A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 A young Andorian woman, the new OPS OFFICER, smiles at Madden's nervousness. Her antennae twitch slightly in amusement. He sees her. MADDEN So ...what's the old man like? OPS OFFICER Why don't you go in and find out? Commander Madden prepares himself. INT. ENTERPRISE —READY ROOM FOLLOWING- Picard is talking to Beverly on viewscreen. She is in her new office at Starfleet Medical. BEVERLY (on viewscreen) You can' t imagine them, Jean Luc. They're kids! All with advance degrees in xenobiology and out to conquer every disease in the quadrant. PICARD(smiles) Reminds me of a young doctor I used to know... BEVERLY (on viewscreen) They're running me ragged. Nothing but question day and night ...I lo'' it! Come to dinner and I'l tell you all about it. There's a Bajoran band at the officer's mess. PICARD Not tonight, I have work here. BEVERLY (on viewscreen) Soon then. I'll save the last dance for you. Commander Madden enters quickly --he did not use the door chime so Picard is surprised. MADDEN Commander Martin Madden reporting for duty, sir, Picard stands, they shake hands as: PICARD Welcome aboard. Commander. I hope, your transfer didn't come as too much of a surprise. MADDEN I was ...honored, sir. PICARD I needed you immediately to help oversee the re-fit ... (gathering up some padds from his desk} ...Your service record on the Talos is exemplary, but there are a few things I would like to discuss with you regarding my requirements for a First Officer. Shall we say dinner in my quarters at 1900 hours? MADDEN Very good, sir. Picard heads toward the door, carrying a few padds. PICARD Commander, I don't know how they did it on the Talos, but we have door chimes on the Enterprise. We use them. MADDEN Yes, sir. Sorry, sir. Picard goes to the bridge. Madden following... INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE FOLLOWING They emerge to the bridge as Worf is arguing with the cocky young ENSIGN busy installing Picard's new high-tech command chair. WORF You don't understand the Captain -- there should be no changes until we have discussed the modifications with him. Picard goes to them: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 PI CARD What's this? WORF (grumbles) Your new chair, sir. ENSIGN It's the Mark Seven, Captain. State-of-the-art ergonomics... command interfaces with-- WORF I told him you're comfortable with your old chair. PI CARD Let's give it a try. He settles into his new command chair. Looks around for a beat at his new bridge crew. Fresh-faced kids. A new generation to teach and nurture. He smiles. PI CARD Feels good. Worf and Geordi exchange a look, surprised. ENSIGN (points) Try that button, sir. Picard presses a button on the chair and --zip -- metal restraints fly into position around his waist and shoulders. Seatbelts! Picard is surprised. A beat. Then Picard smiles. PICARD It's about time. He presses the button again and the restraints zip back into the body of the chair. He is delighted. He turns to Madden: PICARD Commander, please sit down ...(Madden sits in the First Officer's chair, Picard shares a padd with him) ...We've received our first assignment. We're going to be exploring the Denab system. It should be exciting. It's a place where no one has gone before. And we cut to -- EXT. ENTERPRISE SPACEDOCK - OVER EARTH FOLLOWING Through the hole in the hull we see Picard talking to Madden. Picard at work, at peace. Where he is meant to be. We slowly pull back from Picard and the Enterprise. As we hear the B-9's soft tones. Gentle. Hopeful. B-9 (V.O.) "Never saw the sun shining so bright. Never saw things going so right. Noticing the days hurrying by. When you're in love, my how they fly. Blue days, all of them gone. Nothing but blue skies from now on." We revolve away from the Enterprise and Earth toward the stars. Then ZOOM forward into the cosmos as the rousing "Next Generation" theme explodes over END CREDITS. The End. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
