The Baron
Heinrich Richtohofen, John
Storm and Hal,
the AI onboard the Elizabeth
Swann, agree that Cleopatra is entombed underwater in
her former Palace at Alexandria.
In this scene
the inquisitive Charley Temple
is captured when investigating the suspected Neo-Nazi camp, laboratories,
and other para-military buildings she finds a distance of 15
hundred yards upriver from Manaus. This turns out to be
their jungle headquarters. She is handcuffed to an operating
table in a laboratory, to await
interrogation.
John
Storm and Dan
Hawk, not being able to find Charley at the arranged
meeting place, tracks her to the Fourth
Reich Occultist's headquarters , where Charley is
handcuffed to an operating table. During the struggle to
overpower the guards, John is injected with a Nazi version
of a CRISPR
bacterial virus serum, which the guards think is poison, but
despite this, he and Dan win through with a bit of help from
Charley, as Dan manages to un-cuff her. The trio search the
laboratories and take much of the development technology
(including a strange headset and watch) and all of the
medicines, notebooks
and computers. Storm, Hawk and Temple carry off as much of the Nazi
technology as they can carry, but decide to hide the
confiscated stash under bushes, until a path back to the
Swann is guaranteed - just in case. There is no evidence of drugs
or Cartel connection at all, disappointing Charley. John
starts to feel unwell as the CRIPSR delivery mechanism to
modify human
DNA with chimpanzee
DNA and other genetic
enhancements, begins.
Just
as they complete their off the cuff transfer mission, and come back into the
Nazi headquarters, Jack
Mason and a team of black ops agents rush the building.
John sarcastically congratulates them for joining the party.
Leaving them to secure the buildings, and conduct a search
of the suspected crime scene - though the labs are virtually
empty.
Jack is only too pleased
when John says they
are leaving, so that he can steal anything they might find. John
feels more groggy on the way back to the Swann,
needing to be helped along by Charley and Dan.
THE BRIEF
For this scene, aim for
1. Location shot, one full page
2.
3.
4.
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6.
7.
These headings are only to guide you - to help you to plan your
graphic layout - by way of example.
GRAPHIC
BRIEF - SUGGESTED LAYOUTS/ FORMAT = THREE ISSUES
PART
I - ISSUE 1.
CHAPTER
1. THE
POISON ASP - Overwhelmed by grief, Cleopatra poisons herself with a
cobra bite in her mausoleum
CHAPTER
2. WRATH OF THE GODS - The destruction of
Thonis and Alexandria
CHAPTER
3. NEW WORLD ORDER - A Neo-Nazi plan to regenerate Aryan supremacy
CHAPTER
4. CYBERCORE
GENETICA - Nano computer technology is purchased at an auction by a
religious sect
CHAPTER
5. INCUBUS - Franco Francisco accepts offer of employment
from Roberta Ferrara
CHAPTER
6. SPLICE
- Klaus von Kolreuter perfects a method of gene manipulation
CHAPTER
7. TREMORS - Cleopatra's
tomb lay lost for centuries, until shift in the tectonic
plates trigger tremor off the coast of Alexandria
PART
II - ISSUE 2.
CHAPTER
8. PANAMANIAN
RUNNING MAN - Marjorie Boyle videos exceptionally fast athlete, Sam Hollis
investigates
CHAPTER
9. AMAZON
QUEEN - Elizabeth Swann navigating river and
docking at Manaus
CHAPTER
10. TOMB
RAIDERS - Safiya
Sabuka and Musa
Bomani dive among sifting sands to discover
precious artifacts and golden treasures
CHAPTER
11. SCOTLAND
YARD - London's secure DNA database is stolen
CHAPTER
12. OPERATION
ALEXANDRIA - Neo-Nazi occultists recover Cleopatra's
sarcophagus from underwater tomb near Palace
CHAPTER
13. KIDNAPPED - Charley is taken prisoner, John, Dan and CIA rescue her
CHAPTER
14. UNESCO -
Catholic Church fear grave desecration heritage
theft, asks agencies for help. Interpol issue Red Notice
PART
III - ISSUE 3.
