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RADIATION
POISONING - S.7
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SCENE
6 - UNEP SOS
RADIOACTIVE
URANIUM CONTAMINATION OF THE NORTH
SEA
INT. ELIZABETH SWANN - BRIDGE - DAY
The ELIZABETH SWANN cuts through the water, hydrofoil struts slicing the surf. The digital constellation of the main monitor pulses with wave vectors, satellite overlays, and particle trace anomalies. DAN HAWK (20s) hovers over the interface, forehead creased. JOHN STORM (40s) leans in, hand on the edge of the table.
HAL'S VOICE (A.I., taut, clinical) cuts through the cabin.
HAL
Captain. We’re registering radioactive
contamination.
Both men straighten, instantly.
JOHN
Source?
HAL
Alpha and beta emissions consistent with compact naval reactors. Origin not
Dounreay—vector indicates southward drift, shallow thermocline. Readings intensify to our stern.
Dan’s mouth goes dry.
DAN
Meaning we passed the source hours ago…
John’s eyes narrow, a cold dread setting in.
JOHN
Backtrack. Could it be HMS
Neptune?
HAL
Highly probable, Captain. I’m logging isotopic ratios used in
Astute-class propulsion units. The leakage pattern is diffuse—likely a ruptured coolant circuit. And accelerating.
Dan turns to John, alarm rising in his voice.
DAN
That means they’re leaking more the faster they go. If they punch it into the open Atlantic…
JOHN
(Muttering, horrified)
They’ll leave a ribbon of fallout from Norfolk to Newfoundland.
CLEOPATRA (20s) appears in the doorway, her voice quiet but certain.
CLEOPATRA
It’s a silent detonation. No blast. Just poison, curling through the tide.
John turns sharply.
JOHN
HAL, plot the trail and initiate contact with UNEP emergency protocol. Loop in
Roberta Treadstone. We need a nuclear hazard alert now.
HAL
Confirmed. Initiating.
The Swann WHEELS MIDSTREAM, hydrofoils shuddering as Hal adjusts their heading. Within seconds, they’re racing back through the Dover Strait, slicing across shipping lanes, sensors peering into the abyss.
EXT. ENGLISH
CHANNEL
- SWANN - CONTINUOUS
John stands with Cleopatra on the aft deck, the wind battering their coats.
CLEOPATRA
John. If that sub isn’t warned…
He nods grimly.
JOHN
Then the North Sea becomes a sarcophagus.
INT. HMS NEPTUNE - COMMAND DECK - SUBMERGED - CONTINUOUS
Beneath the roiling gray North Sea, HMS NEPTUNE powers south at full thrust. REDAN SIMDO (30s) watches the sonar display with cold intensity, fingers drumming on the console. He knows they're being hunted, feels the chop of interference as sonar pings snap at their wake.
But they don’t know they’re bleeding.
INT. HMS NEPTUNE - REACTOR COMPARTMENT - CONTINUOUS
The problem started days earlier. A cascade fault. Unseen. Unnoticed. Reactor bolts, once
glued in place
by rogue contractors to pass inspection, have fractured. Superheated coolant—heavy with enriched uranium microtracers—spills into the surrounding seawater.
Each turn of the turbine, each increase in thrust, accelerates the leak.
And still, they dive deeper, pushing for the open Atlantic.
INT. ELIZABETH SWANN - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS
HAL’S VOICE echoes through the bridge, like a conscience in the storm.
HAL
Captain, radiation levels rising. Plume increasing in size. Trajectory confirmed—Neptune is heading for the open Atlantic.
DAN
(Whispering, horrified)
Jesus. This is a full-blown naval Chernobyl.
John grips the side rail, eyes blazing.
JOHN
Cleopatra—get me a clean channel to the sub. If they won’t respond, we’ll go acoustic. Ping them until they have no choice but to listen.
CLEOPATRA
And if they don’t?
JOHN
Then we chase them down.
The Swann
surges past Deal, her carbon fins flexing as her hull skims the chop. At nearly 50 KNOTS, her engines SCREAM with strain—fuel cells guzzling
methanol as
hydrogen CRACKLES through the plasma stacks.
EXT. ELIZABETH
SWANN - AFT DECK - CONTINUOUS
In the open air, Cleopatra
stands firm at the stern, her coat snapping behind her like a banner. The breeze whips through her hair, dancing like flame around her calm, radiant, and utterly unafraid face.
John joins her. For a breath, they watch the sea together, the horizon a blur of speed.
CLEOPATRA
It’s like riding a bird. Not a boat.
John smiles faintly, grimly.
JOHN
She can fly when she needs to, my Queen.
The Swann is a blur, chasing a silent, invisible killer.
SCENE
8 - STEALTH MODE >>>>
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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