Black Wind Quotes
"Half past midnight already. Three hours late and still we wait."
"We will make the Americans pay heavily in blood."
"I am most honored by your confidence, Captain Horinouchi."
"Succeed, Ogawa, and the Americans will bow to a truce and our homeland will be preserved."
"I'll give you an extra quarter if you can find me a bar with a short-skirted waitress."
"The charts showed few inhabitants residing along that stretch of coast."
"An examination of the sea lion revealed the classic signs of respiratory seizure as the cause of death."
"Though not one hundred percent certain, we are fairly confident the sea lion was killed by hydrogen cyanide poisoning."
"Cyanide is actually expelled rapidly from the human body."
"I always thought cyanide had to be ingested in order to be lethal."
"Cyanide is found in a variety of plants and edibles, from lima beans to choke cherries."
"Most people probably come in contact with some form of cyanide every day."
"Cyanide gas has also been used as a killing agent."
"Birds? About a hundred seagulls were found dead on the beach."
"Wartime secrets can be difficult to unlock sometimes."
"I thought bankers didn't like to stay up late."
"The fish I'm interested in hasn’t swum in over sixty years."
"The only significant mass death was related to the Tylenol poisonings."
"The only hostile shelling of a military base on the U.S. mainland during World War II."
"The arsenic-laced shells might have been another device in their arsenal of death."
"Blessed with a keen financial mind, command like leadership skills, and a ruthless heart, Kang was smuggled into South Korea at the age of twenty-two."
"The profits from his corporate empire that were not smuggled north in the form of Western goods and technology were spent bribing key politicians."
"As a Korean, I know that we are one country in language, in culture, and in heart."
"The deadly virus, better known as 'smallpox,' has left an expansive path of tragedy around the globe."
"The goal of unification beats strongly in all our hearts, but the reckless leadership and military juggernaut of North Korea mandates that we tread with caution."
"Patients are most infectious after the onset of rash, which typically occurs twelve to fourteen days after exposure."
"An amazing intelligence discovery that there was not one but two submarines destroyed carrying such a virulent cargo."
"The military forces we witnessed appeared ill-equipped and extremely low morale," he lied.
"Smallpox was nearly a forgotten disease until the terrorist attacks in the early years of the new century raised the fear that a contagious virulent outbreak of any form was again a threat to be reckoned with."
"Necessary for a long sea voyage," Yaeger added.
"So the virus could still be a viable danger, even after sixty years at the bottom of the sea," Gunn remarked.
"There's no reason the smallpox wouldn't survive in freeze-dried form."
"Perhaps it was more fortunate than we know that all but one of the canisters were demolished on the I-403," Gunn remarked.
"That still leaves one canister unaccounted for," Dirk replied.
"Didn't you know? There was a second submarine, the I-411."
"Affirmed, Takagi-san," Yoshida answered, holding his disdain under his breath.
"Hey, Takeo, ever fly a submarine before?" the man yelled.
"This is a United States government vessel," he hissed defiantly.
"You'll see," he said, although there was nothing to see at all.
"Our intelligence heads apparently underestimated this Japanese Red Army."
"I guess we can't worry about that for now. We've got to figure out a way to save the crew."
"I've had about enough of the assault rifle hospitality," Dirk muttered.
"I suggest you say good-bye to your ship," he said without feeling.
"We're going to get out of this," Morgan lectured confidently.
"There's a million places she could be hiding, Rudi, or she could have been scuttled herself."
"We share your sentiments, Admiral," Gunn replied quietly.
"Research. Strictly research," he smiled.
"We have another hour and a half, tops," he calculated.
"Maybe I can help." Dirk slid his legs toward Summer.
"Well, that was fun," Dirk said while resting his leg.
"That's not helping," Summer gasped, then smiled to herself.
"We're out of accurate firing range but they could still get off a lucky shot."
"Proceed with hookup. Transfer when ready," Stamp spoke into the radio.
"It's about a mile to the main river channel," Summer estimated.
"Mind if I borrow that file?" Dirk asked calmly.
"The large executive jet buzzed over the Jefferson Memorial at six the next morning en route to landing at the Air Force base."
"There's some folks here who'd like to hear about your ordeal first hand."
"His means and abilities should not be underestimated."
"You are certain he aims to target the United States with a biological attack?"
"Not unlike stories I've heard that the Russians may have created a vaccine-resistant strain of smallpox back in the nineties."
"If the strain is immune to our vaccines, an outbreak could kill millions."
"The attack in the Aleutian Islands proves that they have the means to disperse the virus."
"For all we know, the weapons are still on board the vessel at the Inchon Shipyard and the story can end there."
"We'll need to assemble more evidence," the homeland security man said flatly.
"Our whole investigative focus has been centered on Japan," he said, shaking his head.
"We couldn't authorize them to act, but a well-placed call by Rudi got them to at least listen to what we had to say," Summer grinned toward Gunn.
"That would certainly boost our case. When are they going in?" Webster asked.
"We've got Interpol and customs authorities on the lookout for that vessel all throughout Asia Pacific."
"The prospect of losing our military presence in Korea is very real and nobody wants to jeopardize a precarious situation."
"The president has iterated that once the resolution has been voted upon, he will request an immediate and full investigation."
"Our people in the State Department have their knees shaking, and even the Pentagon is nervous as hell."
"I have something much higher in store for you."
"The crew is too lax. The men on Kang's ship were no-nonsense professionals, not the ragtag jovial sort on this tub."
"We'll shadow you upon completion of our current inspection, in another five or ten minutes. Out."
"Sir, would you like to approach the platform or the ship?" the helmsman asked as they drew nearer.
"What the hell?" Smith muttered as he watched the digital numbers tick lower.
"Neither vessel is currently located at sea off the coast of Southern California?"
"I'm pretty sure the bridge sits above the hangar. That's where we need to get to."
"Any chance you can slip your ropes?" he asked hopefully of Dahlgren.
"Sorry, I guess we were a little underdressed," Dirk replied without humor.
"Enjoy the launch, gentlemen," Tongju hissed, then turned and walked away.
"I've got a taxi waiting. Let's just get out of here before they ignite this thing."
"There will be no launch holds. The countdown will proceed unimpeded."
"Looks like a bowl of clam chowder down there."
"Don't quote me but I think that baby is sinking."
"She's definitely taking on water in the stern."
"I'll radio Deep Endeavor and have her fish the Badger out."
"I will have a furious sister on my hands if you first don't let her know you are safe."
"It's a long story. Suffice it to say that the Scripps Institute isn't going to be too happy with my submarine-driving skills."