Endeavor
“Eclipse Part Two”

ACT ONE
FADE IN:
EXT. SPACE
Establishing shot of Endeavor.
INT. ENDEAVOR-COUNCIL ROOM
Andelo, Kruzken, Whitaker, and Taylor are seated around the council table of the Firsts. There are others who come in and out of the scene handing papers to people.
taylor
If there’s something down there we should send some men to go and back Carter and his team up.
kruzken
We can’t.
taylor
And why the hell not?
kruzken
The last time the door opened and they left there was a huge energy spike, which caused more systems to shut down. Another energy spike like that could kill us all.
taylor
Well we have to do something. Sitting around waiting for the danger to come to us is not a strategic plan.
Andelo nods, taking in all the information being argued back and forth.
andelo
(to Whitaker)
Nobody has been hurt in the chaos of the situation, right?
whitaker
No, but one person fainted. I don’t know why, but it may just be something they’ve been dealing with all their life.
andelo
We’ll reconvene later.
Everybody nods and leaves the room. Andelo stands up while Taylor walks over to her.
taylor
We can’t just let them go and die out there.
andelo
I know, but we can’t risk destroying the ship and killing ourselves.
As Andelo is about to leave a tiny hologram, MARCUS, appears out of the table.
marcus
Hello, my name is Marcus and I was programmed to relay information from the Firsts.
Andelo and Taylor examine it. Taylor goes out to touch it, but is stopped by Andelo.
andelo
Don’t touch it.
marcus
I prefer a him.
andelo
How do you speak English? Did the Firsts ever-
marcus
I picked up the language through one of the Firsts many databases that still remain upon the ship. I can also hear throughout the ship when active.
andelo
My name is-
marcus
I already know your names. As I said, I can hear throughout the entire ship when it is really quiet, but most of the time I’m rendered inactive unless really needed to preserve energy. As of now I’m acting as a safety device for the ship.
andelo
Will you shut off when the ship is safe again?
marcus
I don’t know. I’ve never really been used before and most of the information this ship once held has been lost over time.
taylor
How old is the ship?
marcus
I don’t know. It seems to be one of the pieces of information lost.
andelo
What about the danger on the planet below? Do you know anything about it?
Marcus shakes his head. Andelo and Taylor exchange looks.
EXT. SPACE
Shot of the planet below the Endeavor.
EXT. PLANET-FOREST –DAY
It is day on the planet, but the sun is not seen through the thick fog. Mollari and Bollister are looking around the forest by the ship while Price and Carter lean against the ship.
price
This is crazy.
carter
Trying to save our asses?
price
No, but wasting time going around to search for a safe perimeter is.
carter
With no toxic gases on this planet we can be sure that there is trouble somewhere.
price
How?
carter
Because where travelers go trouble follows.
Carter walks over to Bollister and Mollari while Price looks around the forest from his stance.
bollister
Everything seems fine. No signs of human like life anywhere.
mollari
Not even animal life.
carter
Well that’s good. Less ammunition used and nobody has to die.
(to Price)
Ready with your toy?
Price starts to walk over holding a small computer the size of a large cell phone.
price
It’s not a toy. It’s an energy tracer that can trace any large amount of energy and point us to the spot it’s coming from.
carter
Why’d you bring it on the mission? You couldn’t have known something like this would happen.
price
Safety precaution.
Price looks down at the monitor. We see a blue dot and a yellow dot. Price points in front of them and starts to walk. The others exchange looks before following him.
carter
And you’re sure we’re going the right way?
price
Eighty percent sure.
mollari
Why eighty percent?
price
Well the energy we’re walking towards may not be the machine, but just some random spike of energy.
carter
Can you tell if it can be channeled from here?
price
If I don’t know where it’s coming from how can I know if channeling it is possible?
Carter shrugs before he hears a twig snap. The group raises their guns while Price stands still.
price (cont’d)
Sorry, that was me.
They lower their guns while Carter shoots Price a look.
price (cont’d)
What?
carter
If you make any noise and if there is something on this planet it’ll hear us and come after us.
price
(smiles)
And then we will finally have proof that there’s life in the galaxy after all.
carter
Wrong. Then we’ll have to kill the thing and there won’t be life in the galaxy anymore.
mollari
I don’t think arguing is going to get us anywhere.
They start walking again. Price continuously looks at his tracker while the others cautiously look around the forest.
bollister
(quietly to himself)
I don’t like this place.
EXT. SPACE
Shot of the planet. We see that darkness is starting to creep over the half facing the Endeavor.
EXT. PLANET-FOREST –NIGHT
The group has made a small camp in the middle of the forest. Bollister is trying to start a fire while Price sits on a log and looks at the tracker. Mollari and Carter are patrolling the area.
bollister
(to Price)
So how did you get into this business?
price
(looking up)
What?
bollister
How did you get roped into studying space and extraterrestrial life?
price
I was always good at science and I always had the feeling that there was something else out there. Now we know there is, which makes me feel good about myself.
bollister
Do you only care about how you feel about the mission?
price
(pause)
Let’s end this Q and A, shall we?
Price goes back to looking at his tracker while Bollister shakes his head and continues trying to make a fire. They sit there in silence a moment before Price looks up.
price (cont’d)
I don’t just care about myself.
bollister
You sure about that?
price
In fact I am. I care about many other people. Just because I act the way I do doesn’t mean that I don’t care about the lives of others involved in the mission.
bollister
I don’t think that was the question.
price
Well that’s my answer to the question. If you want a different one go talk to one of the other two.
bollister
You don’t like other people.
price
I don’t like working with other people. Other people don’t bother me unless they get in the way of what I’m trying to do. Like you at this instance. I’m trying to look at the tracker and find the energy source while you continuously go on and on with stupid questions about myself. How about you continue to fail making the fire while I do some actual work?
Bollister rolls his eyes and goes back to making the fire. Price hears a branch snap and drops to the ground. Bollister laughs.
price (cont’d)
You think something out there is funny?
mollari (o.s.)
My bad.
