On Deadly Ground Page #3

Now you know why I love this woman.

Amend the settlement as you see fit.

What's the position on Aegis-1?

Surely you understand that

on any substantial construction project...

particularly one of this size,

there are inevitable delays.

How long do they say now?

Twenty-one days.

Goddamn it, we have 13 days!

Thirteen!

Sir, we have two crews working full-time.

Put on a third crew!

Why is this so hard for you to understand?

Get out of here!

I don't give a sh*t! Let me explain...

- You look ten years younger.

- Get out!

Aegis-1 is going to be the biggest rig

and refinery...

on the face of this planet.

And if it is not on-line and operational

in 13 days...

then the oil rights will revert back

to the goddamn Eskimos.

That is not going to happen.

There's something else.

A friend of mine at the EPA says he hears

that they have an unnamed source...

making noises

about substandard equipment...

at Aegis-1.

There was discussion

of faulty preventers, specifically.

Hugh...

Palmer.

Now, wouldn't that be lovely?

We'd lose the oil rights...

worth billions of dollars a week.

I don't need that kind

of problem right now.

You're the people I hired...

to help me get rid

of these kinds of problems.

Life goes on.

Sure does.

Holy sh*t!

Sir, security alert in progress.

I'll take it on the box.

Nothing major, but you'd red-flagged

Forrest Taft for security access.

Yes, of course.

Well, he's into an Aegis-1 requisitions file.

He used his security code to gain access

to the main computer?

That is correct.

Well done.

It seems your friend, Forrest Taft...

has gained access

to a restricted Aegis-1 file.

A requisition file...

that includes the purchase

of all preventers.

That is a problem.

If I might...

l'd like to be the first to volunteer

to take care of that problem as well.

I suggest you take care

of the Hugh Palmer problem first.

He's the immediate threat.

He certainly is.

And change the access code.

Hugh?

Hello? Anybody home?

- Sh*t!

- Hugh?

Hugh Palmer.

There you are.

Good morning. How are you?

Otto and l...

came to offer you a ride

to Mr. Jennings' press conference.

It starts in a few hours.

He'd like you to be there with him

just to clear up a few things.

What kind of things?

Well....

Actually, why don't we sit down?

Yeah, please, it's your home.

For starters, Hugh...

that spill in the cove the other day

was actually nobody's fault but your own.

And all this business

about substandard equipment...

has nothing to do with anything, does it?

You tell Jennings...

l've rolled over for you bastards

long enough.

If he uses those same preventers

when Aegis-1 goes on-line...

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