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While in his final months of study at Caltech Sam was approached by a man he would later find out was froency, where the governreatest toys for both the ence communities The offered salary had been far belohat he could have earned in the civilian world, but the lure of pure creative engineering co his country made Sam’s choice an easy one
After seven years at DARPA Sa some of his oild ideas to reality, and moved back to California It was there, teeks later, that Sahthouse, a jazz club on Hermosa Beach Sam had wandered into the club for a cold beer and Re into rumors of a sunken Spanish ship off Abalone Cove
Though neither of the a case of “love at first sight,” they’d both agreed it had certainly been a case of “pretty damned sure at first hour” Six months later they were hthouse
At Reement Sam dove headfirst into his own business and they struck pay dirt within a year with an argon laser scanner that could detect and identify at a distance old and silver to platinum and palladiu outfits scrao Group was seeing an annual net profit of three million dollars, and within four years the deep-pocketed corporations cahest bid, sold the coh the rest of their lives, and never looked back
“I did a little research while you were in the shower,” Saather, I think we may have a real find on our hands”
The waiter came, deposited a basket of warm ciabatta and a saucer of Pasolivo olive oil, and then took their orders To start they ordered calamari with red sauce and porcini mushrooms For entrées, Sam selected a seafood pasta with pesto-sautéed bay scallops and lobster, while Remi chose a stuffed shrimp-and-crab ravioli in basil white cream sauce
“What do you mean?” Remi asked “Isn’t a
submarine a submarine?”
“Good Lord, wo shock
Where Rey and ancient history, Sam loved World War II history, another passion he’d inherited fro the United States’ island-hopping can in the Pacific The fact that Remi had little interest in who exactly sank the Bise was so i that never ceased to amaze Sam
Reist and historian without peer, but she tended to take an analytical approach to things, while for Sa real things Remi dissected; Sam dreamed
“Apologies for the gaffe,” Remi said
“Forgiven Here’s the thing: Given the size of the inlet, there’s no way it can be a full-sized submarine Plus, that periscope looked way too small”
“A mini sub, then”
“Right But there was a lot of growth on the periscope A few decades’ worth, at least And one : As far as I know, co or whatever—don’t have periscopes”