Everybody else goes back to work while Price looks around, confused.
price
I step on a twig and get berated, but when she does it doesn’t matter? Why?
bollister
She has a gun and is trained to fight. Do you have a gun and have been trained to fight?
Price becomes annoyed and sits back down on the log. Meanwhile, Carter and Mollari continue patrolling the outskirts of the camp while talking about each other.
carter
You’re turn.
mollari
(thinking)
Okay. Have you ever been married?
carter
No.
mollari
Any serious relationships?
carter
Not one.
mollari
I find that hard to believe. How do you find a way to have absolutely no serious relationships?
carter
I’ve always liked having my own space. In personal relationships you lose that personal space and it becomes our space. I don’t like the idea of our space.
mollari
How about-
carter
You just asked three questions in a row. I think it’s my turn.
Mollari nods and smiles to herself.
carter
(short pause)
Have you ever been married?
mollari
Yes.
carter
You still married?
mollari
(hesitant)
No. It was a long time ago. I’d rather not talk about it much.
carter
Okay, okay you’re turn.
mollari
Any brothers or sisters?
carter
No, but I did have a goldfish, but I guess that doesn’t count.
Mollari shakes her head, but stops smiling when she hears something. Carter frowns and looks over at her.
carter (cont’d)
(whisper)
What’s wrong?
Mollari raises a hand for him to be quiet. Carter nods and raises his gun. They look around the forest from their position.
mollari
We should go over to Bollister and Price to tell them to stay quiet.
bollister (o.s.)
I did it!
Mollari and Carter look over to see Bollister has succeeded in lighting a fire. Carter’s eyes widen and he runs over to hit and kicks it out. Bollister shouts in protest.
bollister (cont’d)
What are you doing?
carter
Shut up, there’s something out there.
price
How do you know?
We hear a loud rumble and the ground shakes. Price drops to the ground to hide. The other members of the team squat down.
mollari
(to Carter)
What do we do?
carter
We’re going to have to get back to the ship and fly around the planet searching for the energy source.
price
Which I said we should’ve done in the beginning.
mollari
This is no time to boost your ego, Price.
bollister
Is that what we’re going to do.
carter
Well we can’t leave the planet. Flying around would be the safest way of scouting the planet. I’ll lead off.
Carter takes a deep breath before standing up and starting out through the forest. Mollari quickly follows behind while Bollister grabs Price. Price pulls back away from him.
price
I’m not a child. I can walk myself back to the ship.
bollister
No need to get so defensive.
They stop talking when a sound rings out. The sound sounds like electricity flying around.
price
(pause)
What was that?
They stand there in silence looking around. All of a sudden a blue light starts racing towards them. Carter steps into sight.
carter
(shouts)
Let’s go! Quickly!
Bollister and Price start running towards Carter and into the woods. The blue light continues after them. Price stumbles, but Bollister helps him up before he can be absorbed by the light. Carter starts running backwards and fires at the blue light, but there is no reaction. The blue light starts to go faster. Carter turns around and starts running forward again as the ship comes into sight.
bollister
Where’s Mollari?
carter
She’s onboard starting the ship up.
(to Price) 
Don’t look back or you’ll waste time.
The three men quickly race on and into the ship.
INT. FIRSTS SHIP-CONTINUOUS
Mollari is sitting in the pilot’s seat, but quickly vacates it as Bollister sits down. Carter shuts the door in the back before running up to the front and fastening his seatbelt. Price and Mollari do the same in the back as the ship begins to rise.
bollister
Time to get the hell off this planet.
carter
Don’t fly us off the planet. Just get us out of the range of the blue light and land in a safe zone. Staying in the air will waste energy, but we have to rest.
bollister
Wouldn’t be easier flying back to the Endeavor and resting?
price
Continuously opening and closing the hatch door will use a lot of energy. We can’t go back until we find an alternate energy source for the Endeavor.
mollari
We’re wasting time!
carter
Go, go, go!
Bollister freezes. He sees the blue light rushing toward them through the glass.
mollari
Bollister, now!
Bollister can’t move. He’s frozen in fright, causing the others to panic.
carter
Damn it, Bollister!
Carter grabs onto the controls and starts to move the ship backward away from the blue light while also making the ship rise. Bollister snaps back into the real world and takes the controls over and flies the ship up and away from the blue light. The group smiles as they avoid a catastrophe, but the smile disappears from Bollister’s face when he sees the blue light rising towards the ship.
bollister
It’s coming toward us!
Carter sees it too now. He holds onto the seat.
carter
Brace yourselves!
They all grab onto the seats and anything tight they can find.
EXT. PLANET-FOREST –NIGHT
The blue light absorbs the ship as we-
FADE OUT
END OF ACT ONE

ACT TWO
FADE IN:
INT. ENDEAVOR-ANDELO’S OFFICE
An adjoining room to the control room has been established as Andelo’s office. Her computers and things are placed in here. A soldier comes in to take her bags to her quarters while Andelo enters from the second entrance.
andelo
Leave those. We can’t risk wasting more energy by looking around the quarters of the ship.
The soldiers puts the bags down and leaves. Andelo sits down behind the desk as Marcus appears in the center of the room scaring Andelo.
marcus
Hello, Dr. Andelo.
andelo
(calming down)
You scared the crap out of me.
marcus
Sorry about that. I’ve been trying to dig up more information on the terror on the planet below, but I’ve come up with nothing. Data files have been deleted to make more energy to power the ship. I personally made sure of that, but I didn’t know that you people would be coming aboard and would need to know the information.
andelo
(disappointed)
It’s alright, Marcus. Thank you for your help.
Marcus nods as he disappears. Andelo stands up and looks out through the glass into the control room where Kruzken and others are working to find a way to control the energy they use. Andelo turns to see the planet through the gallery’s windows. An expression of concern comes over her face. Taylor and Kruzken enter from behind her.
taylor
Dr. Andelo, Dr. Kruzken here things he’s found something.
Andelo turns around and puts on a fake smile.
andelo
What is it?
kruzken
According to layout directories of the ship we have found that the ship is about ten to twelve miles in length. Now if we can shut down some of the power on the section of the ship we haven’t been to yet then we may be able to hold on until Dylan and the others find the machine on the planet below.
andelo
Then by all means do it, Nick.
