Asteroid vs. Earth Page #4

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No one else on the submarine,

no one else on Palau,

no one else at Woods Hole,

Scripps or Jacque Cousteau's

great-grandson knows as more

about the Yap Trench as you do Ms. Knox.

And no one knows how to operate that HROV.

So I'm putting you in charge of

the placement, timing, size

and detonation of the nuclear charges.

- Commander?

- Yes, sir.

You once served as Weps on

the Virginia, is that correct?

Yes, sir.

Lt. Rudy Marzyk is Weps on the Polk now.

He's a very dependable man.

That's good because he'll be on shore guarding

the 2 SLBM's we're off-loading

to make room for the HROV.

You will now answer to Ms. Knox

as weapons officer Commander.

In addition to your

responsibilities as Executive Officer.

Gentlemen. Ms. Knox.

Please succeed.

The Earth is depending on you.

What he's suggesting could kill

over 50% of the people on this planet.

If the alternative is all of us,

we don't have a choice, do we?

Let's get cracking.

Uh, Sir.

Um...

The sun and the moon

are entering a spring tide.

And they are aligning in a straight

line relative to Earth,

that is causing really powerful

high and low tides.

That's what the calendar tells me,

but the rest of it...

The asteroid is also aligning

with the sun and the moon.

And it's way closer

or bigger then we thought.

Or both.

Right. In addition to causing the floods

and other weather related disasters.

I'm well aware of that son.

Um, the gravitational influence

of the asteroid,

it also seems to be weakening

the Earth's cohesion.

Increasing the probability

of sub-ductal slippage.

Meaning we'll have more

Earthquakes naturally.

What's the delay, Lieutenant?

Pardon me, sir.

Did you just ask me what the delay is?

We need to disembark before low tide,

So yes, I'm asking what

the delay is, Mr. Rouse.

My men have had 8 hours

to do a 6 month retrofit

that would have taken 6 years

of testing in dry-dock just to confirm

that it was physically possible to do.

Well it looks like you're doing

a good job Lieutenant, so carry on.

It looks like my nephew just

wiped his dirty diaper all over my boat.

Sir, I can't vouch for this work.

Certainly nor for you to go pleasure

cruising with your girlfriend.

If we're lucky Lieutenant,

one day you'll feel like a jackass

for saying that and we'll both laugh at it.

In the mean time, secure whatever

supplies you need to get make this ship

sea-worthy to crush depth in 30 minutes.

If you need to make

modifications wet, do so.

But we sail in 30.

Aye aye, sir.

Sailor.

XO said it's good enough.

But sir it's almost wired.

XO's always right son.

Pack it up.

One of those day, huh?

You don't know the half of it.

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