By M. Giant
There's a blockade closing in on the island, but if Chaplin wasn't going to give in before, he's not about to now, even though the government is refusing to bury his dead son until he does. For now, the captain has a more immediate concern: his missing crew members Cortez, Brannan and now Redman -- who we already know are hostages of the island's evil mayor, Julian Serrat. Chaplin releases Prosser in exchange for his help with the search, but it's Sophie who introduces Chaplin and Julian to each other. Without being an atom less obvious than he can get away with, Julian makes a deal: Chaplin's sailors back, if the Colorado will retrieve some contraband for Julian from a boat waiting outside the blockade.
Chaplin agrees to the deal, which allows him to use the Perseus prototype again, this time to duck under the navy blockade. Alas, it turns out the thing's no good for more than a couple hours, as it sucks power and fries circuits. As a result, getting back is a little hairier, with all the sub-movie tension and suspense and forced silence that implies. Fortunately, Sophie's back at the station to talk Kendal through guiding the sub back along a treacherous stretch, but their sultry voices over the radio connection hint that they may be about to enter dangerous waters of their own.
Meanwhile, Navy SEAL King explores a little more island culture with his new friend Tani, who has some past tragedy of her own, not that this subplot is at all interesting. And in D.C., Admiral Shepard convinces Kylie to start sticking her nose into the shadowy origins of that nuke order that started all the trouble. Which she does, carefully, asking her boyfriend to have his senator boss look into it for her. We don't find out how that turns out, because her boyfriend gets a late night visit from an intimidating fellow who is not unknown to Kylie. And she finds herself in deeper trouble when her one schematic of the Perseus prototype is stolen from right out of her safe.
The Colorado is a bit late getting back with Julian's goods, so he kills Redman. Although Chaplin isn't thrilled, he's not prepared to fight a war on two fronts just yet. But he promises Kendal the time will come and Kendal in turn promises that the time will come for Chaplin's son's actual funeral. I wonder in what order?
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