Borg Encounter (TNG Era episode)

Borg Encounter is the eighth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation The Next Generation Season 1.
==Synopsis==
The Borg the Federation's most dangerous foe makes another attempt at Earth this time a combined Starfleet-Klingon armada is awaiting their arrival can the Federation-Klingon Alliance defeat the Borg or will Earth be assimilated into the Collective?
==Script Chapters==
===Teaser===
FADE IN
EXT-WARP TUNNEL
Enterprise is at high warp on course for the source of the distress call from a freighter that is under attack by an unknown force.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
Captain Martin looks at Lieutenant Kaye.
CAPT. MARTIN: ETA to sector 223?
Lieutenant Kaye checks the helm and reports.
LT. KAYE: Twelve minutes, sir.
Captain Martin looks at the viewer and then presses the com panel on the arm rest of his chair.
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Red Alert, all hands battle stations!
The lights dim and the klaxons blare.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE VARIOUS DECKS [RED ALERT]
As the crew assumes their battle stations as the security guards arm up with compression rifles to get ready for boarding parties.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Two security officers enter the bridge.
The California captain grimaced. Not fast enough the attackers could be gone in twelve minutes.
LTCMDR. KAL: We'll get there soon Captain.
He nods at her as Lieutenant Kaye reports.
LT. KAYE: Now entering system boundary.
CAPT. MARTIN: Take us out of warp and proceed at maximum impulse, Jack any response to our hails?
LT. MASON: Negative sir no response to our hails after we received the distress call.
LT. SITO: Visual contact.
CAPT. MARTIN: On screen.
The viewer shows the debris field and the drifting hulk of the freighter as both Captain Martin and Commander Kal rises slowly from their chairs.
CAPT. MARTIN: Survivors?
LT. SITO: No sir it looks like they got totally pummeled by some unknown weapon wait I'm picking up a weapon signature in the field Captain it's Borg.
CAPT. MARTIN: Lieutenant set course for Earth, make a note in the ship's log we responded to a distress call at 1900 hours arrived at the freighter's last known coordinates 23 hours later no survivors we don't know these people but we do know the Borg destroyed them.
Captain Martin goes to the command chair as Commander Kal follows him.
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
Enterprise goes into a great arc and leaps into warp.
[END OF TEASER, FADE OUT]
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Theme music:
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Introduction:
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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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-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
Docked at Earth Station McKinley the Enterprise is receiving upgrades to it's weapon systems as it receives a shipment of quantum torpedoes.
EXT-EARTH SURFACE, SAN FRANSICO, DAY
An establishing shot of Starfleet Command and behind it is Archer's Arena.
INT-STARFLEET COMMAND BRIEFING ROOM
Captain Martin is briefing Admirals Janeway, Nechayev, and Jellico as well as Fleet Captain Picard on the situation as Admiral Picard looks at him.
FLT CAPT. PICARD: John, I've not heard the Collective in 4 years since Voyager returned to the Alpha Quadrant, and from what you're chief operations officer gathered it's skeptical at best.
John looks at him.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jean-Luc if you take a look at the damage to the freighter it's the same damage that a Borg Cube inflicts onto it's target before they assimilates the crew and ship, and my chief ops officer never lies about her findings.
Captain Picard looks at him. 
FLT CAPT. PICARD: I'll have a probe sent to the sector and to figure out what to do.
He nods at her.
ADM. JANEWAY: In the meantime we've got to assemble a battlegroup to prepare for a Borg attack.
FLT ADM. NECHAYEV: I agree.
VICE ADM. JELLICO: Very well get started.
CUT TO:
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
Enterprise sits in Earth Station McKinley's docking arms.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE ARMORY
Lieutenant Mason oversees the upgrades to the phaser array when Fleet Captain Picard enters.
LT. MASON: Fleet Captain Picard welcome to the armory sir.
FLT CAPT. PICARD: How goes the installation of the new phaser couplings?
LT. MASON: Great sir we'll have phasers back on-line in a few minutes.
FLT CAPT. PICARD: I know you have some answers Lieutenant.
LT. MASON: You sure this new phaser coupling will be more powerful then our original phaser coupling?
FLT CAPT. PICARD: Yes it's like our quantum torpedoes but instead of a torpedo it's a energy beam that can remodulate at random to keep the Borg from adapting.
LT. MASON: Interesting sir.
FLT CAPT. PICARD: Here's a PADD you can learn all about it.
LT. MASON: Thank you sir.
Fleet Captain Picard leaves the armory.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM
John is chatting with his wife.
JESSICA [monitor]: Wish the Yorktown could join in the defense of Earth but we're here in the Oralian Sector with the 3rd battlegroup around Deep Space Five
JOHN [smiles]: It's alright Jess at least you're safe from the Borg that's all I care about.
