDR. RO: Back when I was apart of the Maquis we were discussing the use of bio-weapons to use against Cardassian colonies along the DMZ, but Chakotay overruled the decision and put a halt to further discussions about it but when we all thought that he was dead Eddington brought it up and his rally cry was so powerful they couldn't resist the idea of it but I thought that the bio-weapons were all destroyed when the Dominion destroyed the Maquis bases.
John turns to Mason.
CAPT. MARTIN: Where's the Courageous?
Lieutenant Mason checks his console read out.
LT. MASON: On the other side of the Badlands. They're headed for Veloz Prime now, but by the time they get there.
CAPT. MARTIN: He'll be long gone.
LT. SITO: And given the amount of chemical compounds Mister Eddington stole back then, how many of these weapons will he be able to make?
CAPT. MARTIN: Enough to poison every Cardassian colony and outpost along the DMZ.
CMDR. RO: The perfect victory for the Maquis but he has to realize it won't bring the ones that were killed back.
CAPT. MARTIN: My brother wants revenge against the Cardassians but he's not going to get it.
JESS: We've only got three ships in the DMZ the Enterprise, and Yorktown and he knows all three of those vessels well.
John looks at her.
CAPT. MARTIN: Yeah well he doesn't know how much I'm determined to arrest him.
[END OF ACT TWO, FADE OUT]
===Act 3===
FADE IN
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
An establishing shot of the Enterprise docked on the outside of Starbase 621.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN ENGINEERING
Martin and Ro stand near James, watching her and her CREW working feverishly on every system on the ship.
LTCMDR. JAMES: It's going to be tricky, Captain. Only half the systems are back online and most of those are not operating at full capacity.
CAPT. MARTIN: What about the warp drive?
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS [Nodding]: We can go to warp six, but the inertial dampers haven't been fully repaired so don't expect a smooth ride.
CMDR. RO: According to Jack The weapons are also online but the targeting scanners have to be manually calibrated. We can shoot, but God knows what we'll hit.
CAPT. MARTIN: What about the com system?
LT. PAYNE [Re: PADD]: The com system will be a bit whacky but I managed to create a patch, that should work but I came up with it only last night while working on the com system.
CAPT. MARTIN: Anything else working?
LTCMDR. JAMES [sighs]: Let me give you all the bad news at once, sir. We have no transporters, no replicators, and the stabilizing gyros are at only fifty percent. So don't ask for any sharp turns, unless you want to end up doing barrel rolls.
CMDR. RO: Should be fun.
CAPT. MARTIN: Just get us prep for launch you two we've got a Maquis madman out there launching biogenic weapons at innocent Cardassian colonists.
He leaves as Commander Ro follows.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE DECK SIXTEEN CORRIDOR
Martin and Ro emerge from around the corner, headed for the bridge. Martin in the lead. They take a few steps, Martin stops, turns, and confronts her.
CAPT. MARTIN: Alright, Ro say it.
Ro turns to him.
CMDR. RO: What?
CAPT. MARTIN: That I have lost all perspective. That I'm turning this into a vendetta between me and Brandon, and that I'm putting the ship, the crew and my entire career at risk, and if I had any brains at all I'd go back to my office, sit down and read damage reports and letters from Tina onboard the Luna.
CMDR. RO: I wasn't going to say that.
CAPT. MARTIN: You were thinking that Ro.
CMDR. RO: Kinda but you have that look in your eye that you want to still go out and get him.
CAPT. MARTIN: Your right I do want to go and get him.
They head to the nearest turbo-lift.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
With the ship's systems not fully operational, the Bridge has been organized a little differently than usual. Lieutenant Mason stands at Tactical, as a standing CREWMAN is behind him; likewise, Kaye is at the helm with another crewman at her side, as does Sito at OPS, as Commander Clarkson who's on loan from the Harrison is at the Engineering console.
CAPT. MARTIN [smiles]: Kyle, its good to see you again buddy how's things on Earth?
The two friends hug.
CMDR. CLARKSON: Good, Jamie says hi by the way she's going to get a new vessel soon so she sent me here to be useful and from what I saw you could use a bit of help.
CAPT. MARTIN [smiles]: That's great man welcome aboard now let's get her out of dry-dock.
LT. SITO: Captain Starbase Operations has cleared us for departure, and they've asked us to take it easy before we go into battle.
