Original subtitles

Sir, signaling from navcom coastwatch

have detected a suspected illegal entry vessel.

Come around to a course for this position, Nav.

Increase 1800.

Port 10 stay 3 1 5 revolutions, 1 8 0 0.

14 steer 3 1 5 revolutions, 1 8 0 0.

What's your ETA to this [inaudible]

Approximately two hours, sir.

Hey there, captain speaking.

We're altering course to intercept a CF.

We'll go to boarding stations in approximately two hours time.

That's all.

Class gunner radar contact.

It's about the position for the sea-ev.

Bring us to boarding stations, Nav.

Both ribs.

Hands to boarding stations, hands to boarding stations,

hands to boarding stations.

Assume damage control state through condition voyage.

Four boarding party required.

[beeping]

Boss, something odd.

The radar contact's gone.

It just vanished off the screen.

Have you checked the journey.

Yes sir.

FLYNN: Last known position?

Right ahead, seven miles.

Listen up, team.

We've lost the contact.

Chances are she may have gone down.

We could be looking for survivors or bodies.

Hands to [inaudible] stations, Nav.

Hands to [inaudible] stations, hands to [inaudible] stations.

[beeping]

Boss?

Got the vessel?

Um, no.

This is the most bizarre thing I've ever seen.

I count 9, 10, civilians men and women.

They must be stuck out on a sand quay.

Ro, inform coastwatch.

We've located a party of suspected

unlawful non-citizens.

We're preparing to recover by sea boat.

[music - theme, "sea patrol"]

[explosion]

Sir, you, move forward, please.

Through there, please.

Thank you.

Turn around.

Up against the wall.

Stay there, please.

I've got them.

Yes, sir.

Please, this lady, she's not feeling so well.

Thank you.

Move back.

Move back.

XO.

ATR finished here.

She's not feeling well, ma'am.

OK, do you want to come with me?

You all right?

I want you to put your hands up here, right?

And just spread these legs for me.

I've got something.

Swaino?

She's not well.

Asthma puffer.

You have asthma?

Asthma, si.

Yes?

If she needs it, she should keep it, X.

What happened to their boat?

It was leaking before it left the harbor,

and then it hit a coral quay and sank.

The crew?

Only one, skipper.

He went down with the boat.

What's the story on the survivors?

One a Filipina from Mindanao.

There's a family group of five from Afghanistan,

and three ethnic Russians from Turkmenistan

who competed in the InterAsian Games

in Jakarta about three months back.

Sir, ma'am, Indonesian authorities

confirm that three Turkmenistani athletes defected.

They'll be wanting refugee status.

That's not a navy matter.

They can talk to immigration once we've handed them over.

In the meantime, get them bedded down in our steer.

Yes, sir.

These are your toilet facilities.

These are your racks.

Oh, beds, sorry.

And we'll be providing three meals a day.

Come down.

You can take my hand if you want.

It's all right.

It's OK. - No.

No.

[non-english speech]

It's all right.

[non-english speech]

Please, I don't understand what you're saying.

Do you speak any English?

[non-english speech]

OK.

Bridge, this is X. The Filipino girl, she's quite distressed.

And I can't understand what she's saying.

Do we have anyone on board who speaks any Tagalog or Spanish?

Stand by, X. Ro?

Nine.

Nav?

Well, I once got through in Spain on a phrase book,

Italian, and waving my hands around.

OK, go down there and see if you

can find out what the problem is, and I'm try and help out.

Yes sir.

X, Nav's on her way down. to try and interpret.

Copy that.

Boss, I've had sangria before, does that help?

Not enough Spanish.

Buffer.

OK.

Can you breathe?

[deep breaths]

She's a little bit edgy, so.

[non-english speech]

[non-english speech]

Espanol, si?

Si.

You want me to speak Espanol to the young lady?

You speak Spanish?

Boss, Charge.

You're tracking this?

Yeah, I got it.

Put your weapon down!

Put it down!

We will shoot you!

[screaming]

Wait, wait, wait.

OK, OK.

Put your gun on the floor.

Now!

OK.

Kick it over.

Now, up the ladder.

Out.

Then close the hatch.

I'm the only medic on this ship,

and this girl needs my help.

A dead girl won't need a medic.

You don't need her.

At least let me take her with me.

The girl is now a hostage.

Go.

Go!

OK.

[inaudible] Captain speaking.

We have a hostage situation under way in our steer.

All personnel are to clear the lower decks.

Plant room, engine room, and our steer

are strictly out of bounds until further notice.

Don't [inaudible] You are not going to get what you want.

