Fathoms: An RP at 20,000 leauges and beyond

[TheScaryOne]

Don't we have to arm it before we put it in the tube, since the remote arming on the arm isn't functioning?

[Saurenath]

Shane arms the torpedo.
"Simple enough, lets get it in the tube."

[Il Palazzo Sama]

OOC: Shit man at least get the thing part way in the tube before arming it there is still a small chance of it dropping....

[Blaze]

The torpedo beeps once, loudly as the arming button is depressed.

"5 minutes to silent running!" Announces a voice over the loudspeaker.

[TheScaryOne]

Okay, now, have you ever heard the phrase "handle like eggs"? This is time we show how we can do it. Someone open the tube.
Nathan joins Palazzo's character (OOC: Say your damn name more often!) in holding a greater part of the weight while someone opens the tube.

[Blaze]

OOC: SOMEONE OPEN THE FARKING TUBE ALREADY!

[Saurenath]

Shane opens the tube.

[TheScaryOne]

And off we go!
Nathan helps guide the torpedo into its intended place in the tube.

[Blaze]

You get only one torpedo loaded before the call for silent running goes out. You will have to wait to see if you should have been quicker about it.

The sub is eerily quiet as it enters guarded waters. On a nearby display, you can see a compiled radar/sonar readout from all of the sensors into a sort of 3D display of the surrounding ocean. It's rather shallow, only about 500 feet at the deepest point. Here and there, red markers indicate known locations of enemy sonar bouys. The sub is sure to steer as clear of those as possible, it seems, as it moves slowly and carefully through the waters, rolling a bit from side to side.

After a time the sub turns noticeably inland and slows to a stop. Some of the crew begin to pour over their keypads and touchscreens. Everybody stares intently at whatever it is they seem to be working at. IT seems every screen but the one you are watching is processing some kind of code. ANd so no screen but the one you are watching displays a little red blip beginning to move in from the very edges of sonar range.

[TheScaryOne]

Guys, theres a red blip coming at us, and if I've learned anything from any sub movie I've watched that means INCOMING!

[Il Palazzo Sama]

OOC: Was that spoken I'm a little confused?

IC: Draven lets go of the streacher and taps an official member of the subs crew on the shoulder and points to the screen....

[TheScaryOne]

OOC: All of my posts are usually out load. Thinking is denoted beforehand, and actions are italic.

[Blaze]

One of the crew immedeately decks Nathan, slamming a hand over his mouth, but it appears too late. The display on the wall changes, and suddenly a very loud, low pitched sound reverberates through the ship. The red blip is now denoted as an enemy interceptor sub that has activated active sonar sweeps and has discovered you.

A voice over the main box again. IT is the captian. "Whoever spoke gets a boot broken off in their ass if we get through this! Brace for battle! We need 10 more minutes to crack the codes for the canal locks! Ready all weapons!"

[Il Palazzo Sama]

OOC: Well I guess it would be apropriete to negate my previous action....

IC: "Idiot... get over here. You can be hurt later."

[TheScaryOne]

Nathan lays on the ground with a sailor on top of him. Several things flow through his mind, including such things as: If I die, I won't have to live down this embarassment. If we live, I'll probably be killed. And the proverbial: I knew I would end up with a sailor on top of me if I ever had a naval-type job.