Kruzken nods and runs out of the room. Taylor watches before turning to look at Andelo.
taylor
(concerned)
You alright?
andelo
I’m fine. It’s just that I’m worried about them on the planet. With this apparent evil down there how do we even know if they’re okay?
taylor
I’ve seen Captain Carter in action and he knows how to take care of himself. I’m sure all of them do, Dr. Andelo. Besides if they do run into trouble they can use the ship to get out of there.
andelo
They’ve been down there about a day and still no more power has been transferred up here.
taylor
It takes time to find generators that will power a ship of this magnitude.
andelo
(long pause-worried)
I just wish we had some way to keep in touch with them. To make sure everything is alright.
taylor
(short pause)
It’s called faith. If you don’t have faith in the team down there how can you expect to keep calm enough to deal with everybody up here. You have to concentrate because concentration is what shows who is the leader and who is the follower.
(pause)
And right now we need you to be a leader. We all need you.
Andelo nods while looking at the planet.
INT. ENDEAVOR-GALLERY
Jeremy is standing in the gallery located down the stairs from the control room. He looks at the dark covered planet below and sighs. Marcus suddenly appears next to Jeremy, scaring him.
marcus
(smiling)
Beautiful, isn’t it?
Jeremy screams and quickly runs up the stairs into the control room. Marcus shrugs and sighs.
INT. ENDEAVOR-CONTROL ROOM-CONTINUOUS
Jeremy runs over to Whitaker, who is looking at the life support monitor, concerned.
jeremy
Are we going to die, doctor?
whitaker
I don’t think so, but you never know when you’re time comes. I guess that’s up to God to decide.
jeremy
You believe in God.
whitaker
Yes. I’d like to think most people do, but you have to respect the other religions.
jeremy
(pause)
I guess many people don’t because it’s hard to believe in things like that in times like this.
whitaker
I suppose so.
(beat)
Do you believe in God?
jeremy
Yes.
whitaker
Well then I suggest you find a nice, quiet spot and pray to him. I would if I didn’t have people’s lives on my hands.
Jeremy nods and leaves the control room. We move over to Kruzken who is standing by one of the computers. DR. GENEVIEVE ECHO, late twenties, stands next to him. Genevieve, a doctor, but also helps out some of the extraterrestrial departments.
genevieve
Have you finished yet?
kruzken
Not yet, Dr. Echo.
whitaker (o.s.)
Genevieve!
Genevieve turns to see Whitaker walking over.
whitaker (cont’d)
I have to continue monitoring the life support systems. I need you to go around make sure those injured in the black hole incident are doing fine and to make sure that nobody has passed out.
Genevieve nods and runs out of the room. Whitaker looks over at Kruzken.
whitaker (cont’d)
What are you doing?
kruzken
Shutting down the side of the ship we don’t need until we get the energy from the planet below.
Kruzken works on the computer, typing many things into it as quickly as possible until he stops.
kruzken
(pause-smiles)
And I am done. There now we have more energy and more time. A perfect combination if I do say so myself.
whitaker
Good job.
Whitaker goes back over to the life support monitors. Kruzken looks around before his smile fades.
kruzken
(to himself)
Nobody to brag to about this to. I miss Dylan.
EXT. PLANET-FOREST –NIGHT
The blue light continues to absorb the ship and now we can’t even see the ship.
INT. FIRSTS SHIP -NIGHT
The crew are blinded by the light. Bollister tries to make the ship move, but fails.
bollister
The controls aren’t working.
carter
Keep trying.
(to Mollari)
See if you can open the door back there. Maybe we can jump out.
bollister
We’re too high up. The fall would kill us if we did.
price
Well if we don’t the blue light will kill us.
The light stops all of a sudden. The ship stays completely still until dropping and crashing into the trees of the forest.
price (cont’d)
(pause)
Or not.
Carter stands up and runs to the backdoor. He opens it and finds they’re on the ground now.
carter
What the hell was that?
mollari
I don’t know, but I’d rather not find out.
carter
(shutting door-to Bollister)
Restart the ship and fly us around. I want to get off this planet as quick as possible.
bollister
The ship’s not responding. It’s as if that light took the energy right out of it.
carter
Price-
price
I’m on it.
Price starts examining the controls and energy readings while Carter and Mollari exit the ship.
EXT. PLANET-FOREST –NIGHT
They raise their guns while looking around the forest. They turn the lights on the guns on and look around again.
carter
Any movement?
mollari
(looking)
Nothing. It’s as if the light has completely disappeared.
Price exits the ship and walks over to them.
price
Bollister was right, the light completely drained the energy from the ship. Now that machine has power or ship and the Endeavor. This could be a problem.
carter
Or we power the Endeavor and get them to send a ship down to pick us up.
price
But we don’t know if the machine can power the other ship for awhile.
mollari
It powered it long enough for the Firsts to find a way to power it themselves. It should be able to do the same for us and that’s with the Firsts flying around the galaxy. We’ll probably be rooted in one spot.
price
True.
carter
You got your tracker thingy.
price
It’s not a tracker thingy. It’s a high tech-
carter
Not now, Price.
(into ship)
Bollister, we’re heading out now.
Bollister exits the ship carrying his gun and looking around. He lowers the gun and walks over to the group.
bollister
We’re not going to rest through the night?
carter
Not unless you want to waste more time. We have to move out now to make sure all goes well and we get out of here before we meet some danger.
mollari
You think some alien life caused that blue light?
carter
I’m not a believer, but it’s possible.
price
Or it could be a weird reaction in the machine, which would be bad for us because the machine might turn out to be useless and the energy would not be there because it’s powering the machine.
bollister
Which is the worst case scenario?
carter
Well in one everyone on the Endeavor dies and we get trapped here-
mollari
And in the other we could get killed by aliens that don’t like being bothered by other aliens.
bollister
(short pause)
So both are pretty bad?
carter
Yeah.
