Crimson Tide Page #5

has been authorized.

This is not a drill.

X.O., take the conn. I'm going

to my stateroom for the launch keys.

X.O. Has the conn.

Set condition 1Sq

for strategic missile launch.

Spin up missiles 1 - 5,

The release of nuclear weapons

has been authorized.

This is the X.O.

Conn/Weapons:
Estimated time

to 1Sq for strategic launch...

is 14 minutes, sir.

One, two, three,

four, five, six.

Go, sailor, go.

[P.A.] Set condition 1Sq

for strategic missile launch.

- Comin' through!

- Spin up missiles 1 - 5...

and 20 - 24.

- I have the conn.

- The captain has the conn.

Passing 550 feet.

Conn/Radio:
Sir, we're out of VLF radio

range. Full message capacity is cut off.

Radio/Conn:

Extend extremely low frequency antenna.

Passing 600 feet.

Coming to 831 feet, sir.

[Beeping]

Oh, Jesus. Oh, God.

Uh, Conn/Sonar:
Uh, sir,

we have his classification.

Mark that tape.

Get the classification on your monitor.

- Rivetti, what the hell is going on?

- Sir, the master 28...

is classified as

a Russian Akula-class hunter-killer.

Bearing 196, sir! He's close,

but I don't think he's spotted us.

- Stay on him!

- Aye, sir.

- Captain has the conn.

- [Cob] Passing 800 feet, sir.

Continue to dive.

Give me five degree down bubble.

- Continue rigging for ultraquiet.

- Aye, aye, sir.

Five degree down bubble.

Rigging for ultraquiet, sir.

Gentlemen, this is the captain.

We have an Akula-class

submarine out there.

We know Radchenko controls at least four

submarines. This could be one of them.

Russian rebels have threatened

to launch against our country...

and are fueling right now.

They will have launch capability

in 60 minutes.

We have orders to launch our missiles,

which is exactly what we're going to do.

We are rigging for ultraquiet.

All hands, be ready.

This is as real as it gets.

We'll presume nothing,

defend ourselves at all cost.

If that sub even comes around or opens

up a tube door, we'll take her out.

Passing 900 feet.

- He's gone.

- Like hell he is.

He's up there.

Conn/Weapons:
Missile systems

ready to launch in 11 minutes.

[Beeping]

Conn/Radio:
Receiving transmission on

extremely low frequency receiver, sir.

Very well.

Mr. Hunter, go to Radio, please.

[Beeping]

- Okay, pull up the code. X.O.

- What do you got?

Incoming EAM, but we're too deep

to receive any radio communication, sir.

[Signal Blaring]

- Captain.

- X.O.

We got a limited radio transmission

indicating an incoming EAM.

We need to go shallow

to reestablish communications.

With that sub still up there?

Mr. Hunter, it's my inten...

- Come up to conn, Mr. Hunter.

- Yes, sir.

- Zero bubble.

- Zero bubble. Aye, sir.

[P.A.] Conn/Weapons: Missile systems

ready to launch in ten minutes.

- Sir.

- [P.A.] Attention, all hands.

- Ship has been rigged for ultraquiet.

- Captain?

When our missile system

is ready, Mr. Hunter...

it is my intention

to rise to launch depth...

launch our birds

and then get the hell out of there.

Not until then.

I can't jeopardize

the safety of this ship.

Yes, sir.

May I suggest that we float

the buoy, sir? We have enough cable.

That should give us enough reach

to receive the EAM transmission.

Sir.

Very well.

Float the buoy.

Chief of the watch,

float the buoy.

Float the radio buoy.

Aye, sir.

[Chief Of The Watch]

Radio buoy deploying, sir.

Tension 2,000 pounds.

Very well.

Conn/Weapons:
Estimated time to 1Sq:

[Metal Grinding]

- [Panel Beeping]

- The winch!

- Conn/Sonar:
We have a sound short

from the buoy winch!