JESSICA [monitor]: John we've got to talk about you being overprotective of me
JOHN: Sorry, it's just what happened to Ben he lost his wife to the Borg aboard this vessel in 2373, and Captain Sisko lost his wife at Wolf 359.
JESSICA [monitor]: I know but I can handle myself against the Borg
JOHN: Well, I better go I've got a meeting with the Admiralty soon.
JESSICA [monitor]: Alright, I love you
JOHN [smiles]: I love you to.
Transmission ends as John leaves the ready room.
CUT TO:
INT-STARFLEET COMMAND HALLWAY
At Starfleet Command it's buzzing with life as Captain Martin sees the increase of people as he looks at them, then walks over to Admiral Janeway.
CAPT. MARTIN: Admiral what's up?
ADM. JANEWAY: Our sensors have detected a Borg transwarp conduit 9.8 light years from Earth getting ready to open, I'm mustering every ship we've got to defend Earth.
[END OF ACT ONE, FADE OUT]
===Act 2===
FADE IN
EXT-SOL SYSTEM
Starfleet vessels are gathering, including a Galaxy class approach the vortex.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Red lights are flashing as the crew are at their battle stations.
CAPT. MARTIN: T'Mir can we disrupt it?
LTCMDR. T'MIR: No we can't it looks like it's happening on their end.
Captain Martin gets up from the Captain's chair as he walks in front of the ops and helm station.
CAPT. MARTIN: How?
LTCMDR. T'MIR; Unknown at the moment sir.
Then Lieutenant Mason reports.
LT. MASON: Captain we're being hailed by Voyager and the Stargazer.
CAPT. MARTIN: On screen.
Captain Chakotay appears on the viewer along with the image of Fleet Captain Picard.
CAPT. MARTIN: Well we've arrived so far nothing but a swirling vortex in subspace we can't collapse it from here.
CAPT. CHAKOTAY [viewer]: We can fire a full spread of photon torpedoes at the threshold perimeter of the conduit, destabilize the matter stream and imploding the conduit for at least a light year
LTCMDR. KAL: Will that work?
CAPT. CHAKOTAY [viewer]: It worked before it can work again
FLT CAPT. PICARD [viewer]: Unless the Borg have a way to keep it open
CAPT. MARTIN: Well we won't know till we try it.
They nod and transmission ends.
CAPT. MARTIN: Mister Mason arm photon torpedoes full spread and target the threshold of the conduit.
Lieutenant Mason inputs commands into the tactical console.
LT. MASON: Torpedoes armed and ready sir.
CAPT. MARTIN: Fire!
He presses the firing button.
EXT-SOL SYSTEM
The forward launcher unleashed a full spread of torpedoes it stuck the conduit but the torpedoes explode but the conduit didn't collapse.
INT-U.S.S. VOYAGER MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. CHAKOTAY: What the hell?
LT. CAMPBELL: The conduit is still intact.
CAPT. CHAKOTAY: I can see that Lieutenant but why is it?
LT. CAMPBELL: It's hard to explain sir.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. STARGAZER MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Captain Picard slowly gets up from the Captain's chair in shock.
FLT CAPT. PICARD: Lieutenant Singh what do the sensors say?
LT. SINGH: Very little I'm afraid sir.
CMDR. MOSHE: If we can't collapse it?
LT. KEMI: The Borg will come through it.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Captain Martin remains standing.
CAPT. MARTIN: T'Mir I want you and Sito to get to work on figuring out a way to collapse this thing.
LT. SITO: Aye, sir.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Aye, sir.
Captain Martin turns to face the viewer shows the aperture.
[END OF ACT TWO, FADE OUT] 
===Act 3===
FADE IN
EXT-SOL SYSTEM
The Federation fleet is at the conduit as the Klingon defense force shows up being led by the IKS Sword of Kahless.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM
The senior staff is around the table as both Sito and T'Mir give them their reports.
LT. SITO: We both were in the science lab all night going over the data we got and compared it to Voyager's when she used the conduit to return in 2377.
The screen shows the Voyager data and the current data.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: The two apertures are completely different from each other the one we've encountered seems to be much more stable and harder to collapse then the one Voyager used.
Then the doors opened to reveal General Worf Son of Mogh and honorary member of the House of Martok.
CAPT. MARTIN: Worf welcome back my old friend.
GEN. WORF: John, it is agreeable to see you again and you as well Sito.
Sito nods at Worf as they continued the briefing.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: After reviewing Voyager's database from when she used the Borg Transwarp hub to return, I can determine that they made the stability of the aperture much stronger then it was before.
CAPT. MARTIN: So we can't collapse it?
LTCMDR. T'MIR: No, sir but we're not giving up.