They start they’re trek through the forest. Price looks at the ship one last time before following the others.
In the darkness of the forest behind our characters we see something moving.
EXT. SPACE
Shot of the planet as light starts to spread across the planet.
EXT. PLANET-FOREST –DAY
The group is still trekking through, but we can see that they are growing tired.
bollister
We’ve been at it all night. Isn’t it time for a break.
carter
Take ten.
They put their bags on the ground while Carter continues looking around the forest nearby. Bollister and Price take out power bars and start to eat them. Mollari sighs as she sits down against a tree.
We stick with Carter who is looking around the forest making sure that there is nothing out of the ordinary. He sees something move and immediately points his gun at it. He moves closer to it slowly, building up the suspense. As he gets up close to it he pulls back the bush and reveals an alien animal. The animal looks up at Carter before going on its way. Carter breaths a sigh of relief as he continues looking around the forest.
He turns around and sees a black object run through the forest. His eyes widen and he begins to chase after it. Mollari notices and runs after him leaving Bollister and Price exchanging looks of confusion. Carter continues chasing the object, but stops and looks around to find it has vanished out of sight. Mollari catches up to him carrying her gun.
mollari
What’s the matter?
carter
(out of breath)
I thought I saw something. It must be exhaustion taking over.
mollari
Then I suggest you rest a little bit. I’ll look over the area.
Carter nods and heads back over to Price and Bollister. Mollari looks around the forest suspiciously before following.
Carter makes it over to Bollister and Price and sits down. Bollister offers Carter a power bar, which he doesn’t accept.
carter
I come prepared for these missions.
Carter takes out a candy bar and starts to chomp on it. Price frowns before throwing his wrapper on the ground.
price
Where’d you get a candy bar?
carter
Like I told you, I come prepared for these missions.
bollister
What were you chasing after before?
carter
Nothing. My mind must be playing tricks on me.
bollister
Why?
carter
Well I thought I saw something running through the forest. You know when you see the occasional black object running around the room you’re in.
price
That’s never happened to me and I’m always stuck in a room for hours at a time.
bollister
You sure it wasn’t real?
carter
Yeah.
All of a sudden a blast sets a nearby tree on fire. Carter and Bollister stand up to see alien creatures, the Rokans, firing advanced weapons at them. Price ducks while Carter and Bollister start firing back. Mollari emerges from another side of the forest firing too.
mollari
They must be surrounding us. They’re coming from my previous location too.
Carter fires and hits one in the face area. It drops to the ground before standing back up.
carter
Well one of them just survived a shot to the face. I think it’s time to run.
Price stands up and starts running into the forest away from the shots. Bollister follows while Carter and Mollari stay behind to continue firing.
carter (cont’d)
I got it, Kaitlyn. Go!
mollari
Jacob-
carter
Go!
Mollari fires one last time before running after Bollister and Price. Carter continues firing and hits the one he shot in the face before in the chest. The Rokan falls to the ground, but doesn’t get up this time. Carter smiles and continues firing until he runs out of ammo. The Rojans start firing more. Carter starts to reload his gun while running backward into the forest. The Rokans slowly follow behind while firing after Carter. Carter reloads his gun, but turns around and runs forward into the forest.
Carter catches up to Mollari, Bollister, and Price while continuing to run.
price
What are those things?
carter
They’re aliens, Price. It looks like you were right about there being life outside of Earth.
price
Well I was hoping that the life wouldn’t be trying to kill me!
mollari
Can’t always get what you want.
price
(quietly)
So I’ve learned after all these years.
They stop and start firing at the Rokans. One of them is hit continuously in the stomach and falls down while bleeding black blood. Carter shoots it a couple of more times to make sure it’s dead before they start running again. Price is almost shot by one of the blasts.
price (cont’d)
Well this can’t get much worse.
They continue running until suddenly they fall out of view. The Rokans exit the forest and we get our first good look at the aliens. They look around before leaving as we move towards the location of where the team fell out of sight. We reveal a very deep hole as we-
FADE OUT
END OF ACT TWO

ACT THREE
FADE IN:
EXT. PLANET-FOREST –DAY
We see the giant hole once again.
INT. UNDERGROUND BASE-EMPTY ROOM-CONTINUOUS
Our characters are lying on the ground. Carter, Mollari, and Bollister toss and turn trying to get up while Price stands and looks up to see where they fell from is just a small hole. He looks over to a machine shooting light at the location they fell through.
price
That machine must project a hologram to make the hole look bigger. Pretty good protection for the base actually especially considering we don’t know what race did this.
Carter and the others finally stand up on their feet, but are shaken up. Price and the others begin to look around. Bollister makes his way over to the machine and puts his hand out to touch it.
carter
(mocking Price)
Don’t touch it!
Price sighs and looks at Carter. Carter turns around and smiles at him before continuing to look around. Bollister laughs and touches the machine. The machine quickly shuts itself off and sets itself on fire. Bollister quickly runs over to the others as the machine explodes. Price rolls his eyes and looks up to see the light is gone.
mollari
I think he killed the hologram.
price
(sarcastic)
You don’t say!
bollister
There’s no reason to shout, Price.
price
Actually there’s a very good reason to shout, lieutenant. You just destroyed the hologram that was stopping the alien freaks from finding us. Now they’ll see the hole isn’t very deep and come down here after us and when they find us they’ll kill us. Not hurt, not question, but kill us!
mollari
And if you continue shouting you’ll draw them to hear fast.
Carter, who is still looking around, stops and leans closer to a wall. He blows the dust off the wall and sees the picture of an eclipse, the sign of the Firsts.
carter
Price, I found something.
Price runs over to him and looks at the picture and smiles.
price
I think that means we’re in the right place.
Price takes out his tracker to find that it’s cracked. He sighs and drops it on the ground.
carter
Why’d you do that?
price
It’s broken.
(shouts)
It’s broken!
carter
Will you stop that?
price
We’ll never be able to cover this much ground. These tunnels could go on for miles.
mollari
Do the radios still work?
