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/ || \ Starfleet Command, Second Fleet
/ || \ U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-63100
.-/ || \-. Fleet Captain Brian Aldur, Commanding
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.-_-. || .-_-. Simulation Teaser
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Imagine if you will, your typical Star Trek commercial...
or maybe not so typical.
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MUSIC: "Overture" from ST6: The Undiscovered Country.
(PLAY IT ON YOUR CD PLAYER WHILE READING FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT!)
SETTING: THE DARKNESS OF SPACE... IN THE FAR DISTANCE, SOMETHING IS
VISIBLY MOVING TOWARD THE CAMERA. AT THIS DISTANCE, THOUGH,
THE OBJECT IS JUST A MOVING SPECK.
VOICEOVER: "On Friday, April 16..."
FLASHES TO:
EXT. OPTICAL: CORONADO, VIEWED FROM ABOVE THE SAUCER AND FAR IN FRONT OF
THE SHIP. ONLY THE TOP OF THE SAUCER AND THE TIPS OF THE
NACELLES ARE VISIBLE. EVERYTHING SEEMS NORMAL, UNTIL YOU
NOTICE THAT THE SAUCER IS SCORED WITH WEAPONS HITS AND
APPEARS COMPLETELY DEAD -- NO LIGHTS, NO POWER... DEAD BLACK.
VOICEOVER: "...prepare for a special Coronado event..."
FLASHES TO:
EXT. OPTICAL: CORONADO, APPARENTLY UNDAMAGED, FLIES AT IMPULSE THROUGH A
MASSIVE DEBRIS FIELD OF CAMELYNIAN AND FEDERATION SHIPS.
THE REMAINS OF THE U.S.S. INVINCIBLE ARE VISIBLE: CUT TO
SHREDS. THE SHIP PASSES THROUGH AND APPROACHES A PLANET.
VOICEOVER: Captain Aldur's voice: "...it's an Orb..."
FLASHES TO:
EXT. OPTICAL: THE DARKNESS OF SPACE... IN THE FAR DISTANCE, THE SPECK
CONTINUES TOWARD THE CAMERA. ANOTHER SPECK IS NOW VISIBLE
BEHIND IT... A MUCH LARGER SPECK.
VOICEOVER: "...Coronado's crew faces the death of all they hold dear..."
FLASHES TO:
INT. BRIDGE: LEHMAN LOOKS AROUND A DESTROYED CORONADO BRIDGE. CONSOLES
EXPLODE AROUND HER AND FIRE THREATENS TO CONSUME HER... SHE
FOCUSES ON LAN DULAC IN THE XO'S CHAIR, CLEARLY DEAD. A
UNKNOWN FEMALE VOICE SCREAMS AT HER TO GET MOVING... SHE
STARTS TO STUMBLE TOWARD THE TURBOLIFT.
VOICEOVER: "...the death of the Federation."
FLASHES TO:
EXT. PLANET
SURFACE: ALDUR, DULAC, LEHMAN, AND SEVERAL OTHERS NOT QUITE VISIBLE
STAND ON A WEATHERED, CIRCULAR MARBLE DAIS IN THE MIDDLE OF A
FOREST. A BAJORAN ORB BOX IS VISIBLE IN THE CENTER.
VOICEOVER: "A relic better left undisturbed..."
FLASHES TO:
INT. SICKBAY: TWAIN AND WALLACE HOLD WHETHERS DOWN ONTO A BIOBED. WHETHERS
IS SCREAMING UNCONTROLLABLY AND TRYING TO ESCAPE AS TOLLORY
AND DAUBER FIGHT TO KNOCK HIM OUT WITH A HYPOSPRAY.
VOICEOVER: Major Whether's voice, stark with terror: "It will kill us
all! It will kill us all!"
FLASHES TO:
EXT. OPTICAL: THE DARKNESS OF SPACE... IN THE FAR DISTANCE, THE TWO SPECKS
CONTINUE TOWARD THE CAMERA... PURPLE AND BLUE LIGHT
FLICKERING BETWEEN THEM IN THE DISTANCE. THEY CONTINUE TO
APPROACH AND ARE ALMOST RECOGNIZABLE.
VOICEOVER: "...is Coronado's only hope for survival!"
PAUSE: THE SCREEN GOES DARK. THE MUSIC BUILDS... BUILDS...
IN THE BACKGROUND, HEAVY, FAST BREATHING, HEAVY WITH FEAR.
SUDDENLY, A MALE VOICE, RECOGNIZABLY LAN DULAC'S, SCREAMS IN
FEAR AND PAIN, A WORDLESS ANIMAL CRY.
(HERE'S WHERE THE MUSIC TAKES A TURN FOR THE FRANTIC.)
