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[electronic beeping]

He's supposed to be a hell of a captain.

Yeah, he's a golf nut.

I hear golf balls aren't the only thing

he whacks with his putter.

Junior sailors.

No.

Oh, I'm serious.

Hammersley, piping party, ho!

[military drumming music]

Piping party, up pipes!

Pipe to side!

[pipes whistling]

This is Kate McGregor, XO.

Welcome aboard the Hammersley, sir, it's

a pleasure to serve under you.

Our navigator, Lieutenant Nikki Caetano.

Charge!

[CHUCKLES]

It's a pleasure to be working with you again, sir.

Ah, no, no, pleasure's all mine.

ANDY THORPE: Did you happen to bring your golf clubs?

Well, do I ever board without my putter?

They're not still telling that story, are they?

It is a privilege to be serving on Hammersley.

Now I know our thoughts and prayers are with Lieutenant

Commander Mike Flynn, who's recuperating in hospital,

we wish him a speedy recovery.

In the meantime, I look forward to meeting each

and every one of you personally at some stage later in the day.

All right, let's sail.

KATE MCGREGOR: Hammersley piping party, dismissed!

[electronic beeping]

Charts up to date, Nav?

Ah, yes, sir.

X, you can take her out.

Oh sir, won't you be driving her out?

No, it's your ship, you know better than I ever will,

I'm only here to make sure you don't sink her.

Yes, sir.

Special sea duty men and cable party close up.

Assume damage control state three, condition voyage.

JACK FREEMAN: I'm gonna go and take a look around.

Sir?

Oh, I'm sure I can leave her in your capable hands.

[upbeat music]

[electronic beeping]

MAN [ON RADIO]: Mayday, Mayday, this is Sea Lion.

Need urgent assistance.

[static hissing]

RO?

No, we just lost it halfway through, ma'am.

KATE MCGREGOR: Captain, sir, XO.

JACK FREEMAN: What is it, X?

KATE MCGREGOR: Sir, we just received

a Mayday call from Sea Lion, it cut out halfway through.

We are half an hour steaming time

from their current position and it looks like we're

the only ones in the area, sir.

JACK FREEMAN: Take it, I'll be right up.

Aye, sir.

RO, keep trying to make contact with the vessel

and inform NAVCOM that we're responding to the Mayday.

ROBERT DIXON: Yes, ma'am.

Nav, let's start heading toward that position, please.

Port 10, steer 260.

Port 10, steer 260.

Have you got anything, RO?

No, still nothing since the first call, ma'am.

It has to be this ship, it's the only vessel in the area.

Any sign of our CO?

Bomber said he left the galley.

Then try the loudhailer.

[sailor [on radio]]: Sea Lion, this

is Australian warship Hamersley responding to your Mayday,

over.

XO, she's gonna try and ram us!

X!

KATE MCGREGOR: Full ahead both engines!

Full ahead both engines. KATE MCGREGOR: Starboard 30!

PETE TOMASZEWSKI: Starboard 30.

Brace, brace, brace!

[dramatic music]

Midship steer 270.

CHRIS BLAKE: Midship steer 270.

What the hell's going on?

Sir, he tried to ram--

Leave you alone for five minutes,

you nearly ram another ship!

I was trying to avoid it, sir.

Right, more luck than good management.

Captain has the conn.

Buffer, organize a FAIDEX party.

PETE TOMASZEWSKI: Aye, sir.

JACK FREEMAN: Now, RO, someone is driving that

ship, get them on the radio. - Sir.

Nav? NIKKI CAETANO: Yes, sir.

JACK FREEMAN: Let's just see if we

can get around the other side of that vessel, OK?

NIKKI CAETANO: Yes, sir.

PETE TOMASZEWSKI: Channel 16, over.

[THEME - ANTHONY AMMAR, LES GOCK]

SEAMAN: Clear!

SEAMAN: All clear, X. No one at the helm.

KATE MCGREGOR: Well, someone had to turn the steering.

Maybe they're injured, you stay here,

Swain and I will go below.

SEAMAN: Yes, ma'am.

Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am, sir, Australian Navy!

