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That's amazing.

I've never seen anything like it, Mr. President.

Here we go, Mr. President.

Good.

Sophie is ready for your haircut, sir.

Well, you can tell her unless she's planning for my fascination, it's not a

time right now.

Why don't we wait until we're on the ground? We can always get that together

before the photo ops.

I'll let her know, Mr. President.

Besides, I kind of like it a little long.

Reminds me of my blue -collar days.

Ms. Breen. Yeah. Can you ask the pilots if they can take us above us, please?

I'll go through with the crew.

Are you okay, sir?

Yeah. I got a little headache.

I hope you might be broken, sir.

Good idea.

Green, what's going on up there?

Get the pilot to level the plane. I think it's about time we get our front

get strapped in, Mr. President.

Thank you. We are flying over the Bermuda Triangle, after all.

Mr. President, the pod is equipped with atmospheric and pressurization controls,

as well as oxygen and recyclers, so you have plenty of air to breathe.

The maximum crust depth is 20 ,000 feet.

You'll have enough food and water to last you for seven days.

There's also a deep -water common -fat transmitter that only we can pick up, so

we'll be monitoring you every second of the way.

And you've got a 40 -caliber pistol with 100 rounds of ammunition.

Good luck, sir.

Present an encrypted message to the White House, sir. Vice President

has been notified.

Good luck, sir. All right. God bless. Try to save your sons, man.

Stand by. Stand by. Don't call me. God bless you.

We'll refuel her while you find out what's going on.

Yes, sir. Hopefully this won't take too long.

Morning, Sergeant Oliver.

Soldiers. Good to see you again, sir.

We have a situation.

Will you and your second accompany me to the bridge?

Of course, sir.

You guys hang loose until I find out what's going on.

Yes, sir. We are in the process of locating that signal as we speak.

Captain Oliver and team reporting for duty. Admiral?

At ease.

Chairman Leary?

Chief Oliver is present as you requested.

Good morning, Chief Oliver.

Morning, Chairman.

I know you've been gone on a long rotation, and you and your men are

in need of a break.

But we have a situation.

of the utmost urgency, and we need your assistance.

Yes, sir. Whatever you need, sir. The President of the United States was

jettisoned from Air Force One in his escape pod at 0517 hours this morning.

You and your team will coordinate with Admiral Hansen and CPO Vincent.

You will rescue the President.

I'll call Hurlburt personally and inform them of your new orders.

Yes, sir.

Bring the President back.

Yes, sir.

Nice to be working with you again, Adam.

Chief Oliver, you were asked to run this operation by the JCS, not by me.

So please take note, this is still my operation.

I know that you are a risk taker, and risk taking often ends up with an

unnecessary loss of life, as you and I both know.

There will be no risk -taking on this mission without my orders.

This is the President of the United States.

You will follow my orders to the letter.

Failure to do so will result in your immediate court -martial. Do we

each other?

Yes, Admiral.

Captain Phillips, have Dr.

Zimmer and Lieutenant Plummer meet us on deck immediately.

Yes, Admiral. Chief Oliver, assemble your team and meet us on the deck as

Yes, Admiral Hammond.

Dismissed.

Your team still prepped and ready to go?

Yes, Admiral. Very good.

Hey, Revis?

What?

What is it?

No clue.

Boy, she still has it in for you, huh? Yeah, well, the feeling's mutual.

I'm just glad we got the call.

You'll be fine. Hey, it's only the president.

Ridge,

report!

Get to your team.

I haven't seen nothing.

Whoa, careful, Doctor.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

How are those?

It's Reptia Pachyptia, but of course a very extravagant embodiment.

Non -scientific name, please, Doctor.

Tubeworms, Admiral.

They seem to possess some sort of bioelectrogenesis, which is contrary to

the species in its respective phylum.

They would appear to be surveying us at the moment.

Tell me about it.

Do they seem hostile?

I don't know. They're worms.

But they do seem angry.

All teams, lock and load!

Chief, you seeing this?

Affirmative, Rebus.

Lock and load and get to team port side.

Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

It's not look good.

Nice knees.

What are you doing, ugly?

You think that thing makes a move?

I blast its ugly ass to hell.

We're crashing!

It's a game! It's a game! It's a game!

Doesn't the artillery or SAMs have any effect on them?

Suggestions. Zimmer.

We need air support now.

Get us airborne.

Captain Phillips, commence damage control.

