A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 17, 2003 Picard goes. Data thinks for a moment. DATA Doctor, will you excuse us for a moment? Geordi/ please come with me. He and Geordi head out. Beverly returns to some medical displays showing Thalaron research, her expression deeply concerned. INT. ENTERPRISE - PICARD'S CABIN NIGHT Picard is sitting at his desk, flipping through an old photo album. He stops and stares at one of the pictures deeply troubled. We finally see the photo: Young Jean Luc Picard. A serious, unsmiling cadet at Starfleet Academy. The face before him bears a disturbing resemblance to Shinzon. The door comm chirps. PICARD Come ...(Beverly enters) ...Beverly, come in. BEVERLY You're working late. She sits, notes the picture of Young Jean Luc. PPICAR Remember him? BEVERLY He was a bit proud as I recall. PI CARD He was a damn fool. Selfish and ambitious. Very much in need of seasoning. BEVERLY He turned out all right. He rises, goes to a window, gazes at the Scimitar in the distance. A beat. PICARD I so wanted to believe Shinzon. But the Thalaron radiation can't be explained away. Whatever he's after, it's not peace. BEVERLY Is he very much like you were? PI CARD Yes. Data interrupts on comm.; DATA (V.O. on comm) Data to Captain Picard. Geordi and I have identified the source of the unauthorized computer access. And, I believe, we have also discovered an opportunity to gain a tactical advantage. PICARD (to comm) On my way... BEVERLY {stands) Jean Luc Whatever you were Right now you're the man you've made yourself. He's someone else. PICARD I wish I could believe that. Doctor. He goes. . INT. ENTERPRISE TURBOLIFT MORNING Deanna is alone on the turbolift. Then a voice makes her spin; SHINZON (V.O.) Imzadi ... Shinzon stands across from her. DEANNA You're not here. 3HINZON (moving to her) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 17, 2003 Very logical, Deanna ...But your heart doesn't constrain itself to mere logic, {he caresses her} ...Your heart longs to discover me. To know me ...(he kisses her) ...To leave all of this behind and be with me. He pushes her against the wall, with passion and almost violence. DEANNA No... SHINZON I can feel your desire, Deanna... She forces herself to concentrate.... to resist telepathically ... it is a mighty effort... this Romulan is hot And the world around her appears to be changing ...bending .. . And she is momentarily in a cabin on the Scimitar. Although entirely a telepathic experience, it is as if she has actually traveled. She sees Shinzon kneeling over a small flame, she realizes she is looking through the Viceroy's eyes.' On the Scimitar, Shinzon looks up at the Viceroy/Deanna: SHINZON I can feel your hunger to know the Reman ways... the old ways. Then the world changes again... Deanna is on the turbolift. Shinzon is pressed against her, whispering: SHINZON Don't fear what you desire... She forces him away from her and-- She is alone. She sinks to her knees. Overcome with emotion. INT. SCIMITAR - VICEROY'S CABIN FOLLOWING The Viceroy, in a kind of trace, kneels before a small flame. Shinzon kneels across from him. The Viceroy raises his head. VICEROY The bond is broken. SHINZON Find her again. VICEROY No --this is wasting time. SHINZON Do as I tell you! A Reman officer interrupts on comm: REMAN OFFICER (V.O.) Praetor, we've received the transponder signal. SHINZON (to cornm) On my way. He begins to go -- but suddenly stops, a wave of illness overtaking him. The Viceroy puts his hand on Shinzon's chest. A strange I moment as the Viceroy shuts his eyes and feels Shinzon's chest. His mind... probing . Then the Viceroy looks up at him, grim. VICEROY It's accelerating. You have no more time for games. SHINZON Have the doctors prepare. I'll be on the bridge He goes. INT. SCIMITAR --BRIDGE DA Shinzon stands with some REMAN ENGINEERS. SHINZON Transport Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 17, 2003 An Engineer activates a transporter and the B-9 materializes' SHINZON Welcome home. (to Engineers) Begin the download Reman engineers go to the B-9 and open the panel in his neck, begin connecting computer conduits to the extra memory port we saw earlier. Shinzon goes to a replicator unit and orders: SHINZON Tea, hot. A cup of tea appears. He takes it and sips as he watches his Engineel connecting the conduits to the B-9. INT. ENTERPRISE - SICKBAY DAY Beverly is scanning Deanna. Picard and Riker watch, concerned. BEVERLY Aside from slightly elevated adrenalin and serotonin levels, you're completely normal. . PI CAR (gently) Can you describe it, Deanna? She looks at Picard, tears in her eyes. DEANNA It was ...a violation. Riker takes her hand. DEANNA (with difficulty) Shinzon's Viceroy seems to have the ability to reach into my thoughts I've become a liability ...I request to be relieved of my duties. PICARD Permission denied. If you can possibly endure any more of these assaults. I need you at my side. Now more than ever I... But before the words are out of his mouth ...he begins to dematerialize! RIKER (to comm) WWorf! Raise Shields But Picard is gone. EXT. OVER ROMULUS SPACE The Scimitar cloaks. INT. SCIMITAR --BRIG NIGHT Picard stands in the Reman brig. His communicator pin has been removed. Beyond the security force field a ghoulish medical apparatus is being prepared. A metal chair with laser scalpels, IV tubes and hyposprays connected to it. Reman doctors work over the mysterious chair. Shinzon enters with the B-9 following. Shinzon stands on the other side of the force field. Picard notices something immediately. Tiny veins are now visible on Shinzon's face; the faintest sign of an intricate spider-web pattern of pale blue veins. SHINZON Hello, Jean Luc. PICARD Why am I here? SHINZON I was lonely ...(he realizes Picard is staring at the veins on his face) Perhaps I'm not aging as well as you did. He nods to a guard. The guard deactivates the force field. A Reman doctor enters and raises a hypospray toward Picard. PICARD (resists) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 17, 2003 What are you doing? SHINZON I need a sample of your blood. What do your Borg friends say? Resistance is futile, (maniacal laugh) The Doctor takes a quick sample of Picard's blood as Picard glances to the B-9. SHINZON Yes. The bait you couldn't refuse. I learned there might be an existing prototype from a Cardassian historian, then went to a great deal of trouble to find it and scatter it about on Kolarus III. I knew it would pique your curiosity and conveniently make the Enterprise the closest ship to Romulus when I contacted Starfleet. The Reman doctor leaves the cell. The force field is reactivated. The doctor goes to the mysterious medical apparatus and analyzes Picard's blood. As: PICARD All of this so you could capture me? SHINZON Don't be so vain. After we found it, we made a few modifications. An extra memory port, a hidden transponder. Perhaps your eyes will be a bit less confident when you learn I've gained access to Starfleet's communications protocols. I now know the location of your entire fleet ...