startrek-ml/Data/StarTrekTheNextGeneration/183.txt

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "Final Mission" 
                     (f.k.a. "Turnabout") 
                          #40274-183 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Corey Allen 


THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1990 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. This script is not for publication or
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

                         FINAL DRAFT
 
                      SEPTEMBER 17, 1990
 

          STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - 9/17/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Final Mission" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             SONGI
                RIKER              DIRGO
                DATA               ENSIGN TESS ALLENBY
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    

           STAR TREK: "Final Mission" 9/17/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Final Mission" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              SICKBAY                  MINING SHUTTLE
              ENGINEERING
              MAIN SHUTTLEBAY          WASTE SHIP
          
            MINING SHUTTLE             LAMBDA PAZ
                                         DESERT
            LAMBDA PAZ                   CLEARING
              CAVE
              CAVERN                   GAMELAN IV
          
            GAMELAN IV
              SONGI'S ROOM (ON SCREEN)

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "Final Mission" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                DRESCI             DRESS-key
                GAMELAN            GAM-uh-lin
                MALTASION          mal-TAY-zhun
                NENEBEK            NEN-eh-bek
                PENTARUS           pen-TAR-us
                SONGI              SAHN-jee

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - TEASER     1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                       "Final Mission"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise travels through space as:

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, stardate 44307.3.
			I am preparing to leave by
			shuttlecraft for Pentarus Five,
			where I have been asked to mediate
			a dispute among the salenite
			miners -- a contentious group
			unfortunately prone to violence.

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	PICARD, RIKER, TROI, DATA, WORF, and ENSIGN TESS
	ALLENBY at their positions.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			At the same time, I must deal with
			a situation of a far more personal
			nature.

	WESLEY comes bursting in through the Turbolift door,
	out of breath and a little anxious. Everyone on the
	Bridge looks stern and a little disgruntled with him.

					PICARD
			Ensign, I summoned you almost ten
			minutes ago!

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir, I know, but I was in
			the middle of an experiment using
			some volatile compounds and I
			couldn't just leave them lying
			out --

					PICARD
			Excuses, Mister Crusher?

					WESLEY
			No, sir, not at all, it was more
			of an explanation --

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - TEASER     2.

2    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Because I assure you that will
			not go over well at Starfleet
			Academy.

					WESLEY
			I know, sir, but --

	Then it sinks in. He stares at Picard.

					WESLEY
			The Academy?

					PICARD
			I just got the message from
			Admiral Nsomeka. She expects
			you to report in two weeks.

	There are smiles all around as Wesley, nonplussed,
	realizes what Picard is saying.

					PICARD
			A position has opened up in this
			year's class. You'll have to work
			overtime to catch up, but I have
			assured the Commander that you
			will be capable of that. Please
			don't make a liar of me.

					WESLEY
			Oh, yes sir! I mean -- no, sir.

					PICARD
			And as your final mission aboard
			the Enterprise... I'd like you
			to accompany me to Pentarus while
			I try to sort things out with the
			miners.

	Wesley is amazed -- first the Academy, and now an
	expedition with the Captain.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir...

					PICARD
			Mister Riker tells me you've been
			studying the effects of outpost
			judiciary decisions on Federation
			Law. What better way to get
			first-hand experience?

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - TEASER     3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Captain, I am picking up a general
			distress signal from Gamelan Five.

					PICARD
			On screen.

	They all turn toward the view screen.

3    ANGLE - ON SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	An alien woman, SONGI, appears -- a gentle, sensitive
	creature who speaks with quiet desperation.

					SONGI
			Please... Does anyone read us?

					PICARD
				(to Worf)
			Open channel.
				(to screen)
			I am Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
			the Federation Starship
			Enterprise.

					SONGI
			Captain... I am Chairman Songi,
			of Gamelan Four. An unidentified
			spacecraft has entered orbit above
			our planet. Radiation levels in
			our atmosphere have increased by
			three thousand percent. We can
			only assume we are under attack
			-- but the ship will not answer
			our hails! We are a peaceful
			planet... we have no ability to
			defend ourselves. Please, can
			you help us?

					PICARD
			Mister Data, are we close enough
			for a scan?

					DATA
			Nossir, we are out of range.

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - TEASER     4.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Any other ships near that system?

					DATA
			Negative, Commander.

					PICARD
			Very well. Chairman Songi, we
			will proceed immediately to your
			planet.

					SONGI
			Thank you, Captain Picard...

	The screen blinks out. Picard considers logistics.

					PICARD
			Mister Riker, take the Enterprise
			and investigate the problem.
			Ensign Crusher and I will proceed
			to Pentarus Five.
				(to Wes)
			The miners have sent a shuttle.
			We'll depart in ten minutes.

	Wes acknowledges, heads for the Turbolift.

4    INT. SHUTTLEBAY TWO

	GEORDI emerges from the miners' shuttle -- a small,
	ragged vessel that looks like the space equivalent of
	"The African Queen". Its pilot, DIRGO, is a
	tough-looking humanoid who is weathered and worn enough
	to suggest middle-age. Though his appearance is feral,
	he will emerge as an intelligent, if inflexible, being.

	Ultimately, he is self-serving; Dirgo looks out for
	Dirgo, because he's always had to.

					GEORDI
			Your maneuvering thrusters are
			rigged in a configuration I
			haven't seen before.

	Dirgo gives him a smug look.

					DIRGO
			My own modification. It's more
			efficient. You can study it if
			you want...

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - TEASER     5.

4    CONTINUED:

	At this point, Picard and Wesley enter.

					GEORDI
				(to Picard)
			I've run operational and safety
			inspections, Captain. It checks
			out. I won't make any claims for
			comfort.

	Dirgo approaches Picard, sizing him up as he does.

					DIRGO
			Captain Picard... Captain Dirgo,
			of the shuttlecraft "Nenebek".

					PICARD
			Ah -- Captain. Good to meet you.

					WESLEY
				(sotto to Geordi)
			"Captain?" Of a mining shuttle?

	But Dirgo hears him, turns instantly to him.

					DIRGO
			Yes, Ensign -- Captain. My ship
			isn't pretty, and she isn't big
			-- but we've logged almost ten
			thousand hours together.

					PICARD
			It seems a very -- sturdy --
			craft.

					DIRGO
			We should go. Will you take Ops,
			Captain?

					PICARD
			I'll let Ensign Crusher perform
			that task. I need to study up
			on Regalian law.

	Dirgo studies Wesley with obvious disdain as they
	enter.

4A   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Riker, Allenby, Worf, Data.

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - TEASER     5A.

4A   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Crusher to Bridge...

					RIKER
			Go ahead, Mister Crusher.

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Shuttlecraft Nenebek prepared
			for departure.

					RIKER
			Acknowledged, Ensign. Begin
			launch sequence.

					WESLEY'S COM VOICE
			Launch sequence confirmed...

					DATA
			Shuttlecraft has cleared the bay.

					RIKER
			Ensign Allenby, set a course for
			the Gamelan system... Warp Six.

					ALLENBY
			Aye, Sir.

4B   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	warping away.

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/2/90 - TEASER     6.

