A group of environmentalists unwittingly reveal the cover up of oil pollution in the North Sea, with a protest, but the culprits, an MP, MI6 operative and Scotland Yard chief, frame them to hide their wrongdoing. Wrongfully imprisoned, with no right of appeal, the protestors vow to get their revenge with the help of a former smuggler, they meet in prison, who builds them a submersible to hijack a nuclear submarine.

 

 

ATLANTIS STORY MAP & OPERATION HOMEPAGE

 

 

 

 

 

IMO IS GO - S.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<<<< SCENE 19 GREEN MOBILITY

 

 

THE IMO CERTIFIES GREEN HYDROGEN AND METHANOL BUNKERING FOR PORTS

 

EXT. NORTH SEA – MONTAGE – NIGHT/DAY

A streak of light over shifting waters—the ELIZABETH SWANN slices through the waves at impossible speed. News footage overlays historic grainy video of the TURBINIA at Spithead. Bold headlines scroll beneath: “ZERO-EMISSION SPEED DEMON?”

NARRATOR (V.O.)
Policy change is a glacial crawl—too often crushed by politics, paralyzed by new regimes. But a 50-knot hydrogen-powered catamaran? That gets attention.

INT. IMO HEADQUARTERS – CONFERENCE ROOM – DAY

KITACK LIM and secretariat staff huddle over digital charts. Global emissions maps, tech adoption rates, and port readiness flash on massive screens.

KITACK LIM 
We certify it. Green hydrogen. Green methanol. It’s time.

Murmurs of concern ripple through the room.

PORT AUTHORITY REP 
Temporary certificates?

LIM 
For now. Until the world catches up—or gets left behind.

INT. ELIZABETH SWANN – CONTROL ROOM – NIGHT

Silent. Minimalist. Lit by soft blue LEDs. HAL’s voice pierces the calm.

HAL (V.O.) 
Antonio Guterres calling Elizabeth Swann.

JOHN STORM leans in, adjusting his headset. HAL’s avatar pulses on the console.

HAL

Would you like to speak with Captain Storm or leave a message?

JOHN STORM 

Patch them through.

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE – SPLIT SCREEN: GUTERRES, LIM, JOHN

The three appear in floating holo-windows. Formal, but tense.

GUTERRES 

Captain—John—thank you. Not just for marine archaeology. But... your ship. She’s caused quite a stir.

JOHN

So I hear. Ask away.

LIM

Why methanol?

JOHN

Technically, it’s just one of several. Methanol. Ammonia. Compressed gas. Solar-boosted.

GUTERRES

Electric propulsion?

JOHN

Direct solar drive—ten knots. Fuel cells add thrust. Over thirty on foils.

LIM (awed) 

Incredible.

JOHN 

It’s Professor Douglas Storm’s legacy. I just test the limits.

FLASHBACK – INT. LAB – NIGHT – MEMORY MONTAGE

DOUGLAS STORM sketches fuel systems on a whiteboard. Young John watches, notebook in hand. The images fade.

BACK TO VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

GUTERRES

Is the system scalable?

JOHN

Tech, yes. Infrastructure, no.

LIM

Then help us push certification.

JOHN

Your move. I’ve made mine.

HAL

This conversation is encrypted, Captain.

GUTERRES

A lever, Commander Storm?

JOHN

Diplomacy’s best friend is audacity.

FLASH CUT – ARCHIVE FOOTAGE – VARIOUS

JOHN abseiling down The Shard. JOHN and PATRICIA rescuing the whale KULO-LUNA. Newscasters losing it over a whaler’s winning lottery ticket.

BACK TO VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

LIM (chuckling) 

That whale sank two ships.

JOHN (fondly) 

A gentle giant. Unless provoked.

GUTERRES 

Perhaps she didn’t like diesel.

EXT. ELIZABETH SWANN – STERN DECK – DAY

John stares out to sea, wind tousling his hair. The burden of vision in his eyes.

JOHN (V.O.) 

Gentlemen, if you want results, use the Swann. She’s ready.

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE – URGENCY RISES

LIM & GUTERRES 

A demonstration?

JOHN 

Diesel-level performance. And then some.

GUTERRES 

With our backing?

JOHN 

Will I have it?

A charged pause.

LIM 

We’re... apolitical.

GUTERRES We can’t promise what the job won’t allow.

JOHN (coolly) 

Then how about a race?

LIM 

Go on.

JOHN 

The Jules Verne H2 Trophy. The JVH2. World circumnavigation. Emissions-free.

GUTERRES (smiling) 

A message in motion.

Their eyes meet. A flicker of shared daring.
  

 

SCENE 21 - AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL >>>>

 

 

 

 

Antonio Guterres, United Nation secretary general

 

 

 

 

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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CHARACTERS | GOLD | MEDIA | MOVIES | SCREENPLAY | SUBMARINES | SCRIPT

 

 

 

 

 

 

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In this fictional story, the characters and events are the product of the author's imagination.

 

 

 

 

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