Spoilers Star Trek Discovery Classic "The Cage" style

[KAPLINGON]

EXT- Desert Planet Crepis 9, Captain Christopher Pike and Mr. Spock walk across the surface between sparkly boulders, wearing The Cage style jackets.

SPOCK: WE COME IN PEACE! THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE! ISN'T THAT THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE UNITED EARTH SPACE PROBE AGENCY?

PIKE: Hey, I taught you that, Mr. Spock!

SPOCK: YOU DON'T TRUST ME, CAPTAIN PIKE?
(Spock Smiles)
PIKE: I trust you with my life, Mr. Spock, but it doesn't change the fact that you're lost. Very lost.

SPOCK: TECHNICALLY, WE WOULD BE LOST!

PIKE: How long until that storm comes crashing down on us?

SPOCK: WE SHOULD GO, TO BE CERTAIN! THE WELL IS THIS WAY, CAPTAIN!

 

[KAPLINGON]

(Spock and Pike pass some spherical rocks)
SPOCK: THIS DRAUGHT'S GONNA LAST YEARS! THE CREPANS WILL FACE EXTINCTION WITHOUT WATER- SEE THOSE ROCKS? THOSE ARE THEIR OFFSPRING!

PIKE: They've lived here for centuries, Spock.

SPOCK: AND THEY WON'T LIVE ANOTHER HOUR UNLESS WE GIVE THEM WATER! THERE'S THE WELL!

PIKE: There's water down there, if we can just break through that solid ROCK! (He draws a laser rifle)
All circuits engaged, Mr. Spock-

SPOCK: STANDING BY, CAPTAIN PIKE!

PIKE: Take cover!

SPOCK: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

PIKE: Increase to full power!

SPOCK: OUR CIRCUITS HAVE BEGUN TO HEAT! SHE'LL BLOW SOON!

PIKE: The last thing this planet needs is more heat...

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Why is Spock always shouting?

 

[KAPLINGON]

(I'm trying to stay consistent with his characterization from "The Cage"! )

(Stock footage of WATER as the well explodes. Spock smiles. Pike puts away his Laser rifle and draws a telecommunicator)

PIKE: Captain to Enterprise- standing by to transport.

(Stock lightning effects)

SPOCK: THE ION STORM IS INTERFERING WITH OUR SIGNAL! UNLESS WE CAN CONTACT NUMBER ONE ON THE ENTERPRISE, WE COULD BE TRAPPED ON THIS PLANET FOREVER! ( Dramatic music)

STAR TREK

STARRING LEONARD NIMOY AS MR. SPOCK

GUEST STARRING JEFFERY HUNTER AS CAPTAIN PIKE

STAR TREK CREATED BY GENE RODDENBERRY.

TONIGHT'S EPISODE "THE VULCANIAN HELLO":

PIKE: Let's take a walk, Spock. Did I ever tell you about growing up in Mojave, riding through 50 miles of parkland on a horse? Well there's no horse here, and no parkland, just walking through the desert with a Vulcanian! Still, its the same principal, Spock. Follow my footsteps! Even lines!

SPOCK: WHERE ARE WE GOING?

PIKE: Trust me, Spock!

SPOCK: WE HAVE NO MAP, AND YOU KAHN'T SET A COURSE WITHOUT A STAR!

PIKE: It's hard to imagine you served under me for seven years and still don't trust me. I think its time that we talked about you having your own command!

SPOCK: I'M GRATEFUL CAPTAIN! THOUGH I WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORESO IF WE EVER RETURN TO THE SHIP!

PIKE: Just take the compliment, Spock, and walk with it! What would you do, trapped in the desert forever?

SPOCK: A LIKELY SCENARIO, UNLESS THE NATIVES KILL US!

PIKE: But say you live, Spock?

SPOCK: I SURVIVED IN THE DESERT BEFORE, WHEN I WAS JUST A KID ON VULCANIS. I COULD DO SO AGAIN! AND YOU, CAPTAIN PIKE?

PIKE: Well, Dr. Boyce once said that a man either lives life as it happens to him, faces it head on and licks it, or turns his back on it and starts to wither away. I almost chose to wither away once... I won't do so again. That's what makes me human, Spock... I don't give up. I don't believe in a no win scenario... anymore. I rode away from that parkland on a horse, and I'll ride away from this desert... on a Starship!

(Spock Smiles again as he sees that their footprints lead them in a circle... well not exactly a circle- a giant version of the UNITED EARTH SPACE PROBE AGENCY LOGO, a circle with the continents of EARTH, large enough to be seen from Orbit. Spock and Pike look up to see a miniature model of the Enterprise fly overhead, and they are transported up slowly just as the ION STORM spreads)

 

[SolarisOne]

Go home, Spock. You're drunk.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

PIKE: Let's take a walk, Spock.

SPOCK: Captain, I have a more efficient means for the Enterprise to lock onto us.

PIKE: Go on, Mr Spock.

SPOCK: We set our phasers and rifle to overload in a triangular pattern equal distance away from one another, Number One will be able to detect the detonations then, if we remain in the center of the pattern, she can approximate our location and lock onto us from orbit.