- Stop the goddamn winch!

- [Grinding Stops]

- Winch is stopped, sir!

Goddamn it.

TSO, is that sound

still out there?

- Sonar/TSO:

Is that sound still out there?

- [Faint Radio Transmission]

Sound's gone, sir.

- [Sonar Bleeping]

- I'm getting something.

- [Bleeping Continues]

- Sup, he's comin' around!

Conn/Sonar:
The Akula's

turning toward, sir!

Conn/Sonar:

Torpedo in the water! Bearing 241!

Conn/Sonar:
Second torpedo

in the water! Bearing 242!

All ahead flank!

Right full rudder!

Conn/Sonar:

Maneuvering/Conn:

Cavitate! Cavitate!

- Sound the collision alarm!

- Sound collision alarm! Aye, sir!

- [Rivetti] 2,500 yards.

- Rig ship for impact!

Hang onto your ass, gentlemen!

Bearing 070! 071!

- 1,000 yards and closing fast!

- Conn/Radio:

Receiving emergency action message.

Recommend alert one!

- [Beeping]

- [Rivetti] 950 yards!

Launch a five-inch evasion device.

Launch the countermeasures.

- Countermeasures away, sir.

- Shift your rudder to left full.

[Rivetti] 500 yards and closing fast.

Sir, the first torpedo's going

after the countermeasures!

They missed!

They missed!

Sonar/Conn, Conn/Sonar: Second torpedo

incoming! It's gonna be close!

Conn/Sonar:
The Akula's

disappeared in the thermal, sir.

All ahead standard!

Rudder amid ships!

- All ahead standard.

Rudder amid ships. Aye.

- All stations.

All stations, report damage.

Report damage.

[P.A.] Engine room reports

number one ASW pump failed.

Control/Torpedo Room:

Three feet of water in the bilge.

Request a team

with a submersible pump.

Control/Engine Room:

Request all E-division personnel...

lay to the engine room

to assist in ground isolation.

Sonar/Conn:

Report hostile contact.

- Conn/Sonar:
Uh, we lost him, sir.

- Well, keep looking.

- He's out there looking for us.

- Aye, sir.

Weapons/Conn:

Estimated time to 1Sq.

Conn/Weapons:
Missile systems

ready to launch...

- in six minutes.

- [Ramsey] Very well.

Main seawater pump

is out of commission.

Mr. Zimmer,

where's that EAM?

Mr. Zimmer,

where's that EAM?

- You all right, son?

- Yes, sir.

- That's it?

- Ah, uh-huh. It's incomplete, sir.

We lost it when the radio buoy cable

got severed.

All right.

All right, gentlemen,

let's get on with it.

All ahead one-third.

- [Bell Ringing]

- Steady as you go.

All ahead one-third.

Steady. Aye, sir.

Make your depth 150 feet.

Zero bubble.

Up slow and silent

to launch depth.

Up slow and silent to launch depth.

Aye, aye, Captain.

Captain?

Got the EAM.

- What do you think?

- I think there's nothing on this.

Yes, sir. It, uh, got cut off

during the attack.

Then it's meaningless.

Sir, this is an EAM

pertaining to nuclear missiles.

No, Mr. Hunter,

that's a message fragment.

Because it got cut off

during the attack, sir.

The message could mean anything.

It could be a message to abort.

- It could be a message...

- Could be a fake Russian transmission.

Which is exactly why

we need to confirm it, sir.

- All I'm asking for is the time

we need to get back on line.

- Calm down, Mr. Hunter.

- I am calm.

- You don't appear to be calm.

Conn/Weapons:
Missile systems

ready to launch in four minutes.

- Step aside, seaman.

- Yes, sir.

[Faint Radio Transmission]

We have orders in hand, and those orders

are to make a preemptive launch.

Every second that we lose

increases the chances...

that by the time our missiles arrive,

their silos could be empty...

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