Garidian Resurgence (episode)

Garidian Resurgence is the 10th episode of the first season finale of Starship Enterprise.
==Synopsis==
The Enterprise battles a Romulan starship suspected of destroying outposts near the Neutral Zone. 
==Script Chapters==
===Teaser===
FADE IN
EXT-FEDERATION/ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
An establishing shot of Outpost 4.
CMDR. AL-SALAH [voice over]: Commander Al-Salah's Log Stardate 51709.1, Outpost 4 is currently awaiting the arrival of the U.S.S. Enterprise with some much needed supplies and parts to reconfigure our outpost's main sensor relay
INT-OUTPOST FOUR COMMAND CENTER
Crew are at their stations working or going on break as Commander Al-Salah walks over to his first officer.
CMDR. AL-SALAH: What's the ETA of the Enterprise?
FIRST OFFICER: According Starbase 157 they'll arrive in a few hours at warp 9.
CMDR. AL-SALAH: Good the sooner we get the sensors refitted the better even though the Romulans are in isolation we have to remain on guard.
FIRST OFFICER [nods]: Aye, sir.
CUT TO:
EXT-WARP TUNNEL
Enterprise soars at warp towards the Neutral Zone border.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE OFFICER'S MESS
The crew are gathering for the wedding of Commander Tomlinson and Lieutenant Martine as Captain Martin enters wearing his dress uniform, and walks over to Commander James who is working a camera. 
LTCMDR. JAMES: The ceremony will be carried on all viewing screens, sir. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Good. 
He walk over to the stand as Doctor Langford walks over to him. 
DR. LANGFORD: Call for you from the bridge. 
John walks somewhere out of ear shot and tapped his combadge. 
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Martin here go ahead. 
CMDR. RO [com voice]: Still no answer from Earth Outpost number two, Captain, and now number three's gone silent 
John sees Lieutenant Martine wearing her wedding dress. 
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Maintain course to outpost four. Keep me informed. Branson out. 
[At the door, a young lady in wedding dress and a pretty head-dress takes Langford's arm and is escorted into the room, to the strains of 'Here Comes The Bride'. Martin goes to the rostrum.] 
CAPT. MARTIN: Since the days of the first wooden vessels, all shipmasters have had one happy privilege. That of uniting two people in the bonds of matrimony. We are gathered here today with you, Angela Martine, and you, Robert Tomlinson, in the sight of your fellows, in accordance with our laws and our many beliefs so that you may pledge your... 
COMPUTER VOICE: Alert! Alert! All decks alert! Alert! Alert!
The crew scatters as the bride and groom kiss and goes to their duty stations as Commander Ro comes over the com. 
CMDR. RO [com voice]: Earth Outpost four reports they're under attack. A space vessel, identity unknown
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Acknowledged Ro I'm on my way. 
Captain Branson leaves the cargo bay. 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE VARIOUS DECKS [RED ALERT]
Crew heads to their battle stations. 
[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 JUNIOR GRADE JAMIE KAYE
JACOB ELLIOT
 AS
DOCTOR PETER LANGFORD
The Enterprise flies under a California-Class vessel
SADIE BRICKHOUSE
 AS
LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE 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
[EPISODE NOTES: OPENING CREDITS FALL OVER OPENING SCENES]
Enterprise at warp.
CAPT. BRANSON'S [voice over]: Captain's Log Stardate 51790.2, Patrolling outposts guarding the neutral zone between planets Romulus and Remus and the rest of the galaxy, received emergency call from outpost 4. The U.S.S. Enterprise is moving to investigate and assist
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
[KAXLON'S BLARING] As the turbo-lift doors opened Captain Martin walks onto the bridge as the crew are at their stations as he walks over to the Captain's chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: Situation report Ro?
CMDR. RO: Lieutenant Mason will report to you.
LT. MASON: Outpost 4 reported under attack, sir. Then message terminates.
Captain Martin walks in front of the ops and helm stations as he listens to the report.
CAPT. MARTIN: Any word from Two or Three?
LT. MASON: Two has not responded to our hails. And Three has also gone silent.
Captain Martin sits in the command chair. 
CAPT. MARTIN: What's our speed? 
LTJG. KAYE: Warp factor 5 sir. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Increase speed to warp factor 6.5 Sito what's our ETA to Outpost Four? 
LTJG. SITO: Position, eight minutes from Outpost four at this velocity, sir. 
Captain Martin tapped his combadge.
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Engineering we need more speed if we're going to reach Outpost four. 
LTCMDR. JAMES [com voice]: Aye, sir we'll give you all she's got and more
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Thank you Court. 
He ends the com call as Captain Martin looks over at Lieutenant Mason at tactical.
CAPT. MARTIN: Did Outpost 4 say anything about attacker?
LT. MASON: No, sir message terminated before we received the distress call.
LTJG. KAYE: I'm guessing it's the same attackers, sir. The Romulans. 
T'Mir looks up from her station in surprise at Jamie's accusation of her people being behind the attacks.
CAPT. MARTIN: Let's not make guesses just yet. I'd like to avoid a war if I can. Maintain course. Alert me when we're two minutes out. Ro you've got the bridge. 
CMDR. RO: Aye, sir. 
[Captain Martin gets up from the command chair and enters the ready room, as Commander Ro sits in the command chair worried about her friend.]
EXT-WARP TUNNEL
Enterprise continue towards Outpost Four.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM [RED ALERT]
[Captain Martin is reviewing past encounters with the Romulans from the 22nd century Coalition of Planets information during the Earth-Romulan War and what they were able to gain from President Archer's encounters with the Star Empire in 2152 and 2154 and Kirk's encounters in the 23rd century and Picard's as well when the com activates.]
CMDR. RO [com voice]: Captain Martin report to the bridge
Captain Martin leaves his ready room.
CUT TO:
EXT-FEDERATION/ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
Enterprise emerges from warp.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
The doors to the ready room opened as Captain Martin walks onto the bridge, as Commander T'Mir reports.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Outpost two coming into sensor range, Captain.
CAPT. MARTIN: Outpost 2 was the first to go silent.
LT. MASON: Yes, sir.
Lieutenant Sito runs her scans and reports.
LTJG. SITO: Sweeping the area of Outpost two. Sensor reading indefinite. Double-checking Outpost three. I read dust and debris. Both Earth outposts gone, and the asteroids they were constructed on, pulverized.
John is shocked to hear that as he walks back to the Captain's chair after Commander Ro vacates it and sits in the xo chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: Open a channel to our nearest command base. Quarter hour reports on our position and status. 
LT. MASON: Aye, sir.
Captain Martin sits back in the chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: Call battle stations, Mister Mason.
LT. MASON: Aye, sir. Battle stations. All hands to battle stations. Battle stations. Battle stations. All decks acknowledge. All decks acknowledge, sir. All stations show green.
CAPT. MARTIN: Energize main phasers all weapons to full power.
LT. MASON: Aye, sir phaser banks are fully powered.