Weapon systems are our first priority.

I want to keep some aircraft up there.

Get the tankers airborne to refuel and recall the rest.

Dr. Zimmer, I want a complete assessment of what those things were.

At ease.

Chief Oliver, you still have a job to do.

CPO Vincent.

We've established an approximate location of the president's pod at 7

meters deep.

Now that's well beyond the maximum crush capacity.

Okay, the structure of the hull seems to be fully intact, but there may be a

compromise in the oxygen recycler. We estimate that there may be as little as

four hours of oxygen remaining.

Now, it's going to take you three hours to safely descend to that depth in the

diving bell. Upon your arrival, you'll deploy with the fluorocarbon liquid

ventilators. You don't have much time, gentlemen.

So if you're not up to task, I expect you to be forthcoming now.

We can handle it.

Admiral Hansen? Yes, Lieutenant Plummer?

Perhaps we should use the Prometheus DSRV -2 prototype.

Forgive me.

This is Lieutenant Plummer from the Office of Naval Research.

She's an expert on physical oceanography and marine electronics engineering. She

will also be your mission advisor.

Can you tell us a little more about the Prometheus?

It's a prototype deep -sea piloted submersible that was set to be free and

cleared for duty this month.

Now, it would take a quarter of that time to reach that depth, and given

circumstances, we should consider it.

But it also is not equipped with any type of armament.

CPO Vincent,

when are the subsurface assault vessels scheduled to arrive?

Within the hour. And then an extra 30 minutes to prep and deploy, Admiral.

All right. Let's do it.

Lieutenant Plummer, tell the Prometheus crew to run prep and diagnostics

immediately. Yes, Admiral.

Chief Oliver.

When the SSAVs arrive to provide escort, you will launch.

With all due respect, Admiral, I don't think we have time for that. We don't

know when these things are going to strike again.

Duly noted, and I appreciate your concern.

But without a security escort, the mission is jeopardized, and more

so is the President's life. We will wait.

We'll be standing by, awaiting your orders, Admiral Hansen.

Very well.

Dismissed.

C .P .O. Vincent, Dr. Zimmer, come with me. I want to know what the hell it was

that attacked my fleet.

All right, you're up.

You've got a job to do.

What time is left?

Over three hours. This is ridiculous. We ought to wait for Vincent's equipment.

I almost got a point, though.

Those things attack us down there. We're screwed.

It is highly maneuverable.

Okay, Ed, look!

Eddie!

Soldiers!

I'm Lieutenant Commander Drew Barclay.

I'll be piloting the Prometheus.

Mick, throw your gear on board now.

Thank you, sir.

All right, you heard him. Grab your gear and load up.

What, we're being attacked again?

I need gunnery teams to coordinate.

Choose one organism and concentrate their fire on that one only.

Same with the air assets.

Flight helicopter, fixed wing.

Pick one, kill it, and move on to the next.

All

right,

that's it. Everybody listen up.

I'm through screwing around down here. I'm taking that sub out right now. We

will not be able to defend ourselves down there.

Vincent will never get his equipment aboard of those things attacking us, and

we're just going to lose more time.

You want to come?

I'd appreciate the company.

If not, that's fine, too.

Just to be clear, Admiral Hanson will probably have me court -martialed if

going against her orders.

Which means she'll probably court -martial everybody else who comes along.

To hell with it.

Only with you, Chief.

I'm ready to rock.

Y 'all know how I feel about it.

I'm in.

Do this.

What are we waiting for?

Hooyah! Hooyah!

Sergeant Oliver.

Yes, Lieutenant.

Are you sure this is the right thing to do?

Ma 'am, our job is to save lives, regardless of the consequences or what

may not be the protocol.

Now, that is the President of the United States of America at the bottom of that

ocean.

So if it means saving his life, I'm willing to suffer the consequences.

Prometheus preparing for launch.

All right, Revis, get the coordinates.

Got it.

Elfman, we got sonar? Ready to roll.

All right, Captain Williams.

Yes, Chief.

All right, let's do this, guys.

You don't have to do this.

Listen up, team.

There are a lot of underwater currents as well as other variables that can

affect this ship system.

You're going to need me for this.

Plus, there's no telling what we might find down there, right?

Welcome aboard, Lieutenant.

Commander Lieutenant, still waiting for an order.

Did you see that?

Yes, ma 'am.

They seem to be communicating.

When one gets injured...