(to B-9) ...You may go. B-9 Where? SHINZON Out of my sight. The B-9 obediently leaves the room as: SHINZON Maybe I'll train it to do little tricks for me like your robot does. Or maybe I'll snap its ugly head off. PICARD What's this all about? SHINZON PICARD You're not Reman. SHINZON And I'm not quite human. So what am I? What do you see? (he peers at Picard deeply) Do you see a life you might have led? Lost youth never to be recaptured? PICARD I see a young man trying desperately to deny who he is. SHINZON I see an old man, set in his ways, afraid to live without a uniform to prop him up and a Starfleet regulation to tell him what to do. I see the man I will never be. PICARD I won't defend my life to you. SHINZON My life is meaningless as long as you're alive. What am I while you exist? A shadow? An enigma? PICARD (stern) If your issues are with me... This has nothing to do with my ship and nothing to do with the Federation. SHINZON Oh, but it does. We will no longer bow like slaves before anyone. Not the Romulans and not your mighty Federation. We're a race bred for Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 17, 2003 war. For conquest. PI CARD Think about what you're doing, Shinzon. Are you ready to plunge the entire quadrant into war to satisfy your own personal demons? SHINZON It amazes me how little you know yourself. PI CARD I'm incapable of such an act, and so are you. SHINZON I think the facts speak for themselves. The same noble Picard blood runs in our veins. Had you lived my life, you'd be doing exactly as I am. Look in the mirror, and see yourself, Shinzon looks at him deeply. SHINZON Consider that. Captain. .1 can think of no greater I torment for you. He turns to go. PICARD It's a mirror for you as well... Shinzon turns back to him. A beat. Picard gazes at him evenly. Picard's probing gaze makes Shinzon a bit uneasy. He glances to the ghoulish medical preparations. SHINZON Not for long. Captain, (back to Picard) I'm afraid you won't survive to witness the victory of the echo over the voice. He goes. INT. ENTERPRISE --BRIDGE NIGHT The ship is on Red Alert. Worf stands at tactical, muscles coiled, hungry for action. WORF No response to our hails. Geordi is hard at work at the Science station. Riker stands over him: GEORDI (frustrated) His cloak is perfect... no tachyon emissions, no residual antiprotons. RIKER Keep at it, Geordi. Find a way in. Beverly arrives on the bridge, urgent. She carries a medical padd. BEVERLY Will, I need to talk to you INT. SCIMITAR BRIG NIGHT Picard stands in his cell, peering at the edges of the security force field, trying to spot any weakness. Then the B-9 enters the brig, he holds a Reman disrupter weapon. B-9 (to Reman guard) I am to take the prisoner to the Praetor. The Reman Guard deactivates the force field B-9 If you resist, I will incapacitate you. He leads Picard out. INT. SCIMITAR CORRIDORS FOLLOWING The B-9 leads picard through the dark corridors, holding the disrupter on him steadily. All the Remans they pass glare at Picard with undisguised loathing. The Viceroy approaches. Stops before them. VICEROY (to B-9) Where are vou taking him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 17, 2003 Praetor Shinzon wants him on the bridge. The Viceroy turns his malevolent gaze on Picard. VICEROY So, human... you've met your better self! PICARD What are you doing to Counsellor Troi? VICEROY I'm preparing her for Shinzon ...To sooth him as she soothes you. T< stand at his side as she does at yours. PICARD That will never happen. VICEROY Listen to him, android. Such a small and weak creature. Yet he roar; so valiantly ...(he raises one taloned claw and puts a sharp fingernail on Picard's chest) It would take me but an instant to tear that valiant heart from you: chest. PICARD There'll be another after me. And another after that. You'll find we're a resilient species. VICEROY I look forward to the sport, (to the B-9, harshly) Take him. The B-9 prods Picard's back roughly with the disrupter. Picard grimaces in pain B-9 Move. The Viceroy continues away down the corridor. The B-9 leads Picard along. PICARD {whispers) Be careful of over-playing your part. Commander! DATA Sorry, sir. I thought it added a touch of reality to the performancf They are silent as they pass a few Reman guards. Then: DATA My mission was a success, sir. I have discovered the source of the Thalaron radiation. PICARD Good work. The download DATA He believes he has our communications protocols. But they will give him inaccurate locations for all Starfleet vessels. Data assumes the B-9's posture again as they pass some some Reman Warriors. DATA Move, puny human animal. They pass the Warriors. P I CARD A bit less florid. Data. DATA Aye, sir ...This way. He leads Picard down the corridor. INT .SCIMITAR GENERATION CHAMBER NIGHT Data leads Picard into a massive chamber that soars up like a cathedral. It is the size of a small town. The whole, cavernous chamber pulses with glowing green light. DATA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 17, 2003 his entire ship is, essentially, a flying Thalaron generator, (he points up) All its power relays lead to that device. High above them, at the very top of the chamber, is a gigantic version of the spider-weapon we saw kill all the Romulan Senators before. It is breathtaking. PI CARD A weapon. DATA It would appear so. Data rotates his left hand and then slides it forward, exposing a hidden compartment in his wrist. He removes a small, silver disc. This is a cool new piece of Federation technology called an ETU. (Emergency Transport Unit.) DATA Geordi equipped me with the prototype for the Emergency Transport Unit. I recommend you use it to return to the Enterprise. PI CARD It'll only work for one of us. DATA Yes, sir. P I CARD We'll find a way off together. Recommendations? DATA There is a shuttlebay 948 meters from our current location. Data inserts the ETU back into his wrist and they leave the chamber. INT. SCIMITAR BRIDGE NIGHT The Viceroy arrives on the bridge, stops. VICEROY Where's Picard? Shinzon looks at him, confused. INT. SCIMITAR CORRIDORS NIGHT Security alert klaxons suddenly begin to howl and harsh Reman commands are broadcast through the corridors. DATA This way, sir! They sprint down the twisting, dark corridors --Reman warriors suddenly appear before them! --Data fires the disrupter as Picard launches himself into them-- A fight --Picard uses a dazzling series of Starfleet hand-to-hand maneuvers --he dramatically subdues the Remans. More Reman warriors appear down the corridor. Picard grabs a disrupter. And instantly spins to fire a blazing disrupter. A battle break out in the corridor --the energy beams and explosions illuminating the violent fire fight in strobe-like bursts. They run to another corridor and finally arrive at the shuttlebay door -- it does not open. DATA (looking at door security panel) It seems to have an encrypted security system. Reman warriors are closing in on them. Data tosses his disrupter to Picard -- Picard catches it and instantly spins and fires --he uses both disrupters to fire down both ends of the corridor like a Western sheriff --keeping the Remans at bay-- Data uses both hands to punch numbers into the shuttlebay door security panel at an amazing rate-- PI CARD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 17, 2003 would oe appreciated, Commander. DATA They are trying to override the access codes. Reman is really a most complex language with pictographs representing certain verb roots and PI CARD While I find that fascinating. Data, we really need that Goddamned door open! The shuttlebay door slides open. Picard lays down a blistering barrage of cover fire as he and Data duck into the shuttlebay. INT. SCIMITAR -SHUTTLEBAY FOLLOWING When the door closes behind them, Picard turns and fires a disrupter blast --sealing the door mechanism. They turn to face... A fleet of very small shuttles. They are uniquely designed. Extremely compact and stream-lined. A disrupter turret on each. They move toward one as: DATA According to the ship's manifest they are Scorpion-class attack fliers . They quickly climb a Scorpion. INT. SCORPION COCKPIT SHUTTLEBAY FOLLOWING The cockpit of the Scorpion is cramped. Picard climbs into the pilot' position. Data assumes the gunner's position. They see disrupter fire trying to burn through the door to the shuttlebay -- Picard