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W.s.k.r.s. Are kicking back data.

1 typhoon class, delta 4.

Power station communications

reporting major structural damage.

Life support systems nominal.

Survivors are gathering in main complex.

[Ortiz] Delta 4's on the move,

heading 2-0-7 degrees, 30 knots,

she's moving away from the station.

Give me eyes, Mr. Ortiz.

Now, bring us around 2-0-7. Intercept course.

Coming around.

Intercept course.

Sound battle stations.

All hands, battle stations.

All hands, battle stations.

[Shouting]

Hey!

Securing the bridge, sir!

Coming through!

Targeting profile up.

Target gridlocked.

All ahead full.

All ahead full?

I want this one.

Commander, a moment please?

I'm busy.

Now.

There might be some other considerations here.

Such as?

The lives of people in that power plant.

If that sub gets loose,

it'll be free to attack elsewhere.

If! you're talking hypotheticals.

I'm talking reality.

This boat is a 1,000-foot long Swiss army knife.

Use your options.

Have one of your w.S.K.R.S. Tag the renegades.

Deal with them later.

No, the manual said--

forget the manual!

Use your instincts. Use your guts.

That's why you've got them.

If anybody's interested, that boomer's turning.

[Ortiz] She's moving into an attack posture.

Weapons...

Flood forward tubes.

Prepare e-plasma torpedoes, 60% charge.

Loading, 60% charge.

Helm, reverse engines 1/4, 6 degrees down angle.

Reverse 1/4 down, 6 degrees.

8 degrees.

6 degrees.

Delta 4's forward tubes are flooded and opening.

She's preparing to fire.

Seaquest is coming around.

Should we initiate a firing solution?

Negative.

Impressive, isn't she?

Captain, we have the advantage.

We should fire before it's too late.

Not yet.

I want them to sweat a little first.

She'll blow us out of the water.

I don't think so.

What do you mean, not responding?

The helm control is frozen.

I can't take the reins.

Lieutenant commander.

On it.

Delta 4's 800 meters and closing.

Open forward torpedo tubes.

Can't, sir. Control isn't accepting commands.

Go to redundant systems.

They won't engage.

Great. What else can go wrong?

Target ship has just fired.

One electrostatic torpedo away...

Homing... She's locked and headed in.

Countermeasures.

Countermeasures aren't responding, sir.

Sound collision.

[Alarm rings]

All hands, brace for collision.

Everybody hold tight.

Torpedo 100 meters and closing.

50 meters.

Jim!

Grab him!

Get out of here! Go!

Just stay calm!

We got you.

Don't worry, now. We got you.

Damage control?

Port-side strike.

We're taking on water.

Damn it! Where are my battle systems?

Inoperative, sir.

Delta 4 is flooding tubes,

preparing to fire a second strike.

Your orders, commander?

Commander?

Flood ballast tanks fore and aft.

Sir.

Do it.

How deep is that rift?

20...

22,000 feet.

Are you o.K.?

I'm fine.

Are you sure?

I'm fine!

Helmsman.

Sir?

Crash dive into pacific plate rift at...

6-0-4-2.

Aye, sir.

Captain, seaquest's heading into a canyon.

I don't care where she goes.

Stay with her.

We should fire now.

Not yet. Maintain pursuit.

Get me closer.

8,000 feet and dropping.

More systems crashing.

Delta 4's position?

Still pursuing.

Let's see how bad they want us.

Take her to the bottom, please.

Captain, this ship wasn't designed for a crash dive.

You have any better ideas, I'm wide open.

This mean you're captain now?

No, chief, just trying to save our necks.

10,000 feet.

Captain, we can't go any deeper.

Maintain pursuit.

We're approaching collapse depth.

If we let ourselves get crushed,

seaquest wins.

15,000 feet.

Delta 4 is breaking off.

She's moving away.

Don't let her out of our sight.

We don't want her to double back on us.

Level her off. We can't drop any more.

Captain...

We need to talk.

And admiral noyce knew about the rebel sub the whole time.