CAPT. MARTIN [smiles]: Keep at it you two anything you can come up with would be very helpful.
The senior staff gets up from the table and leaves as Worf remains.
GEN. WORF: You seem worried John?
John looks at Worf.
CAPT. MARTIN [sighs]: I was hoping for a Borg free command.
GEN. WORF: The last time I faced the Borg was in 2373 I was expecting to face them after all these years.
CAPT. MARTIN: I'm just glad our Klingon friends are here.
GEN. WORF: We're happy to help our Federation allies how are my foster parents?
JOHN [smiles]: They're well they miss you and Alexander.
WORF: I miss them as well.
John pats his shoulder.
EXT-SOL SYSTEM
The Federation-Klingon Coalition are facing the vortex.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [YELLOW ALERT]
Commander Kal is in command while Captain Martin is in his quarters getting some rest.
LTCMDR. KAL: T'Mir, you've got to have something?
LTCMDR. T'MIR: I've run my scans and I am no close to finding a solution to collapse the transwarp aperture.
Then Lieutenant Sito reports.
LT. SITO: Commander, the aperture is starting to open.
LTCMDR. KAL [to com]: BATTLE STATIONS!
Lights changed from yellow to red as klaxons blare as Captain Martin walks onto the bridge.
CAPT. MARTIN: Report?
LTCMDR. KAL: The conduit is about to open.
Commander Kal sits in the Xo chair as Captain Martin remains standing.
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Enterprise to fleet standby to engage the cube.
LT. MASON: Here they come!
CUT TO:
EXT-SPACE
The conduit opens and a single Borg cube emerges from it and approaches the fleet.
[END OF ACT THREE, FADE OUT]
===Act 4===
FADE IN
EXT-SOL SYSTEM
The Borg Cube approaches the battlegroup.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE VARIOUS DECKS [RED ALERT]
The crew rushes to their battle stations.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Transparent viewer shows the cube as Captain Martin walks in front of the ops and helm consoles.
CAPT. MARTIN: Deflectors to maximum, standby all weapons. Jack, are they scanning us? 
Lieutenant Mason checks his console read out.
LT. MASON: Yes, sir they're using a tight scanning beam.
CAPT. MARTIN: Let them scan us.
Lieutenant Mason check and reports.
LT. MASON: I'm receiving a hail from the cube.
CAPT. MARTIN: On screen.
Mason brings the signal up as the sounds of the cube are heard through out the com as the viewer shows the center of the cube.
BORG COLLECTIVE [viewer]: We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile
CAPT. MARTIN: Break off your attack or we'll open fire.
BORG COLLECTIVE [viewer]: Irrelevant
CAPT. MARTIN: Is it you've scanned our forces you know we can match your fire power, so if I were you I'd turn back now before you get your asses handed to you for the third time.
BORG COLLECTIVE [viewer]: Prepare to be assimilated
Transmission ends as Captain Martin walks over to the Captain's chair.
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: All ships break and attack.
EXT-SOL SYSTEM
The Federation fleet attacks the Borg ship firing phasers and torpedoes as fighters attack the cube as well as the cube defenses itself with several torpedoes and plasma beams that deal damage to most of the fleet, as the Enterprise moves in and fires a spread of torpedoes and phaser barrage at the cube as it moves between the firing of the Borg weapons and the tractor beam just bounces off the deflectors of the Enterprise.
INT-U.S.S. STARGAZER MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
FLT CAPT. PICARD: Lieutenant come to course 0-3-0 mark 3-3-4 full impulse.
LT. KEMI: Aye, sir.
The young Haliian officer works at the helm station.
FLT CAPT. PICARD: Lieutenant Urtern return fire.
Lieutenant Urtern works the tactical console.
EXT-SOL SYSTEM
Stargazer comes to port as the phasers fire at the cube.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Captain Martin sits in the Captain's chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: Re-route emergency power to the deflectors!
LT. MASON: Aye, sir.
WHUMPH!
WHUMPH!
LT. KAYE: Coming to course 2-3-3 mark 10 increasing to full impulse.
WHUMPH!
LT. MASON: Port deflectors are down to 78%.
Captain Martin is worried.
[END OF ACT FOUR, FADE OUT]
===Act 5===
FADE IN
EXT-SOL SYSTEM
A Galaxy-class starship is destroyed by a Borg cutting beam as the rest of the fleet fire at the cube throwing their torpedoes and phasers at the cube hitting the outer hull as the cube fires at the fleet destroying three Miranda-class starships and a Akria-class starship, as the Enterprise fires at the cube and moves to port as the cube fires an energy beam that lances out hitting the port quarter of the primary hull hitting the deflectors.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
sparks erupts from the ceiling as Lieutenant Mason looks at his console and sees the deflector read out on his console and gives them a report. 
