The Hunt for Red October Page #6

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Defect?

Excuse me.

The boat's the Red October

The skipper's Ramius?

It seems that circumstances

have changed somewhat.

Get this man some dry clothes.

I'll be in the conn.

Soviet submarine Red October

under the command of Marko Ramius -

- reported as potential renegade.

Threat of independent missile launch."

"Use any necessary force to prevent

is approach to the United States."

Left 10 degrees rudder.

Steer course 265.

Chief of the Watch, rig for red.

- What's going on?

- Battle stations are manned and ready.

- Captain, I have to talk to you.

- Not now. Take her to 1,200 feet.

Diving officer,

make your depth 1,200 feet.

Full dive on fairwater planes.

Full dive on stern planes.

Passing 450 feet, going to 1,200.

- Did you get a good fix?

- Yes, Captain.

- Sonar, have you got him yet, Jonesy?

- Very faint sir.

Yes, contact on 250.

Right where he's supposed to be.

- Is he alerted to our presence?

- No, sir.

Come left to 265.

Bring us up behind him quietly.

Make your depth 500 feet.

Please listen to me. Two minutes.

- Time to intercept his track?

- Four minutes.

Very well, Mr. Ryan. Two minutes.

I understand that message,

it makes perfect sense.

Ramius intends to defect.

The Russians are trying to sink him.

- They haven't been able to.

- I have a firing solution.

The Russians will stop at nothing.

They invented this story because

they need our help to sink him.

Weapons control, full safety. I don't

want this fish coming back at us.

I know this man.

Has he made any Crazy Ivans?

His next one will be to starboard.

He always goes to starboard

in the bottom half of the hour.

Flood tubes one and two.

You have to establish contact.

He wants to defect!

Call Chief Watson to the conn

with his sidearm.

Possible aspect change in target

Concur, change in bearing rate.

Crazy Ivan!

Captain, he's turning.

- Which way is he turning?

- To the starboard.

Give the man a chance.

- All back full.

- Say again.

- All back full!

- Aye, sir.

- We're cavitating! He can hear us.

- All stop.

We just unzipped our fly.

Open the outer door.

Firing point procedures.

If the bastard twitches,

I'm going to blow him to Mars.

All stop.

Can you identify the contact?

Los Angeles class attack-boat sub.

Bearing:
015. Range: 300 metres.

Opening torpedo tube doors.

Outer doors open. Ready to shoot.

Very well. My orders are specific.

He is preparing to fire.

Flood tubes three and four

and plot a solution.

Shall I open the torpedo tube doors?

- Shall I open the outer doors?

- No.

Look the firing solution

into the computer.

Do not open the doors.

Aye, Captain.

Look solution into computer.

- Target has flooded his tubes.

- Has he opened his outer doors?

Negative He's just sitting there

- Target is coming shallow.

- What does that mean?

It means he's a very cool customer.

He knows we're ready to shoot.

He's heading for the surface.

- What's his course now?

- 270. Due west.

Bring us alongside him.

Sonar, report all contacts.

My only contact is Typhoon 7.

- Range to target?

- Range is 300 yards.

Make your depth 65 feet.

He wants to go up and take a peek

We'll play along.

Weapons status?

Weapons are armed. Tubes three and four

are flooded, but outer doors are closed.

Mark this bearing!

You wanted to talk to him, Mr. Ryan.

There he is. What do you want to say?

Will he be the only one

looking through the periscope?

- Probably

- We'll have to chance that.

"US told you intend missile launch."

"Do not approach US coats

or you will be attacked."

"If intention is other,

will you discuss option?"

Can he acknowledge

with a single ping?

He can. The question is, will he?

Verify our range to target.

One ping only.

Aye, Captain.

I'll be damned. Now what?

All right. "If defection..."

Chart. I need a chart.

Where the hell are we?

Someplace deep.

Okay, send him this.

- Are you out of your mind?

- Just send it.

How did you know

he was going to go to starboard?

I didnt. I had a 50-50 chance

and I needed a breakdown Sorry.

That's all right. My Morse is so rusty. -

- I may be sending him dimensions

on playmate of the month.

Reverify our range to target.

- One ping only.

- Captain, I just...

Give me a ping, Vassily.

One ping only, please.

Aye, Captain.

What the hell is this about?

The Russians want us to sink her.

We might have to do that.

We must give this American

a wide berth.

Let us turn south.

Mr. Kamarov, plot a new course

due south.

New course:
180.

Shut down the reactor.

- Seal the ventilation system.

- The ventilation controls have failed.

Everybody out!

Clear the compartment.

- Shut the ventilation system down.

- The controls don't respond.

Bypass it. Seal it manually. Move!

Say again.

We suffered a leak in the cooling tube

The ventilation circuits are disabled.

- The coolant is contaminated

- I knew it was damaged.

Radiation alarms are activated

in all compartments.

Get us to periscope depth.

We'll ventilate with outside air.

Ventilating won't do anything.

Get the men off.

- What is the battery condition?

- Four hours

- Engage battery system.

- The whole ship is contaminated.

We've got to get the men off.

Sir, we have been sabotaged.

- Who said anything about sabotage?

- Captain!

I'm afraid the doctor is right.

Very well. Surface.

We'll evacuate the men to the deck

Surface the ship. Muster all personnel

to escape hatches.

Break out the rafts. We'll use them

as shelters until the fleet arrives.

Make sure the count is accurate.

We must get the entire crew out.

Master at Arms reports rafts secure

and evacuation proceeding.

No officer will spend more than

Surface contact:
270.

Six miles and closing fast.

- It's a warship!

- Here? Can you identify?

It's a US frigate. Probably Perry class.

He's signaling.

Red October,

halt and stay where you are.

Do not attempt to submerge

or you will be fired upon.

He means to board us.

You will go with the crew. The officers

and I will submerge beneath you.

- We'll scuttle the ship.

- You will receive the Order of Lenin.

Prepare to cast off.

The captain is going to scuttle the ship.

- He's going down, sir.

- Put a shot across his bow.

Seahawk One, this is Bravo Command.

She's ready.

Release on my command.

Drop now.

Range to target 900 yards...

The torpedo is detonated.

That torpedo did not self-destruct.

You heard it hit the hull.

And I was never here.

- Give Dallas the go.

- Get the DSRV moving.

Two million things

can still go wrong with this stunt.

Central intelligence Agency...

there's a contradiction in terms.

How's the coffee, Ryan?

Dallas, this is the Mystic.

Request clearance to launch.

- Hatch is secured.

- We're ready to launch.

- Flood the skirt.

- Skirt filled and equalized.

- Ready to lift off.

- Okay, let's do it.

Thrusting to port.

- 600 yards and closing.

- Steer right to course 075.

Hit the lights.

Jesus! That's a big sucker.

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