Shh, no talk.

Hey!

FLYNN: X, captain.

Put me on to the man holding you.

Our captain wants to speak with you.

Move.

To the back.

Your closed circuit TV is switched on?

FLYNN: It's standard equipment.

Switch it off.

Switching it off now.

What's going on?

I don't-- three--

- How many weapons? - They've got two.

They've got mine-- - Buffer.

Buffer, to me.

Three men, two weapons.

Two weapons.

My name's Mike Flynn.

I'm the captain of the ship.

And you are?

You can call me Zan.

FLYNN: OK, Zan.

What seems to be the problem, here,

and how can we help sort it out?

We're coming to the bridge to take control of the ship.

I can't allow that.

I come up the ladder with your girl officer and a gun.

You give me the bridge.

You come up the ladder with my officer and a gun,

you'll be a dead man.

You'll make things hard.

We should talk on deck now.

And I don't believe you switched off the camera.

[gunshot]

[static]

You go on deck, sir, you give him another hostage.

Security party close off lower decks at the rush

and await further orders.

ET?

Take the ship.

Bring us to slow ahead.

I'm on radio if you need me.

Sir.

Come down the ladder.

We can talk below.

There's a sick girl down there.

My ship's medic says she's asthmatic.

We need to get some medication to her.

Nothing buys nothing, captain.

So what do you want?

You will sail north to New Guinea.

I'll tell you where.

When we get close in shore, we'll take a zodiac.

We'll also take both women officers with us.

You know I can't agree to that.

If we do not have hostages, you'll blow

us out of the water, correct?

Protocol would not let us do that.

We have our rules, Zan, you can take the zodiac,

but you can't take my officers.

OK.

Then no medication.

The sick girl will die.

Then others will die.

So think again.

And think fast.

Close the hatch.

Now!

Mike, I've just had a word to Canberra

about a possible options.

Now if these negotiations don't work,

then the SAS can perform a ship under way take down.

Are you talking about SAS personnel coming on board

and storming our steer?

LEADER [ON PHONE]: If negotiations fail, yes.

I have a unit exercising on oil rigs to your southwest.

It's a Dolphin 3 platform.

So you make best speed towards them

and if push comes to shove, we can insert them by helo.

Sir, an SAS takedown will involve casualties.

They're trying to eliminate the hostage

takers, not the hostages.

That's the way it's going to be.

In the meantime, you continue to isolate, detain, and negotiate.

And keep me informed.

Aye, aye, sir.

That's the old 2000 mile screwdriver.

Commander wants to run this one from his desk.

I'm sorry, sir.

I'll take full responsibility.

You had no options, let's just move on.

Got our orders, we rendezvous with the SAS,

the Dolphin 3 platform.

Swain, take over for me too at the helm.

Port 20, altering 2 2 5.

Port 20, altering 2 2 5.

Meantime we isolate and contain these hijackers.

ET, I want you and Spider tooled up.

Kevlar vests, guarding the door between our steer

and in the engine room. Let's go.

At the rush.

The ship changed course.

Why?

There could be any number of reasons.

Tell me, then.

Avoiding a coral reef, perhaps?

These are dangerous waters.

[labored breathing]

Nikki, you OK?

I thought he was going to break my neck.

What are we going to do? - We're in the CO's hands.

We just have to trust that he has a strategy

and be ready to move.

Shouldn't we have a plan?

Something?

We just want to to keep our heads down,

and we'll just try and look after them.

How is she?

She's bad.

We need to get help to her, right?

We could persuade them.

They seem pretty callus.

Except maybe the younger one.

He could be the weak link.

Just keep her breathing calmly.

[labored breathing]

NAV: Shh, it's OK.

Just breathe, it's OK.

What's your name?

I'm Kate.

Come on, you must have a name.

You know the girl has asthma.

If she doesn't get medication, she could die.

If she does, you'll be responsible.

There's nothing I can do.

There is.

You can persuade him to let us get medication to her.

You can help her live.

Just think about it.

So close.

You can't do a damn thing but isolate and contain.

We'll get our chance.

Maybe, yeah.

Swain should have taken the shot when they made their move.

Yeah, and if he had missed?

Dead bodies everywhere.

I want to kill them.

LEADER [ON PHONE]: Mike, the feds

have just liaised with the Indonesian National Police

on those three Turkmenistan defectors.

The bodies of the real ones have just

been found in shallow graves.

If the real ones are dead, then who are our hijackers?

LEADER [ON PHONE]: IMP don't know.