It retreats to the rear, and the others continue with the attack.

Very sophisticated.

TPO Vincent, what is the tip rep on getting those SSAVs aboard?

Copy that, Admiral.

They're coming in now!

We need heavy ordnance! Part -time midship!

Let's go!

Admiral!

Admiral!

We just lost the super stallion.

With the SSAB.

Prometheus is launching.

Prometheus launch command.

This is Prometheus launch. Go ahead.

What are you doing? Why is that sub launching?

Lieutenant Commander Barkley ordered it, sir.

Bridge, bridge.

The Prometheus is launching.

Admiral Hansen, the officer of the deck says that the Prometheus has launched.

Raise them.

Yes, Admiral.

Prometheus. This is the USS Nemesis. I repeat, this is the USS Nemesis. Please

respond.

How do I respond?

Don't respond.

I've got to say something. Do not respond.

DSRV -2, please respond.

I say again, Prometheus.

Please respond.

You're killing me, man.

Chief Oliver, you will respond and comply by immediately returning the

Prometheus.

Wow, really?

We all know what we're doing.

Damn right.

I didn't vote for him. What the hell? Let's go get the president.

Let's go save the president.

You and the Admiral don't have such a good working relationship, do you?

No, ma 'am, we do not.

What's going on between you two, Chief?

Because if I'm in the middle of it, I'd like to know what I've gotten myself

into.

All right.

Three years ago, she was stationed aboard the USS Harry Trumpet.

We got a call to rescue one of her tomcats that had gone down over

The intel was... Her intel was shaky.

We were almost to the coordinates that we were last given, and Admiral Hansen

decided to pull from the mission.

We were so close that I instructed my team to go on.

We lost radio contact, and the LZ turned out to be a trap.

We took some casualties, one of which was my best friend.

And there was a downtown cat, not more than two clicks away from us.

If Admiral Hansen would have had her act together, then maybe the pilot, my

team, and my best friend would still be alive.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

The loss of life is truly regrettable, but... But what?

She did call the mission.

You continued on.

Had you taken orders, your friend and teammate might still be alive.

You don't understand, but we do.

Sir! We got something coming in starboard side, and it's big.

Ooh, it's coming in fast. I'm clocking it at 30 knots.

All right, full throttle ahead.

All right, full throttle.

Starfleet's down!

Hold it tight.

Hold it tight.

It's attacking it. Are you sure about this? Yes, I'm sure. Cut it off.

Cut the power.

Cut.

Your system's down.

Power down.

Good call, Connor.

It looks like it's moving.

Give it a few seconds.

If we power up now, we're liable to attract more of those things.

And we've got less than three hours to find this pod.

The Gulf Stream runs through here.

If Mr. Elfman will allow me, I can navigate us into it.

Let's see.

We intermittently feather the power on and off.

Let the current do the rest.

He's coming around.

Hey, hey, hey, take it easy.

Rivas, can you feed me the pod encryption code?

Yes, ma 'am.

All right, guys.

I've honed in on the pod location and programmed a sub to take us there.

We'll use the golf string to get us there.

Margin of error, less than 1%. How'd you do that, Lieutenant?

Well, it's simply a matter of modulating the frequencies.

to compensate for the changes in the ocean as we descend.

Temperature, salinity, half a dozen other variables.

But right now, I suggest you guys hold on to something tight, because we are in

for it. It's about to get ugly.

Although they resemble a common tube worm, such an enormous mutation of this

quantity is highly unlikely.

They span 30 meters above the surface of the water. That's just a tentacle. They

seem to be part of a much larger central nervous system of another sea -bearing

creature. If this is the case, the tentacle could be as long as 7 ,000

Actually, no.

But I managed to get a more manageable piece of the specimen.

I will be in my lab.

Now watch this.

You're telling me that these are appendages?

that are attached to something bigger. How does this experiment tell you that?

Elementary neurology, Admiral.

You see where we inserted the catheters into the specimen?

These pathways are not dissimilar to nerves.

This deeper network of innervated wiring is congruous with the peripheral nerves

of living organisms, as we know it here on Earth.

Now, in order to initiate the electrical impulse I just demonstrated, it must

originate from a central...

command center or a central nervous system, if you will.

This organism, in of itself, it is not capable of producing the electrical

discharge that we witnessed during those attacks.

What did you mean by here on Earth?

This is clearly a non -terrestrial organism, Adderall.

Look at it.