Sir, what is the nature of your emergency?

Are you injured?

Oh, man, you heard the Mayday?

That's right.

I'm sorry, we had a bit of a fire below deck,

you know, managed to put it out ourselves, didn't radio back.

OK, who's we?

Danny, we got company.

Yeah, come up, sir.

Listen, you clowns nearly rammed our vessel.

Ram you?

I'm so sorry, I didn't know there

was another boat within cooee.

Pretty hard to miss, hey?

SKIPPER: We've had some steering problems,

been trying to fix it.

Buffer, take a look.

You, with me.

Don't you move!

You know you're in breach of safety rules?

You are supposed to have someone on watch at all times.

Yeah, look I'm sorry about that, you know,

we're just trying to make a living.

Yeah, well it doesn't matter how many

fish you catch if you crash your boat and lose the lot, does it?

Hey, Buffer?

Yeah, it seems fine now, X, must

be some intermittent problem.

You might want to get it looked at.

Thanks, man, appreciate it.

Goose.

[somber music]

Sir?

The steering on the trawler appears to be working.

And I gave the skipper a warning about posting a watch.

Right, didn't search the vessel?

Well, no, Buffer went below to check the steering.

So, a Mayday call cut off mid-message,

ship tries to ram a navy vessel and you

let him off with a warning?

Sir, they're Australian citizens

on an Australian-flagged vessel, we

have no jurisdiction to search.

We have no idea what's on board, could be drugs,

could be ammunition.

A whole menagerie of smuggled ducks

quacking away below decks for all we know.

I'm sure we would've heard them, sir.

What?

What, you think this is a joke?

Do you, X, eh?

Now what sort of executive officer

leads a boarding party onto a suspicious vessel,

fixes their steering for them and comes back again?

What, we'd be the roadside service, would we?

They're just fishermen, sir.

Really?

Then how come they're hightailing

it away as fast as they can?

That's a very odd way to catch fish.

My faith in you, X, was clearly misplaced.

Sir, it didn't appear they were doing--

Nav, I want us after that vessel.

Plot a course that keeps us below the horizon.

NIKKI CAETANO: Yes, sir.

There's something going on with that trawler,

I want to know what. NIKKI CAETANO: Yes, sir.

All right, I'll be in my cabin.

Swain has the conn.

CHRIS BLAKE: Aye, sir.

Good work, everyone.

[somber music]

[fist knocks]

Enter.

X. Ah, Vishnu.

In Hindi, the lord of obstacles and

other minor unexpected hurdles.

They say Nelson kept one on his desk at all times for luck.

Oh, I wasn't aware of that, sir.

Hmm.

What can I do you for?

Sir, I don't believe that we had the authority

to search that vessel today.

And even if we did, taking me to task

like that in front of the entire crew,

it undermines my authority.

Hmm.

Hmm, point taken.

However, it does cut both ways.

If you make unilateral decisions without consulting me,

that undermines my authority.

Hmm?

I mean, you could have radioed me from the trawler.

I might have been able to obtain the permission that we needed,

but you didn't give me that chance.

Sir, Lieutenant Commander Flynn

has always acknowledged my discretion

as head of the boarding party.

Well, Lieutenant Commander Flynn knows you,

I don't, the crew don't know me.

They need to believe that I can fill his shoes.

You do them no favors by questioning me

in front of them.

They need to have unqualified faith in the chain of command.

We owe them that.

Yes, sir.

JACK FREEMAN: We serve them, X. We serve them.

If you're ever gonna be a CO, well, you uh,

you need to remember that.

Leadership's a lonely job.

It does take a certain kind of person.

[electronic beeping]

NURSE [ON PA]: Paging Dr. Binay.

STEVE MARSHALL: Hey, I thought you were supposed to be in bed?

You sound like my doctors.

There's nothing wrong with me.

Mike, you just took a dose of shrapnel.

Yeah, and they've dug it all out.

I'm ready to get back on Hammersley.

Did you fill in those promotion forms I gave you yet?

The funny thing about hospitals,

you can never find a pen.

Here's a pen.

And you know, I'm not certain that those nurses

didn't clear those papers away.

