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“STARDUST”



                    FADE IN:




                    EXT. EARTH’S UPPER ATMOSPHERE – NIGHT

                    A quiet beauty shot looking down at the sparkling jewel that is 24th century San
                    Francisco. Super: EARTH, STARDATE 23319.4. Suddenly, thundering up into frame
                    is a Runabout training vessel, thrusters roaring... it does a roll...



                    INT. RUNABOUT – NIGHT

                    Coming out of the roll: close on the two people, sitting in the two-seater cockpit...
                    the pilot is 21-year-old JEAN-LUC PICARD; his passenger: 20-year-old ELEANOR
                    DUFFY... loud voices over the sound of the thrusters –



                                                          DUFFY
                                                I’m nauseous.


                                                         PICARD
                                            Starfleet officers don’t get
                                            nauseous. Take the controls.


                                                          DUFFY
                                            No.


                                                         PICARD
                                            Take the controls.

                    He lifts his hands... the thrusters rev up... the craft twists sharply to one side... her
                    hands jump to the controls... heart-pounding –



                                                          DUFFY
                                                 (are you crazy?)
                                            Jean-Luc!


                    EXT. RUNABOUT – NIGHT

                    as it bobs and weaves under her control...




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