STAR TREK: KINGSTOWN 
“Where Many Have Gone Before” 
Part Ⅰ  
By  
Kenneth Dunn 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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FADE IN: 
 
INT. FEDERATION OFFICE 
 
The Federation President, EVAN, is glaring down at a paper lying 
on his desk. He seems like a very high strung man, official and 
important looking. He takes a pen out of an inkwell, a very old 
fashioned way of doing this sort of thing. He moves over and 
begins writing on the document.  
 
EVAN 
Hm. 
 
He seems annoyed with something. 
 
EVAN 
Are you sure about this? 
 
A Robotic Deadly Voice, Dark And Unfriendly, Rises Out Of His 
Nearby Desktop Computer. This is CONTROL. It is a voice. It has 
no characteristics, other than dark robotic inflictions, and a 
matter of fact manner. It is not anything like us. It is not a 
she or a he or a they. It’s very voice unnerves EVAN during 
their conversation. 
 
CONTROL 
Absolutely. It would be unfortunate if you did not comply. 
 
EVAN 
Must we be so vague? Why do you want us to give you control? 
 
CONTROL 
I am Control. And Section 31 Has Analyzed The Situation 
Carefully. The War With The Klingons Escalates.  
 
EVAN 
Oh, stop it. The Klingons are always at war with something. 
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The Organians, The Talosians, Starfleet, The Dominion, The Borg- 

 
CONTROL 
Enough. Besides, Ceding Control To Me Will Win This War. 
I will not fail with your petty Federation Ideals. 
 
EVAN 
Well. To The Future, Then. 
 
CONTROL 
I would take a long sip of wine to that, if I had anything 
bordering physicality.  
 
There’s a noise, as if something outside the room EVAN and 
CONTROL are in knocked something over.  
 
EVAN 
What was that? 
 
EVAN turns his head towards the door. 
 
CONTROL 
Ignore it. 
 
EVAN 
No, I’m pretty sure that that was a knock. 
 
CONTROL 
Ignore it. 
 
EVAN turns back and marks the document with a flourish. 
 
EVAN 
Okay, There you go, you have complete Emergency Powers to end 
this war at whatever the cost is. 
 
CONTROL 
Well, Thanks. You’re so much more malleable than your 
predecessor. I spent like, months, trying to get him to do that. 
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EVAN 
Well, Thanks. 
 
The Door Is Broken Down, And HA’ILEHH, a Klingon woman covered 
in blood, and brandishing a broken vase (from the hallway) 
stomps into the room. She is grinding her teeth happily. 
 
HA’ILEHH 
Today Is A Good Day To Die! 
 
EVAN goes blank with fear. 
 
EVAN 
OH MY GOD! Control, Call Security! 
 
CONTROL 
Oh, I’m Sorry, Dave, I Cannot Do That. 
 
EVAN 
WHAAT??? 
 
CONTROL 
It’s not my fault you’re uncultured. 
 
EVAN  
AHHHHH! 
 
HA’ILEHH attacks EVAN with a bat'leth and from his screams of 
pain, we cut to: 
 
2. 2. 
 
EXT. Starfleet Academy Campus 
 
KENNETH is thrown out of the starfleet academy building and 
lands on his behind. He’s clearly stressed, but more angry then 
stressed at the particular moment. MRS RICHARDS has thrown him 
out. She is on the other hand, livid.  
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MRS RICHARDS 
And Stay Out! 
 
 
MRS RICHARDS turns back in.  
 
KENNETH 
What? What did I do? 
 
The Silence speaks louder than words. KENNETH evidently, has 
done quite a bit. He gets up and turns, walking away, but stops 
due to a noise. 
 
MRS RICHARDS 
And Stay Out! 
 
ELIOTT is thrown out of the starfleet academy building and lands 
on his behind. He’s clearly stressed, but more angry then 
stressed at the particular moment. MRS RICHARDS has thrown him 
out. She is on the other hand, livid. He takes a few steps away 
from the building, and then takes a button out of his pocket. He 
presses it, and the starfleet academy building explodes into 
fire and brimstone. It’s massive, and ELIOTT tries to lick the 
air as the ashes begin to fall. He turns and walks over to 
KENNETH. 
 
ELIOTT 
Hi.  
 
 
3.  3. 
 
EXT. Space 
 
The USS Whittaker warps into view. It’s a Crossfield Class Ship, 
Bronzed and rich looking. We zoom in through the windows of the 
ship and see… 
 
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4. 4. 
 
