“Did they tell you over there that October sailed last Friday?” “Oh?” They hadn’t. Ryan was caught off guard. “I thought she wasn’t scheduled to sail until this Friday.” “So did we. Her skipper is Marko Ramius. You heard about him?” “Only secondhand stuff. The Brits say he’s pretty good.” “Better than that,” Greer noted. “He’s about the best sub driver they have, a real charger. We had a considerable file on him when I was at DIA. Who’s bird-doggin’ him for you, Charlie?” “Bremerton was assigned to it. She was out of position doing some ELINT work when Ramius sailed, but she was ordered over.
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