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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
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"Power Play"
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(f.k.a. "The Invaders", "Terror In Ten-Forward"
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and
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"Feeling Poorly")
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#40275-215
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Story by
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Paul Rubin and Maurice Hurley
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Teleplay by
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Rene Balcer and Herbert J. Wright & Brannon Braga
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Directed by
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David Livingston
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THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED
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FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING
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WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
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Copyright 1991 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights
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Reserved. This script is not for publication or
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reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If
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lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.
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FINAL DRAFT
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NOVEMBER 26, 1991
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STAR TREK: "Power Play" - 11/26/91 - CAST
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
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"Power Play"
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CAST
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PICARD
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RIKER
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DATA
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BEVERLY
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TROI
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GEORDI
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WORF
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O'BRIEN
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KEIKO
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ENSIGN RO
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TRANSPORTER OFFICER
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Non-Speaking
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A NURSE
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BABY MOLLY
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CREWMEMBERS IN TEN FORWARD
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CIVILIANS IN TEN FORWARD
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N.D. SECURITY
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N.D. MEDICAL
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SUPERNUMERARIES
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STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - SETS
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
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"Power Play"
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SETS
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INTERIORS EXTERIORS
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USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE
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MAIN BRIDGE
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CARGO BAY SHUTTLE
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CORRIDOR
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CRAWL SPACE MAB-BU SIX MOON SURFACE
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READY ROOM
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SICKBAY
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TEN FORWARD
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TURBOLIFT
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TRANSPORTER
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SHUTTLE
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STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 11/27/91 - TEASER 1.
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
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"Power Play"
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TEASER
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FADE IN:
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1 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
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Approaches a MOON, which is cloaked with angry storm
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CLOUDS and LIGHTNING arcs of tremendous electrical
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activity. All silhouetted against a nearby massive,
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glowing gas-giant PLANET, the mother of this dark
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child.
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PICARD (V.O.)
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Captain's log, stardate 45571.2.
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We are going into orbit around
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an unexplored M-class moon of
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Mab-Bu Six. Though the moon was
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reported to be uninhabited, we
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have picked up a weak distress
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call.
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2 INT. BRIDGE
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Picard and Riker are at Data's station... listening
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to an audio distress signal... puzzled... WORF is at
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tactical. ENSIGN RO is at the conn, and TROI ENTERS
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from the turbolift.
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DATA
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The intense electromagnetic
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whirlwinds on the moon's surface
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make it virtually impossible to
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locate the source of the signal,
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sir...
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PICARD
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Any indications of life, Mister
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Worf?
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WORF
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Scanners read negative, sir. But
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they may be affected by the
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interference.
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RIKER
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Have you ever heard anything like
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that, Data?
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STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - TEASER 2.
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2 CONTINUED:
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DATA
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(curious)
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I believe so, Commander... at
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Starfleet Academy...
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PICARD
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The Academy?
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DATA
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Yes, sir, let me verify it...
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Running panels...
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DATA
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(continuing)
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As I thought, sir... it is a
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Starfleet subspace distress
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signal... standard to Daedalus
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class starships...
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RIKER
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(reacts, to Picard)
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There hasn't been a Daedalus class
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in service for... what... ?
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DATA
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One hundred seventy-two years,
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Commander...
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PICARD
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Any record of missing ships in
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this vicinity, Data?
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Checking --
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DATA
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The U.S.S. Essex under the command
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of Captain Bryce Shumar
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disappeared in this sector over
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two centuries ago...
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PICARD
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Daedalus class...
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STAR TREK: "Ethics" - REV. 11/27/91 - TEASER 3.
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2 CONTINUED: (2)
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DATA
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(checking)
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Yes, Captain... I have accessed
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the subspace transponder signature
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of the Essex... it is identical
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to the signal coming from the moon's
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surface...
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RIKER
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We've arrived a little late...
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3 ANGLE ON TROI
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As she experiences curious empathic feelings...
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PICARD (o.c.)
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Mute it, Data.
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Data turns off the sound.
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3A RESUME
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PICARD
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(to Riker)
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With the storm activity down
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there, I don't think it's worth
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the risk to check on a ghost ship,
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Number One... advise Starfleet
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we've solved the mystery of
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Captain Shumar and the Essex...
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TROI
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I'm not sure we have...
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They turn to look at her...
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TROI
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Someone's down there... alive...
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Off reactions...
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FADE OUT.
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END OF TEASER
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STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/04/91 - ACT ONE 4.
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ACT ONE
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FADE IN:
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(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)
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4 EXT. MOON - THE SHUTTLE (OPTICAL)
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in the atmosphere.
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RIKER (V.O.)
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First officer's log, supplemental.
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The electromagnetic interference
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on the surface was judged too
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dangerous for anyone to transport
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down. So we have taken a
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shuttle to investigate.
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5 INT. SHUTTLE - IN FLIGHT
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On RIKER, TROI and DATA, being buffeted inside on an
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instruments-only run, a rough-as-they-come flight.
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Over this, the distress SIGNAL mournfully plays,
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stronger.
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A burst of nearby LIGHTNING brightens their faces.
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The THUNDER following this sounds like the voice of
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doom.
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DATA
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Shields are holding...
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RIKER
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(checking instruments)
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Wind shear is incredible, Data...
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keep an eye on the stabilizers...
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(glances at Troi)
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If it's anything like this on the
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ground, I don't see how anyone
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could survive on this moon for
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long.
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TROI
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Maybe they've been living
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underground.
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RIKER
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(off console)
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Question is where? I still can't
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locate the source of the damn
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signal... it's bouncing around
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more than we are...
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STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/04/91 - ACT ONE 5.
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5 CONTINUED:
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They suddenly take a severe hit... Red warning LIGHTS
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flash, a KLAXON sounds.
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DATA
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Sir, forward thrusters have
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failed. We are losing power.
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RIKER
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Enterprise... ?
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6 INT. BRIDGE
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Picard at command.
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PICARD
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Go ahead.
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No response for a beat, then in scratchy reception:
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RIKER'S COMM VOICE
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We've lost our thrusters...
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attempting to compensate with
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secondary boosters...
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With a burst of CRACKLE, Riker's voice disappears.
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WORF
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Sir? The shuttle's impulse
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generators have shut down...
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PICARD
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Commander? Can you hear me?
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7 INT. SHUTTLE
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Riker and Co. struggle to keep their small, shaking
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craft aloft.
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PICARD'S COM VOICE
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(completely fritzed)
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Enterprise to shuttle, please
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respond.
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RIKER
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Hold on! We're going down...
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DATA
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Initiating emergency landing
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procedures...
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STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT ONE 5A.
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7 CONTINUED:
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RIKER
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Maintain the approach attitude
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Data... I'm taking her in...
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The craft hits the ground roughly... the crew tossed
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violently from side to side... the LIGHTS FAIL and
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we're consumed by darkness... and finally silence.
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8 EXT. MOON SURFACE - INSIDE FOG
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CAMERA PANS through the murk, until we see the SHUTTLE.
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It's battered, sitting deadly still. More THUNDER
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booms, as LIGHTNING cracks. But no sign of life shows
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from inside the fallen craft.
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STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT ONE 6.
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9 INT. BRIDGE
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A flurry of activity. Our people are down there.
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RO
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The shuttle has crashed on the
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surface...
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PICARD
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Do you have their position?
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WORF
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(off console)
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I am picking up the shuttle's
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trace signature... but the surface
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interference is distorting its
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position...
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Worf continues to struggle vainly with his console...
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PICARD
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(urgent)
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Can you locate them...
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RO
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I think I can... I followed their
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entry almost all the way in...
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we can calculate the coordinates
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from their angle of descent...
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10 EXT. MOON SURFACE
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On the shuttle. The hatch blows off and Riker emerges,
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holding his arm. Data and Troi follow, shook-up but
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intact. FOG swirls all around them, as distant
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thunderbolts brighten the scene: a BARREN LANDSCAPE
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with charred rocks and terrain, as if a forest fire has
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swept through the area. Dark and windy.
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RIKER
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(taps communicator)
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Enterprise?
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But no answer from above. Troi looks around, Data runs
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a tricorder scan. Riker's in pain but trying to ignore
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it.
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DATA
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It is unlikely, sir, that we will
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be able to establish communication
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with the ship, given the severe
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electromagnetic interference...
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131:[1,#b]
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STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/06/91 - ACT ONE 7.
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10 CONTINUED:
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RIKER
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(in pain)
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Then we'll stay put right here
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until the Enterprise finds us...
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(looks around)
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Data, run an inventory of what's
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still usable inside the shuttle.
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DATA
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Yes sir.
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Data moves to the shuttle door, looks back inside.
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TROI
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Your arm...
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RIKER
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's
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broken...
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Riker checks the terrain with a tricorder...
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RIKER
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The surface is composed of
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nonporous rock... makes me
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think it's even more unlikely
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anyone could live here...
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Troi nods thoughtfully, as something else catches her
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attention, behind Riker. Data returns from the
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shuttle.
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DATA
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There are no instruments left of
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practical value that have not been
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damaged by the impact of our
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landing.
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TROI
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(points to horizon)
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What is that?
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11 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
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to include distant GLIMMERING lights, seen ghostly
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through the fog and clouds. Dancing in the mist.
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STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/06/91 - ACT ONE 7A.
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11 CONTINUED:
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RIKER
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Doesn't look like any storm front
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I've ever seen...
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DATA
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(checking with the
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tricorder)
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The tricorder is picking up high
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levels of E-M bursts across the
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spectrum.
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RIKER
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Are you picking up anything else,
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Data... like signs of life... ?
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DATA
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Other than our own, sir...
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negative.
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Riker looks to Troi...
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TROI
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There is someone alive here...
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I'm more certain of it now than
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ever...
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RIKER
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Well, I hope they can find us...
