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STAR TREK: RENAISSANCE

"Shadows of a New Dawn"

Story by Dan Carlson and Rob Jelley & James Sampson

Teleplay by Rob Jelley & James Sampson

This teleplay is originally from www.startrekrenaissance.com "Star Trek" and related names are registered trademarks of Paramount Pictures, Inc. This original work of fiction is written solely for non-profit purposes. Copyright 2002 by The Renaissance Group All rights reserved

RENAISSANCE: "Shadows of a New Dawn" - TEASER 1.

TEASER

FADE IN:

EXT. SPACE

We see nothing, only the glow of hundreds of stars, billionsmore which we cannot see. The camera basks at this amazingsight for a LONG BEAT before slowly spiraling around to seea Federation Starbase. There is no activity around thestarbase, all is peaceful and well, and we can see peoplewalking past the windows every so often.

CROSS (V.O.)Space... the final frontier... avast void, filled with nothing butdust, until one moment during anendless eternity, two atomscollided... and made life. All ofus, living now, and at any point intime, in all of the different cornersof the universe, were created fromdust... Over time, primitive lifebegan to develop... and the peoplegradually realized how their universewas born... but still didn't see thesignificance of it... all of usbrothers, all of us sisters... yetthe fight for the dust goes on...

As we listen to Cross's monologue, we see a Klingon shipdecloak and approach the starbase, before another decloaks,and another and another until we can begin to see an attackformation developing and heading towards the starbase.

At this point music should gradually begin to build behindCross's speech, that will have reached the usual volume bythe time it ends, muting out any sounds or voices which wehear. We can not hear anything, not even weapons firing...

At this point the lead Klingon ship begins to open fire onthe starbase, followed by another ship and another until thefleet of ships has split into four separate waves andsurrounded the starbase, all ready to fire or firing.

INT. STARBASE -- COMMAND CENTER

The nerve center of the starbase is shaken by weapons fireas we see the familiar turbolift doors swish open, giving usa quick glance at the rider...

INT. STARBASE -- TURBOLIFT

Looking out at the command center from the inside of thelift, as the occupier steps outside and looks out at thehive of activity going on around him.


EXT. SPACE

The Klingon ships continue with their attack, but the starbaseseems to be ready to bite back, with shields now raised,deflecting some of the weapons which are being aimed at it.The starbase finally fires some of its own weapons, the firsttorpedoes and phasers taking some Klingon ships with them asthey disperse into space.


The camera swings around to reveal the face of ADMIRALPORTMAN, barking orders at his crew as he attempts to savehis starbase and his crew from impending doom. The oddsaren't good... a fleet of Klingon ships against onestarbase...

EXT. SPACE

Some of the Klingon ships veer down, heading towards thelower part of the starbase, and begin firing, the shieldsflicker as they absorb the energy from the weapons beingfired, but shields are no match for the amount of ships firingweapons at it, and they gradually seem to slowly fade, beforegoing out of existence all together. The Klingon shipscontinue to fire, regardless.

INT. STARBASE -- CORRIDOR

Giant windows grace the side of the corridor, where we seetwo Klingon ships gradually come into view. A female Starfleetofficer walks by, before realizing what she is seeing andbeginning to run for her life as the Klingons begin to fire.The shields don't last long and the entire section is engulfedin flames before being blown out into space... leaving uswith no clue to the fate of the officer...


Red alert lights flash and the crew are sweating. Portmancontinues to shout orders as the command center shakesvigorously. Portman looks down at a console, studying somereadings, and looks confused...

EXT. SPACE

We see the Klingons attacking more of the lower sections andmore of them being blown out into space as they continuewith their attacks. This is an attack unlike anything wehave ever seen before, though the starbase has powerfulweapons, it is quite simply outnumbered and outgunned, nothaving any support craft in orbit. The attack is purelydevastating.


INT. STARBASE -- CREW QUARTERS

A man pulls on his Starfleet uniform before racing out ofhis quarters as a woman joins him, coming out of the door. They embrace and kiss, before quickly running out and intothe corridor...

INT. STARBASE -- CORRIDOR

Sparks fly and a huge explosion rocks the deck and the twoshake, the man falling to the ground. He pulls himself upjust as he looks behind him to see a huge fireball headingtowards them...


The deck shakes with seemingly the most devastating explosionyet and Portman seems to shout some familiar words... "ABANDONSHIP" before heading towards another console as the rest ofthe crew file into turbolifts and emergency stairwells.

EXT. SPACE

The Klingons come around for another attack, with two of theships veering off from the rest...


Only Portman and two others are left, and they tap theirconsoles, performing the final weapon and damage controlsettings before racing for the turbolift...

EXT. SPACE

Escape pods fly away from the starbase's hull and into thedebris field where wreckage from the starbase and destroyedKlingon ships rest, but the Klingons aren't coming aroundfor another attack as we first thought... but retreating...


Portman hurries past a huge observation port on his way tothe turbolift, and as he looks out his eyes widen with shock. The two officers behind him shout for him, but Portman ismotionless, and doesn't say anything... and the two officersfinally seeing what he is seeing, and let out one last shout,before closing the doors and abandoning their commandingofficer...

We finally see what Portman is seeing... two Klingon warshipsheading towards the starbase, gathering speed as they headtowards us...

ANGLE ON PORTMAN

Standing in front of the window with a dumbfounded look onhis face, before we cut back to the window with the ships


appearing almost touchable, with the image of Portmanreflecting in the window.

EXT. SPACE

The Klingon ships hit their target and there is a hugeexplosion, sending out a SHOCKWAVE which knocks all of theescape pods off course, vaporizing most of them as it hitsthem. Suddenly there is another, even bigger explosion as ahuge FLASH of white light fills the screen, and from thiswe...

SMASH CUT TO BLACK.

END OF TEASER

ACT ONE

FADE IN:

INT. READY ROOM

CROSS is sitting at his desk, staring at a PADD. ELRIS isstanding opposite him, hands clasped tightly behind her back,looking straight at him. He looks pale, before looking upat her.

CROSS(weakly)

I... I don't know what to say.

ELRISI'm sorry, Neil. But I've made upmy mind.

CROSSYou didn't think of consulting mefirst?

ELRISThere was nothing to consult youabout. This is my decision. Minealone.

Cross stands up, and walks around the desk towards her.

CROSSBut it affects us both, obviously.

(beat)I thought things were better betweenus now... I thought we'd made somuch progress over this last year...

ELRISI know you do, but for me, nothing'schanged.

He nods.

CROSSEven though it has for me?

ELRISIt looks that way. I can't keep onpretending that everything we'vebeen through warrants still beingyour wife. I think that this lastyear's proved that.

CROSSAnd what makes you think this nextyear's going to be any different?

(MORE)

RENAISSANCE: "Shadows of a New Dawn" - ACT ONE 6.

CROSS (CONT'D)Do you think a divorce will changethings between us?

ELRISBecause I've been thinking aboutleaving the Enterprise.

CROSSLeaving?

ELRISI've been in touch with one of myfriends at the research base on Bajor. A new post's opened up... I'm thinkingof applying for it.

CROSSOh.

There's a long beat.

ELRISI don't know what to say to you,Neil... it's...

CROSS(interrupts)

I understand.

ELRISYou do?

CROSSI understand that you're doing thisout of spite and that you're doingthis because you never have wantedto be here. This is the easy wayout for you -- you get rid of me andthe Enterprise all in one fell swoop.

ELRISThat's not it at all! I've madefriends here... I've made a life formyself and I've tried more then Iever thought I could. I've had justabout as much as I can take of you,and I've had my fair share ofexperiences out here on the frontieras well. I'm ready to move on.

CROSS(shouts)

Then move the hell on out of my readyroom.

Elris turns to leave, but Cross stops her.


CROSS (CONT'D)(calmer)

I'm sorry... it's difficult to accept.

ELRISI realize that... I know it willtake time.

CROSSGood.

Cross looks at Elris, from the look we can tell that he isstill in love with her... and Elris realizes this too, andlooks away uncomfortably.

ELRISI'm going to get going.

Cross is about to say something when the comm CHIRPS.

GREY'S COMM VOICEGrey to Captain Cross. Sir, it'stime.

Cross flinches -- he does not need this now. He sighs.

CROSSAll right, I'll be right there. Cross out.

He looks at Elris again.

CROSS (CONT'D)I need time.

She nods.

CUT TO:

INT. ENGINEERING

There is a large crowd gathered in from of the warp core. There is a banner slung overhead with the words: "Open forBusiness Again." Amongst the crowd are BOYLE, KINNAN, Y'LAN,TALORA, DOJAR and QUINLAN. There is a raised dais in frontof the warp core. Everyone is talking excitedly. GREYenters.

GREYHe's on his way. He sounded a bit...preoccupied.

BOYLEHe's always preoccupied.

A door opens, and Cross enters. The floor murmurs as hesteps up to the dais.


CROSSSorry I'm a couple of minutes late.

He presses on a PADD and begins to read. As he reads thefollowing speech, we see the various expressions of the peoplelistening to him.

