Brother's Keeper (episode)

Brother's Keeper is the 9th episode of the second season of Starship Enterprise.
==Synopsis==
Captain Martin and his crew investigate the sudden appearance of a nebula.
==Script Chapters==
===Teaser===
FADE IN
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
The U.S.S. Rio Grande is at impulse speed.
CMDR. GRANGER [voice over]: Commander's Log Stardate 5865.2, The Rio Grande is conducting a survey of an M-class planet in a nearby star system and after that we'll head back to the U.S.S. Dominion for some well deserve R&R
INT-RIO GRANDE CANOPY
Commander Granger and Lieutenant McNair are at the helm and navigational stations as Lieutenant Devin is at the tactical station and Lieutenant Nivarro is at the science station.
LT. NIVARRO: We should be done with the survey in a few hours.
Commander Granger turns to face her.
CMDR. GRANGER: That's good.
LT. DEVIN: I hope that we'd finish soon we've been on this survey for a few days.
CMDR. GRANGER: When we're done we'll set a course for the U.S.S. Dominion.
As she works at the helm Lieutenant Nivarro reports.
LT. NIVARRO: Commander, sensors have detected a nebula off our port bow.
Commander Granger turns to her.
CMDR. GRANGER: A nebula but we're not any near a nebula.
LT. NIVARRO: That's the problem Commander it just appeared out of nowhere.
CMDR. GRANGER: Which is impossible but we're here let's go investigate.
She works the helm station.
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
The Rio Grande approaches the nebula.
[END OF TEASER, FADE OUT]
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Theme Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhoa7oWPPhk
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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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A shot over another Federation Starship as the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 is at Station keeping.
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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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The Enterprise exits dry-dock berth. 
JARVIS DAVIDSON 
 AS
CAPT. JOHN MARTIN 
An underbelly shot of the ventral section of the Enterprise as the moon is in full view. 
FELECIA LINKOUS 
 AS
CMDR. RO LAREN
The Enterprise flying by an interstellar dust cloud. 
KEVIN REGAN 
 AS
LT. JACK MASON 
The Enterprise flying towards an M-Class planet. 
FERNE MYERS 
 AS
LTCMDR. COURTNEY JAMES 
Enterprise traversing a planetary debris field. 
JACOB ELLIOT 
 AS
DR. PETER LANGFORD
Enterprise flying by a binary pulsar. 
DELENA "DEE" LUSK 
 AS
LT. JAMIE KAYE
Enterprise heading towards Arcamon Science Station.
SADIE BRICKHOUSE 
 AS
LT. SITO JAXA
Enterprise flying by a comet. 
BECKY ELLIOT 
 AS
LTCMDR. T'MIR
The Enterprise's warp engines power up and she leaps into warp. 
CREATED BY:
JARVIS DAVIDSON & JEREMY REGAN
===Act 1===
FADE IN
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
[EPISODE NOTES: OPENING CREDITS FALL OVER OPENING SCENES]
The Enterprise is at impulse speed.
CAPT. MARTIN [voice over]: Captain's Log Stardate 53998.4, The Enterprise has entered a planetary system, a few M-Class worlds have been selected to be colonized the only thing that is a problem is a nebula that just appeared out of nowhere
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
Captain Martin stands at ops as Sito is at the station.
CAPT. MARTIN: Sito a 20 AU nebula just doesn't appear out of nowhere.
LT. SITO: I can't explain it sir.
Captain Martin looks at Commander T'Mir at the science station.
CAPT. MARTIN: T'Mir would it effect our sensors?
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Negative sir they should be alright.
Captain Martin sits in the Captain's chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: Lieutenant Kaye take us in.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir.
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE, NEBULA CLOUD
The Enterprise enters the cloud.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
The crew are at their stations studying the nebula and trying to figure out what caused it to appear out of nowhere, then Lieutenant Sito reports.
LT. SITO: Captain, sensors are detecting another vessel near our position bearing 1-8-4 mark 12.
CAPT. MARTIN: This far out?
CMDR. RO: Wonder if it's a scout vessel.
CAPT. MARTIN: Could be let's see it.
The transparent viewer shows the Rio Grande drifting as Captain Martin gets up from the Captain's chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: Whoa.
LT. MASON: That's a prototype of the earlier runabouts.
CAPT. MARTIN: Bio-signs?
LT. SITO: Four bio-signs.