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because we don't have a way to
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find them...
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STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT ONE 8.
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11 CONTINUED:
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TROI
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(realizing)
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They're coming... they're coming
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with the storm...
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A rumble of thunder in the distance... off Riker's
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reaction...
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12 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM
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On O'Brien and Geordi at the controls...
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GEORDI
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We can't get a pattern lock on
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the communicators because of the
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E-M bursts, Captain. There's
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no way to beam them out of
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there... not under these
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conditions...
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INTERCUT
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13 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
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PICARD
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The same conditions won't permit
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a shuttle to land safely, Mister
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LaForge... any suggestions... ?
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14 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM
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O'Brien touches the console, muting the transmission.
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O'BRIEN
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(to Geordi)
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Sir, let me beam down with a
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pattern enhancer...
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GEORDI
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Chief, there's no guarantee you
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won't rematerialize in a million
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pieces if your signal gets caught
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up in that electromagnetic
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whirlwind...
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O'BRIEN
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I can boost the confinement
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beam. One person might be able
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to make it...
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During the following, O'Brien takes tech equipment out
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of a storage closet or cabinet... Geordi HITS the
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companel.
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STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT ONE 9.
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14 CONTINUED: (2)
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GEORDI
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(beat, to com)
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Captain, Chief O'Brien wants to
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beam down to the surface with a
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pattern enhancer...
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15 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
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GEORDI'S COM VOICE
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(continuing)
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His chances of getting down there
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safely are no better than fifty-
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fifty in my judgement...
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WORF
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Captain, a major storm front is
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moving in on the away team's
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coordinates...
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PICARD
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(beat)
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Mister O'Brien... you are aware
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of the risks?
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O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
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Yessir. I think I can make it.
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16 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM
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PICARD COM VOICE
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Prepare to transport.
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O'BRIEN
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Aye, sir.
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And as he moves toward the transporter pad...
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17 EXT. MOON SURFACE (OPTICAL)
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Riker rests, as Troi and Data survey the foggy area.
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O'Brien MATERIALIZES between them and the shuttle.
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Only to be greeted by more thunder and LIGHTNING.
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RIKER
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Glad you could join us.
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O'BRIEN
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Great spot for a picnic, sir.
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He begins to unload the equipment pack... handing gear
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to the others, they all know basically what to do...
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STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT ONE 10.
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17 CONTINUED: (2)
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O'BRIEN
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We need to distribute the enhancer
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rods at seven meter legs... that
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ought to do it...
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RIKER
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Storm front going to affect the
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transport, Chief... ?
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O'BRIEN
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I'd really like to get us out of
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here before it hits, Commander...
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see, I'm supposed to be feeding
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the baby lunch... Molly gets in
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a terribly foul mood if I'm
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late...
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RIKER
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I'm with you...
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Equipment handed out, Riker struggling with one arm to
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do his part...
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18 UP ANGLE
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They hurriedly position three upright ENHANCER RODS
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around them to form a triangle. Thunder approaches.
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Data and O'Brien spread out... Riker goes with Troi...
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19 ANGLE ON STORM (OPTICAL)
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A spectacular system of LIGHTNING BOLTS explode, light
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up the sky. Followed by rolling THUNDER, inside angry,
|
||
swirling CLOUDS. Within seconds, wind howling, thunder
|
||
crashing, the STORM overtakes our away team.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Lunch time, O'Brien! Let's do
|
||
it!
|
||
|
||
O'Brien attempts to activate his rod but a moment later
|
||
-- FLASH! A LIGHTNING BOLT strikes the rod -- and blows
|
||
O'Brien away from it.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT ONE 11.
|
||
|
||
20
|
||
thru OMITTED
|
||
22
|
||
|
||
23 WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
All of them, stunned by the concussion, on the ground
|
||
inside the rod triangle. The air fills with weird
|
||
HUMMING...
|
||
|
||
Mysterious ENERGY RINGS OF LIGHT suddenly appear, dive
|
||
about like wavy alien fireflies. THREE RINGS eerily
|
||
PULSE down onto Data, Troi and O'Brien... ANOTHER tries
|
||
to approach Riker but is repelled somehow...
|
||
|
||
24 RIKER (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
Crawls up to O'Brien's enhancer rod, determined. And
|
||
reaches out for the enhancer rod, throws the final
|
||
switch. Three BEAMS OF BLUE LIGHT instantly turn on
|
||
and connect - making a horizontal TRIANGLE OF LIGHT
|
||
between the upright rods, which encloses them.
|
||
Riker collapses.
|
||
|
||
25 ON GROUP (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
As they DEMATERIALIZE, HUMMING to feedback levels, as
|
||
we gratefully:
|
||
|
||
FADE OUT.
|
||
|
||
END OF ACT ONE
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT TWO 12.
|
||
|
||
ACT TWO
|
||
|
||
FADE IN:
|
||
|
||
26 INT. SICKBAY
|
||
|
||
TIGHT on Troi, eyes closed, unconscious. WIDEN to
|
||
BEVERLY who scans Troi on a table with a medical
|
||
tricorder. A quiet moment goes by... Then without
|
||
warning, Troi's EYES JERK OPEN and she BOLTS UPRIGHT,
|
||
knocking aside equipment -- crying out in terror, as
|
||
if awakened from a nightmare. Beverly's startled, and
|
||
grasps Troi by the arms to keep her from struggling.
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
Easy, Deanna...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
W-where... ?
|
||
|
||
Beverly calms her, as Troi nervously rubs her arms.
|
||
Troi keeps looking around, as if to reorient herself.
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
You're back on the Enterprise...
|
||
Everything's okay now.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
But my skin... It's tingling.
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
You are experiencing some
|
||
afterimages from the
|
||
electromagnetic discharge. The
|
||
sensation will pass. Try to
|
||
relax...
|
||
|
||
Troi does relax a little, but sees Riker and O'Brien
|
||
lying on nearby tables, being tended by a NURSE. Data
|
||
stands nearby. Worried, Troi looks back to Beverly.
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
(continuing)
|
||
They're all fine, too. Now take
|
||
your time, Counselor, okay?
|
||
Doctor's orders.
|
||
|
||
Troi nods, eases back onto the bed. Picard ENTERS and
|
||
Beverly moves to meet him, to have a private exchange.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(casual)
|
||
Injury report, Doctor?
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO 13.
|
||
|
||
26 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
Mostly minor abrasions. But
|
||
Commander Riker took the worst
|
||
of it with a broken arm... The
|
||
biofilter scans showed their
|
||
nervous systems were generating
|
||
unusally high levels of synaptic
|
||
energy. I don't think it's
|
||
anything to worry about...
|
||
|
||
Picard acknowledges, moves with Beverly over to the
|
||
team. O'Brien and Riker are back on their feet,
|
||
looking alert. Troi now sits on the edge of the table,
|
||
still a bit woozy.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Good work, Mister O'Brien.
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
Thank you, sir.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Ready for duty, Captain.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Are you sure, Number One?
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(nods, flexes his
|
||
injured arm)
|
||
It's not the first bone I've
|
||
broken.
|
||
|
||
As they prepare to exit, Picard turns his attention
|
||
to Troi, who weakly smiles.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
And how are you, Counselor?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Very glad to be here.
|
||
|
||
Picard acknowledges, leads them out, as Riker moves
|
||
next to him. They EXIT...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(to Riker)
|
||
What happened down there?
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO 14.
|
||
|
||
26A INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
It was just one hell of a storm...
|
||
moved in on our position faster
|
||
than anything I've ever seen.
|
||
|
||
They enter the turbolift...
|
||
|
||
26B INT. TURBOLIFT - CONTINUOUS
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Did you find any evidence of
|
||
life?
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
No, but if Troi was right, we
|
||
weren't far away from it...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(to com)
|
||
Bridge.
|
||
(beat)
|
||
How do you suggest we proceed?
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
We're gonna have to find a way
|
||
to modify the scanners to
|
||
penetrate those storms. Got any
|
||
ideas, Data... ?
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
(a beat)
|
||
It is p-p-possible we might be
|
||
able to employ virtual imaging
|
||
to interpolate missing data...
|
||
|
||
Everyone reacts to his unusual stutter. Troi shares a
|
||
quick look with Data. Something we'll connect later.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Is there something wrong, Data?
|
||
|
||
The turbolift stops and the doors open.
|
||
|
||
28 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
As they exit... a quick beat as Data internally
|
||
analyzes himself.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT TWO 14A.
|
||
|
||
28 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
My apologies. It seems my primary
|
||
speech processors are experiencing
|
||
a minor fluctuation. I will have
|
||
it corrected in a... m-m-moment.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO 15.
|
||
|
||
28 CONTINUED: (2)
|
||
|
||
Worf is at tactical. Ensign Ro at the conn, ND at ops.
|
||
Picard, Riker, and Troi EXIT the turbolift, head for
|
||
command. Data to ops, O'Brien goes to the aft science
|
||
station. Troi and Data again share a look, unseen by
|
||
the others.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Captain... may I speak with you
|
||
a moment? In private?
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Of course, Counselor.
|
||
(to Riker)
|
||
Take the bridge, Number One.
|
||
|
||
Riker nods as Picard and Troi head to the ready room.
|
||
Data relieves ND at ops and begins to study the
|
||
console. The ND EXITS.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Mister Data, deploy sensor scans
|
||
when you're ready. Ensign, move
|
||
into a synchronous orbit aligned
|
||
with our crash site.
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
Aye sir.
|
||
|
||
Data reacts, turns to Riker.