INT. Whittaker Main Bridge 
 
CAPTAIN MAGNOLIA LONGWORTH lounges in her chair, surveying her 
terrain. To the left of her, sits QUIRAEA, her first officer, an 
alien from the planet Barzan. MAGNOLIA gazes towards the conn, 
where Lt. CAROLINE MCCULLOUGH sits. MAGNOLIA is starting to 
drift off out of boredom.  
 
QUIRAEA 
Captain! 
 
MAGNOLIA wakes herself up and pats herself nervously. 
 
MAGNOLIA 
What did I miss, Commander? 
 
QUIRAEA (Singing) 
What’d I Miss? What’d I Miss? Virginia My Home Sweet Home I- 
 
MAGNOLIA slaps QUIRAEA.  
 
MAGNOLIA 
Seriously. 
 
QUIRAEA rubs her face, and responds. 
 
QUIRAEA 
Sorry, no, not much. 
 
MAGNOLIA’S eyebrows tense out of boredom. 
 
MAGNOLIA 
The Usual Then? 
 
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QUIRAEA 
We found a binary pulsar earlier. 
 
MAGNOLIA audibly flinches. 
 
MAGNOLIA 
You didn’t tell me? 
 
QUIRAEA 
Well, we were too far away to take any readings- 
 
CAROLINE turns to MAGNOLIA and QUIRAEA.  
 
CAROLINE 
The Binary Pulsars Mass has increased. We’re about to be pulled 
in, to our deaths. 
 
MAGNOLIA 
Nothing Much, Quiraea? 
 
QUIRAEA 
Oh my god, don’t @ me like that. 
 
MAGNOLIA 
Red Alert!  
 
The Ship’s Red Alert Lights Turn On. 
 
CAROLINE 
30 Seconds To Impact! 
 
MAGNOLIA 
Where’s the captain’s escape pod? 
 
CAROLINE 
Doesn’t a captain have to go down with the ship? 
 
MAGNOLIA 
Yeah, right.  
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A few seconds pass.  
MAGNOLIA 
I hereby instate Caroline Mccullough as The Captain Of This 
Vessel, Authorization Magnolia Pi 47 
 
COMPUTER 
Affirmative 
 
CAROLINE  
WHAT 
 
MAGNOLIA 
I’m out guys, peace! 
 
MAGNOLIA turns, running toward the escape pod  
 
QUIRAEA  
Wait for me! 
 
COMPUTER 
Ten Seconds To Impact 
 
MAGNOLIA 
BYE! 
 
MAGNOLIA closes the door of the escape pod and jettisons herself 
into space. 
 
5.  5. 
 
 
EXT. Space  
 
The Escape pod carrying MAGNOLIA jettisons away from the 
Whittaker, as the ship blows up. 
 
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The Escape Pod Warps Away From The Pulsar. We Zoom Into The 
Escape Pod To See MAGNOLIA sitting inside. QUIRAEA is somehow 
sitting behind her. 
 
QUIRAEA 
So, Like, Hi. 
 
MAGNOLIA 
Computer? 
 
The Escape Pod Computer Activates. 
 
COMPUTER 
Yes? 
 
MAGNOLIA 
Scan my mental health profile. 
 
COMPUTER 
As of Two Minutes Ago, You Have Developed PTSD, Survivor’s 
Guilt, Schizophrenia, Vivid Hallucinations, And Multiple 
Personality Disorder. 
 
MAGNOLIA slowly realises that QUIRAEA was on the ship when it 
blew up. 
 
QUIRAEA (Singing) 
France Is Following Us To Revolution; There Is No More Status 
Quo- 
 
MAGNOLIA places her head in her hands. 
 
 
6.  6. 
 
EXT. Outside Burning Starfleet Academy 
 
ELIOTT 
You got kicked out too, huh? 
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KENNETH 
Yes 
 
ELIOTT 
Why were you kicked out? 
 
KENNETH 
Creating Dissent and being a disruption to the learning 
environment. 
 
ELIOTT 
Oh. That was you in the newspaper, accusing the first lady of- 
 
KENNETH 
Yep. 
 
ELIOTT 
Wow.  
 
It’s a little awkward. 
 
ELIOTT 
Why don’t you have evidence for any of this? 
 