But earlier, you called it a Reptia, a... Reptia Petchpatia. Yes, you called

a... tuber.

Until I dissected it, yes, it did display some Reptia Pachypatea DNA, but

is much more complex.

I mean, it is assimilated into a biomechanical organism from elsewhere

than our world. I mean, the components that make up this energy pathway are

anything other in this world.

And you think that these are attached to something bigger below the surface?

I assure you that my hypothesis is not mere conjecture.

Captain Phillips, I want to run deep subsurface detection for massive organic

life. Yes, ma 'am.

Good work, Dr. Zim.

Sir, the water.

It's going shallow. I'm reading depths of seven fathoms.

Wait, what?

Seven fathoms.

That can't be.

Did you run diagnostics on your equipment?

Yes, ma 'am. Everything's completely intact.

Sir, the satellites are reading that we're approximately seven fathoms off

same plane as the pods' encryption.

Now, that can't be. Something must have broken during the attack.

We could be in an underwater cavern, which explains why the system is reading

as seven fathoms.

It's reading off of a false bottom.

That's right.

Blow ballast!

Blow ballast!

Check that out.

Instruments are reading there's oxygen.

And pressure reads 1 .03 atmospheres. That's impossible.

That's normal AAP. We're over 7 ,000 meters below sea level. Look for

That would not make any sense unless it's being controlled somehow.

USS Nemesis, this is the Prometheus.

DSRV -2, come in, Nemesis.

This is the Nemesis.

We copy you, Prometheus.

Chief... Oliver, what is your location?

We've landed in what appears to be an underwater cavern, Admiral.

Our depth, however, is unknown.

But the encryption appears to be within our perimeter.

Approximately two clicks from our present location.

Very well.

Lieutenant Plummer is with you?

Yes, ma 'am.

Chief Oliver, you have a mission to do.

So do I.

But keep me apprised. Do you understand?

Yes, Admiral.

Nemesis out.

Hey, that was weird. I could have sworn the Admiral was going to chew you in the

ass. She has too much to deal with up there. Now look, we have less than an

to find that pod before the oxygen supply runs out.

The president died.

He's not already dead.

I've got it. We're approximately two kilometers dead ahead.

You hear that?

Yeah.

Help me.

Pipe in what's going on out there.

Copy that.

It's the walls and the ceiling.

It's mechanical.

More like biomechanical. As if it were fused with living tissue.

Definitely something constructed, but not man -made.

Non -terrestrial.

She's right.

Something is definitely controlling the atmospheric pressure.

Holy God.

It's like an airplane graveyard.

Guess we're not the first ones down here.

Do you think anyone's alive down here?

Let's hope so.

Hey, guys.

I think that light up there is the President's pod.

It's possible. Could be some form of bioluminescence.

This could be an alien outpost.

That's right where we gotta go.

All right.

Let's keep our eyes peeled for a place to dock.

It's absolutely amazing.

This is the first real contact with non -terrestrial life.

As far as we know it.

I'm sorry we don't have more time to explore this.

We have a job to do.

I know.

We've got 45 minutes.

Reva, is there any change in that signal?

No, Chief. Still dead ahead.

Jensen, set up temporary command H2.

and make sure instrumentation is up and running.

Yes. Yes.

Yes, Chairman Leary, sorry, we were just hit on the bridge.

Chief Oliver and his team are on the Prometheus prototype.

We just received transmission from them that they had surfaced in an underwater

cavern. Yes.

They've located the presence of Skate Bob Deacon. They set out on foot to

for him. Admiral, we have to get in front of them. All right, go.

Have you heard from them since?

No, sir.

This is one hell of a junkyard.

Meet a triangle is no joke.

All right.

The eagle has landed.

Okay, team, suit up in your bio gear. We don't know what organisms are in this

environment.

Commander Barclay, probably best to remain here with the sub.

I'll be fine, Chief.

Go do what you need to do.

All right.

We'll be back.

Hopefully.

The Bermuda Triangle.

These ships.

This aircraft.

They were drawn here to power the city.

And that ship.

That ship. I don't believe it.

That's the USS Cyclops.

It has to be.

What's the USS Cyclops?

It was a cargo ship carrying coal.

Vanished without a trace with the entire crew of 306 after March 4th, 1918.

In the Bermuda Triangle.

You sure about that?

I'm positive.

I've studied old photographs of it a hundred times.

Then I guess this has been going on for a hell of a long time then.