CROSS (CONT'D)It has been almost a year now sinceI joined the Enterprise, a year ofchange and growth, a year of discoveryand adventure, a year of highs and ayear of lows. We have seen manyamazing sights, met many wonderfulpeople. We've given hope where beforethere was none, inspiration wherebefore there was only despair, andjoy where before there was onlymisery. But we have also encounteredmany problems, people and races whodo not share our quest forenlightenment. When the Q'tamiattacked us nearly seven weeks ago,the roof caved in, both literallyand metaphorically. We didn't knowwhich way to turn, why this hadhappened to us, why we had beenviolated in this way. But now, wehave come back, stronger than before,with our eyes opened to the perilsthat are before us, but with also anew optimism that whatever the futurecan throw at us, we are ready toface it. I was told that it wouldbe at least two and a half monthsbefore the Enterprise would be fullyfit again but now, in a feat thatthrough the ages Enterprise engineershave become renowned for, a miraclehas been worked, and we stand here,just seven weeks afterwards, and canofficially declare the Enterprisefully fit again... Lieutenant?

Grey steps forward with a piece of engineering equipment. He bends down to a floorplate.

GREYThe last stembolt to be fixed...

He presses the piece of equipment into the floor panel andthere is a click.

GREY (CONT'D)I do now declare the Enterprise openonce again.


Everyone bursts into a round of applause.

CROSSSo many thanks to everyone who hasworked so hard over the past fewweeks, often extra shifts and intheir spare time. The ship has neverlooked better.

The crowd murmur their appreciation. Grey whispers somethingto Cross.

CROSS (CONT'D)Oh yes, and this is a doublecelebration. As you know, at theend of the week Lieutenant Kinnan isleaving us, to take up his new postas Chief Engineer on the Leviathan.

More applause.

CROSS (CONT'D)Obviously, we wish him well on hisnew ship. We'll all miss you.

Both Boyle and Grey grin at Kinnan.

CROSS (CONT'D)However, his leaving creates a gapin the command structure inengineering. Now Lieutenant Grey isan exemplary engineer, but no man isan island, and we needed to findsomeone who had the necessaryexpertise to support him, and...

(smiling affectionately)...the necessary patience to workalongside him. We think we havefound that officer.

(dramatic pause)Please step forward, Lieutenant Boyle.

Boyle looks shocked.

BOYLEMe?

CROSSI don't see any other LieutenantBoyle around here, do you?

She smiles and walks forward.

CROSS (CONT'D)Now Lieutenant Grey has always beentelling us what a good officer you

(MORE)


CROSS (CONT'D)are, but it was only recently, whenwe've seen all your efforts aroundthe ship in the repairs, that therest of us have come to appreciateit. I don't think I could turn aroundamongst the repair crews withoutfinding you in the middle of them,directing operations and gettingyour hands dirty. I think the restof you here would agree too...

A small ripple of applause.

CROSS (CONT'D)So, it gives me great pleasure toaward you this.

He steps forward to her, and fixes another RANK PIP to hercollar and smiles.

CROSS (CONT'D)Congratulations.

Another round of applause.

Boyle steps up to the podium, smiling.

BOYLEErm, I don't know what to say. Ihope this promotion is not justbecause I'm sleeping with the boss.

Appreciative laughter. Grey goes noticeably red.

BOYLE (CONT'D)Awww, look, I've embarrassed him. But, seriously, I'm sure Erik wouldnot mind if I pointed out the debtof gratitude we all have to RobKinnan. I may have been there tellingeveryone what to do and where to go,but without his know-how, I don'tthink we'd have finished anywherenear as early. Rob, this ship isgoing to miss you.

More applause.

QUINLAN(whispering to Talora)

I'm getting tired of applauding. When is someone going to say howgreat I am?

Talora looks at her disapprovingly as Boyle steps down.


CROSSCeremony's over, the party's justgetting started. See you all in TenForward.

They all start to file out. Grey chats to Kinnan.

GREYI bet the Leviathian isn't half theship ours is.

KINNANI won't mind as long as it has onlyhalf the excitement this one does.

They laugh as they head out.

CUT TO:

EXT. SPACE

A massed field of DEBRIS litters the foreground. In thebackground, we see a starship approaching. It is theLEVIATHAN.

LEVIATHAN'S OPS OFFICER (V.O.)We're still getting nothing, Captain.

INT. LEVIATHAN -- BRIDGE

It looks practically identical to the Enterprise bridge,except that it has practically no familiar faces on it atall. In the hot seat is CAPTAIN JOEL. She looks grim.

JOELKeep trying, Ensign.

LEVIATHAN'S OPS OFFICER(in background)

Leviathan to any escape pods. Doyou copy?

(continues inbackground)

She shakes her head as ADMIRAL DELFUNE enters from aturbolift.

DELFUNEAnything?

JOELNo. No life signs at all. We'vescanned every inch of the wreckage.

Delfune nods.


DELFUNEIt looks like we've lost them.

JOELThey could have been taken hostage?

DELFUNEAny attackers causing damage likethis won't be very interested inhostages, Captain.

(beat)Any clue on who did this?

JOELSeveral large pieces of debris donot correspond with Starfleet design.

She leads the Admiral over to OPS and points out somethingon a panel.

JOEL (CONT'D)There is a cluster here that couldbe the remains of a ship. Lookslike maybe they were able to takeout one with them.

DELFUNECan we bring it aboard?

JOELWe're not detecting any contaminants.

DELFUNEGood, do so. The sooner we find outwho we're dealing with, the better.

CUT TO:

INT. TEN FORWARD

There is a party atmosphere in the room. The center hasbeen cleared of all chairs and an impromptu dance floor laid,complete with spinning mirror ball overhead. HAL, the Saurianbartender, is behind the bar as usual; Quinlan, Cross, Taloraand Y'lan sit at one table; Grey, Boyle, Kinnan and theirengineering friends at another; Dojar and some others are ata third. Cross is looking distracted, while Quinlan makinginroads into the table's bottle.

QUINLANThank the lord for celebrations. It's the only time Hal breaks openanything other than the synthehol.

The rest exchange glances between themselves.


Y'LANCaptain, I am uncertain as to thepurpose of this gathering.

CROSSIt's a celebration, Y'lan.

Y'LANWhat does it achieve?

CROSSIt makes people happy. We are pleasedthat the Enterprise is repaired, andwe are pleased our friends are makingprogress in their careers, and wewant to share their happiness withthem.

Y'LANHappiness?

CROSSYes, Y'lan.

Y'LANAre you happy, Captain?

Cross looks at him for a moment.

CROSSI am happy for my friends.

Y'LANYour bioreadings do not match otherpeople's here.

CROSSAre you sure you checked everyone?

Y'LANNo.

CROSSWhy don't you do that then?

Y'LANCaptain.

He moves off, Cross and Talora looking at each other. FOLLOWY'LAN as he moves over to Grey's table. Grey is tappingaway at a PADD while everyone else is listening to Kinnantelling a story.

KINNANAnd then the bloody conduit explodes,sparks flying everywhere, the whole

(MORE)


KINNAN (CONT'D)thing's a complete mess, and Erikhere is sitting in the middle of itlooking utterly perplexed.

Everyone is laughing. They all look up at Y'lan.

BOYLEHey, Y'lan, what can we do for you?

Y'LANAre you happy?

BOYLEWe are.

Y'LANIs Lieutenant Grey?

BOYLEI dunno. Hey, Erik, what are youdoing?

GREYJust a minute...

BOYLEJust a minute, my ass. Give it here.

She snatches the PADD away from him.

GREYHey!

Boyle reads the PADD.

BOYLEWhat is this?

GREYIt's... a poem. I just had the ideafor it.

BOYLEWhat's it about?

GREYIt's not finished yet.

KINNANOh come on, Erik, let's hear it. Ididn't know you were a poet.

Everyone else murmurs agreement.

GREYAll right.


He stands up.

GREY (CONT'D)(awkwardly)

Oh, Boyle,You light up my life,But just like a stembolt,You deliver me strife.Sometimes you are efficient,Sometimes you aren't,But just like a stembolt,You are a part of my heart.I will always love you,Wherever you may roam,Whether it be in my toolkitOr helping to power my home.So, Boyle, you see,I will always love you,Just as I hope that you,Will always love me.

The others STARE at him for a long beat.

BOYLEI don't know what to say.

KINNANStick to Engineering, Erik.

GREYIt's meant to be funny.

KINNANIs it meant to rhyme as well?

Grey slumps in his seat, as a new dance number starts up.Kinnan stands up.

KINNAN (CONT'D)(to Grey, re: Boyle)

You don't mind if I have this dance,do you? The old assistant chiefwith the new?

Grey waves them away.

GREYGo ahead.

Kinnan and Boyle join the dance floor.


GREY (CONT'D)(mutters)

Good riddance. The Leviathan'swelcome to you.

CUT TO:

EXT. SPACE

The Leviathan holds in space at the edge of the starbase'sdebris field.

INT. LEVIATHAN -- SCIENCE LAB

Joel, Delfune and a LEVIATHAN SCIENCE OFFICER are looking ata large green piece of sheet metal with an insignia on it ina forcefield.

JOELThere's no doubt where that's from.

DELFUNEThe Klingons.

(urgently)We need to get back to the Starbase,now.

JOEL(taps comm badge)

Helm, lay in a course to Starbase232 and engage.

LEVIATHAN HELM OFFICER'S COMM VOICEAye sir.

JOELWhat do you think this means?

DELFUNE(shaking her head)

I don't know, Captain, I don't know.

She snaps out of her reverie.

DELFUNE (CONT'D)I need to go and make a call. Informme when we reach the starbase.

JOELAye, sir.

CUT TO:

INT. TEN FORWARD

As before. Cross, Talora, and Quinlan are watching Kinnanand Boyle dance.


QUINLANHey, where's Lea?

CROSSI don't think she was in a partymood.

QUINLANThat's a shame, you could have dancedwith her, eh?

She nudges Cross and wiggles her eyebrows. It's evidentshe's had a bit to drink. Cross ignores this as his commbadge chirrups.

