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SCENE
12 - REACTOR LEAK
JOHN
EXPLAINS THERE IS AN MOD/MI6 KILL/SINK ORDER ON HMS NEPTUNE
INT. HMS NEPTUNE - TOPSIDES - NIGHT
Under the moon-glossed surface of the Atlantic, HMS NEPTUNE idles in strained silence. Her power reduced, reactor shielding humming faintly, the submarine is no longer merely a hijacked vessel—it's a floating crime scene, radioactive and politically inconvenient.
Five TERRAMENTALS stand on the open deck in breathing masks and damp suits. The air tastes metallic even through the filters. Salt,
steel, and something else: palpable FEAR.
On the horizon, the ELIZABETH SWANN hovers like a sentinel, its lights low. A soft PING echoes from the comms unit clipped to REDAN SIMDO’S (30s) harness.
JOHN STORM (V.O.)
(Calm but clipped)
Ahoy there, Neptune. We’ve intercepted some chatter. You’ll want to hear this.
Redan steps toward the rail, his posture tense.
REDAN
Go ahead, John.
JOHN STORM (V.O.)
Hal’s picked up classified transmissions—encrypted, routed through
MI6
and the MOD. Confirmed senders:
Sir Rodney Dunbar and
Nick
Johnson.
A beat of pregnant silence.
JOHN STORM (V.O.)
They’ve issued a black directive. Codename: Black Veil. You’re to be destroyed.
Silence hangs heavy. Then, BO DALLAS (20s) lets out a short, disbelieving laugh, low and bitter.
BO DALLAS
So we’re terrorists now?
ZINZI DIANA (20s) pulls her mask down just enough to speak, her voice tight with suppressed rage.
ZINZI DIANA
Convenient label. It’s easier to bury the truth when the people holding it are already condemned.
John’s voice crackles back in, slightly lower, more urgent.
JOHN STORM (V.O.)
They’re framing this as a national security threat. Claimed you’re planning to deliver the vessel to a foreign power. Hal traced the real motive: reactor faults, sealed inspection reports, procurement fraud buried in black ink.
ZERA MASKEN (20s) exhales, a quiet, damning realization.
ZERA MASKEN
BAE and the Ministry.
DAN HAWK (V.O.)
(Chiming in over the channel, a hint of grim satisfaction)
Bullseye. Turns out your stolen sub isn’t just a thorn in their side—it’s proof of institutional rot.
Redan takes a long beat, his eyes sweeping over his crew, then the silent, damaged sub.
REDAN
We considered scuttling her. Sink the sub, erase the trail. But now...
JOHN STORM (V.O.)
(Cutting in, sharp)
That would make their job easier. And leak uranium into the water column. You’d do their dirty work for them—make you the villain and them the cleanup crew. It’s what Russia did in the
Arctic. What the UK tried hiding at
Dounreay. The cover-up becomes the containment plan.
ZERA MASKEN
(Bitterly)
Except no one ever contains it. It just... spreads.
Another long, heavy pause. The wind whistles softly.
JOHN STORM (V.O.)
(Gently, almost a plea)
Come aboard. We’ll decon you in the aft bay. Rinse off any radioactive particles before you shed them into open water.
Redan hesitates, eyes flickering to Zinzi and Zera.
REDAN
You're sure it's safe?
DAN HAWK (V.O.)
(A slight, wry smirk in his voice)
Well, we saved the radiological soap for VIPs.
Zera chuckles, a dry, unexpected sound.
ZERA MASKEN
Ladies first?
Zinzi bows theatrically, a hint of her old fire returning.
ZINZI DIANA
As long as the water’s warm.
INT. ELIZABETH SWANN - GALLEY - CONTINUOUS
Minutes later. Scrubbed clean, skin still tingling from the washdown, the five Terramentals sit in the Swann’s galley. Mugs of steaming chai warm their hands. The tension hasn't vanished, but it's shifted.
John spreads a digital map across the projection screen.
JOHN
This is their kill zone.
