Future Imperfect (episode)

Future Imperfect is the 7th episode of the fourth season of Starship Enterprise.
==Synopsis==
Captain Martin is placed in an alternate timeline where he was never Captain of the Enterprise.
==Script Chapters==
===Teaser===
FADE IN
INT. BEDROOM, MARTIN'S APARTMENT, SAN FRANCISCO
[John's dreaming]
CMDR. RO [com voice]: Enterprise to shuttlecraft Drake. Prepare for emergency transport. Captain, can you hear me? We're attempting to lock on to you. John?
ELIZABETH: John? Hey, it's time to wake up.
John wakes up and rolls over and sees that it's Elizabeth.
JOHN [surprised]: Liz? 
ELIZABETH [smiles]: Yes?
John's in utter shock at this.
[END OF TEASER, FADE OUT]
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Theme Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhoa7oWPPhk
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CAPTAIN'S OATH:
CAPT. MARTIN [voice over]: Space The Final Frontier These are the Voyages of the Starship Enterprise its continuing Mission: To Explore Strange New Worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations to boldly go where no one has gone before!
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A shot of the top of the Federation Dockyard as shuttles fly over the Federation base in orbit of Earth, as a Class-12 shuttle is shown launching and heads towards the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E docked at the Dockyards.
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STARSHIP ENTERPRISE
A STAR TREK FAN FILM PRODUCTION
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BASED ON STAR TREK CREATED BY: GENE RODDENBERRY
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The docking clamps release from the port side of the saucer.
JARVIS DAVIDSON
 AS
CAPT. JOHN MARTIN
Enterprise flies from Earth.
FELECIA LINKOUS
 AS
CMDR. RO LAREN
Enterprise flies through a nebula
KEVIN REGAN
 AS
LT. JACK MASON
The Enterprise flies over Vulcan as ships are coming and going.
FERNE MYERS
 AS
LTCMDR. COURTNEY JAMES
The Enterprise flies towards a strange looking nebula
JACOB ELLIOT
 AS
DR. PETER LANGFORD
The Enterprise flies over a planet with a planet in the background
SADIE BRICKHOUSE
 AS
LT. SITO JAXA
The Enterprise approaches Starbase 157 as the 7th fleet is flanking the base.
BECKY ELLIOT
 AS
LTCMDR. T'MIR
A Starfleet-Klingon battlegroup is shown as the Enterprise departs from the group and her warp engines power up and she leaps into warp in a burst of light.
CREATED BY:
JARVIS DAVIDSON & JEREMY REGAN
===Act 1===
FADE IN
INT. BEDROOM, MARTIN'S APARTMENT, SAN FRANCISCO
A shot of a replicator as it makes a cup of Earl Grey and Elizabeth hands him the cup of tea.
JOHN: Thanks.
He takes a sip of the tea as he's trying to piece together what happened.
ELIZABETH: What's wrong with you?
John looks at her.
JOHN: Liz, it's really you, isn't it?
ELIZABETH: Come on. You're going to be late.
John looks at her.
JOHN [confused]: What?
ELIZABETH: You have a meeting. Oh nine hundred, remember? You've only been obsessing about it for a week. I don't want Kyle blaming me because you weren't on time for the biggest meeting of your career. Now get dressed and I'll make you some breakfast. 
Later, John comes out of the bathroom in his uniform into his one room apartment. The bed has pride of place under the windows.
ELIZABETH: Come on, the eggs are getting cold. What's with you today?
John looks at her.
JOHN: What's the date?
ELIZABETH: Stardate 53978.1
JOHN [to himself]: So this isn't the past. It's the present. San Francisco. This can't be a dream, it's too real. It's too clear. So what does that leave. A holodeck? A hallucination? Some kind of trick? The last thing, I remember was piloting a shuttlecraft on my way back to Enterprise.
ELIZABETH: We both have a long day ahead of us. Could we play this little game another time, please? 
JOHN: You can't be Elizabeth Shelby we divorced in 2379 because of me being a workaholic and not paying attention to you.
Elizabeth walks over to him.
ELIZABETH: Feel my hand it's as real as it can be and you are John Martin Captain of the Starship Intrepid NCC-74600.
JOHN: I'm John Martin Captain of the Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise. Where am I? Is this some sort of simulation?