Then he checks his console's read out and reports.
LT. MASON: Sir, regaining contact with Outpost four. Switching to speakers. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Let's hear it. 
She inputs commands into the communication console and then Commander Al-Salah's voice comes over the com.
CMDR. AL-SALAH (com voice, static): Outpost four. Do you read me, Enterprise? This is Commander Hansen Al-Salah
CAPT. MARTIN (to com): Martin here, we're minutes away, Hansen. What's your status? 
CMDR. AL-SALAH (com voice, static): Outposts two, three, and eight are gone
John closes his eyes to say a silent prayer for those who were killed on those three outposts.
CMDR. AL-SALAH (com voice, static): Unknown weapon. Completely destroyed, even though we were alerted. Had our deflector shield on maximum. Hit by enormous power. First attack blew our deflector shield. If they hit us again with our deflector shield gone. Do you read me, Enterprise?
CAPT. MARTIN (to com): Al-Salah What hit you, Commander? What vessel? Can you identify? 
CMDR. AL-SALAH (com voice, static): Negative. It all happened so fast. And it seems to have disappeared somehow. Switching to visual. Enterprise, can you see? 
(The viewscreen shows a man in a wrecked room, surrounded by fires and debris, as Captain Martin slowly gets up from his command chair shocked at what's he seeing.)
CUT TO:
INT-OUTPOST FOUR COMMAND CENTER (RED ALERT, BATTLE DAMAGED)
[ALARMS BLARING] 
CMDR. AL-SALAH: Enterprise, can you see it? My command post here. We're a mile deep on an asteroid. Almost solid iron. And even through our deflectors, it did this. Can you see? 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE (RED ALERT)
Captain Martin still standing.
CAPT. MARTIN: We see it Commander was your son with you?
INT-OUTPOST FOUR, COMMAND POST (RED ALERT)
CMDR. AL-SALAH: No, thank god no.
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE (RED ALERT)
Everyone is shocked at seeing the battle damaged outpost.
CAPT. MARTIN: Commander what do you have on the intruder?
CUT TO:
INT-OUTPOST FOUR COMMAND POST (RED ALERT, BATTLE DAMAGED)
CMDR. AL-SALAH: No identification. No answer to our challenge. Only a glimpse of it. Then they fired something at us, some form of high-energy plasma. Fantastic power. And then the whole vessel disappeared. But it's out there somewhere. Our sensors show that much. Enterprise, something coming on our viewing screen, coming at us fast. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE (RED ALERT)
CAPT. MARTIN: Tie us in.
CMDR. AL-SALAH (viewer): Tying in now
(A ship appears from nowhere on the screen) 
CAPT. MARTIN: Jack do we have phasers?
LT. MASON: We're still out of range sir.
CAPT. MARTIN (tenses up): Commander do you have phasers we're still out of range. 
CMDR. AL-SALAH (viewer): Negative phasers gone weapon crew are dead 
Captain Martin quickly turns to Lieutenant Mason.
CAPT. MARTIN: Hail them. Warn that ship off. 
LT. MASON: Trying to sir but they're not responding! 
[Transparent viewer shows the forward section of the warbird as it powers something up and sends it out, as the viewscreen switches to Hansen as the outpost is hit, then just bright light.]
CUT TO:
EXT-FEDERATION-ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
Outpost Four erupts in a violate explosion.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
[KLAXON BLARING]
[Back to the attacking ship, which then vanishes.]
LTJG. SITO: I've lost all sensor contact switching to metaphasic scans nothing still sir whatever vessel that is I can't seem to detect them.
Captain Martin stands there shocked.
LTJG. KAYE: Sir, we have to take them out. 
CAPT. MARTIN: We have to have visual in order to engage the enemy Lieutenant you know that, T'Mir can we find away to engage them before they decide to attack another 
Federation outpost? 
LTCMDR. T'MIR: I'll need Lieutenant Sito's help with the modifications to main sensor array but I believe I can modify the sensors to detect the gravitational emissions of the cloak.
CAPT. MARTIN: Get started on it.
Both Sito and T'Mir get to work on the modifications as Captain Martin turns to Lieutenant Mason.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jack, contact remaining outposts. Have them signal us any sightings or sensor readings in their area. 
LT. MASON: Aye, sir.
Then Lieutenant Kaye reports.
LTJG. KAYE: Sir? Incoming warp signature. 
Lieutenant Mason checks and reports.
LT. MASON: It's one of our vessels its the Yorktown.
CAPT. MARTIN: She was on the side of the Neutral Zone who's hailing us?
LT. MASON: Captain Jessica Smith.
CAPT. BRANSON [smiles]: On screen.
CUT TO:
INT-USS YORKTOWN MAIN BRIDGE [YELLOW ALERT]
The crew are at their stations. 
CAPT. SMITH: Enterprise, this is Captain Jessica Smith of the USS Yorktown, offering assistance.
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE (YELLOW ALERT)
[Captain Martin is standing in front of the viewer with his hands behind his back.]
CAPT. MARTIN: Jessica I thought you had a date on the other side of the Zone.
CAPT. SMITH (viewer): We received Outpost Four's distress signal and pushed warp eight for as long as we safely could we have any idea who did this?
LTJG. KAYE: We may have an idea of who it is. 
CAPT. MARTIN: We're trying to determine, conclusively we're currently working on away to detect whoever attacked the outpost.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. YORKTOWN MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. SMITH: John, we're along the Federation-Romulan Neutral Zone border it's only logical that it was them.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Then Lieutenant Sito reports.
LTJG. SITO: Blip has changed its heading. And in a very leisurely maneuver. They may not be aware of us. 
Captain Martin walks over to the ops console looking at the blip.
CAPT. MARTIN: How can that be?
Commander T'Mir turns to add more.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Our cloaking devices can sometimes blind our sensors till the object is close to us before we can ID it, their heading is 1-11 mark 14 a course a Romulan vessel would take back to Romulus.
LTJG. KAYE: Sir, it's the Romulans. We have to take them out.
CAPT. MARTIN: We can't enter the Neutral Zone. Starfleet is clear on this. We do, that's considered an act of war.
LTJG. KAYE [frustrated]: They've destroyed three of our outposts. That's not an act of war?
CAPT. MARTIN: We attack the Romulans without authorization, the Federation will consider us expendable.
CAPT. SMITH [viewer]: We do have one other option we could shadow the Romulans
Captain Martin turns to face the viewer.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jess what do you got?
INT-U.S.S. YORKTOWN MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. SMITH: Follow a parallel course, to buy us some time.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
ENS. KAYE: Not an intercept course ma'am?
CAPT. SMITH [viewer]: No
INT-U.S.S. YORKTOWN MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. SMITH: The Captain's right. That would be a declaration of war.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. SMITH [viewer]: But if Enterprise and Yorktown match course and speed with the enemy ship, exactly, move for move, they might think we're just a reflection. Echoes on their sensors. That way we won't lose them while we wait to hear back from Starfleet
CAPT. MARTIN: Let's start shadowing them Lieutenant send a hail to Starbase 39-Sierra. Ask for permission to engage the Romulans. Captain Smith, we'll be talking.
