Galaxy Quest Page #17

103INT. MEDIA ROOM103

Tommy, all alone, peeks into the room to makes sure it is empty,

then enters and moves to a high tech case. He pushes a button

and a panel moves aside revealing a complete library of the

GALAXY QUEST episodes... Like a high-tech shrine. Tommy moves his

finger across the selections, picking one episode in particular

with a smile...

104INT. SHIP CORRIDOR104

Alexander makes his way down the hall stealthily, avoiding

Sarris' guards. He stops as he hears a NOISE from a utility

compartment to his side. Steeling his nerve, he opens the door

and suddenly and a FIGURE jumps out. Both of them assume

defensive stances, then Alexander recognizes him as QUELLEK, his

young protege. Quellek beams.

QUELLEK:

Sir, it's you Thank Ipthar!

ALEXANDER:

Quellek. What are you doing in there?

QUELLEK:

I avoided capture using the Mak'tar stealth haze. Where is

everyone?

ALEXANDER:

Come with me. I'll explain on the way.

105INT. HALLWAY105

Gwen and Jason turn a corner and stop. Jason speaks to vox.

JASON:

Okay we're in C deck hallway 5. What now?

106INT. BRANDON'S BEDROOM - CONCURRENT106

Brandon inserts a GALAXY QUEST CDROM labeled TECHNICAL SYSTEMS

into his computer. A couple of clicks later, a 3D wire frame

diagram of the ship appears.

BRANDON:

Okav, there's a haton on the port wall. It leads to a system of

utility corridors through the bowels of the shop.

107INT. SHIP STORAGE BAYCONCURRENTC7

Jason searches on vain for the hatch.

JASON:

There's no hatch. (losing faith) There's no hatch!

GWEN:

Wait... Jason, Here!...

Gwen rushes a concealed button and the hatch slides open.

JASON:

Okay, we got it.

BRANDON (0.S.)

Okay, you can go on in... I'm going to get Kyle. He knows the

utility tunnel system better than anybody alive.

108 INT. BRANDON'S BEDROOM - CONCURRENT108

Brandon punches some keys and Kyle pops up In a little CU-SEE ME

window on the computer.

KYLE (ON MONITOR)

Hi Brandon.

BRANDON:

No time for pleasantries, Kyle. We have a level five emergency.

The Commander needs us to get him to the core and shut it down

before it overloads.

KYLE:

Oh. Okay.

BRANDON:

You've got the utility systems walkthrough, right?

KYLE:

I have sectors 1-28. I think Hector has the upper levels.

BRANDON:

We'd better get everybody online. And Kyle, Stop downloading

porn. Your frame rate is unacceptable.

139 KYLE'S ROOM - CONCURRENT

An obviously faked nude picture of Gwen as Tawny Madison download

slowly onto his screen.

KYLE:

I'm not downloading porn!

He clicks on the picture.

110 INT. SHIP'S CORRIDOR SECTORS 30-50 110

Fred and Guy make their wav down the corridor, checking the

numbered sectors as they pass.

FRED:

Okay, sector 38... 39... 40. This is it. The environmental

systems are in here. All we have to do is shut off the valve to

the barracks...

They look through the window into the room to see... A HUNDRED of

Sarris' men sitting inside, surrounding the large circular wheel

that controls the valve. Fred exchanges a look with Guy. "All

we have to do..."

111INT. MEDIA ROOM111

Tommy sits at the desk watching an episode of GALAXY QUEST play

on the screen. The scene has young Laredo piloting the ship,

dodging the weaving through a very silly giant paper mache

monster floating in space. But Tommy is dead serious. He

watches himself on the tape, mimicking his own piloting movies,

using miscellaneous objects on the table as controls, and

repeating his 80's catch phrase along with his alterego.

BOTH TOMMYS:

Pedal to the metal, Commander....

112INT. UTILITY TUNNELS112

Jason and Gwen run through the tunnel system.

BRANDON (0.S.)

Okay, now left at the next turn... Past the oxygen units. Make a

right there. Then go through the antimatter vent...

JASON:

Okay... Okay, now what.

BRANDON (O.S)

Now make a right, you'll see a doorway that opens on the central

manufacturing facility. The bowels of the ship.

Gwen and Jason turn right and their eves widen.

113INT. CENTRAL MANUFACTURING CAVERN (BOWELS)

Dante's Inferno. Down below, a huge automated facility for ship

construction and maintenance. Moving elevators and conveyor

belts move through a maze of scaffolding and overhangs. Glowing

rivers of molten metal run past giant swinging hammers, robot

arms, and crushing machines.

BRANDON:

Commander, do you have a camera? I'd die to see this in

person... All they showed on T,V was a machine here, and a wall

here... I don't know why they didn't show the whole thing.

JASON:

(awed)

We'd never have the budget for this.

BRANDON:

Okay, so do you see a door marked "CORE UNIT?" Should be down at

the far end to your left.

On the other side of the room, down a circuitous path through a

dangerous gauntlet of machinery Jason spots such a door.

JASON:

Yes...?

BRANDON:

Okay, that's where you want to be.

Gwen and Jason look at each other, then... Giggle nervously. It's

just so impossible.

114 INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE PRISON/BARRACKS114

Alexander and Quellek arrive at the "prison area" hatch and look

through the window... n tneir cells, many of the aliens are

already unconscious. Others valiantly attempt to open their cells

with crudely constructed levers and battering rams, to no avail.

Alex tries to open the door, to no avail.

AUELLEX:

They're dying!

ALLXANDER:

Here. Help me tear this down, we can use it as a battering ram.

Quellek follows Alexander to a console, looking back at the

prison. Alexander puts his hand on his shoulder.

ALEXANDER:

Don't worry, Quellek, it'll be okay...

Quellek seems comforted, but Alexander Isn't too sure.

115INT. SHIP ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS ROOM115

Fred and Guy continue to watch Sarris' men, still surrounding the

main valve.

FRED:

We've got to get that valve turned off. Their oxygen Is almost

gone...

GUY:

Listen, I'll go in, create a distraction. have this...

(holds up the gun)

may be able to hold them back long enough for the aliens to

escape.

FRED:

It's suicide.

GUY:

I'm just a glorified extra, Fred. I'm a dead man anyway. If I'm

going to die, I'd rather go out a hero than a coward.

FRED:

Maybe you're the plucky comic relief, you ever think of that?

Guy c*cks his head. No, he hadn't thought of that. Fred pats

his shoulder.

FRED:

Besides, just had a really interesting idea.

116INT. SARRIS' SHIP TO SHIP TRANSPORT

Sarris stands at the observation window as the transport makes it

way toward his ship. All but one of the other ships have left

the area, and that ship is turning and heading toward a black

hole in the distance... The TRANSPORT CHIEF next to him gets a

message on his earpiece.

TRANSPORT CHIEF:

Sir, the FALCON THREE Is launched and away, course set for Xactor

Minor. FALCON ONE ahead. Four minutes to core overload.

SARRIS:

Good... Good... All is in its place.

TRANSPORT CHIEF:

General, I have just received word that the Commander of the

PROTECTOR and his command crew have escaped custody. Their

whereabouts are unknown.

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