Ah, there we go, a stamped envelope.

Yeah, all right.

You've made your point.

Have I?

Hey, your career, mate.

I may have an option outside the Navy.

[SIGHING] Right.

Ray Walsman's offered me a job and he's got

plenty of impressive vessels.

Yeah, and I bet he pays better than we do, too.

Yeah, and it'll keep me at sea.

What as?

What, as a glorified chauffeur?

Mate, look, a desk job just for a while

will keep you moving up the ladder.

It'll be, it'll be a better command,

there would be bigger ships.

[foreboding music]

That's the bloke who stabbed you Charge.

MIKE FLYNN: And nearly killed the X. They know who he is?

Not yet.

The feds are hoping to interview him

if he comes out of the coma.

Don't worry about him, it's a police matter now.

You just concentrate on your career.

[electronic beeping]

Ah, ma'am.

Stay there.

Nav?

Still tracking the trawler and staying right on their tail,

but just out of her radar range.

All right, is she still moving?

Yes, bearing 120.

Officer of the Watch, look out, there's something in the water,

GREEN 25, distance near.

KATE MCGREGOR: It's a body.

Slow ahead both engines. CHRIS BLAKE: Aye, ma'am.

Slow ahead both engine.

ROBERT DIXON: Slow ahead both engines.

PETE TOMASZEWSKI: Good work, Spider.

Once you're clear, go get changed.

BILLY WEBB: Yes, Buff.

That's one hell of a bullet wound.

He doesn't appear to have been in the water long.

Do you think he was thrown out of that prawn trawler?

Oh, well, unless he fell from space.

So did you see this man while you were onboard?

No, sir, he must have been below deck.

JACK FREEMAN: So that steering failure,

how's that looking now, eh?

Well, maybe they were fighting in the wheelhouse.

Or maybe this man was trying to get our attention.

He may still have been alive while we were onboard, sir.

Hmm.

All right, we're going after that boat.

PETE TOMASZEWSKI: Righto, let's get these lines cleared up!

[determined music]

[electronic beeping]

ANDY THORPE: Come on through, sir.

JACK FREEMAN: Morning.

Morning.

Morning, all, how are we?

- Very good, sir. - Morning, sir.

Seaman Webb.

Yes, sir.

Good job retrieving that body yesterday,

a very difficult job.

Thank you, sir.

JACK FREEMAN: All right.

Oh!

Bloody eggs are off.

ANDY THORPE: Sir?

Stop them.

Everyone, listen up.

JACK FREEMAN: All right, everyone, egg in the bin,

all eggs in the bin.

Captain's given an order.

The eggs are fine.

Sailor, I want every egg on the ship disposed of.

Sir, these things were fresh from the supplier--

Able Seaman Brown.

Yes, sir.

All right, anyone got an egg?

Any eggs in the bin, all eggs in the bin now.

I don't want to see one egg other than in the bin.

[upbeat music]

What do you mean, you can't find them?

NIKKI CAETANO: Sir, we've been steaming

for two hours at full speed, we should have caught them by now.

They must have changed course when we lost them on the radar.

All right, listen up everyone, you are not lone gunman,

you work as a posse, which means you not huddle over your helm

or your engines or your radar keeping

your thoughts to yourself.

You let others know what is about to happen.

X?

Yes, sir.

The captain is right, we should be working as a team.

All right, we're just wasting fuel

to try and go after them now.

Nav, set a course for port.

Yes, sir.

RO, inform the federal police that we

will be bringing them a body.

Yes, sir.

[somber music]

Anything they could tell me about his identity

would help, I want to know what those blokes are up to in case

we run into them again.

I'll keep you informed.

Excuse me, sir.

Yeah?

I know the ship is on a tight turnaround,

but I was hoping for permission to check

on Lieutenant Commander Flynn.

[CHUCKLES] So you like his style a whole lot more

since you met me?

Of course not, sir.

Give him our regards.

Thank you.

[electronic beeping]

When do they say you can leave?

Keen to have me back?

Oh well, these things, they can

always be a little tricky in the beginning, you know?

That bad?

