Solar Strike AKA Solar Attack Page #7

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Why not American sub?

Yours was the closest armed sub

to the target.

You cannot launch from United States?

No.

An ICBM launched from the states

would have to leave our atmosphere.

Once it did, its guidance system would

be knocked out by the solar storms.

It must be launched at

low altitudes at close range.

That's where you come in, sir.

Captain, this is

the only chance we have.

This disaster, it's accelerating

moving toward flash point.

If we don't stop it now, sir.

It can't be stopped.

I could not possibly

authorize such an act.

Not without approval of my commander.

Captain, how about if you talk

to President Ilyushin directly?

Would that work?

How?

Captain?

We are approximately here.

If we can get to here.

The Trans-Atlantic cables.

We can tap in and call the Kremlin.

I've compiled the data

sent by the observatories

before they went offline

into a simulation of

the methane ignition pattern.

Put it on screen.

The cable is somewhere

around 800 meters deep.

Approximately twenty-five hundred feet.

That is very deep

for a sub of our class.

Captain, that's the closest

and shallowest point to the cable.

Captain, if we go below 700 meters,

there's a really good chance

that the ship's hull will crumble

from the pressure.

When the fires in the sky intensify,

they will deplete our oxygen?

All life on this planet will

suffocate in a matter of a few hours.

We have to act now.

Lieutenant, set course

for those coordinates.

Initiate deep dive

precautionary measures.

- Now, Lieutenant?

- Yes, sir!

Initiate deep dive precautions.

Sir, I'm picking up another sub.

It's American.

Captain, if we make contact,

there'll be no time for explanations.

Rig for silent running.

Yes, sir. Rig for silent running!

Oh my God!

It's heading for us!

Aaaahhh!

Captain, the American sub

is getting closer.

Captain, do we keep with this dive?

What depth are they at?

Close enough to shout.

But they have not heard us, have they?

They're not behaving as if they have.

Stay in the dive.

Keep it smooth and very quiet.

Aye, Sir.

Stay in the dive.

Captain! I don't think she can

take too much more pressure.

She will have to.

So she will.

Captain we have a leak at level three!

Torpedo bay 4 is flooded.

Seal it off.

Aye, Sir. Seal it off.

Mark reached.

Full stop.

Oh, no.

Oh, no, no.

Please, please work! Oh thank God.

What the hell just happened up there?

We got hit.

The programs, they're still running.

Yeah, yeah, it's still running.

Uh, just under eleven minutes.

Thank God. I'm on my way.

Mr. President?

I have the Vosnesensk online.

President Ilyushin.

This is Lucas Foster.

I need your help, Sir.

Mr. Foster.

I believe I know why you are calling.

I've spoken with President Gordon.

We will approve your plan.

My submarine is at your disposal.

That's very good news, Mr. President.

May I put you on with Captain Gregorovitch,

Commander of the Voznesensk?

Please.

Thank you, sir.

Captain?

Whoa, Dr. Parks, you can't go down there.

Ned.

It's not safe. Walls are collapsing.

Ned. That's a chance

I'm gonna have to take.

Dr. Parks!

It's Lucas. He's on the sub.

Thank God.

Lucas?

Joanna, it's good to hear your voice.

And yours.

You got those launch coordinates?

Yeah. Here we go.

Latitude, 86 degrees,

Longitude; 41 degrees

Joanna, good work.

This wasn't supposed to happen.

There's still time to stop it -

I got the coordinates

to Lucas on the sub.

Lieutenant, what's the status

on our coms?

The radio's still down, sir.

No satellite guidance to speak of.

I know we're still down, Lieutenant.

I want an ETA of when they'll be restored.

I wish I could give you that, sir

but every indication leads us to believe

that this is an external problem.

External?

Sir, I mean, the problem is not

with our com equipment,

the problem is with the source.

Are you telling me the world's biggest

superpower has just lost its SATCOM?

Maybe it was a test?

I have advance notification

of all maritime scheduled tests.

Either way,

we would have had communication.

Which means, the only reason

we haven't heard from headquarters

is that they went dark themselves.

Are you insinuating

we may have been attacked?

Sir? We did experience a power surge

and interference consistent

with nuclear EMP.

Captain, we may be

picking up another sub.

MAY be picking up another sub?

I want a confirmation on that

and I want it now.

Yes sir.

Input target coordinates, Lieutenant.

(Russian)

Da.

(Russian)

(Russian instructions to tech)

Launch coordinates are set, Captain.

How soon until we reach launch position?

In fifteen seconds, sir.

Unlock missile launch codes.

Sir, sonar is picking up a Russian sub.

- Are you sure?

- Positive, sir.

What's their position?

Sir, they're over the safe water boundary,

inside Icelandic territorial waters.

On my mark.

Three. Two. One.

Mark.

Input launch code.

Now missiles are armed, sir.

Prepare to fire.

Captain! The Americans.

They have located us.

Sir. We have an incoming message

from the Americans.

On the shortwave.

They say we have drifted off course

that we are in violation

of Icelandic territorial waters.

And are ordered to surface immediately.

Tell the Americans

we are acting under the direct orders

of both President Ilyushin

and President Gordon.

Sir, they say they're acting

under the direct orders

of both President Ilyushin

and President Gordon.

And that they're running

a code black scenario.

What kind of game are they playing?

They are at missile launch depth, sir.

Tell them we have no way

to verify their claims.

They need to surface immediately.

Any failure to comply

will be deemed an act of aggression.

Yes sir.

They are giving us one minute to surface

and prove the authentication

of our orders.

If we surface now, sir,

it'll be too late.

The window of opportunity

has almost closed.

We must do this now, sir!

Send another message.

Tell the Americans

we are on a time-critical mission

and that we pose no threat. Send this.

Yes, Sir. American submarine,

we are on a time-critical mission

and our operation poses

no danger to your vessel.

Let them know we mean business.

Yes, sir!

On my mark.

Captain, they're opening

their torpedo bay doors.

Lieutenant Troiska.

I will not fire missile, sir.

Give me your key.

I cannot do that.

This is suicide.

Lieutenant.

Don't!

Lock Lieutenant Troiska in his quarters!

Yes, sir.

Lock him up!

Now Captain.

Firing missiles one through five.

Sir, the Russians

just launched five missiles.

What in God's name?

Sir, awaiting your orders, sir.

Prepare to fire.

We're taking them out.

Sir yes sir. Prepare to fire!

Send another message.

Tell them we are surfacing.

Fire when ready.

Fire when ready.

It's too late!

Torpedoes in the water!

Prepare counter measures.

Full ahead.

Down right angle 45 degrees.

Fire counter measures.

Fire counter measures!

Sir, the Russians have launched

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