ELIZABETH [frustrated]: That's not funny, John, talking about Enterprise like that. The memorial service was only two months ago. Danny was your best friend. How could you joke about it?
JOHN: Daniel Hunter wait what memorial service?
She shows her the PADD as it shows the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E Sovereign-Class Status: Destroyed, 2381.
ELIZABETH: During the last moments of the Borg War at the Battle of Vulcan Captain Picard rammed the Enterprise into the Borg Cube that was over Vulcan.
She leaves the apartment as John is shocked and confused.
JUMP CUT TO:
EXT. OUTSIDE STARFLEET COMMAND
An establishing shot of Starfleet Command and Archer's Arena.
INT. BRIEFING ROOM, STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS
Silver haired senior officers in TNG black-shoulder uniforms sit on the other side of the big conference table. Clarkson sets up his laptop for the presentation.
LTCMDR. CLARKSON: Relax, John. If all goes well, you'll walk out of this room a Commodore. Let me see that warp coil schematic.
CAPT. MARTIN: Yeah sure.
He hands him the PADD.
LTCMDR. CLARKSON [re: PADD]: Impressive work.
Then a middle aged Admiral enters.
ADM. STRICKLER: Good morning. I have a meeting at eleven hundred hours with the head of Starfleet Security. She doesn't like to be kept waiting. Let's get this underway. Commander Clarkson?
LTCMDR. CLARKSON: Ladies and gentlemen, you are looking at the new runabout Yellowstone. It's equipped with tetryon plasma warp nacelles, and designed for a variety of mission profiles. 
ADM. STRICKLER: Yes, Commander. I've looked over your specifications. It's an interesting design. But how do you propose to address the dilithium fracture problem? Tetryon plasma tends to disrupt subspace. 
LTCMDR. CLARKSON: I'm actually glad you asked that question, sir. We've been working on the problem for several weeks, and I think you'll see that we have found an answer. I'd like to introduce you to the engineer who designed these new warp engines, and I might add, he is the most promising young engineer to come out of the Academy in a long time.
John Martin looks at the Admiral.
ADM. STRICKLER: Ah, yes Captain Martin I worked with your father a few times.
CAPT. MARTIN: I reviewed the past mission reports from the Enterprise-D in 2370 when they encountered the warp drive issue, well as for the dilithium fracture we think we may of found the issue.
He inputs commands into the console.
CAPT. MARTIN: As you can see as soon as it entered warp the nacelles overheated forcing the runabout to exit warp.
The Admirals are impressed.
ADM. STRICKLER: When can we see a test?
LTCMDR. CLARKSON: We're not sure yet but we should have a date soon sir.
ADM. STRICKLER: I'm leaving for a three week tour of the Cardassian border in a few days. It will have to wait until after then. 
CAPT. MARTIN [nods]: Aye, sir.
The Admiral and senior officers leave.
LTCMDR. CLARKSON: Nice work.
INT. JOHN'S OFFICE, STARFLEET CORP OF ENGINEERS
A picture of him with Elizabeth on the desk, a model of NCC1701-D on a stand, various framed certificates on the wall. A massive computerized drafting board.
CAPT. MARTIN: Guess I'm pretty good. Computer, display my service record. (reads) Graduated Starfleet Academy stardate 47918. Requested duty on USS Enterprise. Request denied. Requested transfer to Starfleet Engineering Corps. Transfer approved. Starship design specialist. Awarded the Cochrane Medal of Excellence for outstanding advances in warp theory. Computer, access Starfleet Science Academy database. Have there been any temporal anomalies in the space-time continuum reported in the last forty eight hours?
COMPUTER VOICE: Negative. No temporal anomalies have been reported
CAPT. MARTIN [surprised]: Access Enterprise crew manifest. Who was the executive officer on board?
COMPUTER VOICE: Commander Daniel Hunter
CAPT. MARTIN: Danny.
[END OF ACT ONE, FADE OUT]
===Act 2===
FADE IN
INT. KITCHEN, MARTIN'S APARTMENT, SAN FRANCISCO
John and Elizabeth are having dinner with James, Maria, Tina, and Sarah.
JAMES: Heard what went down at the meeting with Admiral Strickler good work son.
JOHN: Thanks dad.
BRIANNA: So, John how's the Intrepid?
JOHN [smiles]: She's a good ship with a good crew.