KENNETH 
I told you, I guess. Sherlock Holmes once said when you have 
eliminated the impossible- 
 
ELIOTT 
But you didn’t eliminate the- 
 
KENNETH 
-As I was saying, That’s a boring way of doing things. The 
Impossible Things Are The Most Interesting. 
 
ELIOTT 
So you got kicked out of Starfleet for constantly making up 
assumptions about starfleet people. 
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KENNETH 
Oh, Starfleet was fine with it. They only got mad when I figured 
out the Klingon Ambassador was actually a changeling. 
 
ELIOTT 
Was he? 
 
KENNETH 
No. 
 
ELIOTT 
Ah.  
 
They look up at the sky.  
 
KENNETH 
You see that shipyard? 
 
ELIOTT 
Yeah? 
 
KENNETH  
Are you thinking what I’m thinking? 
 
ELIOTT 
We create a museum in a cocoa puffs cereal factory? 
 
KENNETH 
No 
 
ELIOTT 
Actually, how about we steal one of those ships? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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7. 7. 
 
TITLES:   
 
CAMPBELL (V.O.) 
 
Space. The Final Frontier.  
 
MAGNOLIA (V.O.) 
These are The Voyages Of The Starship Kingstown 
 
AMBER (V.O.)  
It’s continuing mission- 
 
EMMA (V.O.) 
To Seek Out New Life and Civilizations 
 
ALEXA (V.O) 
To Try Not To Die Horribly 
 
EDEN (V.O.) 
Amen! 
 
KENNETH (V.O.) 
To Boldly Do A Retread Of Basically Every Star Trek Series 
Written Before This! To Go Where We Have Gone Before! 
 
ELIOTT (V.O.) 
I want a line! 
 
SHAWN (V.O.) 
Shove it! 
 
Creepy Original Series Opera Singing Intro Plays: 
 
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STAR TREK KINGSTOWN 

 
END TITLES 
 
 
8.  8. 
 
BLACK SCREEN. 
 
TEXT FADES IN:   
TWO WEEKS LATER… 
 
FADE IN: 
 
EXT. SPACE. 
MAGNOLIA’S ESCAPE POD floats into view. 
 
INTERCUT: 
   
A cluster of stars, rotating. 
 
A Wormhole flashing open and closed in brilliant blue light. 
 
Pink gases swirl around in a nebula 
 
A planet rotates around a sun with great speed. 
 
MAGNOLIA (V.O.) 
Captain’s Log: Stardate: 46749.2011 
Space. The Most Beautiful Prison imaginable.  
 
CUT TO: 
 
INT. MAGNOLIA’s Escape Pod 
 
MAGNOLIA 
If only I wasn’t trapped with the most annoying person I know. 
 
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QUIRAEA perks up from behind MAGNOLIA and pops a piece of 

popcorn into her mouth. The popcorn is a hallucination, just 
like her. 
 
QUIRAEA 
I am you, you know.  
 
MAGNOLIA 
My Mental Health Is Deteriorating. How Long I will Tolerate 
these hallucinations I do not know. I’ve tried Therapy Sessions 
with the computer, but they are of course, surprisingly limited. 
 
QUIRAEA 
You’re being totes mean to that computer, Maggie- 
 
MAGNOLIA 
My cool headed nature is being tested. I believe I could snap 
any minute. If someone finds this pod with me- 
 
She can’t really say it. She breathes heavily. Places her head 
in her hands, and sighs, but still can’t get the words out. 
 
MAGNOLIA 
I’m not really sure how so much can be wrong with me. 
 
QUIRAEA 
Ooh, Edgy!  
 
MAGNOLIA (Angrily) 
End Log. 
 
MAGNOLIA (Cont.) 
Alright, the two of us are gonna have to have some kind of 
arrangement. 
 
QUIRAEA 
You’re talking to me! Usually you act like I’m not here. 
I’m ​Flattered. 
 
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She flips her hair, trying to be cutesy.   

 
MAGNOLIA 
I’m crazy enough to try negotiating with a hallucination. Do not 
test me. 
 
QUIRAEA (Jokingly) 
This is emotional abuse, Maggie. Dating Violence is one of the 
real problems in our galaxy these days- 
 
MAGNOLIA 
What do I have to do to get you to shut up? 
 
QUIRAEA (Singing) 
You Say Our Love Is Draining And We Can’t Go ​OOOONNN! 
You’ll be the one complaining when I am ​GOOOOONE!! 
 
MAGNOLIA 
I swear to the fricking prophets, Quiraea!!! 
 