CAPT. MARTIN: Noted, Kaye take us out thrusters only and then when we clear spacedock take us to warp six.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
Lieutenant Kaye works at the helm.
EXT-SPACE
The clamps released from the hull of the Enterprise as she slowly moves out of space dock.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
CMDR. CLARKSON: The dampeners are holding steady.
CAPT. MARTIN: Well that's one piece of good news.
LT. SITO: We've cleared spacedock.
CMDR. RO: First hurled.
CAPT. MARTIN: Yeah, let's hope that's the only one set course for the DMZ warp six.
LT. KAYE: Set intermix to point zero one. Initialize warp chamber on my mark. Three, two, one, mark.
EXT-SPACE
The Enterprise enters warp.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
LT. KAYE: We're at warp one.
CAPT. MARTIN: Kyle I want warp six as soon as possible.
LTCMDR. CLARKSON [smiles]: I was able to get us warp seven.
CAPT. MARTIN [smiles]: Well done people, Mister Mason I think we should run a series of battle drills we're about to head into a hostile situation.
LT. MASON [Nods]: Aye, sir.
EXT-EDGE OF CARDASSIAN SPACE/DMZ
The Archer begins to enter the plasma fields.
CAPT. MARTIN [voice over]: Captain's Log Supplemental, After completing a series of readiness drills, we've entered the plasma fields of the Badlands and begun our search for my brother
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
The ship rocks occasionally as we move through the unpredictable plasma fields. John watches the plasma fields on the viewscreen and paces around the room. A calm stream of orders flow from Kaye, Mason and Sito to their respective crewmen. The following dialogue happens simultaneously:
LT. KAYE [overlapping]: Steady as she goes. Watch those gyros.
LT. MASON (overlapping): Check status on torpedoes three and four... getting an energy variance reading on the plasma warheads... transfer power from the forward shields to the targeting array... bring the phaser banks up to half power
LT. SITO (overlapping): Lateral scan... fifteen megahertz... out to five hundred kilometers... forward scanners still not functioning... 
CMDR. CLARKSON: I've got it standby Sito.
Kyle inputs commands into the engineering console.
CMDR. CLARKSON: Field stabilizers should be on-line in fifteen minutes...
Then Lieutenant Sito sees something on her console read out.
LT. SITO: Hello.
CAPT. MARTIN: What is it?
LT. SITO: I've got something. It's a small neutrino signature, bearing two one eight mark one three five. Distance approximately nine hundred kilometers. It's moving. It's a Maquis raider.
CAPT. MARTIN: Red Alert, Jamie set an intercept course Kyle I need three quarter impulse.
Lights dimmed as klaxons blare.
CMDR. CLARKSON: You've got it sir.
LT. KAYE: Setting an intercept course now sir.
EXT-SPACE
The Enterprise heads towards the Maquis Raider.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Transparent viewer shows the Maquis Raider.
LT. KAYE: We're a few minutes away sir.
CAPT. MARTIN: Ready weapons.
LT. MASON: Phaser banks are fully charged and torpedo launchers are loaded, we're being hailed its Riley.
CAPT. MARTIN: On screen.
Transparent viewer shows the bridge of the Maquis Raider.
RILEY [viewer]: You just couldn't resist the temptation to come after me, could you?
CAPT. MARTIN: I don't like leaving a job half finished.
RILEY [viewer]: Well, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, again. You won't get me, John. But I do have a consolation prize for you. Actually it's more of a gift
Riley nods at one of the Maquis rebels as T'Mir checks the console read out.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Incoming transmission, (puzzled) They're sending over... a document.
CAPT. MARTIN: What's the document?
RILEY [viewer]: It's a book. One of my favorites. Les Miserables
CAPT. MARTIN: Thanks but I've read it already.
RILEY [viewer]: Recently? If not, you should read it again. Pay close attention to the character of Inspector Javert --the French policeman who spends twenty years chasing a man for stealing a loaf of bread. Sound like anyone you know?
CAPT. MARTIN: Why don't you beam over and we can discuss it?
RILEY [viewer]: Some other time little bro I have other plans
Transmission ends.
LT. SITO: What the hell? The neutrino readings are dissipating. It's not a ship. It's an unmanned probe set to transmit a false warp signature.
CMDR. RO: He played us?
CAPT. MARTIN: Riley's up to something in the plasma fields and we need to find out what it is before he attacks more Cardassian Colonies with that biogenic weapons, resume our previous course.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
Then Lieutenant Mason reports.