I got the president's signal. We're triangulating right now.

All right, everyone.

We've got to spread out.

We've got 29 minutes until the oxygen runs out in that escape pod.

Keep constant radio contact. Stay frosty.

We don't know what kind of life is down there.

Captain Phillips, I need you to find out where that Ohio -class nuke is.

Yes, Admiral.

USS Maine, this is USS Nemesis.

What's your ETA?

This is USS Maine. We are approximately 105 nautical miles from your location.

ETA 80 zero minutes.

We saw a topside.

Okay.

What's going on?

Thank God.

Let's get out of here.

Are you okay to walk?

Yeah, I'm fine. Follow me. I'm fine.

What in God's name is this place?

We believe it's a city, Mr. President.

What we've seen suggests it was built by an alien civilization.

What information do you have to say that there are aliens associated with it?

Obviously. This would explain the legendary magnetic forces of the Bermuda

Triangle, sir.

All right, we've got to get going, sir.

We've got a rescue submersible waiting. Follow me.

Chief, do you think we should call in a strike force?

I wouldn't do that.

We don't know enough about this thing, sir.

If this has anything to do with those tentacles up top, I say we blow them to

hell. Tentacles?

Where's Preacher?

Where's Preacher?

It's too late for Preacher. Begin preparations for getting underway.

Copy that. All stations are ready to get underway.

Rig for dive.

Copy that.

Rigging for dive.

David, power's up.

Chief, hit the artillery pump with a stern balance.

You got that.

It's weird, Commander.

Thank you, you too.

Lieutenant Commander, I don't think we've met yet.

Lieutenant Commander Drew Barclay, Mr. Prescott. I want to thank you for your

service. Yeah, sir, my pleasure, sir.

And you, you and your team, for your sacrifice.

I know what it's like to lose men under my command.

Thank you, sir.

But we're not out of the woods yet, sir.

Right.

Coming, guys.

Hard right weather! Come on!

That's off and full! What's happening?

Is that that thing that was chasing us outside?

No, Mr. President, it's the Gulf Stream. That's what got us here.

Hang on tight, sir.

Come on. Come on.

I'm not going to make it.

Give her some more, sir.

I'm giving her all she's got, sir.

The doors are closing.

She's just gone to court. Zero, nine, or five. Forty -five degrees out, sir.

Good job.

Can't take another hit like that.

That thing is catching up to us, guys.

We're not going to make it out of range like this.

Transmit upon me. What is the source of energy for this vessel?

Silver's big batteries, right? Silver's big batteries. If we bypass the regular

and overload protection device, we could in effect deliver a surge to the

primary thrust, right?

And it would give us a boost to get home, right?

The problem would be how long we would last. That hazard would get us to the

surface. Because the override could short out the electric battery.

And now, we'll leave it set in the water. Yes, sir.

Chief, any thoughts?

I've always been one for it, sir.

I'd say we go for it.

I'm with Chief Oliver, Mr. President.

I'd say we do it.

Yeah, Barkley?

Yes, sir.

Let's go.

Keep steady. We'll do.

Oliver, watch out for that thing.

I'll be back in a minute.

We know that!

Let's engage!

Yes, sir!

Go meet him. Get a chopper ready for the President's immediate evacuation and

get Lieutenant Plummer and Chief Oliver down here immediately.

Aye, aye, Admiral.

We need a medic down here!

Mr.

President, welcome aboard.

Captain. Can you fill me in on what's going on up here?

If you'll follow me, watch your head.

We're preparing for your immediate evacuation, and I'll fill you in.

I want you to bring me to the bridge first.

The bridge is gone, sir.

We've suffered some serious damage, and I have orders to evacuate you

immediately. Well, you've got new orders, Captain.

Take me up to the Admiral.

Mr. President, so glad you're all right, sir.

We have a helo ready for your immediate evacuation.

I've got to ask you, do you have any strategic submarines in your fleet?

We're awaiting the arrival of an Ohio -class SSBN. But, sir, we need to get

off this ship. I'm not going anywhere.

Now, Lieutenant Plummer and Chief Oliver, I want you to tell the Admiral

was that we encountered down there.

And I need to contact Washington immediately.

Sir, it is of the utmost importance that we get you off this ship now. I said

I'm not going anywhere.

You're familiar with my record as a Marine in combat.

Of course.

All right? But your safety... And we both took the same oath, Admiral.