TINA: Heard that you may get a promotion dad.
SARAH: We're proud of you.
JOHN: Thanks girls.
Later that night John's laying in bed with Elizabeth as he disentangles himself from Elizabeth and gets out of bed. He picks up his clarinet for a few moments then turns on the desk computer in the home office alcove. The database he looks at is Crew Manifest 1701-E.
JOHN: Orlando, Parsons, Peterson, Platt, Porter. Wait a minute. Laren. Where's Ro Laren? Computer, access service record of Starfleet officer Ro Laren.
Monitor shows Ro's service record.
JOHN: Convicted of treason. Sentenced to eighteen months at the New Zealand Penal Settlement. Paroled on stardate 54870.2. Last reported whereabouts, Bajor.
Elizabeth wearing a robe.
ELIZABETH: John? It's four in the morning. What are you doing? 
JOHN [sighs]: Oh, I couldn't sleep, so I thought I'd catch up on some work. 
(He turns off the screen.) 
He gets up and walks to the bedroom as she takes his arm.
ELIZABETH: Are you alright?
JOHN: Yeah, just tired I've got to head to Bajor tomorrow I was hoping to see the planet after the Dominion War and helping them recover from the Cardassian Occupation.
ELIZABETH [nods]: Alright.
They go back to bed.
JUMP CUT TO:
EXT. BAJORAN SECTOR, BAJOR ORBIT
The Intrepid enters orbit of the planet.
EXT. SURFACE, BAJOR - DAY
An establishing shot of Bajor as the planet has fully recovered from the occupation and has joined the Federation.
INT. BAR, BAJOR
Ro Laren sits at a bar drinking as John enters and sees her.
JOHN: Are you Ro Laren?
She turns to him.
RO: Yeah I am Ro Laren and you must be John Martin the prodigal son of both James and Maria Martin.
JOHN: Yeah, I am.
RO: What do you want?
He looks at her.
JOHN: We both served aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-E I was the Captain and you were my first officer and we were both friends.
RO [laughs]: Very funny I haven't set foot on a vessel named Enterprise since 2370 when I was ordered to be a spy for the Maquis because of my troubled history with Starfleet, and when the Maquis was slaughtered by the Cardassian-Dominion Alliance my team was arrested by Starfleet.
John paces about.
JOHN: Ro, you weren't arrested the Maquis survivors were paraded by Starfleet due to the losses we sustained you went on to have a very wonderful career and in 2380 you were posted to the Enterprise-E as my XO.
Ro drinks the whiskey.
RO: You tell whatever admiral or captain who sent you that I'm not interested in being another pawn in one of their games.
She leaves as John stands there.
[END OF ACT TWO, FADE OUT]
===Act 3===
FADE IN
EXT. BAJORAN SECTOR, BAJOR ORBIT
Intrepid is in orbit of Bajor.
INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM, U.S.S. INTREPID
John looks out at Bajor thinking with his eyes closed.
BRIDGE OFFICER [com voice]: Bridge to Martin you've got an incoming message from Starfleet Command
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Patch it to my ready room.
A few seconds later Admiral Strickler appears on the viewer.
CAPT. MARTIN: Admiral, what can I do for you?
ADM. STRICKLER [monitor]: Captain, you're at Bajor why?
CAPT. MARTIN: I went to look up an old friend. 
ADM. STRICKLER [monitor]: You have poor taste in friends. Ro Laren is a convicted traitor and a former Maquis. Now, what did you talk about with her?
CAPT. MARTIN: I tried to tell him what's happened. I wanted his help. 
ADM. STRICKLER [monitor]: Her help to run a shuttle simulation. Why?
CAPT. MARTIN: To figure out how I got here and how I can get back. There must be a temporal anomaly somewhere or. You think I'm a spy, don't you. You think I'm working for the Maquis. 
ADM. STRICKLER [monitor]: We're here to find the truth, Captain, whatever that might be
CAPT. MARTIN: I understand sir but what I am saying is the truth we never had a war with the Borg and the Enterprise wasn't destroyed in that war that we never had.
Then two security officers enter the ready room.
ADM. STRICKLER [monitor]: You've been relieved of Command you are confined to your quarters till the Intrepid returns to Earth
John is escorted from the ready room.
