Death of a Neutron Star

Death of a Neutron Star is the 11th episode of Star Trek: The New Voyages Season 1.
==Plot==
The USS Enterprise is on a science mission to the Kavis Alpha Sector, with the Vulcan scientist Dr. T'Ver who is studying a neutron star that's on the verge of collapsing. But when a Romulan Stormbird-class warship attacks the Enterprise disabling her warp drive, and 30 seconds until the star goes nova how can the crew get out of this? 
==Script Chapters==
===Teaser===
FADE IN
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
The Enterprise approaches a Neutron Star. 
CAPT. BRANSON'S [voice over]: Captain's Log Stardate 58784.1, We have entered a spectacular double star system in the Kavis Alpha sector on a most critical mission of astro-physical research 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
Doctor Khan is standing next the Captain chair looking at the viewer as Captain Branson continues the log. 
CAPT. BRANSON'S [voice over, continuing]: Our eminent guest, Doctor T'Ver, will attempt to study the decay of globules of neutronium expelled at relativistic speeds by a massive stellar explosion which will occur here in a matter of hours
Ensign Carlson is at her station inputting commands. 
CAPT. BRANSON'S [voice over, Continuing]: It is virtually a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as dictated by the forces of nature. But frankly, Doctor T'Ver seems much calmer about it all than those of us who are simply charged with the responsibility of delivery and observation 
Captain Branson gets up from the Captain's chair. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Helm bring us within 200 kilometers of the star. 
ENS. CARLSON: Aye, sir. 
Ensign Carlson inputs commands into the helm station.
DR. T'VER: Fascinating is it.
ENS. CARLSON: Yes, ma'am it is.
DR. T'VER: Over and over again, the intense gravitational pull of the little neutron star sucks up the star material from the red giant, and it builds up on the surface until it explodes... every one hundred and ninety six years. Like clockwork. And it is but eighteen hours away. 
Lieutenant T'Lar looks at her console read out and turns to Doctor T'Ver.
LTJG. T'LAR: Eighteen hours, seven minutes, and ... ten seconds, Doctor. 
Captain Branson looks over at her.
CAPT. BRANSON: Doctor if you want to inspect the egg one more time before we launch it. 
DR. T'VER: Captain, I have been inspecting the Egg for the last twenty years. You may lay it when ready. 
CAPT. BRANSON (smiles): Z begin launch sequence. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA (to com): Bridge to shuttle bay you may lay the egg. 
CUT TO:
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN SHUTTLE BAY
Looks likes an egg it's about the size of a Buick...sitting aboard a small launch pad. In a control booth, a team of officers acknowledge the command.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
As the senior staff are waiting for the probe to be launched as T'Lar reports.
LTJG. T'LAR: Sir, there is something at the edge of our sensors.
Captain Branson walks over to her station.
CAPT. BRANSON: What is it?
LTJG. T'LAR: I am not sure there is too much interference from the gravitational shears of the star.
Then all of the sudden the ship shakes hard as the officers hang onto their consoles and rails as the lights dimmed. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: What the hell was that?
T'Lar looks at her console read out and then her scope.
LTJG. T'LAR: One Romulan warbird off the port bow!
LTJG. MASON: Direct hit to the secondary hull before we raised our deflectors! 
Ensign Carlson checks her console readings. 
ENS. CARLSON: Warp drive is down! 
Commander Ivanova goes to Doctor Khan. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA (to com): Medical emergency main bridge! 
CAPT. BRANSON: All hands battle stations! 
CUT TO:
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR 
A Romulan warbird fires its disruptors hitting the deflectors. 
[END OF TEASER, FADE OUT, STARTING CREDITS]
===Act 1===
FADE IN
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
[EPISODE NOTES: OPENING CREDITS FALL OVER OPENING SCENES]
The Romulan vessel fires at the Enterprise hitting its deflectors. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
WHUMPH! 
LTJG. MASON: That hit took the phasers out of commission! 
Captain Branson turns to him. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Photon torpedoes full spread! 
Lieutenant Mason presses the firing button on his console. 
CUT TO:
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
The Enterprise unleashes a volley of torpedoes but two missed and two hit the forward deflectors, as the Romulan vessel fires at the Enterprise again and strikes her starboard nacelle as plasma vents from it. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Sparks erupt from the ceiling and MSD. 