We both swore we would defend the Constitution of the United States

enemies both foreign and domestic.

I took that oath and a few others.

Yes. Now we are in contact with an alien civilization for the first time in

history and we're being attacked.

It's my duty to handle that attack.

Mr. President, the White House.

Thank you.

Yes, this is the President.

Yes.

I warned you about taking risks.

The time you got lucky.

Yes, Admiral.

Admiral Hansen, we discovered these two worms are connected to something much

larger. Yes, Dr. Zimmer arrived at the same conclusion.

What else did you learn?

There's a city at its core and a massive graveyard with ships and aircraft.

They were being drawn into huge lightning panels that seem to be

city. Most likely the tentacles as well.

Now, there must be a limit to how much energy this creature can expel before it

needs to power down and regenerate.

That would corroborate with the behavior that our other specimen manifested.

So we should direct an attack while it's in this recovery mode.

I believe so.

Yes. Do you have a plan?

Yes, sir.

We will coordinate our subsurface search with the U .S. at Maine, and we will

attack the creatures while they appear to be in recovery mode. All right, good.

Do you have any theories?

We don't have much to go on right now, Admiral, but we do know that they've

here for quite some time. Those energy panels were erected to fuel the city and

sustain life by gathering machines powered by nuclear energy or fossil

And they're clearly hostile, so I believe we're doing the right thing.

Take the fight to it while it's still vulnerable.

What the hell was that?

I believe my hypothesis is accurate.

It's going to attack.

We need to strike first.

But keep it right, Admiral.

I suggest we attack.

Do it now!

All ships.

All ships. Authorized to engage.

Authorized to engage.

Nothing has any effect on him.

He's going to attack again.

We've got to get the president's tape inside. Let's go. Let's go. Go, go, go,

go, go. Mr.

President, I am not sure that we have any other options.

How long before that thing hits the coast?

Approximately 55 minutes, sir.

I'm authorizing the use of nuclear weapons.

Contact the USS Maine immediately.

You do realize, Mr. President, that the use of nuclear weapons this close to the

shoreline will likely result in a nuclear fallout. Please, please, Doctor.

People will die, including us.

A huge portion of the land will become uninhabitable for years to come.

I'm well aware of that, Doctor.

I'm also aware that there's over 7 billion people on this planet.

This alien race has declared unfavorable war on us, and in war, there's always

going to be casualties.

My job is to minimize that loss of life, so if a small percentage relative to

the entire world's population must perish, then those are the unfortunate

consequences.

I want a 50 -mile radius, no fly zone declared.

This is ground zero.

Yes, Mr. President.

USS Nemesis to USS Maine, do you copy?

We copy. Over.

Arm the nuclear weapons.

Roger that. Nuclear weapons are hot.

This is preparing to attack.

What was that?

USS Genesis.

The USS Genesis is gone.

Where'd it go? Did we hurt it?

Entrance. Current velocity and course put it at Cape Hatterson approximately

minutes.

We can't do a nuclear strike over the continent.

It is one thing to do it out to sea, but over the continent... We don't have any

choice, Doctor. People will die.

Millions.

Mr.

President. Soldier.

What about a strike to the center core of the spaceship?

Point blank.

What are you proposing, Chief?

Those lightning panels we saw down in the city, that was manufacturing the

for this thing, right?

Yes, Chief.

So if we hit it at its source, could we produce some sort of implosion?

Yes, it's very possible.

We can't just fire a missile into the core of that thing and hope to hit the

city that you're talking about.

Not from a sub, no?

Well, if not from a sub, then how?

We rig a conventional warhead to a portable launcher.

Captain Warren flies me in, and I deliver the strike point blank.

We have best option, Mr. President.

It could work.

All right. What do you think?

I'm not sure, Mr. President.

Possibly it could be done.

What concerns me is the amount of time it would take to orchestrate it. The

would be that much further inland.

Soldiers, you men know what you're doing, don't you?

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

You've got 15 minutes.

Got it?

Sir, yes, sir. Move fast.

Chief Oliver.

Chief. Yes, Lieutenant.

Yes.

You were right about your decision.

See you when I get back.

This is your standard AT -4, but with some special modifications.

We've equipped the round with a specially modified low -yield

warhead. But no one's ever fired anything like it before, so I wish I

you more about trajectory.

The truth is, I don't know.

Good luck, Chief. Thanks, Gunny.

You know, I could fly this bird in on my own, Captain.