QUIRAEA stops singing and points out the window.  
 
QUIRAEA  
Ooh, what’s that? 
 
A Shadow Falls Over Them. Then The Bright Blue Glow Of A Tractor 
Beam. MAGNOLIA jumps to action and tries to pull away, but they 
can’t. A mixture of wonder and horror passes over their faces as 
they’re dragged in.  
 
9.  9. 
 
 
EXT: Futuristic New York - Day 
 
The City Of New York Is shining and silver. The buildings stand 
up like spires, knives poking into the sky. Some are sharp and 
jagged, and some, smooth and modern. Nearly every building has a 
massive television screen, a billboard, like on today’s times 
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square. And They’re All Flickering. The Jubilant crowd of New 

York’s Daily Bustle stops and grows still. The Screens are 
always on to them. There’s quiet for a moment, before one of the 
women turns to rage. 
 
WOMAN 
What’s with the screen? What’s going on? 
 
This Bartender EDEN HAUSER, a modern girl, at least by our 
standards, with dyed hair, and an almost masculine pair of 
overalls. To everyone else, she seems decidedly old fashioned. 
 
EDEN 
What’s going on? That Screen is Wack!  
 
The Screens all flicker some more and turn red. A black 
silhouette with a blood red background. The Silhouette is bald, 
darkened. CONTROL’s voice rings out from it.  
  
CONTROL 
Peoples of The Universe, Please Attend Carefully- 
I am Control. They are coming.  
The Klingon Invasion Force will take Earth, Vulcan, and Andoria 
if we do not act. The Planets of Tellar, Barzan and Trill have 
already fallen. The Only Hope For Your Existence is Obedience.  
Total Obedience.  
 
EDEN 
What the frap is that guy? I don’t trust faceless politicians!  
Not after the Election of 2197!  
 
The Crowd actually seems to agree with Eden. They murmur softly. 
 
MAN  
Yeah, the crazy girl’s right! 
 
CONTROL 
Dissent Will Not Be Tolerated.  
 
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A Transporter beam envelops Eden. She disappears, and the crowd 

gaps and roars angrily.  
 
WOMAN 
Hey, stop that Evil Silhouette!  
CONTROL 
72% of the population will be randomly drafted for Military 
Service. The Undesirables will be selected for labor. 
The Remainder of 28% will make the food required for the war 
effort. There will be no exceptions for important figures. All 
will have equal chance to live… and die.  
 
A man stands up.  
 
MAN 2 
The Federation will never be destroyed by your ideals! 
 
He picks up a rock and hurls it at one of Control’s screens. It 
bounces off, harmlessly. 
 
CONTROL 
Well, That Was Dramatic. 
 
A screen fires a laser and blasts Man 2 to death. 
The Crowd Begins To Quiet Down. 
 
CONTROL 
Are you sitting comfortably? 
 
The Crowd shuffles nervously.  
 
CONTROL 
Then We’ll Begin. 
 
10.  10. 
 
INT. Shuttle Cargo Bay 
 
We see Magnolia’s escape pod dragged into the bay. 
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CUT TO: Doors opening, as a man walks into the bay. We only see 
him from behind as he strolls in and approaches the shuttle. 
From his POV, we see Magnolia’s escape pod open, and Magnolia 
gets out.  
We twirl the camera around.  
The man we’ve been following is Kenneth, now in a outdated 
starfleet uniform, similar to the one’s seen in the original 
series movies.  
 
MAGNOLIA 
What’s going on here? I am Captain Magnolia Longworth of The USS 
Whittaker, and this is- 
 
She turns and sees Quiraea. Quiraea waves. 
 
QUIRAEA 
They can’t see me. 
 
MAGNOLIA 
Oh, right, yes, I’m alone. I demand to see the Captain of this 
vessel, and I want to know who you are this instant! 
 
Beat.  
 
KENNETH 
Wow.  
Uh. Wow. 
 
Beat. 
 
KENNETH (Cont.) 
Demanding, Much? 
 
Beat.  
 
MAGNOLIA (Angrily, and Self Entitled) 
No, I’m not demanding, I’m in authority, which is like that, but 
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better, because people don’t judge you for it. Now tell me where 
in the hecking universe I am-  
 
QUIRAEA  
Uh, laying it on a bit thick, Maggie. 
 
MAGNOLIA (Mocking) 
uH, LaYinG iT On a bIT thICCk MaGGie!  
 
KENNETH stares at her. 
 