PIKE: What an effective idea, Lieutenant, let's get to work.

[Five minutes later, phasers set at a safe distance the duo stand in the middle of the increasing sand storm. In the near distance there are three small explosions in sequence]

SPOCK: How long do you think it will take Number One to locate us?

[The tingling hum of the transporter sounds]

PIKE: [smiling] Not long at all.

 

[KAPLINGON]

I could complain about you "rewriting my story", but since "my story" is already a rewrite and your version is honestly better, I won't!


(Stock footage of the USS Enterprise, zoom in on the Bridge)

NUMBER ONE: First Officer's Log, Stardate 1207.3. On Earth, it could be 1995 or even 2995, we've come to understand that here in outer space, time flows differently, and anything is possible... within reason. We the crew of the United Space Ship Enterprise have been called to investigate damage done to one of our old radio relays. It could have been a meteoroid, but perhaps it was destroyed by hostile aliens to limit UESPA communication. Despite the risks of our mission, I remain optimistic. It's hard not to be in the face of such beauty- in this case, a binary star group, out where no man has gone before.

(Spock draws up a sketch/schematic of the radio relay on an overhead screen)

SPOCK: BASED ON INITIAL READINGS, THE RELAY DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED NATURALLY. WE SHOULD PROBE FURTHER TO BE CERTAIN!

YEOMAN COLT: I don't like the look of that...

NUMBER ONE: Keep looking, Yeoman, you have to assist Mr. Spock with his scans... I have a meeting with Captain Pike. The bridge is yours, Mr. Spock!

SPOCK: YES, COMMANDER!

YEOMAN COLT: It was a figure of speech... why does she always have to be so logical?

SPOCK: FINISH YOUR SCAN SO YOU CAN EXPRESS FACTS INSTEAD!

YEOMAN COLT: Yes, Mr. Spock.

(Number One crosses corridors and enters Pike's quarters, where she finds him drinking with Dr. Boyce)

PIKE: Yes, Number One?

NUMBER ONE: The ship's yeoman is worried. Something took a bite out of our relay. Colt thinks it's malicious.

PIKE: Well, Colt's a yeoman, you know how it is... I'll log her opinions though.

BOYCE: And if you want the Ship's Doctors opinion, I recommend we inform UESPA headquarters of our findings. That relay may have been an unmanned robot, but what about the nearby space stations? If there is some outer space threat to them they should be notified...

PIKE: So noted, Doctor. What about Spock?

NUMBER ONE: Well you know how Vulcanians are... an almost catlike curiosity for everything alien.

PIKE: His enthusiasm can be infectious. Don't you feel the same, Number One?

NUMBER ONE: Our first priority is to fix that relay. UESPA's repair reputation is excellent, relays have gone down before, and Earth always sends a ship to fix them like they did with us.

BOYCE: But this particular relay is farther out than any before it... do you suppose some alien out there is trying to get our attention?

PIKE: If they are... they have!

(Dramatic Music)

 

[Count Zero]

Quite an amusing read. I added a Spoiler warning to the title just to be on the safe side.

 

[KAPLINGON]

Thank you, and sorry, I didn't know how to add the spoiler tag, but that probably would be best, right now its pretty much a beat by beat reimagining of Discovery with the Cage characters!

(PIKE AND NUMBER ONE ENTER THE BRIDGE)

PIKE: Status report, all stations!

(Colt hands him a report)

PIKE: Yeoman, I hear you suspect foul play...

COLT: Despite the crew constantly dismissing my ideas...

NUMBER ONE: They apparently agree with you.

COLT: Really?

PIKE: Yeoman Colt, note the agreement between my yeoman and the bridge crew.

COLT: Noted, Captain!

NUMBER ONE: Is this amount of sarcasm always necessary?

PIKE: No, Number One, but I do like it. All Decks prepare for Hyperdrive, time warp factor...

SPOCK: THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE CAPTAIN!

PIKE: Belay that... what is it, Spock?

SPOCK: OBJECT OF... UNKNOWN ORIGIN!

PIKE: Is that the best you've got?

SPOCK: ITS DEFLECTORS ARE FULL INTENSITY, A FORCE FIELD OF SOME KIND! I CANNOT PENETRATE IT!

NUMBER ONE: It must be keyed to cause this interference.

TYLER: And attract attention?

PIKE: Something's out there, but no one can tell me what it is? What are we running here, a Cadet Ship?

TYLER: There it is sir- Visual Contact!

SPOCK: FASCINATING!

(A Mysterious Object hangs in space, seen out the viewscreen)

PIKE: What the devil?

TYLER: Its a spaceship, sir, titanium hull, but reflecting off our scanners, distortint the screen!

SPOCK: AS SCIENCE OFFICER I CAN PROVIDE A FAR MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION THAN SIMPLY READING OUT THE DATA PRINTOUT!

TYLER: Of course... sorry Mr. Spock.

SPOCK: BUT LIEUTANANT TYLER RAISES AN INTERESTING POINT- ITS SCRAMBLING OUR SCREEN, HOW ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE IT?

PIKE: I think I have an idea, Mr. Spock. Meet me in my quarters!