Carter tests out the radio to find that it’s still working.
carter
Yeah. We could split up into twos and search the place.
price
It may take too long. We may have to split up into ones.
bollister
Then if we run into trouble one of us could be killed without the others knowing.
price
Send out an SOS.
bollister
You’re willing to take your chance with death.
price
At least I’ll die a hero unlike you, the one who got us into this rushing position.
mollari
He didn’t get us into the rushing position. We’ve been in one since the Endeavor starting losing energy fast.
Mollari, Bollister, and Price break out into an argument. Carter tries to calm them down, but fails.
carter
(shouts)
Hey!
His voice echoes throughout the tunnels. Carter looks around before looking back at the others.
carter (cont’d)
Fighting is not going to get us anywhere. I say we break up into twos and start searching through the tunnels for the machine.
price
But-
carter
I’m the head of this team, Dylan, and if you want to argue with me go ahead, but I think you and I both know that I’m going to win it and you’re going to do as ordered.
Price stands there for a minute, unsure, before nodding. Carter takes the safety off his gun, as do the others.
carter (cont’d)
Okay, Price and I’ll take-
He points at a tunnel at random.
carter (cont’d)
That one. You guys take the third one down and please keep in touch.
mollari
We will.
Mollari and Bollister head down the tunnel while Carter and Price watch. Carter takes a step back away from their tunnel.
carter
After you, doctor.
Price takes a deep breath before holding up his handgun and walking into the tunnel. Carter takes one last look up at the hole before following him into the tunnel.
INT. UNDERGROUND BASE-THIRD TUNNELS –MINUTES LATER
Bollister and Mollari cautiously make their way through the labyrinth of tunnels they’ve stepped into. Bollister continuously checks behind him for the aliens.
bollister
We’ll never get through searching this place before they lose all energy on the Endeavor. Even if we do how do we get off the planet with those aliens things probably tearing apart our ship?
mollari
We’ll worry about that when the time comes to worry about it.
Bollister nods, but is not close to being convinced. They stop when they hear something in a nearby room. Mollari tries to see around the corner, but hears the noise again. They slowly back away from the room as the noise continues. Bollister checks behind him, but as he takes another step back he knocks some bones over. 
The noise stops and Bollister gulps. Mollari shoots a look at Bollister before they start walking backwards again. They turn around to walk forwards, but are frightened when a dark object jumps in front of them. They scream.
INT. UNDERGROUND BASE-FIRST TUNNELS –MINUTES LATER
Carter and Price stop walking around look around.
price
Did you-
carter
Hear something?
price
Yeah.
carter
Yeah I did.
(into radio)
Lieutenant Bollister, this is Carter, copy? Bollister, this is Carter, copy?
They wait a moment before Carter starts to go back. Price grabs onto his shoulder.
price
There’s no time. Every moment we waste trying to navigate back through the tunnel the people on the Endeavor grow closer to death.
carter
Mollari and Bollister have probably been attacked, maybe even killed and you still only care about the mission!
price
I care about other people, but I’d rather save hundreds then just two, captain.
Carter shakes his head and starts back down the tunnel.
price (Cont’d)
You’re just going to let the people on the ship die?
carter
I’m going back for the others.
A noise comes over Carter’s radio.
mollari (v.o., Filtered)
This is Kaitlyn. We’re okay we just ran into some kind of alien animal. Thought it may be those alien freaks so we stayed silent.
carter
(into radio)
Glad to hear it. Keep searching for that machine.
mollari (v.o., filtered)
Will do.
The radio goes dead and Carter starts walking back over to Price. Price starts to say something, but stops when he realizes it would be stupid to do so. He starts to follow Carter.
carter
I guess you were right, Price.
price
Well you know how much I like to be right about things, captain.
carter
Yes I do and that’s only knowing you for a day or two.
price
Possibly even three depending upon the time.
carter
(shakes his head)
Don’t push it.
Price nods and stops walking while Carter continues. Price checks from behind and aims his gun before continuing down the tunnel after Carter.
INT. UNDERGROUND BASE-TUNNEL CENTER –MOMENTS LATER
Carter and Price enter the center of all of the tunnels in the underground base. Price looks around at each of them losing hope with each one he sees.
price
Oh this is ridiculous.
carter
(still looking around)
You’re telling me.
price
I told you we should’ve split up into ones.
carter
Then all of us would be worried about there being something else in the tunnels besides the four of us.
The sound of something running echoes through the tunnels. Carter and Price look around, scared. They raise their guns and start to look at every tunnel. The noise grows louder and louder while the two circle around looking at each tunnel. Suddenly a figure jumps out of the dark. Price and Carter turn to reveal the CARETAKER, a Human-like creature that was charged with watching the base. The Caretaker is aiming a gun at the two.
price
He’s not one of the aliens.
carter
How do you know it’s a he?
price
Well I’m just assuming.
The Caretaker says something in a weird language. Carter frowns while the Caretaker raises his gun higher. Carter and Price do the same.
carter
(to Caretaker)
Do you speak English?
The Caretaker frowns while Price rolls his eyes.
carter (cont’d)
English. E-n-g-l-I-s-h, English.
price
Of course he doesn’t speak English. He probably thinks you’re insulting him.
The Caretaker fires his weapon at the wall. Carter and Price turn to see the blast has blown off a good chunk of the wall. They slowly turn back to look at the Caretaker.
carter
(pause-slowly)
No reason to get so angry there, big guy. I was wondering if you could help us find the Great Machine.
The Caretaker frowns and aims his gun at Carter. During Carter’s next talk he tries to show the things he’s talking about through hand motions.
carter (cont’d)
No firing weapon. No fire, but do you know where the machine is? It holds a lot of energy and is probably very big. Do you know where the machine is? Machine?
The Caretaker lowers his gun and says something in the alien language.
carter (cont’d)
(to Price)
I think he’s trying to tell us something.
price
(sarcastic)
Yes and I believe he’s saying Timmy’s stuck in a well.
(sighs)
This guy isn’t getting us anywhere.
carter
Well he’s the best lead we got. Start leaving a trail for Mollari and Bollister to follow. I’ll contact them and tell them we made contact with a helpful alien.