SUKOTHAI'S COMM VOICECaptain, we're receiving a PriorityOne message from the Leviathan. It's Admiral Delfune.

Cross and Talora exchange glances.

CROSSUnderstood. I'll take it in my readyroom.

He gets up and walks out of the room. Quinlan looks atTalora.

QUINLANSo Talora, you fancy a dance?

TALORAI doubt you would remember the steps.

QUINLANYou're no fun. I'm going to findLea.

She gets up, rather unsteadily, then sits down again.

QUINLAN (CONT'D)Maybe I'll just comm her.

(taps comm badge)Quinlan to Elris. Quinlan to Elris.

No answer.

QUINLAN (CONT'D)Computer, locate Doctor Elris.

COMPUTER VOICEDoctor Elris is in Sickbay.


QUINLANThat's funny. Oh well, maybe she'sdealing with a patient.

CUT TO:

INT. SICKBAY OFFICE

It is late, the lights are dim. Elris is sitting at herdesk -- it is evident she has been crying. We see her commbadge lies on a corner of her desk. She is looking at aPADD, at what though we cannot see. ATKINSON pops his headin.

ATKINSONI'm going off shift now, Doctor.

ELRIS(assembles her face)

All right, goodnight.

ATKINSONYou okay?

He circles round to her, so that he can see what's on herPADD. She hastily presses some buttons on it.

ELRISYeah, just on the news net, gettingsome new journals.

She smiles at him weakly.

ATKINSONOkay, see you tomorrow.

He goes out. She turns back to her PADD, but just as she isabout to change it, her face reacts.

ELRISBy the Prophets...

We see what she is looking at. On the PADD it has a story:"LATE BREAKING NEWS: STARBASE 23 REPORTED DESTROYED."

ELRIS (CONT'D)Computer, where is Captain Cross?

COMPUTER VOICECaptain Cross is in his ready room.


Elris gets up and hurries out.

CUT TO:

INT. BRIDGE

The night shift, including Sukothai in the captain's chair,is there. Elris rushes in from the turbolift.

ELRISSukothai, is Neil in there?

She nods, as Cross comes out, looking deathly pale. He looksat Elris, but doesn't see her. When he speaks, his voice isweak and strained.

CROSSSukothai, open a ship wide channel.

SUKOTHAICaptain?

CROSS(tersely)

Just do it.

Sukothai nods and indicates she has done so. Cross slumpsin Talora's chair.

CROSS (CONT'D)This is Captain Cross. I have justreceived word from Admiral Delfune. This morning, a little after oh ninehundred hours, Starbase 23 wasattacked by assailants as yet unknown. All...

His voice nearly breaks, as a single tear begins to dropfrom his eye.

CROSS (CONT'D)All hands were lost.

He finally looks at Elris, almost imploring her to make itso it isn't so.

CROSS (CONT'D)Admiral Portman is dead.

As Elris covers her mouth in shock too and Cross fights backthe tears, we...

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT ONE

RENAISSANCE: "Shadows of a New Dawn" - ACT TWO 20.

ACT TWO

FADE IN:

EXT. SPACE

The ENTERPRISE approaches a starbase (different from Starbase23) -- the LEVIATHAN is already parked in orbit.

CROSS (V.O.)(flat monotone)

Captain's Log, Stardate 78981.2. The Enterprise has arrived at starbase290 as scheduled, where an emergencymeeting has been convened to discussthe Klingon attack yesterday morning.

INT. STARBASE -- BRIEFING ROOM

Present are Cross, Joel, and Delfune. On a wall monitor areADMIRAL THEL (from "Unusual Circumstances") and ADMIRAL CHIANG(from "The Call of Duty"), a couple of FEDERATION AMBASSADORSand COUNCILMEN, and PRESIDENT DRELL (from "Pandora's LastGift"), as well as the Klingon MOLAR (from "ChangingSymphony").

MOLARThe Reformists have been gettingmore desperate over the past fewmonths. We've been able to trackand eliminate a number of their bases. They're losing resources fast.

JOELWhy attack us though?

DELFUNEAttention. We're an easier targetand as supporters of the Imperialistgovernment...

DRELLI wasn't aware we had formerlydeclared ourselves supporters of theImperialists.

DELFUNEIn deed if not in word, PresidentDrell.

JOELDeclaring war on us is a bit morethan just attention seeking, surely?

DELFUNEWho knows what goes on in the mindsof Klingons.

(MORE)


DELFUNE (CONT'D)(nod to Molar)

Present company excepted, of course.

THELSo what do we do?

CROSSWe retaliate.

He hasn't spoken before, and some have forgotten he's there. They all turn round and look at him.

CROSS (CONT'D)Do unto others what they do untoyou.

DELFUNEI agree. And fast. If we don't,we're giving them a charter to do itagain. We have to hit them, and hitthem hard.

JOELCaptain Molar, what kind of defensesdo their bases have?

MOLARIt varies. Usually between five andten Negh'var class ships, maybe aNapoch or two as well.

CHIANGThe Thunderbird is at your disposal,Admiral.

DELFUNEThank you, Admrial. This should bea display of force, so we'll call inthe Scimitars, too.

CHIANGAdmiral, that seems a bit excessive.

DELFUNEWe have to get our message across,or do I have to remind you that itis because of them Henry Portman'sbody is drifting in space?

Cross winces at this, and Delfune notices.

CHIANGWe'll have to find them first.

JOELI think we have a lead.


She stands up and walks over to a wall console and taps atit. A starchart comes up.

JOEL (CONT'D)We've been able to trace residualwarp signatures leaving the site. They all headed in the same direction,and based on them, we were able toproject their destination.

A number of dotted lines span out over the starchart. Onegoes through a patch of light.

JOEL (CONT'D)Best guess is they went into thatnebula.

Cross reacts when he sees it.

CROSSWhich nebula is it?

JOELIt's...

SMASH CUT TO:

INT. Y'LAN'S SCIENCE LAB

Y'lan is at his science table, placidly, as Cross is standingat him looking very angry.

CROSS(shouting)

...the Coular Nebula! Did you knowthey were there, Y'lan? Did you?

Y'LANCaptain, I had just come out ofstasis. I was not certain where Iwas, let alone know where anybodyelse was.

CROSSY'lan, I have neither the time northe inclination to play these gameswith you today. Did you know theReformists were in the nebula?

Y'LANThere were no Klingons present whenyou rescued me.

Cross looks at him doubtfully. There is a beat.


Y'LAN (CONT'D)However, the Hegemony had amassedevidence suggesting that they hadbeen there in your past.

CROSSWas the base still operational?

Y'LANI believe so.

CROSSYou knew they were there, all thistime? People have died because ofthis, Y'lan, does that mean anythingto you?

Y'LANThey would have died anyway. Thispreoccupation with your mortality isfascinating...

CROSSYou are a member of this crew, andyou knew they were a threat.

Y'LANYes, Captain, but I was uncertain towhat exactly that threat would entail. I thought it would be intriguing tosee. You must remember Captain,although I am a member of this crewour priorities are rarely the same. I am studying your culture, nothingmore.

Cross swallows deeply.

CROSSAre they there now?

Y'lan says nothing.

CROSS (CONT'D)(fuming)

Answer me, dammit, or I'll have youthrown out of the nearest airlock.

Y'LANThey are still there.

CROSSWere they responsible for the attack?

Y'LANThere is a considerable amount ofevidence pointing to that conclusion.


Cross closes his eyes, mentally counting to ten.

CROSSY'lan, when we get back I am goingto have to think long and hard aboutwhether I want you on my ship anymore. Until then, you are confinedto quarters.

Y'LANCaptain, I...

But Cross has already walked out.

CUT TO:

EXT. SPACE

Establishing shot of Starbase 290. The Enterprise andLeviathan are joined by the THUNDERBIRD, which docks by them.

CROSS (V.O.)Captain's Log, supplemental. Withthe arrival of Admiral Chiang'sThunderbird, our strike force isbuilding. We expect the final threeships to be here within the day, andour battle plans are nearingcompletion.

INT. READY ROOM

Cross is sitting working at his PADD when the door chimesgoes.

CROSSCome.

Quinlan enters.

QUINLANYou wanted to see me?

CROSSYes.

Quinlan sits.

CROSS (CONT'D)I don't believe I told you to sit.

QUINLANSorry, sir.

She quickly stands again. Cross taps at a PADD.


CROSSI have here personnel reports. Wekeep a constant track on every singlecrewman on this ship, as you wellknow. Do you know who has morestrikes against her name than anyoneelse?

QUINLANTalora?

Cross is not in the mood. He begins to read.

CROSSStardate 78658.0. Lieutenant Quinlanlate for shift. On arrival, heruniform was unclean and her appearanceless than desirable. Stardate78729.4. Lieutenant Quinlan latefor shift. Spent the first hourshielding her eyes and complainingabout non-existent noise. Stardate78843.9. Lieutenant Quinlan failsto turn up for her shift. Whencontacted, says she has a headachethe size of Vulcan and "would everyonejust leave her in peace and justfu..."

QUINLAN(interrupting)

It had been a long night, Captain,and I did apologize.

CROSSYou have a problem.

QUINLANNo, I don't.

CROSSQuinlan, I saw you at the party lastnight. There were four bottles onour table. Three of them were yours.

QUINLANI enjoy a drink, Captain.

CROSSIt's unacceptable for the Enterpriseconn officer to behave like this.

QUINLANFine, what do you want me to do, goto the counselor or something?