LTJG. MASON: Port Deflectors are down! 
CAPT. BRANSON: Ready another volley.
As Lieutenant Mason readies another volley the warbird cloaks.
CAPT. BRANSON: Damn it.
LTJG. MASON: Sir is he didn't deviate from his flight path. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Hold your fire we may need them and right now we've got a ship to save give me a full damage report on my desk within the hour.
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
Enterprise is at station keeping.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM [RED ALERT]
The senior staff are around the table as Doctor Carlson is giving the medical report.
DR. CARLSON: A few scraps and bruised but they'll make a complete recovery.
CAPT. BRANSON: And Doctor T'Ver?
DR. CARLSON [sighs]: A pinched nerve in her lower back I have Christine treating it right now.
Captain Branson turns to Lieutenant Williams.
CAPT. BRANSON: Status on the warp drive Steph?
LT. WILLIAMS: The plasma regulators took some damage we're working around the clock to repair them.
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: Warp won't help us if that Star implodes.
CAPT. BRANSON: How long do we have?
LTJG. T'LAR: One hour and thirty seconds.
Captain Branson turns to her.
CAPT. BRANSON: Keep me posted on the repairs.
LT. WILLIAMS [nods]: Aye, sir.
CAPT. BRANSON: What about our tactical systems?
LTJG. MASON: We've got one forward phaser bank on-line we're working on the dorsal ventral but so far we're having issues with bring them back on-line.
CAPT. BRANSON: Torpedo launchers?
LTJG. MASON: The port forward launcher is on-line but the starboard launcher is still down and deflectors are at 89%.
CAPT. BRANSON: Any sign of the warbird?
LTJG. T'LAR: Negative sensor resolution is down to 34% due to the gravitational eddies of the Neutron Star.
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: So it could be anywhere in the sector?
LTJG. T'LAR: Yes.
CAPT. BRANSON: Try to keep an eye out for it Julia send an encoded signal to Starfleet Command informing them of our situation.
LTJG. SMITH [nods]: Aye, sir.
CAPT. BRANSON: Dismissed.
The senior officers leave the briefing room.
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
Enterprise is at station keeping.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE SICKBAY [RED ALERT]
Wounded officers are being treated from the wounds they've sustained during the attack, Ensign Carlson walks into the medical area as she sees crewmen being treated by the medical doctors, as she walks over to the bio-bed where Doctor T'Ver is being treated at. 
ENS. CARLSON: Doctor T'Ver Captain Branson wanted to let you know that we're ready to resume the launch of the Egg as soon as you're fully healed. 
DR. T'VER: How am I Nurse?
NURSE CHAPEL: Well you've got a few bruises but you'll be fit as a fiddle in no time flat Doctor T'Ver.
T'Ver sits up and looks at her.
DR. T'VER: I am grateful that Starfleet Medical treatments have not lost their touch.
NURSE CHAPEL: You're welcome Doctor.
Ensign Carlson escorts Doctor T'Ver out of sickbay.
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
Enterprise is at station keeping.
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN ENGINEERING [RED ALERT]
Lieutenant Commander Williams is working with her staff to restore the deflectors incase the Romulans appear and start shooting, when the com activates. 
CAPT. BRANSON [com voice]: Bridge to Engineering
Lieutenant Williams activates the com panel on the console.
LT. WILLIAMS [to com]: Williams here go ahead.
CAPT. BRANSON [com voice]: How long to full deflector restoration?
LT. WILLIAMS [to com]: Working on it Captain standby. 
She turns it off and walks over to a console. 
LT. WILLIAMS: Computer, reconfigure structural integrity power to feed inner deflector grid. 
COMPUTER VOICE: Unable to comply. Requested reroute would compromise operational safety limits
LT. WILLIAMS: To hell with the limits. Override. Authorization Williams theta two-nine-nine-seven. 
COMPUTER VOICE: Rerouting structural integrity power supply 
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS: Russell, watch the lateral grid balance. No. no, no, that's too much. We're going to have to do it manually. (activates wall com panel) Williams to bridge. 
CAPT. BRANSON (com voice): Branson here go ahead Commander 
LTCMDR. WILLIAMS (to com): Captain, I'm trying to feed the inner grid by stealing some power from the structural integrity field. You should have partial shielding in thirty minutes. 