powers up the Scorpion as: PICARD (trying to figure out the controls) What do you imagine this is? DATA Port thrusters, sir. Would you like me to drive? Picard shoots him a look and presses some controls. The Scorpion lift off. Hovers a few feet over the deck. Picard elegantly swings it around toward the large shuttlebay external doors as: PICARD Can you open the shuttlebay doors? DATA (working controls) Affirmative, sir. Negative, sir. They have instigated security overrides and erected a force field around the external portals. PICARD Well then ...only one way to go. He swings the Scorpion around again so it is facing the doors they came through, the doors back into the ship. Data is dubious. DATA Do you think this is a wise course of action? PICARD We're about to find out ...Power up disrupters and fire on my mark. DATA Ready, Captain. PICARD Fire! And the Scorpion's forward disrupters firel The doors into the ship explode! Picard powers forward' INT. SCIMITAR CORRIDORS FOLLOWING And the Scorpion shoots into the corridor, past the stunned Remans. Picard banks sharply --careens off the far side of the corridor but Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 17, 2003 keeps control. The Scorpion zooms down the corridor. INT. SCORPION COCKPIT —SCIMITAR FOLLOWING Picard is concentrating intensely --it is like trying to control the world's fastest roller coaster. INT. SCIMITAR --CORRIDORS FOLLOWING The Scorpion banks around a corner --it zigs and zags through the ship at breakneck speed-- INT. SCIMITAR -- OBSERVATION LOUNGE NIGHT The doors to the observation lounge EXPLODE in. The Scorpion SHOOTS into the room and up— A disrupter blast SHATTERS the etched glass dome at the top of the room-- And the Scorpion ZOOMS triumphantly into space! EXT. OVER ROMULUS SPACE The Scorpion seems to appear from nowhere — slicing through the cloa]< of invisibility around the Scimitar— JNT. ENTERPRISE —BRIDGE FOLLOWING The crew sees the Scorpion appear on the viewscreen. RIKER Worfi Lock on transporters! INT. SCIMITAR BRIDGE FOLLOWING Shinzon sees the Scorpion as well. SHINZON Tractor beam! Now! EXT. OVER ROMULUS SPACE But they are too late --the Scorpion dematerializes- INT. ENTERPRISE CARGO BAY FOLLOWING And materializes in one of the Enterprise's cargo bays. Picard and Data climb out— PICARD {to comm) Number One, emergency warp! EXT. OVER ROMULUS FOLLOWING The Enterprise dramatically powers forward and up --rolling over in a great arc going into warp while still upside down. It disappears in a blaze of light. Fade to... INT. SCIMITAR BRIDGE NIGHT Shinzon sits in his command chair as the ship streaks through space. He speaks on viewscreen with his Romulan collaborators. His face is even more finely veined now. SHINZON The Enterprise is immaterial! They won't make it back to Federation space. SURAN (angry, on viewscreen} This has gone far enough! SHINZON I thought we discussed patience, Commander. SURAN (on viewscreen) And mine is wearing thin, young man! We supported you because you promised action. And yet you delay and you waste your time playing games with Picard while-- Shinzon stands and briskly pulls down his uniform tunic- exactly as we've seen Picard do a thousand times. SHINZON Commander Suran, the games are over. In two days the Federation will be crippled beyond repair. Does that satisfy you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 17, 2003 SURAN (grim, on viewscreen} For the moment. SHINZON (brutal) And when I return ...you and I shall have a little talk about showing proper respect! INT .ROMULAN SENATE CHAMBER FOLLOWING The viewscreen picture of Shinzon snaps out. The Romulan sit for a silent beat. DONATRA Does anyone in this room harbor any illusions about what he means by "showing proper respect"? TAL ' AURA What's happening to his face? SURAN I want opinions. He is clearly out of his mind. SURAN But can he complete his mission? DONATRA Should he? They look at her. DONATRA Are you prepared to have your hands drenched in blood? He'll show them no mercy. And his sins will mark us all for generations. Is that what you truly want, Romulans? A beat. DONATRA I think you should consider that question now --or else you may have a lifetime to think about it in the dilithium mines. She turns and stalks out . INT .ENTERPRISE —READY ROOM NIGHT Beverly sits with Picard and Riker BEVERLY .The more I studied his DNA the more confusing it got. Finally I could only come to one conclusion ... Shinzon was created with temporal RNA sequencing .He was designed so that at a certain point his aging process could be accelerated to reach your age more quickly, so he could replace you. PICARD But the Romulans abandoned the plan... BEVERLY As a result the temporal sequencing was never activated. Remember, he was supposed to replace you at nearly your current age. He was engineered to skip thirty years of life. But since the RNA sequencing was never activated, his cellular structure has started to break down. He's dying. PICARD Dying? RIKER He wasn't designed to live a complete, human life span. PICARD Can anything be done for him? BEVERL Not without a complete myelodysplastic infusion from the only donor with compatible DNA. But that would mean draining all your blood. RIKER That's why he went to all that trouble to capture you. PICARD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 How long does he have? BEVERLY I can't be sure but the rate of decay seems to be accelerating. Picard considers this. PI CARD Then he'll come for me as a donor. I'. ENTERPRISE —DATA'S CABIN N1GHT1 ... Data stands before the B-9. The B-9 has been deactivated, he stands lifeless and immobile. Data gazes deeply into his double's identical features. Then he opens a panel in the B-9's neck and uses a small instrument to activate the android's head. The B-9's eyes spring to life. He looks at Data. B-9 Brother. I cannot move. DATA No, I have only activated your cognitive and communication subroutines. B-9 Why? DATA Because you are dangerous. B-9 Why? DATA You have been programmed to gather information that can be used against this ship. B-9 I do not understand. DATA I know. A beat. DATA Do you know anything about Shinzon's plans against the Federation? B-9 No. DATA Do you have any knowledge of the tactical abilities of his ship? B-9 No. Can I move now? DATA No. I must deactivate you. B-9 For how long? DATA Indefinitely. B-9 How long is that? A beat. Data gazes at the B-9 deeply. DATA A long time, brother. Data reaches forward and deactivates his brother. The B-9's eyes lose the spark of life. He stands, frozen. Data stands before him. INT .ENTERPRISE OBSERVATION LOUNGE NIGHT Picard is Gathered with his senior officers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 A computer display illustrates Geordi's words about the power of Shinzon's weapon. We see a chilling graphic of the Biogenic Pulse beam spreading around a ship, then a whole planet. GEORDI It's called a Cascading Biogenic Pulse. The unique properties of Thalaron radiation allow the energy beam to expand almost without limits. Depending on the radiant intensity it could encompass a ship . .. or a planet. PICARD (thinking) And that's exactly what he's going to do. RIKER Sir? PICARD His hatred of the Federation is apparent. He would have built a weapon of that scope for one reason. He is going after Earth. RIKER Oh boy. Destroy humanity and the Federation is crippled.. . PICARD And the Romulans invade. DEANNA How can you be certain? PICARD I know how he thinks. A beat. RIKER (to Geordi) And there's no way to penetrate his cloak? GEORDI No, sir. RIKER (frustrated) He could pass within 10 meters of every ship in Starfleet and they'd never know. BEVERLY But we do have one advantage, (to Picard) He