CROSS(coldly)

I don't care whether you go to acounselor or not, I just need toknow you're going to be fit for combattomorrow. I don't want a drunk onmy bridge.

This lack of compassion shocks Quinlan. She's piqued by it.

QUINLAN(equally coldly)

I'll be fine.

The comm chirps.

JOEL'S COMM VOICEJoel to Cross, please come to thebriefing room.

CROSSOn my way.

(to Quinlan as hestands up)

We leave at oh six hundred, you willreport to Sickbay at oh five hundredfor a blood test. Dismissed.

QUINLANThanks for the concern.

CROSSDismissed, crewman.

Quinlan turns and without another word leaves the room.

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INT. STARBASE -- BRIEFING ROOM

Cross, Joel, Delfune, and Chiang are looking at a table witha big battle schematic on it.

CROSSY'lan has been monitoring theircommunications, their base is on thenorthern continent of the planet. They also have that old Klingon spystation up and running again.

DELFUNEWhy didn't you destroy that when youhad the chance?

CROSSRight now, I wish we had.


CHIANGThe slipstream should prevent themfrom picking up our approach untilit's too late.

DELFUNEAre you sure you can trust this

(spits the word out)Q'tami's word?

CROSSI believe so.

DELFUNEBasing our entire battle plan on itsword though...

CROSSAdmiral, believe me when I say thisattack's success is the most importantthing to me. I wouldn't risk it foranything. Anything.

Delfune pauses for a moment, considering.

DELFUNEThen we're ready.

They all look at each other grimly.

CUT TO:

EXT. SPACE

The Enterprise docked at the starbase as the camera movesaround it.

INT. SICKBAY OFFICE

Elris is seated at her desk. She doesn't look happy and hasa tired, pained, guilt driven expression on her face. She'sdeep in thought and doesn't hear the doors open, or thefootstep of feet approaching, or even the figure walkingpast the glass.

By the time she notices someone is at her door and who it isit's too late as:

CROSSWas it something I did, said?

Elris slowly shakes her head, and thinks of a response.

ELRISThis isn't anything personal.

She flinches at her choice of words.


CROSS(laughs bitterly)

Of course it is!

ELRISYou know what I mean!

CROSSNo...

(beat)I don't

A long beat.

ELRISI mean that you haven't done anythingwrong. To provoke my actions. I'vejust reached a time in my life whereI feel that I'm ready to...

Cross interrupts, finishing Elris's sentence for her.

CROSSMove on? Yeah, you've mentionedthat.

ELRISIt's not your fault.

CROSSIf it's not then why are you goingthrough with this? Why not get thedivorce if the time comes that youreally need it?

ELRISNot if. When, Neil. And the timeis now.

Cross is obviously put back by this and there is a beat.

CROSSI see.

There is a long pause.

CROSS (CONT'D)I hope that we can still be friends.

ELRISWe've already tried that...

(beat, then slowly)...and I've already told you thatI've seriously been considering aboutleaving the Enterprise.

Cross remains silent.


ELRIS (CONT'D)We've tried being friends for nearlya year now, and...

(shakes head)We can't. We're either fighting orstuck in a place where neither of uscan control our feelings for eachother...

CROSS(interrupts)

So you admit that you still havefeelings for me?

A beat.

ELRISYes.

(shakes head)No... I mean no. Not in the way youmean.

(beat)We had something, Neil, we hadsomething very special. I lovedyou. But now... it's different. Wecan't live in the past anymore. It's over.

Cross throws her the PADD.

CROSSObviously.

ELRISI'm going to go to my quarters --get some rest for tomorrow.

CROSSIt's your fault, you know.

Elris chooses to ignore him and exits. Cross continues tostand where he is.

CROSS (CONT'D)It wouldn't be like this if Danielwere still alive... if you hadn'tbrought that bloody alien into ourbusiness!

(beat)It wouldn't be like this if Henrywere still alive.

He feels his way down into Elris's chair, falls back andlooks at a photo that Elris has been looking at. It's ofhim, Elris and Portman together all smiling.


A sharp contrast to the Neil Cross and Elris Lea we now see,as a tear rolls down Cross's cheek...

CUT TO:

INT. TURBOLIFT

And as Elris enters the turbolift, alone as a single tearrolls down the side of her face also: It's finally over.

CUT TO:

EXT. SPACE

The star that gives out the light in the system that theStarbase and the Enterprise are in goes behind the Starbase,creating a silhouette of both the Enterprise and the Starbase.

INT. CORRIDOR

Quinlan stomps along it, and hits a door chime. Elris opensit.

QUINLANThat captain of yours has somenerve...

She breaks off, as she sees Elris is in floods of tears.

QUINLAN (CONT'D)Hey, what's going on?

Elris beckons her in.

INT. ELRIS'S QUARTERS -- CONTINUOUS

They are only dimly lit. A few loose tissues are strewnaround the room. Quinlan and Elris walk over to the sofa.

ELRISI feel so bad.

QUINLANAbout Portman?

ELRIS(shakes her head)

Yes, but not just that. Last night,before we knew what had happened, Igave Neil divorce papers.

QUINLANOh...


ELRISAnd now all this has happened, Ifeel terrible that I've done this tohim. He didn't need that on top ofwhat's happened.

Quinlan cuddles her as she starts crying again.

QUINLANHey, come on, the Captain's a strongguy, he'll be all right. You weren'tto know about this.

ELRISI'm... worried about him, and hismood. He's emotional, he reactswith his heart, not his head. I'mworried about what he's going to do.

QUINLANI'm sure if he does anything too badTalora will soon let him know. Comeon, it's going to be all right. Everything will work out...

Elris continues to cry over Quinlan's shoulder, and fromQuinlan's reaction we can see she is more worried than she'stelling her. From this we...

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT TWO

RENAISSANCE: "Shadows of a New Dawn" - ACT THREE 32.

ACT THREE

FADE IN:

EXT. SPACE

The armada is now complete: all six ships. There is a silenceas we look at the ships.

INT. TALORA'S QUARTERS

The lights are dim. TALORA is asleep in her bed.

COMPUTER VOICEThe time is oh five hundred hours.

Talora stirs, and rubs her eyes.

TALORAAcknowledged, computer.

She leans to her bedside table and taps her commbadge.

TALORA (CONT'D)Talora to all senior staff. Lastminute briefing in fifteen minutes.

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INT. GREY'S QUARTERS

Grey is sitting on the edge of the bed, hair ruffled,obviously having just woken up. He peers blearily eyedaround.

GREYSarah? Sarah, where are you?

Reaches for his commbadge.

GREY (CONT'D)Grey to Boyle. Where are you?

BOYLE'S COMM VOICE(too sounding a littlebleary)

Erik. I wanted to get an earlymorning workout before we launch,get me warmed up.

GREYYou at the gym?

BOYLE'S COMM VOICEYeah.


GREYAll right. Meet me in Engineeringin fifteen.

BOYLE'S COMM VOICEOkay. Boyle out.

CUT TO:

INT. KINNAN'S QUARTERS

We see that Kinnan is, in fact, lying next to Boyle in bed,covers discreetly over them. Boyle grins at him.

BOYLEI'm going to miss you.

KINNANYou know what they say. "All goodthings must come to an end." Besides,there are plenty of other fish inthe sea.

BOYLEThat's true.

She leans over and kisses him lightly on the cheek.

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INT. SICKBAY

Atkinson and AGOLIVE, as well as some nurses, are bustlingabout as Elris enters, still pulling on her uniform.

ATKINSONDoctor.

ELRISAre we all set?

AGOLIVEWe are. How many casualties are welikely to take?

ELRIS(jokingly)

What am I? Psychic?

ATKINSONAre we taking Klingon wounded?

Beat.


ELRISNo.

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INT. CORRIDOR

Quinlan walks along it, looking pale but determined. Sheruns into Y'LAN, who is being flanked by a SECURITY OFFICER.

QUINLANHeading my way, Y'lan?

Y'LANIt appears so.

They walk together.

Y'LAN (CONT'D)Your blood pressure levels are high.

QUINLANI didn't sleep very well. Bittwitchy.

Y'LANI see.

Quinlan gives him a weak smile.

QUINLANIt'll be fine.

They enter a turbolift.

QUINLAN (CONT'D)(to computer)

Bridge.

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INT. BRIEFING ROOM

Talora, Grey, and Dojar are present as Quinlan and Y'lanwalk in. They all hold PADDs and Talora is talking.

TALORAWe estimate minimal resistance asthey shouldn't know we are cominguntil we drop out of slipstream. Bywhich time it'll be too late. Y'lanhas supplied us with what kind ofvessels they are most likely to have.

DOJARMost likely?

(MORE)


DOJAR (CONT'D)Can't you tell us exactly? Haven'tyou been monitoring them?

Y'LANNot constantly.

TALORAWe all know what we're doing?

They nod.

TALORA (CONT'D)Admiral Delfune will lead the attackfrom the Leviathan...

A comm chirps.

JOEL'S COMM VOICEJoel to Enterprise. What is yourstatus?

TALORAWe are just waiting for the captain.

JOEL'S COMM VOICEWhere is he?

TALORAHe's... on his way.

JOEL'S COMM VOICEUnderstood. We launch in fifteenminutes. Joel out.

TALORA(taps comm badge)

Talora to Captain Cross. Where areyou?

No answer.

TALORA (CONT'D)Computer, locate Captain Cross.

COMPUTER VOICECaptain Cross is in his quarters.

Talora stands up.


TALORAI'll go.