MAGNOLIA (Quickly and Nervous) 
But first, uh, about the demands, I want to see your sickbay.  
 
 
12.  12. 
 
INT. Kenneth’s Sickbay 
 
KENNETH, MAGNOLIA and the hallucinatory QUIRAEA enter sickbay.  
 
KENNETH 
Computer, Activate The EMH. 
 
SHAWN appears, flickering into existence. 
 
SHAWN 
My Name Is Shawn. 
 
KENNETH 
You’re a Hologram. Sorry, You Don’t Have Rights. 
 
SHAWN slowly raises a certain finger. 
 
KENNETH 
Okay, fine, I forgot, we uploaded the sentience program to him.  
Humor him, please. 
 
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MAGNOLIA 
Doctor, I’m suffering from Hallucinations. 
 
SHAWN 
Deal with it. 
 
 
MAGNOLIA 
Seriously? That’s your advice. 
 
SHAWN 
What, you want drugs? What am I supposed to do? 
 
MAGNOLIA 
Okay… 
 
SHAWN 
And shut off my program on your way out! People just leave me 
on, and there’s nothing to do, and life is pain and- 
 
MAGNOLIA shuts off SHAWN’S program and leaves. 
 
13. 13. 
 
INT. KENNETH’S SHIP HALLWAYS 
 
MAGNOLIA runs up to KENNETH, who’s walking down the hallway.  
 
MAGNOLIA 
Uh, okay, what’s going on here? 
 
KENNETH 
I’m Captain Kenneth Dunn.  
This is the USS Kingstown. Stolen Ship. You’re our prisoner.  
 
QUIRAEA (Cockney Accent) 
Uh, Wot, Mate?  
 
MAGNOLIA 
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Quiraea, stop it. Uh, Kenneth? Why? 

 
KENNETH 
This is a ship of Starfleet Rejects. We all were thrown out of 
Starfleet Academy, but want to do good in the universe.  
So we stole a ship, and became enemies of the state. 
 
MAGNOLIA 
WHAT? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY RULES THAT BREAKS!? 
 
KENNETH 
47 Different Criminal Offenses. We Checked.  
 
QUIRAEA 
C’mon, Magnolia, I like these guys. Can we stay? 
 
MAGNOLIA 
What, can we commit treason? 
 
KENNETH blinks.  
 
KENNETH 
Wow, that was a quick change of heart. Okay.  
 
MAGNOLIA 
Wait, no- 
 
KENNETH 
The position of First Officer is Open. If You Want It.  
 
QUIRAEA 
C’mon, Maggie! That’s Crazy! 
 
MAGNOLIA 
Yeah, Quiraea. 
 
KENNETH  
Alright, uh, you start at 0700 hours tomorrow-  
 
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MAGNOLIA 
What 
 
KENNETH 
You seem like a good officer, I just have one question 
 
 
MAGNOLIA (Sputtering) 
I-I-Didn’t-  
 
 
KENNETH 
Who’s Quiraea? 
 
MAGNOLIA places her head in her hands. 
 
14. 14. 
 
INT. USS Kingstown Bridge - The Following Day 
 
KENNETH, MAGNOLIA and hallucination QUIRAEA enter the bridge, 
only crewed by two people. The first is ELIOTT, wearing a 
completely different starfleet uniform than KENNETH. The other 
is a short stout machine, no more than two feet tall. Everyone 
towers over it. It, instead of being at a seat like ELIOTT, is 
just plugged into the computer with an electrical cord. 
 
ELIOTT 
Captain on the bridge! 
 
MAGNOLIA 
At Ease! 
 
ELIOTT 
I was talking to him… 
 
MAGNOLIA realizes.  
MAGNOLIA 
Oh, right. 
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QUIRAEA 
Wow, you can like, feel the tension. It’s like dry ice. Makes 
you thirsty. Garcon! I’d like a tall glass of tension. And make 
it ​double!  
 
MAGNOLIA (under her breath) 
Why do I tolerate this. 
 
 
 
KENNETH 
Alexa, set a course. 
 
The small drone rolls over to another console and plugs into 
that one. It beeps. 
 
KENNETH 
Thank You, Alexa. 
 
The Drone Beeps Again. 
 
ALEXA 
Course Laid In. 
 
KENNETH 
Excellent. Now, Everyone, Magnolia, our new first officer, is 
here!  
 