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
Sir? Given the E-M field
|
||
properties of this moon, I would
|
||
recommend a search pattern
|
||
beginning at the southern
|
||
p-p-polar region.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(reacts)
|
||
The polar region... But that's
|
||
starting from scratch, Data. The
|
||
last reading we had on the Essex
|
||
would suggest we begin the scans
|
||
near our crash site...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
The Essex signal was never clearly
|
||
located, sir.
|
||
(MORE)
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO 16.
|
||
|
||
28 CONTINUED: (3)
|
||
|
||
DATA (cont'd)
|
||
A broader, systematic survey of
|
||
the moon from a p-p-polar orbit
|
||
might be more practical.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(considers a beat)
|
||
Well, you might be right. Still,
|
||
I'd like to give the crash site
|
||
a once-over first... We'll
|
||
maintain our present orbit for
|
||
now.
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
Understood, sir.
|
||
|
||
Data turns to the console. OFF his face as he works...
|
||
|
||
29 INT. READY ROOM
|
||
|
||
Picard behind his desk, speaks to Troi, who is pacing
|
||
nervously in front of the desk, arguing her point.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
I've never felt anything quite
|
||
like it... It was almost as though
|
||
they were calling to me...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(reacts)
|
||
Are you saying someone was
|
||
communicating telepathically,
|
||
Counselor?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Perhaps. For an instant. It was
|
||
like their voices were carried
|
||
on the wind.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
What were they trying to
|
||
communicate?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
I'm not sure... but they were
|
||
calling me to the southern polar
|
||
region... I believe that's where
|
||
we should look for the Essex...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO 17.
|
||
|
||
29 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
On Picard's reaction...
|
||
|
||
30 INT. BRIDGE (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
As before. Ensign Ro reacts to her console, confused.
|
||
|
||
ENSIGN RO
|
||
Commander? Did you override my
|
||
orbital heading?
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Override them?
|
||
|
||
ENSIGN RO
|
||
We've moved into a polar orbit.
|
||
|
||
Riker reacts, looks at Data...
|
||
|
||
ENSIGN RO
|
||
I'm locked out, the helm isn't
|
||
responding...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Mister Data, do you know anything
|
||
about this?
|
||
|
||
Data doesn't respond, but continues to calmly work his
|
||
console, his back to Riker. Riker moves toward Data.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(continuing)
|
||
Data... ?
|
||
|
||
Riker reaches out, touches Data's shoulder. Suddenly,
|
||
Data spins and looks at Riker, Data's face contorted
|
||
with intense anger. Riker reacts, stunned. Data,
|
||
lightning-fast, thrusts his arms forward, STRIKING
|
||
Riker hard in the chest, knocking Riker back on the
|
||
floor. All follows very quickly, as Riker responds:
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(continuing)
|
||
Security to the bridge!
|
||
|
||
Worf quickly reacts, drawing his phaser -- but O'Brien
|
||
catches him offguard from behind, GRABS Worf's wrist
|
||
and wrenches the phaser free. He SLAMS Worf to the
|
||
floor, hard, stunning him.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT TWO 18-18A
|
||
|
||
30 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
Ro jumps up, fires a phaser at O'Brien, but O'Brien
|
||
FIRES his phaser back at her, STUNNING her and she
|
||
drops to the floor.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(continuing)
|
||
Computer, transfer command to
|
||
engineering... Full security
|
||
alert!
|
||
|
||
O'Brien fires again, stunning Riker, as audio alarms
|
||
go off. Suddenly all bridge consoles DEACTIVATE, as
|
||
Data futilely works his console, bangs it in
|
||
frustration.
|
||
|
||
COMPUTER VOICE
|
||
All command functions transferred
|
||
to engineering.
|
||
|
||
31 INT. READY ROOM
|
||
|
||
ALERT sounding, Picard hurriedly moves to the door.
|
||
But Troi blocks his way, throws out an arm to STRIKE
|
||
Picard in the chest and knocks him down. Troi races
|
||
out.
|
||
|
||
32 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Troi angrily ENTERS, looks around the bridge to Data.
|
||
Riker, Ro and Worf are splayed out on the floor, as
|
||
O'Brien robs the bridge locker for two more PHASERS.
|
||
All is played on the move to the turbolift...
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
This way!
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
What happened?
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
He would not move to a polar
|
||
orbit.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(angry at Data)
|
||
You could not wait? The captain
|
||
would have done it for me...
|
||
|
||
Riker, still recovering from his phaser stun, reacts
|
||
to this new member of the revolt, as O'Brien speeds
|
||
to the turbolift, calls out to them. Troi and Data
|
||
follow O'Brien into the turbolift.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT TWO 19.
|
||
|
||
33 INT. TURBOLIFT
|
||
|
||
Troi, Data, O'Brien stop. The doors slide shut.
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
(to lift)
|
||
Deck thirty-six. Engineering.
|
||
|
||
The turbolift immediately starts MOVING down. O'Brien
|
||
gives the two extra phasers to Troi and Data.
|
||
|
||
34 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Riker, Worf, Ro and the N.D. all back on their feet,
|
||
a little worse for wear. Picard groggily ENTERS.
|
||
Security N.D.s RUSH IN.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(quick)
|
||
Computer, reenable bridge
|
||
control. Authorization:
|
||
Riker-Omega-Three...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Report...
|
||
|
||
The bridge consoles LIGHT UP again, as Ro, Worf and
|
||
Riker all weakly return to their stations.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
They're in turbolift four.
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
Engaging turbolift override
|
||
controls, now...
|
||
|
||
35 INT. TURBOLIFT
|
||
|
||
Troi, Data and O'Brien react as the turbolift abruptly
|
||
STOPS. But the doors don't open. The three look at each
|
||
other, all under an alien influence. Their movements
|
||
bristling with great tension. Not happy alien campers.
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
They have t-t-trapped us... what
|
||
will we do?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
What deck is this?
|
||
|
||
O'Brien reads a small control panel near the door.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO 20.
|
||
|
||
35 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
We are on deck ten.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Can you move us again?
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
(nods)
|
||
I know how to override the bridge
|
||
command...
|
||
|
||
He works the control panel -- fiddles with the interior,
|
||
his fingers moving quickly...
|
||
|
||
36 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Worf reads his console.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Activate all security fields on
|
||
decks eight through fifteen...
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
(off console)
|
||
Sir? The turbolift is moving
|
||
again. They're still inside.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Initiate emergency bulkheads in
|
||
turboshaft four...
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
Aye, sir.
|
||
(off console)
|
||
They've been stopped at deck
|
||
thirteen.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(nods the order)
|
||
Mister Worf...
|
||
|
||
Worf acknowledges... hustles to the other turbolift,
|
||
headed for trouble.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO 21.
|
||
|
||
37 INT. DECK THIRTEEN
|
||
|
||
Worf and two Security N.D.s race up, stop at the
|
||
turbolift. Worf hits a coding sequence, as the doors
|
||
SLIDE OPEN to reveal: THREE COMMUNICATORS on the
|
||
floor. OFF their reactions...
|
||
|
||
38 INT. DECK TEN - CORRIDOR (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
Troi, Data, O'Brien move carefully down the hall. They
|
||
encounter into a SECURITY FIELD - right behind them
|
||
another appears. They are cut off, between fields.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(to O'Brien)
|
||
Do you know how to deactivate
|
||
this?
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
(considers)
|
||
The computer will not allow us
|
||
to override an emergency
|
||
forcefield command...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
My entity's artificial
|
||
substructure may be useful...
|
||
|
||
Data RIPS off a wall panel, STICKS HIS FINGERS right
|
||
into the circuits -- short circuiting them, causing
|
||
SPARKS to sizzle all around him. The security fields
|
||
start to fritz, then they both DEACTIVATE... Data then
|
||
rips his hands back out. They continue pell-mell on
|
||
their way.
|
||
|
||
39 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Riker at tactical -- he reacts to the console.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
They've broken through a security
|
||
field, deck ten, section two...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(reacts)
|
||
Security to Ten Forward...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT TWO 22.
|
||
|
||
40 INT. TEN FORWARD
|
||
|
||
A dozen CIVILIANS and CREWMEMBERS sit tight, calmly
|
||
waiting out the Intruder Alert. All except one: BABY
|
||
MOLLY, who's crying in KEIKO's arms. Keiko rocks her.
|
||
|
||
KEIKO
|
||
(softly)
|
||
Shh... Mama's right here...
|
||
|
||
41 NEW ANGLE - ENTRANCE
|
||
|
||
Suddenly, the DOORS whoosh open -- as Troi, Data and
|
||
O'Brien RUSH INSIDE, phasers drawn. Troi yells to all:
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Everyone get down on the floor!
|
||
|
||
A beat of confusion in the crowd -- isn't this the
|
||
bridge crew? What was the order, freeze or lie down?
|
||
|
||
KEIKO
|
||
(confused)
|
||
Miles... ?
|
||
|
||
O'Brien looks at Keiko, then waves a phaser at her...
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
On the floor!
|
||
|
||
She reacts, follows his instructions...
|
||
|
||
42 INCLUDE - OTHER ENTRANCE (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
Worf and TWO SECURITY N.D.s burst into the room,
|
||
phasers ready. And they spread out, as the room shifts
|
||
to them.