CUT TO:

INT. CROSS'S QUARTERS

No lights at all, but the glow from the Starbase comes throughthe window. We see Cross is sitting bolt upright on a chair,staring ahead. In front of him, on a table is a PADD withthe picture of him, Portman and Elris on it. The door opensand Talora is revealed standing in the hall.

TALORACaptain?

After a suspenseful pause...

CROSSCome on in, Commander.

TALORAYou're due on the bridge.

CROSSNot for another ten minutes.

TALORAYou are required to make finalpreparations.

CROSSI've got a good crew... you can handleyourselves.

TALORABut the crew needs a Captain... thatis what you're here for.

CROSSI just want some time alone... beforethe battle.

TALORAUnderstood.

She turns to leave, before:

CROSSCommander?

TALORAYes, Sir?

CROSSTake a seat.


He indicates towards a chair, and Talora turns and sits down.

CROSS (CONT'D)It doesn't seem like five minutesago since you were saying that we'dhave a peaceful new year, does it?

TALORAApparently not.

Cross gives a half laugh.

CROSSA lot can happen in a few days, can'tit? Things change more in a matterof minutes then they do over thecourse of a whole year.

TALORAIt is a lot harder to contemplatewhat has happened when it's personalto you.

CROSSI can't help but remember what thelast words were that he said to me... "I fear for the future"... how righthe was.

TALORAWe all fear for the future, Captain. It is the one great unknown.

CROSSSomeone once said that all we haveto fear is fear itself. But I thinkthe fear of the unknown is a lotmore powerful.

TALORAYet it is what drives us all. It'swhat keeps us all living.

CROSSI've often wondered that. What thepoint to life is, and I've neverfound an answer.

(beat)I thought I'd found it, once. Ithought that all I had to live forwas hope that things would get better. And for a while they did...

(shakes head)But after you've lived in POW campfor two years, what do you expect? You soon realize that things aren'tso perfect.

(MORE)


CROSS (CONT'D)(beat)

In some ways I wish I'd never left. A controlled environment... thingsdidn't seem so random. Death wasstill something that hunted everyonebut apart from that there was nothing. I just hoped that I'd still be alivethe next day... then the next andthe next. I don't think I cancontemplate how complicated thingsare now.

TALORAI think that a lot of people who arein prison camps now would disagree. Freedom is something we all value...and that can easily be forgotten.

CROSSHow can there be freedom in the galaxywhen there's bastards like theReformists?

There's a long pause.

CROSS (CONT'D)You lost your brother, didn't you?

TALORAYes.

CROSSEver since I met Admiral PortmanI've considered him the closest thingI've got to family... and now he'sgone too. I'm beginning to feellike everyone I care for is beingtargeted... and it doesn't feel right.

(beat)When I was in the POW camp some ofthe kids there told me how lucky Iwas that I hadn't felt death before,because I'd never lost anyone beforethat. Because I'd clung to the hopethat my Dad and sister were stillalive...

TALORAI didn't know that.

CROSSBecause I don't talk about it. Idon't talk to people about my ownfeelings very well, Commander.

(MORE)


CROSS (CONT'D)I've only ever found two people likethat and now they're both slippingaway or have been taken from me. And I don't know where to turn.

TALORAIf I've learned anything over thepast year, it's that a first officer'sjob isn't just professional... it'spersonal as well.

CROSS(half smiles)

It sounds like you're volunteeringto keep me sane, Commander.

TALORA(jokingly)

If it's really necessary.

Cross half laughs.

CROSSAre we ready?

TALORAWe are.

Cross looks at her.

CROSSThen we'd better get going.

He stands up and looks around his quarters before turningaround and walking out of them with Talora by his side.

CUT TO:

INT. BRIDGE

Quinlan is at Conn, Dojar at Tactical, Sukothai at Ops. Theturbolift doors open and Cross marches in, followed by Talora.

SUKOTHAICaptain on the Bridge.

CROSSSukothai, open a channel to theLeviathan.

After a moment, the Leviathan's bridge appears on theviewscreen, with Joel and Delfune in the center seats.

CROSS (CONT'D)Captain, Admiral, sorry about thedelay.


DELFUNEWe are ready.

CROSSWe have one thing to do beforehand. Lieutenant Kinnan, are you ready?

KINNAN'S COMM VOICEAye, Captain.

CROSSCaptain Joel, we're sending you anengineer. Take good care of him,won't you?

JOELWe'll do our best, Captain.

CUT TO:

INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM

Kinnan is on the platform, and NARV OZRAN is at the controls.

OZRANGood luck, Kinnan.

KINNANYou too.

Kinnan shimmers into nothingness.

CUT TO:

INT. ENGINEERING

Grey and Boyle are working at two consoles next to each other.

GREYWhy did Lieutenant Kinnan wait untilnow to be transported across?

BOYLE(straight-faced)

I have no idea.

GREYOh well.

(taps comm badge)The slipstream drive is primedCaptain, we're ready to go.

INT. BRIDGE

As before.


DELFUNE(on viewscreen)

We are keeping an open comm link toall ships, Captain, but maintaincommunications silence as long aspossible. We all have our attackplans, let's make sure we don'tdeviate from them.

CROSSUnderstood. Cross out.

The viewscreen turns back to the normal view.

QUINLANThe Leviathan is moving off. Courseis laid in.

CROSSIt's payback time. Engage.

EXT. SPACE

Starbase 290 rests peacefully in the background as theimposing force of six Federation warships slowly maneuverand, one by one, enter the slipstream.

CUT TO:

EXT. SPACE

We see the familiar Coular Nebula last seen in "Aftermath." The SPACE STATION that we last saw as empty and lifeless isnow obviously operational again. It is lit and there areseveral small Klingon vessels swimming around it.

INT. COULAR STATION -- OPS

A typical Klingon set up, all red emblems and smoke. In thecenter of it stands CAPTAIN KOVOR. O ne of his lackeys looksup from his console.

KLINGON OFFICERCaptain, the Starfleet ships havelaunched.

KOVORAlert the defense force.

EXT. COULAR NEBULA

As we watch, from the planet a defence force of KLINGON SHIPS,one a NAPOCH class and six NEGH'VARS.


As before.


KLINGON OFFICERCaptain, the defense force have movedinto position.

KOVORGood. Tell the rest of the colonyto evacuate to the bunkers.

KLINGON OFFICERYes, Captain.

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EXT. REFORMIST COLONY -- COULAR -- DAY

It is set in a lush green valley. There are about sixtybuildings spread around an area perhaps two kilometers square. The buildings appear to have been hastily constructed buthave some weathering on them, suggesting they have been therefor some time. Despite the ramshackle appearance of theplace, the colony seems lively, like any other town on adeveloped world. Klingons of both sexes and all ages aregoing about their business. Children play in the streetsand vendors ply their trade in a central area. Through thistranquil scene the Klingon Officer's voice on a tannoy breaksthrough.

KLINGON OFFICER'S VOICEThis is Kor Station, reporting animminent Federation attack. All non-military personnel are ordered toevacuate into the bunkers immediately. I repeat, all civilians to headimmediately for the underground.

The Klingons look at each other, and begin to head towards acommon goal, a large building on the side of the town. Whilehurrying, there is no panic or pushing.

CUT TO:


As before.

KLINGON OFFICERNow what?

KOVORNow we wait. How long until theyreach us?

KLINGON OFFICERI'm not sure, I think I may bereading...


The whole station suddenly shakes from a violent force, andthe screens light up.

KLINGON OFFICER (CONT'D)They're here!

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EXT. SPACE

The LEVIATHAN pummels the space station as the other fiveships head towards the planet. Coming to meet them are thedefense ships, who open fire on them. Soon space is lit bya light show of green and orange fire.

INT. BRIDGE

As before, but now the Bridge is lit with the hue of redalert.

QUINLANWe've got company.

CROSSDojar, target the nearest ship.

SUKOTHAII'm reading a mixture of Negh'varand Napoch ships, Captain, uncertainnumber of each.

The bridge shakes as the Enterprise is hit.

SUKOTHAI (CONT'D)That was a Negh'var.

DOJARReturning fire.

EXT. SPACE

The Enterprise lets loose a barrage of shots at the nearestattacking ship. Another Negh'var comes to its aid, but isdistracted by the THUNDERBIRD. The Enterprise heads for theplanet's northern hemisphere, where the LEVIATHAN has alreadyentered orbit. It becomes clear the battle is splitting intwo: the Enterprise and Leviathan are heading for the north,the rest of the Starfleet ships the south.

INT. BRIDGE

As before.

SUKOTHAICaptain, the Leviathan is takingsome serious damage to its portnacelle.


CROSSEnterprise to Leviathan, do you needassistance?

JOEL'S COMM VOICENegative Captain, continue on target.

CROSSDojar?

DOJARTargeting now.


The Klingons are still continuing their orderly evacuation,when suddenly two torpedoes come streaking through the skyand hit one of the buildings, which erupts in a fireball. The Klingons abandon their decorum, and begin to make a runfor it.

INT. BRIDGE

As before.

DOJARDirect hit.

The room shakes again.

DOJAR (CONT'D)Captain, I cannot target both theseships and the colony, and theLeviathan is having its own problems.

CROSSSukothai, what are the Negh'var'sweaknesses?

SUKOTHAIThey have a weak dorsal fin, theirshields are not as strong as someother classes, they don't handlewell in atmosphere, they...

CROSSStop. They don't handle well inatmosphere?

SUKOTHAIThat's right...

Short beat.

CROSSQuinlan, take us down.


QUINLANCaptain, I would advise stronglyagainst that.