CHAPTER
15. REPLICANT - The Society reproduce Cleopatra using Francisco's
RepliVator™, uploading synapse sequence, implanted memories
CHAPTER
16. FULL STEAM AHEAD -
To
Thonis, then uses the Swann's AI
sensors and the Ark
database to find tomb has been plundered
CHAPTER
17. RITUAL SACRIFICE - The Baron prepares a drugged Cleopatra for ceremonial
impregnation
CHAPTER
18. SANCTUM
INTERRUPTUS - John finds Nazi hideout near Alexandria,
disturbs ritual - rescues Cleopatra, arresting conspirators
CHAPTER
19. THE CHOSEN ONE - The reincarnated Cleopatra falls for her rescuer. John comes under her
spell, despite her being a replicant
CHAPTER
20. MILITARY
INTERVENTION - Military detain Cleopatra for stakeholders, despite media
& medical protests. Storm distraught
CHAPTER
21. DÉJÀ VU - History repeats itself,
military lock up technology as gross violation of human rights, John left
disillusioned
BOOK CHAPTERS
CHAPTER
1. THE
POISON ASP - Overwhelmed by grief, Cleopatra poisons herself with a
cobra bite in her mausoleum
CHAPTER
2. WRATH OF THE GODS - The destruction of
Thonis and Alexandria
CHAPTER
3. NEW WORLD ORDER - A Neo-Nazi plan to regenerate Aryan supremacy
CHAPTER
4. CYBERCORE
GENETICA - Nano computer technology is purchased at an auction by a
religious sect
CHAPTER
5. INCUBUS - Franco
Francisco accepts offer of employment from Roberta Ferrara
CHAPTER
6. SPLICE
- Klaus von Kolreuter perfects a method of gene manipulation
CHAPTER
7. TREMORS - Cleopatra's
tomb lay lost for centuries, until shift in the tectonic
plates trigger tremor off the coast of Alexandria
CHAPTER
8. PANAMANIAN
RUNNING MAN - Marjorie Boyle videos exceptionally fast athlete, Sam
Hollis investigates
CHAPTER
9. AMAZON
QUEEN - Elizabeth Swann navigating river and
docking at Manaus
CHAPTER
10. TOMB
RAIDERS - Safiya
Sabuka and Musa
Bomani dive among sifting sands to discover
precious artifacts and golden treasures
CHAPTER
11. SCOTLAND
YARD - London's secure DNA database is stolen
CHAPTER
12. OPERATION
ALEXANDRIA - Neo-Nazi occultists recover Cleopatra's
sarcophagus from underwater tomb near Palace
CHAPTER
13. KIDNAP - Charley is taken prisoner,
John, Dan and CIA rescue her
CHAPTER
14. UNESCO -
Catholic Church fear grave desecration heritage
theft, asks agencies for help. Interpol issue Red Notice
CHAPTER
15. REPLICANT - The Society reproduce Cleopatra using Francisco's
RepliVator™, uploading synapse sequence, implanted memories
CHAPTER
16. FULL STEAM AHEAD -
To
Thonis, then uses the Swann's AI
sensors and the Ark
database to find tomb has been plundered
CHAPTER
17. RITUAL SACRIFICE - The Baron prepares a drugged Cleopatra for ceremonial
impregnation
CHAPTER
18. SANCTUM
INTERRUPTUS - John finds Nazi hideout near Alexandria,
disturbs ritual - rescues Cleopatra, arresting conspirators
CHAPTER
19. THE CHOSEN ONE - The reincarnated Cleopatra falls for her rescuer. John comes under her
spell, despite her being a replicant
CHAPTER
20. MILITARY
INTERVENTION - Military detain Cleopatra for stakeholders, despite media
& medical protests. Storm distraught
CHAPTER
21. DÉJÀ VU - History repeats itself,
military lock up technology as gross violation of human rights, John left
disillusioned