LT. MASON: Captain, we're receiving a distress call from the Courageous they've reported system failures.
CAPT. MARTIN: Move to intercept.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
John's worried.
EXT-SPACE
The Enterprise approaches the damaged Excelsior-class vessel.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
Transparent viewer shows the bridge of the Courageous a tattered mess as crewmen are going from console to console.
CAPT. MARTIN: How can we help Captain?
CAPT. FROST [viewer]: Our warp core matrix compositor is fused, our navigational systems are disabled. If you could spare some micro-power relays, we should have the engines back online in a day or two
CAPT. MARTIN: You got it, [to com]: Bridge to engineering Court get a damage control team prep to shuttle over to the Courageous.
LTCMDR. JAMES [com voice, static]: Aye, sir
CAPT. MARTIN: What happened T'Sara?
CAPT. FROST [viewer]: He got me -- we'd just entered the Badlands when we got a distress signal from a Cardassian freighter
T'Sara continues:
CAPT. FROST [viewer]: They'd been attacked by the Maquis and had suffered casualties... our sensors confirmed what we were being told, but when we lowered our shields to transport the wounded...
CAPT. MARTIN: The sensor readings had been faked.
She nods.
CAPT. FROST [viewer]: There were no Cardassians on that freighter. The Maquis had rigged it with a focused particle beam that punched through our gyro shielding and we lost helm control. And before we got back on our feet, three Maquis raiders came out from the plasma field...
John looks at Ro then back at the viewer.
CAPT. MARTIN: Do you have any wounded?
CAPT. FROST [viewer]: 14 losses, 12 wounded, 5 critical
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Bridge to Sickbay Pete send over a medical team with some medical supplies.
DR. LANGFORD [com voice, static]: Aye, sir
CAPT. FROST [viewer]: Thank you John, and do me a favor when you catch him save me a seat at his court martial
CAPT. MARTIN: Two will be saved for you and your husband T'Sara count on it.
[END OF ACT THREE, FADE OUT]'''
===Act 4===
FADE IN
EXT-NEAR CARDASSIAN SPACE
The Enterprise is at impulse.
CAPT. MARTIN [voice over]: Captain's Log Supplemental, With the Enterprise's computers still not fully operational, we're relying on my wife Jessica on the Yorktown, to decipher the Maquis message
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Later. Martin, in his chair, oversees the steady, low-keyed, flow of orders that continue from Mason, Kaye and Sito to their crewmen.
CAPT. MARTIN [voice over continuing]: In the meantime, we're combing the DMZ in the hopes of a chance encounter with my brother Riley. But with each passing hour, our hopes are fading''
LT. MASON: Captain, we're being hailed by the Yorktown its Captain Smith.
John gets up from the Captain's chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: On screen.
Transparent viewer changed to the bridge of the Yorktown.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jess, tell me you've got good news?
CAPT. SMITH [viewer]: Possibly. I've analyzed the Maquis message
CAPT. MARTIN: And?
CAPT. SMITH [viewer]: It appears to be a simple, Breen nursery rhyme. A heterophonic, five-line verse. Quite a catchy one, too
Jessica HUMS a few bars for John.
CAPT. MARTIN [confused]: What's it mean?
CAPT. SMITH [viewer]: Metrical analysis shows an alternating tetrameter and pentameter structure, but the computer could find no meaningful pattern in the words. They appear to be just what they are, nonsensical phrases strung together because they rhyme. At least, to the Breen
CMDR. RO: So Riley sends a transmission in Breen when the Courageous intercepts the transmission.
CAPT. SMITH [Viewer]: It's written on a Lyxian scale... I ran it through the computer, too. (shaking her head) No meaningful pattern.
Martin seems crestfallen.
CAPT. MARTIN: So we're nowhere?
CAPT. SMITH [Viewer]: I wouldn't say that I remember something that Riley told us once when Tina was playing hide and go seek when she was young, the best place to hide something is in plain sight. And since this is a Breen nursery rhyme
CAPT. MARTIN [catching on]: ... you think Riley is using it as a signal for a rendezvous in the Breen system?
CAPT. SMITH [viewer]: Or maybe meeting one of their ships at a nearby colony.
LT. KAYE: Captain the closest one is Portas Five.
CAPT. SMITH [viewer]: The biogenic components of the weapons Riley's been using are very bulky and very unstable. They need to be kept in a large, sophisticated cold storage unit
CAPT. MARTIN [smiles]: So we got our lead thanks Jessica I owe you one.
