Topher Lydon

Yes, they are designed to hide, typically they are safe under the sea, and rely on being invisible to defend them. Take that invisibility away and they are much easier targets. They don't have pin-point defenses, or counter measures for missile attack. Or even Torpedo attacks beyond limited decoy countermeasures. They are hit-and-run weapons. In a direct fight between a dedicated ASW(anti submarine warfare) platform, say a type 73 frigate or the like, they are going to have a bad day. If you are able to get aboard said Submarine with a tactical team, close quarter's combat on a Submarine is very dangerous for both sides. Bullets play havoc... as the infamous line from Hunt for Red October: Things in here don't react well to bullets. If a Submarine is being boarded, then something has gone horribly horribly wrong.

Wind, just one possibility, richochet another... Someone steps back at just the wrong time. What if the target moves? I used to go deer hunting with my Uncle Arthur, who was a bow hunter. Educational experience, and a completely different way of hunting than the rifle I was carrying.

I am a firm believer that things go wrong on all sides, at any possible time. It's what keeps a story like this churning. That level of unpredictablity. Enrico is going to have a scene, soon, where he explains this to Ezra. What control do you have over an Arrow AFTER you shoot it.

I am reminded of HMS Bulldog surprising that Uboat to seize Enigma, the real life basis for U-571.

Enrico smiled as he motioned to the three shells on the table, "It's all in the game."

Tomlin Precision Engineering, London, United Kingdom The air in the cavernous workshop was thick with the scent of machining oil, sawdust, and the low thrum of industrial machinery. It was a controlled chaos of metal, tools, and focused labor. Enrico, in a cheap, ill-fitting suit, his hair scruffed, a forced, unconvincing smile plastered on his face, sat on an overturned crate. He watched as a dozen men, their brows furrowed in concentration, meticulously worked on complex, unfamiliar compo

I get the feeling there is more to this story.

Cairo System - Dreknar Confederacy "Article Eight," the digital translation device, squeaked as the small furred creature tapped its claws across the keyboard with remarkable speed and agility, the Dreknar officer looked up with small dark eyes to ensure that she was listening as the translator carried on, "In neutral ports and territories belligerent war-ships may only carry out such repairs as are absolutely necessary to render them space worthy, and may not add in any manner whatsoever

They aren't flawless, the point was both Darien and Lauren made mistakes, as well as Kendrick. I needed to show that there were consequences to actions all around. That these kind of things have repercussions beyond just the gang.

This is possibly the oldest thing I ever wrote. 14 year old me, a decade before this book, wrote a chapter and put it away. I brought it out, dusty as anything, it was on lined A4 paper written in hand. I knew it belonged here, and so I rewrote it, it took forever to work into shape, but it just fit. I learned that never throwing away a bit of writing was important, vital, especially when it finds a home. Oh and I had haters, letters from angry fans demanding to know why I had killed off their favourite character, that I was evil, how dare I, etc etc... and I remind people (as I do for Book 2 *you'll see*) : Do you really think a little thing like death is going to keep Matthew Pierre Elias (Luck God, patron saint of Burritos, and a love god damnit) from his Darien?

I went back over the Hunt for the Red October, and found that scene isn't in the book, just the film. Jack Ryan never sets foot on the USS Dallas in the novelization, and travels to the Red October via DSV from another surface ship instead. Just interesting in how divergent films and books can be sometimes.

Encrypted Two: Northern Encrypted Exposure

Like in Recourse with JTF2, I wanted to show that our folks in uniform are professionals, and do them just respect. I have close friends in the Canadian Army, an ex or two in active service. I know Navy lads, I've been given tours of submarines and an active serving Frigate, they are wonderful and amazing places with such vibrant, friendly and loyal people. My head has a scar from wanging my head off of a panel in a Diesel Submarine, much to the laughter of the COB who observed I was way too tall to be a Submariner. My boyfriend at the time, a short and very determined Australian Seaman (Insert jokes here, the WHOLE crew did) had to stitch me up... That was back in 2010... I was teased mercilessly on that boat, but it was the experience of a life time.... STILL haven't gotten my ride in a helicopter, got to drive a tank(British), done a Sub(Australian), and the Frigate was Canadian. Had to do training with my students in China (mandatory, all staff at the University and all students had to go through it) No matter where I go, what country I am in, the Forces are the same, proud, dutiful, and kind.

Merlin Zero-Seven – Over Newcastle, United Kingdom The roar inside the helicopter was deafening, a churning, violent maelstrom of sound that vibrated through Andrew's very bones. Strapped tightly into the harness, he clung to the webbing with white-knuckled desperation, his eyes squeezed shut against the dizzying sensation of the climb. Below, the sprawling, twinkling lights of Newcastle upon Tyne rapidly receded, turning into a blurred tapestry of urban glow. He could feel the strong, erra

😮 You can't do that. Encrypted 2: Encrypted Goes North

Encrypted 2: Re-crypted Encrypted 2 : De-crypted Encrypted 2: Too Crypted Encrypted 2: Son of Encrypted, the return of the revenge of the Bride of Encrypted. Ooo I am enjoying this

Just for that, I am going to have to squash him with a steam roller that takes an impossibly long time to do the squashing.

You underestimate his power, and Andrew (being under water) has neither height, nor ground.

BC-001 - En-route to Sentinel "Taine!" Sephradon paced through the holographic map, her white silk dress rustling as she walked, her face twisted in thought, "It's always Darien Taine." "Mistress," The Fleet Marshal turned from his monitors, "Highlord Taine is the Empire's most capable commander, and with the death of General Iver observed on intercepted Imperial news feeds, the likelihood of Highlord Taine's involvement in the battle of Sentinel is..." "I am aware of the statis

It is something here in England that wouldn't be missed, in Canada though, rural Canada where the houses are further back from the road and space is much bigger it's easier to miss. And, as well, the schools at the time were a bit more problematic and... it's a plot hole ok, leave me alone

Subs have a short range hydrophone system. It's mechanical so not digital. Drop a bouy near it with a recorded message, and viola. Also a sonar will pick up a helicopter overhead, approaching from shore. <- has done research

The death occoured after the events of this story. This one is one year after the first story, but *before* the final chapter of that book.

I gets explained, in detail, during Carter's Recourse.

Happy Christmas user and proud of it

He pops up time and time again in the books, charting his own course and growing up and into his own, best self. His poor mother, tho... LOL