Chief Royale readjusted his respirator helmet and checked the gauge readings. Wells’ mind was still spinning from all the high-tech cyber supremacy that was being shoved in his lap. Ke was in silent awe of the equipment; every single detail was planned for and had safety redundancies in place. It was like looking at the…
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U-Boat Part 43
“The North Korean story would have let me sleep a little easier at night,” said White. Perry offered an agreeing nod and Miller carried on with the plan. “We believe the Brunhilde is someplace along the seabed at the North American shelf, savaging along the bottom on the approach to New York. Our plan is to lure…
U-Boat Part 42
The sailors of the Pennsylvania helped the SEALs in deflating and packaging away each of the transport craft, rolling them into tight cigars and stuffing them into body sized packs that were quickly hauled up and into the tower. Kessler observed the details finish up at the surface before climbing down the ladder-well. The Navy…
U-Boat Part 41
Chief Royale retrieved the group from the briefing room five seconds later than Kessler had predicted. On the walk through the corridors they were joined by Miller who handed a heavy binder over to Hochberg. The group walked quickly out into the swirling cold air of morning on the north Atlantic. Coasties were loading up…
U-Boat Part 40
There was a silence in the briefing room. Perry remained leaned back, expressionless with fingers interlocked behind his head. Wells was leaned forward, elbows resting on the table and eyes wide. Ke had long since looked up from the logbook she was scanning, she searched Kessler’s face for any sign of anything, he seemed to have…
U-Boat Part 39
Hochberg loomed over the crate a moment, scanning each of the spines and date ranges. His wide hand scooped up a few volumes and handed them off to Kessler who began to quickly tear through them, scanning and reading page after page as though searching for a specific date. Hochberg remained standing and hefted up…
U-Boat Part 38
The initial shock was hard for Akin, Perry, and Wells to get over, Ke managed after she forced her brain to wander through it. Miller and the SEAL remained expressionless infront of Kessler and Hochberg, the rummaging sounds of the SEAL teams below adding din to the sloshing currents of the sea. Miller gestured into…
U-Boat Part 37
The view from Good Faith’s bridge was magnificent. Off the bow of the ship were three US Navy vessels, ghost gray paint and surging in the ocean, still churned from the storm only a day before. At the stern of the cutter the helicopters swooped in low, quickly offloaded teams of men in heavy equipment…
U-Boat Part 36
Ke was still sitting cross legged in the passage when the door creaked open and Perry stuck his head out. If it were possible for the diver to have bed head with his closely shorn hair he was certainly sporting it with a flattened portion on his temple. He gawked at Ke and the expression…
U-Boat Part 35
26-JAN-45 Lead Scientist Burton U-5918 Brunhilde It’s done. The insurrection was crushed and the ship is back in the command of party faithful and loyal Germans of the Fatherland. Sajer has been jettisoned to the black along with his comrades to be devoured by the rest of the bottom feeders. The crew has been chewed down…