INT-U.S.S. YORKTOWN MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. SMITH: I look forward to it Smith out.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Transmission ends as Lieutenant Kaye turns to face Captain Martin.
LTJG. KAYE: Captain, may I respectfully remind the Captain what has happened? The Romulans have crossed the Neutral Zone, attacked our outposts, killed our men.
CAPT. MARTIN: Lieutenant are you questioning my orders?
LTJG. KAYE: Negative, sir. I'm pointing our that we could have Romulan spies aboard this ship.
Everyone is quiet as Lieutenant Mason leans forward on the tactical console.
LT. MASON: I agree, sir. Respectfully recommend all decks maintain security alert. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Very well. All decks, security alert.
LT. MASON: Aye, sir and sir picking up communication. It's from their ship. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Pipe it in.
[Static comes over the com.]
LTCMDR. T'MIR: That's an old standard Romulan code we use to use it during the war with Earth.
Lieutenant Mason works at his console.
LT. MASON: Captain. I believe I can lock on it, get a picture of their Bridge.
CAPT. MARTIN: Put it on the screen. 
[Up shimmers an image of a group of four humanoids around a console. One leaves his post and salutes the figure with his back to us. That figure then turns, and we see someone who looks just like - a Vulcan. As T'Mir is surprised to see her father alive and well along with her brother T'Lok.]
[END OF ACT ONE, FADE OUT]
===Act 2===
FADE IN
EXT-FEDERATION/ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
Enterprise and Yorktown side by side as a comet can be seen in the far background
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE TRANSPORTER ROOM II [RED ALERT]
Captain Smith materialized aboard the Enterprise.
CAPT. MARTIN [smiles]: Captain Smith welcome aboard the Enterprise.
CAPT. SMITH [smiles]: Thank you Captain Branson.
They hugged.
CAPT. SMITH: Quite the ship you got here.
CAPT. MARTIN: You're jealous.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM [YELLOW ALERT]
The senior staff and Captain Smith are around the table.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: From the outpost's protective shield. Cast rodinium. This is the hardest substance known to our science.
[T'Mir crushes it in her hand as everyone is surprised.]
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Lab theorizes an enveloping energy plasma forcing an implosion.
Captain Martin looks at the others.
CAPT. MARTIN: Comment?
LT. MASON: Obviously, their weaponry is superior to ours.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: And they have a practical invisibility screen.
DR. LANGFORD: You're discussing tactics. Do you realize what this really comes down to? Millions and millions of lives hanging on what this vessel does.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Or what this vessel fails to do Pete.
CAPT. MARTIN: The question still remains. Can we engage them with a reasonable possibility of victory? 
LTCMDR. JAMES: No question. Their power is simple impulse.
CAPT. MARTIN: So we can out maneuver them as well as out power them as well?
LT. MASON: But there's still one problem their plasma weaponry we saw what happened to Outpost four.
CMDR. RO: The Romulans used plasma torpedoes during the war in the 22nd century.
LTJG. SITO: And during the first Neutral Zone incursion.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: I don't believe that it's a Romulan vessel.
They all look at her.
LTJG. KAYE: Did you not see the color of the vessel and the symbol on the forward section of the vessel T'Mir?
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Yes I did Lieutenant.
CAPT. MARTIN: Explain.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: They come from Romulan Space yes but it's not a true Romulan Warbird its not dark green that we use.
CAPT. SMITH: I had the same thought myself.
CMDR. RO [re: PADD]: I was able to go through past Enterprise mission logs and I came across this mission report from Fleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Stardate 47111.1 the Enterprise-D encountered a Garidian scout ship fleeing from a Garidian Warbird of similar design of the Romulan D'Deriex-class warbirds.
LTJG. KAYE: So we're chasing a species that we've not had contact with since 2369?
CAPT. SMITH: The Garidians are a humanoid civilization who show signs of Vulcanoid evolution, associated with the Romulan Star Empire, and are native to the planet Garid. As of the year 2370, the Garidians were on friendly terms with the Romulans, to the point of sharing technology which included surplus Romulan starships as well as cloaking devices.
LTJG. SITO: So why couldn't we detect them after they cloaked?
LTCMDR. JAMES: They could of reconfigured their cloaking devices.
CAPT. MARTIN: It's possible.
LTJG. KAYE: Even if we ignore the pointy-eared elephant in the room, we have another problem to worry about. We're going to lose our prey. 
LTJG. SITO: The Romulan vessel will cross the Neutral Zone in about an hour. 
CAPT. SMITH: I don't think we can wait, we have a choice to make here. 
DR. LANGFORD: Say we're lucky enough to do that. Isn't that, technically, an act of war?
LTJG. KAYE: I hate to say it, Doc, but they started it.
DR. LANGFORD: This isn't a schoolyard. Billions of lives are at stake here.
CAPT. MARTIN: Which is why I want to hear everyone's opinion before we take any action.
DR. LANGFORD: I vote against war.
LTJG. KAYE: So do I. I just think that means killing Romulans.
John looks over at his girlfriend who remains silent.
CAPT. MARTIN: Captain, your thoughts?
CAPT. SMITH: What happens when they return to Romulus and tell their leaders that the Federation won't even fight back? I'm starting to lean toward attack. If we allow them to destroy our outposts with no repercussions, we run the risk of war. 
CAPT. MARTIN: I have to believe there's another way. 
LTCMDR. T'MIR: I agree we attack.
They look at each other.
CAPT. MARTIN: T'Mir? Are you suggesting we fight to prevent a fight? 
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Sir, if my father is in command then we should attack.
LTJG. KAYE [smirks]: Well, if T'Mir and I can agree, then there's hope for all of us. 
CAPT. MARTIN: We don't all agree. 
Then Jessica comes up with an idea.
CAPT. SMITH: Hold a moment. Captain Branson, that comet we're approaching might just be the alternative that you've been looking for. T'Mir, can you put up the trajectory on screen, please? 
T'Mir inputs commands into the PADD as the monitor changes to shows the comet. 
CAPT. SMITH: Currently, the Romulan ship is headed for the comet's tail. Now, I know that they're invisible and we can't lock on to their exact position. But the second they go through that, particle distortion will reveal their location. 
CAPT. MARTIN: We'll be boxing them in. 
CAPT. SMITH: They'll be pendent and we'll be able to get weapons locked. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Good plan Captain. 
CUT TO:
EXT-FEDERATION/ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
The Enterprise and Yorktown are side by side but split off to flank the Romulan vessel as we hear Captain Martin's log entry.
CAPT. MARTIN [voice over]: Captain's Personal Log Stardate 57096.1. Per Captain Smith's plan, we are mounting a pincer move. Our two ships will slowly drift closer as the Romulans remain unaware. When they pass through the comet's tail giving us their exact location, we will be in weapons range
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [YELLOW ALERT]
[DISTANCE CHATTER.]