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
Everyone down! Now!!
|
||
|
||
O'Brien aims to fire his phaser, but Worf FIRES first,
|
||
hitting O'Brien. He stumbles back, a little stunned
|
||
but not stopped by the blast. As the crowd scrambles
|
||
for cover, a quick and harrowing phaser fight takes
|
||
place:
|
||
|
||
O'Brien FIRES back, just missing Worf but BLASTING a
|
||
vase, as a CREWWOMAN tumbles over a table. Keiko
|
||
protects her still-crying Molly. People dive under
|
||
cover, screaming.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO 22A.
|
||
|
||
42 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
Data gets HIT, is not stopped and without hesitation,
|
||
FIRES and drops the first security N.D.
|
||
|
||
Troi coolly OPENS FIRE -- shooting short, wild bursts
|
||
around the room, scattering and DROPPING PEOPLE left
|
||
and right under the barrage. Drops the second N.D.
|
||
in the process. Troi takes a hit from Worf, but it
|
||
doesn't hurt her. Then RETURNS FIRE and stuns Worf.
|
||
All this happens in a matter of seconds.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT TWO 23.
|
||
|
||
43 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Riker at tactical. NDs as needed. Picard's worried.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(off console)
|
||
Multiple phaser shots in Ten
|
||
Forward.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Picard to Worf -- report.
|
||
|
||
44 INT. TEN FORWARD - ON WORF
|
||
|
||
PICARD'S COM VOICE
|
||
Mister Worf... acknowledge.
|
||
|
||
Worf looks up as we suddenly WIDEN to Troi, who is
|
||
aiming a phaser right at him. Worf stares into Troi's
|
||
eyes. It is unsettling -- whoever's in there is
|
||
utterly alien.
|
||
|
||
PICARD'S COM VOICE
|
||
Can you hear me, Lieutenant Worf?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Yes, bridge. He can hear you.
|
||
|
||
45 OMITTED
|
||
|
||
46 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
As Picard and Riker react, we anxiously:
|
||
|
||
FADE OUT.
|
||
|
||
END OF ACT TWO
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT THREE 24.
|
||
|
||
ACT THREE
|
||
|
||
FADE IN:
|
||
|
||
47 INT. THE ENTERPRISE - BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Picard and Riker at command. Ro has moved to tactical.
|
||
Geordi's at ops. Supernumerary at the conn. Urgency is
|
||
in the air.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Position security teams at both
|
||
entrances...
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
Yes sir.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Mister La Forge, shut down all
|
||
computer access in Ten
|
||
Forward...
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
(reacts to console)
|
||
I can't, Captain. They've already
|
||
set up a remote security
|
||
lock-out... We'd have to shut down
|
||
all computer functions in the
|
||
saucer section...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(to com)
|
||
Transporter room three, can you
|
||
get a pattern lock on Commander
|
||
Data, Counselor Troi and Chief
|
||
O'Brien in Ten Forward... ?
|
||
|
||
48 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM
|
||
|
||
TRANSPORTER OFFICER
|
||
Attempting to lock on, sir...
|
||
|
||
He works the panels furiously...
|
||
|
||
49 INT. TEN FORWARD
|
||
|
||
On Data and O'Brien at the computer terminal behind
|
||
the bar... O'Brien working the controls with equal
|
||
fervor...
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
You were correct. They are
|
||
attempting to engage their
|
||
transporters. But I know how to
|
||
shut them down.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/02/91 - ACT THREE 25.
|
||
|
||
50 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
TRANSPORTER OFFICER COM VOICE
|
||
Bridge, the entire transporter
|
||
array has been taken off-line and
|
||
placed in a diagnostic mode...
|
||
I can't override... it will take
|
||
a couple of hours to complete the
|
||
cycle...
|
||
|
||
Picard and Riker exchange a frustrated glance...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
How many people are down there?
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
(reading scanners)
|
||
Seventeen...
|
||
(off console)
|
||
They just shut down the internal
|
||
scanners too, Captain.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(to com)
|
||
Doctor Crusher to the bridge...
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
|
||
On my way.
|
||
|
||
51 INT. TEN FORWARD
|
||
|
||
Troi has moved to the computer, where Data now works
|
||
with lightning speed on the computer panels... O'Brien
|
||
collects all the communicators from the hostages in
|
||
Ten Forward.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
What are you doing now?
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
I can reverse the p-polarity of
|
||
their forcefields to isolate this
|
||
room.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Good.
|
||
|
||
O'Brien brings the communicators over to the bar.
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
(to Troi)
|
||
Their communicators. Now they
|
||
will learn nothing but what we
|
||
tell them.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT THREE 26.
|
||
|
||
52 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
As before. Off console...
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
They've done something to the
|
||
force fields on deck ten, section
|
||
one.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Geordi?
|
||
|
||
Geordi at ops, checking the readings, shakes his
|
||
head...
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
I don't recognize the
|
||
configurations...
|
||
(off console)
|
||
But they've completely isolated
|
||
Ten Forward.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
How about flooding their air vents
|
||
with anesthizine gas?
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
That won't affect Data. No
|
||
rescue plan will work if we don't
|
||
knock out all three of them.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
A concussive charge would blow
|
||
out the security field. Then we
|
||
could go in with phasers on wide
|
||
beam. Stun everybody. Sort it
|
||
out later...
|
||
|
||
Picard considers it... inherently fears the risk...
|
||
Beverly ENTERS from a turbolift...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Doctor, go back to the biofilter
|
||
readouts taken during the away
|
||
team's transport from the moon's
|
||
surface... see if you can come
|
||
up with any kind of clue that
|
||
might explain this...
|
||
|
||
She acknowledges silently, moves quickly to an aft
|
||
station begins to work a computer... a beat...
|
||
|
||
Picard takes a deep breath... as he readies himself
|
||
to begin standard hostage procedures...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT THREE 26A.
|
||
|
||
52 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(to com)
|
||
Ten Forward, this is Captain
|
||
Picard. I am prepared to discuss
|
||
this situation. There is no need
|
||
for further violence...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT THREE 27.
|
||
|
||
53 INT. TEN FORWARD
|
||
|
||
(NOTE: INTERCUT all Bridge/Ten Forward exchanges as
|
||
needed). Troi and O'Brien are relatively controlled.
|
||
Data seems more nervous, waves a phaser aimed at the
|
||
hostages.
|
||
|
||
PICARD'S COM VOICE
|
||
(continuing)
|
||
Please identify yourself.
|
||
|
||
But Troi chooses to ignore the captain's plea.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(to O'Brien)
|
||
They will now attempt to negotiate
|
||
for the safety and release of
|
||
their people.
|
||
(beat, realizing)
|
||
Interesting. Under normal
|
||
circumstances, I would be
|
||
counseling the captain at a time
|
||
like this...
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
What would you tell him to do?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
I would help him find a way to
|
||
secure our trust.
|
||
|
||
54 WITH DATA
|
||
|
||
who comes near Worf, who stares at him, waiting for a
|
||
chance...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
W-what are you looking at?
|
||
|
||
Worf just stares at him...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
I am speaking to you, Klingon.
|
||
|
||
Data pushes him hard... Worf grunts, almost comes back
|
||
at him...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
(taunting)
|
||
Attack me. Or are you afraid?
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
I have no fear of death.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT THREE 28.
|
||
|
||
54 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
And I have no fear of killing
|
||
you...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Stop it.
|
||
|
||
Data looks over at Troi, chastised. Back at Worf, then
|
||
walks away from him...
|
||
|
||
PICARD'S COM VOICE
|
||
Please respond, Ten Forward. Are
|
||
there any members of my crew who
|
||
require medical assistance?
|
||
|
||
Troi decides to answer this time.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
We can discuss your wounded,
|
||
Captain. But first, you will move
|
||
the ship.
|
||
|
||
INTERCUT:
|
||
|
||
55 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Move it where?
|
||
|
||
TROI'S COM VOICE
|
||
You will will change the ship's
|
||
orbit to an inclination of eighty
|
||
degrees, south.
|
||
|
||
Picard looks to Ro, who's working the console, signals
|
||
her to mute... (This will be required visual
|
||
communication any time the bridge crew interrupts their
|
||
exchange with Ten Forward for private dicussions.)
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(to Picard)
|
||
The southern polar region --
|
||
that's where Data tried to move
|
||
the ship.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT THREE 29.
|
||
|
||
55 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
And exactly what Troi asked me
|
||
to do, but why?
|
||
(beat)
|
||
Ten Forward -- if you could be
|
||
more specific about our intended
|
||
destination, perhaps we could...
|
||
|
||
TROI'S COM VOICE
|
||
(interrupting)
|
||
You have thirty seconds to change
|
||
your heading -- or additional
|
||
members of your crew will "require
|
||
medical attention."
|
||
|
||
Picard nods to Ro again to mute...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(to Riker et al)
|
||
We need to stabilize this
|
||
situation and play for time. I
|
||
suggest we move the ship as they
|
||
have asked. Agreed?
|
||
|
||
They all silently agree.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(to conn officer)
|
||
Set the new heading. But take
|
||
us there as slowly as you can...
|
||
(nods to Ro to resume
|
||
com)
|
||
Ten Forward, we are moving the
|
||
ship as you requested.
|
||
|
||
56 OMITTED
|
||
|
||
57 INT. TEN FORWARD
|
||
|
||
Data stands at the row of windows, looking outside.
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
He's telling the truth... their
|
||
heading has changed...
|
||
|
||
Troi reacts, pleased...
|
||
|
||
58 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Beverly moves over from the aft station... played with
|
||
urgency --
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT THREE 30.
|
||
|
||
58 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
I've compared the away team's last
|
||
transport trace patterns to
|
||
earlier records. They're exactly
|
||
the same, except in Troi, Data and
|
||
O'Brien there's an unusual
|
||
synaptic activity -- some kind
|
||
of anionic energy. It may be a
|
||
life-form superimposing neural
|
||
patterns onto our people.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Why wasn't I affected?
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
I don't know. But one difference
|
||
between you and the others was
|
||
that you were injured.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
My broken arm...
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
(nods)
|
||
The fracture caused pain receptors
|
||
to fire which may have made you
|
||
immune... to this energy.
|
||
|
||
Picard and Riker consider this theory.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
If your theory is accurate, what
|
||
would happen if we inflicted pain
|
||
on the others...
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
That might force whatever it is
|
||
out of our people.
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
(getting an idea)
|
||
A plasma shock -- it would be
|
||
painful but it wouldn't cause any
|
||
physical harm.
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
(acknowledges)
|
||
I could hook up a modified laser
|
||
scanner to a plasma invertor...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
What about Data?