needs your blood to live. He might come after you first. PICARD I'm counting on it ...We've been ordered to head to sector 3274. Starfleet is diverting the fleet to meet us there. RIKER Strength in numbers? PICARD We can only hope so. A beat as he looks at them gravely. PICARD He can't be allowed to use that weapon. All other concerns are secondary. Do you understand me? Riker knows exactly what Picard is saying: the Enterprise is expendable. RIKER Yes, sir. Picard stands. Presses a comm button. PICARD All hands. Battle stations. INT. ENTERPRISE VARIOUS ANGLES We see a montage of the Enterprise preparing for battle. Crew members assume battle stations. Weapons locker ring open and Security Officers hand out sidearms and chaser rifles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 Geordi and his Engineers establish emergency force field around the warp core.. Riker and Worf brief officers on tactical plans... Data works at the bridge Science Station, analyzing data on Shinzon's ship. Picard walks through the corridors, he stops to talk with apprehensive young ensign. As we hear : PICARD (V.O.) Captain's Personal Log. Supplemental. We're heading toward Federation space at maximum warp. The crew has responded with the dedication I've come to expect of them. And like a thousand other commanders on a thousand other battlefields throughout history, I wait for the dawn. The montage ends as... INT. ENTERPRISE SICKBAY NIGHT Picard enters sickbay. Dr. Crusher and her medical staff are hard at work. They position anti-grav gurneys and ready medical supplies. Security officers are handing out phasers. Picard watches the grim preparations. Beverly goes to him, bolstering her phaser. . PICARD (quietly) To seek out new life and new civilizations. Zephyr. . Cochran's own words. When Charles Darwin set out on the H.M.S. Beagle, on his journey into the unknown ... he sailed without a single musket. BEVERLY (gently) That was another time. PI CARD How far we've come. Let me know if you need anything. He starts to go-- BEVERLY Jean Luc ...(he stops) ...He is not you. A beat. PICARD What makes us who we are/ Doctor? Can you tell me that? She watches him go. INT. SCIMITAR BRIDGE NIGHT Shinzon sits in his command chair, lined with veins now. His Viceroy again has his hand pressed to Shinzon's chest. SHINZON How long? VICEROY A matter of hours now-- Shinzon shoves him away. Stands. VICEROY If you don't begin the procedure soon you'll never make it back to Romulus. You shouldn't have delayed. You should have killed Picard the moment-- Shinzon slams his command chair in fury. The Viceroy watches him carefully. A beat. Shinzon regains his composure. He sits again in his command chair SHINZON How long until we reach the Rift? VICEROY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 (checks a console} Seven minutes. Shinzon leans back, satisfied. And looks at the viewscreen. The image on the viewscreen is shocking. The Enterprise only a few hundred yards away. EXT. ENTERPRISE SPACE The Enterprise zooms through space. Completely unaware of the predator directly above it. INT. ENTERPRISE ASTROMETRICS NIGHT Data is at work in Astrometry. Cartographic projections of star systems ebb and flow on a large screen before him. Picard ente P1CARD Show me our current position. The images before them quickly change to show another sector and a blip representing the Enterprise. PI CARD How long until we reach the fleet? DATA At our current velocity we will arrive at sector 3274 in approximately 40 minutes. The images before them change to show sector 3274. We see blips denoting Starfleet ships moving into position. Picard gazes at the projection of stars before them for a moment. PICARD (quietly) "For now we see but through a glass darkly..." DATA PICARD He said he's a mirror. DATA Of you? PI CARD Yes. DATA I do not agree. Although you share the same genetic structure, the events of your life have created unique individual. PICARD But so much is the same. On a biological level he is ...and I will not accept the idea that there is nothing I can do. I have a responsibility to try to make a human connection with him. DATA He would deny a "human" connection is possible. He considers himself entirely Reman. PI CARD He may have already rejected my humanity, but you also have a twin DATA No, sir, it is not possible. The B-9 is physically identical to me, although his neural pathways are not as advanced. But even if they were, he would not be me. PICARD How can you be sure? DATA I aspire, sir. To be better than I am. The B-9 does not. Nor does Shinzon. beat. PI CARD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 We'll never know what Shinzon might have been. Had he stood where I did as a child? And looked up at the stars. Picard's words linger in the air for a moment. Then the projections before them sputter with static for a moment. Flickering. DATA (working controls) We are passing through the Bassen Rift. The projections will return when we have cleared it. PI CARD It's interfering with our uplink from Starfleet cartography? DATA Yes/ sir. The Rift effects all long-range communications-- PI CARD (urgent, to comm) Commander Riker, evasive maneuvers 1 Too late. The ship QUAKES --a photon torpedo blast -- the Enterprise is under attack! EXT. THE RIFT SPACE Disrupter beams appear from nowhere --streaking through space -- slamming into the Enterprise's warp drive. The Enterprise recoils, dangerously dropping out of warp in a furious lurch. The Bassen Rift is a strange area of electromagnetic distortion. Energy patterns crackle through space. INT. SCIMITAR BRIDGE FOLLOWING Shinzon sits in his command chair. The viewscreen shows the Enterprise before him. SHINZON Target weapons systems and shields. I don't want the Enterprise destroyed. On the viewscreen, we see disruptor blasts streaking from the Scimitar -- slicing into the Enterprise. SHINZON Can you learn to see in the dark. Captain? INT. ENTERPRISE --BRIDGE FOLLOWING Picard and Data emerge from the turbolift as the ship ROcKS-- PI CARD Report. RIKER He's firing through his cloak. We can't get a lock. GEORDI (at engineering station} He disabled our warp drive with his first shot. We've only got impulse. WORF Long range communication is impossible as long s we're in the rift-- The ship SHUDDERS again -- PICARD Worf, prepare a full phaser spread, zero elevation. All banks on my mark. Scan for shield impacts and stand by photon torpedoes. WORF Aye, sir The ship ROCKS again. PICARD Fire! EXT. THE RIFT SPACE The Enterprise fires her phasers simultaneously --the energy beamsshoot into space-- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 And the Scimitar's shape is momentarily illuminated as one of its shields is hit. Photon torpedoes immediately shoot from the Enterprise -- but pass harmlessly through the area where the Scimitar's shields were momentarily illuminated. INT. SCIMITAR --BRIDGE FOLLOWING SHINZON You're too slow, old man. (entering commands in his chair console) Attack pattern Shinzon Theta. EXT. THE RIFT SPACE The invisible Warbird makes a dramatic run straight over the Enterprise -- firing steadily down as it sweeps past it; is a brutal, close range assault- INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING The bridge SHAKES violently under the ruthless attack" DATA We are losing dorsal shields-- PI CARD Full axis rotation to port! Fire all ventral phasers! EXT. THE RIFT SPACE The Enterprise instantly complies-- Rolling completely over to the left, firing phasers up as Shinzon's invisible ship streaks above it-- A few lucky phaser shots from the bottom of the Enterprise --now shooting upward --manage to momentarily illuminate the bottom shields of the Scimitar as it sweeps past above. INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING WORF Minimal damage to the Scimitar. R I KER (to Helm) Defensive pattern Kirk Epsilon. Georrdi, get those shields online PICARD (to comrn) Counselor Troi, report to the bridge. RIKER Unless we can disable his cloak we're just going to be firing in the dark. PICARD Agreed. WORF Sir, we're being hailed. PICARD On screen. Shinzon appears on the viewscreen. He is on the bridge of the Scimitar. SHINZON (on viewscreen) Captain Picard, will you join me in your Ready Room? INT. ENTERPRISE - READY ROOM Picard stands in his Ready Room. A flickering light shimmers across the room. And a perfect holographic representation of Shinzon appears before him. SHINZON You can't trace my holographic emitters, Captainn. So don't bother. And you can't contact Starfleet. We're quite alone. PICARD we are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 SHINZON It's just the two of us now, Jean Luc, as it should be ...Your ship and mine ...You and me. PICARD Why are you here? SHINZON To accept your surrender. I can clearly destroy you at any time. Lower your shields and allow me to transport you to my ship. PICARD And what of the Enterprise? SHINZON I have little interest in your quaint vessel. Captain. If the Enterprise will withdraw to a distance of one hundred light years, it will not be harmed. PICARD You know that's not possible. SHINZON I know ...you'll all gladly die to save your home world. PICARD (intense) Look at me, Shinzon! Do you feel the blood pumping inside you? Your hands, your eyes, your nature, are the same as mine. Buried deep inside you beneath the years of pain and anger is a capacity you've forgotten. It's the one way our mirror can reflect the two of us exactly because it's the very thing that truly defines us. To be human is to try to make yourself better than yyou are Picard looks at him deeply/ relentlessly refusing to give up. PI CARD I know you as well as I know myself, Shinzon. There was a time you looked at the stars and dreamed of what might be. SHINZON (quietly} Long ago. PICARD Not so long. SHINZON Childish dreams. Captain. Lost in the dilithium mines of Remus. I'm what you see now. PI CARD I see more than what you are. Picard steps toward him. PICARD I see what you could be. Shinzon slowly backs away as Picard continues to move toward him relentlessly. PI CARD The man who is Jean Luc Picard and Shinzon of Remus won't exterminate the population of an entire planet! He is better than that! SHINZON (desperate) He is what his life has made him! Shinzon is in turmoil. Picard senses this. He proceeds quietly: PI CARD And what will he do with that life? Shinzon looks at him, questioning. PICARD If I were to beam to your ship ...let you complete your medical procedure, give you a full life... what would you do with the time? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 Shinzon doesn't respond. PI CARD You once asked me about your past. Your history. When I was your age, I burned with ambition. I was very proud and my pride often hurt people. I made every wrong choice a young man can ...But one thing saved me ...I had a father who believed in me. Who book the time to teach me a better way. You have the same father. SHINZON Yes. PI CARD So if I gave you my life, what would you do with it? Would you spend the years in a blaze of hatred as you are now? Or could you change? Could you try to remember a mother's touch you never felt? A father's words you never heard? Could you do that? SHINZON (quietly) I don't know. PI CARD But you want to. Shinzon doesn't respond. But Picard knows he has made a connection. For this brief moment reconciliation is possible. He proceeds quietly PICARD Let me tell you about our father. Shinzon looks at him with an aching sadness. What might have been. SHINZON That's your life...not mine. PICARD Please. SHINZON It's too late. PICARD You can still make a choice! Make the right one now! SHINZON I have no choices! I can't fight what I am! Shinzon backs away, unable to fight his nature: SHINZON I'll show you my true nature. Your nature. And as Earth dies --remember that I'm forever Shinzon of Remus! And my voice will echo through time long after your s has faded to a dim memory. Shinzon ends the transmission and his holographic image lickers and fades away. Picard stands alone, drained. INT. SCIMITAR BRIDGE FOLLOWING Shinzon strides quickly to his command chair, barking to his Viceroy: SHINZON Disable their weapons! But before the Viceroy can move the Scimitar suddenly ROCKS -- attacked from somewhere! Shinzon is stunned. SHINZON Report! REMAN OFFICER Two ships decloaking, sir! Romulan! INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING Picard strides to his command chair as two Romulan Warbirds appear or the viewscreen. Deanna is now on the bridge. RIKER Believe it or not, I think the cavalrv has arrived. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 We're being hailed. PPI CAR On screen. On the viewscreen: Commander Donatra shimmers into view. DONATRA (on viewscreen} Captain Picard, Commander Donatra of the Warbird Valdore. Might we be of assistance? PI CAR Your timing is impeccable. Commander. DONATRA (on viewscreen) The Empire considers this a matter of internal security. We regret you've become involved. PI CARD When this is over, I owe you a drink. On the viewscreen, the Valdore ROCKS from a disrupter blast. DONATRA (on viewscreen) Romulan ale. Captain. Let's get to work. Valdore out. The transmission ends. PICARD (to Worf) You heard the lady. Get to work. Move your *buttocks*! must remain decloaked to fire weapons and are visible throughout the battle. ) Although Shinzon's ship is still cloaked, the steady barrage of triangulated phaser and disrupter fire from the Enterprise and the twi Romulan vessels illuminate its shields with impacts. INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING PICARD (to Worf) Coordinate our attack with the Valdore's tactical officer. Triangulati fire on any shield impacts. WORF Aye, sir. The Enterprise ROCKS from a photon torpedo impact- DATA Aft shields are down to forty percent . RIKER (to Helm) Keep our bow to the Scimitar. Auxiliary power to forward shields. INT. SCIMITAR BRIDGE FOLLOWING Shinzon sits quite calmly in-his command chair. SHINZON Target the flanking Warbird. All forward disrupter banks on my mark. EXT. THE RIFT SPACE It is a chaos of starships as the Enterprise and the two Warbirds fin steadily --illuminating the Scimitar's shields. The ships sweep around one another, maneuvering for position, firing constantly. The battlefield seems impossibly crowded as the four vessels evade and attack; as phaser and disrupter beams criss-cross space. Then the Scimitar unleashes a devastating volley... all her forward disrupter banks fire at once-- They literally cut one of the Romulan ships in half --a huge EXPLOSIO] --debris SHOOTS across space and SLAMS VIOLENTLY off the Enterprise's forward shields--! INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING the ship ROCKS dangerously! DATA Forward shields are down to ten percent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 R1KER (to Helm) Bring us about! EXT. THE RIFT SPACE The Enterprise quickly turns about -- firing her aft phasers. As the Valdore sweeps toward Shinzon's ship, firing-- INT. SCIMITAR --BRIDGE FOLLOWINg SHINZON Let her pursue -- drop cloak on the aft port quadrant and prepare for full emergency stop. T , ..I VICEROY (startled) What?! SHINZON You heard me. INT. VALDORE BRIDGE FOLLOWING Donatra leans forward in her command chair, looking at viewscreen. She sees part of the Scimitar's rear cloak inning to fall away-- DONATRA She's losing her cloak! Stand by all forward disrupter banks! INT. SCIMITAR BRIDGE