[END OF ACT THREE, FADE OUT]
===Act 4===
FADE IN
INT. DECK NINE CORRIDOR, U.S.S. INTREPID
John's being escorted by two guards but John fights the two guards and runs for it as one of the guards tries to stun him but the beam missed John and struck the corridor, John continues to run as red lights are flashing and klaxons blaring.
INT. MAIN BRIDGE, U.S.S. INTREPID
CMDR. CARED: Have force-fields on deck 9 sections 56-60 disengaged.
LT. S'CERIS: Aye, Commander.
Lieutenant S'Ceris works at the tactical console.
INT. DECK TEN CORRIDOR, U.S.S. INTREPID
John sees the two guards go by and he enters the shuttle bay and looks around the bay and sees the newly commissioned Yellowstone-class runabout he heads to the runabout.
INT. CANOPY, YELLOWSTONE
John sits at the pilot station and works at the console.
EXT. BAJORAN SECTOR, BAJOR ORBIT
The runabout exits the bay and comes about as Nebula-class frigate gives chase.
INT. CANOPY, YELLOWSTONE
John sits at the pilot station and works at the console.
STARFLEET CAPTAIN [com voice]: Attention runabout Yellowstone. Power down your engines or we will open fire
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Sorry, can't comply with that request I have a reality to get to.
John starts inputting commands into the helm station then a person wearing a Starfleet uniform appears.
COSIMO: Greetings Captain Martin.
John turns to face him.
CAPT. MARTIN: Who are you? 
COSIMO: We exist in what you would call a temporal inversion fold in the space-time matrix. It's not necessary to understand. It only matters that there was an accident. Your shuttle intersected one of our time streams, and boom! A few things were altered as the result of the accident. History and events were scrambled a bit, and you ended up here.
CAPT. MARTIN: Well, you've got to get me back. 
COSIMO: We don't know how. 
CAPT. MARTIN: What?
COSIMO: We only know that an accident occurred. We don't know how or why.
CAPT. MARTIN: Well, that's not good enough. There's got to be something we can do. Where is this time stream of yours? Maybe I can use it to get back. 
COSIMO: The time stream weaves through the galaxy like a thread. I could show you how to find it, and you could try to recreate the conditions that existed before the accident, and fly back into it, but there's no guarantee what will happen to you if you do. 
CAPT. MARTIN: What do you mean? 
COSIMO: Well, you may be able to change reality again, but there's no way to predict how it would change. You could end up at any point in the space-time continuum. You might return to your original reality, or you might find yourself a billion years in the future. Or at some time before sentient life even existed on your planet. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Ah, crap the Nebula-class vessel is on an intercept course with us.
COSIMO: Are you so sure? This is a pretty good place for you, John. You have a wonderful job with Starfleet, a beautiful woman who loves you your daughter Sarah loves you again. Why be so quick to turn your back on all this? Maybe this is your, er, fate. Isn't that the word your people use? That thing which was meant to be? Hmm? Seems to me you're actually a very lucky man.
CAPT. MARTIN: I know I am giving up a lot but this isn't my reality.
Cosimo helps him get to where he needs to go.
EXT. BAJORAN SECTOR, BAJOR ORBIT
The runabout turns to port as the Nebula-Class vessel still follows firing its phasers.
INT. CANOPY, YELLOWSTONE
John sits at the pilot station and works at the console.
RO: They're closing to five thousand kilometers.
WHUMPH!
CAPT. MARTIN: Deflectors down to seventy percent. Fifty percent!
RO: I thought you said this ship was new and improved?
CAPT. MARTIN: It is, but it looks like they haven't finished working on the defensive systems. In fact, some of the safety interlocks aren't even in place. A few more of those hits and I don't. 
(Bang!) 
CAPT. MARTIN: Deflectors are down, and we're losing antimatter containment. Attempting to stabilize the field. 
RO: We're approaching the coordinates of the time stream.
CAPT. MARTIN: All right. Let's recreate my shuttle accident. I think I was travelling at one hundred and forty thousand kph.
Ro works the navigational station.
RO: What else?
John thinks.
CAPT. MARTIN: You were over the com and said you were trying to beam me off the shuttle. That's it. I've got to beam off the ship.
She looks over at him.
RO: Are you crazy?
CAPT. MARTIN: We have to recreate all the conditions of the accident, including that one. We just lost antimatter containment. Twenty five seconds to core breach.
