"STEEL SHARKS" a screenplay by William C. Martell copyright 1995 by William C. Martell "STEEL SHARKS" INT. CNN NEWS REPORT A Gordon Graham-type NEWS READER sits behind the Headline News Desk. His report is supported with photos, file footage, and the best graphics available. NEWS READER This just in... (beat) An American Scientist involved in the UN Peacekeeping force inspecting Iraq for possible violations of the International ban on manufacturing chemical and biological weapons was kidnapped off the streets of Basra on the Iraqui border today by a team of masked gunmen. We see a photo of the kidnapped scientist, JOHN VAN TASSELL. NEWS READER The scientist, identified as John Van Tassell, is acknowledged as one of the world's foremost authorities on the manufacture and delivery of chemical weapons. A map or graphic. NEWS READER It is believed that Van Tassell was taken across the border into Iran. Photo of the White House, or footage of a press conference. NEWS READER A White House spokesman reports that the President was deeply disturbed by this incident, and fears it may be the first step in the development of chemical weapons by an unfriendly nation. (beat) This is the first act of aggression against the United States since the Muslim government was toppled by a military coup last week. Back to the News Reader, who smiles. (CONTINUED) 2. NEWS READER In religious news, today..... EXT. WAREHOUSE -- NIGHT MACK KERRY brings his crucifix to his lips, before taking his H&K assault rifle in both hands, ready for action. Mack is a big man, dressed in green camouflage and face paint. DAVE "SKI" ZAMBORSKI gestures for TUCKER to check the warehouse door. Zamborski is old enough to have an 18 year old son in college. No more than ten years older than the others, they see him as a father figure. As SEAL Team leader, he moves with confidence and precision. BUDDY TUCKER checks the door for alarms with a Pocket Sentry 5 scanner wand. He finds several, using wires and gator clips to bypass them. CORD WAINER, a hard edged SEAL with a half dozen scars, throws a grapnel hook up the side of the building, tests the rope, then begins climbing. JUAN SALAZAAR, the family man of the team, throws a grapnel hook to the roof and starts climbing the side of the building. GEORGE KAPLAN, the Team's graceful language expert, sees the signal from Zamborski, and... INT. BUILDING -- NIGHT WHAM! The door springs open and Team Members spin inside. TWO GUARDS dressed in green military uniforms see Zamborski, and raise their guns to fire Thump. Thump. Kaplan fires his silenced 9mm sidearm at one Guard. Thump. Thump. Zamborski hits the other... A big red splotch on the Guard's chest appearing before he goes down. The Team always "double taps" (fires two rounds) a target. Zamborski uses hand signals to give each man his search assignment. The building is two storeys. Many doorways, many hallways. KAPLAN is to search all of the downstairs rooms to the left. ZAMBORSKI will search the downstairs rooms to the right. MACK will search upstairs rooms to the left. TUCKER is given upstairs rooms to the right. (CONTINUED) 3. Tucker climbs the stairway first. AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS Another Guard. Thump! Thump! He goes down. Tucker turns from the downed Guard to Mack, and gestures for him to climb the stairs. A hallway of closed doors in either direction. Tucker and Mack alternate opening doors and covering for each other. ON THE FIRST FLOOR Zamborski and Kaplan go from door to door, searching. A Guard comes around a corner in front of Kaplan. Thump! Thump! Kaplan fires twice, and the Guard goes down. UPSTAIRS Tucker, gun ready, pops open the door and swings inside, ready for action. The room is empty. Mack goes to the next door, repeating the actions. Gun ready, he opens the door and swings inside. This room is also empty. Tucker gets to the third door. Moments before he opens it a GUARD comes down the hall behind them. Mack turns and fires, the Guard goes down.... but so does Tucker! Mack didn't even see the Guard fire his gun. Mack hits the floor quickly, eyes scanning the hallway for a second gunman. He crawls to Tucker, touching him. MACK My God. (beat) Tucker? Tuck? You okay? Come on, talk to me, buddy. Tucker! Another Guard rushes down the hall at Mack, but Mack doesn't aim his gun. He just yells at the Guard. MACK Abort! Abort the exercise! We have an injury! The Guard lowers his gun. The Dead Guard on the floor moves to his feet, suddenly alive, coming to help Mack and Tucker... (CONTINUED) 4. Suddenly, the lights go on and both Guards and Team members come down the hall to see what's wrong with Tucker. Some of the Guards have red paintball blasts on their chests. A PAIR OF MEDICS in white push the Team members aside and check out Tucker. Mack, Salazaar, Kaplan, and Cord wait at one end of the hallway while Zamborski talks to a DOCTOR. Zamborski comes back to the Team. ZAMBORSKI Appendicitis. They're taking him to the hospital. EXT. PENTAGON -- DAY Aerial shot of the Pentagon. A title is supered: "The Pentagon. May 29, 3:47 PM." INT. PENTAGON HALLWAY -- DAY Admiral THOMAS PERRY, the suave commander of the Fifth Fleet, briefs the Head Of Joint Chiefs, General LARKIN. Perry is a commanding presence, radiating control and confidence. PERRY Tell the President I've got a Navy SEAL team training in Coranado for the rescue operation. Both Perry and Larkin have entourages. Perry's chief aid, JANET W. HICKEY, passes Perry folders of information along the way. Hickey looks good in uniform, but is all business. HICKEY Team Two. The Steel Sharks. PERRY They'll be ready in... HICKEY Two days. PERRY Forty eight hours. LARKIN That might be too late. This man has classified information about chemical and biological weapons... (CONTINUED) 5. PERRY You can assure the President any information Van Tassell has generated will be destroyed. LARKIN I don't want any political repercussions if.... PERRY We're setting up a command center on the USS Stowers in the Indian Ocean. They continue down the hallway, Larkin fighting to keep up with the robust Admiral and his Aid. HICKEY The Stowers will be in the Arabian Sea in eighteen hours. PERRY I've already requested CIA cooperation, so that we can use their Eye In The Sky satellite to help coordinate rescue efforts. HICKEY Data sent directly to the Stowers. PERRY Can we depend on the Pentagon's complete cooperation on this? LARKIN Of course.... PERRY Then we'll have them in and out with no casualties on our side. EXT. MILITARY GRAVEYARD -- DAY Headstones for as far as the eye can see. BOB ROGERS, a fresh faced kid in his twenties with an easy grin, approaches one of the headstones, running his fingers over it. Rogers is dressed in his casual Sunday clothes. ROGERS Hey, Dad. How you doing? It's a really nice day. Spring's finally here. The birds are building nests... (CONTINUED) 6. Rogers pulls a Kennedy half dollar from his pocket, looks at it for a moment, then just holds it in his hand. ROGERS I got some news. I made it through... There were times when I didn't think I would. Hell Week almost got me. They don't let you sleep, Dad, and they work you like dogs... (beat) But I graduated. I made the Teams. Rogers puts his hand back on the headstone. ROGERS I don't know, Dad. I'm just not sure I'm ready for this. (beat) Maybe I'm just afraid of dying. He looks at the headstone. THE HEADSTONE Gives birth date and death date for William Adair Rogers. He died on June 5th, 1973. ROGERS touches the death date. ROGERS It seems so strange. Next week I'll be older than you. By the time you were my age, you were married to Mom, had me, had a life. I don't have any of that, yet. Been too busy. (beat) I'll be twenty five years old. You never got a chance to be twenty five. Rogers looks down at the fifty cent piece. ROGERS Maybe that's what scares me. I don't know... ON THE STREET An official Navy vehicle pulls to the side of the road behind Rogers, and Zamborski steps out. He has a photo of Rogers, and weaves through the headstones until he spots him. ZAMBORSKI Rogers? Bob Rogers? (CONTINUED) 7. ROGERS Yes, sir. Rogers pockets the coin. Zamborski flashes ID. ZAMBORSKI Dave Zamborski, SEAL Team two. Come on. Zamborski starts back to the car. ROGERS Gotta go, Dad. See you next Sunday. Rogers follows through the forest of headstones. ROGERS Wait a minute... What's this about? ZAMBORSKI You do communications and electronics, right? ROGERS Yeah. ZAMBORSKI We're mounting an operation in the Persian Gulf. I just lost a Team member. ROGERS Lost a Team member? ZAMBORSKI His appendix ruptured. It's not important. We need a replacement. You were top of your class... (plus the real reason) And you know Morse Code. They get to the car, Rogers still trying to catch up. ZAMBORSKI Come on. Transport's waiting to take us out to an aircraft carrier. ROGERS But.... ZAMBORSKI Come on. (CONTINUED) 8. They get into the car and it zooms off, leaving the rows of headstones behind. EXT. USS STOWERS AIRCRAFT CARRIER -- DAY An Aircraft Carrier cruises through the South Atlantic. Titles are supered: "USS Stowers, South Atlantic Ocean. June 4th, 4:23 PM" A HELICOPTER lands on deck, and passengers exit. EXT. DECK, USS STOWERS -- DAY Admiral Perry is blasted by prop wash from the helicopter as he crosses the deck. Hickey falls in next to him. HICKEY The men are on board, sir. Ready for their final briefing. PERRY Latest Intel report? Hickey hands a file to Perry, who flips through it. HICKEY Nothing new, sir. Perry hands the file back to Hickey. INT. CARRIER HALLWAY -- DAY Perry and Hickey moves down a hallway. HICKEY Just through here, sir. Perry and Hickey enter the... INT. COMMAND CENTER -- DAY A wardroom on the carrier has been converted into a command center. Video monitors show satellite photos and several UNIFORMS (both men and women) monitor incoming information. In a corner of the room, the SEAL TEAM sits on folding metal chairs, awaiting their briefing. A scale model of the target building is on a chart table nearby. Perry and Hickey enter the room. (CONTINUED) 9. ZAMBORSKI Men, Admiral Perry's here for our final briefing. Salutes from the Team. Perry's an Admiral. Zamborski takes a seat with his team. His team would go to Hell and come back with the Devil if he gave the order. ZAMBORSKI'S TEAM consists of the five men we've previously met, now dressed in cammy. PERRY The latest intelligence reports from the CIA and satellite recon photos show that he is still being held prisoner in this building... Cord Wainer is the hand to hand combat expert and second in command. He gives Hickey a smile, she ignores him. Mack Kerry's demolitions kit is in a pack near his chair. Perry gestures to the model. PERRY On the Gulf coast. (beat) Probably forced to participate in their chemical weapons program. George Kaplan is the language expert and fourth in seniority. A paperback novel on his lap in case the mission gets boring. PERRY Diplomacy seems to have failed. They deny he's even being held. Juan Salazaar is team sniper. He takes the Tootsie Pop out of his pocket, unwraps it, and puts it in his mouth. PERRY Your orders are to bring him back alive. Along with any information he may have generated while he was held captive. This is a man who knows things. We don't want that knowledge to fall into the wrong hands. MACK What about this chemical weapons plant? PERRY Not our job... Yet. (CONTINUED) 10. Last member of the team is Bob Rogers. PERRY We will be monitoring the entire operation by satellite from this room. ROGERS Excuse me, sir. Will you be in radio contact with us? PERRY You drop a dish on the beach, we'll give you the big picture from here. (beat) Anything to add, Ski? CORD (to Zamborski) The FNG. ZAMBORSKI The new face is Bob Rogers. A communications and electronics expert. He'll be replacing Tucker... The Team members size up Rogers. How can he replace Tucker? Zamborski waits until he sees Cord nod before he moves on. ZAMBORSKI I'm giving him to Mack. (to Mack) He just got out of "Buds", so be gentle with him, okay? Nods all around. Perry resumes the briefing, using the scale model of the building. PERRY You men have run through this thing a couple of times in the mock up, what sort of problems are we likely to encounter? Ski? Zamborski takes the model. ZAMBORSKI As you can see, there's only one way in, besides the second storey windows. That limits our escape routes. PERRY Have you come up with a solution? (CONTINUED) 11. ZAMBORSKI Cord is coming through this window. (gestures to Cord) His rope will be our emergency escape route. Salazaar takes the model from Zamborski, acknowledging Perry. SALAZAAR Salazaar, sir, team sniper. The surrounding buildings, here and here, create a pair of blind spots. PERRY We'll have the satellite, so I can warn you of approaching patrols. SALAZAAR If we're attacked from either area, I won't have a clear shot. PERRY Noted. ZAMBORSKI Kappy? KAPLAN Cool runnings as far as I'm concerned. But I've heard there's a lot of troop activities in this region. Do you know where they're bivved? PERRY According to Intel, there's a barracks just to the south of the building. ZAMBORSKI Mack? MACK I'll set some charges while we're inside. We can use that as a diversion in case those troops wake up. PERRY Good idea. (to Zamborski) Has your replacement man been briefed? ZAMBORSKI Yes, sir. (CONTINUED) 12. PERRY They'll have alarms on the front doors. Nothing sophisticated, but they've got to be bypassed. ROGERS Yes, sir. Perry nods, then sets the model back on the table. PERRY We'll have a chopper to drop you onto the sub at eighteen hundred hours. (beat) I want to be in and out, and back to base with our man, without them even knowing we were there. Understood? ALL Yes, sir. ZAMBORSKI Insertion to beach by CRRC... CORD (to Rogers) A rubber raft. ROGERS I know. ZAMBORSKI ...mounted on forward deck of the sub. All our gear is in waterproofs stowed inside the CRRC. Is that clear? ALL Yes, sir. PERRY Once you've got your man, you've got to return to the sub by 0-600 hours for extraction. The sub's only going to surface once, so you've got to be ready. The Team nods. PERRY If you require emergency extraction the code word is "switchblades". Any questions? No questions, so Zamborksi takes over. (CONTINUED) 13. ZAMBORSKI We've got twenty minutes to check our gear, gentlemen, let's go. Zamborski and Perry move to the monitors, leaving the men on their own to check over their gear. Mack notices Rogers's lucky half dollar. MACK What you got there? ROGERS Nothing. Good luck piece. CORD Looks like fifty cents to me. ROGERS My dad gave it to me when I was a kid. It was new, then. I've been broke a lot of times, but I never spent it. CORD Afraid your daddy wouldn't give you another one? ROGERS He died in Nam. Same year he gave me this. Moment of silence, broken by Mack. MACK Don't let Cord's rough exterior fool you, underneath it all he's even worse. Cord gives Rogers a nod. MACK Kaplan, here's, our language expert. Knows how to order beer in a hundred different languages. German. KAPLAN (in german) Each of us will require a pitcher of your finest wheat beer. Salazaar is looking at a folder of photos, before stowing it in a zipper pocket on his pants. (CONTINUED) 14. ROGERS Your kids? SALAZAAR Yeah. CORD All five of them. Salazaar don't "do it" for fun. Someday he's gonna quit The Teams, go on Welfare and get rich. SALAZAAR Hey, it's all government pay. Cord laughs, and the others join in. Zamborski approaches. ZAMBORSKI Gentlemen. Our ride's waiting on deck. The men grab their gear and move out. EXT. USS STOWERS AIRCRAFT CARRIER -- DAY Stock footage of the drop. The Team is picket up by a chopper and taken out over the ocean, where they are dropped onboard a submarine. Since the stock footage may not show a submarine as the drop point, the following scene fills in the blank: INT. BRIDGE, USS STOWERS -- DAY Perry watches the transfer from the bridge through binoculars. He lowers the glasses and turns to the Carrier CAPTAIN. PERRY We've got them onboard the sub. (beat) Let's hope the rest of the op goes as smooth. The Captain nods. EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- DAY Establishing shot of the submarine. Titles are supered: "USS Oakland, South Atlantic Ocean. June 4th, 6:23 PM" INT. CONTROL ROOM -- DAY In the submarine's control room, Lt. Zamborski nods to Commander "Wild" BILL McGIVERN, skipper of the Oakland. (CONTINUED) 15. MCGIVERN Come on in, Ski. McGivern is a big rangy Texan with an easy grin. He runs a "loose" boat, where good natured kidding is welcome. Zamborski and McGivern shake hands. They're old friends. MCGIVERN Men, I'd like you to meet the second dumbest man to ever join the Navy. A little laughter. MCGIVERN We met at ROTC. Both of us had low draft numbers. Figured we either had to go to Canada or join the Navy. Sit out Viet Nam on some ship in relative safety, then head back home after our tour was up. (beat) Here we are, a couple decades later, career men. Lifers. DOBBINS, the Officer Of The Deck (ODD) for this watch, nods to Zamborski. DOBBINS Welcome aboard, sir. ZAMBORSKI My men are interested in an ETA on our insertion point. MCGIVERN Dobbins? Dobbins turns to the Navigator, WILLIE PLESHE. DOBBINS Mr. Pleshe? PLESHE Zero two hundred hours, at current speed, sir. ZAMBORSKI Thanks. MCGIVERN Just kick back and ride the bus, leaving the driving to us. (CONTINUED) 16. McGivern claps a hand on Zamborski's shoulder, and they smile at each other. Old friends. INT. BUNK ROOM -- DAY Kaplan looks around the bunk room. It's cramped quarters. KAPLAN Geeze this place is small. I can't imagine being in sub service. These Dolphins are crazy. CORD Little claustrophobic, there, Kaplan. KAPLAN I like a little more space. I'm used to jumping out of planes, you know? Zamborski enters the mess room. ZAMBORSKI Okay, men, our ETA for insertion is about two hours from now. CORD I love it when you talk dirty, boss. Rogers pulls Zamborski aside. ROGERS Sir. Permission to speak in private. Zamborski beats him to the punch. ZAMBORSKI Rogers, you were part of the ten percent that made the grade. Everyone wants on The Teams. But we're picky. We only want the best. Ninety percent of the Navy men who try out don't make the cut. You did. You wouldn't be here if you weren't the best. ROGERS I served on a Carrier before this. Never really saw any action... Zamborski nods and puts a hand on Rogers's shoulder. He gives the man a little fatherly advice. ZAMBORSKI A little fear is a healthy thing. (MORE) (CONTINUED) 17. ZAMBORSKI (CONT'D) It opens up your senses, keeps you alive. But too much fear will kill you. The thing to do is control it. Make it work for you. ROGERS About the others, sir... ZAMBORSKI They'll be afraid, too. They're human, just like you. Rogers nods, and Zamborski claps his shoulder. ZAMBORSKI You'll be okay. I wouldn't have chosen you to replace Tucker if I didn't think you were the best. EXT. USS STOWERS AIRCRAFT CARRIER -- EVENING The Stowers at magic hour... Hopefully Tony Scott shot this. EXT. BRIDGE, USS STOWERS -- EVENING Sunset. Perry and the Carrier Captain stand on the bridge, looking out at the ocean in front of them. Hickey comes out onto the Bridge. HICKEY Sir? PERRY Yes, Hickey? HICKEY The Oakland will be entering the Straits Of Hormuz in less than an hour. PERRY Any sign of activity? HICKEY No, sir. One of their Minesweepers is patrolling the Gulf. The other two are in the Gulf Of Aden off the coast of Yeman. PERRY What about their patrol craft? (CONTINUED) 18. HICKEY They have seventy one of them. From Cigarette Boats to Korean era PTs. (beat) About half of them are in their Fourth Naval District, patrolling the Caspian Coast, the rest are spread out down here. PERRY Will the Team have any trouble? HICKEY I don't think so, sir. Their Navy is not well trained, and Intel reports that many of the boats are in need of service. They aren't much of a threat. PERRY If they have guns, they're a threat. HICKEY Yes, sir. PERRY Fine. Keep me informed. Hickey nods and leaves. Perry goes back to looking at the Ocean in front of them. PERRY This is the hardest part. Waiting. The Carrier Captain nods. PERRY You plan the mission. Rehearse it a dozen times. Look for all of the possible places where it can go wrong. (beat) But you still can't figure all of the variables. Perry looks out at the ocean. PERRY Like anything else in life, you don't really know what happens next. Perry turns to the Captain. (CONTINUED) 19. PERRY If anything goes wrong, if it really hits the fan, the best we can do is stand here and wait. (beat) You want t go out there and help. You want to be doing something. Perry turns back to the Captain. PERRY You know what it's like. The Captain nods. PERRY You may have a wife and kids at home, but for four months while you're at sea, these men are your family. (beat) And some of them may not be coming back. Perry looks back to the ocean, reflective. PERRY That's the worst part of the job... Knowing people who will die. Knowing that families will be torn apart. Knowing that things will never be the same. Hickey enters and gestures to Perry. HICKEY Sir. They're about to enter the straits. Perry and Hickey leave the bridge. EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- NIGHT The Oakland cruises underwater. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT Willie Pleshe looks up from his charts. PLESHE Sir? We're coming up on the Straits Of Hormuz. (CONTINUED) 20. MCGIVERN Okay. They have two subs on patrol here. Both are old diesels. Kilo class. Smokers. Very quiet when they're shut down. (beat) So lets keep our noise to a minimum. McGivern picks up the microphone and calls the Sonar Room. MCGIVERN Sonar, Con. Bernie? INT. SONAR ROOM -- NIGHT BERNIE speaks into his mike. BERNIE Nothing yet, sir. He hangs up and watches the scope, listening through his head set for any sign of the two subs. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT Dobbins speaks quietly to McGivern. DOBBINS Maybe they're patrolling the Bab el- Mandeb? MCGIVERN Both in the Barbara Mandrelle? And leave the Gulf Of Oman, and the mouth of the Persian open? I don't think so. One of them's out there. INT. SONAR ROOM -- NIGHT Beep. A flash on the scope. Bernie picks up the mike and whispers. BERNIE Con, Sonar. Contact diesel one at bearing two five zero. Heading... He checks the Doppler Scope for a reading. BERNIE Right towards us, sir. 21. EXT. DIESEL SUBMARINE #1 -- NIGHT The Diesel sub glides past. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT Dobbins looks to McGivern. DOBBINS Battle stations, sir? MCGIVERN No. Take us to bottom. Rig for silent running. Dobbins nods. DOBBINS Rig for silent running. Dive officer, make your depth eleven hundred feet, twenty degree down angle. VOICE Twenty degree down angle. Full dive on fairweather planes. The CREW in the control room gets ready. EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- NIGHT The Oakland drifts close to the bottom of the sea. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT Whispers. VOICE Zero bubble, sir. MCGIVERN All stop. DOBBINS All stop. Dobbins nods to McGivern. McGivern returns the nod. All are quiet... but they can HEAR the Diesel sub passing overhead. EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- NIGHT As the Diesel sub passes RIGHT OVERHEAD. 22. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT The CREW look up, at the sound of the Diesel sub. Monteiro COUGHS... then covers his mouth as the rest of the crew look at him. He tries to suppress future coughs. INT. WARDROOM -- NIGHT Rogers looks across at Zamborski. Before he can say anything, Zamborski puts a finger to his lips. Rogers nods, and remains quiet. The rest of the Team remains quiet. Tension builds. EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- NIGHT The Diesel Sub continues passing slowly over the Oakland. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT The CREW continues looking up, following the progress of the Diesel sub... until they can no longer hear the sound. McGivern waits a couple of beats to make sure the sub is long gone, then picks up the microphone. MCGIVERN Bernie? INT. SONAR ROOM -- NIGHT Bernie watches the Blip move away from them. BERNIE Moving away, sir. No sign of the other one. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT MCGIVERN He's out there. Probably playing possum like we are. (beat) Let's give it a minute, Dobbins. Dobbins nods. Silence. Tension. Moments stretch out unbearably. INT. SONAR ROOM -- NIGHT Bernie watches the scope. It's blank. No sign of movement. 23. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT Tension. McGivern listens to the silence. DOBBINS Sir? McGivern raises a hand to quiet him. Listening. INT. SONAR ROOM -- NIGHT The scope is blank. Bernie listens through his head set. Beep. A blip comes out of nowhere on the scope... very close to the center of the screen (and the Oakland). BERNIE (whispers) Contact Diesel two. He's right next to us. Bearing zero, six, five. Range... Less than a hundred feet. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT McGivern looks over to Pleshe. Pleshe takes his two index fingers (symbolizing the submarines) and touches them side by side. They're that close. BERNIE (V.O.) He's ascending, sir. Pleshe raises one of his fingers... until he's pointing overhead and a little to port. EXT. DIESEL SUBMARINE #2 -- NIGHT The Diesel sub moves away. INT. SONAR ROOM -- NIGHT The Blip moves off the scope. Bernie picks up the mike. BERNIE Con, sonar. All clear. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT McGivern looks at the ODD. MCGIVERN Takes us through the Straits. (CONTINUED) 24. DOBBINS Straits Of Hormuz. Ahead one quarter, take her easy. The Planesman nods and guides the sub. EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- NIGHT Squeezing through the narrow straits, with their hair pin corner and dangerous underwater cliffs. INT. MESS ROOM -- NIGHT Zamborski rounds up the Team. ZAMBORSKI Okay. Let's go. INT. FORWARD ESCAPE TRUNK -- NIGHT THE TEAM, in special 'no bubbles' LAR V Draeger scuba gear, enter the escape trunk one by one. EXT. ESCAPE HATCH -- NIGHT One by one, the men swim out of the hatch. INT. FORWARD ESCAPE TRUNK -- NIGHT Rogers gets ready to climb into the trunk. Zamborski touches his shoulder and smiles. ZAMBORSKI You'll be alright. Rogers nods, enters the trunk. Zamborski hears a noise behind him... McGivern. MCGIVERN Thought I'd see you off. ZAMBORSKI Just be here when we get back. MCGIVERN Not a problem. You still married? Zambosrki shows his ring. ZAMBORSKI She's got her claws into me and won't let go. (CONTINUED) 25. MCGIVERN When we get back to San D. how about taking the wives out to dinner? Talk about the old days. ZAMBORSKI Deal. You're paying, right? McGivern laughs, they shake hands, then Zamborski puts on his face mask and mouthpiece, climbs into the escape trunk. EXT. BEACH -- NIGHT Silence. A rubber raft on the horizon begins zooming quietly to shore. ZAMBORSKI splashes into the water, acting as swimmer scout. He swims to the shore. ON THE SHORE Zamborski stays low as he sweeps his machinegun back and forth, looking for patrols. When he sees none, he gestures for the raft. When the raft reaches the shore, the five Team members get out and throw a cammy tarp over the CRRC. Rogers set up a satellite dish for communications with the Command Center on Perry's Aircraft Carrier. ROGERS Satellite test. We're on the beach. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT McGivern hears the squawk from the radio room. MCGIVERN We've been introduced, now all we've got to do is dance. EXT. USS STOWERS AIRCRAFT CARRIER -- NIGHT Establishing. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT Perry speaks into the mike. PERRY The Eye In The Sky will only be over your sector for twenty two minutes. Starting..... Now. 26. EXT. BEACH -- NIGHT ROGERS Copy that. Clock is ticking. TWO MEN stand watch as the others change out of their diving gear and into ninja-black. Then they rotate: The two guards dressing as two other team members stand guard, and the remaining two put on their Elizabeth Arden. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT Perry watches the satellite images of the team getting ready for action. THE SCREEN Shows a negative-like infrared image, with the team glowing bright green amidst the darker greens. PERRY No patrols in your region. EXT. BEACH -- NIGHT Zamborski wears a headset for hands free communication, as do the other men. He listens to the transmission on his headset and whispers. ZAMBORSKI Copy that. When all six are dressed in ninja-black, Zamborski uses hand signals to organize his men. Zamborski points from Cord to Kaplan. They will be point men sweeping the left. Zamborski points to Salazaar, then to himself. They'll take the right. Zamborski points from Mack to Rogers. They will be coverfire. The Team gets ready to move out. To enter the hostile town. ROGERS watches Zamborski, Salazaar, Kaplan and Cord advance in the darkness. Mack taps him on the shoulder and they advance. EXT. CLIFFS -- NIGHT Optional climbing cliffs scene, depending upon beach location. Team scales cliff walls from beach, then climbs onto flat ground near Warehouses. 27. EXT. CLUSTER OF WAREHOUSES -- NIGHT THE TEAM creeps to the cluster of corrugated steel buildings, moving from shadow to shadow. At the corner of the building, Zamborski gestures for Rogers and Mack to wait until Cord and Kaplan scout. CORD AND KAPLAN creep around the corner, moving from shadow to shadow... A noise from the next corner. EXT. USS STOWERS AIRCRAFT CARRIER -- NIGHT Establishing. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT Perry watches the monitors. PERRY Steel Sharks, this is Command. (beat) You've got a five man patrol coming right at you. Get out of there. EXT. CLUSTER OF WAREHOUSES -- NIGHT Cord and Zamborski hide in a doorway only MOMENTS before the FIVE MAN PATROL rounds the corner. Kaplan hides in a doorway on the other side of the street. ROGERS watches as the Five Man Patrol walks down the street. Tension as they pass doorways where the Team Members hide. KAPLAN holds his breath as the Five Man Patrol passes within inches of him. The Five Man Patrol gets to the end of the street, but one of the PATROLMEN stops. One of the other Patrolman says something to him in Farsi. PATROL (farsi) Hold it a minute. I have to take a piss. All that tea. The Patrolman's response brings a little laughter. ZAMBORSKI AND CORD watch the Five Man Patrol laugh. Both men have their weapons ready, just in case.... The Patrolman begins walking back to the doorway where Kaplan hides. Closer. Closer. Closer. 28. EXT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT Perry watches the monitor. PERRY He's headed right at your man. Get him out of there. EXT. CLUSTER OF WAREHOUSES -- NIGHT The Patrolman walks RIGHT TO THE DOORWAY WHERE KAPLAN HIDES! ZAMBORSKI AND CORD get him in their sights... But Zamborski doesn't give the fire order. The Patrolman opens his fly, getting ready to piss in the doorway where Kaplan is hiding. One of the other Patrolmen yells something at him. PATROL #2 (farsi) Hurry up. PATROL (farsi) I drank a lot of tea. He yells back over his shoulder. Then sees Kaplan. KAPLAN grabs the Patrolman, stabs him in the kidneys, killing him silently, then gently lowers him into the shadows of the doorway. ONE OF THE PATROLMEN notices he can't see his buddy anymore, and yells something. PATROL #2 (farsi) You okay? We can hear the concern in his voice. ROGERS AND MACK keeps their weapons ready for action. The Concerned Patrolman breaks away from the others, starting towards the doorway where Kaplan hides. EXT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT The Satellite image shows the C.P. headed right to Kaplan. PERRY Ski.... (CONTINUED) 29. Perry wants to do something. But he's miles away. EXT. CLUSTER OF WAREHOUSES -- NIGHT The Concerned Patrolman yells something again. PATROL #2 (farsi) Is something wrong? PATROL (farsi) Decided to take a crap while I was at it. I'd keep my distance if I were you. Whatever he says makes the Concerned Patrolman laugh and back up to join the others. IN THE DOORWAY Kaplan says something else in Farsi, then pulls back into the shadows and takes off the dead Patrolman's hat. KAPLAN (in farsi) This is a smelly one. PATROL #2 (farsi) We'll go on ahead. Catch up when you're finished. THE PATROL LEADER responds, and leads the Patrol around the corner... Out of sight. ZAMBORSKI Are we clear? PERRY (V.O.) Looks clear all the way to the target house. CORD, KAPLAN, SALAZAAR, and ZAMBORSKI come out of their hiding places. Zamborski gestures for Mack and Rogers to advance. The SEAL Team continues creeping from shadow to shadow until they come to the building where Van Tassell is prisoner. EXT. BUILDING -- NIGHT ZAMBORSKI gestures for Rogers. Rogers begins examining the door for alarms with a Pocket Sentry 7 wand, finding several. (CONTINUED) 30. ZAMBORSKI gestures from Cord to the second floor windows. Cord nods and grabs gear from his equipment bag. CORD throws a grapnel hook up the side of the building, tests the rope, then begins climbing. SALAZAAR throws a grapnel hook to the roof and starts climbing the side of the building. EXT. ROOFTOP -- NIGHT Salazaar sets up his sniper rifle, and uses infrared goggles to scope the streets below. He whispers his recon report. SALAZAAR This is highlander. In position. The street is clear. EXT. BUILDING -- NIGHT ROGERS pulls gear from his equipment bag, and bypasses all of the alarms using wires and alligator clips, while Cord and Mack scan the street. Rogers nods to the team, and grabs his gun. A moment where Rogers touches his 50 cent piece, gaining his father's strength, preparing for battle. ZAMBORSKI and the team get ready to enter the building... guns ready for action. INT. BUILDING -- NIGHT The door springs open and Team Members spin inside. A GUARD looks up from a magazine, sees Zamborski, and goes for his gun, rising to his feet. Thump. Thump. Kaplan fires his silenced 9mm sidearm at the Guard. The Team always "double taps" (fires two rounds) a target. The Guard is hit, and starts falling backwards... right into a table with a pitcher of water and a couple of glasses! Zamborski catches the Guard before he can knock over the table. He gently lowers him to the floor. Silence. Zamborski uses hand signals to give each man his search assignment. The building is two storeys. Many doorways, many hallways. KAPLAN is to search all of the downstairs rooms to the left. ZAMBORSKI will search the downstairs rooms to the right. (CONTINUED) 31. MACK will search upstairs rooms to the left. ROGERS is given upstairs rooms to the right. Mack climbs the rickety wood stairway first, then signals for Rogers to follow. Rogers tries to be silent on the squeaking staircase. AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS A hallway of closed doors in either direction. Mack goes left, Rogers goes right. ROGERS listens at each door. Then, gun ready, pops open the door and swings inside, ready for action. The room is empty. Rogers goes to the next door, repeating the actions. Gun ready, he opens the door and swings inside. This room is also empty. With every door, suspense builds. We KNOW he'll find an occupied room eventually. DOWNSTAIRS Zamborski listens at a door with a red symbol painted on it. LOTS OF VOICES from within. Using a fiber optic strand, Zamborski looks under the door... FIBER OPTIC SHOT A room full of SOLDIERS cooking and eating over a portable stove. LOTS of guns around... but no sign of Van Tassell. DOWNSTAIRS Zamborski pulls the fiber optic strand from under the door quietly, and moves on to the next door. UPSTAIRS Rogers gets ready to listen at a door... when it OPENS in front of him. He's startled to see an Enemy Soldier looking RIGHT AT HIM. The Soldier swings his gun up. Rogers raises his gun, trying to aim it quickly. Both guns coming up... but Rogers a ha beat behind the Soldier.... The Soldier takes dead aim at Rogers's chest... Then gasps. The Soldier opens his mouth, but nothing comes out. Then the Soldier falls to the floor... dead. (CONTINUED) 32. CORD is standing behind the Soldier with a blood stained knife. Using hand signals, he tells Rogers he's seen Van Tassell inside that room. Rogers nods, creeps to the top of the staircase, and gestures down to Zamborski and Kaplan that they've found him. INT. TORTURE ROOM -- NIGHT John Van Tassell is tied to a chair. A TORTURER is slapping him awake. FOUR SOLDIERS watch, slightly bored. A table in front of Van Tassell contains scientific paperwork. The Torturer takes a puff on his cigarette, blowing the smoke into the Scientist's face. TORTURER The pain can stop, or continue. It's your choice... The Torturer gets ready to press the lit cigarette into Van Tassell's left eye... burning end getting closer... WHAM! The door pops open and the Team rolls in, silenced guns blazing. The Four Soldiers are shot before they can grab their guns. The Torturer drops his cigarette and draws his side arm, aiming at Cord... Rogers blows him off his feet. The Torturer is killed. Zamborski talks to Van Tassell as Kaplan unties him. ZAMBORSKI Stay quiet. We're Navy SEALS. We're going to get you out of here. MACK pulls an explosive device from his pack, rigs it to a remote control. This will be used as a diversion if all hell breaks loose. ZAMBORSKI This is important. Have you told them anything? VAN TASSELL No. ZAMBORSKI You're sure. VAN TASSELL Nothing. (CONTINUED) 33. ZAMBORSKI Good. Can you walk? Van Tassell tries. His body is stiff from being tied to the chair. He can't do it alone. ROGERS has gathered up all of the scientific papers on the table and stuffed them into his pack. No trace of information is left behind. The Team works clean. ZAMBORSKI looks from man to man. Everyone gives him a nod. ZAMBORSKI We've got to be quiet getting him out of here. There's a room full of soldiers downstairs. Maybe thirty of them. Heavily armed. Every man nods. Zamborski talks into his mike. ZAMBORSKI Highlander? EXT. ROOFTOP -- NIGHT Salazaar looks at the building through the night vision goggles. Sniper rifle ready. SALAZAAR Street's clear, boss. (beat) Can't see the blind spot, though. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT PERRY There's a Patrol leaving the sector. INT. TORTURE ROOM -- NIGHT Zamborski nods, then gestures for the men to move out. Rogers and Kaplan have to help Van Tassell. INT. BUILDING -- NIGHT ON THE STAIRS The Team moves carefully and quietly down the stairs. Rogers and Kaplan help Van Tassell down the stairs. Van Tassell steps wrong, almost pulling the two Team members down the staircase, but they keep balance. DOWNSTAIRS (CONTINUED) 34. Zamborski keeps his eye on the door with the red symbol painted on it, with the army of men behind it. He gestures for the Team to continue out to the street. CORD goes first. When he gives an 'all clear', Kaplan and Rogers help Van Tassell out. Zamborski is last out, keeping his gun trained on the closed door wit the red symbol. EXT. CLUSTER OF WAREHOUSES -- NIGHT CORD keeps the empty street covered as the others come out behind him. The Team begins retracing their steps through town, heading back to the beach. It's slow going, because Rogers and Kaplan have to practically carry Van Tassell. ZAMBORSKI Command? EXT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT Perry looks at the screens. The Patrol leaves the screen. PERRY Clear.... Then he sees movement in the corner of a screen.... EXT. CLUSTER OF WAREHOUSES -- NIGHT The Team begins moving out, when Perry's voice comes through Zamborski's earpiece. PERRY (V.O.) Hold it! Four Man Patrol coming right at you! Before Perry has even finished the sentence, the FOUR MAN PATROL has turned the corner and spotted the Team. EXT. ROOFTOP -- NIGHT SALAZAAR Got 'em. Salazaar begins firing the sniper rifle. EXT. CLUSTER OF WAREHOUSES -- NIGHT Cord and Zamborski blast away at the Patrol with their silenced weapons. Rogers and Kaplan drop Van Tassell and raise their guns, firing. (CONTINUED) 35. THE PATROLMEN only manage to get off one shot between them... which may have been a truck backfire. THREE of the Patrol members are killed. One escapes, running like crazy around the corner... out of sight. ZAMBORSKI points to Rogers, who begins chasing after the Patrol Member. Running at top speed. ZAMBORSKI Highlander? SALAZAAR (V.O.) No clear shot. He's in the blind spot. We've got to get him before he tells the whole damned town we're here.... ROGERS chases the Patrol Member, gaining on him. The Patrol Member lifts his walkie/talkie, ready to call the alarm... Rogers lifts his silenced gun and fires twice. Thump! Thump! The Patrol Member drops. Rogers holsters his gun... Not noticing the walkie/talkie light is on. INT. WAREHOUSE -- NIGHT In the room filled with cooking soldiers, one of them is listening to his walkie talkie. He hushes the others. When the rest are quiet, we hear the walkie talkie clearly. ROGERS (V.O.) Got him.... (beat) Geeze, his walkie's on. They know we're here. The soldiers grab their rifles and leave the room. EXT. CLUSTER OF WAREHOUSES -- NIGHT ROGERS and the team take off running. Trying to make the beach before being discovered. SALAZAAR drops down the side of the building, leaving his rope behind, and jogs to catch up with the Team. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT Perry turns from the monitor. (CONTINUED) 36. PERRY Prepare for emergency extraction. I want a chopper in the air for back up. NOW. VOICE Yes, sir. HICKEY We lose satellite contact in seventy three seconds. EXT. USS STOWERS AIRCRAFT CARRIER -- NIGHT The Helicopter takes off for back-up extraction. EXT. BEACH -- NIGHT The Team races to where they've hidden the rubber raft. Salazaar looks at Van Tassell. SALAZAAR He okay? ZAMBORSKI They roughed him up a little. He'll live. Then the first volley of gunfire hits them... A Patrol from the warehouses. Bullets spray sand as the men hit the dirt and prepare to return fire. EXT. HELICOPTER -- NIGHT The helicopter zooms over the sea, racing to help the Team. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT HICKEY Forty three. Forty two. Forty one. Hickey counts the seconds until satellite darkness. Perry radios the sub. PERRY Team is on their way, Oakland. Prepare for extraction. EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- NIGHT The Oakland near the floor of the Gulf. 37. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT McGivern looks across the control room at Dobbins. MCGIVERN Mr. Dobbins, prepare to surface. DOBBINS Dive officer, make your depth sixty feet, periscope depth. Twenty degrees up angle on fairweather planes. The Crew prepares to surface.... INT. SONAR ROOM -- NIGHT A Blip on the sonar from out of nowhere. BERNIE Con, sonar. Sierra three. I repeat, Sierra three at bearing two four seven degrees north by northwest. Range: six hundred yards. (beat) Looks like a Russian Kilo Class... INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT MCGIVERN Dive Officer, maintain current depth. Monteiro, begin TMA. VOICE Yes, sir. MCGIVERN Dobbins, rig for red. DOBBINS Rig for red. Battle stations. MCGIVERN Looks like they finally got around to buying themselves a third sub. DOBBINS Sir? Battle stations are manned and ready. Flood tubes one and two and prepare to fire? MCGIVERN We'd never get out of here. Those two smokers'd block the straights. (CONTINUED) 38. A hard decision. Zamborski's his friend. MCGIVERN We stay here on the bottom. Silent running. Wait and see what happens. McGivern doesn't like the decision, but his options are limited. If he sinks the sub, he puts the team (and his crew) in jeopardy. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT HICKEY Two. One. Dark. The Monitors all go static... The Command Center no longer has incoming information. EXT. BEACH -- NIGHT THE PATROL fires on the Team. Bullets blasting all around them, kicking up sand. They hit the dirt, diving behind a dune. Van Tassell is left on his own, while the others return fire. KAPLAN blasts away at the Patrol, killing a couple of them before running out of bullets. One of the Patrol Members lifts a walkie talkie and calls for reinforcements. PATROL (farsi) We have cornered the intruders on the beach. When the Patrol returns fire, Kaplan has to draw his side arms to return fire. Blasting away with his pistols. A SECOND PATROL arrives from the South, opening fire. The Team is penned in on two sides by Patrols, and on the third by the Sea. The Team fights from dune to dune, using the sand to hide behind. Bullets fly around them. A THIRD PATROL comes from the North... Now they are surrounded by Patrols. The third Patrol all wear the red hats of the Royal Guard. Zamborski radios Admiral Perry. (CONTINUED) 39. ZAMBORSKI We're completely out numbered! Heavy fire. We can't make it to the sub... EXT. DIESEL SUBMARINE #3 -- NIGHT The Kilo Class sub underwater... INT. CONTROL ROOM (DIESEL) -- NIGHT KHMER SAYED, Commander of the Kilo Class, hears the radio transmission, and gives his Russian advisor, SAMSA GREGOROV, a look. There's an American sub nearby. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT PERRY Emergency extraction in.... HICKEY Four minutes. EXT. HELICOPTER -- NIGHT The helicopter zooms over the water... EXT. BEACH -- NIGHT ZAMBORSKI I'm not sure we can hold them that long... THE TEAM blasts-away at the Patrols, but they are out numbered and out gunned. BLAM! Salazzar is hit in the chest! MACK Juan... Juan! Mack starts crawling to where Salazaar went down. SALAZAAR is dying. With the last of his energy, he unzips the pocket on his pants leg where he keeps the photos of his family and tries to pull them out... but dies. Mack reaches Salazaar, finds him dead. ZAMBORSKI Perry. We've got a man down. I repeat, a man down. A handful of Patrolmen get shot. Some wounded and screaming. (CONTINUED) 40. That's when Cord gets shot. The bullet knocking him to the ground... Blood pouring from his wounded shoulder. Then Zamborski and runs out of ammo... ZAMBORSKI Cord's been hit. We can't hold them any longer. The are completely surrounded, no chance for escape, and little chance to live. Evasion is impossible, and further fighting would only lead to death without significant loss to the enemy. A Patrolman finds Van Tassell and puts a gun to his head, ready to fire. NOUSSAVI Throw down your weapons! NOUSSAVI is a high ranking member of the Royal Guard, wearing a bright red headgear and enough medals to sink a ship. He moves with power, authority. A dangerous man. NOUSSAVI If you don't drop your weapons, this man will die. The Patrolman gets ready to shoot Van Tassell. ZAMBORSKI They have Van Tassell. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT Perry makes the tough call. PERRY Surrender. Emergency extraction helicopter will be there in... HICKEY Two minutes. PERRY They will mount a rescue operation. Understood? EXT. BEACH -- NIGHT Zamborski drops his empty rifle and holds up his hands. (CONTINUED) 41. ZAMBORSKI Understood. The Team begin lowering their weapons, reluctantly. NOUSSAVI Very good. One of the Patrolmen grabs the rifles. NOUSSAVI You are now prisoners of the Royal Guard of the Imperial Army. Noussavi lifts his walkie talkie. NOUSSAVI I have captured the invading force. Six men, one of them dead. KHMER SAYED (V.O.) Colonel Noussavi. They have a submarine hidden in the Gulf, waiting to pick them up. NOUSSAVI A submarine? Noussavi places his gun barrel against Zamborski's left eye. NOUSSAVI How do you signal it? Zamborski isn't going to talk. Rogers grabs the R/C from Kerry and holds it up. ROGERS With this. Please... Please don't hurt us. Noussavi holsters his gun, and takes the R/C from Rogers. NOUSSAVI Very good. You shall live. (beat) Now let's capture this submarine of yours. Noussavi looks out at the sea as he presses the button on the R/C transmitter. Ready to expose the Oakland to the Kilo class submarine.... 42. EXT. BUILDING -- NIGHT BLAAAAM! The Building they were keeping Van Tassell in EXPLODES, turning night to day. EXT. BEACH -- NIGHT After the explosion flash subsides, Noussavi goes ballistic. He pistol whips Rogers, knocking him to the ground. NOUSSAVI We will find your submarine, and destroy it... INT. CONTROL ROOM (DIESEL) -- NIGHT Gregorov addressed the Kilo's commander Khmer Sayed. GREGOROV Sir, if the prisoners are brought here, the Americans will not be able to fire upon us... We can hunt their submarine with impunity. KHMER SAYED An excellent idea, Mr. Gregorov. Khmer speaks into the microphone. KHMER SAYED Noussavi. Bring the prisoners here. Khmer lowers the microphone and gives orders to his crew. KHMER SAYED Surface. The surface alarms go off and the sub rises. EXT. HELICOPTER -- NIGHT The helicopter flies over the ocean. VOICE Admiral Perry, this is extraction two. They are taking our Team to a submarine. Looks like a Russian Kilo Class..... EXT. USS STOWERS AIRCRAFT CARRIER -- NIGHT Establishing shot of the Stowers. 43. INT. COMMAND CENTER Perry grabs the radio. PERRY Oakland, this is Command Center. They have taken our Team aboard your Sierra Three. (beat) We will formulate a rescue plan with Washington. EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- NIGHT The Oakland lays near the ocean's floor... waiting. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT McGivern and the crew waits. DOBBINS Reply? MCGIVERN We can't without giving away our position. EXT. DIESEL SUBMARINE #3 -- NIGHT The Diesel Kilo Class submarine. INT. FORWARD ESCAPE TRUNK -- NIGHT The Team is herded aboard the submarine by Noussavi and his red hats. Stumbling down the ladder. CORD falls to the floor, in pain. A REDHAT kicks him until he stumbles to his feet. INT. HALLWAY -- NIGHT The Team is herded down a hall to a door. Noussavi opens the door, and the Team and Van Tassell are pushed into the room. ZAMBORSKI Look, I demand to... NOUSSAVI You make no demands. You will stay in this room. A Redhat closes the door and locks the Team inside. One man stays as guard, while the other leaves with Noussavi. 44. INT. WARDROOM -- NIGHT Zamborski tries to open the door... locked. No chance. EXT. USS STOWERS AIRCRAFT CARRIER -- NIGHT Establishing shot of the Stowers at night. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT Perry moves around the Command Center, taking control. PERRY Hickey. Get me the Pentagon. Hickey sets up the call on the red phone, hands it to Perry. EXT. PENTAGON -- NIGHT Stock shot of the Pentagon. INT. PENTAGON -- NIGHT General Larkin on the phone. LARKIN Larkin, here. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT PERRY General. Our team and the scientist have been taken hostage. INT. PENTAGON -- NIGHT LARKIN I'll inform the President. PERRY (V.O.) They've taken then to a Kilo Class submarine. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT PERRY I need Intel to get me schematics of that sub on the double. I want to know everything about it. Size, dimensions, when it was last serviced, the name of the Commander. Everything. LARKIN (V.O.) Right away. (CONTINUED) 45. A COMPUTER spits paper... the schematics and reports. Hickey pulls the pages out of the machine, crosses to Perry. HICKEY The report, sir. PERRY Shoot. HICKEY Submarine is a Russian Kilo Class, type 877 EKM. Intel reports they contracted for three of the subs in 1988, but reports only two have been delivered. PERRY Did you set them straight? HICKEY Yes, sir. They are cowering in a corner from your wrath even as we speak. (beat) The first sub was delivered in October of 1992, the second in June of '93. The third was supposed to be delivered in '95, maybe it was. Intel had no information... PERRY Armaments. HICKEY The Kilo Class has 18 torpedoes, six firing tubes. Mostly a combination of TEST-71 wire guided torpedoes with 205 kilogram warheads, and high speed TEST-96s which can travel as fast at 25 knots and carry a 300 kilogram warhead. PERRY If the Oakland engages them in combat, can we out run her? HICKEY Yes, sir. The 877 EKM is powered by a pair of Diesel Electric engines. 3650 horsepower. Top speed: seventeen knots. Our boat does... PERRY Thirty five knots. (CONTINUED) 46. HICKEY Right, sir. PERRY Did they send over schematics? THE SCHEMATICS are rolled out onto a table, and Perry and Hickey study them. PERRY Okay. If our men were going to escape, how would they get off this sewerpipe? HICKEY Forward escape hatch, right here, would be easiest. They might also use the torpedo tubes, here and here. PERRY Okay, let's say you're holding six dangerous men hostage on this sub. Where would you put them? HICKEY This Wardroom... It's got a door which can be locked from the outside. And it's at the stern of the sub, making it harder to escape. PERRY Okay. From this Wardroom to the Forward escape trunk... Perry looks at the schematics. Fingers tracing possible escape routes for the Team. HICKEY Sir, how's any of this going to help those men? We can't communicate with them. PERRY We know it's POSSIBLE for them to escape. That means it's also possible for us to mount a rescue operation. HICKEY Sir, the enemy controls this situation. PERRY Only if we let them. Perry moves to the microphone. (CONTINUED) 47. PERRY Oakland, this is Command Center. One of our possible rescue scenarios involves getting divers from the Oakland onto that sub. You know which members of your crew are qualified. (beat) We'll work out details on our end. Perry hangs up the mike. HICKEY I'll work out the details, sir. PERRY Meanwhile, maybe we can show them a little muscle, see if they blink. Hickey nods, then a voice yells from the monitor section. VOICE Admiral. The Diesel is in motion. Perry moves to the Heat Registration monitor, which shows reactor and diesel engine heat as red cigar shaped glows. ON THE MONITOR The two red glows are in motion... EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- MORNING The Oakland waits, as the Kilo Class sub moves away. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- MORNING Bernie's voice comes from the intercom. BERNIE (V.O.) Con, Sonar. They're moving. Bearing two zero niner degrees. Range, six hundred and fifty yards DOBBINS What do we do, sir? McGivern thinks for a moment. MCGIVERN Give them some room, then follow her. DOBBINS Open torpedo doors, sir? (CONTINUED) 48. MCGIVERN Not with our men onboard. We can't attack them. We can't even let them know we're here. DOBBINS What's left? MCGIVERN The most difficult plan of action ever devised: We wait. EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- MORNING The Oakland begins following the Kilo Class Sub. EXT. USS STOWERS AIRCRAFT CARRIER -- MORNING The sun rises behind the Carrier, because you just KNOW Tony Scott took this shot. EXT. BRIDGE, USS STOWERS -- DAY Perry enters and talks with the Carrier Captain. PERRY I want you to send a couple of planes on a flyover. Let them know that we're here, in force. The Carrier Captain nods. PERRY I want choppers and rescue teams ready on deck in the event those men escape. (beat) Is there a Caisson Recompression Chamber onboard? The Captain nods. PERRY Have it ready. These men may have to come up pretty fast. Some of them may have the bends. (beat) Hopefully we can get them out of there. The Captain nods, and Perry returns to the Command Center. EXT. USS STOWERS AIRCRAFT CARRIER -- DAY F-14s scramble and take off. If there's footage of F-14s flying over the ocean, even better. 49. EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- DAY The Oakland follows the Diesel sub. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- NIGHT Monteiro steps up to McGivern. MCGIVERN Mr. Monteiro, I believe we have enough weapons, and men with sufficient training in their use, to mount a rescue operation. Monteiro nods. MCGIVERN If a couple men could swim over and board that pigboat, we might be able to get to the SEALs and rescue them. Monteiro nods again. MCGIVERN You're in charge of putting it together. I want all the details. Make sure it's really cracker jack, so we don't lose any men. Okay? VOICE Yes, sir. Monteiro salutes and leaves. MCGIVERN We'll call that Plan B. PLESHE Sir, what's plan A? MCGIVERN That's up to Admiral Perry... DOBBINS Or the SEAL Team. EXT. DIESEL SUBMARINE #3 -- DAY The Diesel Kilo Class zooms underwater. INT. WARDROOM -- DAY Van Tassell's wounds have been dressed, and he's okay. Kaplan is trying to fix Cord's wound. (CONTINUED) 50. No field dressings, no first aid, and Cord is hurt pretty bad. ZAMBORSKI How's he doing? CORD Ready to fight, sir. Cord tries to hide his pain. ZAMBORSKI Kappy? KAPLAN He'll be okay. I don't see much action in his future, though. MACK So, what's the plan? ZAMBORSKI Escape and rejoin friendly forces. Mack looks up from his crucifix. MACK We're under water, sir. On a sub with a hundred enemy soldiers. Even if we could kill them all, we'd still be under water. ZAMBORSKI If we can get our gear, we can swim out the forward trunk... Then hope we can get picked up. MACK Our gear's gone. ZAMBORSKI Then we use their gear. Rogers is staring at his Kennedy half dollar, drops it to the floor where it CLANGs. CORD Will you put that damned thing away. ROGERS My father died today. June 5th, twenty four years ago. I always thought I'd out live him... (CONTINUED) 51. ZAMBORSKI You will. ROGERS Do you really think we're going to make it past all those guys? ZAMBORSKI I don't think we have much choice. The men nod, letting this sink in. MACK We still have to get to the forward escape trunk. ZAMBORSKI I figured that out. Here's how... The door opens. NOUSSAVI enters flanked by two RED HATS. MACK Sorry. We didn't know this was a costume party. Mack gets a rifle butt to the face. Noussavi points to Zamborski. NOUSSAVI He is the one. The Armed Men prod Zamborski to his feet with their rifles. NOUSSAVI You will come with me. ZAMBORSKI Why? NOUSSAVI Khmer Sayer awaits. He has some questions for you. Zamborski looks at his men, but his taken away. Noussavi exits, and the door is closed and relocked. KAPLAN What do we do now? MACK Wait until Zamborski gets back. ROGERS What if he doesn't come back? (CONTINUED) 52. CORD Then I'm in charge of the escape. And if they take me away, Mack plans the escape. KAPLAN We gotta get out of here.... Rogers looks at his 50 cent piece, thinking about his father and his own mortality, then pockets the coin. INT. CONTROL ROOM (DIESEL) -- DAY ZAMBORSKI is tossed to the floor in front of KHMER SAYED, the Commander of the submarine, an Admiral in the Royal Navy. A slight Oxford accent hints at his educational background. Samsa Gregorov observes the interrogation. KHMER SAYED Welcome aboard. I am Admiral Khmer Sayed of the Royal Navy. Your host for the next few hours, or the rest of your life, which ever comes first. Khmer turns back to Zamborski and smiles. KHMER SAYED Now we will find that submarine of yours... And blow it out of the water. A gun is pressed into Zamborski's temple by Noussavi. KHMER SAYED Now we can concentrate. Khmer opens a tarp on the chart table, exposing some of the Team's equipment. He holds the radio in front of Zamborski. KHMER SAYED Which frequency do you use to signal the submarine? UHF PRC 25? Or PRC 74? ZAMBORSKI None. The sub was supposed to surface at a pre-determined time. You guys spooked it. It's halfway to Hawaii by now. KHMER SAYED No it's not. Our submarines are blocking the straits. (CONTINUED) 53. ZAMBORSKI Then they're gonna sink them on the way out. You'll be Admiral in a one boat Navy. Noussavi SLAMS Zamborski's head with the gun barrel. GREGOROV Admiral Sayed, I object to your treatment of this man... KHMER SAYED Mr. Gregorov, you are here as an advisor. I don't need your advice on interrogating prisoners. Noussavi presses the gun into Zamborski's head again. KHMER SAYED Now, how do we signal this submarine of yours? What is the frequency? Zamborski looks away, and Khmer smiles. KHMER SAYED Here. Call them. Tell them we will release you if they surface. Zamborski takes the radio in one hand... then drops it and steps on it... Crushing it to pieces. ZAMBORSKI I'll die first. Khmer looks at Zamborski for a moment. Seeing the determination, the strength. Finally Khmer nods. KHMER SAYED I think you will. He snaps his fingers, and Noussavi pulls the trigger. BLAAAAAM! Zamborski is killed. GREGOROV No! Gregorov has to be held back by a pair of Red Hats. INT. WARDROOM -- DAY The sound of the gunshot echoes through the Wardroom. The Team look at each other, knowing what the gunshot means. 54. EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- DAY The Oakland shadows the Kilo Class sub. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- DAY McGivern has heard the sound, but Bernie confirms it. BERNIE (V.O.) Con, Sonar. MCGIVERN Con, here. BERNIE (V.O.) Sir, that sounded like a gunshot. DOBBINS Sir? Should we radio Admiral Perry? MCGIVERN Only one shot. We don't give our position away until we hear a full scale war on that pigboat. INT. WARDROOM -- NIGHT KAPLAN It's over. CORD No it's not. The TEAM turns to look at Cord. CORD If Ski didn't tell them what they wanted to know, they'll come for another one of us... (beat) That's how we get out of here. MACK You mean: Out of this room. How do we get out of the submarine and back to the Oakland? Rogers flips the coin, checks whether it was heads or tails. ROGERS The foreward escape trunk. Just like Zamborski said. (CONTINUED) 55. CORD That's on the other end of the boat. ROGERS I figure if we stick to the lower deck, we have less chance of getting caught... VAN TASSELL Less chance. ROGERS You're in charge, Cord, it's your call. Cord nods slowly, then looks to Mack. CORD Mack. What do you think? MACK Let's hear what the kid's got. CORD You think we're going to make the entire length of this sub without getting caught? What are we talking about? A football field? ROGERS A little more. About 500 feet. I think we can make it. MACK That's 500 feet of heavily armed men. KAPLAN You see that movie "The Warriors"? Five against a hundred. VAN TASSELL Six. I'm in this, too. KAPLAN We don't have any weapons... ROGERS Except ourselves. KAPLAN What are you saying? We're going to fight all of these guys hand to hand? (CONTINUED) 56. CORD He's saying we can out think them. We're better trained than they are. More resourceful than they are... MACK What if we make it to the escape trunk, and there's only a couple of sets of tanks? ROGERS We buddy breathe. (beat) Your call, sir. I'm just the FNG. CORD Okay. That's our plan. Cord smiles at Rogers. CORD How do we take out these guards? Any suggestions? INT. HALLWAY -- DAY TWO RED HATS with rifles march down a hallway towards the Wardroom where the Team are imprisoned. Both are big, mean looking guys. They get to the doorway, nod to the Guard, unlock and unbolt the door, and cautiously open it... weapons ready. INT. WARDROOM -- DAY THE TWO RED HATS enter the room, rifles in front of them. Leary of tricks. The Team looks up at the Red Hats... But a quick count shows Mack and Kaplan missing. WHAM! Mack drops from the ceiling on top on one Red Hat. Kaplan comes from the corner, swinging a piece of metal moulding at the other Red Hat. The Two Red Hats are caught be surprise, knocked to the floor and killed silently. KAPLAN (farsi) Guard, come in here at once! When the Guard comes in, they get him, too. (CONTINUED) 57. VAN TASSELL What next? CORD We split up. Mack, take one of the rifles and look for weapons. Rogers and I will find the radio room and tell the Oakland we're coming. They rifles, and leave the wardroom. Locking the door. INT. HALLWAY -- DAY Quietly, the team moves out. Mack leading with one of the rifles. They creep from shadow to shadow. Rogers has to help Cord. For all of Cord's bravado, the man is seriously injured. Unable to make it on his own. Van Tassell can make it on his own, but has problems with stealth... you can hear his footsteps. Kaplan guards their flanks, using the Guard's billy club. MACK gives hand gestures, pointing to the stairway to the lower level. The men follow Mack to the stairs, where they split up. Cord and Rogers continuing on this level. INT. STAIRWAY -- DAY Mack and the team descend the stairs in standard two-by-two cover formation. Ultra quiet on the metal steps... Except for Van Tassell. He hits the steps LOUDLY. Everyone stops moving for a moment. When no one comes to kill them, Mack gestures for Kaplan to help the scientist with his noise level. Kaplan shows Van Tassell how to walk quietly... The scientist gets the hang of it and they enter the lower hallway. INT. HALLWAY -- DAY Cord and Rogers move down the upper hallway slowly, keeping close to the walls. Voices echo from just ahead. Footsteps. Two men coming! Rogers finds a doorway to duck into. THE TWO CREW MEMBERS move into the hallway and have a conversation. Laughter. Crew #1 continues down the hall. (CONTINUED) 58. Crew #2 turns, and goes into the doorway where Rogers and Cord are hiding! Suspense builds. WHAM! Sounds of a fight. Then Cord and Rogers come out of the room and continue down the hallway. INT. CONTROL ROOM (DIESEL) -- DAY Khmer Sayed is wondering where the two Red Hats are. KHMER SAYED What is keeping them? NOUSSAVI Maybe there was trouble? KHMER SAYED Take two men. Find out. Noussavi grabs a couple of Red Hats and exits. INT. HALLWAY -- DAY When Noussavi and the two Red Hats get to the Wardroom, Noussavi notes the missing Guard. NOUSSAVI Where is the Guard? The door is unlocked. INT. WARDROOM -- DAY The room is empty, except for the two Red Hats and the Guard. Noussavi grabs his radio and speaks to Khmer. NOUSSAVI They have escaped! Sound the alarm! INT. CONTROL ROOM (DIESEL) -- DAY Khmer brings the microphone to his mouth. KHMER SAYED Find them. Kill them if you must. GREGOROV You can not kill them. The only thing which prevents that American submarine from torpedoing us are those hostages. (CONTINUED) 59. KHMER SAYED And how, Mr. Gregorov, will the American Submarine know whether the hostages are alive or not? GREGOROV They will hear the gunfire. Khmer has no answer to this, and turns away... Confident that he, as commander, knows what he is doing. Gregorov, of course, knows he's operating on faulty judgement. INT. HALLWAY -- DAY The Team stays close to the walls... Suddenly, the alarm sounds, echoing through the hallway... Mack gestures for the Team to hold back, when he turns around, he sees a pair RED HATS coming RIGHT AT HIM! EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- DAY The Oakland follows behind the Kilo Class diesel. INT. SONAR ROOM -- DAY Bernie listens to the alarm bells.... and then hears more gunfire. He picks up the radio. BERNIE Con, sonar. More gunfire, sir. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- DAY MCGIVERN How many shots? BERNIE (V.O.) Four. Two groups of two in rapid succession. MCGIVERN Double taps. That's our boys. (beat) Dobbins, keep us close. The bear's in the bee hive. DOBBINS Yes, sir. McGivern picks up the mike. MCGIVERN RTO, get me an outside line... 60. EXT. USS STOWERS AIRCRAFT CARRIER -- DAY The Stowers in the morning light. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- DAY HICKEY Admiral Perry, we're receiving flash traffic on VHF Emergency frequency. Perry grabs the mike. PERRY Perry here. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- DAY MCGIVERN This is Commander McGivern onboard the Oakland. We've got gunfire onboard Sierra three. Sounds like our boys are loose. (beat) Please advise as to a course of action. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- DAY PERRY Stay on top of them, Wild Bill. Do not fire unless fired upon. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- DAY MCGIVERN A friend of mine's on that pigboat. Trigger happy is one thing I'm not. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- DAY PERRY Good. Can you get close enough to get them off that sub? MCGIVERN (V.O.) Ocean currents are going to be a problem, but I have a couple of my men working on the details. PERRY Good. We have rescue choppers and a recompression chamber ready. Let's get them back in one piece. 61. EXT. DIESEL SUBMARINE #3 -- DAY The Kilo Class diesel sub cruises underwater. INT. CONTROL ROOM (DIESEL) -- DAY The OOD hangs up the gertrude (intercom phone) and turns to Khmer Sayed, as we do. GREGOROV Reports of gunfire from the upper level... Before Khmer can respond, the intercom speaker squawks. VOICE (V.O.) Sonar room, sir. We have pinpointed the American Submarine's position. They radioed their base... KHMER SAYED And gave away their position. (smiles) Where are they? VOICE (V.O.) Directly behind us, sir. Khmer hangs up and barks orders to his crew. KHMER SAYED Turn us around, take aim, and fire. GREGOROV Firing on them is an act of war. I can not be a party to this... KHMER SAYED You are free to leave at any time, Mr. Gregorov. (beat) You'll have to wait a moment. The torpedo tubes are in use right now. Khmer turns to his crew. KHMER SAYED Time to intercept the American Sub? VOICE Two minutes, sir. (CONTINUED) 62. KHMER SAYED Load tubes three and four and prepare to fire... EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- DAY The Oakland cruises behind the diesel. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- DAY Bernie's voice. BERNIE (V.O.) She's turning, sir. Heading right towards us. MCGIVERN Intercept time? BERNIE (V.O.) Less than two minutes. MCGIVERN Time to break out the good china, folks. Looks like we've got company. (beat) Mr. Monteiro, Mr. Pleshe, prepare for evasive action. DOBBINS What are our chances of out running this thing? MCGIVERN We're faster. Thirty five knots to their seventeen... DOBBINS But where we gonna go? (beat) We're trapped in the gulf. They'll use the other two subs to block the straits. McGivern nods and moves to the chart table. EXT. DIESEL SUBMARINE #3 -- DAY The diesel turning around. INT. HALLWAY -- DAY Kaplan whispers to Mack. (CONTINUED) 63. KAPLAN How you doing on rounds? MACK One left. Shouldn't have double tapped those guys. KAPLAN We need to get some weapons. VAN TASSELL The kitchen. MACK We'll stop for a sandwich after we get off this pigboat... VAN TASSELL Knives. There'll be knives in the kitchen. Maybe some cleaning chemicals I can put to good use. Then they hear the foot steps. Five men in the hallway directly above them. The Team hugs the walls, standing still. INT. HALLWAY -- DAY Noussavi and the four Red Hats search the upper hallway for the Team. Red Hat #1 comes out of a doorway. REDHAT #1 There aren't in here, sir. NOUSSAVI If you see them, shoot to kill. Noussavi and the four Red Hats continue searching. INT. HALLWAY -- DAY In the lower hallway, Rogers can see Noussavi and the Red Hats directly above them through the grate. Tension. Cord is in pain. Rogers does his best to prop him up against the wall, but Cord is uncomfortable... and bleeding again. Noussavi and the Red Hat's voices echo down. NOUSSAVI (O.S.) They are not here. We go. The Red Hats and Noussavi begin moving away. Rogers begins to relax.... 64. INT. HALLWAY -- DAY In the Upper Hallway, a Red Hat lags behind to finish his cigarette. He drops the butt to the floor grate and snubs it with his shoe. INT. HALLWAY -- DAY Rogers sees the Red Hat looking down (at him). INT. HALLWAY -- DAY Noussavi gestures, angrily, at the Red Hat. NOUSSAVI Come on! The Red Hat catches up with the group. INT. HALLWAY -- DAY MACK AND THE TEAM creeps down the hallway to the Mess Room. Twice they have to duck into doorways to evade CREW MEMBERS going about their duties. Van Tassell is always a step behind Kaplan and Mack, almost spotted by a Crew Member once. When they make it to the Mess Room, Mack gestures for Kaplan to scout the interior. INT. MESS ROOM -- DAY Kaplan creeps into the Mess Room, billy club ready. He sweeps the room, spotting no one, and gets ready to gesture to the rest of the Team, when he hears a noise. No place to hide, so he dives to the floor. A CHEF exits the pantry carrying a box of provisions. The Chef passes withing inches of Van Tassell. Mack waits until the Chef is bending over to set down the box before grabbing him. One hand over his mouth to stifle his screams and the other pinning his arms to his sides. INT. MESS ROOM -- DAY The Chef sits bound and gagged in the corner, as the Team begins assembling weapons. Forks, knives... Kaplan holds up a potato masher. (CONTINUED) 65. KAPLAN What about this? MACK Takes too long to kill someone. Van Tassell is making chlorine/ammonia gas bombs from cleaning fluids and food jars. MACK Van? VAN TASSELL Chlorine and ammonia. Home made tear gas. It burns the lungs, the eyes, all of the mucus membranes. He lifts a jar with a wick in it. VAN TASSELL Cooking grease napalm. Light it, throw it, watch it burn. He lifts a spray can. VAN TASSELL Personal flame thrower. A foil tube filled with match heads is next. VAN TASSELL I call this the bang stick. It's filled with match heads. Light the end and it'll spray fiery debris at whoever it's aimed at. Van Tassell sets the foil tube down. VAN TASSELL That's the best I can do with kitchen materials. Mack claps the scientist on the shoulder. EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- DAY The Oakland faces off against the diesel sub. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- DAY Bernie's voice: BERNIE (V.O.) Intercept time, forty five seconds. (CONTINUED) 66. MCGIVERN Dobbins, did I ever tell you about my hound dog, Joe-Bob? DOBBINS No, sir... MCGIVERN Well, I had this old rope swing in the back yard, and Joe-Bob used to jump up and bite it with his teeth. He'd hang there, spinning around, getting dizzy, then drop to the ground and spend the next half hour walking around like old Earl from the roadhouse after he'd had a snootful. BERNIE (V.O.) Twenty four seconds. MCGIVERN Well, I got to thinking about it, and realized this might be bad for old Joe-Bob's teeth. So I lowered the rope. Figuring he wouldn't bite a rope at ground level. BERNIE (V.O.) He's opened his torpedo doors... Preparing to fire... MCGIVERN But old Joe-Bob... That dog jumped up and bit the rope at the exact same height. DOBBINS Torpedoes fired. Coming right at us. MCGIVERN Dive officer, take us down, forty five degree bubble. Mr. Monteiro launch counter measures. Now. The sub begins a rapid dive, the room tilting sideways. Everyone holds on to the roof handles. EXT. USS OAKLAND NUCLEAR SUBMARINE -- DAY Counter measures pop out of the diving sub... right into the path of the torpedoes. BLAM! BLAM! The torpedoes hit the counter measures and explode leaving the Oakland untouched. 67. INT. CONTROL ROOM -- DAY The interior of the sub rocks with the shock waves from the explosions. MCGIVERN Some people aim at the same place, even when the target changes position. McGivern looks at Dobbins. MCGIVERN Damage reports? DOBBINS None, sir. MCGIVERN Mr. Pleshe, co-ordinates to the mouth of the straits. PLESHE Yes, sir. MCGIVERN Mr. Dobbins. All ahead full. Let's try to outrun these suckers. DOBBINS All ahead full. McGivern grabs the mike. MCGIVERN Command Center, this is USS Oakland. EXT. USS STOWERS AIRCRAFT CARRIER -- DAY The Stowers. INT. COMMAND CENTER -- DAY Perry picks up the mike. PERRY Perry, here. What's happening Mr. McGivern? MCGIVERN (V.O.) Sir, we've been fired upon... PERRY Any damage? (CONTINUED) 68. MCGIVERN (V.O.) No, sir. But they're right behind us. I'm trying to get out of their line of fire. PERRY Are they giving chase? INT. CONTROL ROOM -- DAY MCGIVERN Yes, sir. Like a hound dog after a jack rabbit. PERRY (V.