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CHAPTERS: The chapters of this story are published live for collaboration development purposes, with a sequence derived from the Chapters below, supplemented with other (unpublished) writings as we progress. The final order for the proposed screenplay may be the subject of additional drafts to suit production of the final movie (producers/directors/actors). Their digital crafting was that authentic, it might as well have been a religious re-awakening of her spirit from the afterlife. A kind of resurrection from the grave, as lesser informed onlookers would believe.
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MANAUS, BRAZIL, AMAZON RAINFOREST - REGROWTH
After 4 weeks Cleopatra's brain was developed enough for them to begin conditioning her synapses. This was a tricky operation, involving a surgical implant on the occipital lobe of the brain. By this time the brain was encased in a rapidly developing skull. Fortunately, the team had perfected a method of piercing the human skull with a minute drill, so small, that the patient would not feel the drilling. The remainder of the operation involved inserting a rolled printed circuit containing a microchip with strands of inert metal as conductors, and helping it to unfold. Usually, the memory of the polymer, took care of that. And, on this they were lucky. The circuit duly unfolded, slowly, but steadily.
They then needed the circuit to mesh with the brain electrically via the metal stands. They had a better than fifty percent chance with a fully grown adult human. But they found with a developing clone, or replicant, the success rate was nearer ninety-five percent. Young developing cells were far more adaptive, eager to bio-morph.
After two days the micro-circuit had been fully accepted by the brain, and was receiving and transmitting signals, powered by the chemistry of the patient's own body. That meant they could now proceed to map the brain's synapse firing sequence. When cloning they could read the brain of a patient, noting the firing sequence, a pattern that is triggered as a person learns and matures, forms hard wired patterns we know as how a person thinks. With Cleopatra, that pattern has to be simulated using software developed from the known history of her life, which unfortunately was not as well documented as the programmers would have liked. Fortunately, they could fill in most of the gaps by reading the brains of other extremely literate subjects, Where Cleopatra could speak nine languages, including Egyptian. Hence, she had an extremely adaptive visual cortex and rich ganglia relays between synapses, and the corpus callosum between left and right hemispheres, with some 100 or more billion neurons.
"The right half of her brain controls the left half of her body, and the left side, controls the right side of her body." Klaus smiled at the biological ambiguity.
Franco interjected: "The left side of her beautiful brain controls language and logic. The right imagery and spatial relations. I'm guessing from the patterns we are seeing that she is ambidextrous."
"You'd be right again, my Italian friend," said Klaus. The vast majority of the planet is right handed, especially when they write. She is not only ambidextrous, but a mirror writer, like the great thinker, Leonardo da Vinci."
Where the brain was growing rapidly, the skeleton was forming, absorbing the metered nutrients, which, like the original cloning oven, had to be supplied continuously, such as not to impede growth. Or a malnutrition situation would be created. Leading to stunted growth.
In the artificial womb, nutrients were fed into a blood supply that was oxygenated, to mimic a mother supplying her baby. With the RepliVator, the biopolymer mesh was suspended in a semi-gel nutrient mix, such that the cells might draw directly in the early stages of growth. Later, circulation of vital nutrient rich fluids, percolated the maturing body.
Bone is a matrix of a fibrous protein called collagen and carbonated hydroxyapatite, an inorganic compound mostly made of calcium and phosphate. The combination of fibrous collagen and crystallized calcium makes bones hard and rigid and adds tensile strength. Bone is about the same tensile strength as cast iron in normal healthy humans. But can be enhanced as with the bones of a cheetah, an animal that can run at 70 miles per hour, so roughly three times the speed of the fastest human sprinter. As the flexible cartilage builds, calcification hardens the skeletal structure, with an inner core of tissue called marrow.
The Marrow produces both red and white blood cells. Hence, it is important that the polymer mesh that is 3D printed as the basis to form the skeleton, is reproduced exactly as the predictive computer simulated model of the adult, taken from their DNA and genome. Because, once formed, skeletal changes would thereafter be an extremely slow process with normal aging, when the bones become harder and brittle.
As the skeleton began to produce blood cells, and with a skin formed, as a kind of insulator, the rapidly dividing cells had to be fed a nutrient mix directly into the stomach, with accelerants. By keeping the levels optimized, the replicant could be gestated in weeks, rather than months.
It was a miracle of modern science. Not forgetting that the technology we take for granted every day, would have been considered alchemy or witchcraft in days of old, for which you could have been burned at the stake.
Next, the team, this time with Klaus von Kolreuther making the running, uploaded a pastiche of digitally re-created memories. These were memories of events that were well documented. Such as Cleopatra's love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, her Royal barges, the Nile, the splendor of Rome and Egypt and the Battle of Actium against Octavian. She was even programmed to have had strong feelings for Mark Antony, the culmination of which events led to her suicide.