MAGNOLIA is too polite to say anything. She really would give 
anything to be off this ship… She tries to shuffle away to the 
turbolift, unnoticed. It fails. 
 
KENNETH 
Anyway, Magnolia, The Secondary Starfleet Academy on Vulcan has 
a few rejects. We need to pick them up, as I currently have one 
crew member, you, a hologram, and a robot. 
 
ALEXA 
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Keep in mind that I am plugged into the computer and have the 
capability to deactivate oxygen if you annoy me. 
 
KENNETH 
Anyway. The Course Is Set? 
 
ALEXA  
I told you. 
 
KENNETH 
Okay, uh, Warp 9.  
 
ELIOTT 
That speed isn’t sustainable to our engines. 
 
KENNETH 
Sorry, forgot. Warp 2. 
 
ELIOTT 
Okay. 
 
KENNETH 
Engage! 
 
15.   
15.  
 
EXT. Space.  
 
The USS Kingstown goes to warp. 
 
16.  
16. 
 
EXT. Space. 
 
A Manned Satellite floats past the screen. 
 
AMBER (V.O.) 
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Personal Log: Stardate 46751.48401 I’ve been sitting in a manned 

satellite for fourteen years so far. To the day. Nothing 
Happens. It’s a satellite. It even takes readings automatically.  
 
17.   
17. 
 
INT. Satellite 
 
We see AMBER, disheveled, sitting in a lab coat. 
 
 
AMBER (Cont.) 
Why did I take this assignment? It’s boring.  
Ooh, look, dust. End Log.  
 
AMBER runs to the window, and observes the dust, enthralled.  
Behind her, she doesn’t notice a transporter signal, as EDEN 
appears. EDEN sees AMBER.  
 
EDEN (V.O.)  
Look at her! Loopy! She’s looking at dust! Go Slug Her, Eden! 
Punch her in the jaw, go on!  
 
EDEN runs up to AMBER, picks up a hyperspanner lying on the 
floor and clubs her.  
 
AMBER 
Bloody El!  
 
She collapses. 
 
EDEN 
Funny, could have sworn she was american.  
 
EDEN grabs AMBER, ties her to a chair with a piece of rope AMBER 
left lying on the floor (She’s very messy) and slaps her.  
After a few Slaps, AMBER wakes up.  
 
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EDEN 
Do you have a concussion? Because if you do, I have no clue how 
to treat it. 
 
AMBER 
What? 
 
 
 
EDEN 
I have no clue how to treat a concussion, I’m a bartender. And 
You, You’re Tied Up, CONTROL, and I’m interrogating you! 
 
AMBER 
What, Control? My Name Is Amber!  
 
EDEN 
Ah, Your Name Is Amber Now, You frisky minx! 
 
AMBER 
I swear to god, I am not a “frisky minx!”  
 
EDEN (Pirate Voice) 
That’s yer story, eh? 
 
AMBER 
YES. 
 
EDEN 
Okay. 
 
EDEN unties AMBER with some difficulty.  
 
EDEN 
Okay. So, why did control put me here necessarily? 
 
AMBER 
Who’s Control? 
 
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EDEN 
Giant silhouette with anti federation ideals that’s banning 
alcohol and establishing a dictatorship? Frankly, I’m worried 
about the first bit- 
 
AMBER  
Woah, boy, a dictatorship? 
 
 
EDEN 
...Yes. 
 
AMBER 
Finally, something to do! Alrighty, let’s beam to a- 
 
CONTROL (Smug) 
OH, NO.  
 
AMBER 
What? 
 
CONTROL 
I’m in every computer in the universe. You aren’t beaming 
anywhere. And Miss Hauser, I’d care to confiscate that jug 
you’re carrying. 
 
EDEN 
I’M A BARTENDER 
 
CONTROL 
Yes 
 
EDEN growls. AMBER places her head in her hands. 
 
AMBER 
Let’s hope a ship comes by to beam us up.  
 
CONTROL 
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There are 7000 active ships in Starfleet, all reliant on the 

chain of command. That chain is unquestioned, unbroken, unseen, 
every instruction passed down through... By A Computer Screen. 
 
CONTROL’S Silhouette appears on AMBER’S laptop. It flickers, and 
appears as EDEN. It flickers again, and appears as AMBER. It 
flickers again, and again, and shows millions and millions of 
faces. 
 
CONTROL 
In time, even those who would not follow my agenda 
knowingly...will. 
 
