Time Pirate Synopsis

In the year 2384 the feared space Pirate John Grant accepts a commission to cross enemy lines and confront the leader of an overwhelming hostile force about to invade Earth. The newly appointed King of the invading race is after the treasure of the Knights Templar that Grant has guarded for centuries, which among the riches contains the Arc of the Covenant and the Third Nail of Christ that gives the bearer immortality.

With a stolen ship and a rag-tag crew they embark on a journey chased by bounty hunters and militia. He must use the skills, and wisdom he acquired from thousands of years of time travel forced upon him by a mysterious man known only as a Time Pilot.

His first contact with this time traveler placed Grant in Walachia in the year 1462. At age nineteen he encountered the Impaled Forest and Prince Vlad who thrust the young Grant into a sword battle where he killed his opponent. Dutal, the brother of the dead man, vows revenge and becomes Grant's arch nemesis.

Grant then takes part in the Battle of Bull Run where he discovered the immense treasure his future self hid in a church vault near the battlefield.

Back in space, Grant rescues several of his old crew members in a black market port. A dispute arises over a shot of whiskey which escalates to a fight that destroys the town. Back on his ship, to relax, he plays a musical instrument made of crystal and explains that he's trying to create a perfect note so he can again see the woman that burned in his heart. A lesson learned from time he spent with Frank Zappa.

Once again under attack from several bounty hunters, they are surprised when Queen VyDanna and her powerful military come to their rescue. The eighty-year-old Queen boards his ship but Grant is too embarrassed to face her. Wearing an old wristwatch strung through a chain around her neck, she forces him to look into her crystal blue eyes. With a tear streaming down her cheek, she leaves his ship.

The Caribbean 1718A.D.: A twenty one year old Grant is captured by Edward Teach (Blackbeard) and the master teaches him the art of piracy.

Space current day: After a raid on an asteroid based mining colony guarded by giant cyborgs and robotic tigers, Grant and his crew sell the valuable industrial crystal ore at the next port town. Because of their leader's affection for whiskey, which leads to the destruction of the port, the crew find themselves once again on the run from bounty hunters.

England 1642 A.D.: A twenty three year old Grant meets Maryrose the woman that fills and thrives in his heart for the rest of his existence. They wed and he dedicates his life to her happiness.

The town comes under siege from Cromwell's Royalists and Maryrose is forced into a sword fight with a soldier who turns out to be Dutal. She's murdered before Grant can rescue her and she dies in his arms as the Time Pilot takes him away.

1118 Jerusalem 1118A.D.: Grant chases Dutal across the desert on horseback when he meets up with and befriends the original nine Templar Knights. They disclose to him the vast treasures under their protection.

Space, current day: Grant and his crew are captured by the Captain of the Pandora and brought to trial on a nearby planet. A band of pirates led by a fully-grown Payen (who Grant rescued as a boy and mentored to be a pirate) raids the court and rescue Grant and his crew.

Space, year 2334: Grant, now twenty-five years old accepts a commission to help a young Queen with whom he has fallen in love with which conflicts with his feelings for Maryrose. In order to save her people, the young and beautiful Queen VyDanna with crystal blue eyes has asked Grant to represent her throne in the Corbet challenge.

Grant battles fellow pirates and several hideous creatures before he captures the Corbet Medallion. At the ceremony where he is dubbed a Corbet Knight, Queen VyDanna attempts to abandon her throne just to be with him. Because his heart still belongs to Maryrose, he gives her his wristwatch and leaves believing he will never to see her again.

Egypt, 1340 B.C.: Egypt: Hired as a mercenary, Grant at twenty seven years old, drinks Meade with and reports his findings to the Pharaoh Akhenaten. Because of an uprising led by the ruler's brother, Akhenaten must flee Egypt. Only as a favor to the Pharaoh’s wife (Nefertiti) and son (Tutankhamen), he helps the King escape into the desert along with a few possessions, which include a stone tablet which Akhenaten carved the ten rules of the Book of the Dead.

Space, current day: Grant and his crew arrive on the planet where they expect to find King Enlili of the Banda (the force at war with earth) only to find it devastated with all the inhabitants impaled on wooden poles across thousands of square miles.

Planet Ta, year 2142: Grant is asked to help fend off an invasion by a powerful race. Acting alone, Grant uncovers the enemy's weakness, which he exploits to bring their demise. The Ta honor him with The Mark of Omar awarded to only three times before.

At the ceremony, the Ta sing to him using only perfect notes. The song, which is a gift to his soul, vibrates deep inside him until he sees Maryrose stand before him for the first time in 500 years. He holds her hand and feels her soft skin while smelling the flower fragrances in her hair. They talk as if they have never been apart. As the song ends, she vanishes.

Space current day: Grant and his men find and battle Enlili's soldiers and in order to save his crew Grant allows himself to be captured.

Egypt 1338 B.C.: Grant travels through the desert in pursuit of Dutal, when he comes across the former Egyptian slaves on their exodus from the land. He meets their leader, Moses; unknown to them, he is actually the Pharaoh Akhenaten who had originally enslaved them. They have placed the tablets with the 10 rules of the Book of the Dead in a specially constructed gold trimmed box and refer to them as the Commandments.

Space current day: Grant is brought before King Enlili who turns out to be Price Vlad the Impaler. Vlad offers to spare Earth in exchange for the treasure of the Knights Templar. Grant counters with a challenge of a duel. Grant has the choice to fight Vlad and end the war or fight Dutal and get his revenge for the murder of Maryrose.

Grant battles Vlad and forces a draw, a strategy he learned from a chess match played against Vlad centuries ago. The only way Grant could thrust his sword through the King was to let Vlad do the same. While Grant's eyes begin to close, he sees himself in the crowd next to the Time Pilot. Maryrose walks toward Grant and places the Third Nail of Christ in his hand.

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