But the real ones all had broken necks,

so that means the people you're dealing with

have all been trained to kill with their bare hands.

The way they took hostages suggests military training.

LEADER [ON PHONE]: Permission for the ship

underway takedowns has been cleared at the highest level.

Just keep on your rendezvous point with the SAS.

The rendezvous point has just been

confirmed at 27 nautical miles from the rig

on a bearing of 0 2 0.

Thank you, sir.

[labored breathing]

[inaudible] just keep breathing in through your nose,

out through your mouth.

That's good.

You, here.

What's through here?

It's a store room.

If it's only a store room, why is the door handle missing?

Because when we have guests, it's

removed as a security measure.

Where is the handle?

It's not here.

It's been locked away.

And through here.

We have what?

You already know.

It's [inaudible].

The engine room.

Yes?

[coughing]

That's it.

Nikki, Nikki.

She is going to die if we don't get medication to her.

No.

She's going to die because your captain refuses to cooperate.

All we need is a--

Nikki!

Safety off.

Last warning.

SPIDER: What do you reckon they're doing in there?

ET: No idea.

Who the hell are these people, ET?

I don't know.

We've seen a few of them.

Blokes who [inaudible] charge, [inaudible] on the snake bite.

SPIDER: So mob, you reckon?

Military trained Eastern Europeans.

It's a hell of a coincidence.

PILOT [ON RADIO]: Charlie 8 2 this is Viper 2 0.

Over.

Viper 2 0, this is Hammersley.

Reading you 5 by 5.

Go ahead.

PILOT [ON RADIO]: Hammersley, we are airborne

and proceeding to the rendezvous coordinates.

ETA approximately 15:10.

Over.

Hammersley copy.

ETA 1 5 1 0.

What's your maximum time on station, over?

PILOT [ON RADIO]: Our point of no return is 15:30.

Over.

Well understood.

We'll be there.

Out.

That gives us 1 and 1/2 hours.

Well under control, sir.

Revolutions 2 0 0 0.

Revolutions 2 0 0 0.

Steer 2 3 0.

Steer, 2 3 0.

[inaudible]

Sir?

Heading into the engine room.

Shut down the engines.

Shutting down.

Take the ship, Charge.

The charge has the ship.

Swain, Buffer, with me.

Sir.

[bell]

Drop the weapon, now!

Drop your weapons!

Drop the weapon.

[interposing voices]

[gunshot]

ET!

ET!

No, no, no, no!

[gunshots]

Under fire in the engine room!

Buffer and I go in, give covering fire,

and get ET and Spider out.

Any questions?

Let's go.

[gunshot]

No one comes past this hatch.

[gunshots]

Keep breathing.

[coughing]

We can get her out of here.

No!

Not that!

No!

I have to get her out of here!

- Go! - Please!

No way!

You have the rest of us as hostages, please, let her go.

Make no mistake, I will kill you.

Get back!

Get back!

Get in there!

[gunshots]

ET.

You OK?

Doing fine.

[clicking]

I'm gonna move forward.

You cover me?

Right.

Shoot!

[gunshots]

[click]

[gunshot]

He's got a weapon.

[gunshots]

Get up the ladder, get out here.

We'll seal the area.

Well done, sir.

What's sat, Charge?

Sir.

They're shutting us down.

Auxiliary power should last us a few hours.

Ro?

Communications?

It's all good, sir.

Flash a message to navcom, they've penetrated

both plant and engine rooms.

Sir.

Hammersley leading [inaudible] Dixon.

Well, not great, sir.

They've penetrated the plant--

Sir?

They're firing of the engines.

Can we override that?

No, sir.

Now they've restored power to the lower deck.

Sir, we've only got an hour and 15 minutes

to the rendezvous with the SAS.

Well, that's not going to work.

Oh, of course.

On this ship aft steering is just a store room.

If you you think I believe that, you

think I believe anything, lady.

No, what she means is it's not going to work

because it's totally crazy.

I know.

I'm the navigator.

The navigator?

Good.

You can navigate us to New Guinea.

Northeast, best speed.

Listen to me.

If we can steer the ship from here,

we can use a compass repeat to set a course,

but we won't really know where we're going.

New Guinea is where we're going.

No.

You're not listening to me.

Between here and New Guinea there

are islands called reef shoals.

Other ships, you name it.

If you try and do this blindfolded

you're going to sink the ship.

Your captain knows all this.

That's why he'll cooperate.

No, you don't know him.

He's as stubborn as you are.

Not so stubborn he'll risk his ship.

In the meantime, you steer.

We're altering course.

They've got control of the ship.

