MAIN CHARACTERS:

• JOAN: (Adult, Female) An intense 40s engineer in a grease-stained jumpsuit, fiercely dedicated to saving her ship and crew under dire pressure.

• BUCK: (Adult, Male) A rugged 40s Marine, vigilant with a rifle slung, torn between his protective instincts and an alien unease threatening his family.

SYNOPSIS: In the pulsing chaos of the USS Triumph’s engineering bay, Joan, a determined engineer, wrestles with failing life-support circuits as alarms wail, while Buck, her Marine husband, stands guard against an alien stowaway shadowing their son. Their urgent exchange simmers with strained trust and desperation, as Joan’s technical grit clashes with Buck’s fear of the unknown, their shared love for their child anchoring a fragile unity. This scene pulsates with high-stakes survival, offering actors a chance to delve into the fraught balance of duty and dread in a sci-fi crisis.

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