Rogue Avenger

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David Bass, a stocky man in his early twenties, sat before the reactor panel, a sprawling table of controls and gauges that climbed up the forward wall of the engine room’s maneuvering control center.

Beside him, a junior electrician named Dowd bit his nails while glancing at displays that resembled the reactor panel but instead routed electric power. To Bass’ other side stood the steam panel that controlled vapor flow to the submarine’s twin main engines.

Bass heard Lieutenant Jake Slate’s voice crackle through the wireless unit at his hip.

“This is the duty officer,” Jake said. “Report shore power load.”

Bass glanced over Dowd’s shoulder at gauges on the electric panel.

“Nine hundred amps aft, eight hundred forward, sir.”

Bass reached behind his shoulder for the engine room announcing circuit. He pulled the handset to his mouth, clicked it, and paused. The microphone click signaled his accomplice to join him in maneuvering.

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