CAPT. SMITH [viewer]: How about dinner after this is over.
CAPT. MARTIN [smiles]: I look forward to it.
Transmission ends.
CMDR. RO: So Portas V its a Breen colony alright I don't know why the Breen wanted to settle far from the borders.
CAPT. MARTIN: Not sure but its our only lead Kaye set course for Portas Five.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
John turns to Kyle at the engineering station.
CAPT. MARTIN: Kyle I want warp 9.92 by the time we reach Portas V.
CMDR. CLARKSON: Aye, sir.
EXT-WARP TUNNEL
Enterprise soars at warp.
CAPT. MARTIN [voice over]: Captain's Log Supplemental, Following Jessica's hunch, has proven accurate. Our intelligence drones detected a Maquis freighter entering Portas Five three hours ago''
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM [RED ALERT]
The senior staff are around the table.
CAPT. MARTIN [voice over, continuing]: The freighter was last seen headed into the Dorvan sector of the DMZ
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Considering the freighter's range, velocity, and heading... (pointing)... Riley's next target is one of four Cardassian colonies.
CMDR. RO; So it could be either one of those worlds.
LT. KAYE: But which one?
CAPT. MARTIN: Which is the closest?
LT. MASON: Any of those, these two are unlikely targets. Their defenses were recently upgraded by the Cardassians.
CAPT. MARTIN [agrees]: Riley isn't looking for a fight. That leaves only these two... Quatal and Panora.
Commander Ro looks at the monitor.
CMDR. RO: I'm thinking that he's going after Panora.
LT. MASON: Quatal's got a lucrative mining operation and their weapon systems are in the process of being upgraded, but are not yet fully operational.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: But he would not risk his ship and crew for something that's not worth his time.
CAPT. MARTIN: I agree T'Mir.
LT. KAYE: Then it will have to be Panora.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: The Maquis raided them two months ago -- and most of their defense systems were seriously damaged. They are almost helpless.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jamie set course for Quatal best speed.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
CUT TO:
EXT-WARP TUNNEL
The Enterprise speeds towards Quatal.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. KAYE: Approaching the Quatal system now sir.
CAPT. MARTIN: Drop us out of warp.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
Lieutenant Kaye inputs commands into the helm.
EXT-SPACE
The Enterprise emerges from warp.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Transparent viewer shows the planet.
LT. SITO: We're too late sir, Riley has already launched his nerve agent into the atmosphere.
Martin's jaw hardens at the news.
CAPT. MARTIN: So we didn't make it?
Then Sito reports.
LT. SITO: Maybe not I'm reading residual neutrino levels... Looks like one -- maybe two Maquis raiders behind the fourth moon. (half beat) They're on the run.
CAPT. MARTIN: Lieutenant intercept course.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
EXT-SPACE
The Enterprise pursues the Maquis raiders.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. SITO: We're in range now.
CAPT. MARTIN: On screen.
Transparent viewer shows that the Archer is gaining on the two raiders.
LT. MASON: Phaser banks are powered and torpedo launchers are loaded.
Transparent viewer shows the two raiders splitting into different paths.
CAPT. MARTIN: Stay with that one Kara.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
Lieutenant Kaye inputs commands into the helm station.
CAPT. MARTIN: Hail the raider.
LT. MASON: Channel open.
CAPT. MARTIN: Maquis Raider this is John Martin Captain of the Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise surrender and prepare to be boarded.
WHUMPH!
LT. MASON: Deflectors holding!
WHUMPH!
WHUMPH!
CAPT. MARTIN: Ready weapons.
LT. MASON: Phasers locked on.
CAPT. MARTIN: Fire!
Transparent viewer shows the phaser beam lancing out and destroyed the raider.
CAPT. MARTIN: Bring us about let's go after the second one.
LT. KAYE: Gladly.
Lieutenant Kaye inputs commands into the helm station, Sito studies her console then reports.
LT. SITO: Sir, -- this one's making another run at the planet. (puzzled) I don't get it. They've already poisoned the atmosphere...
John's mind races through the possibilities as he gets up from the Captain's chair and walks to the helm.
CAPT. MARTIN: Are we in range yet?
LT. KAYE: No we're still five minutes out.
LT. MASON: They're locking weapons!
CMDR. RO: At us?
LT. MASON: No at one of the Cardassian transport vessels.