Well, the admiral figured you'd never come back

if you knew the real reason.

You're damn right I wouldn't.

And how long have you known?

Almost two months.

We tracked it from up in the aleutians.

It's been making its way along the seamount chain,

raiding outposts for valuables, supplies.

They never took any lives.

Up till now!

You knew we were going to run across her.

And then what?

You'd give up the command.

I'd subdue her with the supership.

Bingo! I'm back on the team, right?

I can't judge the merits of the admiral's plan,

but he couldn't have foreseen our current situation.

I recommend you take command

for this mission's duration.

Mission?

Oh, now it's a mission.

Let me tell you something.

Six years ago I walked away from all of this.

I erased all of it.

I did it for a reason.

Your son.

What about him?

I know he was in the Navy,

that he was killed in action

somewhere in the north Atlantic.

That's right, and I made a promise

to my wife and myself

that I'd never have anything to do with the military again.

With all due respect, sir,

I've got hundreds of people

aboard this boat who wouldn't give a damn

about your promise...

Sir.

We're only a few kilometers away.

We can go back and wait for her to come up.

Come up? She never has to come up.

Even in her crippled state,

she could stay down there for months.

No, we're going to have to draw her out.

There.

The west Ridge farming community.

That's nothing but a bunch of homesteaders.

Exactly.

Yes, ma'am.

Welcome to seaquest.

All visitors report to ueo customs

with inoculation papers before proceeding.

How's she doing?

She's in shock. She'll be all right.

O.k., sick bay five. Let's go.

[Announcement in Spanish]

Gangway.

Trying to pass.

Careful, people, careful, please.

How's she holding up?

Hull integrity isn't great.

Outer pliant skin resealed itself as designed.

We still don't have full engines.

Lieutenant Hitchcock reports

11 other systems have crashed,

primarily weapons and propulsion.

Cause?

Unknown.

Has anybody checked out the warranty on this thing?

Well, we should be glad about these people, anyway.

I've got lieutenant commander Hitchcock

doing a thermal trace of the power station.

Hyper-reality probe?

Yes, sir.

Good.

As you can see from the data

lieutenant Hitchcock got from the probe,

the power station is built over a volcanic vent.

Why?

Energy.

They use trapped heat to run their turbines.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

According to the probe data,

the venting cap,

at the base of the station,

is in the process of tearing.

What happens if it breaks?

A nightmare.

The poisonous gases, which are usually captured

and disposed of,

will spill across the ocean floor.

How big a spread?

With thermal currents in this area,

it could be hundreds of miles.

Every living organism, plant and animal,

will be destroyed.

Could it be fixed?

Given the proper equipment.

You mean military equipment?

Who cares whose equipment it is?

Wait a second, captain. This ship is operating

under very unusual and dangerous circumstances.

I'm not sure we should divert our efforts.

An armed rebel sub's out there.

If I read your ueo mandate correctly,

this boat cannot sail away

from a potential ecological disaster,

if it can do something about it.

Yes, sir.

We're ready to proceed, Dr. Westphalen.

We'll need precise specifications

of the venting cap assembly.

I think we need a troubleshooter.

A what?

I don't think what's happening on this boat

is an accident.

Someone needs to go into the guts of her computers

and dig around a bit.

Lieutenant commander Hitchcock?

No. She's working for the repair team.

I was thinking of someone from your section.

It's the wrong technology.

Well, there is one person who might be able to help.

Who?

Hmm.

It's dying.

What's dying?

The core of the main computer has a virus

gnawing at the systems.

But if it's in the core,

why isn't it affecting the whole ship?

Oh, it will.

It just started with weapons and propulsion.

Wouldn't diagnostics have found it

in a routine check?

No.

Artificial intelligence just makes a quick pass,

unless you fixed that, too.

Actually, I've got parts on order.

I still don't see how it was missed.

This sucker is buried so deep,

the diagnostic sweep couldn't even find it.

Whoever planted this thing knew what they were doing.

