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Deep Six
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“This is Lugovoy."
"Who?"
"Aleksei Lugovoy."
"Is Willie dere?" asked a voice, heavy with the New York City accent that always grated on Lugovoy's ears.
"There is no Willie here," Lugovoy said brusquely. "You must have the wrong number." Then he abruptly hung up.
Lugovoy's face was expressionless, but a faint pallor was there that was missing before. He flexed his fists, inhaled deeply and eyed the phone, waiting.
The light blinked and the phone chimed again.
"Lugovoy."
"You sure Willie ain't dere?"
"WILLIE AIN'T HERE!" he replied, mimicking the caller's accent. He slammed the receiver onto the cradle.”
― Deep Six
"Who?"
"Aleksei Lugovoy."
"Is Willie dere?" asked a voice, heavy with the New York City accent that always grated on Lugovoy's ears.
"There is no Willie here," Lugovoy said brusquely. "You must have the wrong number." Then he abruptly hung up.
Lugovoy's face was expressionless, but a faint pallor was there that was missing before. He flexed his fists, inhaled deeply and eyed the phone, waiting.
The light blinked and the phone chimed again.
"Lugovoy."
"You sure Willie ain't dere?"
"WILLIE AIN'T HERE!" he replied, mimicking the caller's accent. He slammed the receiver onto the cradle.”
― Deep Six
“Several years ago an attack cargo transport called the Hobson was a part of the Navy's reserve mothball fleet at Philadelphia. She was decommissioned and sold to a commercial shipping company, a cover for the CIA. They spared no expense in rebuilding her to outwardly resemble a common cargo carrier, while her interior was filled with concealed armament, including a new missile system, highly sophisticated communications and listening gear, and a facility for launching fast patrol and landing boats through swinging bow doors.
She was manned and ready on station during Iran's disastrous invasion of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in 1985. Flying the maritime flag of Panama, she secretly sank two Soviet spy ships in the Persian Gulf. The Russians could never prove who did it, because none of our navy ships were within range. They still think the missiles that destroyed their ships came from the Saudi shore.”
― Deep Six
She was manned and ready on station during Iran's disastrous invasion of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in 1985. Flying the maritime flag of Panama, she secretly sank two Soviet spy ships in the Persian Gulf. The Russians could never prove who did it, because none of our navy ships were within range. They still think the missiles that destroyed their ships came from the Saudi shore.”
― Deep Six
“How in hell did this old rust bucket, the Pilottown, jam herself in here?"
"She probably drifted into what was a shelving inlet before 1987," replied Pitt. "According to Mendoza, that was the year the volcano last erupted. The explosion gases must have melted the ice around the mantle, forming millions of gallons of water. The mudflow, along with the cloud of ash, poured down the mountain until it met the sea and buried the ship."
"Funny the stern wasn't spotted before now."
"Not so remarkable," Pitt answered. "So little is showing it was next to impossible to detect from the air, and beyond a mile from shore it blends into the rugged shoreline and becomes nearly invisible. Erosion caused by recent storms is the only reason she's uncovered now.”
― Deep Six
"She probably drifted into what was a shelving inlet before 1987," replied Pitt. "According to Mendoza, that was the year the volcano last erupted. The explosion gases must have melted the ice around the mantle, forming millions of gallons of water. The mudflow, along with the cloud of ash, poured down the mountain until it met the sea and buried the ship."
"Funny the stern wasn't spotted before now."
"Not so remarkable," Pitt answered. "So little is showing it was next to impossible to detect from the air, and beyond a mile from shore it blends into the rugged shoreline and becomes nearly invisible. Erosion caused by recent storms is the only reason she's uncovered now.”
― Deep Six