Update on our rendezvous, Swain?

Sir, the Black Hawk's absolute point of no return

is still 15:30, so to make that rendezvous

we've got to turn back now.

ET?

The gyro compass.

I want you to make small manual adjustments to it.

So they head towards the SAS rendezvous.

Exactly.

And they'll still think they're

heading towards New Guinea?

That's right, Buff.

Swain, torch.

And not too quickly, ET.

We don't want them to notice the change in direction.

All over it, boss.

Viper 2 0, this is Hammersley.

We've had some problems, but we're back on track.

Revised rendezvous time is 15:20.

Over.

PILOT [ON RADIO]: Hammersley, this Viper 2 0.

That's very tight.

Our point of no return is still 15:30.

Over.

Roger, Viper 2 0.

Understand.

Out.

We're going do this.

We're going to make this rendezvous.

Damn.

[coughing]

You, go get your boss and tell him I want to see him.

Now!

[gasping]

Keep your breathing going for me.

[inaudible] in through your nose and out through your mouth

for me, OK?

[coughing]

We have to do something.

Oh, we do?

If you have control, you have power.

What is it going to cost you to save her life?

Please!

Look, the fight is between you and us, not you and her.

She's an innocent civilian that's

got caught up in all of this.

At least give her a chance to live.

Or do you have no honor?

[laughing]

[coughing and gasping]

Just keep breathing for me.

I'm so sorry.

Captain, Zan here.

The girl is getting worse.

Sir, if we can just get her into the wardroom

and get a nebulizer on her.

We need her up here where we can treat her.

Well, you can send the medicine down.

Along with a chart.

And the hand held GPS.

Did you hear that, captain?

Chart, hand held GPS.

And the medicine.

On their way.

You can organize that, Swain?

Sir, once he's got the chart and the GPS,

he'll know we've reversed our course

and our rendezvous will be screwed.

The only alternative is if we let the girl die.

Give him what he wants.

Aye, sir.

How long till our rendezvous with the SAS.

32 minutes.

Well let's hope we get there before he

figures out what we've done.

Do you need me to show you how to use those?

So now you want to help me.

I just don't want to run the ship aground.

A coral reef could tear our hull wide open,

and then everyone's in trouble.

You think I don't know about charts and GPS?

Well, I think you're ex-navy of some kind, so you may know.

But you may not have used this particular piece of equipment

before.

[beeping]

How are you doing over there?

I'm doing fine.

Look, there have been some recent upgrades.

They may out date your training, so I could show you.

Mm-mm.

There is a reset system that you have to use before you

even think about using it.

[inaudible]

Looks like you've been doing it your whole life.

Close.

Now leave me alone.

I'm just trying to help.

No.

You were trying to slow me down.

Stop it.

ET?

All good, Buff.

All good.

[beeping]

You think I'm stupid?

You think I'm stupid?

Anything but.

Someone is playing games with the compass, yes?

It's you.

No.

No, no, it's not you.

I would have seen.

So it's the captain on the bridge.

Zan, I don't know what you're saying here.

The compass is reading northeast,

but the GPS shows us heading southwest.

The reset system.

Did you try the reset--

No, no, no lies.

No lies.

Captain.

Listen.

[gunshot]

One more lie, and the next time you hear

that your navigator is dead.

Tell him.

Tell him!

Boss, that was into the bulkhead.

He said the next one's for me, and I believe him.

Now get this ship back on course for New Guinea.

Do it now!

Viper 2 0. This is Hammersley.

Over.

PILOT [ON RADIO]: This is Viper 2 0.

With you in 23 minutes, Charlie 8 2.

Over.

Viper, we've had to alter course

and can no longer make that rendezvous.

Over.

Charlie 8 2.

We've already used up our safety margin.

If you can't make the rendezvous,

we'll have to abort.

Over.

Roger that, Viper.

Abort, abort, return to home plate.

Out.

Roger, Charlie 8 2.

And whatever's happening there, good luck.

Looks like we're on our own.

[beeping]

Boss.

This new course has us heading straight for a coral field.

Looks like a maze of reefs, shoals and atolls.

But there is one channel running through it.

Charge?

Sir?

Zan, Mike Flynn here.

We have a problem.

What problem?

We seem to be back on course.

You have your chart and handheld GPS up and running?

Yes I do.

FLYNN: Then you'll see that we're

heading for a coral field.

I also see there's a channel running through it.

Look at the date when this area was last surveyed.

1850.

These reefs have been growing since then.

In half an hour it will be dark, and we've

got no way of getting through that channel

safely while the ship's being steered from below.