CAPT. MARTIN [voice over, continuing]: Smith, however, has agreed to my plan to neutralize, not destroy, the Bird-of-Prey, leaving open the possibility of dialogue. And yet I remain concerned this brash, young Starfleet captain follows her own rules
CAPT. MARTIN: Kaye, maintain present course, but be ready.
LTJG. KAYE: I'll keep my foot over the gas, just in case.
EXT-SPACE
The Romulan vessel travels through the comet.
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
Transparent viewer shows the comet trail as Commander R'Lok sits in the Captain's chair.
CMDR. R'LOK: How pleasing to the eye it is. Behold a marvel in the darkness. 
CENTURION: You spoke of entrapment. 
CMDR. R'LOK: Its many particles will obscure their sensing device, Centurion. 
ROMULAN: We enter it, Commander. 
CMDR. R'LOK: Once fully obscured, we will turn suddenly back upon our adversaries. 
ROMULAN: At last the screen is clear, Commander. 
CMDR. R'LOK: Clear? 
ROMULAN: Our reflection no longer follows us. 
CMDR. R'LOK: Escape maneuver one, quickly! 
EXT-SPACE
Enterprise enters the trail.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [YELLOW ALERT]
LTCMDR. T'SHARA: Still tracking the gravitational presence of the Romulans. Their trajectory remains unchanged.
CUT TO:
INT-USS YORKTOWN MAIN BRIDGE (YELLOW ALERT)
CAPT. SMITH: Holding position, Enterprise just let us know when you see them.
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE (YELLOW ALERT)
LTJG. KAYE: We're passing though the tail now sir.
Captain Martin turns in his command chair to face the viewer.
CAPT. MARTIN [tenses up]: Steady as she goes. Phasers on standby.
LT. MASON: Phasers on standby sir.
CAPT. MARTIN: He'll only be visible for a moment. Stand by.
Transparent viewer shows nothing but open space as everyone is confused.
CMDR. RO: Where are they?
INT-USS YORKTOWN MAIN BRIDGE (YELLOW ALERT)
CAPT. SMITH: Something isn't right.
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE (YELLOW ALERT)
LTCMDR. T'MIR: The Captain is right we should of seen them by now.
CAPT. SMITH [com voice]: Enterprise
INT-USS YORKTOWN MAIN BRIDGE (YELLOW ALERT)
CAPT. SMITH [to com]: I don't like this.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [YELLOW ALERT]
Then the screen shows the Romulan symbol behind the Enterprise.
LTCMDR. T'SHARA: Reading gravitational signature again. It's behind us!
CAPT. MARTIN: RED ALERT! Hard to starboard, helm! 
LTJG. KAYE: Hard starboard.
Lieutenant Kaye works at the helm.
INT-USS YORKTOWN MAIN BRIDGE (RED ALERT)
CAPT. SMITH: RED ALERT!
Lights dimmed and klaxons blare.
CAPT. SMITH: Paul get us there to support the Enterprise.
ENS. ERICKSON: Aye, Captain.
EXT-FEDERATION-ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
The Gal Gath'thong fires at the Enterprise as she turns to starboard as the Yorktown moves to support the Sovereign-class vessel.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Transparent viewer shows the Romulan vessel.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jack, return fire full phasers.
Lieutenant Mason fires the weapons.
EXT-SPACE
The Enterprise's dorsal phaser strip powers up and an orange energy lances out at the warbird clipping her port wing.
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
WHUMPH! T'Auethn pushes R'Lok out of the way of a falling beam.
CMDR. R'LOK [shocked]: NO! T'AUETHN! Help me get this off him.
The officers help R'Lok move the support beam off his old friend as he turns to the tactical officer.
CMDR. R'LOK: Divert all power to weapons!
SUB-LT. T'LOK: Yes, sir.
He works at the console.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. MASON [smiles]: Holy We actually clipped them.
CAPT. MARTIN: Good shooting Jack.
Then his console goes crazy as he backs up from it covering his eyes.
LT. MASON: Phaser overload. Control circuit burnout!
The surge dissipates and he goes to it and checks the read out.
LT. MASON: I've got no tactical control!
Lieutenant Sito reports.
LTJG. SITO: Picking up a power increase of their forward weapons array!
Transparent viewer shows the warbird firing its plasma torpedo.
CAPT. MARTIN: All engines full reserve!
Lieutenant Kaye work at the helm.
The Enterprise backs up at full impulse as the torpedo chases the Federation vessel.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN: Do we have emergency impulse?
LTJG. KAYE: Full power, sir. It's still overtaking us.
LT. MASON: If we can get one phaser working, sir, one shot might detonate it.
Captain Martin remains standing.
CAPT. MARTIN: Ops?
LTJG. SITO: Estimate it'll overtake us in two minutes, sir. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Phasers Mister Mason?
LT. MASON: Impossible, Captain. 
Captain Martin tenses up.
[END OF ACT TWO, FADE OUT]
===Act 3===
FADE IN
EXT-SPACE
Enterprise continues to flee from the approaching plasma torpedo.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN: Feed this to the space recorder and jettison immediately.
LT. MASON: Ten seconds to impact. Captain, It's dissipating, sir. 
LTJG. SITO: It must have a range limit.
LTJG. KAYE: Five, four.
CAPT. SMITH [com voice]: Yorktown to Enterprise we've got your back
EXT-SPACE
The Yorktown unleashes a spread of photons from the two launchers on the port and starboard areas of the saucer section, the torpedoes collapse the plasma torpedo.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Everyone covers their eyes as the bright flash fills the viewer as it vanishes they uncover their eyes.
CAPT. MARTIN: Damage report?
LT. MASON: No damage deflectors are at 96% phasers are still out Commander Tomlinson reports that it will be a few hours before they're back on-line.
LTJG. SITO: Intruder bearing one eleven mark fourteen. 
CMDR. RO: Back to his old course.
LTJG. KAYE: He may think we are destroyed Captain.
Captain Martin sits back in the Captain's chair.
CAPT. MARTIN: I wouldn't make that assumption. I don't think their Captain will either.
LTJG. SITO: Intruder holding steady. Course one eleven mark fourteen.
CAPT. MARTIN: Same as before, Jamie. Stay with him. 
EXT-SPACE
The Gal Gath'thong heads to the Romulan side of the border to meet up with a warp sled to head back to Romulus to inform the Praetor of the humans weak response.
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
R'Lok tends to T'Auethn as one of the officers reports.
ROMULAN: Commander, the reflections has return.
CMDR. R'LOK: Activate our cloak. 
ROMULAN: Commander, our fuel runs low. 
CMDR. R'LOK: Quickly!
EXT-SPACE
The Gal Gath'thong cloaks.
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
Keras tends to T'Auethn as Decius walks over to him.
DECIUS: The Earth vessel? Impossible. 