Oh, not really, Lieutenant Commander Freeman,

he's very experienced.

To get back to your question.

No one seems able to tell me when I can go.

But I found something to keep me occupied,

that mercenary we captured, he's here.

What, in the hospital?

He's in a coma.

They don't know if he'll ever come out of it.

[somber music]

There are mercenaries operating on Australian soil

organizing some sort of coup on Samaru.

Can you leave it to the feds?

This is not your personal mission.

After what they did to Charge and you?

You bet it's personal.

I want to find out what these people are up to.

Just be careful all right?

You poke spiders, they bite.

SEAMAN [ON PA]: No smoking, no smoking,

no smoking, no smoking.

No use of mobile telephones throughout HMAS Hammersley.

Refueling in progress.

CHRIS BLAKE: Ah, excuse me, sir.

I know we're not supposed to leave the ship or anything--

I'm sensing a but.

Sir, sir, my baby's teething and Sally, my wife,

she's at home on her own.

JACK FREEMAN: Yes, well I know what

it's like having a wife and kids wanting me ashore, Swain.

I know, sir, we all have the same problems.

I Understand.

JACK FREEMAN: Swain, I'm, I'm not married anymore

and I'd say save anyone going through that pain if I could.

Go, you got an hour.

Sir.

Thank you, sir.

[machines beeping]

[foreboding music]

NURSE 1: I need some help in here!

It's OK. Just relax.

NURSE 2: It's OK. You in hospital.

Everything's fine.

Just relax.

Stay calm.

It's OK.

Just relax.

[electronic beeping]

STEVE MARSHALL: The guy's been formally

identified Russell Byrne, he was the captain of the trawler.

Well so, so who were the men we spoke to?

These guys are involved in the manufacture of amphetamines.

Oh yeah, that's them but on a boat?

Well, the feds now have a few cases

of manufacturing on boats.

I thought you needed a stable environment for that?

Apparently only for the actual cook but you're right,

I mean these chemicals are highly volatile.

These two men, the police believe it's likely they

killed his character, Byrne?

We let them get away.

AFP HQ will put in a formal request to the Navy

to help in the searching for them.

Only too happy, sir, won't happen a second time.

OK.

Be careful.

I'll drive the ship out today, X.

Yes, sir.

XO, close up special sea dutymen and cable party.

Yes, sir.

Special sea dutymen and cable party, close up.

Assume damage control state three, condition voyage.

Hey, where's Swain?

Has anyone seen Swain?

No ma'am.

No ma'am.

Petty Officer Blake, bridge at the rush.

XO, special sea dutymen and cable party closed up?

Sir, the specials are closed up with the exception

of the swain.

Right, so where's he?

I don't know, sir.

X, Swain's a ship-stopper, you're in charge of personnel,

how can you not know where he is?

KATE MCGREGOR: Did anyone know Swain had left the ship?

No, ma'am.

NIKKI CAETANO: No, X.

Now, X, do I need to remind you

that knowing the whereabouts of your crew

is a pretty basic part of your job?

No, sir.

Well, it seems in fact that I do,

is that not the swain taking unauthorized leave on shore?

Yes, it is.

I will speak with him.

That'd be good, that'd very good.

[electronic beeping] Oh, that was terrible, let me try again.

ANDY THORPE: You keep giving it too much hook to the left, sir.

Swain, what--

CHRIS BLAKE: Oh, ma'am, I'm so sorry I was late, I--

Late?

How about the fact that you left the ship

without asking permission?

I did have permission, ma'am.

From Lieutenant Commander Freeman, the captain.

Hey, yes.

Oh, that's better, eh?

It's a good shot.

Excuse me, sir.

The swain said that you personally gave him

permission to leave the ship.

Why didn't you tell me that?

The XO's job is to know the whereabouts of every person

on the ship at all times.

So this was a test?

That's right, to see if there was any backup

and there wasn't, there was no backup.

You know, it's in your best interest to impress me.

Rumor has it that Captain Commander Flynn will not

be returning to Hammersley, in that case,

I'm your new CO permanently.

[somber music]

MIKE FLYNN: So did the police get anything out of that bloke

across the corridor?

