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We can't really 'protect' the scripts here, so this will likely be the only one released in this manner BEFORE shooting, but it's just the first draft.

<pre>               IN WHITE:

               The sound of slow motion, heavy breathing.  Someone is 
               running.

               FADE IN:

               EXT. ICE PLANET ZERO - MORNING

               Captain William Taggart FINN is running, in slow motion, 
               across the snow blown plain.  Behind him, the light of laser 
               fire erupts from an unknown source.  FINN is hit and tumbles 
               forward into the snow, motionless.

               INT. IPV INTREPID - BRIDGE - MOMENTS LATER

               The ship is rocked by opposing fire.  Lieutenant OLIVER 
               Buckles is in the command chair listening to First Officer 
               Elaine BARRETT over the comm.

                                     BARRETT (O.S.)
                         Captain Finn is down!  I repeat, 
                         Captain Finn is down!  Get us out of --

               Static signals the end of communications.

                                     PENNY
                         Lieutenant Buckles, they've taken 
                         out communications.

                                     OLIVER
                         Raumschiff!  Get them out of there!  
                         Dr. Nichols, prepare for incoming--

                                     RAUMSCHIFF (O.S.)
                         I can't get a portal lock on them, 
                         sir!

                                     OLIVER
                         Keep trying!

                                     RIGG
                         Sir, primary weapons are back on 
                         line.

                                     OLIVER
                              (pause, then very 
                              bloodthirsty)
                         Blow them out of the sky.

               FADE TO WHITE

               OPENING CREDITS

               FADE TO WHITE


               SUPERIMPOSE: Three Years Earlier

               EXT. ORBITAL RESUPPLY STATION FIVE

               The IPV INTREPID is docked at ORS5, in orbit around Earth.  
               As the camera closes in the voice over starts, and we do a 
               long, panning shot of the ship.

                                     OLIVER (V.O.)
                         Dear Sarah, I know it's only been 
                         two days since we saw each other 
                         last, but I miss you already.  I 
                         boarded the Intrepid a day and a 
                         half ago at the Orbital Resupply 
                         Station, and I'm already amazed at 
                         how well the crew works together.  
                         Being the new guy is going to be 
                         difficult, but finding my place in 
                         this well oiled machine shouldn't be 
                         hard at all.

               INT.  IPV INTREPID - BRIDGE

               Captain FINN is in the command seat.  Throughout the voice 
               over, he checks control panels, signs off on things brought 
               to him by Yeomen and generally looks in charge.

                                     OLIVER (V.O.)
                         Captain Finn is inspiring.  The way 
                         he commands the crew, and keeps things 
                         running... it's like he knows what's 
                         going on everywhere on the ship at 
                         all times.  But then, I guess that's 
                         his job.

               INT. IPV INTREPID - LIFT

               Commander BARRETT is looking at a digital readout of something 
               as floor lights go by.  Yes, this is a turbolift scene.

                                     OLIVER (V.O.)
                         Commander Barrett is really intense.  
                         She's a scientist, so it makes sense 
                         that she'd be first officer on an 
                         exploration vessel.  I'm sort of 
                         glad I pulled the Intrepid.  She's 
                         the first vessel of her class 
                         outfitted for exploration.  The other 
                         two are primarily military vessels.

               INT. IPV INTREPID - BRIDGE

               BARRETT emerges from the lift and crosses to the ops station, 
               where PENNY sits.  BARRETT hands PENNY the data device, and 
               they both go over it.


                                     OLIVER (V.O.)
                         I'm not the only new member of the 
                         bridge crew, though.  Lieutenant Day 
                         transferred over from our sister 
                         ship, the Bunraku.  Penny's supposed 
                         to be the best pilot in the fleet.

               Lieutennant HARRIS emerges from the lift and makes his way 
               to the Ops station where he starts doing pre-flight checks.

                                     OLIVER (V.O.)
                         And then there's Nate Harris.  He 
                         runs ship's operations, and he's 
                         also my cabin-mate.  All of the good 
                         ship gossip comes from Nate, and 
                         apparently he organizes the crew's 
                         weekly card games.

               Major RIGG enters from the other lift and sits at his station.

                                     OLIVER (V.O.)
                         Now, where Commander Barret is intense 
                         in a scientific way, Major Rigg is 
                         intense in a "I will cut out your 
                         heart and slam it with a frying pan 
                         until it stops beating" sort of way.  
                         Granted, he is the ships security 
                         and tactical officer, but he makes 
                         me nervous... you know I've never 
                         been one for violence.

               The camera pulls back to reveal all of the bridge crew in 
               their positions.

                                     FINN
                         Ensign Buckles, do we have clearance 
                         to disengage from O.R.S.?

               Close-up on OLIVER.

                                     OLIVER
                         We do sir.

                                     FINN
                         Then let's get this show on the 
                         road...

               EXT. IPV INTREPID

               The INTREPID pulls away from the ORV and positions itself to 
               depart.  The FELT Matrix unfurls, and the ship streaks off 
               into space.

               END CREDITS

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