Ro works at the console.
RO: I've locked onto the time stream. Get on the transporter pad. 
CAPT. MARTIN: Not yet. The core is breaching. We've got to shut it down first.
RO: There's no time. That ship'll be here in another thirty seconds. 
CAPT. MARTIIN: In fifteen seconds this ship is going to explode. You'll be killed. 
RO: Look. If you're right, then things will be changed back to the way they're supposed to be, and you'll find me back on Enterprise. 
CAPT. MARTIN: And if I'm wrong, if this doesn't work, you'll be blown up right here. 
RO: Go! 
Ro pushes John onto the transporter pad and activates it.
EXT-SPACE
Yellowstone goes KaBOOM!
INT. CANOPY, SHUTTLE CRAFT DRAKE
CMDR. RO [com voice]: Enterprise to shuttlecraft Drake. Prepare for emergency transport. Captain, can you hear me? We're attempting to lock on to you. John?
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Martin here Enterprise.
CMDR. RO [com voice]: John, we need you to drop your deflectors
CAPT. MARTIN [to com]: Standby.
JUMP CUT TO:
INT. MAIN BRIDGE, U.S.S. ENTERPRISE
CAPT. MARTIN [com voice]: Deflectors down, Ro beam me out of here
CMDR. RO [to com]: You've got it beam him directly to the bridge.
Captain Martin materialized onto the bridge.
CMDR. RO: Welcome back Captain.
CAPT. MARTIN [smiles]: It's good to be back sorry about losing the shuttle Jamie set course for Starbase 157.
LT. KAYE: Aye, sir course set and laid in.
John looks over at Ro.
CAPT. MARTIN: I owe you one hit it.
Ro is confused.
EXT. SPACE
The Enterprise goes into an arc and her warp engines power up and jumps into warp as a burst of light is seen.
[END OF ACT FOUR, FADE OUT, ENDING CREDITS]
==Cast==
===Main Cast===
Character 	Actor(s) 	Rank 	Position
John Martin 	Jarvis Davidson 	Captain 	Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Ro Laren 	Felecia Linkous 	Commander 	Executive Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Jack Mason 	Kevin Regan 	Lieutenant 	Chief Tactical/Security Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Courtney James	Ferne Myers 	Lieutenant Commander	Chief Engineer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Peter Langford	Jacob Elliot 	Lieutenant Commander	Chief Medical Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Jamie Kaye 	Delena "Dee" Lusk	Lieutenant 	Chief Conn Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Sito Jaxa 	Sadie Waymire 	Lieutenant 	Chief Operations Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
T'Mir 	Becky Elliot 	Lieutenant Commander	Chief Science Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
===Guest Stars===
Character 	Actor(s)	Rank 	Position
Harris Payne 	TBA 	Lieutenant 	Assistance Chief Engineer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Kayla Mackenzie 	TBA 	Chief Petty Officer 	Transporter Chief, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Laurel Takahashi	TBA 	Lieutenant 	Assistance Chief Medical Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Peter Johnson 	TBA 	Lieutenant 	Security Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Ethan Novakovich	TBA 	Crewmen second class	Science division, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Elizabeth Cutler	TBA 	Crewmen first class 	entomologist, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Sean Hansen 	TBA 	Lieutenant Commander	Science Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Elisa Sheridan 	TBA 	Lieutenant 	Assistance Chief Science Officer, U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E
===Special Guest Stars===
Character 	Actor(s) 	Rank 	Position
Kyle Clarkson 	Jeremy Regan	Lieutenant Commander 	Starfleet Corp of Engineer Officer
Elizabeth Shelby	TBA 	Captain 	Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Excalibur NCC-26517-A
Thomas Strickler	TBA 	Admiral 	Starfleet Flag Officer
James Martin 	Michael King	Commodore 	Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Korolev NCC-1421
Maria Martin 	TBA 	Fleet Captain 	Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Century NCC-7859
Brianna Martin 	TBA 	Commander 	Executive Officer, U.S.S. Prometheus NCC-74913
Tina Martin 	Lieutenant 	Chief Helm Officer, U.S.S. Titan 	
Sarah Martin 	Commander 	Executive Officer, U.S.S. Voyager	
==Trivia Notes==
===Background Information===
*Inspired by Star Trek: The Next Generation Season four.