CAPT. BRANSON [com voice]: You have ten. Branson out
Williams rolls her eyes and goes back to work. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTJG. MASON: Sir if we don't have full deflector power. 
CAPT. BRANSON: We'll be wide open for a Romulan attack. 
[END OF ACT ONE, FADE OUT]
===Act 2===
FADE IN
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
Enterprise is at station keeping.
CAPT. BRANSON'S [voice over]: Captain's Log Supplemental, We're currently repairing our systems after we were attacked by a Klingon D-7 warship, so far no sign of them yet but we're not taking any chances we're ready for battle and will defend ourselves if we have to but I'm worried about the star going nova
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Captain Branson is sitting in the Captain's chair as Commander Ivanova is sitting ar the first officer station. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Report? 
LTJG. MASON: Nothing on the tactical scanners. 
LTJG T'LAR: Nothing on short range scanners. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: Doesn't mean they're out there watching us. 
CAPT. BRANSON: True Z bridge to shuttle bay launch egg now. 
CUT TO:
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
Shuttle bay doors open and the probe emerges from it and heads towards the neutron star. 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
LTJG. MASON: Nothing on the tactical scanners. 
CAPT. BRANSON: So far so good. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: Yeah. 
Doctor Khan is at one of the science stations looking at the information that is pouring towards the Enterprise computer, when Lieutenant Smith turns to Captain Branson and reports. 
LTJG. SMITH: Sir the U.S.S. Excalibur has picked up our distress call and they're on their way. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Good we'll have two ships. 
Ship shudders a bit. 
LTJG. MASON: What was that? 
LTJG. T'LAR: Gravitational shears from the Neutron Star. 
Captain Branson is a bit worried as the viewer shows the star then back on Captain Branson's expression of worried. 
[END OF ACT TWO, FADE OUT]
===Act 3===
FADE IN
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
Enterprise is at station keeping as the Neutron Star is fading in and out.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN ENGINEERING [RED ALERT]
Captain Branson and Commander Ivanova are in Main Engineering as Lieutenant Williams is giving them a full report on the repairs of the warp drive. 
LT. WILLIAMS: So far we're working around the clock to restore warp drive, but we're having issues with the plasma regulators but I've got a team working on them right now. 
CAPT. BRANSON: That Neutron star could collapse in a matter of minutes we need warp to get cleared of it, so we're not swallowed up by the gravity well if we remain here. 
LT. WILLIAMS: I know, sir I know I'll keep you posted on it. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: What about the deflectors? 
LT. WILLIAMS: Now those are back on-line but holding at seventy-seven percent. 
They leave to allow Lieutenant Williams to continue working on restoring the warp engines. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE DECK SIXTEEN CORRIDOR [RED ALERT]
Captain Branson and Commander Ivanova are walking through the corridor. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: If Stephanie can't get the warp drive back on-line we won't be able to escape from the blast wave. 
CAPT. BRANSON: I know, Z I know. 
Then the com activates. 
LTJG. T'LAR [com voice]: Captain Branson report to the bridge
They head to a turbo-lift.
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
A squadron of Romulan warbirds are approaching the Enterprise.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Klaxons blare as both Captain Branson and Commander Ivanova walks onto the bridge. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Report? 
LTJG. T'LAR: Two Romulan Warships armed and ready for battle! 
Lieutenant T'Lar vacates the Captain's chair as Captain Branson sits in it. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Tactical Status? 
LTJG. MASON: Deflectors are at seventy-three percent, phasers are still down though and torpedoes are fully armed and ready to launch! 
CAPT. BRANSON (To Smith): Lieutenant hail the lead vessel. 
Lieutenant Smith inputs commands into her console. 
LTJG. SMITH: No response Captain. 
Ship jolts hard. 
LTJG. MASON: Deflectors down to forty-one percent! 
CAPT. BRANSON: Evasive pattern beta six! 
Ensign Carlson inputs commands into the helm console. 
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
Enterprise moves to port as it avoids an incoming plasma torpedo.
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Showers of sparks erupt from the ceiling. 
LTJG. MASON: DEFLECTORS BUCKLING! 
LTJG. SMITH: HEAVY CAUSALITIES IN SECONDARY HULL. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Photons full spread! 
