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〃Im sure; Im sure。 You came from San Diego?〃
〃Yes。〃
〃So its fifteen hours; give or take。 Like to have a rest?〃
〃Id like to know whats going on;〃 Norman said。
〃Perfectly understandable。〃 Barnes nodded。 〃Whatd they tell you?〃
〃Who?〃
〃The men who picked you up in San Diego; the men who flew you out here; the men in Guam。 Whatever。〃
〃They didnt tell me anything。〃
〃And did you see any reporters; any press?〃
〃No; nothing like that。〃
Barnes smiled。 〃Good。 Im glad to hear it。〃 He waved Norman to a seat。 Norman sat gratefully。 〃How about some coffee?〃 Barnes said; moving to a coffee maker behind his desk; and then the lights went out。 The room was dark except for the light that streamed in from a side porthole。
〃God damn it!〃 Barnes said。 〃Not again。 Emerson! Emerson!〃
An ensign came in a side door。 〃Sir! Working on it; Captain。〃
〃What was it this time?〃
〃Blew out in ROV Bay 2; sir。〃
〃I thought we added extra lines to Bay 2。〃
〃Apparently they overloaded anyway; sir。〃
〃I want this fixed now; Emerson!〃
〃We hope to have it solved soon; sir。〃
''10'' The door closed; Barnes sat back in his chair。 Norman heard the voice in the darkness。 〃Its not really their fault;〃 he said。 〃These ships werent built for the kind of power loads we put on them now; and…ah; there we are。〃 The lights came back on。 Barnes smiled。 〃Did you say you wanted coffee; Dr。 Johnson?〃
〃Black is fine;〃 Norman said。
Barnes poured him a mug。 〃Anyway; Im relieved you didnt talk to anybody。 In my job; Dr。 Johnson; security is the biggest worry。 Especially on a thing like this。 If word gets out about this site; well have all kinds of problems。 And so many people are involved now。 。。。 Hell; CincPac didnt even want to give me destroyers until I started talking about Soviet submarine reconnaissance。 The next thing; I get four; then eight destroyers。〃
〃Soviet submarine reconnaissance?〃 Norman asked。 〃Thats what I told them in Honolulu。〃 Barnes grinned。 〃Part of the game; to get what you need for an operation like this。 Youve got to know how to requisition equipment in the modern Navy。 But of course the Soviets wont e around。〃
〃They wont?〃 Norman felt he had somehow missed the assumptions that lay behind the conversation; and was trying to catch up。
〃Its very unlikely。 Oh; they know were here。 Theyll have spotted us with their satellites at least two days ago; but were putting out a steady stream of decodable messages about our Search and Rescue exercises in the South Pacific。 S and R drill represents a low priority for them; even though they undoubtedly figure a plane went down and were recovering for real。 They may even suspect that were trying to recover nuclear warheads; like we did off of Spain in 68。 But theyll leave us alone…because politically they dont want to be implicated in our nuclear problems。 They know we have troubles with New Zealand these days。〃
〃Is that what all this is?〃 Norman said。 〃Nuclear warheads?〃
〃No;〃 Barnes said。 〃Thank God。 Anything nuclear; somebody in the White House always feels duty…bound to announce it。 But weve kept this one away from the White ''11'' House staff。 In fact; we bypass the JCS on this。 All briefings go straight from the Defense Secretary to the President; personally。〃 He rapped his knuckles on the desk。 〃So far; so good。 And youre the last to arrive。 Now that youre here; well shut this thing down tight。 Nothing in; nothing out。〃
Norman still couldnt put it together。 〃If nuclear warheads arent involved in the crash;〃 he said; 〃why the secrecy?〃
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