They don't tell us about that stuff, I'm afraid.

How come there's no guard on him?

He's just come out of a coma.

He can't go to the toilet by himself, let alone do a runner.

[machines beeping]

Need a hand?

PATIENT: Oh.

[gasping]

There you go.

Thank you.

You OK?

[gasping]

In a coma, they tell me.

What happened to you?

You rest up, eh?

Save your strength for your visitors.

Visitors?

Everyone has visitors, don't they?

Sure, yeah.

Does your family know you're here?

I could call someone for you, if you like.

No, it's OK.

I'm sure they know.

Swain, while you've got all that stuff out,

can I grab some painkillers, please?

That kind of day?

I'm sorry if I contributed to it, ma'am.

Swain, I'm sorry I didn't even ask you what was so

important you need to take off?

Oh, it was just, just Sally, ma'am.

Oh.

Is she OK?

Yeah, just trying to keep it that way.

Yeah.

That's weird.

The paracetamol's missing.

Do we ever run out?

We had a whole carton when we left port.

Sir.

X, everything up to speed?

Yes, sir.

There is one minor thing.

The paracetamol has gone missing from the supply cupboard.

Missing?

Well, someone has taken it, but the swain

has made a note of it.

Charge, could I have that, please?

Yes, ma'am.

KATE MCGREGOR: Thank you.

[pa beeps]

This is the captain speaking.

Now this is directed to the person who

stole the paracetamol from the supply cupboard,

you have five minutes to return this item to me personally.

I will be expecting you on the bridge.

Excuse me, sir.

It's not likely that anyone will respond to that sort

of public shaming, is it?

Right, so your crew are cowards, as well as thieves,

are they?

KATE MCGREGOR: That sir, they are not.

Well, we should just see then, shan't we?

We shall just jolly well see.

I'll just see for myself.

[suspenseful music]

[whistling]

Ma'am, is it just a single tablet, or is it a packet?

It was a packet.

RO, is that straight?

That's bent, isn't it?

Yes.

Good.

I think you're right.

Good work, RO.

Tremendous, tremendous work.

[whistling]

Five minutes.

It appears no one is coming forward.

It appears not, sir.

[sighs]

JACK FREEMAN: Unfortunately, no one has returned

the stolen item to the bridge.

All personnel, not on watch, muster, thanks all.

This is the Navy.

We don't accept liars, or cheats, or cowards,

we expect people to stand forward.

This stops when the person who took the paracetamol

steps forward.

[sailors grunting]

All right then, senior sailors, join the juniors on the deck.

This crew is a team, down from lowliest sailor right

through to the X. If there is a thief onboard,

it reflects poorly on every single one of us.

[sailors grunt]

Would there be anyone willing to step forward?

All right then, officers.

Sir--

Yes, you, X, down on the deck.

Fish rots from the head.

Sir.

I took them.

I took the drugs.

[somber music]

Of all people.

Sorry, sir.

Why?

I couldn't find the swain, so I just went to the main store

and grabbed the whole box.

Then the alarm went up and I couldn't put them back,

and suddenly the whole thing was just way out of control.

Yeah, well I'm deeply disappointed you

didn't step forward earlier.

You know, people like you, Charge,

you are the backbone of a ship like this.

Your experience, your character.

I mean, those young men and women look up to you.

They look up to you!

Yes, sir.

Well, I thought you were a friend.

- I couldn't have-- - Eh?

Of course, I'm a--

I thought you'd be able to talk to me about anything.

Sir.

Yep.

Well, I won't, I won't be pressing any formal charges.

Thank you, sir.

[solemn music]

Is everything all right?

Yes, ma'am.

Charge, why did you take the drugs?

I didn't.

Oh?

The captain can't have his X doing

push-ups in front of the crew.

You did it for me?

You know, his whole way of managing things

is completely inappropriate.

Well, he had a point.

Someone on the ship is a thief.

And we still don't know who that person is.

Maybe not, but the captain is the ship, you question him,

you question everything.

Hey there!

Thought you might like a read, you

might as well catch up on what you missed out

on while you were out of it.