CAPT. MARTIN [tapped combadge]: Bridge to transporter room 2 lock onto those four bio-signs and beam them directly to sickbay.
CHIEF MACKENZIE [com voice]: Aye, sir
John heads for the turbo-lift.
LT. MASON [to com]: Security team to sickbay.
Lieutenant Mason follows Captain Martin as Commander Ro sits in the Captain's chair.
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE, NEBULA CLOUD
Enterprise facing the Rio Grande.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE SICKBAY
Commander Granger, Lieutenant McNair, Lieutenant Devin, Lieutenant Nivarro. are all laying in the bio-beds unconscious.
DR. LANGFORD: They're all physically alright no injuries.
CAPT. MARTIN: Can you wake them up?
Then Commander Granger wakes up.
CMDR. GRANGER [confused]: W-Where am I?
They walks over to her.
DR. LANGFORD: Easy there Commander you've been unconscious for a few minutes.
CMDR. GRANGER: Where am I?
CAPT. MARTIN: You're aboard a Federation Starship.
Commander Granger looks around the Sickbay.
CMDR. GRANGER: What vessel is this?
CAPT. MARTIN: You and your team are aboard the Enterprise NCC-1701-E you've come 110 years into the future.
Commander Granger is shocked by that.
CMDR. GRANGER: What? we were on a planetary survey mission when we encountered the nebula, we were studying the nebula when we detected a subspace vortex opening and that's when we showed up here.
She looks at her crewmen.
CMDR. GRANGER: How are they?
DR. LANGFORD: They're alright no injuries.
CMDR. GRANGER: The Rio Grande?
CAPT. MARTIN: I've sent a engineering team over to stabilize her power systems we'll provide quarters for you and your crew and we'll get to the bottom of this.
CMDR. GRANGER: Thank you Captain.
John pats her shoulder and leaves as Commander Granger is worried that she and her crew may not be able to return to the 23rd century.
[END OF ACT 1, FADE OUT]
===Act 2===
FADE IN
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE, NEBULA CLOUD
The Rio Grande is next to the Enterprise.
INT-RIO GRANDE CANOPY
Commander James and Lieutenant Payne are working on the power systems of the Rio Grande.
LT. PAYNE: They seem to have taken damage to their EPS conduits.
LTCMDR. JAMES: Yep that's bad it'll have to be replaced.
Lieutenant Payne opens the floor panel as smoke emits from the GDN conduit.
LT. PAYNE: Looks like the GDN conduit took some damage.
Commander James gets a tricorder and scans it.
LTCMDR. JAMES [re: tricorder]: Yeah, seems to have overloaded during their trip through the vortex.
LT. PAYNE: So what do we do?
Commander James thinks.
LTCMDR. JAMES: We replace the damaged GDN conduit with one of our own.
LT. PAYNE [nods]: Aye, Commander.
He leaves the canopy to go back to the Enterprise to get another GDN relay.
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE, NEBULA CLOUD
The camera pans back as it shows a Pakled Clumpship watching.
[END OF ACT TWO, FADE OUT]
===Act 3===
FADE IN
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE, NEBULA CLOUD [OPTICAL]
The Enterprise and Rio Grande are at station keeping.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM [OPTICAL]
The senior staff are around the table as the monitor shows the schematics of the Rio Grande, as Commander James gives a briefing.
LTCMDR. JAMES: As you can see here their GDN relay has taken some damage and will need to be replaced or they won't have any power.
CAPT. MARTIN: How long?
LTCMDR. JAMES: Give me and Lieutenant Payne a few hours to get it back on-line.
CAPT. MARTIN: Get started.
Commander James leaves the ready room.
CMDR. RO: This soup has our sensors all out of whack.
Captain Martin leans forward.
CAPT. MARTIN: What are we going to do to detect any vessels?
Commander T'Mir.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: I am working on a few modifications to the sensor array to counter the interference from the nebula.
CAPT. MARTIN: How long?
LTCMDR. T'MIR: A few minutes give or take.
CAPT. MARTIN: Keep me posted dismissed.
They leave the ready room.
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE, NEBULA CLOUD [OPTICAL]
The Enterprise and Rio Grande are at station keeping.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE DECK NINE CORRIDOR
Captain Martin and Commander Granger are walking along the corridor.
CMDR. GRANGER: She's a beauty sir.
CAPT. MARTIN: Thanks she's a 29 deck vessel with a crew of 855 and can accelerate to warp nine point nine eight.
CMDR. GRANGER: We've never gotten that close to warp nine.