5    EXT. SPACE - MINUTES LATER (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle craft heads toward Regalus.

6    INT. SHUTTLE - CONTINUOUS

	Dirgo eyes Wesley handling the Ops position with some
	surprise.

					DIRGO
			You've done this before.

					WESLEY
				(dryly)
			Yes...

					DIRGO
				(jerking his head toward
				 the cabin)
			If your Captain isn't tougher than
			he looks, those miners will tear
			him apart.

					WESLEY
			Don't worry about Captain Picard
			-- he'll handle them.

	Suddenly they are interrupted by a sudden muffled
	explosion and violent shake of the craft, which then
	settles into a constant vibration. Cabin lights dim;
	control panels flicker.

					WESLEY
			I've lost navigation --

					DIRGO
			The port thruster quad is gone,
			guidance coupling is severed --
			I can't stabilize her!

	The shuttle bucks and pitches as Dirgo and Wesley
	struggle for control.

7    OMITTED

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT ONE     7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

8    OMITTED

9    INT. MINING SHUTTLE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	The shuttle is in chaos. Dirgo wrestles with the
	controls as the ship continues to shudder violently.
	Picard bursts through the door of the cabin.

					WESLEY
			The port thruster module blew...

	Picard instantly sits in the Ops position.

					DIRGO
			Nenebek to Enterprise...
			emergency... do you read?
			Pentarus station... come in...
				(shakes head)
			Communication is gone --

					PICARD
			Is your navigational system
			functioning?

					DIRGO
			Negative. Switching to manual.

					PICARD
			Estimated position... ?

					DIRGO
			Fifty million kilometers from
			Pentarus Five... we may have to
			put down somewhere else...

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, scan for a class
			M environment...

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    7A.

9    CONTINUED:

	He moves to the panel. The shuttle lurches sharply,
	settles, lurches again.

					DIRGO
			We'll lose the main impulse engine
			if I don't throttle it down.

	There is another sharp jolt and the ship shudders.

					WESLEY
				(reading scanners)
			One of the moons of Pentarus
			Three... it's class M -- barely
			-- mean temperature fifty-five
			degrees Celsius...

					PICARD
			Life forms indicated?

					WESLEY
			Negative. But sensors are
			limited. There's an intense
			magnetic field near the surface.

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT ONE     8.

10   OMITTED

11   ON SCREEN

					DIRGO
			We don't have a choice.

	He makes a manual course correction...

11A  EXT. SPACE - SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)

	moving toward a red-brown moon.

11B  INT. SHUTTLE

					DIRGO
			Save the impulse engine for a
			controlled entry.

					PICARD
			Ensign, reconfigure the working
			thrusters to manual inputs.

					WESLEY
			I'll try, sir -- but this grid
			looks about a hundred years old...

	Dirgo glances at Picard. He's a little defensive.

					DIRGO
			I don't have the Federation's
			resources...
				(rising, to Picard)
			Captain... will you take the helm?

	Dirgo goes to Wesley, shoulders him aside; Picard takes
	the conn.

					DIRGO
			I'm rerouting the deuterium
			flow --

					WESLEY
				(nods)
			We'll have to manually trip the
			bypass from the main engine to
			the thrusters...

	Dirgo gives Wesley a sharp look.

					DIRGO
			Where'd you learn that?

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE     9.

12   ON PICARD AND VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The red-brown sphere begins to fill the window.

					WESLEY
			We've got power reconfigured,
			Captain.

	Picard's hands are at the controls, skillfully
	maneuvering the craft, which continues its sporadic
	jolts and lurches. Dirgo moves to Ops, checks his
	monitors.

					DIRGO
			Hull temperature seven hundred
			degrees --

					PICARD
			Beginning braking maneuver.

	The craft goes into a pitch up. Cabin lights flicker
	wildly.

					DIRGO
			We're below Mach One! Bypass
			to thrusters now!

	Smoke begins to seep into the cabin; the lights flicker
	and the craft bounces turbulently. Finally, there is
	one moment of a controlled glide... and then impact.
	Sparks arc through the cabin, and then there is
	darkness.

13   EXT. LAMBDA PAZ - MINUTES LATER - DAY

	A merciless sun beats down on a sere desert of rolling
	sand dunes. The shuttle lies, half buried in sand,
	charred and broken. The hatch has ripped off and we
	see Picard emerge, blinking in the harsh light and then
	turning to help Wesley climb out.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    10.

13   CONTINUED:

	Picard is already at work, assessing the situation.

					PICARD
			Let's salvage what we can.
				(glancing upward)
			The first thing we'll need is
			shelter from the sun. In this
			heat, the shuttle will act like
			an oven.

	Dirgo emerges from the shuttle, wiping his perspiring
	face.

					DIRGO
			All systems are out. Can't get
			a communication channel. Location
			transponder's gone, too.

					PICARD
			We'll have to check the craft for
			something to protect our heads
			and eyes... and Captain, please
			recover your medical supplies...
			food and water rations...

					DIRGO
				(hesitant)
			The medical supplies are all
			right...

					PICARD
			But... food and water?

					DIRGO
			A replicator... damaged beyond
			repair.

					PICARD
			Surely... you have emergency
			supplies.

					DIRGO
			This isn't a starship! I have
			to choose what I carry!

	Picard stares at him, not wanting to believe what the
	man is saying.

					PICARD
			Are you telling me... that we have
			no water?

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    11.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

	Dirgo looks away. Picard glances up at the sun, and
	then out across the vast desert. Wesley watches him,
	definitely worried, hoping the Captain can pull some
	miracle. But how will they survive without water?

14   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE ORBITING GAMELAN IV (OPTICAL)

	The ship maintains a distant orbit around a large blue
	and green planet. In much closer orbit is an enormous
	space ship with no markings, dark and ominous.

15   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker with Data, Geordi, Beverly, Worf and Allenby.

					DATA
			Scanning. Vessel reads as an
			unmanned sublight freighter.

					RIKER
			Origin?

					DATA
			Indeterminate. Propulsion appears
			to employ a gaseous-core fission
			reactor, but it is not functioning.

					GEORDI
			The radiation levels coming from
			that ship are off the scale.

					RIKER
			Mister Data, could that be
			leakage from their engines?

					DATA
			No sir. Engine reactor elements
			appear to have been inactive for
			approximately three hundred years.
			The vessel is carrying various
			unstable waste products.

					GEORDI
			You mean... it's a garbage scow.

					DATA
			Precisely.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    12.

15   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, open a hailing
			frequency.
				(beat)
			Chairman Songi, this is Commander
			Riker on board the Enterprise.

	Songi appears on screen.

					SONGI
			Yes, Commander.

					RIKER
			It appears you've inherited
			someone else's problem... It's
			an old waste vessel... caught by
			your planet's gravitational pull.

					BEVERLY
			Have your people begun to suffer
			from radiation sickness?

					SONGI
			Not yet. But some areas are
			already detecting dangerous
			levels.

					RIKER
			We'll do our best to get it out
			of here as quickly as possible.

					SONGI
			Thank you, Commander.

	The screen is wiped.