Then it's not organic?

No way. No, it's too specific.

Can we tell how long it's been in there?

Not until I peel back the layers of data

between me and him...

[Arf arf]

Whoa.

Whoa, what?

It's got dogs.

Dogs?

Watchdogs.

Subprograms to protect the virus.

If I mess with them,

the whole ship could crash and burn.

Life support, navigation, defense--

the works.

Captain to the bridge. Captain to the bridge.

I think that's you.

Just keep doing what you're doing.

Hey, kid...

Good work.

Don't get cocky.

Oh, thank you, Darwin.

I've already had lunch.

Picking up a sat-link video transmission.

Distress call.

From where?

A small farming outpost.

It's a pretty weak signal.

Let's try it on the main screen.

Yes, sir.

My name is Raymond brenner.

I'm the territorial governor

of the westridge farm community.

We've been attacked without provocation

by a renegade craft.

We're in trouble.

We need help.

If there's any ship out there, please help us.

We need help!

Aah! aah!

Why would they attack an unarmed housing colony?

They're baiting us.

We've got to stop them.

They'll slaughter those people.

We can't do anything until we get this boat running.

Don't worry.

This isn't over yet.

Are you familiar with the boat's mainframe?

Nathan, I am the mainframe.

Right.

Then you should be able to detect the virus.

No.

My capacities are limited to the data

fed into my memory units.

Oh...right!

This information upsets you?

If you're a computer, how do you know I'm upset?

Your vocal patterns deviate severely from the norm.

Has your family come aboard with you?

Your data banks are a little behind.

My family's dead.

I see.

Is that the reason you left the service

before finishing seaquest?

Partly.

I went to this island.

I thought I'd be safe.

Ha ha.

But I knew coming back here

I'd have to let people in again.

And risk losing them.

Yeah.

You must have missed your work.

No, I had plenty.

I missed this. I missed the ocean.

I missed what it does to me.

My pulse slows down.

My metabolism...

Why am I telling you this?

Perhaps because I am listening.

There wasn't a day went by

I didn't think about all this.

I can't seem to get it out of my mind.

Why should you?

It's a part of you, Nathan.

The best part.

You know...

I'm really pleased that you've come aboard.

You never saw a uniform before?

Captain, long-range sonar still shows nothing.

They're not coming after us.

They will.

I don't mean to question you,

but the crew doesn't understand

why you're provoking this fight.

I understand,

but I think you should explain it to them.

This isn't the first crew to question me,

but it will be the last.

What have you found?

I was able to nail time of entry.

And...

Judging by the layers of data

between us and him,

it was planted over a year ago-- 13 months exactly.

Keep at it.

Seaquest, this is e.V.A. Repair team one.

Power station vent cap is in place and sealed.

Roger that. Return to base.

[Beep]

Ford here.

Commander, repair team just returned.

Venting cap sealed and locked.

Good job.

Commander Ford to the bridge.

You wanted to see me, sir?

I think I've found it.

The virus?

No...

The saboteur.

I went back through the boat's service logs

from the past year.

Nothing unusual.

Then I checked the personnel manifest

for the same time.

The seaquest was in dock

with a minimum crew at the same time, too.

So?

So the log shows

there was one senior officer in charge the whole time.

Stark.

You served under her.

I was her ex-o at Livingston trench.

She was relieved of command.

Nor-pac recommended psychiatric evaluation, but she refused.

Then she just disappeared.

She's good.

She should be. I taught her.

Oh, dear.

I sponsored her for her officer's bars.

She's after you?

No. I'm just the icing on the cake.

She's after the seaquest.

She wouldn't deliberately destroy her own ship.

If she can't have it, no one can.

If there's no seaquest, the rebels run the sea.

She didn't count on this old tourist aboard

whose knowledge of the ship's systems predates hers.

Now, listen, we may be going about this the wrong way.

Instead of attacking the virus head-on,

what if we just went around it?

It might work.

It probably won't have full propulsion and weapons.

Anything's better than nothing.