On their checklist were 18 modules:
Early Life and Ascension
5. Scientific Interests: Knowledge of Egyptian medicine and cosmetics, astronomy, and other scientific advancements.
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Philosophical Discussions: Exposure to Greek philosophy and intellectual discourse.
8. Court Life: The social and political intricacies of the Egyptian court, including alliances, rivalries, and intrigues.
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Personal Experiences: Memories of her travels, her interactions with prominent figures, and her personal reflections on life, love, and power.
This was their eighteen point plan, from which is was hoped the reincarnated Queen of the Nile, would have a good platform from which to launch into her new life. The modules were not to be immediately available, but to kick in on demand, as the need arose. She would only remember on a need to know basis. An emotional shock absorber or sorts.
Thus is was that Cleopatra was fully grown and pre-programmed. It was time to turn the RepliVator off, and allow her to respire unaided. They would keep her a house guest in a simulated Mausoleum, with servants who would tow the party line and feed her intelligences designed to give her hope. One slight problem, might be explaining how it was that she was young again. Knowing, that would please her immensely.
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THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM - Queen Cleopatra retreats leaving Mark Antony to lose against Octavian and seek a new deal with Rome. THE POISON ASP - Hotfoot from Actium, Cleopatra's plan to seduce Octavian backfired leading to a suicide pact with Anubis and Isis TANZANIA - THE STORM BREAKS - Fanatical DNA collector, John Storm, finds Homo erectus skull, Olduvia Gorge, in Tanzanian dig site. WRATH OF THE GODS - 365BC destruction of Thonis and Alexandria, Anubis and Isis watch on in horror as Cleopatra is submerged. WWII ENIGMA - The birth of computers at Bletchley Park under Alan Turing, and his visits from Anubis and Isis, who see the potential in his ideas. SYDNEY WILL READING - John's uncle Douglas vanished, declared dead, the adventurer inherits keys and a note from George Franks. ANGEL OF DEATH - Anubis and Isis occupy Josef Mengele's and Adolf Hitler's subconscious as spirits steering their legacies. INNER CIRCLE OF SIX - Joseph Mengele's Fourth Reich plans an escape to Brazil to develop Nazi-funded human research laboratories. NELSON BAY - John visits the coordinates George gave him, to discover the Elizabeth Swann, ARK and Hal, AI computer. BRAZIL BOUND - Doctor Death bargains for funding and logistics of relocation to Amazon South American base via Argentina. NEW WORLD ORDER - A former Neo-Nazi plan to regenerate Aryan supremacy, develops into a cause for good. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE - Having reached the end of his PhD, William and Jane Bates have epiphanies, Will should follow his dream. ROADBLOCK - Nobody would fund his R&D, William and Jane Bates are blanked by DARPA, computer and software houses. THE AFTERLIFE - Cleopatra's tomb lay lost for centuries submerged and out of sight with little change of discovery. QUANTUM LEAP - Jane and Will find backers, then US military and computer processor chip makers cyber attack, hack and bug them. WASHING MACHINE - Inventor Franco Francisco comes up with the Incubus, artificial uterus concept while repairing his household appliance. EXIT STRATEGY - Realising they will always be a target from industrial and military espionage, Jane & Will devise a cunning plan. PATENT APPLICATION - Franco Francisco files his Claims with the Italian Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in Roma, Italia. CYBERCORE GENETICA - Nano computer technology is purchased at an auction by a semi religious sect, New World Order. INCUBUS - Roberta Ferrara secures the expertise of Franco Francisco for knights of the New World Order: Neuwelt Rittertum. SPLICE - Klaus and Eva von Kolreuter find a way to live forever using cloning technology; Genonimo Investments, Geneva. TREMORS - Cleopatra's feels vibrations after a shift in the tectonic plates triggered a tremor off the coast of Alexandria. PANAMANIAN RUNNING MAN - The secret is out, an enhanced human is spotted running at unbelievable speeds. THE ARK - NeuWelt Rittertum headhunt John Storm seeking access to his genetic DNA map of life on earth, but they fail to reach agreement. MARJORIE BOYLE - Sam Hollis tracks down sexy backpacker, Majorie Boyle, to Brighton Point in Trinidad, beautiful Caribbean Island. THE AMAZON - Charley agrees to meet John & Dan at Manaus, but is a little too inquisitive. OPERATION LEVIATHAN - New World Knights, Klaus and Franco go to Plan 'B' to track and steal the