ROMULAN: It moves as we move. 
Keras looks over at his men.
CMDR. R'LOK: Its commander is not one to repeat a mistake.
INT-U.S.S. YORKTOWN MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LT. CAETANO: I've lost sensor contact Captain.
LT. JONES: Enterprise has also confirmed lost of sensor contact as well.
LTCMDR. T'VAR: Seems that our intruder has cloaked.
CAPT. SMITH: It's possible.
EXT-FEDERATION-ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
The Enterprise and Yorktown are following the Romulan vessels.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTJG. KAYE: We'll enter the Neutral Zone in one minute, Captain.
DR. LANGFORD: Do we violate the treaty Captain?
LTJG. KAYE: They did Doc.
DR. LANGFORD: Once inside, they can claim we did. A set-up. They want war, we furnish the provocation.
CMDR. RO: We're still on our side, Captain.
CAPT. MARTIN: Let's get them while we are. Before we enter the Neutral Zone. Full ahead, Jamie. Full impulse.
LTJG. KAYE: Aye, sir.
Lieutenant Kaye works at the helm.
CAPT. MARTIN: Load the forward launcher standby a spread of photons.
Lieutenant Mason inputs commands into the tactical console.
LT. MASON: Torpedoes locked and loaded sir.
CAPT. MARTIN: Fire!
EXT-FEDERATION-ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
Enterprise unleashes a volley of photons as the orange energy blots launch from the launcher and explode in open space.
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
WHUMPH!
ROMULAN: COMMANDER!
CMDR. KERAS: Evasive action. The Earth ship again. 
(They are hit by photon fire again) 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTJG. KAYE: Twenty seconds to Neutral Zone, sir.
CAPT. MARTIN: Lieutenant Mason, inform Command base, In my opinion, no option. On my responsibility, we are proceeding into the Neutral Zone. 
LT. MASON: Aye, sir.
CAPT. MARTIN: Steady as we go, Jamie. Continue firing. 
Lieutenant Mason works at the tactical console.
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
WHUMPH! As Commander Keras kneels where his friend is laying.
ROMULAN: COMMANDER!
Decius rushes over to him.
DECIUS: Commander, they stay within range. I will tend to the centurion.
CMDR. R'LOK: No need. The Centurion is dead. 
DECIUS: Why don't we fire, Commander? 
CMDR. R'LOK: No. No, he's shrewd, this starship commander. He tries to make us waste energy. He has estimated we have only enough. It is time. All debris into disposal tubes. 
DECIUS: Yes, Commander.
CMDR. R'LOK: The body of the Centurion, too. Forgive me, my old friend, but I must use all my experience now to get home.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTJG. SITO: Motion sensor signal stopped.
CAPT. MARTIN: Cease fire.
LT. MASON: Aye, sir ceasing fire.
Commander T'Mir examines the debris.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Vessel wreckage. Metal molds, conduit, plastoform and a body, Captain. However. 
CAPT. MARTIN: However?
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Insufficient mass, sir.
CAPT. MARTIN: What?
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Simple debris. Not a vessel, a trick.
CAPT. MARTIN: Full scans.
LTJG. SITO: Nothing, sir. No motion out there at all. We've lost them, Captain.
Captain Martin is shocked.
EXT-FEDERATION-ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
Enterprise and Yorktown are at station keeping.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [YELLOW ALERT]
LTJG. SITO: I've ran five tests and so far no sign of the Romulans.
CAPT. SMITH [viewer]: Are you sure that they didn't already crossed the Zone?
LTJG. SITO: We would of detected movement if that was the case ma'am.
CAPT. MARTIN: Jess, keep this channel open Jack open a channel to the Garidian warbird all channels.
LT. MASON: Aye, sir channel opened.
CAPT. MARTIN: This is Captain John Martin of the Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise. Our two cultures haven't encountered each other since the 2370s and we almost went to war over the Unity device, we request that you open a channel with us and Right now. I'm offering you a temporary cease-fire, so that we can talk. For the first time in 10 years.
He turns and does the throat slash gesture as he awaits to hear from the warbird.
CAPT. SMITH [viewer]: That was unexpected
CAPT. MARTIN: They want to destroy us, but they also want to get home. Knowing what your opponent wants is key to a successful negotiation. 
CAPT. SMITH [viewer]: Assume they answer
Then Lieutenant Mason reports.
LT. MASON: The Garidians are hailing us. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Looks like we're about to find out. On screen, please, Jack. 
CUT TO:
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
CMDR. R'LOK: Captain Martin, it is good to make your acquaintance. 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
The crew is worried as John's determined to prevent further bloodshed.
[END OF ACT 3, FADE OUT]
===Act 4===
FADE IN
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN: Commander. I know your ships attacked our outposts on the edge of the Neutral Zone. But I also know that our two cultures have been at war for generations. 
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
CAPT. MARTIN [viewer]: But I don't know why your ancestors attacked Earth or what my ancestors did in retaliation. I only know that we're paying a bill that was written long before you and I were ever born. Perhaps it's time we reconsider the cost
CMDR. R'LOK: Are peoples are indeed different Captain not sure if your words are a show of force or weakness or. 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Commander R'Lok is on the viewer as the bridge crew are tensed up wondering what he is going to do. 
CMDR. R'LOK [viewer]: A way of distracting us in time to make repairs and destroy my vessel, but I am interested in what you have to propose
CAPT. MARTIN: Both our ships are damaged. Your cloak is unstable, which leaves you vulnerable to our weapons. Maybe you have enough power to attack us. Maybe you have enough power to get back to Romulus without repairs. Conversely, maybe we can marshal our weapons and destroy you before you make it to the Neutral Zone. Or perhaps we chase you across the border and destroy you and get out before anyone's the wiser. 
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
CAPT. MARTIN [viewer]: So, we can blow each other out of the sky using what little power we have left, or we can try something different. We can explain ourselves to each other. Understand each other. Empathize. If we don't, this war between us will simply continue, unabated. And the cost for that is sure
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN: Death. More and more death. 
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
CMDR. R'LOK [interested]: So what is it that you're suggesting, Captain? 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN: A good faith gesture. Two hours. Enough time to repair our ships and bury the dead. And maybe this bit of mercy will lead to something further and better between our two cultures. 
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
The Romulan Commander thinks. 
CMDR. R'LOK: Very well then two hours. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN (nods): Two hours and Commander I'm glad we had a chance to chat. 
CMDR. R'LOK (viewer): Same here
Transmission ends as Captain Smith's image filled the viewer.
CAPT. SMITH [viewer]: Good work John
CAPT. MARTIN [sighs]: Let's hope I'll talk later Captain.
Jessica nods and transmission ends as Captain Martin goes to the Captain's chair.
LTJG. KAYE: Captain. They are lying. Romulans can't be trusted. They shot Outpost 4 right in front of us.
CAPT. MARTIN: Stand down Jamie.
She presses more.
LTJG. KAYE: You can't let them get away with this!