Then the ship jolts slightly.
CMDR. GRANGER: Was that from the nebula?
CAPT. MARTIN: I'm not sure.
Then red lights start flashing and klaxons blare.
CMDR. RO [com voice]: Red Alert, all personnel to their battle stations Captain Martin report to the bridge
CMDR. GRANGER: I'll head to my quarters.
They leave each other.
CUT TO:
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE, NEBULA CLOUD-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE AND PAKLED CLUMPSHIP [OPTICAL]
The Pakled vessel approaches the two Starfleet vessels as the warbird fires several disruptor blots.
[END OF ACT THREE, FADE OUT]
===Act 4===
FADE IN
EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND PAKLED CLUMPSHIP [OPTICAL]
The Pakled Clumpship fires at the Enterprise hitting their forward deflectors.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
WHUMPH!
[KLAXON BLARING] As the crew are at their stations as the turbo-lift doors opened and Captain Martin walks onto the bridge as Commander Ro vacates the Captain's chair and takes the XO chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: Report?
CMDR. RO: A Pakled Clumpship came out of the nebula cloud and just opened fire on us.
LT. MASON: Forward deflectors are down to 97%, damage to secondary hull before we raised the deflectors.
LT. KAYE: We're between the Rio Grande and the Pakled vessel sir.
CAPT. MARTIN: Good.
WHUMPH!
LT. MASON: Forward deflectors down another 12%.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jamie go to delta seven maneuver.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir Delta maneuver initiated.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jack, ready phasers limit targets to engines and shields.
Lieutenant Mason works the console.
LT. MASON: Ready sir.
CAPT. MARTIN: Fire!
EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND PAKLED CLUMPSHIP [OPTICAL]
Phaser fire rips from the Enterprise toward the Pakled Clumpship.
INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS
LT. SITO: Direct hit, sir. Moderate damage to their aft shield generators...
CAPT. MARTIN: Continue phaser fire.
LT. MASON: Gladly sir.
Lieutenant Mason work at the tactical console.
LT. SITO: Multiple hits. Power failure in forward shields...
LT. MASON: The Pakled vessel is standing down and falling back.
Captain Martin gets up from the Captain's chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: Nice shooting Jack.
LT. MASON: Thanks Captain.
EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND U.S.S. RIO GRANDE - VORTEX [OPTICAL]
Both Starfleet vessels are facing the vortex.
INT. ENTERPRISE - TRANSPORTER ROOM II
The doors opened as Captain Martin, Commander Ro enters as Commander Granger, Lieutenant McNair, Lieutenant Devin, Lieutenant Nivarro walked onto the transporter pad.
CMDR. GRANGER: Thank you Captain, Commander.
CAPT. MARTIN: You're welcome Commander and safe travels to you and your team.
Commander Granger joins her crew.
CAPT. MARTIN: You and your crew are the best of Starfleet and carry the traditions of the Federation on aboard your vessel.
Commander Granger, Lieutenant McNair, Lieutenant Devin, Lieutenant Nivarro all feel inspired by what John just said to them.
CMDR. GRANGER [smiles]: Thank you Captain.
CAPT. MARTIN: Energize chief.
Chief Mackenzie beams them back to the Rio Grande.
EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND U.S.S. RIO GRANDE - VORTEX [OPTICAL]
the Rio Grande enters the vortex and it closes as the nebula starts to collapse.
INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE
transparent viewer shows this.
CAPT. MARTIN: Lieutenant Kaye set course for Starbase 218 warp seven.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir course set and laid in.
Captain Martin sits back in his chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: Hit it.
Lieutenant Kaye activates the warp drive.
EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE [OPTICAL]
goes into a great arc and her warp engines power up as she leaps into warp.
[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
Maurine Farrell	Victoria Avalon	Captain 	Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Dominion NCC-2115
Kat Granger 	Beth Metcalf 	Commander 	Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Rio Grande NX-62341
Guion McNair 	Lerron R. Rose 	Lieutenant	Navigator, U.S.S. Rio Grande NX-62341
Nikoli Devin 	Serge Usicov 	Lieutenant	Chief Security/Tactical Officer, U.S.S. Rio Grade NX-62341
Pilar Nivarro 	Cole Aansen 	Lieutenant	Science Officer, U.S.S. Rio Grade NX-62341
==Trivia Notes==
===Background Information===
*A crossover episode between Starship Enterprise and Project Runabout.