CROSSIt's not open to debate, Lieutenant. We have to shake these ships andtarget that colony, you got any betterideas?

TALORACaptain, I really think...

CROSSQuinlan, do it!

Quinlan looks at Talora. She hesitates, and then nods.

QUINLANOkay, hold onto your hats. We'regoing down...

EXT. SPACE

The Enterprise, still being pursued by two Negh'vars, anglesdown sharply towards the planet itself, almost plummeting.As the three ships descend we...

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT THREE

RENAISSANCE: "Shadows of a New Dawn" - ACT FOUR 46.

ACT FOUR

FADE IN:


The evacuation continues as intermittent phaser volleys andthe occasional torpedo streak through the air onto the town. A few buildings are up in smoke, but there are much fewerKlingons still heading for the central building. On a hilla little away, a Klingon stands watching.

KLINGON COLONY COMMANDERStotz to Kovor, evacuation nearlycomplete.


Kovor and the other Klingons are looking strained. There issmoke coming from several of their consoles, and on theviewscreen phaser fire can be seen.

KOVORExcellent. The Federation will notbe able to hit our bunkers from orbit.


As before.

KLINGON COLONY COMMANDERIndeed not. Let the dogs do theirworst now...

Suddenly behind him, we see the gigantic bulk of theEnterprise emerging from the clouds, raining fire down ontothe colony. Behind it, two Negh'vor ships are giving chase. The commander looks in awe for a moment.

KLINGON COLONY COMMANDER (CONT'D)It would seem that today is a goodday to die after all...

Before him, two new buildings erupt in a firestorm.

INT. BRIDGE

As before.

DOJARCaptain, we have hit another twobuildings, but the Reformist shipsare still closing on us.

The bridge shudders again as they are hit.


CROSS(bad-temperedly)

Sukothai, I thought you said these ships were no good in theatmosphere.

SUKOTHAII did, Captain. Unfortunately, theEnterprise isn't particularly hoteither.

QUINLANCaptain, I'm going to pull round foranother pass.


The Enterprise swoops low over the town, causing such a rushof air that the few remaining Klingons on the street areknocked down. As debris from the less stable buildingsshowers down around them, the two Klingon ships also swoopby, still firing. The Enterprise maneuvers up and around.

INT. BRIDGE

As before.

DOJARShields are at sixty four percent. Captain, it would appear weunderestimated the weapons capabilityof these ships.

TALORAThey must have been modified.

CROSSSukothai, what life signs are stillin that colony?

SUKOTHAICaptain, I'm picking up a largeconcentration of Klingons belowground.

CROSSDojar, how can we target them?

The bridge rocks again as another shot from the negh'varshits them.

DOJARCaptain, I would like to respectfullysubmit that our priority is dealingwith these warships.


CROSSQuinlan, lose them.

QUINLAN(bites back a sarcasticcomment)

Any suggestions how, Captain?

CROSSSukothai, what's the surroundingarea like?

SUKOTHAIAll mountainous, Captain.

CROSSExcellent... Take us in.

QUINLANCaptain, the Enterprise is notdesigned for tight maneuvers likethis...

CROSSI said take us in, Lieutenant.

Quinlan sighs.

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The Enterprise swings away from the colony and heads up thevalley into the snowy mountains. It goes over the top of apeak and then ducks down. The two Negh'vars follow. Thetwo ships exchange more fire as they duck and rise throughthe canyons and peaks. A stray shot or two sends showers ofsnow falling down the mountains.

INT. BRIDGE

As before.

SUKOTHAIIf anyone's interested, we've alreadycaused three avalanches.

CROSSDojar, take them out.

DOJARIt's not easy, Captain.

CROSSI said take them out.


TALORACaptain, I would advise we retreatback into space, this isunnecessary...

CROSSWe have a mission to fulfill,Commander, and I'm not going to allowanyone to stand in its way.

TALORACaptain, I...

CROSSStand down, or I will order you toleave the Bridge.

Talora hesitates.

QUINLANIt's all right, Commander, I have anidea.

EXT. MOUNTAINS -- COULAR -- DAY

The Enterprise heads for a narrow pass between two peaks.One Negh'var continues on a direct pursuit course, the otherveers up out of sight.

INT. BRIDGE

As before.

DOJARQuinlan, I'm just questioning yourpiloting skills, but are you sureyou can fit through there?

QUINLAN(concentrating)

Just be ready to fire at those peakswhen I say so.

DOJARAll right...


The Enterprise is nearly at the gap.

INT. BRIDGE

As before. Quinlan's face is a study in concentration.

QUINLANWait... wait... now!



Just as the Enterprise reaches the pass, the phasers fire atthe two peaks. The Federation ship squeezes through justbefore a mass of snow and debris from the two peaks tumblesdown. The Negh'var, directly behind them, is caught in thetwin avalanches. The weight of snow pushes it into the sideof one of the mountains, where it CRASHES.

INT. BRIDGE

As before.

QUINLANYou were saying, Dojar?

The bridge suddenly thunders again.

QUINLAN (CONT'D)Dammit!


The second Negh'var ship has reappeared, and is unleashing averitable torrent of disruptor fire at the ship.

INT. BRIDGE

As before.

DOJARShields are down to thirty sevenpercent.

CROSSGet us back to the colony.

DOJARI'm not sure if we'll make it withour shields the way they are.

CROSSThen do something to make sure,Lieutenant.

DOJARDojar to Engineering, can you giveus any more on the shields?

INT. ENGINEERING

It's a maelstrom of activity, everyone rushing about, keepingthe heart of the ship running. Grey answers the hail.

GREYWe could, but we'd have to divertpower from the phaser arrays.


INT. BRIDGE

As before. Dojar looks to Cross to guidance.

CROSSDo it. Quinlan's not the only onewho has good ideas.

INT. ENGINEERING

As before.

GREYYes, Captain.

(to himself)We only just got the Enterpriselooking nice again...


The Enterprise does a long graceful arc and heads back theway it came. The Negh'var continues its pursuit, firing,with the Enterprise's return fire noticeably dimmer thanbefore. As they swing over the last peak, we see the Reformistcolony valley spread out as before. It is now covered insmoke and thick yellow flames can be seen.

INT. BRIDGE

As before.

DOJARShields are now forty five percent. It's the best we can do.

CROSSSukothai, where is this undergroundbunker?

SUKOTHAIThe concentration is over on theleft side of the colony, near thatlarge water tank. The entrance isfrom the building in the center, butthat's not where they are.

CROSSAll right. Dojar, listen carefully. This is what we're going to do...

INT. BUNKER

A large number of Klingons, a lot of them women and children,listen to the muffled sounds of battle from above. Theylook at each other, the adults giving the children reassuringlooks.



The Enterprise seems to be on a direct collision course forthe building in the center. Behind them the Negh'var is inclose pursuit.

INT. BRIDGE

As before. The bridge continues to shake under the barrage.

CROSSWe need to let the Negh'var get asclose as possible.

DOJARCaptain, I cannot guarantee thiswill work, nor do I agree with it...

CROSSGet ready, Dojar. The range is onekilometer.

SUKOTHAINegh'var is now four kilometers andclosing. Two point eight... Pointthree... One point five...

Dojar looks nervous, his finger shaking over a button in aconsole.

SUKOTHAI (CONT'D)One kilometer!

CROSSNow, Dojar!

Dojar's finger comes down.


A tractor beam shoots from the Enterprise and traps theNegh'var. Instantly, the Enterprise swings upwards, and themomentum pulls the Negh'var down hard. It crashes into theearth by the water tank, as the Enterprise releases the beam.

INT. BUNKER

The Klingons cry out as the roof caves in with the, to them,giant Negh'var. Almost instantly it erupts into a hugefireball which engulfs the whole bunker. The roof collapseson the hellish scene amid Klingon howls of despair.

INT. BRIDGE

As before. Everyone looks stunned.


CROSSReport.

SUKOTHAIDirect hit.

Cross nods slowly.

CROSSDojar, finish the job here.

DOJARYes, Captain.


The Enterprise, now unhindered, lets loose a barrage oftorpedoes that quickly decimate the remaining buildings ofthe colony.

INT. BRIDGE

Deadly silence as the crew survey the damage.

CROSSLife signs?

SUKOTHAINone.

CROSSGood.

Another deadly pause, before a console beeps. The cameramoves around the Bridge before reaching the station that'sbeeping. It's Dojar's, and it's taken him a while to pullhimself out of the trance that he's got himself into.

DOJAR(slowly)

Captain... the Scimitars could usesome assistance in orbit...

CROSSUnderstood. Quinlan, take us up.

QUINLANAye, Sir.

She hits some controls and the image on viewscreen slowlymoves further and further upwards from the decimated Klingonvillage, leaving the memory of what they have done in eachcrewman's memory...


EXT. SPACE

The Enterprise pulls up through the clouds, as we follow inthe wake that she leaves behind, until we have reached space. In the distance we can see the Leviathan taking on a Negh'var.

INT. BRIDGE

Same as before.

CROSSStatus report.

TALORAThe Leviathan has sustained somedamage, but is able to keep onfighting... the T'pethan is adriftbut salvageable... apparently from acollision with one of the Reformistsships.

CROSSAnd the rest?

TALORAStill fighting. Four are attackingthe remaining ships and the Scimitarand the Thunderbird are attackingthe station.

CROSSDojar, hail the Scimitar and theThunderbird.

DOJARChannels open.

CROSSThis is the Enterprise. We'll takethe station from here. Your neworders are to attack the remainingships.