The Caretaker continues speaking and runs off down the tunnel. Carter runs after him while Price opens his gun and starts to place bullets down towards the tunnel they’re using.
price
(to himself)
Oh yeah very helpful guide we got here. Some weird alien who speaks Yiddish.
INT. UNDERGROUND BASE-THIRD TUNNELS –DAY
Mollari and Bollister are looking around as they continue through the tunnel when the radio sounds out.
carter (v.o., Filtered)
This is Carter. We’ve made contact with an alien guide. We need you to come to us down our tunnel. Price is leaving a trail behind as I speak.
mollari
(into radio)
We read you. Over and out.
Mollari shuts the radio off and smiles at Bollister.
mollari (cont’d)
Looks like we’re getting somewhere.
Mollari starts to run back down the tunnel they came from. Bollister sighs as he chases after her.
bollister
(to himself)
I hope this one’s friendlier than the others.
INT. UNDERGROUND BASE-FIRST TUNNELS –MINUTES LATER
The Caretaker continues running through the tunnels while Carter and Price follow behind. Finally the Caretaker stops in front of a room. Carter and Price slowly enter it.
INT. UNDERGROUND BASE-MACHINE ROOM-CONTINUOUS
Carter and Price stare in amazement at the Great Machine. Price quickly runs over to it and goes to touch it, but the Caretaker shouts at him.
price
(to Carter)
Tell him I have to reroute the energy through your hand signals.
Carter prepares his hands for when he talks as he turns around to look at the Caretaker.
carter
(slowly-while signaling)
We need to reroute the energy to our ship above the planet so that we don’t die because dying is bad.
The Caretaker stares at Carter, dumbfounded. Carter turns to look at Price who is working on the machine.
carter (cont’d)
(pause)
I don’t think he understood me.
price
I know I just wanted you to do that because I felt like laughing.
Carter shakes his head as a beam from a gun flies by the entrance to the room. Shortly after Mollari and Bollister run into the room while firing back down the tunnel. Price turns to see them.
carter
What happened?
mollari
They found us.
(sees machine)
That’s it?
price
Perfect now I’m going to have to work under pressure.
bollister
You said it yourself, Price, we’re already under pressure, but now we’re under more.
The Caretaker pokes Bollister, scaring him in the process. Bollister backs away from the Caretaker.
bollister (cont’d)
Can you please tell the alien guy to back away from me.
carter
We have to hold off the aliens while Price reroutes the energy in the machine.
(to Price)
Well get to work!
Price nods and quickly starts working. Carter and Mollari begin shooting down the hallway while hiding behind the wall. Bollister tries to get over to them, but is scared of the Caretaker. The Caretaker stops trying to poke Bollister and starts walking toward the hall.
bollister
(to Caretaker)
Wait!
Too late. The Caretaker walks into the tunnel and is shot repeatedly before dropping to the ground and dying. Carter and Mollari back away from his dead body.
carter
There goes our way of getting out of here with shooting.
Carter and Mollari start providing cover fire again while Bollister goes over to Price.
bollister
How long until you can reroute the energy?
price
It’s complicated. It could be ten minutes to a hour.
bollister
We don’t have that much time. We’ll be out of ammo by then.
price
(looking up)
Then I suggest you fire only when they get close to us.
Bollister looks back at Carter and Mollari firing. Price goes back to work under the machine looking at all the wires.
price (cont’d)
This is going to be a long ten minutes.
As he gets to work we-
FADE OUT
END OF ACT THREE

ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
EXT. SPACE
Establishing shot of the Endeavor.
INT. ENDEAVOR-ANDELO’S OFFICE
Andelo is pacing around the room when Kruzken enters through the door by the control room, sweating.
kruzken
Some of the life support systems are shutting off. It doesn’t look like we have a lot of time. You should consider taking some of the ships in the storage area and flying them to the planet below.
andelo
We can’t risk there being life down there. Besides opening the door would waste more energy and if it closed and all the energy drained out before we finished abandoning ship we’d be leaving people for dead.
kruzken
We keep this up we’ll be dead anyway.
Andelo sighs as she sits down.
andelo
(long pause)
I can’t do it, Nick. Give Carter and the others more time.
kruzken
We don’t have anymore time, Allison. It’s now or never.
Andelo looks down at the ground and then back up at Kruzken.
andelo
(long pause)
Stand by to start loading people onto the ships.
Kruzken nods and leaves the room. Andelo turns in her seat, nervous.
INT. ENDEAVOR-SHIP STORAGE –MINUTES LATER
Taylor and the other soldiers are figuring out the controls to ships in case of emergency take off. Taylor is standing off to the side with Kruzken.
taylor
This is a real waste of information.
kruzken
If I had to choose between life and more knowledge I’d choose life. We can always figure out a way to repair the ship and come back.
taylor
Carter and his team can still succeed. The planet is big down there and we should be giving them more time.
kruzken
These orders came directly from Dr. Andelo. If you want to argue then you should go argue with her.
taylor
But I’m sure you’re the one who suggested it.
kruzken
You’re damn right I did. I care about these people’s lives!
taylor
(shouts)
Well so do I!
The room goes silent and the argument draws attention from other soldiers.
taylor (cont’d)
Keep working.
The men go back to working with the ships.
kruzken
(pause)
I’m sorry, but I can’t help the situation.
Taylor nods while Kruzken runs off in another direction.
taylor
(shouts)
Be prepared to fly these things toward the planet down there.
Taylor sighs and worry washes all over his face as we start to hear gunshots.
INT. UNDERGROUND BASE-MACHINE ROOM –DAY
Carter and Mollari are continuing fire while Bollister waits behind in case any enemies come from the other way. Price continues working underneath the machine.
carter
How’s it coming, Dylan?
price
It’ll take another couple of minutes. I’m just getting to know the controls.
carter
Well speed it up!
mollari
(to Carter)
I’m out.
Bollister runs over to her and hands her his gun while he takes hers.
bollister
You’re a better shot anyway.