					RIKER
			We're going to give that barge
			a push into the Gamelan sun.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    13.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Sir, the Meltasion Asteroid Belt
			lies between here and the sun.

					RIKER
			Then we'll have to take it
			ourselves and have our
			deflectors clear a safe path
			through the asteroids.

					GEORDI
			I don't like the idea of getting
			close enough to that barge to tow
			it. The radiation levels are so
			high we'd be risking contamination
			of the entire crew.

					RIKER
			Got a better idea, Geordi?

					GEORDI
			We could send over a construction
			module to attach thrusters to it.
			Then we could direct it through
			the asteroid belt from a safe
			distance.

	Before Riker can respond --

					WORF
			Commander... a message from the
			mining settlement on Pentarus.
			The shuttle carrying Captain
			Picard has not yet arrived.

					BEVERLY
				(surprised)
			They left here at oh-eight-hundred
			hours...

					WORF
			They have asked if we will be
			starting a search.

	Riker looks out at the huge waste vessel, frustrated.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT ONE    13A.

15   CONTINUED: (3)

					RIKER
			Tell them we have an emergency
			situation here... we'll start a
			search after we've dealt with it.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
			Mister La Forge, prepare to launch
			the construction module. Let's
			get this over with as fast as we
			can.

	Geordi heads for the Turbolift to obey the command.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    14.

16   OMITTED

17   EXT. DESERT ON LAMBDA PAZ - CONTINUOUS

	The three men have salvaged what they could from the
	cabin of the shuttlecraft. They have fashioned wraps
	to cover their heads and shield their eyes, with flaps
	covering the backs of their necks. Wesley is repairing
	a damaged tricorder. Picard is laying broken strips of
	the metal hull on the sand.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, any luck with that
			tricorder?

					WESLEY
			I think so, sir. The scanning
			range may be limited, but it's
			better than nothing.

					DIRGO
			These were on board, Captain.
			They're working.

	He produces four phasers, similar to early Enterprise
	types. Picard and Wes each take one. Dirgo holsters
	the other two.

					PICARD
			Excellent. Now --
				(scanning the distance)
			Our communicators may not be able
			to get a signal through this
			strong a magnetic field... so I've
			fashioned an arrow. If a search
			party finds the wreckage, they'll
			know we've headed for those
			mountains.

					DIRGO
			Are you crazy?

	Picard shoots him a quizzical look.

					DIRGO
			It's too far away. We'll never
			make it.

					PICARD
			We can't survive out here in the
			sun.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    15.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			Where there are mountains, there
			is shelter.

	Chastened, Dirgo snorts and bristles.

					DIRGO
			You have no right to make the
			decisions! I'm Captain of this
			ship!

	This is too much for Wesley, who stands in front of
	Dirgo.

					WESLEY
			If you want to get out of this,
			I suggest you listen. Captain
			Picard is the one who's going to
			keep us alive --

					PICARD
				(interrupting)
			Thank you, Ensign, that's enough.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

					PICARD
			Captain Dirgo, you're an able
			pilot and I welcome your input.
			Do you feel there's an alternative
			we're overlooking?

	Dirgo hesitates, looks around, sees the vast sweep of
	empty desert. Then --

					DIRGO
			No.

					PICARD
			Very well. I suggest a steady
			pace, but not a brisk one. We
			need to ration our energy. Try
			to breathe through your nose, it
			will help prevent dehydration.
			I'll lead... Captain Dirgo, will
			you bring up the rear?

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT ONE    16.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	And he starts off, the others falling into line.
	Wesley scans the desert with the tricorder as they
	march. Dirgo gives himself one last look at his fallen
	ship. He gives it a little salute before turning to
	follow the others.

18   THE SEARING SUN

	burns in the sky, turning it white with heat.

19   THE TRIO OF MARCHERS

	slogs across the dunes, sweltering under the glare of
	the merciless sun, struggling to make progress in the
	deep sand. Dirgo stumbles in the shifting sands.
	Wesley spots him, helps him regain his footing. Dirgo
	spits sand from his mouth as Wesley helps brush him
	off.

					WESLEY
			And you were worried about how
			tough the Captain is?

	He nods ahead --

20   PICARD - THEIR POV

	marches at a strong, sturdy pace. He looks like he
	could go on for hours.

21   WESLEY AND DIRGO

	Wesley smiles, then turns and starts off again. Dirgo
	watches him, then surreptitiously removes a bottle from
	his pocket. It contains a clear liquid; he tips the
	bottle and draws deeply on it. Then he covertly
	replaces it.

22   ON WESLEY

	looking at the tricorder. He slows, swings the
	instrument from one side to the other, frowning as he
	reads the response. Dirgo catches up to him.

					DIRGO
			Did you find water?

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT ONE    17.

22   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			No... not yet...

	Suddenly Wesley stops, turns and points the tricorder
	behind them, then whips it to the opposite side.

					DIRGO
			What are you doing with that?

	Picard turns, hearing them.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher?

					WESLEY
			I'm not sure, sir... an energy
			reading.

					PICARD
			Energy reading? What kind?

					WESLEY
			Low frequency E-M. It's been
			getting stronger... the closer
			we get to those mountains.

					DIRGO
			What are you saying? There's
			something over there? Waiting
			for us?

					WESLEY
			I don't know what it is. It just
			registers as a repeating energy
			pattern...

					PICARD
			Ensign, are you suggesting this
			energy is not naturally occurring?

					WESLEY
			The readings could be indicating
			some electromagnetic property in
			the rocks... but I don't think so.

					PICARD
			A life form?

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT ONE    18.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			It's possible... the pattern's
			fairly organized...

	The three look across the sands toward the mountains.
	Picard glances back from where they came.

					PICARD
			We can't go back... and we can't
			stay here. We have to keep going
			to the mountains. No matter
			what's waiting there.

	He sets off, resolutely. The others follow, though the
	mountains now loom ominously with the spectre of the
	unknown.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT TWO    19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:
23
thru	OMITTED
25

26   INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS

	We are inside a cave, shooting toward the tunnel which
	leads to its entrance. Picard, Wesley and Dirgo ENTER.

					DIRGO
			There has to be water in here...
			aren't caves formed by water?

	Picard runs his hands over the walls of the cave;
	Wesley is scanning with the tricorder.

					PICARD
			Not necessarily... they could
			have been created by volcanic
			activity -- lava flows.
				(turns from wall)
			These walls are dry... Mister
			Crusher, do you get any moisture
			reading?

					WESLEY
			No, sir... But that E-M reading?
			The pattern has changed... and
			the frequency is peaking a lot
			higher...

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT TWO    20.

26   CONTINUED:

	Dirgo, hot and frustrated, wipes his face with his
	sleeve. As he does, the bottle of liquid falls from
	the pocket and onto the cave floor. Picard and Wesley
	stare at it in amazement.

					WESLEY
			You have water!

					DIRGO
				(defensive)
			I wouldn't hide water...

	Picard picks up the bottle, opens, smells it.

					DIRGO
			It's called dresci... from my
			planet.

					PICARD
			Alcohol.

					DIRGO
			It's -- medicinal. For
			emergencies.