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT THREE 30A.
|
||
|
||
58 CONTINUED: (2)
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
A plasma shock would certainly
|
||
overload his neural net. It might
|
||
work for him too...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
We'd have to find a way to
|
||
penetrate the forcefield around
|
||
Ten Forward.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT THREE 31.
|
||
|
||
58 CONTINUED: (2)
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
I might be able to interrupt the
|
||
forcefield for a few seconds...
|
||
but I'll be fighting the computer
|
||
for control... timing would be
|
||
critical...
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
We'd have to hit all three with
|
||
a single discharge... if they're
|
||
standing together, it shouldn't
|
||
be a problem...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(to Geordi)
|
||
How would you gain access?
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
We could use a micro-optic drill
|
||
through the ceiling and they'd
|
||
never detect it...
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
If this is going to work, we need
|
||
some way to contain that anionic
|
||
energy after we get it out of our
|
||
people.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Yes, Doctor... that will be your
|
||
top priority.
|
||
(beat)
|
||
Very well. Proceed.
|
||
|
||
Geordi, Beverly and Ro EXIT... supernumeraries take
|
||
their place as needed.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(to com)
|
||
Bridge to Ten Forward. Now that
|
||
we are moving the ship as you
|
||
requested, I would like to know
|
||
the nature of the injuries to
|
||
members of my crew.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT THREE 31A.
|
||
|
||
59 INT. TEN FORWARD
|
||
|
||
Troi glances toward the hostages -- sees the various
|
||
crew and Security ND all lying unconscious on the
|
||
floor. Other crew are looking after them, as best as
|
||
possible.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Five of your people have been
|
||
injured.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
How serious is their condition?
|
||
|
||
Troi looks momentarily confused. She looks to Worf.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT THREE 32.
|
||
|
||
59 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(to Worf)
|
||
You tell him, Klingon.
|
||
|
||
She presses her combadge for him...
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
Captain. One person has
|
||
suffered what looks like a level
|
||
five phaser hit...
|
||
|
||
INTERCUT:
|
||
|
||
60 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
As before.
|
||
|
||
WORF'S COM VOICE
|
||
And four others have secondary
|
||
burns. They require medical
|
||
attention...
|
||
|
||
Picard and Riker react - not good news.
|
||
|
||
61 INT. TEN FORWARD
|
||
|
||
Worf tries for a bit more information to the bridge.
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
(continuing)
|
||
And our captors are not affected
|
||
by phaser stun settings...
|
||
|
||
Data shoves Worf roughly backwards, indicating Worf
|
||
will say nothing more. Worf glares back at Data.
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
Silence, Klingon.
|
||
|
||
PICARD'S COM VOICE
|
||
Ten Forward -- those people must
|
||
be released so they can receive
|
||
proper medical treatment.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
I will release no one.
|
||
|
||
62 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Picard turns to Riker. A troubled beat. Picard weighs
|
||
his options, and makes a tough decision - not pleased,
|
||
but knows it's necessary.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT THREE 33.
|
||
|
||
62 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
If you release the wounded...
|
||
(beat)
|
||
I will take their place.
|
||
|
||
Reactions on the bridge. Riker starts to protest, but
|
||
Picard quiets him with a hand gesture.
|
||
|
||
63 INT. TEN FORWARD
|
||
|
||
Data looks nervous.
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
It may be a... d-deception.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(thoughtful beat)
|
||
The crew values Picard's life
|
||
above all others...
|
||
(to bridge)
|
||
Captain Picard. We agree to your
|
||
proposal.
|
||
|
||
64 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Mixed reactions.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(to Troi)
|
||
Expect a medical team to accompany
|
||
me.
|
||
|
||
TROI'S COM VOICE
|
||
Acknowledged.
|
||
|
||
Picard nods to Riker to cut off the transmission.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(to com)
|
||
Picard to sickbay. Send an
|
||
emergency medical team to meet
|
||
me outside Ten Forward.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Sir, putting you down there just
|
||
strengthens their position.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT THREE 34.
|
||
|
||
64 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
As long as they're on board, I'm
|
||
a hostage no matter where I am.
|
||
We all are. I must find out who
|
||
we are dealing with...
|
||
|
||
Moving toward the turbolift...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
If La Forge and Ro can attempt
|
||
a rescue in short order, proceed
|
||
with it. If they can't... I'll
|
||
provide you with another
|
||
opportunity. Watch for it.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Yes, sir...
|
||
|
||
Picard EXITS into the turbolift... off Riker's grim
|
||
expression...
|
||
|
||
65 INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
The hostages are all now in the middle of the room,
|
||
with Troi, Data, and O'Brien pacing anxiously around
|
||
them. Baby Molly starts to CRY again, despite Keiko's
|
||
efforts. Data throws an irritated glance toward the
|
||
child.
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
Silence that... ch-child!
|
||
|
||
Keiko clutches Molly tighter, sitting and rocking with
|
||
the baby bundled in her arms.
|
||
|
||
O'Brien passes and stares at Keiko a moment, his
|
||
expression betraying a hint of recognition. He speaks
|
||
matter-of-factly...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT THREE 35.
|
||
|
||
65 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
I know you. I know who you
|
||
are...
|
||
|
||
Keiko reacts, terrified at his advance. O'Brien stares
|
||
at Molly, fascinated by the child.
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
And I know who this is...
|
||
|
||
O'Brien reaches out and touches Molly, who stops. But
|
||
then starts crying even louder. O'Brien quickly
|
||
recoils, frowning. Keiko rocks Molly, trying to quiet
|
||
her down.
|
||
|
||
KEIKO
|
||
She's frightened... why don't you
|
||
let us go?
|
||
|
||
Keiko pleadingly looks at him, as O'Brien hesitates...
|
||
captivated by Keiko's expression. But he frowns too,
|
||
mimicking her expression. Then his face hardens.
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
No. Make it stop.
|
||
|
||
O'Brien moves away, as Keiko tries to hush Molly. Troi
|
||
observes the scene.
|
||
|
||
PICARD'S COM VOICE
|
||
Ten Forward, we are outside the
|
||
door.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(to O'Brien)
|
||
Lower the force field.
|
||
|
||
Troi and Data stand ready with phasers, as O'Brien
|
||
moves behind the bar and hits a command into the
|
||
computer console. There's a brief HUM of the force
|
||
field and...
|
||
|
||
66 PICARD
|
||
|
||
ENTERS, followed by MEDICAL N.D.'s with gurneys.
|
||
Picard reacts to Data, who rips off Picard's
|
||
communicator, grabs Picard's arm, and JERKS him into
|
||
the room. The medical team moves directly to the
|
||
wounded...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT THREE 36.
|
||
|
||
67 TROI
|
||
|
||
takes a step toward Picard.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Welcome, Captain. Allow me to
|
||
introduce myself...
|
||
|
||
Troi almost smiles in greeting.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
I am Captain Bryce Shumar, of the
|
||
Federation Starship Essex.
|
||
|
||
OFF Picard's surprised expression...
|
||
|
||
FADE OUT.
|
||
|
||
END OF ACT THREE
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FOUR 37.
|
||
|
||
ACT FOUR
|
||
|
||
FADE IN:
|
||
|
||
68 INT. TEN FORWARD
|
||
|
||
As before. The medical team prepares the wounded for
|
||
a quick exit, watched by Data and O'Brien. Picard
|
||
faces Troi, startled by what he's just heard.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(measured)
|
||
The Starship Essex vanished over
|
||
two hundred years ago...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Indeed. I know. I was there.
|
||
|
||
Picard eyes her, unsure what to make of this. Troi
|
||
gestures to Data and O'Brien, and they step forward.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(re: Data)
|
||
This is my First Officer...
|
||
Commander Steven Mullen.
|
||
(re: O'Brien)
|
||
And my Security Chief...
|
||
Lieutenant Morgan Kelly.
|
||
|
||
Everyone in the room watches, bewildered. Worf more
|
||
so.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
You're telling me that you've
|
||
survived this long as...
|
||
(searching for the right
|
||
word)
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Spirits? Ghosts? But you are
|
||
a man who would never believe in
|
||
ghosts, Picard. Isn't that true?
|
||
|
||
Picard chooses not to respond, studies her...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
You see, I know you. Troi knows
|
||
you. And so I do, as well.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Then Counselor Troi is still...
|
||
alive?
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR 38.
|
||
|
||
68 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Yes, of course she is, and I have
|
||
no wish to harm her. Or to harm
|
||
anyone else.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
I'm pleased to hear that.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
We have been forced to take this
|
||
action because we need your help,
|
||
Captain.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
My help... ?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Our consciousness has been trapped
|
||
on this moon for two centuries...
|
||
we must escape this torture...
|
||
|
||
Picard takes measure of her... he does not accept what
|
||
she says... he only pursues it for information...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
How did this happen to you?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
I cannot explain how it occurred,
|
||
only that it did.
|
||
(beat)
|
||
The Essex was caught in an
|
||
electromagnetic storm just as your
|
||
shuttle was. Moments before we
|
||
crashed, the bridge was struck
|
||
by lightning. The ship was ripped
|
||
apart. Somehow, in that instant,
|
||
our consciousness was absorbed
|
||
in the magnetic currents on the
|
||
surface.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Why didn't you tell us this? Why
|
||
the deception, the violence?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
As I said, Captain. I knew you
|
||
wouldn't believe us. Even now,
|
||
I'm sure you do not.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FOUR 38A.
|
||
|
||
68 CONTINUED: (2)
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(beat)
|
||
What was your vessel designation
|
||
and complement?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(without hesitation)
|
||
NCC One-seven-three... Daedalus
|
||
class starship. Crew of two
|
||
hundred twenty-nine.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Under whose command in this
|
||
sector?