VOICEWith all due respect, Sir, our ordersfrom Admiral Delfune state other--

CROSSTo hell with orders! Attack theKlingon ships!

VOICEUnderstood.

The crew look at Cross, amazed at his lack of respect forthe commanding officer's orders.


CROSSQuinlan, take us in towards thestation.

QUINLANAlready done.

EXT. SPACE

The Enterprise approaches the station as the Scimitar andthe Thunderbird pull away.

INT. BRIDGE

Same as before. The Enterprise shakes as weapon fire hitsit.

CROSSGive me a scan of that station.

DOJARIt's taken heavy damage... lifesupport has only five minutes of airremaining... many of the bulkheadsare unstable... but its weapons arestill operational.

CROSSTarget the weakest areas and fire.

EXT. SPACE

We ride on the Enterprise's hull as she attacks the station'slower regions. The station itself is putting up a fair fightand is hitting the Enterprise, but it is no match for thegreat ship. The Enterprise's barrage is severely hittingthe station and it doesn't look like it will be able tosurvive for much longer.

INT. BRIDGE

Same as before.

DOJARWe've sustained minimal damage, butthe station is beginning to fallapart.

Cross doesn't respond.

TALORAShall I order the transporter roomto beam aboard survivors, Sir?

There is a long pause, no one speaks.


TALORA (CONT'D)Sir?

CROSSLet it fall apart.

(beat)Let them die.

There is a LONG beat. Tension fills the Bridge as everyonewho can see Cross looks directly at him. Cross moves overtowards his chair and calmly sits down, where he remainsuntil otherwise stated. Talora looks up at the viewscreenof the damaged station.

QUINLANSir?

CROSSYou heard me, Quinlan.

TALORAThe Klingon crew will be suffocating,Captain.

CROSSI'm well aware of that Commander.

DOJARSir, this isn't what Starfleet standsfor.

CROSSAnd I don't give a damn. They didn'tgive our crew a chance when theyattacked it. They could have savedthe crew... taken them hostage...but they let them die.

DOJARYou're letting your emotions get thebetter of you.

CROSSWhile I'm in command, you do what Isay. And I say let them die.

Dojar looks disgusted at Cross and turns away from him, whileQuinlan busies herself with her console, refusing to look upat the stricken Klingon station.

DOJARThe station is about to fall in onitself, Sir.

CROSSUnderstood.


There is a LARGE EXPLOSION on the viewscreen as, the Klingonstation is destroyed. Cross continues to watch where thestation used to be, before turning around and exiting, intohis ready room. Talora turns to look at Dojar.

TALORACasualties, Dojar.

DOJARAccording to our sensors, over twohundred Klingons were on that station,Commander.

Talora continues to look at Dojar, who looks down at hisconsole. Quinlan looks back, shocked. Talora remains inher first officer's seat, not moving to the Captain's chair.

There is a long pause. No one talks. No one moves. TheBridge doesn't shake.

TALORAStatus report.

Dojar reads from his console.

DOJARThe battle's over. The Klingon shipshave all been destroyed except forone... and it's being chased by theLeviathan.

Talora stands and nods.

TALORAOpen hailing frequencies.

Dojar nods.

TALORA (CONT'D)This is the Enterprise to allremaining ships... set a course forStarbase 290... we're heading home.

Talora nods and Dojar hits a button on his console, apparentlycutting the transmission. Talora looks over to Quinlan.

TALORA (CONT'D)Engage.

QUINLANYes, Sir.

Talora walks back to sit in the first officer's chair.


EXT. SPACE

The Enterprise turns away from the debris of the station,and away from Coular, before moving off into warp... andaway from the devastation that they have caused. From thiswe...

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT FOUR

RENAISSANCE: "Shadows of a New Dawn" - ACT FIVE 59.

ACT FIVE

FADE IN:

EXT. SPACE

The Enterprise, the Leviathan, the three Scimitars and theThunderbird have arrived at Starbase 290 and are in orbit. Noticeably, there are not many battle scars on either ship,only a few scrapes and black areas. As we move around thestar comes out from behind the starbase, creating a shadowon the ships in orbit.

TALORA (V.O.)First Officer's Log, Stardate 78988.6. The Enterprise has returned toStarbase 290 after a successfulcampaign against the Klingon Reformistmovement.

INT. ENGINEERING

Grey stood working on the induction core as Boyle standswatching behind him.

TALORA (V.O.)The Enterprise itself sustainedminimal damage, and Lieutenant Greyis jubilant that we did not takemore then we actually did...

INT. BRIDGE

Dojar stands at his console, deep in thought as the camerapulls back to reveal Quinlan in a similar posture at thehelm.

TALORA ...Though some of the Enterprisecrew are not so proud of what weachieved. We believe that everyKlingon on the planet and stationdied in the attack, with the exceptionof one vessel that escaped theLeviathan's chase.

INT. READY ROOM

The room is a mess, Cross's usually tidy desk is covered inPADDs and other items that are littering his desk. Crosshimself sits behind the desk, looking in a semi-daze.

TALORA Captain Cross has remained in hisready room since the end of theattack, and has requested not to be

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TALORA (CONT'D)disturbed. However, he has requestedthat a wake be held, in AdmiralPortman's memory, on the starbaselater this evening. The entire crewof the Enterprise is expected toattend. I believe the Captain wouldexpect nothing less.

CUT TO:

INT. STARBASE -- OBSERVATION LOUNGE

The room is crowded, and it is designed to hold hundreds ofpeople. Each officer present is wearing dress uniform -- noexceptions. In the center of the room there is a casketthat is raised up on a hand made, finely crafted wooden stand. A plaque rests on top of the coffin, reading HENRY PORTMAN,no mention of his rank or Starfleet standing.

The crowd, apparently, doesn't recognize his Starfleetstanding either, as Admiral DELFUNE is present, along with afew others, who are gathered together.

The camera slowly moves over the crowd to a corner, where asolemn Elris and a sober Quinlan stand, staying out of theway in a far corner. The most noticeable thing about Quinlanis that she doesn't have a drink in her hand, while many ofthe officers around her do.

ELRISDid you know it was Henry whointroduced me to Neil?

QUINLANNo.

ELRISIt was quite a peculiar introductionreally... Henry came in carryingNeil, after he'd been hurt by afalling bulkhead and placed him onmy operating table.

QUINLANLove at first sight?

ELRISHardly. I hated him. It wasn'tuntil after he recovered and hestopped by to say thank you that Ieven paid any attention to what hewas saying.

QUINLANWhat made you change your mind abouthim?


ELRISHe was very romantic. He gave meflowers and chocolates, just to saythank you.

QUINLANIt's not every day you meet a manlike that.

ELRISNo. It's not. And look where it'sgotten me.

QUINLANOn the Federation flagship?

ELRISYes.

(beat)But I've been thinking about leaving.

QUINLANWhat?

ELRISEveryone who I've told has had thesame reaction.

QUINLANYou haven't told me? Other peopleknow?

ELRISOnly Neil... but he was surprised aswell.

Quinlan looks relieved.

QUINLANGood... I don't know who'd be hereto keep me sane if you went.

ELRISYou may have to find someone else...

QUINLANThis isn't just talk, is it?

ELRISNo. It's not.


On Quinlan's worried expression...

CUT TO:

INT. CREW QUARTERS

We see a white shirt being pulled on, a black tie being tiedand a black jacket being put on, before walking out of adoor and into another room.


The doors slide open as Grey and Boyle enter. A few officersnod in respect to them, as they walk forwards and shufflethrough the crowd towards the huge windows on one of thewalls.

GREYI'm sorry if you didn't like thepoem. I didn't mean for it to beserious.

BOYLEThat's what annoyed me, Erik. Youcouldn't just do what everyone elsedoes and write me a love poem, youhad to be different.

GREY(manly)

But that's what you love about me...right?

BOYLEIf you like.

Grey looks a little disheartened at this remark, and looksout into space, and at the docked Enterprise. After a beat,Grey points to a scar on the Enterprise's outer hull, and isabout to comment to Boyle, before turning to her and takinghold of her hand.

GREYYou know? It's times like this thatI thank God you're here with me.

Boyle nods, and looks at Grey in the eyes, before lookingaway from him and around the rest of the room, catchingKinnan's line of sight and smiling at him, as she retreatsinto Grey's embrace.

BOYLEYou know, Erik? That's one of thenicest things you've ever said tome.


GREYReally?

As Boyle and Kinnan keep on looking at each other.

BOYLEYeah... I don't know what I'd dowithout you either. I mean, wherewould I be now if it wasn't for you?

GREYNot assistant chief engineer, Isuppose.

(awkwardly)But only because I'm you're commandingofficer... not because of the otherthing... you know?

BOYLE(seriously)

Of course.

She pulls out of Grey's embrace and looks at him and smiles,before:

BOYLE (CONT'D)I'm going to go and talk to Rob, doyou mind if I leave you for a minute?

GREYNo, go ahead...

Boyle moves off to talk to Kinnan, as Grey moves across toanother engineer, and points out what he was going to showBoyle earlier.

CUT TO:

INT. CREW QUARTERS

A view looking at a door, as the figure we saw earlier, nowdressed in a full suit steps forwards towards the door, andthe doors part open, as the figure steps forward and outinto the corridor.

CUT TO:


The camera moves through the crowd towards the casket, whereDojar stands in thought for a moment, before Y'lan walksnext to him.

DOJARY'lan... I thought you'd been confinedto quarters?


Y'LANThe captain specifically said that Iwas confined to quarters until "wegot back." I believe that time haspassed.

DOJARIn other words the guard told youthat you were free to leave?

