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DuracellEnergizer
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Star Trek: The Divergent Series (Ep. 1-1: "These Are the Adventures ...") *COMPLETE*
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8-Oct-2015, 10:26 PM

INT. ENTERPRISE/BRIDGE

The turbolift door swishes open and Kirk steps out onto the bridge. The officers of the day watch – Mitchell, S’Pock, Uhura, Sulu, and Kelso included – are all already present and accounted for.

MITCHELL: Captain on the bridge!

The other crew members snap to attention.

KIRK: (perturbed) At … ease.

As the bridge crew relaxes, Kirk strides over to Mitchell’s station.

KIRK: Maj. Mitchell, it isn’t necessary for you to call attention to my presence each time I enter the bridge.

MITCHELL: (grins mischievously) Only following standard Starfleet procedure, Captain.

Frowning lightly, Kirk turns and steps on over to the command chair.

KIRK: (sits down) What’s our current position, Mr. Kelso?

KELSO: Approximately 14.11 light-days away from Starbase 104, sir.

KIRK: Reduce warp factor to 2 then take her to 1/4 impulse power.

KELSO: Aye, sir.

EXT. SPACE

With a burst of disrupted spacetime, the Enterprise drops out of warp. In the distance, a lone sentinel in a sea of stars, lies Starbase 104.

INT. ENTERPRISE/BRIDGE

KIRK: Open hailing frequencies, Ms. Uhura.

A moment passes as Uhura tries to establish a connection with the starbase.

UHURA: Captain, I’m getting no response.

KIRK: (frowns) No response?

As the Enterprise moves in closer to Starbase 104, the image of the starbase on the viewscreen grows larger and evermore defined. Soon, the telltale signs of weapons’ fire on the station’s hull become disturbingly evident.

KIRK: Mr. S’Pock – readings!

S’POCK: (checks his readouts) Structural integrity remains intact, but the fusion reactor has been destroyed. Burn patterns indicate disruptor fire as the most probable cause of damage.

KIRK: Life signs?

S’POCK: Twenty-one lifeforms detected on-board.

KIRK: But are they friend or are they foe?

S’POCK: That cannot be ascertained at this range, Captain.

As Kirk opens his mouth to reply, something strikes the ship with tremendous force, causing the bridge – and everyone on it – to rattle about violently.

EXT. SPACE – STARBASE 104

A K’t’inga-class battle cruiser – one of the very three which attacked the starbase – has descended over the Enterprise from above. Its disruptors charged and aglow with green radiance, it unleashes another deadly disruptor beam upon the Constitution-class starship.

INT. ENTERPRISE/BRIDGE

The bridge is shaken violently about once again.

KIRK: Mr. Mitchell, 077-mark-10!

MITCHELL: 077-mark-10 – aye!

EXT. SPACE

Under Mitchell’s guidance, the starship Enterprise follows the course Kirk has set for it. The K’t’inga follows along after it, firing its disruptors.

INT. ENTERPRISE/BRIDGE

KIRK: Turn us about, Mr. Mitchell. Fire phasers as soon as the Klingon ship comes within your scopes, Mr. Sulu.

EXT. SPACE

The Enterprise turns on its axis until it’s facing the battle cruiser, then bright blue phaser beams flash out, impacting on the Klingons’ shields. The Klingons are quick to reciprocate, and the two ships – the Enterprise flying backwards, the K’t’inga on its trail like a relentless hound – trade weapons’ fire.

INT. ENTERPRISE/BRIDGE

KIRK: Sulu, fire six photon torpedoes aft!

SULU: But sir --!

KIRK: (irritated) I said fire, Mr. Sulu!

SULU: (resigned) Firing.

KIRK: Mitchell, 000-mark-90!

EXT. SPACE

As the six glowing red photon torpedoes are deployed behind the Enterprise, the Federation ship pulls straight up, taking it directly out of the way of the battle cruiser’s line of direction. The Klingon ship then plows directly into the torpedoes lying ahead in its path; with tremendous explosions of antimatter, the K’t’inga is knocked askew, its deflectors decimated.

INT. ENTERPRISE/BRIDGE

KIRK: Open fire with phasers, Mr. Sulu, but target their flight and weapon systems only – I want them taken alive.

SULU: Aye, sir.

EXT. SPACE

Locking the K’t’inga-class battle cruiser in his scopes, Sulu opens fire; with the delicacy of a surgeon wielding a finely sharpened scalpel, the tactical officer excises the Klingon ship’s disruptor banks, photon torpedo tube, impulse engines, and starboard nacelle.

INT. ENTERPRISE/BRIDGE

KIRK: Mr. S’Pock, give me a status report on the Klingon ship.

S’POCK: Neutralized, Captain. It is no longer capable of fight or flight.

KIRK: Very good. (beat) Ms. Uhura, open a channel to the battle cruiser.

EXT. SPACE

At that very moment, the Klingon ship explodes.

INT. ENTERPRISE/BRIDGE

Kirk sits silently in his chair, watching the flaming debris of the Klingon ship burn itself out in the airless vacuum of space on the viewscreen with a mildly surprised expression on his face.

KELSO: There goes surrender.

KIRK: Self-destruction – the last resort of a defeated Klingon captain. (presses an armrest button) Lt. Ruan?

RUAN: (O.S.) Captain?

KIRK: Assemble a landing party of twelve and report to the transporter room immediately. Be sure to equip yourselves with type-3 phasers and mark-5 body armour.

S’POCK: Captain, with the starbase reactor off-line, the on-board transporters will be non-functional. A beam-over will be quite impossible.

KIRK: (to Ruan) Lieutenant, report to the shuttlebay instead. Maj. Mitchell and Dr. Piper will be accompanying you.

RUAN: Yes, sir.

KIRK: Kirk out.

Ending the communication, Kirk stands up. As the captain crosses over to his station, Mitchell rises and turns to face him.

MITCHELL: This is one of the fringe benefits of being a first officer, I suppose.

KIRK: (half-smiles) I’d lead the landing party myself, but you know standard Starfleet procedure.

MITCHELL: The captain stays on the ship where he’s needed most.

KIRK: (claps Mitchell on the shoulder) Good luck, Major.

Flashing that roguish grin of his, Mitchell leaves the bridge.