I lost a lot of my team today, and there's no reason to add you to the

list. We're on a lot of missions together, Chief.

This one's no different.

Yes, sir.

Give me a direct line to Chief Oliver.

Let's get a direct line. Get your hook, Wayne. Copy that.

Chief Oliver.

Yes, Mr. President.

We only get one shot, you know that?

Yes, Mr. President.

Don't worry.

One shot is all I need, sir.

I'm grateful for your service, son.

Thank you, sir.

You're welcome.

You ready, Chief?

Let's do it!

Foxtrot Romeo 133, ready for takeoff.

Airhawk 1, you're clear for takeoff? Go get him, boys.

Copy that.

My God, you're inside that thing?

Yeah.

You really think this is going to work?

Hell yeah.

Good enough for me.

Dr. Zimmerman, how long did it take that tentacle to regenerate in the lake of

Mermith? Two minutes.

The spacecraft is still in line with Cape Hatteras.

It's approximately 15 minutes out, and the USS Maine is less than 10 minutes

away. Airhawk 1, the USS Maine is 10 minutes out. What's your status?

We will engage in the next 6 minutes and 30 seconds, Admiral.

Admiral Hansen.

Yes, Lieutenant.

The spacecraft takes exactly 2 minutes to regenerate between attacks, the same

as Dr. Zimmer's experiment with his specimen.

Airhawk 1.

The alien spacecraft is attacking at exactly a two -minute interval. You must

wait until after the next attack.

You won't make it to the core with the time that you have left.

I think it's going to attack Hatteras next. We don't have time to wait.

That's a negative, Admiral. We're out of time.

Cape Hatteras is the next probable target. We need to take the shot.

No offense, Admiral, but we can't wait.

If he doesn't get this done, we have to launch the noose.

Airhawk One, you will cease engagement immediately. You must wait.

If we abort, 20 ,000 people will be killed.

You don't have time. A greater population density takes precedence.

If you fail, the aircraft will go and attack Tampa or Miami, and then we will

forced to fire nuclear weapons over a greater population.

Keep at it.

is a necessary thing.

You're going in.

Keith Oliver, you will stand down. I repeat, you will stand down.

Do you hear?

We have 4 minutes and 45 seconds left after... Hot shot, Romeo, 1 -3 -3, we

entering enemy airspace.

Listen, you and I don't like each other, and we probably never will. I

understand that you blame me for the death of your best friend based on

that I gave you three years ago.

But at this moment, you will listen, and you will obey my orders. You are to

stand down until after the next attack, and then you are clear to engage.

Do you hear me?

If we wait...

We may not even survive to attack this thing. Look, if you go in now, maybe you

save 20 ,000 lives.

But if you go in and you fail, and if you are killed, then millions, and I

you, millions of people will die, and that is because you have left us with no

choice.

Sometime you must accept a moderate casualty rate in order to prevent a

one. That is the way it is.

You cannot save everyone.

Do you copy?

Cape Hatteras has been destroyed.

It's gone.

Oh, my God. 20 ,000 people.

Chief Petty Officer, you get in there and you destroy the hell out of that

Copy that, Admiral.

Let's do this, Captain.

Keep him apprised of how much time he has left.

Yes, Admiral.

Chief Oliver, this is Lieutenant Plummer.

Copy, Lieutenant.

I'll keep you up on your time.

You have exactly one minute, 45 seconds left.

Copy that, Lieutenant.

Foxtrot Romeo 133, we are entering the picture.

See this trip?

It's incredible.

One minute, 25 seconds left, Chief.

Copy that, Lieutenant.

How far away are you from the center?

It's hard to tell, but we're going to make it.

Tell everyone not to worry.

We know you can do this, Chief.

We've got trouble. Hang on!

There's too many of them!

You have exactly one minute and a second.

Copy that, Lieutenant.

They won't have enough time to get out of here.

They'll do it.

One minute left, Chief.

Copy that, Lieutenant.

I'm fighting with you. Give me the countdown.

Me too.

This would be a great time to use that thing.

All right, a second.

We don't have a second.

on that damn thing!

It's pulling us down!

Seven. You got it.

Six.

Five.

Four. Take that son of a bitch out.

Two.

Would you please call the USS Maine?

Yes.

USS Maine.

This is the USS Nemesis.

What happened? What was that?

It didn't work. The explosion might have been absorbed.

Requesting permission to land