	Picard gives him a questioning look.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT TWO    21.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					DIRGO
			I was going to share it with
			you...

					PICARD
			This won't quench your thirst...
			it will only make it worse.

					DIRGO
			I'll take my chances...

	He extends his hand for the bottle, but Picard doesn't
	yield it.

					PICARD
			I'm not going to let you waste
			this. It's more valuable to us
			as a coolant or a disinfectant.

					DIRGO
			It's mine!

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher, stow this with
			the medical supplies and keep your
			eye on it.

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

	Picard tosses the bottle to him. Dirgo glares,
	seething.

					PICARD
			Now we're going to explore this
			cave. Mister Crusher, look for
			any indication of water, no matter
			how faint. Captain Dirgo -- will
			you lead the way?

	Picard gestures ahead of him, and Dirgo, still angry,
	scowls at him defiantly for a beat before starting into
	the depths of the cave.

27   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	orbiting the Gamelan planet.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT TWO    22.

28   INT. SICKBAY - CONTINUOUS

	Beverly is briefing assistants. There is a determined
	quality to her, as though it's important to concentrate
	on business.

					BEVERLY
			We're projecting that the bulk
			of the radiation will affect three
			small island groups.

	Troi ENTERS as Beverly is giving instructions, takes
	note of her brisk, no-nonsense manner.

					BEVERLY
				(continuing)
			Fortunately, they're sparsely
			populated. We'll start
			replicating hyronalin now and be
			ready to transport it to them if
			it becomes necessary. Please
			coordinate with the medical
			personnel on the planet.

	The supernumeraries set to their tasks, and Troi
	approaches.

					TROI
			We've contacted the nearest
			Starbase for a search vessel...
			I'm afraid the closest one is
			almost a week away...

					BEVERLY
			I see. Thank you.

					TROI
			But we have asked the mining
			settlement to send out any vessels
			they might have.

	Beverly gives her a look; not much hope there.

					TROI
			You know, there are many reasons
			why the shuttle might have been
			delayed...

					BEVERLY
			Deanna -- thank you. But I'm all
			right. And for now, I have work
			to do.


    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT TWO    23.

28   CONTINUED:

	She moves off to stay busy, and Troi looks after her,
	knowing Beverly is keeping a tight lid on.

29   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Riker stands over Geordi as he works at the Science
	Station. Tess and Data, off-camera, at their posts.
	An Okudagram represents the construction module in the
	process of attaching thrusters to the waste ship. Worf
	turns to them.

					WORF
			Commander... the miners report
			that they have very few operable
			shuttle craft. They want to know
			when we will be joining the
			search.

					RIKER
			Tell them to stand by. If this
			works, we'll be on our way.

					GEORDI
			Thrusters are attached and ready,
			Commander.

	Riker moves to his command chair.

					RIKER
			Initiate prefire sequence.

					GEORDI
			Prefire command transmitted.
			Thrusters to standby.

					RIKER
			Fire thrusters... gradual
			acceleration to forty percent
			power.

	They all look toward the viewer.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT TWO    24.

29A
thru	OMITTED
29B

29C  EXT. SPACE - WASTE VESSEL - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	The waste vessel begins to move, sluggishly but
	steadily. Then, suddenly, a chunk of it rips off.

29D  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					GEORDI
			We've lost one module. Correcting
			thrust vectors to compensate.

					DATA
			Structural integrity of the barge
			has been compromised.
			Disintegration is continuing.

					RIKER
				(standing)
			Shut down thrusters! Ensign, take
			us one thousand meters ahead of
			the barge and hold.

					DATA
			External radiation levels are
			increasing.

					ALLENBY
				(beat)
			Coming into position at one
			thousand meters.

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, extend shields around
			the ship and lock on a tractor
			beam.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

29E  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	Moves next to the barge and locks on the tractor beam.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT TWO    25.

29F  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

	Red Alert goes into automatic, alarms chime.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Radiation levels at
			seventy millirads per minute and
			rising.

					RIKER
			Allenby, set a new course. We're
			going to take it through the
			asteroid belt ourselves. One-quarter
			impulse.

					ALLENBY
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
				(to comm)
			Doctor Crusher to the Bridge.

					CRUSHER'S COM VOICE
			On my way.

					RIKER
			Data... I need a projection of
			the radiation impact on the
			crew... Worf...
				(beat)
			... signal the mining settlement.
			Tell them -- we won't be joining
			the search for awhile.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT TWO    26.

30   OMITTED

31   INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS

	Dirgo, Wesley, and Picard make their way through the
	cave, Wesley scanning constantly.

					DIRGO
			There's light up ahead!

	The others follow him toward a cleft in the cave wall.
	A shaft of light is visible beyond.

					WESLEY
				(re: the tricorder)
			Captain... water!

	The three reach a jagged opening in the cave, through
	which some light penetrates.

32   OMITTED

32A  INT. CAVERN - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	as they move cautiously into a huge subterranean
	cavern. Shafts of sunlight stream from openings far
	above them, illuminating the vault-like interior. It
	is a dry, dusty atmosphere, full of a chalky grit that
	clogs their noses and mouths and intensifies their
	thirst.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/5/90 - ACT TWO    27.

32A  CONTINUED:

	(NOTE: From now on, there will be a distinction between
	"cave" and "cavern," the former referring to the
	smaller ante-room they first entered, the latter to the
	large space which contains the fountain.)

	In the center of the space is a water fountain.

					DIRGO
			I knew there had to be water!

	He runs toward it, reaches his hands out to scoop water
	-- but is stopped and flung back by a FORCE FIELD
	surrounding the fountain.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher... what was that?

	Wesley scans with the tricorder.

					WESLEY
			It seems to be some kind of
			tightly confined annular force
			field...

					PICARD
			Put there to protect the water.

					WESLEY
			Then there has to be a way to
			de-activate it...

					DIRGO
				(impatient)
			We can with our phasers.

	He moves quickly forward, impatient, pulls a phaser...

					PICARD
			I think it might be wiser if...

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT TWO    27A.

32A  CONTINUED: (2)

	But Picard is interrupted by a SOUND, a deep growling
	HUM... as Dirgo begins to fire... Picard shoots a look
	at Wesley...

					WESLEY
				(reading tricorder)
			The E-M pattern again -- the
			power level's really spiking
			now...

					DIRGO
			Look... I think it's working!

					PICARD
				(warning)
			Dirgo...

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT TWO    28.

32A  CONTINUED: (3)

	The SOUND suddenly builds in volume, taking on a
	crackle like bacon sizzling. Then suddenly, all hell
	breaks loose!

33   THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	appears -- a wave of electrical energy without
	substance, possibly appearing as a sheet of crackling
	lightning that buzzes and hums as it moves toward them.

					PICARD
			Stop firing!

	Dirgo stops and whirls. The shimmering plane advances
	toward them.

34   ANGLE - THE TRIO (OPTICAL)

	Dirgo fires right at the Sentry. It stops -- then
	suddenly flares out in a frightening electrical display
	that ricochets from the cavern wall, and pulls the
	phaser out of Dirgo's hands...