He gestures to a gridded sector off Madeira.
JOHN
They expected to intercept Neptune here. They won’t. Hal sent them ghost coordinates. They’re hunting a mirage.
Bo speaks, his voice less aggressive, more lost.
BO DALLAS
So what now? What’s Plan B?
John’s jaw tightens, a steely resolve in his eyes.
JOHN
We expose them. But first—we preserve the wreckage. Neptune isn’t a weapon anymore. She’s a
witness.
SCENE
14 - LISBON PORT >>>>
PROPOSED
SCRIPT ORDER (90-110 pages) - V1.0 DRAFT
SCREENPLAY
ACT
1.
SCENE
1. PROTESTS - Peaceful
North Sea oil pollution protestors are framed and imprisoned,
by a corrupt judicial system.
SCENE
2. PREDATOR - On release the
Terramentals
& smuggler Jorges
Dicaprio, complete a
mini-sub capable of sinking submarines.
SCENE
3. PHOENIX - Terramentals
locate & hijack HMS Neptune in Irish
Sea, Cumbria, using the Predator mini-sub -
knocking out the crew.
SCENE
4. BRITISH PETROLEUM -
Terramentals warn North Sea rig operators to stop. Claymore
rig is torpedoed, Royal
Navy respond.
SCENE
5. BBC WORLD SERVICE - Jill Bird
reports Terramentals rig attacks, world shocked at pollution
cover up. Charley Temple investigates.
SCENE
6. UNEP SOS - The
UNEP ask John Storm to survey North Sea for oil pollution.
Elizabeth Swann detects HMS Neptune radiation leaks.
SCENE
7. RADIATION ALERT - John
& Dan twig radiation from
HMS Neptune possible serious reactor damage. Must warn Terramentals.
ACT 2.
SCENE
8. STEALTH MODE - Storm spots Astute sub, Swann
in stealth
mode, detected as John warns extremists of sub
radiation leakage.
SCENE
9. CHANGE OF COURSE -
Terramentals change course, heading for the
Straits of Gibraltar. Not believing radiation warning.
SCENE
10. U-BOAT 986 - Evading Swann, HMS Neptune navigates
off transport lanes. Swann picks up magnetic signature of U-Boat
986.
SCENE
11. SENATE, UK & EU DEBATE -
Sub
hijacking & rig destruction, alarm bells around world. Deepwater
Horizon shivers down
spines.
SCENE
12. REACTOR LEAK - Terramentals realise John
telling truth, as radiation rector damage detection system HMS Neptune triggers.
SCENE
13. RESCUE TOW - John rescues
Terramentals. MI6 order Neptune
sinking. MOD knew reactor dangerous, want evidence gone.
SCENE
14. LISBON PORT -
Terramentals & Storm, shut Neptune's reactor. Tow, stricken submarine
to Lisbon, prevent MI6 sinking evidence.
ACT
3.
SCENE
15. ROV ATLANTIS - Swann returns U-Boat stealth mode at night,
to avoid tracking. Surveys site,
discovers Atlantis & Nazi gold.
SCENE
16. TREASURE TROVE - John reveals gold find &
threatened. US Linc Truman support. PM, Ed
Thomas, &
Sealord, royal
support.
SCENE
17. BLUE SHIELD - Cleopatra
alerts Blue Shield, Newcastle
University, potential Atlantis find, suggests UNESCO
world heritage site.
SCENE
18. GOLDEN OFFER - Claimants
reward John U-Boat gold find. Agrees 1% cover costs 9% to Blue Shield surveys.
UNESCO grateful.
SCENE
19. GREEN MOBILITY - Galvanized
to action UK hit green H2 button, John gets grants low
income families, Jill
Bird, news item.
SCENE
20. IMO IS GO - The International Maritime
Org green
H2 & methanol,
certification. USA in. China India stay with coal,
gas
& oil.
SCENE
21. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - John & George
amnesty, pirate
caselaw & video proof set up. Harry & Johnson
charged treason.
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