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR 39.
|
||
|
||
68 CONTINUED: (3)
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(right back)
|
||
Admiral Uttan Narsu, Starbase
|
||
Twelve. You will find all of this
|
||
in Starfleet records...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
I do not need to see the records.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Then you know I am correct.
|
||
|
||
A beat.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
End this now and I will do
|
||
whatever I can to help you...
|
||
|
||
Troi eyes him...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(with regret)
|
||
No. You do not trust me. And
|
||
I cannot risk trusting you.
|
||
|
||
Data, who's been pacing nervously as this dialogue has
|
||
continued, now inserts himself into the conversation...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
It is taking too long. We
|
||
sh-should have been there by
|
||
now...
|
||
|
||
Troi gives him a stern look...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
He is manipulating you...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Captain Picard has every right
|
||
to be curious...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
He will try to delay until a
|
||
rescue attempt is possible.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
I know that. But I also know that
|
||
he will make every effort to
|
||
protect the lives of his crew.
|
||
|
||
They turn to watch the medical crew exit with the
|
||
injured crewmen...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FOUR 39A.
|
||
|
||
68 CONTINUED: (4)
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(turns to Picard)
|
||
Since our demands are not
|
||
excessive, I hope you will see
|
||
it is simpler to accede than to
|
||
risk further injuries.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
What do you want?
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/06/91 - ACT FOUR 40.
|
||
|
||
68 CONTINUED: (5)
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
All you need to know for now,
|
||
Captain, is that we want to rest.
|
||
Simply, finally... to rest.
|
||
|
||
69 INT. CRAWL SPACE (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
Geordi and Ensign Ro crawl toward camera, in a small
|
||
access area between decks, carrying their equipment.
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
(reading signs)
|
||
... Section Two - B... A... Section
|
||
One...
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
(cramped, behind him)
|
||
Finally. I hope I never see
|
||
this part of the Enterprise
|
||
again...
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
(chuckles)
|
||
I hear you. This is what starship
|
||
designers call "easy access"...
|
||
|
||
Ro reacts. Geordi checks out the floor with his
|
||
tricorder, as Ro catches up to him. As Ro sets up a
|
||
device nearby to do the drilling, Geordi fixes on a
|
||
spot amid the relays and hard component arrays.
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
(continuing)
|
||
This is it. I thought we might
|
||
have a problem with conduit two-
|
||
twenty-seven -- but it looks like
|
||
we can get by it...
|
||
|
||
Ro angles the device in position. She taps the
|
||
device and a thread-size BEAM shoots out, down into
|
||
the deck... with a silent sizzle. A beat. Maybe two,
|
||
then Ro shuts the device off.
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
We're through...
|
||
|
||
Geordi turns it off...
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
Let's hook up the scanner and see
|
||
what we've got...
|
||
|
||
He moves a small monitor device that looks like an
|
||
etch-a-sketch into position...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/06/91 - ACT FOUR 40A.
|
||
|
||
69 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
Ro works under it to make the unseen connection...
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
Got it...
|
||
|
||
As she moves around to join Geordi, he turns it on...
|
||
|
||
70 INSERT (OPTICAL) - TEN FORWARD HIGH VIEW
|
||
|
||
somewhat optically distorted with a grid representing
|
||
the invisible forcefield in front... Troi and Picard
|
||
are visible... A lighter circle in the viewfinder
|
||
identifies the line of fire...
|
||
|
||
RO (o.c.)
|
||
All three of them have to be in
|
||
the circle if it's going to
|
||
work...
|
||
|
||
71 RESUME
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
We're halfway home...
|
||
(taps communicator)
|
||
La Forge to Crusher. How's it
|
||
going?
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FOUR 41.
|
||
|
||
72 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Riker is with Beverly at an aft station...
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
I think I've come up with an
|
||
idea for a containment field.
|
||
This anionic energy seems to
|
||
be vulnerable to the same magnetic
|
||
flux density we monitored in the
|
||
storms. If I can duplicate
|
||
that, we can trap it once it's
|
||
out of our people.
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
You ought to be able to do it
|
||
by pumping Ten Forward full of
|
||
ionogenic particles.
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
Exactly what I was thinking...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
How long will it take to get it
|
||
all ready?
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
We still have to calibrate the
|
||
plasma invertor, Commander... I'm
|
||
guessing forty-five minutes to
|
||
an hour...
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
I'll have the containment field
|
||
ready by then.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Keep me advised.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FOUR 42.
|
||
|
||
73
|
||
thru OMITTED
|
||
74
|
||
|
||
75 INT. TEN FORWARD ON PICARD AND WORF
|
||
|
||
Picard takes a seat next to Worf. They watch as Troi
|
||
joins Data and the two of them begin a hushed
|
||
conversation across the room. O'Brien acts as a
|
||
sentry, pacing around the hostages. Picard whispers to
|
||
Worf --
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Impressions, Mister Worf?
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
Spiritual possessions of this sort
|
||
have been reported throughout
|
||
Klingon history. It is called
|
||
"Jat'yIn" -- the taking of the
|
||
living by the dead.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Yes, Human history is also full
|
||
of similar legends.
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
Then, you believe they may be
|
||
telling the truth?
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Not for a moment.
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
Sir, they seem to know much about
|
||
the Essex... if it really is the
|
||
spirit of Captain Shumar...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(not really serious)
|
||
... then he should be on much
|
||
better behavior, don't you
|
||
think... ? A Starfleet Captain?
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
After living disembodied for two
|
||
centuries, perhaps they have gone
|
||
mad...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Mister Worf, I assure you these
|
||
are not Jat'yIn. Our job is to
|
||
find out what they are... and
|
||
then to determine how to deal
|
||
with them...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FOUR 42A.
|
||
|
||
75 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
Data has moved in this direction, waves his phaser at
|
||
them...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
Stop speaking!
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR 43.
|
||
|
||
76 ANGLE ON KEIKO AND MOLLY
|
||
|
||
as O'Brien comes out from behind the bar. He crosses
|
||
to Keiko, who rocks Baby Molly. Keiko eyes O'Brien.
|
||
After a beat, O'Brien moves closer, intrigued by a
|
||
little bracelet that Keiko wears on her wrist.
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
I gave you that...
|
||
|
||
Keiko looks up, startled by the remark. The alien
|
||
inside O'Brien can see the memories, but he does not
|
||
understand their meaning. He is simply speaking the
|
||
words, his expression blank...
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
In a place called McKinley Park.
|
||
Green grass... tall trees.
|
||
|
||
Hearing memories in this awful context terrifies Keiko.
|
||
|
||
KEIKO
|
||
Please... don't...
|
||
|
||
But O'Brien is lost in the imagery, even though it's a
|
||
mystery to him.
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
I hid the bracelet... in your
|
||
pocket. You were... surprised.
|
||
|
||
KEIKO
|
||
...please...
|
||
|
||
O'Brien reaches out for the bracelet, her hand
|
||
trembling. Keiko stiffens as he touches it...
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
You said, "You make me so happy,
|
||
Miles."
|
||
|
||
O'Brien seems to marvel at the words. Keiko can barely
|
||
stand another instant... she covers her ears to block
|
||
out the words. O'Brien looks confused. His hand
|
||
starts to move up Keiko's arm.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR 44.
|
||
|
||
76 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
He touches her, mesmerized by her body, her face.
|
||
Keiko swats his hand away.
|
||
|
||
KEIKO
|
||
Get away from me.
|
||
|
||
O'Brien reacts -- reaches out for her again.
|
||
|
||
KEIKO
|
||
(continuing)
|
||
Get away.
|
||
|
||
Troi stops behind O'Brien.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(stern)
|
||
Leave her alone.
|
||
|
||
O'Brien throws Keiko another look, then moves away. As
|
||
Keiko cradles Molly... Picard rises.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Captain Shumar...
|
||
|
||
Troi looks over...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
We will reach the polar position
|
||
you requested in minutes... I will
|
||
need to give additional
|
||
instructions...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(takes a beat to
|
||
consider)
|
||
Very well. We are taking you to
|
||
our crash site...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(reacts)
|
||
At the southern pole... ?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
That is correct.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(suspicious)
|
||
Nothing our sensors were able to
|
||
detect indicated that the Essex
|
||
went down in the polar region...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR 44A.
|
||
|
||
76 CONTINUED: (2)
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
(quick)
|
||
Well, it d-did.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(smooth)
|
||
I told you, Captain... the ship
|
||
broke apart in the atmosphere.
|
||
The bridge went down here.
|
||
|
||
Picard studies her.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
When we reach it, you are going
|
||
to beam what's left of our
|
||
skeletal remains aboard this
|
||
ship... and take them back to
|
||
Earth for a proper burial.
|
||
|
||
Picard studies her evenly... a beat...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
See how simple a request it is... ?
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FOUR 45.
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|
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76 CONTINUED: (3)
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Let these people go... and I
|
||
will order the bridge to follow
|
||
your instructions.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(beat)
|
||
No. No one will be released.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
If you are who you say you are,
|
||
there is no need for any of
|
||
this... we will gladly take you
|
||
home.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(shakes her head)
|
||
I wish you were truly so
|
||
open-minded, Picard...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
If you do not release the
|
||
hostages, I will not cooperate.
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
You will cooperate... you will
|
||
c-cooperate... or someone will
|
||
die, Captain... who will it
|
||
be... ?
|
||
|
||
Data grabs Worf and pushes him forward...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
How about the Klingon?
|
||
|
||
Worf looks at Data...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FOUR 46.
|
||
|
||
76 CONTINUED: (4)
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
(to O'Brien)
|
||
Get another one.
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
(looking at Keiko)
|
||
You.
|
||
|
||
He grabs Keiko, roughly separates her from the baby...
|
||
a supernumerary takes Molly as she starts to cry...
|
||
|
||
KEIKO
|
||
No... please...
|
||
|
||
O'Brien pushes her forward... She sobs with fear...
|
||
Data aims the phaser...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
Pick one to die, Captain. Or I
|
||
will kill them both...
|
||
|
||
Picard turns to Troi, looking for some help... She just
|
||
looks at him dispassionately...
