Thursday, January 28, 2010

Chapter Eighty-Six Third Week in October

DEFINITE KILO-CLASS SIGNATURE HEADED EASTBOUND ON A COURSE OF ZERO-NINE-ZERO DISTANCE FROM COASTLINE IS APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILES DESIGNATE THIS KILO AS KILO ONE. IF THEY CONTINUE ON COURSE THEY ARE HEADED FOR LOS ANGELES OVER.

SOSUS CENTER IS THERE ANY WORD OF A SECOND SUB OVER.

NEGATIVE WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. HOW OFTEN DO YOU REQUIRE OUR READINGS OVER.

GIVE US AN UPDATE EVERY HOUR UNLESS KILO CHANGES COURSE WE NEED A FIX FROM LOS ANGELES SO WE CAN TRIANGULATE OUR SHIPS’ COURSES TO INTERSECT OVER.

SOSUS CENTER AYE YOU’LL HAVE LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE IN ONE MINUTE OVER.

“Okay, people,” the admiral says to those gathered around him. “We know that one sub is some fifteen hundred miles west of L.A. Once we get an approximate fix, we can move part of our screen to surround that one. Then we wait for word from the White House.”

Admiral O’Rouke notifies a squadron of his destroyers and frigates to intersect Kilo one. May God be with them, he will remember thinking for the rest of his days.

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