So what are you proposing, captain?

FLYNN: We stick to the same course, we get to New Guinea,

but to do that safely we need you

to restore power to the bridge.

That way we have radar and echo sounding.

No way.

Can I ask you why not?

Because you keep lying to me, so I don't trust you.

Well, trust me when I tell you that if we go into that channel

under power and strike a reef, it'll rip

our hull from stem to stern.

You'll be killed along with everyone else.

I will not give you back control.

Swain.

Sir?

Current through that channel.

It's running north?

The set is nor' nor'east.

Yeah.

So if we entered not under power?

Cut the engines and drift?

Yeah.

Zan, I have a proposition.

We enter, the channel, you cut the engines,

and we drift through with the current.

Would it work?

Hitting coral at speed would guarantee breaching our hull.

Allowing us to drift through with the current,

yeah, we could escape with superficial damage.

You have a deal.

[breathing]

[ship hull creaking]

[scraping hull]

You could restore power to the bridge.

In my shoes, would you?

I'd never be in your shoes.

[zap]

Charge?

Sir?

There go the ups.

Get on that chart, Swain.

Getting onto it, sir.

Placement.

[scraping hull]

Zan?

ZAN: I'm not negotiating.

Seriously, how far is he going to take this?

The captain gave you his word he'd get you to New Guinea.

His word?

Yes, his word.

[scraping hull]

[inaudible]

It's making a first line turn.

We'll be safe or swimming by now.

I say we're through the channel.

You want to check?

Without an echo sounder, I can't be sure.

Yeah, I think we're through.

Captain.

We have two [inaudible] down here to say

we're through the channel.

Swain?

I'd love to have power for the depth sounder,

but I think we're through.

What's our ETA to Papua New Guinea?

An hour, maybe.

Would he know that?

With a GPS and a chart, he hast to.

If he's halfway competent.

Zan, we're agreed.

We're through the channel.

It's safe to restart the engines.

Thank you.

In 30 minutes, I'll require your board zodiac, fully fueled.

So there will be no pursuit, your lady officers

will be coming with us.

Did you hear that, Flynn?

Yeah, I heard.

ZAN: Then you agree?

I agree.

Charge, is the firefighting system still online?

Yes, sir.

OK, here's plan A. And there is no plan B,

so this has got to work.

First of all, we're doing this to our timetable, not his.

Nearly there.

Then a little trip in the zodiac.

Then you kill us.

That will depend on circumstances.

When we hit the beach, you should pray

there is no ambush waiting.

Captain, the situation on the zodiac.

FLYNN: Port ribs being fueled, but to get the rib in the water

you'll need to restore power to the upper deck.

I really admire the way you keep trying, captain.

FLYNN: No power, and the crane can't launch the rib.

So I will restore power to the engineers console only.

Draw your weapons.

Watch my back.

Team bravo in position, boss.

Captain copy.

How you doing there, Charge?

All set here, sir.

X and the Nav will a 40 second warning.

Roger.

It's risky, sir.

But it's the only call you could have made.

There are no other options.

I'm counting on the fact that the X will anticipate my plan.

Yeah, let's hope she's psychic.

FLYNN: Charge?

Standing by, sir.

FLYNN: Activate the system.

[beeping]

[alarm]

What now?

It's a fire alarm.

What fire?

In the engine room.

If you don't believe me, check it out yourself.

[inaudible]

Nav, get everyone down.

Cover their faces.

Close your eyes.

Get everyone down, cover their heads

and get them to close their eyes.

Make sure this is covering you.

It'll be all right.

OK.

[beeping]

OK.

You're OK.

[hissing]

Let's go!

[coughing]

Zan!

[inaudible]

Tear gas!

[alarm continues]

[coughing]

Swain?

FLYNN: Take weapons, secure them, Swain.

Team bravo, go, go, go.

[coughing]

[interposing voices]

[coughing]

Keep flushing.

Sorry about the tear gas.

I had no choice.

There's no complaints here, boss.

It's better than CO2.

Was a take down the SAS would have been proud of.

Trust you, storming in there like and white knight.

It's my pleasure.

Remind me to return the favor one day.

You bet.

All systems back on line, Charge?

Yes, sir.

And I've recharged the firefighting system with CO2.

Good work.

Well done, everyone.

The team works.

I'll take over, Swain.

Aye, sir.

Half ahead both engines, revolutions 1 8 0 0.

Half ahead both engines, revolutions 1 8 0 0.

On the bridge.

Captain has the ship.

[MUSIC - END THEME, "SEA PATROL"]