CAPT. MARTIN: Kyle I need more speed from the Impulse engines.
CMDR. CLARKSON: I can't give you anymore from the reactor without blowing the relays.
EXT-PLANET ORBIT
The Maquis raider passing by the planet, it fires a yellow PHASER BOLT at the planet surface. The bolt disappears into the planet's cloud cover.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. SITO: They've disabled the transport... it's losing power... it's going down.
CMDR. RO: Can we beam the crew off?
LT. SITO: No we're not in range yet.
LT. MASON: We're being hailed its your brother.
CAPT. MARTIN: On screen.
Transparent viewer shows the bridge of the raider.
RILEY [viewer]: Well, Javert... let's see how deep your obsession with me is. You've got me... I can't outrun or outfight the Enterprise. But if you come after me -- you'll have to pay a price... you'll have to let all those helpless Cardassians spiral down to their deaths. (a beat) The choice is yours
John knows there's only one choice for him... and he's not happy about it.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jamie bring us about.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
Lieutenant Kaye inputs commands into the helm station.
RILEY [viewer]: So long little bro
Transmission ends.
EXT-SPACE
The Enterprise breaks away from its pursuit of the Maquis Raider and heads back towards the planet, allowing the Maquis ship to escape.
And with that image, we:
CUT TO:
EXT-FEDERATION-CARDASSIAN BORDER, DMZ
The Enterprise is towing the Cardassian transport vessel.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM
Captain Martin is alone reading a PADD as doors chimed.
CAPT. MARTIN: Come.
Commander Ro enters.
CMDR. RO: We've towed the transport ship out of the planet's gravitational pull.
CAPT. MARTIN: As soon as our repair team is back onboard, release the tractor beam. The Cardassians should be able to limp home in a day or two.
Ro nods, as Martin puts the PADD down; his mind elsewhere. Ro looks down, sees what's on the PADD.
CMDR. RO: Les Miserables??
CAPT. MARTIN: You read it?
CMDR. RO [shakes head]: I can't stand Victor Hugo. I tried reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but I couldn't get through it. It was so melodramatic and his heroines are so two dimensional. 
John looks back at the PADD.
JOHN: Riley compared me to the main character of the book Inspector Javert. A policeman who relentlessly pursues a man named Valjean, guilty of a trivial offence, and in the end Javert's own inflexibility destroys him. He commits suicide.
RO: John that's not you at all its just Riley who is trying to get in your skin.
JOHN: He did that eight months ago. What strikes me about this book is that Riley said that it's one of his favorites.
RO: There's no accounting for taste.
JOHN: Let's think about it. A Starfleet Captain is fascinated by a nineteenth century French melodrama, and now he's a leader of the Maquis, a resistance group fighting the noble battle against the evil Cardassians.
RO: It sounds like he's living out his own fantasy. 
JOHN: Exactly. And you know what? Les Miserables isn't about the policeman. It's about Valjean, the victim of a monstrous injustice who spends his entire life helping people, making noble sacrifices for others. That's how Riley sees himself. He's Valjean, he's Robin Hood, he's a romantic, dashing figure, fighting the good fight against insurmountable odds. 
RO: The secret life of Riley Martin. How does it help us? 
JOHN: Riley is the hero of his own story. That makes me the villain. And what is it that every hero wants to do?
RO: Kill the bad guy.
JOHN: That's part of it. Heroes only kill when they have to. Riley could have killed me back in the refugee camp or when he disabled the Enterprise, but in the best melodramas the villain creates a situation where the hero is forced to sacrifice himself for the people, for the cause. One final grand gesture.
RO [confused]: What are you getting at, John?
JOHN: I think it's time for me to become the villain. 
Off John's face -- he's got a plan.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
John takes only a few steps in the room before calling out:
CAPT. MARTIN: Mister Mason, prepare two quantum torpedoes. Have engineering attach a cargo pod with two hundred kilograms of trilithium to each torpedo. 
Lieutenant Mason is a bit surprised by the order.
LT. MASON: Yes, sir but...
He turns to him.
CAPT. MARTIN: But what?
LT. MASON: The extra mass of the cargo pods will make the torpedo less effective. Maquis Raiders are small and maneuverable.
CAPT. MARTIN: Oh I'm not looking to shoot a Maquis Raider, Jamie what's the closest Maquis colony?
Lieutenant Kaye checks her navigational computer and reports.