CAPT. MARTIN [frustrated]: STAND DOWN LIEUTENANT! Or I will have you removed from the bridge am I clear. 
LTJG. KAYE: Yes, sir.
CMDR. RO: Now what do we do?
John turns to her.
CAPT. MARTIN: We hope for the best outcome.
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
The Romulan crew are repairing the damage the vessel sustained while both the Enterprise and Yorktown were chasing them as his son Sub-Commander T'Lok walks over to him. 
SUB-CMDR. T'LOK [annoyed]: A cease-fire? This is Federation weakness. Is it not the Romulan way to attack when we are given advantage like this? 
CMDR. R'LOK: We are engaged in a cease-fire, Sub-commander. We have two hours. Put all hands to repair our engines. If we do not, we will not make it back to Romulus. 
SUB-CMDR. T'LOK [annoyed]: Sir, we should commit all hands to weapons repair. The Federation has given us the advantage. We can strike before this ridiculous cease-fire is completed. 
They walk away from ear shot. 
CMDR. R'LOK: This is your fourth mission, is it not, Sub-commander? 
SUB-CMDR. T'LOK: Third. 
CMDR. R'LOK: I served with your uncle Tarqan during the Reman campaign, did you know that, Sub-commander? 
SUB-CMDR. T'LOK: Yes I did know that you would tell me and T'Mir stories about the Reman campaign when we were kids. 
CMDR. R'LOK: His death was a great victory for Romulus. Yes, he was brave. His commander, however, was a fool. He forced him to fight after we'd lost weapons, and the only logical choice was retreat. He did not have to die. 
T'Lok looks at his father. 
SUB-CMDR. T'LOK: Father? 
CMDR. R'LOK: His death was a waste. And it was stupid. It left us weaker. Now, I can say that because I'm old enough and I don't care what people think of me. Pride is not something we can afford. We look at the world clearly on my ship. We do not make choices based on ego. Engines first. Then, weapons. That is my order. Or are you so arrogant you think you know better than your Commander? 
SUB-CMDR. T'LOK: No, sir. 
CMDR. R'LOK: Good. Because I need you. I don't know if this peace game we're playing with the Federation will work. But I have to see it through. And if we achieve it, then, good. 
T'Lok looks at his father. 
SUB-CMDR. T'LOK: And if it doesn't work? 
R'Lok puts his hand on his son's shoulder. 
CMDR. R'LOK: Then you'll get your war my son. 
R'Lok walks back to the main area of the bridge as T'Lok isn't happy that his father isn't focusing on weapons so he goes to send a secret transmission to Romulus about the Federation being weak. 
EXT-FEDERATION-ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
Enterprise and Yorktown are at station keeping.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM [YELLOW ALERT]
Captain Martin sits at his desk working on crew reports as Commander T'Mir is standing in front of his desk. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Do you want some coffee? 
LTCMDR. T'MIR: I don't drink coffee but I do drink tea. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Alright, would you like some tea? 
LTCMDR. T'MIR: No, thank you Captain. 
CAPT. MARTIN [chuckles]: For a Romulan you do have a sense of humor T'Mir I am sorry that this situation has you fighting your father. 
LTCMDR. T'MIR: I am not sure why my father is commanding that vessel last I saw of him he was aboard the scout ship that brought me and my mother to Starbase 157 to escape the power vacuum that the Shinzon coup created. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Maybe he was forced by whoever is in charge of the Romulan Senate. 
LTCMDR. T'MIR: It's possible. 
The doors chimed. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Come. 
Commander Ro enters holding a PADD.
CMDR. RO: A status report on the repairs to the phaser systems.
Captain Martin reviews it.
CAPT. MARTIN [re: PADD]: So, the system was faulty?
CMDR. RO: According to Commander Tomlinson they could of missed it which happens sometimes.
John puts the PADD down.
CAPT. MARTIN: I'm worried Ro what if this causes another war? We've not fully recovered from the Dominion War.
CMDR. RO: We're behind you all the way John.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE ARMORY [RED ALERT]
Lieutenant Mason is working to repair the phaser couplings.
LT. MASON: Try it now.
Commander Tomlinson looks at the console.
LTCMDR. TOMLINSON: That's the one. This is where the auto repair was getting hung up. She's very fused.
Commander Tomlinson thinks. 
LTCMDR. TOMLINSON: Then we should try a bypass of the severed relays then.
LT. MASON: Let's give it a shot.
They get to work when Commander T'Mir enters.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Damage reports, Mister Mason?
LT. MASON: Negative Commander.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Do you require assistance?
LT. MITCHELL: This time, we'll handle things without your help, Romulan. 
(T'Mir leaves. then Mason notices purple gas escaping from a seal)
LT. MASON: TOMLINSON!
Robert sees it as well.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTJG. SITO: Two minutes Captain. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Status? 
LTJG. SITO: We have engines, but weapons systems are not back online.
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Bridge to Armory status?
LTCMDR. TOMLINSON [com voice]: We've got a problem down here sir we've got a coolant leak
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Can you seal it?
LTCMDR. TOMLINSON [com voice]: We're working on it now
Commander Ro turns to him.
CMDR. RO: The overload must of caused the coolant leak to occur.
CAPT. MARTIN: Ensign hail the Garidian vessel.
ENS. JOHNSON: Aye, sir they're responding.
Transparent viewer changed to the bridge of the Garidian vessel. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Have you repaired your ship, Commander?
 INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
CMDR. R'LOK: Have you repaired yours, Captain? 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN: Conventional wisdom suggests that our next move is to resume hostilities. To fight. You yourself told me that in your culture to do anything else would be a sign of weakness. But let me tell you a way in which humans are not weak. Our strength comes from our willingness to see a partner instead of an enemy.
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
CMDR. R'LOK: I too tire of endless war. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT] 
[INTERMITTENT BEEPING] 
[ALARM BLARING] 
[Everyone starts working on their console as the aft monitor shows: PERIMETER ALERT and shows a bunch of Romulan symbols.] 
LTJG. SITO [shocked]: Massive warp signatures all Romulans!
EXT-FEDERATION-ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER 
The camera pushes back from the Enterprise and Yorktown as it shows the entire Romulan battlegroup emerge from warp one at a time. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Transparent viewer shows the entire Romulan battlegroup as the crew is tensed up and Captain Martin is shocked seeing this. 
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
CMDR. R'LOK [shocked]: Why is the fleet here? I did not call for them. 
Commander T'Lok looks at his father. 
SUB-CMDR. T'LOK: I did father you were weak and believed that the Federation would allow us to return to Romulus we were sent to test the Federation! 
R'Lok grabs his son by his uniform collar and shoves him against the bulkhead. 
CMDR. R'LOK: YOU DISOBEYED MY DIRECT ORDERS! 
SUB-CMDR. T'LOK: IF WE HAD DESTROY THE ARES WE WOULDN'T BE HERE! 