Elizabeth Swann & The Ark DNA database. TOMB RAIDERS - Safiya Sabuka and Musa Bomani dive among sifting sands to discover precious artifacts and golden treasures. SCOTLAND YARD - The famous London DNA database is stolen, the biggest data heist to date. The Yard initiates a cover up. OPERATION ALEXANDRIA - Neo-Nazi occultists recover Cleopatra's sarcophagus from underwater tomb near Palace. SALVAGE RIGHTS - Entering Cleopatra's mausoleum, locating sarcophagus and raising with air bags to the surface, Safiya Sabuka tomb raider. COASTGUARD PATROL - Safiya and Musa surface off Alexandria to a waiting customs vessel, they pretend to be sports divers fooling the officials. UNESCO - Catholic Church fear grave desecration heritage theft, asks agencies for help. Interpol issue Red Notice. KIDNAP - Charley is taken prisoner but John rescues her, in the process becoming injected with a serum. SARCOPHAGUS OPENING - The wooden inner casket is opened revealing Cleopatra's mummy, golden crown and death mask, perfectly preserved. AWAKENING - In the afterlife, the DNA extracted from Cleopatra's mummy triggers a divine stirring with Anubis and Isis comforting the Nile Queen. REPLICANT - The Society reproduce Cleopatra using Francisco's RepliVator™, uploading synapse sequence and implanted memories. BRAIN CONDITIONING - Klaus and Franco upload digitally recreated memories in historical order to trigger correct learned synapse firing sequence REBORN - The former Queen of Egypt speaks for the first time to her creators, proving that her brain is working, the implants succeeded. FULL STEAM AHEAD - Storm speeds to Thonis, then uses the Swann's AI sensors and the Ark database to find tomb has been plundered. PROPOSAL - Baron von Richhofen's gambit, a union of Royal ancient and Aryan blood, for strength and intellect, a powerful heir as her successor RITUAL SACRIFICE - The Baron prepares a drugged Cleopatra for ceremonial impregnation. MANAUS TO ALEXANDRIA - A hydrogen powered race across the Atlantic Ocean in nine days, John Storm guided by Anubis and Isis. SANCTUM INTERRUPTUS - John finds secret Nazi hideout near Alexandria, disturbs ritual - rescues Cleopatra, arresting conspirators. THE CHOSEN ONE - The reincarnated Cleopatra falls for her rescuer. John comes under her spell, despite her being a replicant. MOVIES, WHAT ARE THEY - Reincarnated Nile Queen asks John and Dan to explain films, they show her 20th C. Fox 1963 Elizabeth Taylor biopic. MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE - John suggest a tour of the Wadj Ur, Thalassa Nostrum, to relax Cleopatra, Hal plans the ultimate experience. JOHN'S BLOODLINE - Dan and Hal trace trace John's noble lineage back to the iconic figures of Ancient Egypt & Roman General Mark Antony DÉJÀ VU - Dan and Hal reveal John's family tree as being related to Roman General Mark Antony via Julia and Queen Drusilla of Mauretania. MEDICAL EXAMINATION - Jack Mason talks John and Cleopatra into agreeing to a check up at Port Royal, Jamaica, working for NSA and CIA GEORGE WARNS OF TORTURE - Franks radios Swann to tell John & Dan that New World Knights are being tortured at Guantánamo Bay, you're next. JESUS CHRIST - Cleopatra asks about this man. John, Dan & Hal explain he is an ancient religious preacher from Galilee, son of Yahweh, Hebrew god. BIOCORE BRAIN IMPLANT - Dan and Cleopatra drill John's skull, occipital bone implanting biological chip to interface with CyberCore Genetica. DARPA, NSA & CIA - National security and military intelligence chiefs Iras Charmian and Dr Stefan Raengst, plot to remove all human obstacles. MILITARY INTERVENTION - The military detain Cleopatra to appease stakeholders, despite media & medical protests. Storm distraught. BATTLE ARMOUR - Thanks to some unexplained divine intervention, Dan Hawk talks John Storm into wearing a bullet proof suit. GUANTÁNAMO BAY - History repeats itself, US military kidnap Cleopatra, John forced to rescue puts Elizabeth Swann at risk. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - Commander John Storm, in Navy SEAL mode, attacks the Cuban torture camp at Guantánamo Bay, in stealth mode, black op. MISSILE LOCK - USA military try to hack into Hal, anticipating a strike, as the DOD launch Tomahawks, John hacks into NORAD, and redirects them. PRESIDENT LINCOLN TRUMAN - Hails the Swann to find out why John is shooting missiles at Guantánamo Bay, Storm sets the record straight. FINALE
CLONING INCUBATOR - After years of experimenting, Franco Francisco's hard work was paying off. His 'Replicator' machine was working well, growing a Cleopatra replicant from her Mummy's DNA. All the nutrients were fed to the embryonic cells, to accelerate the growth rate, without in any way harming the biological perfection of the subject.
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