LT. KAYE: Solosos Three. Less than an hour away.
CAPT. MARTIN: Set a course for Solosos III best speed.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
Captain Martin turns to Lieutenant Mason.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jack, I want you to send the following message on all Maquis frequencies.
LT. MASON: Aye, sir channel open.
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: To all the members of the Maquis resistance. This is Captain John Martin of the Federation Starship USS Enterprise. In response to the Maquis's use of biogenic weapons in their recent attacks, I am about to take the following action. In exactly one hour, I will detonate two quantum torpedoes that will scatter trilithium resin in the atmosphere of Solosos Three. 
Kaye, Sito, T'Mir, Ro, Kyle, and Mason exchange a surprised look; even if this is just a bluff, it's a hell of a threat to make.
CAPT. MARTIN: I thereby will make the planet uninhabitable to all human life for the next fifty years. I suggest evacuation plans begin immediately.
Martin sits in his chair, contemplating the move he's just made. Everyone on the Bridge stares at him for a shocked moment.
CAPT. MARTIN: What are you waiting for, people? Carry out your orders. 
And with that, everyone snaps to.
CUT TO:
EXT-SPACE
The Enterprise is approaching Solosos III.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
As before. Martin sits patiently in his chair as Ro sits in her chair.
LT. MASON: Set torpedo target to fifty kilometers above ground level. Lock. (turning to Martin) Ready, Captain.
Captain Martin nods.
CAPT. MARTIN: Time.
LT. SITO: One minute left. (off her console) And still no transport ship activity or any other sign that they're getting ready to evacuate.
This is disappointing to John, but not expected.
CMDR. RO: Maybe they're calling your bluff?
CAPT. MARTIN: A Martin never bluffs Ro, Jack ready the forward launcher.
Lieutenant Mason works at his console.
LT. MASON: Quantum's ready we're being hailed its your brother.
CAPT. MARTIN: On screen.
Transparent viewer shows the bridge of the raider.
RILEY [viewer]: What are you really up to, Javert? Do you expect me to believe that a decorated Starfleet officer -- the pride of the service -- is going to poison an entire planet?
John gets up from the Captain's chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: That's exactly what I'm going to do.
Riley reacts, beginning to believe John might be serious. A little worry creeps into his voice.
RILEY [viewer]: You're bluffing
CAPT. MARTIN: Am I? (staring at Riley) Mason launch the torpedoes.
This is the order no one was expecting, least of all Riley. Everyone was hoping that it wouldn't come to this. Ro, T'Mir, Sito, Kaye, Kyle and every N.D. on the Bridge turns and looks at Jack, who finds himself hesitating to carry out an order for the first time in his life.
CAPT. MARTIN: Lieutenant -- I said launch torpedoes.
Lieutenant Mason presses the firing button.
EXT-SPACE
The Enterprise launches two torpedoes at the planet's atmosphere. We see the FLASHES as they detonate; a moment later, the clouds start CHANGING COLORS as the trilithium resin is released.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
As before. Sito checks something on her console.
LT. SITO: The trilithium resin is dissipating throughout the biosphere. The Maquis are scrambling their transport ships. They're starting to evacuate.
Riley is filled with anger and shocked by what he saw.
RILEY [viewer]: Do you realize what you've done!
CAPT. MARTIN: Oh I'm just getting started big brother, I'm going to destroy every Maquis colony in the DMZ.
RILEY [viewer]: John, you're going to turn hundreds if not thousands of Maquis into homeless refugees!
CAPT. MARTIN: That's right. When you attacked the Vancouver you proved one thing, that the Maquis have become an intolerable threat to the security of the Federation, and I am going intend to eliminate that threat.
RILEY [viewer]: John think about those people you saw huddled in caves they didn't attack T'Sara's ship.
CAPT. MARTIN: Should of thought of that before you attacked a Federation Starship and kill fourteen of her crew helm, lay in a course for Tracken Two, warp six. Jack, prepare two more torpedoes. 
Captain Martin heads back to his command chair.
RILEY [viewer]: Can't you see what's happening to you? You're going against everything you claim to believe in, and for what? To satisfy a personal vendetta?
CAPT. MARTIN [Frustrated]: YOU BETRAYED YOUR UNIFORM!
RILEY [viewer]: AND YOUR BETRAYING YOUR UNIFORM JOHN! The sad part is you don't even realize it...(a beat)I feel sorry for you, captain. This obsession with me -- look what it's cost you
John acts like Riley stabbed him in the heart, but in truth, John's drawing Riley in.