Lieutenant Mason inputs commands into the tactical console and presses the fire button on his console. 
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
The aft launcher launches a spread of photons, and the torpedoes strike the lead Romulan vessel and it blew the wing off and it collides into the second one and then third that uncloaks and they fall into the Neutron Star and blows up. 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Viewer shows what happened to the Romulan warbirds. 
LTJG. T'LAR: RADIATION IS OFF THE CHARTS! 
CAPT. BRANSON (To T'Lar): How long till the star implodes? 
LTJG. T'LAR: An hour and twenty seconds. 
Ship jolts hard from the gravity shears. 
CMDR. IVANOVA: We're doomed. 
Branson is shocked. 
[END OF ACT THREE, FADE OUT]
===Act 4===
FADE IN
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
The Enterprise is next to the Neutron Star as it flickers. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM [RED ALERT]
Monitor shows the Neutron Star 
DR. T'VER: According to the probe the star's fusion core is on the verge of imploding. 
CAPT. BRANSON: How long to we have? 
DR. T'VER: We only have about 1:12:00 till it implodes. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Thank you Doctor now what's our status? 
LTJG. MASON: Deflectors should be back on-line in a few hours we're working on restoring them. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: Not if that star implodes. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Keep at it. 
LTJG. MASON: Aye, sir. 
Lieutenant Mason leaves to get back to work on the deflectors. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Steph what's the status on the warp drive? 
LT. WILLIAMS: We've got impulse power, but I've got to take the warp engines offline while we recalibrate the intermix regulators. 
He looks at the table then looks at her. 
CAPT. BRANSON: How long?. 
She looks at him. 
LT. WILLIAMS: Captain, we're looking at twenty hours work here, double shifts. 
Branson looks at him. 
CAPT. BRANSON: We don't know that we have twenty hours. That star could explode at any moment. 
She looks at him. 
LT. WILLIAMS: I'll see what I can do Captain. 
He nods at her Lieutenant Commander Williams leaves the briefing room to restore the shields and warp drive, then Captain Branson turns to the senior staff. 
CAPT. BRANSON: All right we've got five hours to get the ship back on-line does anyone else have anything to add?. 
T'Lar looks at him. 
LTJG. T'LAR: Sensors picked up four Romulan warships heading our way they'll be here in five hours. 
Commander Ivanova chimes in. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: We've got to get the ship up and running or we'll be dust. 
He nods at her. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Agreed let's get to work dismissed. 
The senior staff leaves the briefing room. 
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
The Enterprise is at station keeping next to the Neutron Star. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS
John is laying on the couch thinking about what's going to happen if the Neutron Star implodes, then the com activates. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA (com voice): Captain Branson report to the bridge
Captain Branson sits up and grabs his gold shirt and heads out. 
CUT TO:
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Klaxons blare as he walks onto the bridge. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Report? 
CMDR. IVANOVA: A Romulan battlegroup has been detected heading towards us. 
LTJG. T'LAR: Confirmed their older model bird of prey vessels. 
LTJG. MASON: And their disruptors are armed. 
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR 
A battlegroup of five Romulan bird of preys are approaching the Enterprise's position. 
'INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
ENS. CARLSON: The Enterprise can't handle five bird of preys. 
Captain Branson tenses up a bit. 
[END OF ACT FOUR, FADE OUT]
===Act 5===
FADE IN
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
A battlegroup of older model Romulan bird of preys heading towards the Enterprise's position. 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Captain Branson is tensed up. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Time to intercept? 
LTJG. T'LAR: One hour and thirty seconds. 
LTJG. MASON: And we can't handle five warbirds. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: This is not good. 
Then John comes up with an idea. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Kara come to course 2-3-2 mark 3-4-3 full impulse. 
Ensign Carlson inputs commands into the helm console and turns to Captain Branson. 
ENS. CARLSON: Uh, sir that course takes us awfully close to the star. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Exactly. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: John what are you getting at? 
CAPT. BRANSON: We use the gravity of the star to throw us clear of the neutron star before it implodes. 
LTJG. T'LAR [raises an eyebrow]: You want to use the gravity well as a sling-shot. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Right T'Lar it should give Steph time to restore warp. 
ENS. CARLSON: I'll do my best sir. 