FOLLOWING VICEROY She's almost on us. SHINZON Not yet. On the viewscreen we see the Valdore in pursuit, gaining. The Reman crew iss getting nervous. VICEROY Praetor... SHINZON FULL STOP AND FIRE ! EXT. THE RIFT SPACE The Scimitar LURCHES to a stop! Too fast for the Valdore to respond in time -- it flies over the Scimitar— And the Scimitar fires! A devastating volley of photon torpedoes rip into the underbelly and aft of the Valdore as it streaks past— The Valdore careens out of control and then slows to a stop. It floats dead in space. INT. SCIMITAR —BRIDGE FOLLOWING SHINZON Restore the aft cloak.and bring us about . He leans back in his command chair, ready for the final battle. INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING A bloody Commander Donatra is talking to Picard on viewscreen. Her bridge is in ruins. DONATRA (on viewscreen} I'm afraid that drink will have to wait. Captain. P CARD Do you have life support? DONATRA (on viewscreen} For the moment. But we're dead in the water. PICARD Understood-- Then the ship ROCKS- EXT. THE RIFT SPACE The invisible Scimitar sweeps past for a particularly brutal assault --disrupter blasts streak along the Enterprise's hull -- a huge, ripping series of explosions tear awav several decks of the Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 Enterprise-- INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING DATA We have lost structural integrity on decks twelve through seventeen, sections four through ten. GEORDI Emergency force fields are holding. RIKER Evacuate those decks and reroute field power to forward shields. Deanna goes to Picard: DEANNA Captain -- I might have a way to find them. PICARD Counselor? DEANNA The one thing he may have forgotten in the course of battle; me. PICARD Make it so. She quickly goes to Worf at tactical. INT. SCIMITAR BRIDGE NIGHT Shinzon is entering tactical commands in his chair console. SHINZON Prepare a lateral run --all starboard disrupters. Then the viceroy suddenly stiffens, alarm in his eyes- VICEROY No INT .ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING Deanna concentrates furiously, eyes closed. She stands with Worf, her hand slowly moving his over the photon torpedo targeting display. It is a wrenching experience as she probes with her thoughts. DEANNA He's resisting me. She is in pain. INT. SCIMITAR BRIDGE FOLLOWING The Viceroy concentrates, trying to block her probing thoughts. SHINZON What is it?! Focus on your job!!! VICEROY She is here. INT, ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING Deanna continues to move Worf's hand over the targeting display. She is sweating, panting for breath, concentrating fiercely INT. SCIMITAR -BRIDGE FOLLOWING The Viceroy resists.her -- their psyches lock in battle. Deanna appears in the Viceroy's mind, she glares at him. DEANNA Remember me? INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING Her eyes snap open-- DEANNA NOW! Worf instantly fires a full volley of photon torpedoes. EXT. THE RIFT SPACE A full spread of photon torpedoes shoot through space. And connect! A series of devastating impacts -- and the Scimitar's cloak fails! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING Picard stands quickly. PI CARD Savage them! EXT. THE RIFT SPACE And the Enterprise attacks! It fires all weapons simultaneously --phasers and photon torpedoes slam into the Scimitar! Shinzon's ship responds quickly --maneuvering for position and returning fire! INT. SCIMITAR RIDGE___FOLLOWING The bridge has been damaged, sparks sputter through the darkness and debris litters the deck. Shinzon eyes reflect a growing sense of desperation. SHINZON , (spinning to his Viceroy) Prepare a boarding party -- BRING ME PICARD! The viceroy strides out as Shinzon spins to another officer. SHINZON Get the cloak back! And target shield coordinates beta three. All disrupters. Fire! On the viewscreen, we see disrupter beams focusing on a tiny part of the Enterprise's lower shieJds, slamming into them. INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE NIGHT DATA Captain, we have lost ventral shielding on deck twenty nine. PICARD Divert power and compensate- An alarm klaxon suddenly rings through the bridge. ; WORF Intruder alert! RIKER Let' s go. Riker and Worf quickly head toward the turbolift as: WORF (to comm) Security detail to deck twenty nine. Data immediately assumes Worf's position at tactical. INT. ENTERPRISE LOWER DECKS NIGHT Riker and Worf stride with a SECURITY DETAIL through the cramped lower decks. A sudden disrupter blast stops them cold! The Viceroy and his invasion force of a dozen Reman Warriors are down the corridor! The Enterprise crew returns fire. It is a blazing phaser battle, Worf leading his men with Klingon courage. They steadily advance in the face of the blistering disrupter fire-- They are getting the upper hand when Riker sees the Viceroy escape into a Jeffriess tube- RIKER Worf. Worf instantly dives into the corridor —landing hard and sliding forward on his stomach all the while firing a steady burst from his phaser rifle. Riker uses the cover to dive after the Viceroy, following him into the dark Jefferies tube, intent on destroying the man who has been tormenting his wife- INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING The Scimitar sweeps into view on the viewscreen -- filling the screen -and launches a ferocious vollev of Dhoton toroedoes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 A huge EXPLOSION as the viewscreen and some of the forward bridge are BLOWN APART --the Helm Officer is SUCKED INTO SPACE before a flickering emergency force field springs into position-- Deanna races to assume the helm-- Picard can now see his enemy directly through the gaping bole in the ship's hull --he sees the Scimitar banking for another attack run as part of the ship disappears-- GEORDI We have exhausted our compliment of photon torpedoes. Phaser banks are down to four percent. PICARD What if we target all phasers in a concentrated attack? DATA The Scimitar's shields are still at seventy percent. It would make no difference, sir. Picard thinks. DEANNA They're stopping... Through the hole in the hull, Picard sees the Scimitar slowly turning. Slowly advancing. They see another part of the Scimitar disappear, the cloak returning. GEORDI What's he doing? PICARD (grim) He wants to look me in the eye INT. ENTERPRISE — JEFFERIES TUBE FOLLOWING Below decks, Riker stalks the Viceroy through a labyrinthine series of access tunnels. It is like a scene from ALIEN. The flickering half-light and red emergency strobes of the crippled ship make this an ominous sequence. The Viceroy is in his element, used to the perpetual night of the Reman Homeworld, he can see in the dark. Riker moves through the darkness, hunting for the Viceroy .He stops, phaser ready. He peers into the dark tunnel ahead of him. Sees nothing. We tilt up and see... The Viceroy clinging to the ceiling directly above Riker! Hidden in the darkness. The Viceroy attacks! -- diving down on Riker -- his lethal Reman knife slashing through the darkness-- INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING Picard stands... watching the Scimitar maneuver into position. Large parts of it are now cloaked. It stops. Only a few hundred yards from the Enterprise, its great brow almost filling the gaping hole at the front of the bridge. Picard thinks, his mind racing. Then it comes to him in a flash: P I CARD He thinks he knows exactly what I'm going to do... GEORDI Sir? PICARD We've got him! He sits in his command chair and begins quickly entering command instructions in his chair console. INT. SCIMITAR BRIDGE FOLLOWING Shinzon, supremely confident, leanns back in his command chair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 SHINZON Open a channel. INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING Picard is still entering commands in his chair console. DATA We are being hailed. PICARD Deanna, stand by (to Data) Open a channel. SHINZON (V.O.) I hope you're still alive, Jean Luc. PICARD I am. SHINZON (V.O. Don't you think it's time to surrender? I'll have my cloak back in a matter of minutes and your poor ship is shot to pieces. Why should the rest of your crew have to die? Picard continues to enter command codes --transmits them to Deanna at helm --she receives the commands, nods. All of this as Picard buys some time: PICARD I never told you about my first Academy evaluation, did I? I received very high marks for my studies. But I was found lacking in certain other areas. Personality traits, you might say. In particular I was thought to be extremely ...