35   PICARD

	sees that rocks have been jarred loose by the Sentry's
	activities -- rocks that are beginning to tumble right
	down onto Wesley. He dives toward the young man,
	hurling him away from the rockslide, but taking the
	first one right on his head.

	The Captain crumples to the ground and is bombarded
	with more boulders. He writhes and twists under the
	assault of rocks, then finally lies motionless, dazed
	and broken. The Sentry disappears; the sound
	dissipates.

36   WESLEY AND DIRGO

	Wesley springs instantly into action, holstering his
	tricorder, climbing to his feet and running toward the
	Captain. Dirgo seems frozen with fear, staring at the
	wounded man on the ground.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT TWO    29.

36   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Help me!

	Wesley starts lifting boulders off the Captain. Dirgo
	is still immobilized.

					WESLEY
			Dirgo -- move!

	Dirgo snaps from his shock and runs toward them, begins
	to throw rocks from the unconscious man.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT THREE   30.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

37   INT. CAVE - SAME DAY - MINUTES LATER

	Picard is lying on the ground as Wesley frantically
	administers first aid. Dirgo still seems sluggish,
	in shock.

					WESLEY
			Keep pressure on that wound!

	Dirgo has his palm pressed against Picard's forehead,
	which took the initial blow and is bleeding. Wesley
	is inspecting the various wounds the Captain has
	sustained, checks his right leg with the tricorder.

					WESLEY
			This is the worst break... ?

					DIRGO
			What was that thing... ?

	Wesley gives him a sharp look -- pay attention.

					WESLEY
			Keep the pressure constant.

	He goes for the pack of medical supplies, starts
	rummaging through them. Picard opens his eyes,
	struggles for clarity.

					PICARD
			Ensign... how bad is it?

	Wesley hesitates. Pretty bad, but he doesn't want to
	say that.

					WESLEY
			You have a broken leg... Your
			left arm is... I think there's
			a fracture there, too. And you
			took a bad blow to the head. But
			we're getting the bleeding under
			control.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT THREE   31.

37   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(weakly)
			Good work... I'm going to be fine
			in a moment... just need to catch
			my breath...

					DIRGO
				(to Wesley)
			Tell him the truth.

					WESLEY
			What truth?

					DIRGO
				(removing his hand from
				 the wound)
			He's bleeding inside. I've seen
			it before. He'll never survive.

	Wesley ignores him, lifts out the dresci bottle, pours
	it onto a gauze pad, applies it to a wound in Picard's
	chest. Picard gasps with pain.

					WESLEY
			You don't know what you're talking
			about.

	Wesley pours more dresci onto a pad, applies it to the
	head wound.

					DIRGO
			You're wasting your time. Save
			the dresci for us.

	Picard has had enough of being talked about in the
	third person. He summons all his strength.

					PICARD
			Mister Dirgo -- I'd appreciate
			it if you didn't bury me before
			I'm gone.

	Dirgo shakes his head in frustration, EXITS.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT THREE   32.

37   CONTINUED: (2)

	Wesley starts to wrap the Captain's wounds with
	sterile packs and gauze. Picard grimaces in pain.

					PICARD
			The trouble is... he may be right.

					WESLEY
			No, he's not -- you're going to
			be fine...

	Concentrating on his task, Wesley has not realized that
	Picard is gazing at him, a vague, distracted look as
	though this were another time, another place. Wes
	finally glances at him.

					WESLEY
			Captain... ?

					PICARD
				(gently)
			For a moment... I saw your
			father's face in yours...

	Wesley sobers. This reminder of mortality is
	unsettling to him.

					PICARD
			He wouldn't give up, either... even
			when things looked bleakest, even
			on that terrible afternoon...

	Picard stops, trails off, remembering Jack's death.

					PICARD
			Strange, I always remember it as
			night. Maybe... sudden,
			unnecessary death ought to happen
			at night... not on a bright
			cloudless afternoon...

	He looks at Wes, as though drifting back to the here,
	the now, the awful plight.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT THREE   33.

37   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			Wesley... you're going to have
			to keep a rein on Dirgo... he's
			willful, stubborn... that could
			be dangerous...

					WESLEY
			You'll handle him, sir.

					PICARD
				(sharply)
			Listen to me. I have no feeling
			in my right leg. My vision is
			blurred... I'm going to get worse,
			not better. I won't be able to
			help you, Wesley. You'll have
			to stand up to him on your own.

	Wes stares at him, wishing he'd stop talking like this
	but --
					WESLEY
			Yes, sir.

	And Picard smiles wanly, murmurs --

					PICARD
			Good man...

	And falls unconscious. Wesley looks up, out the tunnel
	where Dirgo disappeared.

38   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise tows the heavy barge through space.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's log, stardate
			44307.6. Radiation levels on the
			Enterprise continue to rise. The
			ventilation system has started
			pumping hyronalin into our air
			supply to counteract the effects.


   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT THREE   34.

39   OMITTED

39A  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - SCIENCE STATION

	Riker, Data, Beverly, Allenby, Worf (O.C.) and Geordi.
	Red Alert continues to flash.

					DATA
			At the rate the radiation levels
			are increasing, the hyronalin
			additive will only be effective
			for another thirty-eight minutes.

					BEVERLY
				(to Comm)
			Crusher to Medical Unit One.
			Evacuate and seal off all
			non-operational areas. Group the
			crew and families in the interior
			corridors of decks nine and ten,
			radiation exposure protocol.

					COM VOICE
			Acknowledged, Doctor

					RIKER
			Data... at our current speed, how
			long will it take us to get
			through the asteroid belt?

					DATA
			Fifty-one minutes, fourteen
			seconds.

					BEVERLY
			We're going to have a lot of
			casualties if we can't get there
			any faster.

					RIKER
			Geordi, how much more can the
			tractor beam take?

					GEORDI
			We're already at the upper limit
			for towing speed, Commander.

					RIKER
			Then let's see if we can establish
			a new upper limit...

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT THREE   35.

39A  CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir...

	Geordi moves to the Engineering station... Riker and
	Data move back to the command pit... on the move --

					GEORDI
			Data, monitor the shearing effect
			on the beam... increasing to
			one-half impulse.

39AA	EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	The ships accelerate with no discernible problem.

39B  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					DATA
			Tractor beam is holding...
			shearing force eighty metric tons
			per meter...

					GEORDI
			Increasing to three-quarters
			impulse.

39C  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	moving through space, accelerating gradually. The
	tractor beam begins to strain. The waste ship wobbles
	dangerously.

39D  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					DATA
			Shearing force ninety-two metric
			tons... ninety-three... tractor
			beam is destabilizing... we are
			going to lose the barge,
			Commander...

					RIKER
				(no choice)
			Reduce power.

					ALLENBY
			One-half impulse.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/2/90 - ACT THREE   35A.

39D  CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Geordi, you gotta stabilize the
			tractor beam...

					GEORDI
				(mind racing)
			I can't divert any more power
			to the shields... we're already
			hitting maximum thermal limits...
				(beat)
			Only other choice is to bring
			some other fusion reactors on
			line... but we're running at
			peak coolant pressure...

					RIKER
			Do it.