LT. MASON: Deflectors down to 56% damage to secondary hull!
Another shower of sparks erupts from the ceiling and MSD as three officers back up from it, as Captain Martin turns to see his officers back up from the MSD.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jamie, evasive pattern beta 3 head to course 223 mark 315 full impulse Mr. Mason fire torpedoes, dispersal pattern Sierra and fire!
Lieutenant Mason presses the fire button on his console.
EXT-SPACE
Enterprise unleashes a torpedo as it split into four and struck the Borg Cube causing explosions to erupt along the cube's hull.
INT-U.S.S. STARGAZER MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
WHUMPH!
FLT CAPT. PICARD: Lieutenant Urtern dispersal pattern Sierra and fire!
Lieutenant Urtern presses the firing button on the tactical console.
EXT-SPACE
The Stargazer unleashes a torpedo and it splits into four and strikes the cube's outer hull, the cube fires at the Intrepid hits it's outer hull on the saucer section.
INT-U.S.S. STARGAZER DECK SEVEN CORRIDOR [RED ALERT]
As officers run from the section as the explosion happens the atmosphere vents from the breach as an officer is hanging on for dear life but is sucked out of the breach and dies from the lack of air.
INT-U.S.S. STARGAZER MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
WHUMPH! Sparks erupts from the ceiling.
LT. SINGH: Hull breach deck seven emergency force fields are in place and holding!
FLT CAPT. PICARD: Take us away from the battle site, full impulse, engage.
Lieutenant Kemi works at the helm.
EXT-SPACE
The Stargazer fires at the cube as it varies off the attack.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. SITO: Sir, the Stargazer is vectoring away from the battle she's taken damage to her port quarter of the saucer section.
Transparent viewer shows the Stargazer vectoring away.
LT. SITO: Voyager is coming out strong we've lost the Regula and 34% of the battlegroup.
CAPT. MARTIN: Sito, what is the status of the Borg cube?
Lieutenant Sito checks her console and reports.
LT. SITO: It has sustained heavy damage to its outer hull. I am reading fluctuations in their power grid.
Captain Martin opens a channel to the battlegroup.
CAPT. MARTIN: This is the flagship to battlegroup. Target all of your weapons onto the following coordinates. Fire on my command.
LT. MASON: Captain, the coordinates you have indicated do not appear to be a vital system.
CAPT. MARTIN: Trust me Jack.
LTCMDR. KAL: The battlegroup is responding sir they're standing by.
Transparent viewer shows the cube as well as the breach.
CAPT. MARTIN: Fire.
EXT-SPACE
The Enterprise fires her phasers as well as the rest of the battlegroup fires their phasers and photon torpedoes at the breach causing more and more damage as the Enterprise fires her quantum torpedoes at the breach and cause the cube to erupt in a massive explosion as the battlegroup vectors away but a Steamrunner is caught in the explosion and destroyed.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. MASON: The cube has been destroyed.
Captain Martin sits back in the Captain's chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jamie take us to Earth.
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
Enterprise is docked at the Federation Dockyard as worker bees fly over the ships that fought in the battle as the camera shows the Enterprise being worked on as well.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM
Captain Martin is reviewing the damage reports and causality reports as the doors chimed.
CAPT. MARTIN: Come.
Doors opened and Commander Kal enters.
LTCMDR. KAL: A progress report from Courtney on the repairs.
Captain Martin takes the PADD and reviews it.
CAPT. MARTIN [re: PADD]: Extend shore leave for all hands.
LTCMDR KAL: Aye, sir.
She leaves the ready room as John leans back and drinks his Earl Grey tea.
EXT-SOL SYSTEM, EARTH ORBIT
An establishing shot of Enterprise is docked at the Federation Dockyard.
[ENDOF ACT FIVE, 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
===Special Guest Stars===
*TBA as Admiral Kathryn Janeway
*TBA as Fleet Admiral Alynna Nechayev
*TBA as Vice Admiral Edward Jellico
*Ashley M, Kalfas as Captain Jessica Smith
*Josh Irwin as Fleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard
*TBA as Commander Moshe
*TBA as Lieutenant Urtern
*TBA as Lieutenant Commander Reginald Barclay
*TBA as Lieutenant Singh
*TBA as Lieutenant Kemi
*TBA as Doctor Beverly Crusher
*TBA as General Worf
*Mike Longo as Captain Chakotay
*TBA as Lieutenant Commander Tom Paris
*TBA as Lieutenant Harry Kim
*TBA as Lieutenant Lyssa Campbell
*TBA as Ensign Akolo Tare
==Trivia Notes==
===Background Information===
*First ever Borg episode.