(he glares up at the prow of the Scimitar) ...over-confident. Picard indicates for Data to end the communication. Then: PICARD (quickly) Geordi, put 211 power to the engines. Take it from life support if you have to --everything you can give me. GEORDI Aye, sir. PICARD Deanna, on my mark. GEORDI Ready, sir! Picardd leans forward in his chair: PICARD (on comm) All hands, brace for impact; (to Deanna) ENGAGE. EXT. THE RIFT SPACE The Enterprise powers forward in a final thrust--' JNT .SCIMITAR --BRIDGE FOLLOWING Shinzon sees it coming --utterly shocked --bolts up- SHINZON HARD TO PORT 1 Too late. EXT. THE RIFT SPACE A massive COLLISION as the Enterprise SLAMS into the Scimitar -- as it SMASHES and GRINDS into Shinzon's ship-- The Scimitar REELS-- INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING Everyone goes FLYING 1 EXT. THE RIFT SPACE The two great ships are now locked together, slowly rotating in space. The forward part of the Enterprise's saucer is enmeshed in Shinzon's ship; two scorpions with their claws locked. INT. SCIMITR --BRIDGE FOLLOWING Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 Shinzon stands in the ruins of his bridge. Many of his bridge crew are now dead. SHINZON Divert all power to engines. Full reverse) EXT. THE RIFT SPACE Every part of the Enterprise ROCKS --a great lurch as the Scimitar begins to tear itseic free -- backing away --a deafening shriek of metal --both ships are being torn to pieces .in the process -- but it is working --the Scimitar is ripping free, wrenching itself loose. INT. ENTERPRISE JEFFERIES TUBES FOLLOWING The Jefferies tube SHUDDERS as the Scimitar continues to tear itself free --Riker and the Viceroy careen through the tube. The Viceroy recovers quickly and coils for a final attack. Riker sees that an access plate has been loosened in the collision --he desperately rips it away --knowing the relays behind will provide him with the advantage he needs -- Bright liqht strobes from the relays and the Viceroy is momentarily blinded --Riker uses this opportunity to attack! He dives forward --slamming into the Viceroy --they both tumble into a long, vertical access tunnel -- they fall! Riker shoots out a hand and grabs a ladder -- the Viceroy, grabs onto Riker, his talons digging into his uniform -- a long drop below them! Riker forces the Viceroy's head back -- away from him --a brutal struggle- Riker glares at him . RIKER Don't worry -- Hell is dark. Riker uses every ounce of strength he has left -- pushes the Viceroy off him-- The Viceroy falls down the long tunnel -- to his death. INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING The whole Enterprise bridge QUAKES as the Scimitar continues to pull itself free-- Picard stands, steadying himself on his command chair. PI CARD Data, I need you. Data joins Picard as: PICARD Computer. Auto-destruct sequence Omega. Zero time delay. Recognize voice pattern Jean Luc Picard. Authorization Alpha Alpha Three Zero Five-- COMPUTER (V. 0.) Auto-destruct is off-line. Then the ship gives a final LURCH. The Scimitar is free. An eerie moment of silence after the explosive tearing and grinding. Picard watches through the gaping hole in the hull as the Scimitar backs away. Another section of the Scimitar disappears. Shinzon almost has his cloak back. INT. SCIMITAR BRIDGE FOLLOWING Shinzon stares at the Enterprise. A wave of sickness overcomes him for a moment, he doubles over. We actually see more veins appearing on his face. Time is running out. SHINZON Target disrupters. Destroy them. REMAN OFFICER Disrupters are off-line, sir. beat. Shinzon looks up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 SHINZON Deploy the weapon. Kill everything on that ship. Then set a course for Earth. REMAN OFFICER What about Picard? SHINZON Our greater goal is more important, brother. REMAN OFFICER But, Praetor, you won't survive without him... Shinzon gazes at the Enterprise on the viewscreen. SHINZON Some ideals are worth dying for, aren't they, Jean Luc? EXT. RIFT SPACE The entire Scimitar slowly begins to unfold. Like a gigantic version of the small spider-weapon we saw kill the Romulan Senators before, legs appear and hoist up a savage weapon. The Cascading Pulse. INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING Picard and the others watch the monstrous Cascading Pulse weapon slowly deploying. PICARD How long until he can fire? GEORDI The targeting sequence should take about four minutes. DEANNA Buut how can he? He'll kill you PICARD This isn't about me anymore. Picard's face is set, resolute. He knows what he must do. Picard grabs a phaser rifle from a weapons locker as... PICARD Prepare for a site-to-site transport. GEORDI (concerned) Sir, we won't be able to bring you back. It's a one way trip. Captain, I don't know if the transporter-- PI CARD That's an order. Commander. DATA Sir, allow me to go. You are needed here. PICARD Negative. DATA Sir... Deanna takes Data's arm. Looks at him. She knows this is something Picard must do himself. DEANNA Let him go. Picard powers up the phaser rifle as: PI CARD (to Data) fcu have the bridge. Commander. Use all available power to move away from the Scimitar, (to Geordi) Now, Mister La Forge. GEORDI aye, sir. Geordi nervously works some controls on his console and Picard dematerializes. Then the transporter panel explodes in a shower of sparks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 GEORDI That's it. Transporters are down. Data thinks for a moment. Then: DATA Counsellor Troi, please assume command. Geordi, if you will come with me. He heads toward the turbolift, Geordi following. INT. SCIMITAR --CORRIDOR NIGHT Several Remen warriors in the corridor turn an fire. Riker returns fire, a series of lightning fast pulses from his phaser rifle. INT. ENTERPRISE FORWARD CORRIDOR NIGHT Data and Geordi stand in a long corridor. The far end of the corridor opens to space. An emergency force field is in place at the end of the corridor. Geordi operates a tricorder and another force field flickers on around him. Data looks toward the end of the corridor, readying himself. DATA What is our approximate distance? GEORDI (scans with tricorder) 400 meters. DDAT Thank you. Data backs up a little more He looks at Geordi again. Deeply. DATA Thank you, Geordi. Deactivate the field. Geordi operates his tricorder and the force field at the end of the corridor snaps off-- The void of space fills the corridor and Data takes a running start -- he races down the long corridor and leaps-- EXT. THE RIFT SPACE into space. He floats toward the Scimitar, his momentum carrying him. Carrying him too far! He is going to miss the Scimitar --almost past it now! He thrusts out a hand-- And just misses a piece of dangling wreckage! Data is floating helplessly through space. Doomed. Then he SLAMS into an invisible piece of the partially cloaked on the ship! He