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
Choose me, Captain.
|
||
|
||
77 HIGH ANGLE - MONITOR (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
of the same scene... Troi, O'Brien and Data all within
|
||
the central circle... but Data is always moving
|
||
nervously in and out of the circle...
|
||
|
||
RO (o.c.)
|
||
They're all in range. I need
|
||
to do it now...
|
||
|
||
78 ANGLE - INT. CRAWLSPACE
|
||
|
||
Geordi working feverishly on a patched in computer
|
||
panel... with great urgency --
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
I'm only gonna be able to shut
|
||
down the forcefield for about
|
||
seven seconds before the computer
|
||
compensates...
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
If they're the right seven
|
||
seconds, it'll be enough...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR 46A.
|
||
|
||
78 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
Bridge, stand by to release the
|
||
ionogenic field on my signal...
|
||
|
||
78A INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Riker and Beverly at the aft station...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Standing by...
|
||
|
||
78B INT. CRAWLSPACE
|
||
|
||
Geordi finishes his preparation...
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
(to Ro)
|
||
Ready...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR 47.
|
||
|
||
79 ANGLE ON RO INCLUDING THE MONITOR (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
Data moves into the circle...
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
Kill the forcefield!
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
Forcefield down...
|
||
|
||
The grid disappears... Ro punches panels with both
|
||
hands...
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
Firing plasma charge...
|
||
|
||
But Data moves out of the circle just as she
|
||
fires...
|
||
|
||
80 INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
An energy blast strikes Troi and O'Brien and they cower
|
||
in pain as the energy rings streak out of them but Data
|
||
wasn't hit.
|
||
|
||
80A INT. CRAWLSPACE
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
Damn... !
|
||
|
||
80B INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
Data grabs Picard roughly, moving quickly out of the
|
||
line of fire... and holding him by the neck high up
|
||
against a wall... holding a combadge between his thumb
|
||
and forefinger in the other hand...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
Tell them to stop, or I'll kill
|
||
everyone in this room! Starting
|
||
with you.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Picard to bridge. Abort
|
||
immediately.
|
||
|
||
81 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Riker frowns...
|
||
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/27/91 - ACT FOUR 47A.
|
||
|
||
81 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
As you say, Captain...
|
||
(beat)
|
||
Riker to La Forge, return to the
|
||
bridge.
|
||
|
||
82 INT. CRAWL SPACE
|
||
|
||
Ro and Geordi exchange a defeated glance...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FOUR 48.
|
||
|
||
83 INT. TEN FORWARD (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
The entities return to Troi and O'Brien... Keiko has
|
||
run back to her baby... Worf is on his feet, prepared
|
||
for anything... Troi moves slowly over to Data, who is
|
||
still holding Picard against the wall...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Are you prepared to cooperate?
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(beat, hoarse)
|
||
Yes.
|
||
|
||
She nods to Data, and as he lowers him to the floor...
|
||
|
||
FADE OUT
|
||
|
||
END OF ACT FOUR
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FIVE 49.
|
||
|
||
ACT FIVE
|
||
|
||
FADE IN:
|
||
|
||
84 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
In polar position beneath the angry storm moon.
|
||
|
||
RIKER (V.O.)
|
||
First officer's log, supplemental.
|
||
The Enterprise has moved into a
|
||
synchronous orbit near the
|
||
southern polar region. We await
|
||
further instructions from Ten
|
||
Forward.
|
||
|
||
85 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Riker at command. Ro at tactical. Beverly remains at
|
||
an aft station. Geordi at ops. ND at the conn.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Any sign of the Essex?
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
Negative, Commander. The
|
||
electromagnetic disturbances
|
||
are even worse here... scanners
|
||
can't read a thing...
|
||
|
||
Riker frowns...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Bridge to Ten Forward.
|
||
|
||
INTERCUT
|
||
|
||
86 INT. TEN FORWARD
|
||
|
||
Troi is with Data and O'Brien... Picard is with Worf
|
||
near the other hostages...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Intense storm activity over the
|
||
southern pole is making it
|
||
virtually impossible for us to
|
||
pick up any trace of the Essex...
|
||
|
||
Troi and the others exchange a glance, not at all
|
||
concerned with this report... Picard takes note,
|
||
listens carefully to the exchange...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE 50.
|
||
|
||
86 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
We're giving you the exact
|
||
coordinates of our remains
|
||
aboard the wreck of the Essex...
|
||
|
||
Data taps them in at the console.
|
||
|
||
87 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
I'm receiving the coordinates
|
||
now...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(signals Ro to mute)
|
||
Geordi, can you tell what's there?
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
(shakes his head)
|
||
Just your basic ionic cyclone.
|
||
I can't read a thing.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
I'm sure as hell not going to just
|
||
beam up whatever might be down
|
||
there...
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
I've got a good excuse for you.
|
||
The transporters aren't going to
|
||
work any better than the
|
||
scanners...
|
||
|
||
Riker muses on that statement...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Bridge to Ten Forward... the same
|
||
interference that is blocking our
|
||
scanners would prevent us from
|
||
using the transporters...
|
||
|
||
88 INT. TEN FORWARD
|
||
|
||
Troi glances at O'Brien...
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
They're lying...
|
||
|
||
Picard picks up on this, stands... approaches them...
|
||
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE 51.
|
||
|
||
88 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
On the contrary, we've had a
|
||
difficult time with transport
|
||
since our arrival... that's why
|
||
we had to send down the shuttle.
|
||
You should all be well aware of
|
||
that fact.
|
||
|
||
They are forced to acknowledge...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
We must be able to use the
|
||
transporters...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
In fact, Chief O'Brien was the
|
||
one who successfully executed the
|
||
return of the away team... he is
|
||
the most qualified on board to
|
||
operate the transporter under
|
||
these circumstances...
|
||
|
||
The others turn to O'Brien... he nods.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Can you do it from here?
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
No... I would have to use a
|
||
transporter pad.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(to O'Brien)
|
||
I would be willing to grant you
|
||
safe passage to the transporter
|
||
pad in one of the cargo bays...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
It is a trick... he is trying to
|
||
divide us...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(paces, thinks)
|
||
We must not be separated.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
I offer to grant you all safe
|
||
passage.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE 52.
|
||
|
||
88 CONTINUED: (2)
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
Why are you b-being so helpful
|
||
suddenly?
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Because I assume if you go to the
|
||
cargo bay, you will choose not
|
||
to take all of the hostages.
|
||
Their safety is my primary
|
||
concern.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(to the others)
|
||
What are the risks when we leave
|
||
this room?
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
Without the p-protection of the
|
||
forcefield, we are vulnerable in
|
||
a number of ways...
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
They could use the transporter
|
||
against us... Once the
|
||
forcefield's down, they could
|
||
beam us back to the surface.
|
||
(beat, as he gets an
|
||
idea)
|
||
But there is a way to neutralize
|
||
that threat...
|
||
(to com)
|
||
Bridge, transfer all transporter
|
||
functions to Ten Forward...
|
||
|
||
INTERCUTTING
|
||
|
||
89 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Riker reacts... doesn't want to... a beat... gambit...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Ten Forward, in order to do that,
|
||
you'll have to release your
|
||
computer control lock-outs...
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
(to Troi)
|
||
That is not true...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Let me speak to him.
|
||
|
||
She nods, "go ahead," hits her combadge for him.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE 53.
|
||
|
||
89 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Number One, I think we have an
|
||
opportunity to end this seige...
|
||
|
||
Riker reacts to the word "opportunity"...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(continuing)
|
||
But it will require cooperation
|
||
from all concerned. Our guests
|
||
will be moving shortly to cargo
|
||
bay four, where the transport will
|
||
occur. You are to ensure their
|
||
safe passage from Ten Forward to
|
||
the cargo bay.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Understood, Captain.
|
||
(signals to mute)
|
||
Mister La Forge, Doctor...
|
||
|
||
Geordi moves to the aft stations...
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
Aye, sir...
|
||
|
||
90 INT. TEN FORWARD
|
||
|
||
O'Brien at the computer...
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
Transporter controls are being
|
||
transferred...
|
||
|
||
He stops as he sees something unusual on the monitor...
|
||
hits the companel...
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
Ten Forward to bridge. I said all
|
||
transporter controls. Including
|
||
those aboard all your
|
||
shuttlecraft.
|
||
|
||
91 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Ro angrily pushes back from the tactical station with
|
||
frustration... her trick failed...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE 54.
|
||
|
||
91 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(frowns)
|
||
Almost had them, Ensign... nice
|
||
try...
|
||
(to com)
|
||
Ten Forward. Our mistake.
|
||
Remaining transporter functions
|
||
are being transferred to you...
|
||
|
||
92 INT. TEN FORWARD
|
||
|
||
O'Brien goes to work on the computer...
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
By creating our own access code,
|
||
we will be able to prevent anyone
|
||
from using the transporter against
|
||
us as we move to the cargo bay...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
What about their weapons?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
We will each take a hostage for
|
||
protection... Captain Picard, you
|
||
are mine.
|
||
|
||
Data points to Worf, O'Brien takes Keiko... the baby
|
||
cries as she feels the motions...
|
||
|
||
KEIKO
|
||
Please... let her stay...
|
||
|
||
Fed up with the crying, O'Brien takes the baby and puts
|
||
it in the hands of a supernumerary...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(to Data)
|
||
Lower the forcefield.
|
||
|
||
Data works the computer.
|
||
|
||
93 INT. BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
As before. Riker at command.
