Deep Star Six Page #3

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CO2 is way up. Electrical fire.

She's leaking. Doesn't look good.

- Have we still got a clean dock?

- Clean and tight. Pressure's holding.

My father told me, "Stay at home,

help with the farm, son." Not me.

I had to join the Navy

and see the f***ing world. Ready?

Did you hear that?

There it was again.

They're coming.

I told you they'd rescue us.

Oh, God, thank you.

The hatch is jammed.

I'm not getting a green light.

- Looks like the motor shorted out.

- Wanna crank it?

I'll see if I can rewire it. We need

power for the lights and instruments.

- Should you be doing that?

- Do I tell you how to drive subs?

As a matter of fact, you do.

Maybe we should use

the crank instead.

Thank God.

Burciaga's legs are crushed.

- He can't move.

- I'll get the rope.

- Rope, rope, rope!

- Throw it down here.

Come on...

Ready, Mac? Easy now.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Come on, buddy.

He's gone.

Move it! She won't hold forever!

You gotta leave him.

Come on! Give me your hand now.

Come on, Mac.

- I'm getting the box!

- Forget it. My back is broken.

- It's stripped.

- Get out, save yourselves.

- The circuit's fried.

- Get out of here! Save yourselves!

That's an order!

No way, man.

PURGE - FLOOD

No!

You cold?

Here, put this on.

Put this on your legs.

It's good to see you guys.

- Let's get her warm.

- Put this around her. How are you?

- A little damp.

- Get some dry clothes.

- Let's get you checked out.

- There's nothing wrong with me.

- Will you be all right?

- Yeah.

- I guess it was a stupid question.

- No, thanks for asking.

I know you and the Captain were

a lot closer than everybody else...

I liked him a lot. I guess

I just came here to say that.

- I'm going to miss him.

- I know.

Hey,

I thought you may want to have this.

I found that in some of his stuff.

Thanks.

I'll see you up top.

Hodges and Osborne lost the remote

in the cave and went in to get it.

That's when they saw something.

The remote, and something else.

Something that scared them. Then

they screamed, then they were gone.

- Did you see it?

- No, but the sonar picked it up.

Something very big and very fast.

Were there lights on the remote?

Were the Seatrak's work lights on?

- Yeah, why?

- Stay put.

Ever heard of photomigration?

It's a theory of aggressive animal

behaviour associated with light.

Topside approved your request

for extraction.

Get Snyder to secure the station

and prep the DSRV for departure.

- We're going home.

- Amen.

What was that?

That was our baby's heartbeat.

Well... I'm gonna go check

on Snyder and Richardson.

- Why didn't you tell me?

- I thought it was only my concern.

- I didn't want it to be a problem.

- I can't believe you didn't tell me.

You always say you're a drifter,

and you don't want to settle down.

What do you say if it's a boy

we name it after the Captain?

Philip Laidlaw McBride.

I like that.

Well... Sorry to piss on your picnic,

but Norris wants you on deck.

Now.

DSRV-2 is prepped and ready to go.

Pack your gear and tell the others

to stand by for decompression.

- What about the missile sled?

- I don't plan to do anything.

I just got the retraction order,

the Navy can send a recovery team.

All I'm asking you is to secure

the missile sled.

- What's the procedure, Snyder?

- Only the Captain can order it.

I thought we were beginning

decompression.

That's postponed until we secure

the missiles.

- It's not like people can steal them.

- Snyder, please. Just do it.

- Fine.

- Do you want me to assist you?

I think I can handle it.

REQUEST PROCEDURE TO SECURE

ABANDONED MISSILE SLED

DEFINE ABANDONED

A. FOR REPAIR OR REMOVAL

B. TO NATURAL FORCES

C. TO AGGRESSION

This thing that attacked you, was it

a natural force, or aggression?

- I don't know what you mean.

- The computer wants to know.

It was aggressive action

by a force unknown.

- Just get on with it.

- I'm just checking, okay?

Pardon my ass all the way to hell.

Okay, aggression.

EMERGENCY DETONATION

- What will you do topside?

- I'm heading right for Big Lew's.

Big Lew's Burger Barn. The greasiest

hamburgerjoint in the universe.

I walk right in

and order a double fistful of meat.

With cheese. Bucket of fries,

and a very large chocolate shake.

I spent six months trying

to keep you on a healthy diet.

You hear my arteries hardening?

- Where's Van Gelder?

- Up gathering his homework.

Search release.

Damn command directive...

It's not gonna be my ass, I tell you.

Seven, eight...

Okay, boys and girls,

don't try this at home.

- What the hell's that?

- What the f***?

- Oh, my God.

- Come on.

You idiot! What have you done?

You detonated the missile sled!

- I secured the missile sled!

- You signed our death warrants.

You know how much water detonating

a 20 megaton warhead displaces?

- What are those?

- Concussion waves. Jesus.

- They're registering force 20.

- Here it comes.

Snyder, damage control!

Get me the diagnostic.

Stand by!

Switch to VSL overlap.

- Binary status.

- Overlap.

FLP fraction.

Revert to load unit.

System C!

I'm on stand-by power,

good for two minutes only.

- I'm losing the sensors.

- Try patching a bypass.

- I got a fire over here.

- There's four warning lights.

Structural deficiency.

Docking bay, aft.

I'm on it.

McBride, let's go! We got a leak.

The main strut may go.

Bring it up! That's good.

Get the extender real quick.

Put it up there.

Crank it up.

I'm switching on auxiliary.

I'm on count.

Crank it up!

Pull it!

You've got to weld this

to the base plate!

I got the flap!

- Slow down.

- We're getting close.

Norris! Shut down the water main!

One more! About two inches.

That's good.

All right, it's done.

Run a diagnostic.

Crew's quarters are flooded,

power shortage in section...

Hold it. The oxygen filtration

system's wrecked.

So the air supply is gone?

The main lines to

the decompression bay are ruptured.

- So we're not going anywhere.

- How much air do we have?

- Seven, eight hours maybe.

- Air is not the main problem.

The cooling primary to the reactor

was destroyed.

- It'll go supercritical soon.

- What happens when it does?

- It'll explode.

- Welcome to ground zero.

Snyder? Can you fix the radio?

Sure, if I had the right parts,

and a week to do it.

- Why don't we use the escape pod?

- Because we can't decompress.

We can't leave the station.

Snyder will get in the

Guinness Book of Records.

Causing two nuclear explosions

in one afternoon has to be a record!

- I followed procedure!

- You f***ed up!

Look at this. Can't we repair

the lines to the decompression bay?

- They are too badly damaged.

- We might be able to run a bypass.

You mean seal the rupture here?

Run a line from the medical lab, -

- patch it into the airlock pressure

system... Bring up the blueprints.

- BZN 17 through RTX 56.

- Yes. It might work.

We've patched that in

from JVB-124, right?

It connects the decompression

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