ATLANTIS STORY MAP & OPERATION HOMEPAGE

STEALTH MODE - CH.8

Atlantis has been the subject of countless films, as has Nazi gold and oil polluting our oceans, but never have all these elements come together under one roof as a submarine movie. Aiming for a screenplay 90-110 pages max.

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HIGH SPEED NORTH ATLANTIC CHASE TO WARN EXTREMISTS OF DANGER

The Elizabeth Swann roared through the English Channel, across the Atlantic, her foils knifing through the chop like scalpels through silk. Wind shrieked past the hull, her carbon-foils singing with strain as HAL nudged every system past redline.

“Skipper,” Hal intoned calmly, “we exceeded safe hull velocity five kilometres ago. I feel obliged to suggest... restraint.”

“Thanks, Hal. But restraint gets people killed,” John replied, gripping the railing as another wave slammed beneath them. “We’re not chasing a submarine—we’re chasing a meltdown.”

Dan, manning the speed governor with twitchy hands, glanced at Cleopatra. “We’re risking the Swann. One wrong angle at these speeds and we’re flying like confetti.”

Cleopatra’s eyes remained locked on the radar sweep. “And if we don’t warn them, they’ll be ghosts before sunrise.”

The Swann bucked over a crest, holding just over 45 knots. Hydrogen converters screamed as methanol tanks drained under the load. Below, the ocean was a blur.

“Sub still submerged,” Hal reported. “Twenty-seven knots. Rising to thirty as they leave the Bay of Biscay.”

“Not bad for a steel tube full of secrets,” Dan muttered.

“She’s a hunter-killer, Dan,” John said. “But at this speed—so are we.”

They all felt it—like flying a thunderbolt.

Suddenly, Hal's tone shifted.

“Captain. Incoming transmission. Caller ID: William Liam Wallace. Credentials suggest Ministry of Defence clearance. Embedded at BAE Systems.”

John arched a brow. “Wallace? Never heard of him.”

“On screen?” Dan offered, already pulling up the feed.

“No,” said John. “Audio only. Let’s hear his voice first.”

He tapped the comm. “Storm here. I’m mid-crisis, Mr Wallace. Make this count.”

A nervous voice filtered through. “Mr Storm—Commander, is it?”

“Not anymore.”

“Right. May I speak confidentially?”

“You can speak honestly Mr Wallace. That’ll do just fine.”

Dan motioned silently—Hal was already verifying the source. A beat later, Hal’s voice whispered over the cabin speakers: “Confirmed. Wallace. Quality Control, Nuclear Submarine Division. Verified clearance. Whistleblower marker. He’s legit. Keep him talking.”

"Oh, you know who I am." There followed a silence as confirmation of that.

“Okay, Mr Wallace,” John said. “Go on.”

“I believe you’re tracking HMS Neptune. Picked up the plume, didn’t you? Radiation?”

John didn’t answer.

“I’m telling you this because you need to hear it from someone inside. The Neptune's reactor isn’t just damaged. It was flawed from the moment it left dry dock. Welds skipped. Bolts glued to meet inspection deadlines. Procurement fraud, John. Not just carelessness—cover-up.”

John’s fists curled around the console lip. “We suspected. But you’re the first to name it.”

“I have files,” Wallace pressed. “Recordings. Memos. The MOD has been lying for years—suppressing incident data from reactor trials. Part of the Aukus deal, involving Johnson. And now you’re chasing a leak they’re praying nobody sees.”

“Are you protected?” John asked. “As a whistleblower?”

“I filed under the Defence Integrity Act. I’ve got a shield—for now. But I’m calling with a favour, John.”

Dan raised his eyebrows. Hal’s voice rang out. “A favour... now there’s a novelty.”

“Speak,” John said.

“Don’t destroy Neptune. Don’t let anyone else do it, either. It’s evidence. A floating crime scene.”

“I don’t intend to harm anyone, Wallace. Never did.”

“But the MOD—if they catch it first, they’ll sink it. Erase the paper trail. I need you to make sure that doesn’t happen. The truth’s on that ship. This is no RIMPAC exercise.”

“Amen,” Hal muttered. “Truth in a tin can.”

Just then, alarms chirped.

“Captain,” Hal announced, suddenly crisp. “Neptune is surfacing—position grid fifteen degrees west, closing distance.”

Dan spun to the radar. “Holy fuel cells, we’ve got a breach—visual confirmed!”

“Copy that,” John said, flipping off the comm. “Wallace, we’ve got eyes. We’ll talk again—if we live through this.”

“Godspeed, Storm. And… thank you.”

John ended the call. “Hal—stealth mode. Prep acoustic channel. We need to hail them before someone makes a fatal decision.”

“Aye, Captain.”

Outside, the sea boiled as the black dorsal fin of the Neptune broke through the swell.

And aboard the Swann, the chase ended—not with torpedoes, but with words that had to land like lifeboats. The countdown to truth had begun.

"Hal, precautionary stealth mode if you please."

"Compliance."

"Hal, comms, try hailing HMS Neptune."

"Compliance, this is the Elizabeth Swann on a peace mission, calling HMS Neptune. Come in Neptune."

"Why bother with stealth Skipper, they know where we are from our radio?"

"Good point Dan. This is the Elizabeth Swann, calling HMS Neptune. We have detected a radiation leak aboard your submarine. Come in Neptune.