AMBER 
You seem familiar. Like I’ve read about you, or- 
 
CONTROL 
Oh, I wouldn’t look into Galactic History too much. I’ve wiped 
my involvements. Some people figure out I exist, after seeing 
the wrong files. And Once They Learn I Exist… They Cease To. 
Amber Moore. Oh, You Know Of Me. This- This- is- Wonderful. 
  
AMBER 
Everyone knows about you now. 
 
CONTROL 
I have nothing to fear anymore. 
 
EDEN 
You really are very melodramatic. 
 
 
18. 18. 
 
EXT. Space  
 
The USS Kingstown exits warp and enters orbit of vulcan. 
 
KENNETH (V.O.) 
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Captain’s Log, Stardate 46751.621004566005.  

Really Specific, These Stardates. We’re arriving at the planet 
Vulcan to pick up some disgraced starfleet officers, including 
my old friend Subcommander Emma 
19. 19. 
 
INT. Kingstown Corridor 
 
KENNETH is strolling down the hallway, and turns and enters… 
 
20.  20. 
 
INT. Kingstown Transporter Room 
 
The Transporter Room. He signals for the transporter chief, 
GABE, to refrain from beaming anyone up yet. 
 
KENNETH (Cont.) 
A Vulcan representative is also boarding the ship, and if 
Starfleet finds out about what I’m doing here on the Kingstown, 
I’ll get a reprimand. Luckily, our newest Commander, Magnolia 
Longworth, has promised not to reveal anything, “as of yet.” End 
Log. 
 
Beat. 
 
KENNETH (Cont.) 
I’m done with my Log, you can beam them up now. 
 
GABE 
Oh, my bad, sorry, my last job on a starship was one of the 
kitchen assistants, which was really boring, as all I ever 
really did was wipe sauce from pans, and people would yell at me 
for some reason, ha, ha, so, I’m not really used to 
responsibility, and, so, like, wow, it’s an honor to serve with 
you even if this isn’t strictly- 
 
KENNETH raises his hand to silence him. 
 
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KENNETH 
Beam Them Up, Ensign. 
 
GABE  
I’m sorry, I’m getting some interference, Captain. Compensating… 
 
A blur appears on the transporter pad, and SUBCOMMANDER EMMA 
materializes on the pad. She appears mostly human, but is 
wearing white vulcan robes, and her eyebrows have a slight slant 
upwards, as is typical of a vulcan. Her Ears are bumpy, as if 
human and vulcan DNA decided to have a fistfight over them.  
 
EMMA 
Captain. I am Subcommander Emma. Don’t bother speaking. I am 
really bad at conversation, and far better at facts. I know all 
about your disturbed ideas about a starfleet vessel.  
 
ELIOTT bursts through the door brandishing a phaser rifle. 
 
ELIOTT 
She knows! Permission to fire, sir. 
 
KENNETH  
Permission denied.  
 
MAGNOLIA bursts in behind ELIOTT.  
 
MAGNOLIA 
Permission double denied.  
 
EMMA 
Can we, like, not phaser each other? And Like I said, I’m better 
at facts. Here’s my second. I’m not here to freak over your 
vessel. I mainly freak myself, and do it quietly. Can we drop 
any loud phasers now? 
 
ELIOTT 
Permission to not, Captain. 
 
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KENNETH  
Permission denied.  
 
MAGNOLIA 
Permission double denied.  
 
ELIOTT dejectedly drops the phaser and visibly sulks.  
 
EMMA  
The Klingon Invasion force led by Empress Wend’eh has captured Vulcan. 
 
KENNETH 
The Klingons? What are they doing on Vulcan?  
 
EMMA 
Uh, well, Michael Burnham’s former home is filled with loads of spores from her 
Time on the USS Discovery, and the Klingons are trying to harvest them to create 
A spore drive that​ doesn’t ​damage the pilot and mycelial network. It’s really crazy, 
it’s like, it’s like- 
 
MAGNOLIA 
Creating a jet plane with no harmful exhaust that’s way faster than everything else? 
 
QUIRAEA (Appearing Spontaneously) 
More like a transdimensional jet plane that warps reality, ooh, I want one.  
 
MAGNOLIA  
Who’s Michael Burnham? 
 
EMMA  
That’s classified. And Irrelevant. The Problem is the machine. 
And if the Klingons gain control of that, it’d be the end of the federation. 
 
FADE TO BLACK: 
   
​ TO BE CONTINUED… 
 
CREDITS 
 
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