I didn't catch your name.

Sorry, Mike, Mike Flynn.

Nice to meet you.

Thanks.

Hey, listen, can I take you up on your offer?

They haven't given me phone.

You don't have mobile do you?

There you go.

I'll give you some privacy.

It's just my sister.

Hey sis, it's me.

I'm in the hospital in Cairns.

Yeah, a visit would be good.

Great.

Look forward to seeing you then.

Thanks.

Thought I might get something from the canteen,

you want something?

No, thanks.

NURSE [ON PA]: Paging Dr. Binay.

Paging Dr. Binay.

Could you please report to the nurses station on level three.

Hello.

Hello, who is this?

Sir, Coastwatch have spotted the drugs boat.

Excellent.

Right, Nav, set a course for 12 degrees, 22 south, 115 east.

Charge, how fast can we go?

As fast as she'll let us.

Full noise, 27 knots should get us there.

All right, I want you to go through there.

SEAMAN: Course 240.

[computer beeping]

NIKKI CAETANO: Um, sir, we can't.

Those waters haven't been properly surveyed.

Yes, well, that's why we have a navigator.

If it was just about steering, we

would have hired a taxi driver.

Sir, I think what the Nav is trying to point out,

that to steer a safe course through there

could cost you more time.

Does every single order have to be spelled out?

Those men killed their skipper while you were onboard.

I want them.

Go through there, make it happen.

Sir, I insist on recording my formal protest

in the ship's log.

I do too, sir.

JACK FREEMAN: Fine, fine, do it.

Do it fast and then steer the boat as I tell you.

Sir, we will follow procedure with additional lookouts

and our best man on the helm.

JACK FREEMAN: X, you can hang over the front of the boat

with your head in the water for all I care,

as long as Hamersley gets moving.

[determined music]

Starboard 10, steer 125.

Starboard 10, steer 125.

[sonar pinging]

SEAMAN: Rocks straight ahead!

Starboard 30.

Starboard 30.

- No, stop-- - Steer to your starboard--

JACK FREEMAN: Stop, stop, stop-- - Full astern both engines.

JACK FREEMAN: --ship! Stop the ship!

Full astern both engines.

Now, I thought I told you to stay straight ahead, Hmm,

There was an obstacle--

JACK FREEMAN: Can't an order then--

NIKKI CAETANO: --right in front of us, sir!

--a place on the bridge.

KATE MCGREGOR: Sir, I need to speak to you now,

sir, in private.

What, leave the bridge in charge of these incompetents,

you've got to be joking.

Now look, I give an order, I want it to be

followed, without question.

If anyone doesn't like it they can leave right now!

I will drive the ship myself!

Clear?

Good.

[somber music]

All right, all right.

Sir, I've got a radar contact.

JACK FREEMAN: Good, good, good.

NIKKI CAETANO: It's on the same course as the last position

we received from Coastwatch.

All right, do you think that's a drug boat?

Well, it's a good chance.

It's the right size, right place.

Excellent work.

All right, let's get after it.

All right look, let's, let's put the events of the day

behind us.

This is your chance to prove to me exactly

what you are all capable of.

Ray.

RAY WALSMAN: I was gonna buy flowers,

but I thought this would be more appropriate.

Chateau Margaux.

Come on, Mike, take the job, work for me.

I know you'll miss the Navy, but trust me,

the lifestyle will more than compensate.

You'll get to sail to places you'd never

dream of going with the Navy, Mediterranean,

Caribbean, the Antarctic.

The Antarctic?

RAY WALSMAN: Always wanted to go,

I just needed someone to give me the excuse and you're that man.

[coughing]

I need some help in here!

[gasping]

[machines beeping]

NURSE [ON PA]: Paging Dr. Binay to room 232.

Dr. Binay to room 232.

A friend of yours?

No.

Clear.

[paddles thump]

Actually, he was the guy who stole your boat.

Really?

Clear.

[paddles thump]

[foreboding music]

[radar beeping]

KATE MCGREGOR: Swain.

Vessel on my port bow, this is Australian warship.

Stop or heave to, I intend to board you.

She's trying to outrun us, sir.