Mollari nods and goes back to firing down the tunnel. Carter runs out of bullets and mutters. Bollister pulls out another round of ammo and throws it to Carter.
carter
Thanks.
Meanwhile Price, still under the machine, electrocutes himself on one of the wires. As a result, all of the lights in the base go out.
price
Uh oh.
bollister
I assume that uh oh is tied into the lights going out.
price
You’d be assuming correctly.
Carter, Mollari, and Bollister turn the flashlights on their guns on. Bollister pulls another flashlight out of his bag and throws it over to Price. Price shines in on the wires and begins playing with them again.
Carter shines the light down the tunnel, but sees nothing. He backs away from the entrance while Mollari does the same.
bollister
What’s wrong?
carter
I don’t see them anymore.
mollari
Well they couldn’t have just vanished out of the blue.
carter
But they’re not there anymore. It’s-
price
Irritating?
carter
Weird.
Price continues playing with the wires underneath the machine.
bollister
(to Price)
I think you need to restore some power down here.
price
The reason the power is off is because I’m rerouting the energy to the ship above us. The lights down here are a central system and can provide a lot of energy for the Endeavor above us. Maybe even an unlimited amount.
Carter hears a roar from the tunnel. He and Mollari slowly creep back towards the entrance while Bollister takes Price’s handgun and walks forward with them. Carter takes a deep breath and looks around the corner again and sees-
NOTHING
He comes back fully into the room before walking away from the entrance.
carter
I suggest we sit further back away from the door incase of surprise attacks.
mollari
I agree.
They start to back away from the entrance quietly and slowly. Price, still playing with the wires, shocks himself again, worse this time.
price
(shouts)
Damn it!
The words echo throughout the room and tunnels of the base. Carter looks over at him, angry.
carter
Nice job, idiot.
All of a sudden one of the Rokans jumps in through the entrance. Mollari quickly fires upon it and kills the alien before it can reach them. Bollister runs over and picks up the alien gun causing Carter to look at him, confused.
bollister
Uh, research.
Another Rokan jumps into the room. This time Carter is the one to shoot it down.
carter
A little faster there, Price.
price
I’m going as fast as I can.
Rokans start to charge into the room causing all of the team members, excluding Price, to start shooting at them. Meanwhile, Price continues fiddling with the wires until he connects a blue one with a gray one. The attacks stop while the team reloads their last packs of ammunition.
price (cont’d)
I think I got it.
INT. ENDEAVOR-CONTROL ROOM
Kruzken and the others stare in amazement as the ships control monitors start to turn on and read normal functions. Andelo runs into the room from her office.
andelo
What’s happening?
kruzken
It seems the systems are turning on. Carter and the others must’ve done it!
andelo
(smiles)
Cancel the evacuation.
Kruzken nods while Andelo runs back towards her office.
INT. UNDERGROUND BASE-MACHINE ROOM –NIGHT
The team is still standing around while Price is under the machine.
mollari
How can we tell?
price
Try contact the Endeavor through the radios.
Carter turns on his radio and starts pressing buttons.
carter
(into radio)
This is ground force one, over.
There is no response while Price comes out from under the machine.
carter
(into radio)
This is ground force one, can you hear me?
There is no response. The team looks at each other, disappointed before there is a crackling over the radio.
andelo (v.o., Filtered)
This is the Endeavor, ground force one. The ship has just received enough energy to power the ship. It looks like we’re in the clear.
Price smiles while Mollari pats him on the back.
carter
(into radio)
That’s good news, Andelo, but we need you to send a ship down here to pick us up. Our ship was damaged by a ray that was guarding the machine. And please do it fast.
andelo (v.o., filtered)
(pause)
We’re on our way.
The Rokans start attacking again causing the team to fire at them. Three of them are killed while one jumps at Price. Bollister quickly shoots it in the head with the alien gun, killing it immediately.
price
(to Bollister)
Thanks.
Bollister nods while the radio crackles again.
andelo (v.o., filtered)
What was that?
carter
(into radio)
We’ve met some alien resistance down here. These things have been a real pain in the ass.
andelo (v.o., filtered)
We know about them, but couldn’t contact you because of the energy crisis. They were apparently powerful enough to scare the Firsts out of the galaxy.
The team exchanges looks before Carter gulps.
carter
(into radio)
That powerful?
andelo (v.o., filtered)
Apparently. Our ship has just left for the planet. It should be there in the next twenty minutes. You can finish telling me about these things when you get up here.
carter
(into radio)
See you at the top.
He shuts the radio off and starts to lead the team out into the tunnel.
INT. UNDERGROUND BASE-FIRST TUNNELS-CONTINUOUS
Carter shines the light in the direction of the Rokan attacks. He sees nothing and starts to lead the team down the tunnel going the opposite way. They hear something and begin to run faster.
bollister
I think they’re back with reinforcements.
carter
All the more reason to get the hell out of here.
price
How do we know we’re even going the right way?
carter
We don’t.
price
Great.
They turn a corner and continue running through the tunnels while roars creep up from behind them.
EXT. SPACE
We see a Firsts ship flying towards the planet.
INT. FIRSTS SHIP
Taylor is standing behind Jeremy who is flying the ship. Other soldiers are sitting in the back of the ship.
taylor
What’s our ETA?
jeremy
Ten minutes, sir.
taylor
Do you think you can make this thing go any faster?
jeremy
Not without putting our own lives at stake, sir.
Taylor nods and sits down in the adjacent seat. He looks out towards the planet.
taylor
Do your best, corporal.
INT. UNDERGROUND BASE-FIRST TUNNELS –NIGHT
The team is still running through the tunnels while shooting back into the darkness behind them. Carter shines the light in front of them and sees a door.
carter
Looks like we got our way out.
They run over to the door while Bollister and Mollari continue firing at the Rokans behind them. Price stands anxiously by Carter.
price
Come on.
Carter tries to pull the door open, but it doesn’t budge.
carter
The damn thing’s not opening!
price
Keep trying.
Bollister runs out of ammo in the alien weapon.
bollister
I’m out.
