First few pages of script: Rex and the Destruction of the Rocket

SFX

THE JULES VERNE, STEAM-PUNK INSPIRED BATTLESHIP, THE BETSY ROSS, FLIES ALONG THE CANYON WALLS OF HELL'S VALLEY. TYPE APPEARS OVER THE SCREEN AS THE SHIP FLIES WITH GREAT SPEED, LEFT TO RIGHT.

(”Hell’s Valley, Planet Mausoron 7)

CUT-TO INTERIOR

Rex Derek pulls a set of goggles close to his face. Magpie is busy at the controls- pulling handles and turning knobs, steam emitting from time to time.

REX: STEADY AS SHE GOES.

Magpie: As steady as I can keep her, Captain. Must we always be sent to the nastiest planets in the universe? A planet where fire perpetually erupts from the land? Really, Captain!


Rex: Red, what is the topography like from where you are sitting?

Red: From what I can tell, it looks just like Magpie put it, rocky and the land is wrought with fire-geysers. Temperatures are above one hundred in the daylight… nighttime temperatures- somewhere in the teens. It looks to be overcast at nearly all times.

CHET CARTRIGHT
Soldiers let me remind each of you that I will remain in a superior role during the entirety of this mission. Captain Derek is no longer in charge of this mission.

REX DEREK
(annoyed) Cartright, please…

CHET CARTRIGHT
That is Major Cartright to you and your men, Captain Derek!

REX DEREK
As you are, Major Cartright. My men understand your position, but we are not a normal group of fighters that are required to play by the book.

CHET CARTRIGHT
You are to play by my rule book, Captain.

REX DEREK
We are part of the elite Zeta Force. We technically go by all of the rules and regulations of normal personnel. However, we don't quite fit into the same clean box that you are more accustomed to and that which you are portraying. I respect your position, but if I need to, I can usurp your authority with one telephone call. And, I won’t hesitate to make that call if I feel you are putting my crew in danger.

CHET CARTRIGHT
You and your men will need to operate This vessel using proper protocol when I am in your company, Captain. My superiors will want to be briefed as to your group's professionalism. Do you understand?

REX DEREK
Sir, I do understand. But, it is very difficult to operate under normal operational procedure while on many of the secret missions we perform. Never have we been expected to act in such a manner.

CHET CARTRIGHT
I expect it from you and your men, Captain. However, things are going to be different today.

CASH
Here we go...

BIG RED
By all means, we together have seen action nearly a hundred times, and each of us has lived to tell the tales.