CAPT. BRANSON [to Mason, feigning anger]: Jack -- Shut that thing off. (to Mason) Prepare to launch torpedoes.
RILEY [viewer]: WAIT!
John nods to Mason, allowing Riley to finish. Riley takes a moment, he realizes there's only one way out.
RILEY [viewer]: If you call off your attack I'll turn over all our biogenic weapons
CAPT. MARTIN: Not good enough big bro.
Riley knows what John wants and it plays right into his ego.
RILEY [viewer]: Alright, Javert. I'll give you what you want. Me
CAPT. MARTIN: Deal.
Transmission ends as Captain Martin sits in his chair and leans back in it.
EXT-SPACE
The Enterprise is docked.
CAPT. MARTIN [voice over]: Captain's Log: Supplemental. Resettlement efforts in the DMZ 
are underway. The Cardassian and Maquis colonists who were forced to abandon their homes will make new lives for themselves on the planets their counterparts evacuated''
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM
Rear Admiral James Martin is on the monitor.
REAR ADM. MARTIN [monitor]: Good work son
CAPT. MARTIN: I know father its just hard for me to of done that.
REAR ADM. MARTIN [viewer]: Yeah true as soon as you get repaired and restored meet up with the Constar they'll take Riley to the Janos II Stockade
CAPT. MARTIN: Very well.
REAR ADM. MARTIN [monitor]: Martin out
Transmission ends as John leans back in the chair.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE DECK TWELVE CORRIDOR/STARBOARD DOCKING HATCH
A security detail escorts Riley onboard the Enterprise.
CAPT. MARTIN: Brother.
RILEY: John.
CAPT. MARTIN: Take Riley to secure quarters with a bed and a hot meal we maybe Starfleet but we're not killers.
The security team takes Riley away as Captain Martin and Commander Ro watch.
CMDR. RO: John, I'm curious. Your plan to poison the Maquis planets. You didn't clear it with Starfleet first, did you. 
CAPT. MARTIN: I knew I'd forgotten to do something. 
CMDR. RO: Big gamble. 
CAPT. MARTIN: That's what it takes to be a good villain. 
CMDR. RO: You know, sometimes I like it when the bad guy wins. 
John allows himself the smallest of grins. And on that, we:
(END OF ACT FOUR, FADE OUT, ENDING CREDITS)
==Cast==
===Main Cast===
Character 	Actor(s) 	Rank 	Position
John Martin 	Jarvis Davidson 	Captain 	Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Ro Laren 	Felecia Linkous 	Commander 	Executive Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Jack Mason 	Kevin Regan 	Lieutenant 	Chief Tactical/Security Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Courtney James	Ferne Myers 	Lieutenant Commander	Chief Engineer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Peter Langford	Jacob Elliot 	Lieutenant Commander	Chief Medical Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Jamie Kaye 	Delena "Dee" Lusk	Lieutenant 	Chief Conn Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Sito Jaxa 	Sadie Waymire 	Lieutenant 	Chief Operations Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
T'Mir 	Becky Elliot 	Lieutenant Commander	Chief Science Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
===Guest Stars===
Character 	Actor(s)	Rank 	Position
Harris Payne 	TBA 	Lieutenant 	Assistance Chief Engineer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Kayla Mackenzie 	TBA 	Chief Petty Officer 	Transporter Chief, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Laurel Takahashi	TBA 	Lieutenant Junior Grade	Assistance Chief Medical Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Peter Johnson 	TBA 	Lieutenant 	Security Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Ethan Novakovich	TBA 	Crewmen second class 	Science division, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Elizabeth Cutler	TBA 	Crewmen first class 	entomologist, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Sean Hansen 	TBA 	Lieutenant Commander 	Science Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Elisa Sheridan 	TBA 	Lieutenant Junior Grade	Assistance Chief Science Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
===Special Guest Stars===
Character 	Actor(s) 	Rank 	Position
Kyle Clarkson	Jeremy Regan 	Commander	Leader of Engineering team Alpha, U.S.S. Harrison
Jessica Smith	Ashley Kalfas	Captain 	Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Yorktown NCC-1717-A
Riley Martin 	TBA 	N/A 	Maquis Rebel Leader
T'Sara Frost 	TBA 	Captain 	Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Courageous
==Trivia Notes==
===Background Information===