:54:00
- Step aside, seaman.
- Yes, sir.
:54:02
[Faint Radio Transmission]
:54:07
We have orders in hand, and those orders
are to make a preemptive launch.
:54:11
Every second that we lose
increases the chances...
:54:13
that by the time our missiles arrive,
their silos could be empty...
:54:16
'cause they've flown their birds
and struck us first.
:54:18
- Yes, sir.
- You know as well as I do...
:54:20
that any launch order received without
authentication is no order at all.
:54:23
- Captain... National Mili...
- That's our #1 rule.
:54:25
That rule is the basis for the scenario
we've trained on time and time again.
:54:28
- Yes, sir.
- It's a rule we follow
without exception.
:54:31
Captain, National Military Command
Center knows what sector we're in.
:54:34
They have satellites looking down on us
to see if our birds are aloft.
:54:37
And if they're not, then they give
our orders to somebody else.
:54:40
That's why we maintain more than one
sub. It's what they call "redundancy."
:54:43
- I know about redundancy, Mr. Hunter.
- All I'm saying...
:54:54
All I'm saying, Captain,
is that we have backup.
:54:57
Now, it's our duty not to launch
until we can confirm.
:55:01
You're presuming that we have other
submarines out there ready to launch.
:55:06
But as captain,
I must assume...
:55:08
that our submarines could have been
taken out by other Akulas.
:55:10
We can play these games
all night, Mr. Hunter...
:55:13
- but I don't have the luxury
of your presumptions.
- Sir...
:55:15
Mr. Hunter, we have rules that are not
open to interpretation...
:55:18
personal intuition, gut feelings,
hairs on the back of your neck...
:55:21
little devils or angels
sitting on your shoulders.
:55:23
- Captain...
- We're all very well aware...
:55:25
of what our orders are
and what those orders mean.
:55:27
They come down from
our Commander-in-Chief.
They contain no ambiguity.
:55:30
- Captain, sir...
- Mr. Hunter, I've made the decision.
:55:33
I'm captain of this boat.
Now shut the fuck up!
:55:44
Damn.
:55:46
Weapons/Conn:
:55:48
Shift targeting
to target package SLBM 64741/2.
:55:52
This is the captain.