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Security teams, stand by.
|
||
|
||
ENSIGN RO
|
||
They're heading through section
|
||
five...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE 55.
|
||
|
||
94 INT. DECK TEN - CORRIDOR - NEAR TURBOLIFT
|
||
|
||
Troi holds a phaser to Picard, as Data/Worf and
|
||
O'Brien/Keiko trail behind - all push by a security
|
||
team, who stand at the sides, helpless to aid their
|
||
captain and crewmates. The group ENTERS a turbolift.
|
||
|
||
95 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Mister La Forge, Doctor --
|
||
they'll be at their destination
|
||
in less than a minute...
|
||
|
||
ENSIGN RO
|
||
They've stopped at deck eighteen,
|
||
sir...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(into com)
|
||
Security, allow them access into
|
||
cargo bay four...
|
||
|
||
96 INT. CARGO BAY
|
||
|
||
As they enter. O'Brien goes immediately to the
|
||
console, leaving Keiko at the side, as Troi/Picard and
|
||
Data/Worf stand nearby. There's room aplenty inside
|
||
the bay. And at the rear backside, the huge DOORS...
|
||
that open out to space.
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
(to Data)
|
||
I will require some assistance.
|
||
|
||
O'Brien and Data move to the transporter pad... begin
|
||
to make some PADD adjustments... Picard addresses Troi,
|
||
who really would rather not be bothered with him right
|
||
now...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Captain Shumar, may I ask a
|
||
foolish question?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
You are not one to ask foolish
|
||
questions, Picard...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Nevertheless, I must ask how you
|
||
intend to achieve your "rest"...
|
||
when all is said and done...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
What do you mean?
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 11/26/91 - ACT FIVE 56.
|
||
|
||
96 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
How do you intend to free yourself
|
||
of this existence that has
|
||
trapped your consciousness?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
It will fade as we move further
|
||
from this planet...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Really? What is your scientific
|
||
basis for that?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(impatient)
|
||
I don't need a scientific basis.
|
||
Just be quiet.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Perhaps you will be required to
|
||
perform a noble deed before you
|
||
can rest.
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
What are you talking about?
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Surely you recall the old story
|
||
of "The Canterville Ghost"...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Do not insult me with foolish
|
||
ghost stories, Picard...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
I would ask the same of you.
|
||
(beat)
|
||
When are you going to tell me
|
||
who you really are?
|
||
|
||
She stares at him... before she can answer... O'Brien
|
||
calls from the transporter controls --
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
I have initialized the
|
||
transporter signal...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
(still staring at
|
||
Picard)
|
||
Proceed.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE 57.
|
||
|
||
97 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
As before.
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
They're powering up the
|
||
transporter, Commander...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
Mister LaForge...
|
||
|
||
GEORDI
|
||
I've isolated cargo bay four with
|
||
a neutrino field, sir... But it
|
||
won't take O'Brien and Data more
|
||
than a couple of minutes to override
|
||
it once they discover it's
|
||
there...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
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I hope that'll be enough time
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||
for the captain to play his
|
||
hand...
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||
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RO
|
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You know what he's going to do?
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||
|
||
RIKER
|
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There's only one reason he
|
||
chose cargo bay four...
|
||
(grim, to Ro)
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If it becomes necessary, Ensign,
|
||
you will blow the cargo bay hatch
|
||
on my orders.
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||
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They all react.
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||
|
||
RO
|
||
Aye, sir.
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||
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98 INT. CARGO BAY - WIDE (OPTICAL)
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||
|
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O'Brien hits his panels... A large ENERGY CLOUD also
|
||
MATERIALIZES -- alive with hundreds of diving, flying
|
||
ENERGY RINGS (as in Act One). A powerful HUMMING takes
|
||
over, as if inside a hive.
|
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|
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99 OMITTED
|
||
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||
100 ON TROI AND DATA
|
||
|
||
They look as if they've waited a lifetime for this.
|
||
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STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE 58.
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||
|
||
101 ON PICARD (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
You're quite right, Picard.
|
||
We're not ghosts. And it is not
|
||
rest, we seek. Only escape.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Escape?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
We were brought to this moon over
|
||
five centuries ago from a star
|
||
system called Ux-Mal... We were
|
||
separated from our bodies and left
|
||
to drift in the storms. Once
|
||
we almost escaped... on board
|
||
the Essex... but that ship was
|
||
incapable of eluding the moon's
|
||
electromagnetic currents...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Did you really think using their
|
||
identities would gain our
|
||
sympathy... ?
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
It was a better approach than
|
||
asking you to allow hundreds of
|
||
condemned prisoners on board...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Then, this moon is a penal
|
||
colony...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
That is correct. But now
|
||
we have your ship... and your
|
||
bodies to carry us home...
|
||
|
||
102 INT. MAIN BRIDGE
|
||
|
||
Off tactical --
|
||
|
||
RO
|
||
I'm reading dozens of them...
|
||
hundreds...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE 58A.
|
||
|
||
102 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
They have the same anionic
|
||
signature we saw on the biofilter
|
||
scans...
|
||
|
||
RIKER
|
||
(pleased)
|
||
I think we can give the captain
|
||
a new bargaining chip. Doctor
|
||
Crusher, flood the cargo bay with
|
||
your containment field...
|
||
|
||
Off an aft terminal -- as Beverly proceeds...
|
||
|
||
103 INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
Reactions as the TECH field fills the cargo bay... the
|
||
energy rings are held in stasis, powerless...
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/09/91 - ACT FIVE 59.
|
||
|
||
103 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
Let them go, or you will all die.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Your threats are meaningless now.
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
We are still in control of these
|
||
three bodies. We will not leave
|
||
them.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Are you prepared to sacrifice the
|
||
lives of the others? Because they
|
||
will all die when the hatch to
|
||
the cargo bay is blown...
|
||
|
||
They glance to the cargo bay door...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
(to Picard)
|
||
You will die too...
|
||
|
||
KEIKO
|
||
I would die to save the life of
|
||
my child.
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
To die defending his ship is the
|
||
hope of every Klingon.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
And if you each know the officers
|
||
you inhabit, you know they are
|
||
equally ready to give their lives
|
||
for this ship.
|
||
(beat)
|
||
Free them now... And I will return
|
||
you to the moon's surface.
|
||
|
||
Troi studies him a long beat... realizing... she
|
||
glances at Data and O'Brien and after a moment...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
I advise you, Picard, not to pass
|
||
our way again.
|
||
|
||
104 ANGLE (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
The rings emerge from Troi, Data and O'Brien... they
|
||
each sag weakly to the floor while Data remains
|
||
standing, still. Keiko rushes to O'Brien who has
|
||
fallen unconscious.
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/09/91 - ACT FIVE 60.
|
||
|
||
104 CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
Worf helps Data steady himself... Picard helps Troi
|
||
to the ground...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
(hits combadge)
|
||
Picard to bridge, our guests will
|
||
be leaving shortly... I need an
|
||
emergency medical team here...
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY'S COM VOICE
|
||
On our way, Captain.
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
Mister Worf, transport these...
|
||
prisoners... back to the moon's
|
||
surface...
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
Gladly, sir...
|
||
|
||
And he goes to the transporter pad and presses a few
|
||
panels... and they DEMATERIALIZE...
|
||
|
||
105 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
in orbit around the moon.
|
||
|
||
106 OMITTED
|
||
|
||
106A INT. SICKBAY
|
||
|
||
Close on Troi pulling back to reveal she is talking
|
||
to Picard... in the background, Beverly runs some scans
|
||
on O'Brien as Keiko holds Molly beside him... Data is
|
||
completing some self-diagnostics with Worf near-by...
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
It was almost as though my own
|
||
consciousness were pushed to the
|
||
side... I was watching it all
|
||
happen... hearing my own voice...
|
||
but I couldn't control any of
|
||
it...
|
||
|
||
PICARD
|
||
What about the entity that
|
||
controlled you... what were your
|
||
perceptions of him?
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/03/91 - ACT FIVE 61.
|
||
|
||
106A CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
TROI
|
||
He was intelligent, actually.
|
||
Thoughtful... in a ruthless
|
||
sort of way. Cold.
|
||
|
||
She shudders at the memory... off Picard's reaction...
|
||
|
||
106B ON WORF AND DATA
|
||
|
||
Having completed his diagnostic, Data is prepared to
|
||
leave...
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
I must apologize for my
|
||
inadvertant misconduct toward you,
|
||
Lieutenant.
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
There is no need to apologize.
|
||
|
||
DATA
|
||
Your restraint was most remarkable
|
||
for a Klingon.
|
||
|
||
Worf takes a half-step closer to Data, almost smiles.
|
||
|
||
WORF
|
||
(beat)
|
||
You have no idea.
|
||
|
||
They exit...
|
||
|
||
106C ON O'BRIEN AND KEIKO (AND MOLLY)
|
||
|
||
Beverly finishes her treatment...
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
How do you feel?
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
Hungry.
|
||
|
||
BEVERLY
|
||
Good sign.
|
||
|
||
She moves off... an uncomfortable moment between
|
||
husband and wife...
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
How do you feel?
|
||
|
||
STAR TREK: "Power Play" - REV. 12/09/91 - ACT FIVE 62.
|
||
|
||
106C CONTINUED:
|
||
|
||
KEIKO
|
||
I'm just glad to have you back.
|
||
|
||
O'BRIEN
|
||
If I could've killed that thing
|
||
inside me... I would have...
|
||
|
||
KEIKO
|
||
I know.
|
||
|
||
Molly smiles...
|
||
|
||
KEIKO
|
||
(continuing)
|
||
We both know.
|
||
|
||
He exchanges a loving glance with his wife, hugs her
|
||
and the baby. And as Picard, Troi and Beverly look
|
||
over, pleased that the long nightmare has ended
|
||
happily, we...
|
||
|
||
107 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)
|
||
|
||
As it leaves orbit of the stormy moon...
|
||
|
||
FADE OUT.
|
||
|
||
END OF ACT FIVE
|
||
|
||
THE END
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|