CAPT. BRANSON: I know Kara. 
She inputs commands into the helm station. 
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
The Enterprise flies towards the Neutron Star with the four birds of prey close behind her. 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT]
Transparent viewer shows the Neutron Star. 
ENS. CARLSON: Range forty meters and closing. 
T'Lar chimes in. 
LTJG. T'LAR: Rerouting power to the shields. 
Ship starts rocking about. 
LTJG. T'LAR [off her console]: Gravimetric shears Captain! 
Branson activates the ship-wide. 
CAPT. BRANSON [to com]: All hands this is the Captain we're about to head into the Neutron Star, I want you all to remain calm and pray that we can get through this. All hands batten down the hatches secure all primary systems brace for impact! 
Ship starts violently shaking now as the everyone hangs onto their consoles and the rails on the Bridge. 
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
The Enterprise rocks about as the heat starts to build up on the outer hull and the port nacelle housing, the Klingon ships can't stand the shears and are torn apart. 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE [RED ALERT] 
Sparks erupts from the ceiling and one of the consoles. 
LTJG. MASON: DEFLECTORS HAVE FAILED, STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY DOWN TO TWENTY PERCENT! 
More sparks erupt from the ceiling as coolant vents from the ceiling. 
LTJG. T'LAR: HULL BREACHES ON DECKS FOUR-TWELVE! 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: Emergency force fields are in place and holding. 
Branson hangs onto his chair. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Ensign standby for warp on my command. 
ENS. CARLSON (Off her console): Ready! 
T'Lar looks at her scanner. 
LTJG. T'LAR (off her console): We are coming out to the otherside Captain! 
Viewer shows open space. 
LTJG. WILLIAMS [com voice]: Bridge we've got warp drive back on-line
CAPT. BRANSON: NOW GO! 
Ensign Carlson inputs commands into the helm and presses the warp button. 
EXT-KAVIS ALPHA SECTOR
The Enterprise leaps into warp as the star implodes. 
INT-U.S.S. ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE
Lights brighten up as Captain Branson gets up from the captain's chair. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Report? 
LTJG. T'LAR: The Neutron Star has imploded sir. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: Any sign of Romulan forces? 
LTJG. MASON: Nothing on long range scanners. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Set course for Starbase 218. 
ENS. CARLSON: Aye, sir. 
CUT TO:
EXT-SPACE
The Enterprise is docked at Starbase 218. 
CAPT. BRANSON'S (voice over): Captain's Log Stardate 5866.2, The Enterprise has docked at Starbase 218 for repairs, the USS Korolev my father's ship will return Doctor T'Ver to Vulcan. I hope this will be the last time that we have to fight the Romulans 
INT-USS ENTERPRISE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM/SITUATION ROOM 
Captain Branson is sitting at his desk reviewing damage control and repair times. 
CAPT. BRANSON: Thank you Susan. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA: You're welcome John is there anything else? 
CAPT. BRANSON: Extend shore leave for all personnel. 
LTCMDR. IVANOVA (nods): Very well. 
Commander Ivanova leaves as John thinks. 
INT-STARBASE TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN
The Enterprise is being worked on. 
[END OF ACT FIVE, FADE OUT, ENDING CREDITS]
==Cast==
===Starring===
*Jarvis Davidson as Captain John Branson
*Felecia Linkous as Lieutenant Commander Zhasa Ivanova
===Also Starring===
*Kevin Regan as Lieutenant Junior Grade Jack Mason
*Ferne Myers as Lieutenant Stephanie Williams
*Blake Waymire as Lieutenant Junior Grade Tyson Mitchell
*Delena "Dee" Lusk as Ensign Kara Carlson
*Jacob Elliot as Doctor Steven Carlson
*Sadie Brickhouse as Lieutenant Junior Grade Julia Smith
* Becky Elliot as Lieutenant Junior Grade T'Lar
===Guest Stars===
*TBA as Nurse Christine Chapel
*TBA as Transporter Chief Kayla Mackenzie
*TBA as Ensign Dana Christina
*TBA as Lieutenant Samuel Kirk
*TBA as Ensign Elias Sheridan
===Special Guest Stars===
*TBA as Doctor T'Ver
*TBA as Captain Ed Harris
==Trivia Notes==
===Background Information===