VOICEOVER: Commander Marshall's voice: "The hull is coming apart!"
FLASHES TO:
EXT. CORO: CORONADO IN COMBAT. THE SHIP IS SURROUNDED BY A STRANGE
PURPLE ENERGY FIELD OF SOME KIND THAT WRITHES ABOUT THE SHIP
SICKENINGLY. MEANWHILE, MULTIPLE JEM'HADAR FIGHTERS POUND
ON HER MERCILESSLY. THE SHIELDS ARE CLEARLY NOT WORKING.
VOICEOVER: "Will the crew succumb to their fear?"
FLASHES TO:
INT. J. TUBE: MOUSE SITS, CLUTCHED INTO A FETAL POSITION, TREMBLING
UNCONTROLLABLY INSIDE A NAMELESS JEFFRIES TUBE, WIELDING A
PHASER AT A DARK, UNSEEN, DEMONIC SHAPE ONLY A FEW FEET
AWAY. THE SHAPE ADVANCES.
VOICEOVER: Mouse's voice: "G-g-g-g-get b-b-baaaaaaaaackkk!!"
FLASHES TO:
EXT. FOREST: TWAIN MAKES HIS WAY THROUGH A MISTY FOREST. ALL AROUND HIM,
THE SOUND OF A BATTLE IS EVIDENT, BUT IT IS ALSO EVIDENT
THAT IT IS WINDING DOWN. TWAIN STARTS TO RUN, RAISING A
PHASER RIFLE AS HE DOES SO. HE PASSES DEAD MARINES TO HIS
RIGHT AND LEFT. HE TRIPS OVER ONE... IT IS WALLACE. DEAD.
TWAIN SCREAMS AND GETS TO HIS FEET, CONTINUES TO RUN TOWARD
THE DWINDLING SOUNDS OF BATTLE, BREATH COMING FAST AND HARD.
VOICEOVER: Major Twain's voice: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
FLASHES TO:
INT. QTRS.: WALLACE SITS IN HIS QUARTERS, FINGERING A SMALL PILL OF SOME
KIND. ON A NEARBY COMPUTER SCREEN, A MESSAGE IS JUST
BARELY VISIBLE. THE WORDS "TERMINATE" AND "FAILED" CAN BE
MADE OUT, BUT VERY LITTLE ELSE. WALLACE RAISES THE PILL TO
HIS MOUTH. THE CAMERA PASSES WALLACE, MOVING TOWARD THE
SCREEN WITH THE MESSAGE.
VOICEOVER: Wallace's voice, tired: "Section 31... ha. Wasted my--
wasted." HIS VOICE GROWS MORE TIRED. "It was all... it was
all for nothi--" THERE IS AN AUDIBLE THUMP.
FLASHES TO:
INT. CORR.: TOLLORY RUNS DOWN A NIGHTMARE VERSION OF A SHIP'S CORRIDOR.
CORO CREW MEMBERS, RECOGNIZABLE BUT CLEARLY DEAD OF THE J'H
BIOGENIC WEAPON, LAUGH AT HIM AS HE RUNS BY THEM. THEY CLOSE
AROUND HIM, TAUNTING. THIS SCENE LASTS ALMOST 20 SECONDS,
GAINING A MORE NIGHTMARISH ASPECT WITH EVERY SECOND. HANDS
CLUTCHING... CLAWING... FACES GIBBERING ONLY INCHES FROM
HIM... HE TRIPS AND FALLS, AND THEY CLOSE AROUND HIM.
FINALLY, HE MANAGES TO GET BACK TO HIS FEET AND CONTINUES TO
RUN...
...STRAIGHT INTO A KNIFE-WEILDING JEM'HADAR, GRINNING
MALICIOUSLY. THE SCREEN FADES TO BLACK AGAIN.
VOICEOVER: Tollory's voice, strident... panicked: "Do no harm! Do no
HARM! DO NO HARM!"
SOUND: THE SICKENING CRUNCH OF A KNIFE HITTING HOME.
FLASHES TO:
INT. CORR.: TOLLORY, HOLDING A KNIFE, HANDS BLOODY. AT HIS FEET IS THE
JEM'HADAR, DEAD. AS TOLLORY WATCHES, THE JEM'HADAR'S FACE
CHANGES TO THAT OF TOLLORY'S BROTHER. THE KNIFE SLIPS FROM
HIS NERVELESS FINGERS, HITTING THE DECK IN SLOW MOTION...
(THE MUSIC SLOWS BRIEFLY.)
EXT. SPACE: A SLOWLY DRIFTING DEBRIS FIELD OF FEDERATION, CAMELYNIAN, AND
ROMULAN SHIPS. A BIT OF HULL PLATING DRIFTS BY... LETTERS
ARE VISIBLE ON IT: "RONADO, NCC-63". IT CONTINUES TO DRIFT.
