TEASER
Archer POV
- 18 Dec 2156
- SFC changes Endeavour's mission profile to a mobile R&D platform.
- They have finally realized that TnT are too valuable to risk on front lines & Romulans have been actively targeting R&D facilities (indicating that they have penetrated Earth's security.)
- Realizing he has no choice in this matter, Trip asks if he can pick his crew...
Harad-Sar POV
- 2 Apr 2157.
- Orions have been playing both sides of the war for their own benefit.
- The Orion meets with Romulans and is offered a substantial amount of money if he can capture two people for the Romulans: CDR T'Pol of Vulcan and CAPT Charles Tucker III.
- 13 Jun 2157.
- ADM Hannibal Black is on inspection as Endeavour testing new engine breakthrough (Project Icarus?).
- Reveal through Black that Earth is LOSING the war.
- Every single engagement, since Elysium has resulted in SF losing ships and retreating; Warbirds are kicking ass with BoPs serving as light escort.
- Challenger battle group ambushed by Romulans on 15 Feb. UES Challenger scuttled to prevent capture & CPT Stiles KIA.
- Atlantis battle group unable to prevent Terra Nova colony from being nuked on 9 Mar. During the engagement, one Daedalus-class and 3 NV-class ships are destroyed - no significant Romulan casualties.
- There has also been some troubling ship movements in the Xindi region of space, prompting many within SFC to fear a second “front”.
- Black is very frustrated that the Vulcans have not offered anything beyond “technical assistance”, although he is quite aware that T'Pau is continuing to have problems dealing with the “Old Guard” put in place by V'Las & his cronies.
- The Coalition of Planets has already started to collapse as the “member states” constantly argue over what sort of support to provide the humans...
- Brief reflection regarding the breakthroughs that have come from Endeavour: they include greatly extended sensor range and higher weapon yield. Black is hoping that the upgrades to Endeavour's engines will allow Starfleet to turn the tide of the war ... if it works.
- END breaks warp 6 barrier but heat build-up damages nacelles, requiring addit'l repairs - limited to warp 1 while nacelles damaged.
With my Endeavour stuff, I also tend to write in a pseudo-television format with a Teaser and five Acts. Normally, I have four POV scenes per Act, but that can fluctuate - I think I've had as few as three and as many as six or seven.
Yeah, it probably looks insanely complicated or way too anal retentive, but it works for me and that's all that's important, right?