Price throws him his gun and Bollister goes back to firing. Carter continues trying to open the door. Finally he pulls the door open and they run out shutting the door behind them.
EXT. PLANET-FIELD-CONTINUOUS
The door, built into a hill, is latched shut by Carter as the team runs onto the top of the hill.
mollari
How are we going to get the attention of the ship?
bollister
Just call them on the radio.
carter
I don’t have the frequency for the ship.
Suddenly bolts from the blasters start firing at them from the Rokans in the forest. Carter fires back into the forest while Price gets an idea.
price
Make them keep firing.
carter
Why?
price
The red bolts are bright enough to drawn the attention of the ship as it flies overhead. Just keep making them fire and we’ll get off this planet.
Carter looks at Mollari and shrugs as they continue firing at the Rokans. After a couple of minutes Price hears something and looks up to see the ship landing next to them. It eventually lands and Taylor opens the door.
taylor
Come on, guys, let’s go, go, go!
Carter and the others quickly run onto the ship while dodging shots from the Rokans.
INT. FIRSTS SHIP-CONTINUOUS
Taylor shuts the door and runs to the front of the ship.
taylor
Get us the hell out of here, Daniels.
daniels
Yes, sir.
EXT. PLANET-FIELD –NIGHT
We see the ship taking off and flying into the distance while the Rokans continue firing at it.
INT. FIRSTS SHIP
Carter and the others take a seat next to some of the soldiers. Taylor smiles and sits down next to them.
taylor
I sure had my doubts about seeing you guys again.
price
Well I never had a doubt in my mind.
Carter, Bollister, and Mollari look at him, shaking their heads.
price (cont’d)
(short pause)
Maybe a couple.
carter
(to Taylor)
All in all it’s good to be getting off that planet and away from those aliens.
taylor
I wanted to warn you guys, but it would’ve wasted too much energy and we needed it all for life support.
price
So all the systems are back online?
taylor
As far as I know.
Price smiles and leans back. Carter looks out the front window to see that they’re back in space.
carter
Never thought I’d be so happy to be flying around in space again.
mollari
I don’t think any of us thought we would.
Mollari smiles at Carter as Taylor walks to the front of the ship.
EXT. SPACE
The ship flies towards the Endeavor.
INT. ENDEAVOR-GALLERY –HOURS LATER
The crew are throwing a party in honor of finding the ship. Genevieve and Whitaker are off to the side talking to Daniels and Bollister while Carter stands off to the side talking to Taylor.
taylor
It’s been a hell of an adventure so far.
carter
Yeah. Never thought I’d be getting shot at by aliens in another universe before I found out about this mission. Not even on the way here.
taylor
It’s nice how many things can catch you by surprise.
Carter laughs as he takes a sip of his beer. Mollari walks over to the two men.
taylor (cont’d)
I better get another drink.
Taylor nods and walks off leaving Mollari and Carter alone.
mollari
(looking out at stars)
Beautiful.
carter
Yes it is.
mollari
You know we never finished that Q and A game we were playing in the forest yesterday.
carter
(smiles)
I guess we didn’t.
mollari
We’ll have to finish it soon.
carter
Maybe on our next trip to a distant planet.
mollari
(smiles)
Maybe.
Carter smiles back when Marcus appears in front of them.
marcus
It’s good to see that I can now roam the ship freely and not just when there’s an emergency where I could be spending my final moments.
carter
What the hell are you?
marcus
My name is Marcus and I am a program left behind by the Firsts carrying valuable information that most of which has been deleted. Especially the things pertaining to other worlds.
mollari
Who chose what files would be deleted?
marcus
(smiles)
That would be me, Miss Mollari.
mollari
How do you know my name?
marcus
I can hear throughout the ship.
Mollari and Marcus walk off in another direction. Carter shakes his head and looks up to see the light on in Andelo’s office. He takes a final sip of his beer before walking past Price and Kruzken, who are arguing, on his way to her office.
kruzken
Hey I came up with an ingenious idea to conserve energy on the ship.
price
Well I rerouted the energy in the great machine to save everybody on this ship including you.
kruzken
We would already have been dead if not for my idea though.
price
But you would’ve died anyway if I didn’t reroute the energy in the machine, which makes me the bigger hero.
Price laughs at Kruzken and walks away. Kruzken sighs and sits down on a step.
INT. ENDEAVOR-ANDELO’S OFFICE –MINUTES LATER
Andelo is writing things down when Carter enters her office. He sits down in front of her desk.
carter
Not going to enjoy the party?
andelo
I was never a party person, which is probably why I ended up a scientist.
carter
(smiles)
I think you ended up a scientist because you had a question you wanted answered. A question that you got your answer to on the first day of the experiment.
andelo
(nodding)
But it’s too bad the information may never reach Earth.
carter
We’ll find a way. If we can find a way to solve a couple million year old ship we can find a way to make this thing fly again.
Andelo smiles and puts the papers away.
andelo
(smiles-pause)
Thank you, Jacob, for everything.
carter
It was nothing.
andelo
You saved the lives of everybody on this ship. You and your team are the reason we’re still here and not on that dangerous planet below us.
carter
And I’d do it again if I had the chance, but I don’t think Dylan would. He kinda cracked under the pressure.
Andelo laughs and stands up to look down at the party through the glass. Carter walks over to stand by her.
carter (cont’d)
I think it’s time you become a party person, Allison.
andelo
Maybe another time.
carter
(jokes)
Come on, all the other cool people are doing it.
Andelo sighs and follows Carter out of the room and over the adjoining bridge.
INT. ENDEAVOR-CONTROL ROOM-CONTINUOUS
Andelo stops and looks at the eclipse picture. Carter turns around and looks at her.
carter (cont’d)
You can’t be distracted during a party. You won’t end up having a good time.
andelo
(long pause)
You think the Firsts are still out there on another ship like this?
Carter walks over to her and looks at the picture.
carter
I think that questions like that are for another day.
Andelo smiles and nods while following him down the stairs and out of the control room. We do a close up on the picture of the eclipse as we slowly-
FADE OUT
END OF PART TWO
THE END