Proving Ground Line-byLine

[Gore-ac]

[Meanwhile in the Xindi Council chamber]

Humanoid: Degra!

 

[Athena28]

DEGRA: We're securing the weapon.

[Weapon control center]

I'll resume contact when I can.

 

[mattman8907]

THALEN: We're receiving a transmission from the ship.

 

[Altogether Ooky Romantic]

Shran appears on the viewscreen.

SHRAN: Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Shran.

[And one of my favorite Shran scenes begins. ]

 

[mattman8907]

[Kumari Bridge]

(Archer and T'Pol are out of sight at the side of the Bridge.)
SHRAN: Of the Andorian Mining Consortium.

[Mine too. The Andorian Mining Consortium. LOL.]

 

[Athena28]

DEGRA: You've entered restricted space. Leave immediately.

 

[Gore-ac]

Shran: Restricted? I had no idea. We don't want to cause any trouble. We're looking for a rare element: Archerite. We picked up some promising readings coming from your system.

 

[mattman8907]

DEGRA [on viewscreen]: I don't care what you're looking for. Turn your ship around and leave.

 

[Pumpkin Bread]

SHRAN: "Of course, of course, but you don't mind if we finish our scans? Archerite is..."

[Weapon control centre]

SHRAN [on viewscreen]: "Extremely valuable to us. Even a few kilos will pay our expenses for the next ten cycles."

 

[Altogether Ooky Romantic]

THALEN: They're scanning our ships.

 

[Pumpkin Bread]

SHRAN [on viewscreen]: "We're not trying to violate your privacy."

[IW Kumari Bridge]

SHRAN: "Our sensors are omni-directional. There's nothing to be concerned about."

 

[mattman8907]

DEGRA: Deactivate your scans and leave, or we'll destroy you.

 

[Athena28]

SHRAN: There's no need for threats. We'll leave, but if this system does contain archerite, you just missed out your opportunity to collect a generous percentage.

[IW Kumari Bridge]

SHRAN: Stop the scan. Take us out of the system, but not too quickly. The Andorian Mining Consortium runs from no one.

 

[Pumpkin Bread]

[Command centre]

(A fuzzy picture of the weapon is on the big screen.)

T'POL: "It's emitting high levels of radiation."

 

[mattman8907]

SHRAN: It could be anything. Power generator of some kind, fusion reactor.

 

[Altogether Ooky Romantic]

T'POL: It has the same quantum signature as the weapon that attacked Earth.

 

[Athena28]

ARCHER: What's the status of our repairs?

 

[Altogether Ooky Romantic]

T'POL: Impulse and warp engines are nominal, hull plating is at 82 percent.

 

[Gore-ac]

Archer: Weapons?

 

[Altogether Ooky Romantic]

T'POL: Mr. Reed reports the anomaly caused more damage that he originally estimated.