Weapons.

That's what this is really about, isn't it?

Just a minute.

No, it's not, doctor.

It's about saving lives.

I hope so.

Now, let's get to work.

[No audio]

[No audio]

Captain to the bridge. Captain to the bridge.

Westridge farming community is under attack.

Repeat. Farming community is under attack.

Renegade sub is attacking.

They're trying to fight it off with their minisubs.

It doesn't sound good.

Propulsion.

1/4 normal.

Weapons.

Still no weapons or targeting.

Send coordinates to navigation and plot a course.

Speak to me, Mr. O'Neill.

The colonists' munitions have been depleted, captain.

They're helpless.

Delta 4 has fired.

Four torpedoes away.

Impact.

Two direct strikes.

It's gotten too easy--

we fire torpedoes, we shoot missiles,

we extinguish lives without thinking.

I'll remind her that her targets are people

with names and faces.

I don't think she'll care.

Do you think it's possible

for someone to change that much?

The delta 4's receiving an outside transmission.

I'll piggyback the signal and get us through.

Proceed, lieutenant.

Nathan Bridger.

Where are you?

I'm disappointed in you, Marilyn.

Four torpedoes fired and only two hits.

I thought I taught you better than that.

I'll do better next time.

I promise.

There won't be a next time. We both know that.

Too many innocent people have died already.

What world are you living in, Nathan?

There are no innocent people.

Everybody's guilty of something.

Maybe, but don't you think we deserve a second chance?

To change?

To live peacefully?

I don't want to change.

You didn't teach change at the academy...

Or peace.

You taught war, Nathan.

War.

And I intend to use what I learned.

I taught something else--

never take on an opponent unless you expect to win.

You're on the seaquest.

Give up, Marilyn.

I made that mistake once.

I won't make it again.

You are as impotent as your boat...

Captain.

I'm warning you, if you don't surrender right now,

I'll use every resource to bring you down,

and I'll succeed.

Oh...

We found your virus.

It's over.

You want to kill me, don't you?

The warrior in you want to taste some blood?

Isn't that funny?

I kill for power,

you kill for peace.

We're just different sides of the same coin,

each heroes to our own causes.

Well...

Let's see who gets the parade.

Status, commander?

Minimal weapons control.

Tube one, manual firing capability only.

Targeting?

It's still down.

So, we may be able to fire one torpedo,

but we have no way to tell it where to go.

Terrific.

Do our torpedoes have tracking options?

Sir?

Can they lock into a frequency?

If we need to.

Keep me in the loop. Open the door.

Darwin play.

Yes. Play.

Not like other games.

I need your help.

Darwin help.

You might hear what it is first.

Trust Bridger.

We're at 600 feet.

That's the limit of a dolphin's tolerance.

He's gone deeper than 500 before.

I know his tolerance.

You're taking a chance with his life.

You have a better idea?

What about air?

Need air.

With this, he won't have to come to the surface to breathe.

Need air.

Yes. You'll get it.

Just try it. Put it on.

Flood the tube.

Aye, sir.

I don't like this.

Don't like what?

You're going to fire him out of a torpedo tube?

No. He is going to swim out of a torpedo tube.

I still don't like it.

Darwin breathe!

You know what to do.

You swim out and tag the marker.

Darwin play.

Just like on the island.

You swim down,

and you tag the marker.

Tag the metal boat, understand?

Metal boat?

Darwin, you don't have to do this.

Swim like Bridger.

Like me?

No suit.

Skin.

What was that all about?

It's an inside joke.

Ha ha.

W.s.k.r.s. Are picking up the delta 4

2,000 yards off our starboard bow.

Punch up forward screens.

Commander...

Status, please.

Tube one locked and loaded.

Torpedo is fully charged.

Negative. 20%.

I want to stop them, not destroy them.

You heard the man. 20% charge.

Yes, sir.

Captain.

Seaquest is back.

Relax. She's a shark without teeth.

Come to 0-6-0 and reload all tubes.

Reload all tubes and prepare to fire.