	Geordi races for the Turbolift... He EXITS, and Riker
	stares in frustration at the fragile waste ship.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Radiation levels at one
			hundred fifty millirads per
			minute and rising. Lethal
			exposure in thirty-five minutes.

	Riker stares out at the stars, mind racing, trying
	furiously to figure a way out of this deadly situation.

40   OMITTED

40A  INT. CAVERN - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Wesley emerges from the cave, finds Dirgo sitting on
	his haunches, staring at the shielded spring.

					DIRGO
			Look at that.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/8/90 - ACT THREE   36.

40A  CONTINUED:

	He gestures toward an object on the ground. Wesley
	goes to it, picks it up. The phaser has become
	encrusted with a hard, web-like material.

					WESLEY
			How did this happen?

					DIRGO
			That -- thing -- did it.

	Wesley inspects it with the tricorder.

					WESLEY
			Selenium fibers... electrically
			deposited.

	Wesley swings the tricorder around the cavern.

					WESLEY
			The E-M pattern is back down...
			it only surged when we tried to
			get to the water...
				(moves back toward
				 Dirgo)
			Whatever it was we saw... it
			almost acts like a sentry. To
			guard the fountain.
				(checking tricorder)
			As long as we aren't moving toward
			the water, the wave pattern stays
			low... right between five and
			fifteen hertz... Dirgo, walk
			toward the fountain.

	Dirgo frowns at him, but complies. As he moves toward
	the spring, the low electrical HUM starts again.

					WESLEY
			That's it! The frequency went
			to forty.

	Dirgo has had it with this scientific approach. He
	comes back to Wesley; the hum subsides.

					DIRGO
			What is this getting us? We've
			got to get to the water!

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT THREE   37.

40A  CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			If I could find a way to
			manipulate the frequency, I might
			be able to control it.
				(beat, thoughtful)
			The Sentry appeared when we
			started using phasers. Maybe it
			responds to heat... or to
			collinated energy...

					DIRGO
			If you're right... we can use a
			phaser to lure it away.

	Wesley frowns. He's still in his scientific mode...
	analyze, hypothesize... they're a long way from doing
	anything.

					WESLEY
			Hold on... we need to figure out
			what it is, before we start doing
			anything to it.

					DIRGO
			Enough talk. Enough thinking.
			It's time to do something.

	Dirgo hands him a phaser.

					DIRGO
			I'll start firing. When it comes
			-- you fire and draw it off.

					WESLEY
			No, we can't...

					DIRGO
				(overlapping)
			Then set your phaser on automatic
			and take cover.

					WESLEY
			And how do you know it'll go for
			my phaser, not yours?

					DIRGO
			Because... I'll fire mine on the
			lowest setting. You use maximum.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/5/90 - ACT THREE   38.

40A  CONTINUED: (3)

					WESLEY
			There's no evidence that it
			responds differently to higher
			settings... we have to figure
			out our options before we --

	Dirgo puts his face in Wesley's.

					DIRGO
			And while we're doing that, your
			Captain is dying.
				(jerks his head toward
				 the cave)
			With those wounds, most men would
			already be dead. If he doesn't
			get water...

	Dirgo shrugs, leaving the obvious unsaid. Wesley takes
	a breath, struggling to remain in control, to withstand
	this formidable space veteran.

					DIRGO
			When I start firing -- you better
			do your part.

	He turns and heads for the spring. The SOUND of the
	Sentry begins immediately. Dirgo opens fire on the
	force field. Wes stares; he has no choice but to go
	along with all this.

40B  THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	appears at the opposite end of the cavern from Wesley.
	He puts his phaser down on a rock and sets it on
	automatic fire... the Sentry indeed responds, moves
	toward him.

40C  WESLEY

	turns and runs back toward the tunnel to the cave,
	where there are outcroppings to conceal him.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/5/90 - ACT THREE   38A.

41   THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	stays with the phaser! It's working...

42   DIRGO (OPTICAL)

	is blasting away at the force field around the water.

42A  WESLEY

	looks up to check the Sentry and sees it --

43   THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	splits in two! One heads back toward the fountain.
	The other envelops Wes' phaser and promptly disappears.

44   WESLEY

	reacts as he hears Dirgo scream.

   STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT THREE   39.

44   CONTINUED:

	The sound of the Sentry dissipates... everything is
	ominously silent. Wesley picks himself up and crawls
	cautiously up the rocks to see what is happening. As
	he comes around the rocks, closer to the spring, he
	reacts as he sees --

45   DIRGO - WESLEY'S POV

	lies shrouded in a fibrous cocoon, his mouth still open
	in a silent scream, eyes wide with surprise and horror.
	The Sentry is gone.

46   WESLEY

	stares at him, pale and shaken.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FOUR    40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

47   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	Heading toward the sun.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's log, supplemental.
			Mister La Forge has diverted
			power from auxiliary fusion
			generators in an attempt to
			stabilize the tractor beam. This
			is the only hope of increasing
			our towing speed so we can clear
			the asteroid belt before radiation
			levels become fatal.

47A  OMITTED

48   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf and Data are at their stations; Allenby at
	Conn. Red Alert continues. Geordi exits the Turbolift
	and hurries to the Science Station, makes some final
	checks on the panel.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Radiation levels at
			three hundred millirads per
			minute and rising. Lethal
			exposure in one minute.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FOUR    41.

48   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Ready, Commander. I'll be
			rotating the output of the
			auxiliary reactors, but it should
			still give us the power we need.

					RIKER
			Proceed, Mister La Forge.

					GEORDI
			Increasing to three-quarters
			impulse.

					DATA
			Shearing force at one hundred
			three metric tons... the tractor
			beam is stable...

					GEORDI
			Full impulse.

49   OMITTED

50   EXT. SPACE ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	moving faster at full impulse.

51   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

					DATA
			Tractor beam is holding.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Lethal radiation
			exposure in thirty seconds.

					WORF
			We are in visual range of the
			asteroid belt.

					RIKER
			On screen.

	They look toward the viewscreen, and see the asteroid
	field way in the distance, like tiny pebbles.

    STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FOUR    42.

51   CONTINUED:

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Lethal radiation
			exposure in fifteen seconds.

					RIKER
			Stand by to cut the barge loose...

51A  INT. ENTERPRISE - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	as they streak toward -- and through -- the asteroid
	belt!

51B  INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Warning. Lethal radiation
			exposure in ten seconds.

					DATA
			We have cleared the asteroids,
			sir.

					RIKER
			Let it go.

52   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND WASTE VESSEL (OPTICAL)

	The beams snap off and the Enterprise arcs away; the
	waste ship continues its path toward the sun, becoming
	smaller and smaller until it is no longer visible in
	the blinding light.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT FOUR        43.

53   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

					DATA
			Radiation intensity is decreasing,
			Commander.

	There is a palpable sense of relief on the Bridge.

					RIKER
			Cancel red alert.

	Red Alert goes off.

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, contact the mining
			settlement. Tell them we are
			joining the search for Captain
			Picard.
				(beat)
			Ensign, set a new course. Warp
			nine.

