Star Trek: The Motion Picture Page #20

205A ANGLE ON INTRUDER 205A

This time, the Enterprise travels on away from us, as

its course takes it angling nearer and nearer the

gigantic Alien Intruder -- the Starship dwindling in

size, growing smaller, smaller, smaller... until it

is a tiny dot compared to the enormity of the Alien

vessel.

206 INT. BRIDGE - VIEWER (O) 206

We are coming alongside the mid-section of the Alien

vessel, now so huge that only a small section of it

now completely fills main viewer frame.

SULU:

One hundred kilometers...

KIRK:

Hold relative position here...

Kirk's voice is blotted out by a DEAFENING, SHRILL-

ING SOUND, accompanied by a multi-hued point of LIGHT

which EXPLODES into BLINDING INTENSITY, obscuring

everything for an instant. Overlapping this action,

we HEAR:

COMPUTER'S VOICE

Intruder alert...! Intruder

alert!

Continues.

207 OMITTED 207

208 THE PLASMA ENERGY PROBE (O) 208

The BLINDING LIGHT FADES and in its lace we SEE a

strange "entity" shocking us with its frightening

appearance and its ugly-sounding THROBBING HUM of

power. It is about seven feet tall and resembles a

"blob" of raw energy in shifting patterns and colors

of deep, ugly hues of upper spectrum violet. Yet,

it looks strangely alive. At the end of the "tendril"

(of light) is an "eye" (a small multi-colored device)

209 CREW REACTIONS -- ELEVATORS IN B.G. (O) 209

The bridge crew reacting hard, shocked and shaken --

the THROBBING SOUND of the Alien thing intensifies

as it begins to move across the bridge. Suddenly, in

b.g., an elevator door snaps oen and two SECURITY

MEN burst onto the bridge, phasers drawn. Chekov

shouts warningly at the Men:

CHEKOV:

No weapons...!

But Chekov is too late: First Security Man FIRES --

the BLAST harmlessly absorbed by the Probe which emits

a SCREECHING nerve-grating SOUND --- sends out a SMALL

WHIPLASH ENERGY BOLT which instantly envelopes First

Security Man in a PURPLE GLOW (of implosion). Second

Security Man has almost lifted his phaser -- but now

carefully, slowly is moving his hand away from his

weapon.

210 CLOSER - THE SECURITY MEN (O) 210

PURPLE GLOW FADES, the First Security Man has simply

vanished.

210A FULL SHOT - BRIDGE 210A

Chekov, like the others, horrified, flips a switch

and the COMPUTER-VOICE ("Intruder Alert") goes OFF.

At the same time Chekov speaks into his intercom:

CHEKOV:

Security... do not send further

teams!

The Probe is sending out snake-like tendrils to the

various consoles on the bridge.

These tendrils lash out in a cobra-strike movement,

the tendril-head seeming to enter into the console

affected -- at which time all monitors and instrument

lights there come ON as if the Probe is "reading"

each console function. The crew carefully stays clear

of the tendrils.

Spock has risen, moving to Kirk's side as he slowly

brings his tricorder up, very carefully extracting

its tiny sensor and aiming it at the probe.

CHEKOV:

(shaken)

No intruder readings on other

decks, Captain...

(to Spock)

Can that be one of their crew?

SPOCK:

(quiet)

A probe from their vessel...

(to Kirk)

A plasma-energy combination...

Meanwhile, the probe is now hovering near Chekov who

sits frozen, fists clenched, jaw tight.

DECKER:

Don't interfere with it...!

CHEKOV:

Absolutely, I will not interfere!

210B ANGLE INCLUDING SPOCK'S CONSOLE (O) 210B

as the "probe" withdraws an energy-tendril from one

bridge station and "inserts" it into another console.

KIRK:

No one interfere...! It doesn't

seem interested in us -- only

the ship...!

Kirk's words are never completed as suddenly all the

energy tendrils withdraw from all consoles and a

larger, more powerful-looking tendril lashes out,

snaking into the science console complex.

210C CLOSER ON SCIENCE CONSOLE 210C

Where, also immediately, all the console and computer

lights are suddenly flashing wildly, rapidly --

-- There is an incredibly fast EXCHANGE OF HIGH-PITCHED

BEES -- the computer obviously in unauthorized commu-

nication with the probe!

KIRK:

Computer off!

DECKER:

It's taken control of the

computer...!

KIRK:

It's running our records!

Starfleet strength, Earth

defenses...

As Decker moves to the main power control, Spock now

steps in, his Vulcan strength easily brushing Kirk and

Decker aside. Spock clasps his fists above his head,

brings it down in a SHATTERING BLOW on the console. It

splits open! As the bridge lights dim even more, and

as the science console shorts itself out -- and off,

Decker confronts Spock:

DECKER:

We could have cut it off at the

main computer...

SPOCK:

This served the purpose.

Kirk has been giving Spock a puzzled look -- Spock now

turns abruptly, and:

210D ANOTHER ANGLE (O) 210D

as Spock, in stepping back, accidentally brushes the

probe's energy tendril -- a FLASH OF LIGHT at the

contact point sends Spock sinning under the rail and

to the floor near Ilia. The probe's energy-tendril

has withdrawn from the darkened science console, hov-

ers high over the dazed Spock as if angrily seeking

the reason for the break in its computer contact.

Spock starts to rise.

ILIA:

Mr. Spock, don't move...!

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