Nav.

Port 10, steer 030.

Port 10 steer 030.

Prepare for warning fire.

KATE MCGREGOR: Vessel on my port side,

this is Australian warship.

Stop or heave to or we will open fire upon you.

No response on the radio.

Aimed at target, range 200 yards, sir.

Ready for warning fire, sir.

Buffer, engage.

PETE TOMASZEWSKI: Typhoon engage.

She's completely ignoring us, sir.

Prepare for disabling fire.

You can't do that, sir.

Well, she's not going to stop.

KATE MCGREGOR: Sir, you need ministerial approval

for direct fire.

The feds have told us this boat is highly volatile.

If you fire on her, the whole boat could explode.

JACK FREEMAN: Their risk, not ours.

We have given all the appropriate warnings.

Webb, prepare for disabling fire.

Spider, do not touch that trigger.

JACK FREEMAN: I am the CO.

Webb, it is your duty to follow my orders.

Spider, do not touch the trigger.

I am the CO!

KATE MCGREGOR: Spider, do not touch that trigger.

Buffer, take her from the bridge.

X.

I can't do that, sir.

Right, you can't do that.

Is there anyone here who can follow an order?

Is there one of you, would there be one person

here who could follow an order?

Would it be you?

Would be you?

Would it be you?

Charge.

Aye, sir.

You take her from the bridge.

[tense music]

Can't do that, sir.

Can't do that?

Bloody well do it myself then.

Captain, I'm relieving you of your command

and I'm taking over the ship.

Is that right?

Is that right, little missy?

[cackles]

Swain, ET, remove him from the bridge.

JACK FREEMAN: Don't you touch me!

KATE MCGREGOR: Remove him from the bridge.

Don't come anywhere near me!

Don't you, you!

This is mutiny, it's mutiny.

None of you will ever set foot on a naval ship again.

You, you, you, you, you, you, or you!

You'll be court-martialed, it's a mutin--

KATE MCGREGOR: Let's remove him from the bridge, please.

I have the ship.

XO has the ship.

It's-- sir?

Ah.

Sir?

Oh, no, I'm fine, I'm fine.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[sighs]

We'll be in my cabin.

XO has the um--

has the ship.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, fine, fine, fine.

I'm fine, fine, fine.

Prepare to board the trawler.

[fist knocks]

Hmm?

Sir, are you all right?

I--

Um-- dreadful headache.

Dreadful headache.

How long-- how long have you been having these headaches,

sir?

Oh, there's something wrong with me, isn't there?

[solemn music]

He asked me to give you this.

The god of obstacles.

Yeah.

And other minor unexpected hurdles.

It's a shame.

He was a bloody great captain.

MIKE FLYNN: Brain tumor?

Terrible way to end a career.

And you know what, most of the time he was right

and I was wrong.

But you made the right call in the end.

Here, I'll take that.

Thanks.

So how did the mercenary die?

They think he was poisoned.

I reckon that call he made was to have his people get him out.

Or maybe someone just didn't want him talking to the feds.

Straight after he made the call, someone rang back.

I don't know who, they didn't say anything.

Next thing, Ray Walsman turns up.

How did Walsman even now I was in hospital?

Someone with a lot of money and connections

are funding these mercenaries, and Walsman's been somewhere

in the picture ever since we met him,

and that was in the Samaru Islands.

If Walsman is behind all of this then why would

he want to hire you?

You'd be there, you'd know everything that was going on.

I think his intention was to get me out of the way.

After what's just happened, I can't trust him anymore.

One thing's for sure, there's no way I can take that job.

I guess I'm a Navy man after all.

[electronic beeping]

SEAMAN: I said no, I'm the coxswain.

[group chatters]

STEVE MARSHALL: Now you get back to some real work.

Thanks, sir.

Gangway!

[hopeful music]

PETE TOMASZEWSKI: Great to have you back, boss.

Good be back, Buffer.

Good to have you back, sir.

MIKE FLYNN: Nav.

[THEME - ANTHONY AMMAR, LES GOCK]

[humming]

THEME SONG: With a smile.

NARRATOR: Channel 9.