CMDR. R'LOK: You don't remember a time without war. But I do. Who wins an endless war with the Federation? 
SUB-CMDR. T'LOK: We would father. 
CMDR. R'LOK: An endless war, by definition, can never be won. Captain Martin will not trust my word now. 
SUB-CMDR. T'LOK: What does that matter? He will be dead soon. 
Then T'Lok activates a transport device and dematerialized as R'Lok can't believe that his own son would betray him like this.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
ENS. JOHNSON: Sir we're being hailed its the Romulan flagship. 
CAPT. MARTIN: On screen. 
Transparent viewer shows the bridge of the Romulan flagship as a female Romulan wearing the robes of a Romulan Praetor. 
PRAETOR TAL'AURA [viewer]: Human I'm here to demand your surrender
CAPT. MARTIN: Well hello to you as well I'm Captain John Martin of the Federation Starship USS Enterprise. 
INT-ROMULAN FLAGSHIP MAIN BRIDGE
PRAETOR TAL'AURA: I am Praetor Tal'aura of the Romulan Imperial Senate, It is customary to bow before your Praetor. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN: Seeing how we're not Romulans and this isn't a Romulan vessel you'll forgive us if we don't, and also we're holding to our side of the zone as are you and yet you demand my surrender? 
INT-ROMULAN FLAGSHIP MAIN BRIDGE
PRAETOR TAL'AURA: Captain we've have you surrounded and you will surrender or we will destroy you have one minute to comply.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Transmission ends as Captain Martin turns to face the crew.
CAPT. MARTIN: You know I don't like her.
Then Lieutenant Sito reports.
LTJG. SITO: Perimeter alert. We have ships incoming, sir. Dozens. 
Captain Martin turns to her. 
CAPT. MARTIN: More Romulans? 
Sito checks her console read out. 
LTJG. SITO: No, they look like ours? 
John turns back to the viewer. 
CUT TO:
EXT-FEDERATION/ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
The 8th battlegroup emerges from warp one at a time around both the Enterprise and Yorktown.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTJG. SITO: It's the 8th battlegroup.
ENS. JOHNSON: We're being hailed by the lead vessel its Commodore James Martin.
CAPT. MARTIN: On screen.
Transparent viewer shows the bridge of the U.S.S. Korolev NCC-1421 and Commodore James Martin the father of Captain John Martin and his siblings.
COMM. MARTIN [viewer]: Sorry we're late John
CAPT. MARTIN: Better late then never sir.
COMM. MARTIN [viewer]: What's the situation report?
CAPT. MARTIN: So, far we've managed to make a cease-fire with Romulan Commander and then the Romulan forces showed up which is a surprise to me.
COMM. MARTIN [viewer]: Admiral Owens almost wouldn't let the battlegroup leave Starbase 98 to provide assistance
CAPT. MARTIN: Just glad that you're here Commodore.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. KOROLEV MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
The crew are at their stations.
COMM. MARTIN: Reinforcements are coming towards our position but we're not sure how long it will be till they get here. 
CAPT. MARTIN [viewer]: Well we better hope they hurry up
COMM. MARTIN: Me to son. 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Ensign Johnson reports.
ENS. JOHNSON: Sir we're being hailed by the Romulan Praetor. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Keep a secure channel open for the Commodore so he can listen in. 
ENS. JOHNSON [nods]: Aye, sir.
The young officer works at the tactical console as image of his father shrinks a bit and the Romulan Praetor appears again. 
CAPT. MARTIN: What can I do for you now? 
PRAETOR TAL'AURA [viewer]: A Federation battlegroup?
CAPT. MARTIN: Well you didn't like my idea. 
INT-ROMULAN FLAGSHIP MAIN BRIDGE
PRAETOR TAL'AURA [frustrated]: This is an act of unwanted aggression on the border of our territory Captain. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN: No, just a standard training maneuver that happened to land our fleet here the same time as yours. You want to know what actually is an act of unparalleled aggression? A Garidian Bird-of-Prey using cloaking technology destroying our Neutral Zone outposts. 
CUT TO:
INT-ROMULAN FLAGSHIP MAIN BRIDGE
PRAETOR TAL'AURA: I know nothing of which you speak of.
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN: We'll send you a recording of it de-cloaking right before destroying Outpost Four. 
He turns to Ensign Johnson and nods he transmits the recording. 
INT-ROMULAN PRAETOR FLAGSHIP
She sees the recording and smirks. 
PRAETOR TAL'AURA: I see. 
She then wordlessly issuing an order to the tactical officer. 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTJG. SITO: Captain, Romulan ship is de-cloaking and breaking formation. Heading our way. 
Captain Martin turns to the viewer. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Praetor what is this? 
INT-ROMULAN PRAETOR FLAGSHIP MAIN BRIDGE
PRAETOR TAL'AURA: This is a culling, Captain.
EXT-FEDERATION-ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
The Garidian vessel parks between the two fleets.
PRAETOR TAL'AURA [com voice]: That commander should not have allowed himself to be caught
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTJG. SITO: Sir, its the bird of prey we've been chasing.
T'Mir turns from her station.
CAPT. MARTIN: Ensign pause communications and open a channel to the Garidian vessel.
The young officer works at the tactical console.
CUT TO:
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
CMDR. R'LOK: Captain. So, we see each other once again, after all. 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN: What are you doing?
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
CMDR. R'LOK: I never called for that armada it was my son T'Lok he betrayed me and beamed over to the Praetor's flagship.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN: We can beam you and your crew to the Enterprise, you don't need to do 
this. 
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
CMDR. R'LOK: It is not our way. I regret that we meet in this way. You and I are of a kind. In a 
different reality, I could've called you friend. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
CAPT. MARTIN: What purpose would it serve to die?
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
CMDR. R'LOK: We are creatures of duty, you and I. Just one more duty to perform. Do not be 
upset. I have accepted my fate. Perhaps, someday, my sacrifice will lead to an end to this conflict between us. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
T'Mir gets up from her station.
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Father please let us beam you aboard the Ares.
CMDR. R'LOK [viewer]: My dear sweet daughter you are so much like your mother she would be so proud of you right now
T'Mir tenses up fights back the tears.
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
CMDR. R'LOK: Jolu'Tru my daughter.
Returning to his station, the commander and his bridge crew brace themselves. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
The turbo-lift doors opened and Lieutenant Mason enters and assumes his station, as he reviews his console read out.
LT. MASON: They're powering weapons. 
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
Commander R'Lok closes his eyes.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
The Romulan armada opens fire.
INT-IRW GAL GATH'THONG MAIN BRIDGE
[EXPLOSIONS ERUPT] 
EXT-FEDERATION/ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
The Garidian warship explodes into a thousand pieces. 
INT-USS VENTURE MAIN BRIDGE (RED ALERT]
Captain Smith is surprised by this as well as her crew. 
CAPT. SMITH: Come on John. 
INT-USS KOROLEV MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Commodore Martin is surprised by this as well as his daughter in law and crew. 