54   OMITTED

55   INT. CAVE - THAT NIGHT (OPTICAL)

	Wesley piles some rocks together. Picard is
	unconscious. He looks flushed and feverish; his
	condition has deteriorated in the last few hours.
	Wesley aims his phaser at a rock and zaps. It glows,
	warming them. Picard stirs, opens his eyes.

					PICARD
			Cold...

					WESLEY
			When the sun went down, the
			temperature really dropped.
				(indicating fire)
			This should help.

	Picard shifts position, tries to get comfortable,
	glances at Wesley.

					PICARD
			... don't seem to be much good
			to you, Wesley...

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT FOUR        44.

55   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
				(hard for him to admit)
			Sir... Dirgo is dead.

	This doesn't seem to affect Picard... he is listless,
	apathetic. But Wesley's feelings of guilt and
	responsibility run deeper.

					WESLEY
			I should've tried harder to stop
			him...

	Picard shuts his eyes and shakes his head a little.

					WESLEY
			Sir?

	No response. Wesley has been hoping for absolution and
	he's not getting it. Now, he looks at Picard... looks
	closer -- is he breathing?

					WESLEY
			Captain?
				(no response; louder)
			Captain Picard!

	Trying not to give in to panic, Wesley checks Picard's
	throat for a pulse and, finding one, takes a deep
	breath of relief. Picard's eyes slowly open, and he
	fixes a blank gaze on Wesley.

					WESLEY
			Sir... please... stay with me...

	Picard summons breath, monumental effort.

					PICARD
			I'm... trying...

	Wes glances at Picard, whose eyes are fluttering shut
	again. Wesley's mind races. He doesn't want the
	Captain drifting off into oblivion. He tries a new
	tack.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT FOUR        45.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

					WESLEY
			Captain? Remember when we took
			the shuttlecraft to Starbase
			Five-One-Five? I was dreading
			it... six hours alone with you...

	He glances at Picard. The Captain is at least
	listening.

					WESLEY
			But it didn't turn out the way
			I thought it would... you kind
			of -- opened up to me. I got to
			know you.
				(beat)
			Sort of.

					PICARD
				(with great effort)
			... it's my fault you're here...
			I shouldn't have asked you...

					WESLEY
			I was honored you wanted me
			along...

					PICARD
			... I was selfish... knew I might
			not see you again... forgive me...

	Wesley is flooded with affection for this man whom he
	reveres.

					WESLEY
			Sir... the past three years...
			I've lived more than most people
			do in a lifetime...

	Wesley pauses, struggling to form the thoughts.

					WESLEY
			I think I've been pretty lucky...
			no matter what happens. How many
			people get to serve with -- with
			Jean-Luc Picard?

	Now it's pouring out, a flood of affection never before
	expressed.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/21/90 - ACT FOUR        46.

55   CONTINUED: (3)

					WESLEY
			You don't know this... nobody
			knows this, because I never told
			anybody... but a lot of what
			I've worked for... school, and
			science projects, and getting into
			the Academy... I've done it
			because... because...

	He hesitates, a little embarrassed now, but having gone
	too far to turn back.

					WESLEY
				(quietly)
			Because I wanted you to be proud
			of me.

	He looks back at Picard, afraid maybe he's said the
	wrong thing, but sees that it was very right. A new
	determination comes into his voice.

					WESLEY
			One thing I learned from you...
			is that you never quit. And I'm
			not quitting now. I've seen you
			think yourself out of worse
			problems... and I'm going to
			think us out of this one.

	Picard weakly lifts his hand; Wesley takes it, presses
	it as though transfusing his strength into Picard.

					WESLEY
			You're not going to die... I won't
			let you die. I'll get to the
			water and I'll keep you alive
			until they find us. I promise
			you.

	Picard nods, believing in the boy's resilience. And
	the two sit, hands gripped together, each drawing
	strength from the other.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT FIVE        47.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

56   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it moves through inky darkness.

57   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	A weary group, including Riker, Data, Geordi, and
	Beverly study an Okudagram at Data's station. Worf
	is at Tactical.

					RIKER
			Are you certain?

					DATA
			It is definitely debris. The
			primary material is duranium, with
			smaller proportions of sonodanite
			and ermanium.

					GEORDI
			Most shuttlecraft hulls are made
			of duranium.

	Beverly pales.

					BEVERLY
			Then, they're gone.

					DATA
			Not necessarily, Doctor. There
			is far too little debris to
			account for an entire
			shuttlecraft.

					RIKER
			So what is it?

     STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT FIVE 48-50.       

57   CONTINUED:

	Something occurs to Geordi. He turns to Riker, working
	it over in his mind.

					GEORDI
			Dirgo had his maneuvering
			thrusters rigged in a funny way...
			he claimed it was more efficient.
			If one of them blew... it might
			have left debris like that.

					RIKER
			If only one of his thrusters were
			out... he could still have put
			down somewhere.

					DATA
			The only Class M planets in the
			system are Pentarus Two and
			Five... both have been
			thoroughly searched by the miners.

					RIKER
			Then, we'll search them again.

					DATA
			Sir... there are also four moons
			in the Pentarus system that might
			support life...

					RIKER
			Have the miners searched them?

					WORF
			Not yet, sir.

					RIKER
			What's the closest one to the
			debris coordinates?

					DATA
			Lambda Paz, one of the moons of
			Pentarus Three.

					RIKER
				(to Conn)
			Set a course, Ensign.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FIVE        51.

57A
thru	OMITTED
58

59   INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS

	Wesley, too, has been up all night. His eyes are
	red-rimmed, but he sticks gamely to his task. He is
	working on both the tricorder and his communicator,
	modifying them. He takes something from the
	communicator, inserts it into the tricorder, makes a
	few adjustments, tries it. He hears the Captain stir
	and moan, and moves toward him. Picard's eyes open.
	He looks awful -- his face grey but flushed in spots
	with fever. His voice is hoarse.

					PICARD
			Ensign... where are we?

	Wesley swallows. The Captain is in worse shape than he
	thought.

					WESLEY
			We crashed, sir... we're in a
			cave...

					PICARD
			... need water...

					WESLEY
			We -- we don't have any water.
			Don't you remember? We tried to
			get to the fountain... and Captain
			Dirgo...

	Picard stares at him, and with monumental will forces
	his mind to clear and grasp what Wesley is saying to
	him. He becomes momentarily focused.

					PICARD
			Yes... I remember...

	Buoyed by this response, Wesley rushes on.

					WESLEY
			But I think I'm on to something.
			I've analyzed the sentry's
			electrical patterns.

					PICARD
			Wesley... I may not make it...

	This is not what Wesley wants to hear. He rushes on.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FIVE        52.

59   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I'm going to get to the water...
			I took the transponder element
			from my communicator... used it
			to modify the tricorder...

	Picard shakes his head, knowing that Wesley is shutting
	out what he doesn't want to hear.

					WESLEY
			I think I can use it to interrupt
			the sentry's energy pattern...
			stop it.
				(beat)
			Or at least slow it down...

					PICARD
			Listen to me...

					WESLEY
			Yes, sir?