(THE MUSIC ACCELERATES AGAIN.)
VOICEOVER: Captain Aldur's voice: "Computer, set auto-destruct
sequence..."
FLASHES TO:
EXT. CORO: CORONADO, STILL WRAPPED IN THE PURPLE ENERGY FIELD. THERE IS
A PAUSE OF SEVERAL SECONDS AS LIFEBOATS STREAK AWAY FROM THE
SHIP IN ALL DIRECTIONS, THEN THE SHIP COMES APART, EXPLODING.
VOICEOVER: Captain Aldur's voice: "...authorization delta-2-pi-omega-4."
FLASHES TO:
EXT. EARTH
ORBIT: SEVERAL ENORMOUS JEM'HADAR BATTLECRUISERS APPROACH EARTH,
WAVE AFTER WAVE OF JEM'HADAR FIGHTERS ESCORTING THEM.
VOICEOVER: Lieutenant San: "It *will* destroy all life if it is used."
FLASHES TO:
EXT. OPTICAL: THE DARKNESS OF SPACE... IN THE FAR DISTANCE, THE TWO SPECKS
CONTINUE TOWARD THE CAMERA... THE ONE IN FRONT IS NOW
RECOGNIZABLE AS A BADLY DAMAGED CORONADO. THE ONE BEHIND IS
STILL NOT RECOGNIZABLE, BUT IS CLEARLY MUCH LARGER. WEAPONS
FIRE CONTINUES TO PULSE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO SHIPS
EVEN AS THEY RACE TOWARD THE CAMERA AT HIGH WARP.
VOICEOVER: Computer's voice: "Auto-destruct in 5..."
FLASHES TO:
INT. BRIDGE: THE BRIDGE IS DESTROYED. ALDUR PUSHES PEOPLE, ONE
RECOGNIZABLY MARSHALL, TOWARD THE TURBOLIFTS.
VOICEOVER: Captain Aldur's voice: "Evacuate! Get out of here, now!
All Spectres, be advised we are evacuatin--"
PAUSE: THE SCREEN GOES BLACK AGAIN. THERE IS A TREMENDOUS CRASH
AND A VOICE RECOGNIZABLY ALDUR'S SCREAMS.
VOICEOVER: Commander Marshall's voice: "CAPTAIN!!!"
VOICEOVER: Computer's voice: "4..."
FLASHES TO:
INT. SICKBAY: DAUBER STANDS OVER A BIOBED, A BODY ON IT COVERED FROM HEAD
TO TOE IN A BLUE STARFLEET BLANKET. THE SCREEN GOES BLACK
YET AGAIN.
VOICEOVER: Doctor Dauber's voice, heavy with shock: "He's dead!"
VOICEOVER: Computer's voice: "3..."
VOICEOVER: "On April 16... a two-hour special Coronado event..."
FLASHES TO:
MONTAGE: A FLASHING MONTAGE OF BARELY RECOGNIZABLE IMAGES. A
LAUGHING VORTA. CAMELYNIAN CYBERKNIGHTS COVERED IN BLOOD.
A BAJORAN ORB.
VOICEOVER: Computer's voice: "2..."
VOICEOVER: "...the death of all you hold dear..."
MONTAGE: CORONADO IN THE PURPLE FIELD. A MISTY FOREST. SPECTRES
HOWLING OUT OF THE FLIGHT BAY. THE BRIDGE SHAKES.
VOICEOVER: "...or the Federation's last hope?"
FLASHES TO:
EXT. OPTICAL: THE DARKNESS OF SPACE... CORONADO AND WHATEVER IS PURSUING
HER RUSH TOWARD THE CAMERA. THE THING PURSUING THE SHIP
IS ENORMOUS, WITH LONG REACHING "ARMS" IN FRONT OF A BLOATED
PURPLE BODY. CORONADO RUSHES BY THE CAMERA. THE PURSUER
GETS LARGER AND LARGER UNTIL IT RUSHES INTO THE CAMERA,
BLACKING OUT THE SCREEN.
(THE MUSIC BUILDS TOWARD A CRASHING, EPIC CRESCENDO.)
VOICEOVER: Computer's voice: "1..."
SOUND: AN EXPLOSION.
MUSIC: LAST FEW SECONDS OF THE CORONADO THEME MUSIC.
FLASHES TO:
GRAPHIC: "Coronado: DREAMS AND OMENS, Friday, April 16, 10pm ET"
VOICEOVER: "A special TWO-HOUR Coronado event. April 16, at a special
time: 10pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific. DREAMS AND OMENS."
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Ross Glenn aka Jester
Fleet Captain Brian Aldur, U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-63100
http://www.ussrenegade.com/coro2400/