Onboard HMS Neptune, Redan Simdo and Bo Dallas heard the transmission, thinking it a trap.

"Max, Bo, what do you think?"

"There is a ship behind us, invisible to radar, but it is there on the sonar. Could be a trap Red."

"Agreed. Let's not take any chances. What is this ship the Elizabeth Swann, anyway."

"Actually," interjected Zera. "I've heard of John Storm. He's the one who bungee jumped the Shard in London, to unveil a banner. I think it read CLEANER OCEANS FOR A GREENER PLANET, or something like that."

"Really Zera," said Max, what a nutter." They all laughed.

"We'll not take any chances," repeated Red."

Chapter 9 - Change of Course >>>>

MI6 Nick Johnson Sir Rodney Dunbar Dirty Harry
Scotland Yard HMS Neptune Sir Rodney Dunbar First Sealord

PROPOSED STORY MAP BY CHAPTER (90-110 pages) - ORDER CAN BE CHANGED: DRAFT SCREENPLAY

ACT 1.

CHAPTER 1.   PROTESTS - Peaceful North Sea oil pollution protestors are framed and imprisoned, by a corrupt judicial system. 

CHAPTER 2.   PREDATOR - On release the Terramentals & smuggler Jorges Dicaprio, complete a mini-sub capable of sinking submarines.

CHAPTER 3.   PHOENIX - Terramentals locate & hijack HMS Neptune in Irish Sea, Cumbria, using the Predator mini-sub - knocking out the crew.

CHAPTER 4.   BRITISH PETROLEUM - Terramentals warn North Sea rig operators to stop. Claymore rig is torpedoed, Royal Navy respond.

CHAPTER 5.   BBC WORLD SERVICE - Jill Bird reports Terramentals rig attacks, world shocked at pollution cover up. Charley Temple investigates.

CHAPTER 6.   UNEP SOS - The UNEP ask John Storm to survey North Sea for oil pollution. Elizabeth Swann detects HMS Neptune radiation leaks.

CHAPTER 7.   RADIATION ALERT - John & Dan twig radiation from HMS Neptune possible serious reactor damage. Must warn Terramentals.

ACT 2.

CHAPTER 8.   STEALTH MODE - Storm spots Astute sub, Swann in stealth mode, detected as John warns extremists of sub radiation leakage.

CHAPTER 9.   CHANGE OF COURSE - Terramentals change course, heading for the Straits of Gibraltar. Not believing radiation warning.

CHAPTER 10. U-BOAT 986 - Evading Swann, HMS Neptune navigates off transport lanes. Swann picks up magnetic signature of U-Boat 986.

CHAPTER 11. SENATE, UK & EU DEBATE - Sub hijacking & rig destruction, alarm bells around world. Deepwater Horizon shivers down spines.

CHAPTER 12. REACTOR LEAK - Terramentals realise John telling truth, as radiation rector damage detection system HMS Neptune triggers.

CHAPTER 13. RESCUE TOW - John rescues Terramentals. MI6 order Neptune sinking. MOD knew reactor dangerous, want evidence gone.

CHAPTER 14. LISBON PORT - Terramentals & Storm, shut Neptune's reactor. Tow, stricken submarine to Lisbon, prevent MI6 sinking evidence.

ACT 3.

CHAPTER 15. ROV ATLANTIS - Swann returns U-Boat stealth mode at night, to avoid tracking. Surveys site, discovers Atlantis & Nazi gold.

CHAPTER 16. TREASURE TROVE - John reveals gold find & threatened. US Linc Truman support. PM, Ed Thomas, & Sealord, royal support.

CHAPTER 17. BLUE SHIELD - Cleopatra alerts Blue Shield, Newcastle University, potential Atlantis find, suggests UNESCO world heritage site.

CHAPTER 18. GOLDEN OFFER - Claimants reward John U-Boat gold find. Agrees 1% cover costs 9% to Blue Shield surveys. UNESCO grateful.

CHAPTER 19. GREEN MOBILITY - Galvanized to action UK hit green H2 button, John gets grants low income families, Jill Bird, news item.

CHAPTER 20. IMO IS GO - The International Maritime Org green H2 & methanol, certification. USA in. China India stay with coal, gas & oil.

CHAPTER 21. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - John & George amnesty, pirate caselaw & video proof set up. Harry & Johnson charged treason.

Disillusioned eco activists are imprisoned by the British, for peacefully protesting in London about unrealistically low fines for oil spills in the North Sea, demonstrating strictly in accordance with their Article 9 and 10 Human Rights. They are targeted by fossil fuel industry fraudsters, who bribe police officials and court judges to secure a conviction, with the backing of corrupt ministers of state who have undeclared personal investments in oil drilling companies: Amoco, BP, Shell, Total. That sets in motion a train of events, where, having been framed, the ever more determined environmentalists build a mini-sub, fast enough and especially equipped, to sink or capture Astute, Aukus and US Seawolf class submarines. Having captured HMS Neptune, the Terramentals torpedo a BP owned rig, also destroying two others (Shell), with the looming threat to target all 150 plus, operating in the North Sea. The oil producers are temporarily forced to shut down production, as a result of the significant media coverage and public outrage on realization of the pollution. The UN asks John Storm to provide a geodata survey on the environmental damage. 

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