grabs onto the invisible part of the ship and pulls himself up to the hull. He rips open an access panel with his superior strength and climbs inside. INT. SCIMITAR —BRIDGE NIGHT Shinzon stands, his eyes glued to the Enterprise on the viewscreen. We see a monitor showing that the Cascading Pulse weapon is locked the Enterprise. Most of the light on the shattered bridge now comes from the three steadily pulsing warp core relays which soar up through the floor. COMPUTER (V.O) Forty-seven. Forty six ... Suddenly -- a MASSIVE BLAST as the doors to the bridge explode in. Shinzon spins to see-- Picard framed in the doorway, phaser rifle ready. Picard instantly fires for the Cascading Pulse control --but Shinzon dives to cover it -- the phaser blast hits Shinzon in the chest --he recoils, slamming to the deck, stunned Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 The few remaining Remans on the bridge spin to Picard, firing disruptors --Picard dives for cover and battles them with his phaser rifle-- He succeeds in stunning the Remans but a final disrupter blast knocks Picard to the deck --the phaser rifle spins away - COMPUTER (V.O.) Twenty nine . . .Twenty eight... Shinzon pulls himself up and races to snatch up a disrupter from a fallen comrade-- As Picard leaps up, grabbing a piece of wreckage, a long metal rod -- Picard thrusts it forward like a spear-- Impaling Shinzon. A/stunned moment,of silence as Shinzon gazes at Picard, almost with a look of disbelief. Blood spews from his mouth as he lets out a tormented cry. And then, amazingly, Shinzon forces himself forward --pushing Picard backs against a wall -- Shinzon slowly walks toward Picard, forcing himself down the length of the spear --the spear point explodes through Shinzon's back --the weight of Shinzon's body is pinning Picard against the wall -- time is running out-- COMPUTER (V.O.) Eighteen ...Seventeen... Shinzon forces himself down the spear: SHINZON I'm glad we're together now --our destiny is complete. He finally thrusts himself down the whole spear and clasps his dying hands firmly around Picard's throat-- COMPUTER (V.O.) Ten...Nine... Data sprints to the bridge -- He instantly tears open his wrist and pulls out the small, silver disc we saw earlier --the Emergency Transport Unit --he slaps it on Picard's shoulder. A final look between them- COMPUTER (V.O.) Seven.. Six- Data activates the ETU-- Picard dematerializes. Data looks at the space where Picard was and says simply: DATA Goodbye. Then he spins and pulls out his phaser-- And fires point-blank into the Scimitar's warp core relays --the bridge explodes --Data is incinerated-- EXT. THE RIFT SPACE The Scimitar BLASTS APART in a massive flash-- INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE FOLLOWING Picard re-materializes. He sees the brilliant flash from the explosion through the gaping ~ hole in the front of the bridge. Deanna sits at helm, her face a mask of pain. Geordi stands on the upper rear deck, head down. A long beat as Picard just stands on his ruined bridge, the thousand-yard stare of a combat veteran in his eyes. Riker emerges from the turbolift. Goes to Picard. RIKER Sir? Picard doesn't answer, he just stares forward. Deanna goes to Riker. DEANNA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted September 18, 2003 Data. Riker looks toward the glowing debris field in the distance. He puts an arm around Deanna Silence. GEORDI Sir, we're being hailed. PI CARD On screen ...(he remembers there is no longer a viewscreen) ...Open a channel. DONATRA (V.O.) This is Commander Donatra of the Valdore. We're dispatching shuttles with medical personnel and supplies. PI CARD Thank you. Commander. The transmission ends. PICARD (flat) Geordi ... prepare the shuttlebay for arrivals. They don't know our procedures so just ...open the doors. GEORDI I'll take care of it, sir. PICARD Number One. (a beat) You have the bridge. He turns and heads toward his Ready Room. The others watch him go with great sadness. When the Ready Room doors close behind Picard, Deanna finally allows herself to cry. Riker holds her closely. Slow fade to... INT. ENTERPRISE CREW LOUNGE NIGHT Hours later. The senior crew is solemnly gathered in the shattered remains of the crew lounge. Picard, Riker, Deanna, Beverly, Worf, Geordi. They wear their dress uniforms. Picard goes to each of them. He carries a small, metal box. They each take something from the box. At first we, don't quite see what they are doing. 'Then we realize they are affixing black bars to the collars of their uniforms. Mourning bands. Picard pours six glasses of his precious Chateau picard. Each takes a glass . Picard raises his glass. PICARD To absent friends. ..To family. They toast Data. Slow fade to... INT. ENTERPRISE - -PICARD'S CABIN NIGHT Picard sits at his desk, speaking quietly to someone we do not see. PICARD I don't know if all this has made sense to you, but I wanted you to know what kind of man he was. In his quest to be more like us, he helped show us what it means to be human. We see it is the now re-activated B-9 sitting across from him. B-9 My brother was not a human. PICARD No, he wasn't ...But his wonder and his curiosity about every facet of human life helped all of us see the best parts of ourselves. He embraced change ... because he always wanted to be more than he was. B-9 I do not understand - 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 Well, I hope someday you will. Worf interrupts on comm: WORF (V.O. on comn) Captain, the Hemingway has arrived to tow us to spacedock. PI CARD On my way. Please notify Commander Riker ...(he stands, prepares to go) ...We'll talk later? The B-9 does not respond. He is looking rather blankly at a padd on Picard's desk. Picard begins to leave when a sound stops him... humming. He turns back to the B-9. The B-9 is still looking blankly ai the padd ... but he's humming lightly to himself ...then he begins to sing, very softly... B-9 "Blue skies, smiling at me. Nothing but blue skies do I see." Then the B-9 is silent. Picard watches him for a moment; great emotion playing over his features, and then goes. INT. ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR - NIGHT Picard and Riker head toward a turbolift... making their way past the debris littering the corridor. PICARD I'm sorry you won't be here for the re-fit, but I know the Titan needs you immediately. Riker does not respond. Picard stops, looks at Riker deeply. PICARD The Titan's a fine ship, will. And she's getting a captain worthy of her. RIKER She' s the most beautiful ship I've ever seen. (he touches a wall of the corridor) ...But she's not the Enterprise. PICARD I promise you in time, she'll become your home ...If I could offer you one piece of advice? RIKER Anything. PICARD When your first officer insists that you can't go on away missions... Ignore him -- RIKER (smiles) I intend to. A moment. RIKER(with difficulty) Serving with you has been an honor. PICARD The honor was mine. Captain Riker. EXT. ENTERPRISE - SPACEDOCK OVER EARTH A few weeks later. The Enterprise is enclosed in the great womb of a spacedock. The ship is being rebuilt. INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - NIGHT A fresh-faced young officer, COMMANDER MARTIN MADDEN, paces nervously outside Picard's Ready Room. Bracing himself before entering. Behind him we can see technicians working everywhere around the bridge, trying to rebuild it. Worf is talking to a young officer at tactical and Geordi is working at the engineering station. We also see new command chairs being installed. (Although we do not see it in this scene, the gaping hole at the front of the bridge has not yet been repaired. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites