EXT. STREETS OF TAPEI, TAIWAN — DAY

Taiwan soldiers STORM the Chinese embassy. Looters RANSACK a grocery store. Students RAVAGE a Mao statue. Complete mayhem.

A title: ‘TAPEI, TAIWAN 2024’

JACK V.O. … It all started in Taiwan. Revolution had broken out on the island. China acted swiftly- and with extreme vengeance…

A Chinese soldier SLICES OFF a rebel’s head. A tank BARRELS over students, SQUASHING them. Kids are FLAYED, girls RAPED.

JACK V.O. … The U.S. was pressured to act- and act we did. But casualties quickly mounted. Like a poker player on tilt, the President doubled down on a bad bet, pulling troops from the Middle East to defeat the Chinese…

Abrams tank’s BLOWN to bits. Apache helicopter’s SHOT down. An R-P-G INCINERATES a platoon. Sarin gas CHOKES OUT another.

JACK V.O. … When that didn’t work, he sent in fresh ones…

EXT. USS REAGAN, MOVING — NIGHT

The massive aircraft carrier cuts through the Pacific Ocean, on its way to Taiwan…

INT. SLEEPING QUARTERS, USS REAGAN

Musty, sparse room. Few dozen bunk beds, soldiers asleep. Four play poker on a table. The leader’s BRAD DAVIS (24). Handsome. Athletic. Cunning. And he knows it all too well.

DAVIS … So you’re EPW, getting raked over the coals, about to crack- these fuckers don’t do Geneva…

EXT. DEEP UNDERWATER, PACIFIC OCEAN — CONTINUOUS

A Chinese submarine lurks. Menacing. Seeking a target…