Y'LANYes.

They both stand in reflection for a minute, before Y'lanspeaks:

Y'LAN (CONT'D)Why is there a casket present ifthere are no remains resting in it?

Dojar looks away from the coffin for a moment.

DOJAREven though there is no body, welike to have something to symbolizeour grief. It helps us to come toterms with our loss.

Y'LANYour beliefs about life and deathare indeed strange.

DOJARHow so?

Y'LANYou are only on this corporeal planefor a certain amount of time... youknow that. Yet you do not acceptit, nor do you look at the life thatcontinues to live on around you.

DOJARMaybe it's because we'll never seethe person again and that we'll missthem?

Y'LANThat is the nature of all mortalbeings. You know that this day willcome, and yet you appear surprisedwhen it does. When death occurs inthe Hegemony, Q'tami simply acceptthere is nothing that can be doneand that that entity will never beable to be seen again. Except throughtime travel.


DOJARNot very reassuring, Y'lan. Yougoing to share these thoughts withthe Captain?

Y'LANI do not believe that I am on "goodterms" with the Captain, right now. I do not think that he would wish tosee me.

DOJARMaybe he won't. But you might besurprised.

Y'LANI have been on your vessel for almosta year now, Lieutenant. I almosthave all of your reactions workedout. There is very little thatsurprises me now.

DOJARYou might be surprised, Y'lan... youmight not have seen as nearly asmuch as you think you have.

Y'LANPerhaps not. But if nothing else,it is indeed an intriguing worldthat you humanoids live in.

DOJARThank you, Y'lan.

Y'LANI am unsure as to whether or notthat was a compliment.

He smiles, and they both walk away from the casket.

DOJARSounds about right.

CUT TO:

INT. CORRIDOR

The figure we saw earlier rounds a corner of a corridor, noone else is present and he walks with his head down.


A figure of solemnity in a sea of solitude.

CUT TO:


Stood near the entrance of the room are Admiral Delfune,Captain Joel and Commander Talora, all looking contemplative.

DELFUNEIs Captain Cross usually a man forlate entrances?

TALORAIf you are implying that the Captainwill not be present, I believe thatyou are very much mistaken, Admiral.

DELFUNEWe'll see. Portman meant a lot toCross.

TALORAI have no reason to doubt theCaptain's intentions. He requestedthat this wake take place and reasonwould suggest that he plans to attendit.

DELFUNEHuman emotion can be a funny thing.

TALORAI believe that Captain Cross is ontop of his emotion.

DELFUNEJust like when he deviated from theattack plan and took the Enterprisedown to the surface? Or how aboutwhen he allowed the Klingons on thespace station to die? Surely thatwas simply an act of vengeance?

TALORAWas the entire mission not an act ofvengeance, Admiral?

DELFUNEIt did not involve killing Reformistcasualties. You know as well as Ido that Cross's actions were impulsiveand dangerous. The day he's broughtto book, they won't do him any favors.


TALORAI'm sure that you didn't agonizeover Captain Cross's actions... youseem to have quite a tough skin.

DELFUNEI have, Commander. How else would Ilive with myself from day to dayotherwise? Every Starfleet officerneeds one.

TALORAI understand. Each plan that youhave set in motion to attempt toremove Captain Cross from theEnterprise, or set a plan in motionthat would result in his removal,have all ended in an embarrassmentor a compromise for you.

DELFUNEWhat is that supposed to mean?

TALORAIt means, Admrial, that we know whatyou're doing at Starfleet Command,and that while you are keeping avery close eye on every move CaptainCross makes... we are also keeping avery close eye on you.

DELFUNE(laughs)

Interesting.

Talora raises an eyebrow at Delfune's response to herspeculations.

TALORAYou're not worried about that?

DELFUNENo, Commander... I just don't care.Who are the rest of the Admiraltygoing to believe? The controversialCaptain Neil Cross and the crew ofthe Enterprise, or the Admiral thathas only one black spot next to hername?

TALORAThat remains to be seen. If historyhas shown anything, it is never tounderestimate the crew of a shipnamed Enterprise.


DELFUNEAnd we wouldn't want to break thattradition... would we?

There is a long beat as both women stand contemplating,apparently totally different thoughts passing each woman'smind.

DELFUNE (CONT'D)I will say this for Captain Cross;he has followed his mentor's traitof not playing by the rules.

TALORAHow so?

DELFUNEAdmiral Portman was always somewhatof a controversial character. Hesupported the Reformists, he likedto be out on active duty even as anAdmiral... and he supported NeilCross.

Talora pauses, and turns to look at Delfune, looking quiteinfuriated.

TALORAI cannot believe that you arecomparing one of the finest, bravest,most honorable men I've ever had thepleasure of knowing to a group ofevil power hungry Klingons whodestroyed one of Starfleet'sstarbase's and its entire crew. You, whom with every move are removingthe values for what Starfleet hasstood for, for almost three centuries. To be quite honest, Admiral, I donot believe that you have the right.

Delfune looks quite surprised at Talora's loyalty towardsher, Captain, it was not what she was expecting.

DELFUNELoyalty is such a rare thing nowadays,it's almost... admirable. But Iwill give you one piece of advice,Commander. Captain Cross showedtoday he is not above putting hisentire crew at risk to fulfill somepersonal crusade. Be careful aroundhim. I don't think he's completelystable.

Talora just looks at her, knowing there is an element oftruth in what she says.


At this point the doors part and the room falls silent, asthe camera cuts back to behind the doors, as the figure inthe black suit walks in.

As the figure walks towards the center of the room, the cameraslowly moves around until we can see that the figure is noneother than CROSS. He stands tall and dignified, and is astark comparison to everyone else in the room wearing dressuniforms.

Cross stands alone, silent, for a few moments, half expectingsomeone to say something to him. But nothing comes. He looksout of the window and at the Enterprise, before moving hishead back.

CROSSI'd like to say a few words, if Imay.

There is still no noise, no objections, and everyone standswith their eyes intent on Cross. Cross himself only looksat those he believes that he can trust, making eye contactwith his senior staff, notably not Y'lan, before turningaround to look at Portman's casket as he reaches the eulogy'sconclusion.

CROSS (CONT'D)I knew Henry Portman for a long time.

(beat)He's been one of those people who'salways been there for me, no matterwhat.

(smiles)Henry was the man who told me totake hold of everything that lifehas to offer. He was the man whogave me command of a fine starshipand trusted me when no one else would.

(more serious)And he was also the man who introducedme to my wife... I learned a lotfrom Henry Portman... he had a heavyinfluence on my command style, andmy decision making, he helped shapemy conscience. I believe that anymistakes that I still have now...are just what he hadn't gotten aroundto rectifying yet...

(beat)I'm proud to have been able to callthis man my friend, and even moreso, my mentor.

(beat)Losing a mentor is one of the greatestchallenges you ever face.

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CROSS (CONT'D)It's the moment we finally have tostand on our own two feet, the momentour support leaves us. I think he'sprepared me, and all of us, well. Ithink he'd like us to think this ofhim, some thoughts on death that Ifound. It says:

Throughout the poem, Cross should look strong, but stillsomehow broken. That he'd like to believe what the poem issaying, but still knows that he is going to miss his friend. The words themselves are by Henry Scott Holland, a Canon ofSt. Paul's Cathedral.

CROSS (CONT'D)"Death is nothing at all, I haveonly slipped away into the next room,I am I and you are you. Whatever wewere to each other, That we stillare. Call me by my old familiar name,Speak to me in the easy way whichyou always used. Put no differencein your tone, Wear no forced air ofsolemnity or sorrow. Laugh as wealways laughed at the little jokeswe enjoyed together, Pray, smile,think of me. Pray for me. Let my name be the house hold wordthat it always was, Let it be spokenwithout effect, Without the trace ofa shadow on it. Life means all thatit ever meant, It is the same as itever was; There is unbrokencontinuity. Why should I be out of mind becauseI am out of sight? I am waiting foryou, for an interval, somewhere verynear, Just round the corner. All is well."

Cross bows his head as he turns to look at the casket. Hecloses his eyes, hiding the one show of emotion that we haveseen since he has gotten there.

CROSS (CONT'D)(quietly and solitary)

You've been like a father to me. I'm going to miss you.

He rests his hand on the casket, before turning around, semi-recovered from the emotion he briefly shared with the casket.


CROSS (CONT'D)(quietly, but defined)

I'd like to propose a toast...(beat)

To Henry Portman. To the finestofficer I've ever known. To mymentor. And to my friend.

With that they all raise their glasses.

ALLTo Henry Portman.

As they drink their toast we slowly pan out from the sceneas Elris's voiceover is heard.

ELRIS (V.O.)This is not the end of our story,but merely the beginning. The Captainsaid the crew of the Enterprise hasalready faced many dangers, manyobstacles, but we know that they arebut the tip of the iceberg. Bigchanges are coming, and with themnew perils and new threats to ourway of life. Whether they be fromthe Klingons, the Q'tami, or eventhose who profess now to be ourfriends, the only thing we trulyknow about the undiscovered countryis that we know nothing at all. Andthe worst of those dangers we face,the ones that in the end are theonly ones to have the power to destroyus, are those that we face withinourselves, our own personal demons. The hardest fought battles that lieahead are those for our hearts, andfor our souls. It is how we face upto these challenges, and whether wecan dig deep within ourselves andfind the courage and resolve neededto overcome them, that will ultimatelydecide our destiny.

We finish on a close up on Cross's face, as he drinks histoast and we...

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT FIVE

THE END

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