					PICARD
			So much I've wanted to tell you.
				(beat)
			At the Academy, there is
			someone... who meant a great deal
			to me... he has been there
			"forever"... you must get to know
			him... his name is Boothby... tell
			him we were friends...

	Wesley hates the finality of this kind of talk, turns
	away. But Picard puts out a hand, grabs his arm.

					PICARD
			When I was there... he helped
			me... Listen to him...

	Wesley nods, understanding -- a mentor.

					WESLEY
			What does he teach?

	Picard smiles... a cracked half-grin.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FIVE        53.

59   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			He's the groundskeeper. One of
			the wisest men I ever knew...
				(beat)
			I envy you, Wesley... it is just
			the beginning of the adventure
			for you.

	They exchange a long, intimate look.

					PICARD
			Go on, get the water, stay
			alive... they'll find you.

	Wesley rises, gathers phaser, tricorder, and the empty
	medical pack.

					WESLEY
			I'll be back soon.

	He turns and heads toward the tunnel to the cavern.

					PICARD
			Wesley...

	Wes turns back to him.

					PICARD
			Always remember... I was... proud
			of you...

	Wesley nods. Then he turns and heads down the tunnel.

59A  INT. CAVERN - CONTINUOUS (OPTICAL)

	as Wesley emerges into the huge chamber. He moves with
	determination toward the spring, sets down the medical
	pack. The SOUND of the sentry begins.

	Wesley fires the phaser toward the spring and --

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FIVE        54.

59B  THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	appears, shimmering and crackling. Wes turns, points
	the tricorder toward it, and begins pushing the
	controls.

	The sentry keeps coming.

	Wesley pushes more buttons, points the tricorder
	purposefully toward the entity. It slows down.

	Buoyed, he tries something else... but --

59C  THE SENTRY - NEW ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	suddenly swells in size! Frantically, Wesley punches
	buttons again. The sentry shrinks... but starts
	advancing once more.

59D  WESLEY

	backs up slightly... studies the tricorder... pushes
	buttons.

60   OMITTED

60A  THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	flares suddenly -- and begins that inexorable advance
	once more. The SOUND is now overwhelming, crackling,
	hissing.

60B  WESLEY

	stands his ground, resolute. He tries another
	configuration... points the tricorder... looks a bit
	alarmed. A hot wind is beginning to blow on him, his
	hair blowing backward from the power of the advancing
	sentry.

60C  WESLEY AND THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	as the sentry advances on him... slowly... steadily...
	Wesley closes his eyes, not yielding but expecting
	doom. The sentry is right on top of him -- and then --

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/8/90 - ACT FIVE       54A.

60D  WES AND SENTRY - ANOTHER ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	it passes right through him! Amazed, unhurt, he turns
	and sees --

60E  THE SENTRY (OPTICAL)

	cirlcing the fountain causing the forcefield to come
	on... light shimmers and flashes and the forcefield
	and the Sentry flicker away.

60F  WESLEY

	looks at the fountain, approaches it tentatively. He
	extends his hand... further, further. The forcefield
	is definitely gone.

					WESLEY
				(amazed)
			It worked... !

	Wes grabs the medical pack, plunges into the fountain,
	fills the pack, then hurries back toward the tunnel to
	the cave.

61   INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS

	Wes approaches the Captain, who is still unconscious,
	groaning.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT FIVE        55.

61   CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Captain Picard? Wake up...

	With his hand, he scoops some water from the pack and
	carefully drizzles it on the Captain's mouth. Picard
	sputters, opens his eyes. Wesley uses his other arm to
	lift the Captain's head, scoops up some more water.
	Picard gulps down the water which Wesley feeds him,
	gentle as a mother with a baby.

62   EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	in orbit over Lambda Paz.

63   INT. ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE

	Riker, Worf, Troi, Data, Beverly, Geordi, Allenby.

					DATA
			There is an intense magnetic
			field, Commander. I am getting
			an anomalous reading... but it
			is not strong enough to interpret
			accurately.

					GEORDI
			I can narrow the frequency range
			on the sensor array... and try
			to enhance the signal...
				(works for a beat)
			Any better, Data?

					DATA
			Yes. The reflection signature
			now clearly indicates that it is
			metal... duranium. The probablity
			is quite high that it is the
			shuttlecraft.

					RIKER
			Any life signs?

					DATA
			It is impossible to determine.
			The magnetic flux would mask any
			bio-energy emanations.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 10/1/90 - ACT FIVE       55A.

63   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Mister Worf, will that
			interference affect the
			Transporter Beam?

					WORF
			Yes, Commander. An Away Team
			would have to take a
			shuttlecraft.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FIVE        56.

63   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
			Assemble your team, Mister Data.

	Beverly rises immediately.

					BEVERLY
			I'm going with you.

					DATA
			Of course. Lieutenant Worf?

	The three head for the Turbolift. Riker looks after
	them, wishing he could be with them.

64   OMITTED

65   INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS

	Wesley sits propped against the cave wall, Picard's
	head resting in his lap. Picard sleeps, or is
	unconscious. Wesley stares at the fire, trying to keep
	his eyes open. But he has been up too long, and
	through too much. His eyes droop shut, snap open, then
	close again and stay that way.

					BEVERLY (V.O.)
			Wesley?

	His eyes open again and then widen as he sees --

65A  BEVERLY, WORF, AND DATA

	moving toward him, followed by several SUPERNUMERARIES
	with stretchers, water, food and medical supplies.

65B  ANGLE - WESLEY

	as Worf and Data lift Picard, still unconscious, onto
	a stretcher and Wesley gets to his feet.

					WESLEY
			Mom!

					BEVERLY
			Oh, Wesley... thank God...

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/28/90 - ACT FIVE        57.

65B  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			I'm sure glad to see you...

	She holds him away from her for a moment, inspecting
	him with a tricorder. Then she nods and goes toward
	Picard.

					WESLEY
			How did you find us?

					DATA
			We found the wreckage -- and the
			arrow which indicated your
			direction.

					BEVERLY
				(to assistants)
			We'll take Wesley by stretcher,
			too.

					WESLEY
			I can walk.

	The supernumeraries lift the Captain's stretcher, and
	Picard shifts slightly, opens his eyes...

					PICARD
				(weakly)
			Beverly...

					BEVERLY
			We're on our way back to the
			Enterprise, Captain... we've
			stabilized your vital signs.

	Picard nods slightly, looks around as though to
	reassure himself that everyone is really there. His
	eye falls on Wesley.

					PICARD
			Mister Crusher...

	Wes steps toward him.

					PICARD
			A moment...

	The Captain reaches out toward him. Wesley goes to his
	side.

        STAR TREK: "Final Mission" - REV. 9/26/90 - ACT FIVE        58.

65B  CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			I want you all to know...

	He grips Wesley's hand. His voice, still hoarse, is
	weak... but Picard summons strength from within.

					PICARD
				(to the others)
			He saved my life...

	Then he turns and looks up at Wesley.

					PICARD
			Wesley, know this... you will be
			missed.

	Wesley nods; the two share a silent goodbye. Then,
	Wesley walking along side, still holding on to the
	Captain's hand, the stretcher is carried out toward
	the cave opening.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END