COMM. MARTIN: Come on John keep your cool son. 
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
The crew is shocked by what they just saw as T'Mir hangs her head as Lieutenant Mason reports.
LT. MASON: We're being hailed by Praetor Tal'aura sir.
Captain Martin walks back to his command chair as he sits in it. 
CAPT. MARTIN: On screen. 
Transparent viewer shows the bridge of the Praetor appears on the viewer. 
PRAETOR TAL'AURA (Viewer): Our fleet is stronger now. And I am ready to accept your surrender
CAPT. MARTIN: This is really how you want to end 100 years of peace? 
PRAETOR TAL'AURA (viewer): What do Romulans care of peace? It means nothing to us. And your apparent affinity for it has sealed your fate. Thank you, Captain Martin. If not for your weakness, we would never have known what easy targets your Federation would be. Goodbye 
Transmission ends as Lieutenant Mason reports. 
LT. MASON: They're powering weapons again. 
Everyone is tensed up. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Evasive pattern Jamie Zeta seven. 
EXT-FEDERATION-ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER 
A hail of phaser and disruptor fire fills the darkness of space as the Enterprise is dodging weapons fire as a plasma torpedo whizzes by and destroys a Sheppard-class destroyer.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
A bright flash on the viewer as Lieutenant Mason reports.
LT. MASON: Sir, Commodore Martin is ordering all ships to depart the Icarus system. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Inform him we copy and we'll depart.
LTJG. KAYE: Sir, warp drive will not engage. 
CAPT. MARTIN: What? 
LTJG. KAYE: I'm not sure sir. 
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Bridge to engineering Courtney what's going on with warp?
CUT TO:
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN ENGINEERING (RED ALERT)
LTCMDR. JAMES (to com): We've got a bit of a power surge going on down here sir we're fixing it now. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTCMDR. T'MIR: Sir, 14 starships are moving in around us. 
CMDR. RO: Son of a bitch.
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Enterprise to Korolev dad what are you doing?
INT-U.S.S. KOROLEV MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Commodore Martin sits in the Captain's chair.
COMM. MARTIN [to com]: Covering your escape get those engines fixed John helm evasive pattern omega. 
EXT-FEDERATION/ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
Several ships in the fleet form a wall as they fire at the Romulan vessels. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTJG. SITO: He's putting the other Starfleet vessels between us and the Romulans. 
Captain Martin sits in his command chair observing the battle. 
EXT-FEDERATION/ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
The Romulan flagship fires its plasma torpedo as a Syracuse-class destroyer is between the plasma torpedo and the Enterprise, as the torpedo strikes the vessel destroying it the wave rocks the Enterprise as her deflectors took the brunt of it. 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
WHUMPH! Huge shower of sparks erupt from the ceiling and one of the consoles as the bridge crew are thrown from their consoles as Captain Martin and Commander Ro are flung from their chairs as klaxons blare and they get up as power hums back on as Lieutenant Kaye reports. 
LTJG. KAYE: We've got engines back. 
LTJG. SITO: Picking up another power increase! 
CAPT. MARTIN: Hit it! 
Lieutenant Kaye activates the warp drive. 
EXT-FEDERATION-ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE BORDER
The Enterprise starts to wake up as debris floats around her as the Romulan flagship powers up another plasma torpedo and launches it but the Enterprise was able to enter warp. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Smoke is everywhere around the bridge as Captain Martin stands up. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Damage report? 
LT. MASON: Deflectors took the brunt of the explosion their down to 23%.
LTJG. SITO: Sickbay is reporting heavy causalities sir. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Jamie, set course for Starbase Medical Outpost 14 best speed. 
LTJG. KAYE: Aye, sir. 
Lieutenant Kaye works at the helm station.
CAPT. MARTIN: I'll be in sickbay you've got the bridge Ro.
John gets up from the command chair and enters the lift. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Medical. 
CUT TO:
INT-USS ENTERPRISE SICKBAY (RED ALERT) 
Doors opened as wounded are being rushed to bio-beds or to surgery as Captain Martin looks around surveying the injured among his crew, he walks over to one of the bio-beds and sees Lieutenant Martine who is next to the bio-bed as her fiancée lies there dead. 
DR. LANGFORD: A plasma conduit explodes caught him right in the face there was nothing I could of done to save him. 
Doctor Langford pats the young woman on her shoulder as she's holding her husband's lifeless hand crying as John walks out of sickbay. 
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE
The battered and half strength eighth battlegroup approaches the Frontier-Class Starbase.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS
John looks over the damage and causality reports as he sees the names of the crewmen who were lost on the mission, as his girlfriend Jessica walks over to him.
JESS: Come on let's get you to relieve some stress.
She takes his hand and leads him to the bedroom area.
EXT-FEDERATION SPACE 
An established shot of Starbase 98. 
[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 Junior Grade	Chief Conn Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Sito Jaxa 	Sadie Waymire 	Lieutenant Junior Grade	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 	Ensign 	Assistance Chief Medical Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Peter Johnson 	TBA 	Lieutenant Junior Grade	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 	Science Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Elisa Sheridan 	TBA 	Ensign 	Assistance Chief Science Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Robert Tomlinson	TBA 	Lieutenant Commander 	Phaser specialist, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Angela Martine 	TBA 	Lieutenant Junior Grade	weapons specialist (2nd class), U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Hansen Al-Salah 	TBA 	Commander 	Commanding Officer, Outpost 4
===Special Guest Stars===
Character 	Actor(s) 	Rank 	Position
Jessica Smith 	Ashley M. Kalfas	Captain 	Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Yorktown NCC-1717
T'Var 	TBA 	Lieutenant Commander 	Executive Officer, U.S.S. Yorktown NCC-1717
Nikki Caetano 	TBA 	Lieutenant Junior Grade	Navigational Officer, U.S.S. Yorktown NCC-1717
Paul Erickson 	TBA 	Ensign 	Chief Helm Officer, U.S.S. Yorktown NCC-1717
Sara Jones 	TBA 	Lieutenant 	Chief Security/Weapons Officer, U.S.S. Yorktown NCC-1717
Anthony Thrope 	TBA 	Lieutenant Commander 	Chief Engineer, U.S.S. Yorktown NCC-1717
Ashley Peterson	TBA 	Lieutenant Commander 	Chief Medical Officer, U.S.S. Yorktown NCC-1717
James Martin 	Michael L. King 	Commodore 	Commanding Officer U.S.S. Korolev NCC-1421
R'Lok 	TBA 	Commander 	commanding officer of IRW Gal Gath'thong
T'Lok 	TBA 	Sub-Lieutenant 	Chief Tactical/Security Officer, IRW Gal Gath'thong
T'Auethn 	TBA 	centurion 	Science Officer of IRW Gal Gath'thong
Decius 	TBA 	N/A 	Junior Officer of IRW Gal Gath'thong
==Trivia Notes==
===Background Information===
*Inspired by the TOS episode Balance of Terror.