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“Torpedo away!”

The mini-torpedo unlatched fro out a hair-thin wire behind it

“Ia bullet with a bullet”

Juan peered over at Bradley’s sonar screen and saw the two dots racing toward each other

Juan counted down the last ten seconds in his head When the dots fused as one, he steeled hi happened

The dots raced away from each other

“Itthe bulkhead in frustration

“Fire Two!” Juan called out

“Tay! Ten seconds to impact”

“Does the torpedo have a self-destruct?” Juan asked

“Yes”

“We can’t afford to ain On my mark, activate self-destruct”

“Understood” Bradley placed his finger over a red button “Ready”

Juan was hoping to overload the eneuidance system with a nearby blast

He looked at the screen and counted down in his head again Threetwo