I'm outlining a script based on the Mary Celeste, with some sort of selectively-corporeal arcane beastie from beneath the sea (think Cthulhu meets Alien) stalking a modern-day destroyer. So I'm trying to think of something to fill that Act Two desert between the ship becoming infected and the few survivors escaping.

Any ideas what can happen? Anyone served on a UK or US destroyer? Any and all ideas welcome...

Cheers,

Andrew

Well, here are some incidents you could throw in: 1) Crewman vanishes (snatched by creature), investigation launched (this could go quick or slow - decide he fell overboard, or may turn into full-blown murder investigation if he was unpopular, recently threatened, etc.) 2) Unfamiliar "vessel" spotted on sonar, give chase to attempt to identify, potential international incident (the Russians? the Chinese?) 3) unfamiliar seascape feature detected (ridge or peak), not on charts, next time they check it's not there - equipment malfunctioning? 4) another unfamiliar seascape feature, this time it moves while they're observing it - it's the creature, attacking them

Some good ideas there, cheers.

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