Delta 4 is bringing her barrels around.

Heading?

0-6-0. She's moving straight at us.

Open the low band. All the frequencies.

I want everybody out there to hear me.

Yes, sir.

Low band open and transmitting.

People of westridge farm,

this is Nathan Bridger, captain of the seaquest,

representing the united--

the uni--

what the hell is it?

United earth oceans organization.

We are here to protect and defend your facility.

Please move to safe ground immediately.

Move clear immediately.

Attention, delta 4.

We are prepared and willing to accept

your immediate and unconditional surrender.

Otherwise, we shall be forced to fire on you.

I repeat,

we are prepared to accept your unconditional surrender.

Weapons control,

open all outer torpedo tube doors.

Yes, sir.

Uh, captain,

only tube one is armed.

I know that,

but they don't.

Seaquest is opening all torpedo tubes.

Any targeting sweeps detected?

None.

Bridger drummed it into us--

first thing you do is targeting sweeps.

If he's not targeting, he's bluffing.

Mr. Maxwell, initiate fire sequence.

Open all six tubes.

All tubes?

That'll take almost a minute to initiate.

I know that.

I want to blast her out of the water.

It's time the student became the teacher.

Delta 4 is settling into an attack position, sir.

O.k., Mr. Phillips, let 'em go.

Delta 4 is targeting.

Sir, our torpedo doors are open and ready to fire.

Delta 4 is flooding all her torpedo tubes.

All her tubes?

Yes, sir.

She never did know when to quit.

It's all yours, Darwin.

What the hell is that?

[Beeping]

He tagged us.

We have a targeting signal.

Tracking system searching for target.

[Static]

Residue acoustic noise interference.

Still searching for target.

[Static fades]

Acoustic noise dissipating.

Targeting system acquiring tag signal.

[Beep]

Captain, we have torpedo lock.

Fire.

Why aren't we firing?

Launching sequence ready in 13...

12...

Seaquest has fired.

9...

Torpedo has lost lock. We do not have lock.

She's hunting. The torpedo's hunting for us.

[Beep]

Torpedo has reacquired target.

Get to the minisub!

The minisub!

Stop! Get back!

We got to attack!

That is a direct command!

We're going down!

No! This is all your fault, you cheapskate!

We can still beat them!

You cowards!

We have a direct hit on the delta 4.

She's going down, captain.

Sir, we've lost contact with the delta 4.

We've confirmed sounds of a torpedo strike

and a sub breaking up.

My son?

We don't know.

Bitte.

Captain, sir. Well done, sir.

Thank you.

Captain, the re-con party's just returned

from the downed delta 4.

Survivors?

They're being brought aboard.

Stark?

She wasn't listed,

and the boat's minisub was gone.

Captain, I want to apologize

for not being honest with you.

I was wrong, and I regret it.

I was just...

I...

Obeying orders?

Yes, sir.

I suppose somebody has to,

but I want you to remember

that this underwater shoot-out

is not my idea of keeping the peace.

Yes, sir.

If the re-con party is ready,

we can get underway.

Would the captain like to take the helm?

Oh, I think you can handle that...

Commander.

Thank you, sir.

Hey...

Darwin, boy.

Well done.

Clever Darwin.

Yes, well done.

Well done.

The door was open.

Come on in.

I'm still trying to improve it.

She's pretty.

Yeah, she was.

I just came by to tell you

I thought it was very....

Effective,

the way you handled the situation today.

Effective?

Thanks.

So, you going to stay or what?

Not that simple.

Why not?

Come on. You like it here, don't you?

I mean, it is your boat.

I made a promise.

To her?

Her name's Carol.

Were you two happy?

Yes...

We were.

My parents...

They were never happy.

They can't even stand to be in the same room together.

I remember wishing they would get a divorce

and get it over with.

Why didn't they?

Well, they said when they got married,

they made a promise to stay together forever.

I guess they didn't count on things changing.

Captain?

You're wanted on the bridge.

I think that's me.

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