[Commander Chandler is livid that Dr Scott has not been honest about her work in the Arctic despite having fought off an attack by Russian forces]
[grabs Scott's biosamples case] I swear to God, I will throw this overboard! I want answers!
You want answers? Seven months ago, outside Cairo, there was an outbreak-- a virus of unknown origin. Its genetic structure was like nothing any of us had ever seen. It swept throughout the village, killing everyone that it infected. Egyptian officials claimed the outbreak was contained, but it wasn't. Instead, it continued to mutate and spread. The CDC and the WHO wanted to sample the virus from the victims to create a vaccine. But nothing worked. It was my belief that we needed to find the primordial strain here in the Arctic.
They're just the carriers. They pick up the virus from the melting permafrost. We finally found their feeding ground.
CChandler
So you have what you need to stop this thing?
I won't know until we get it back to the lab. We're running out of time. The virus back home is moving quicker than any of us could've imagined.
CChandler
How would you know that? We've been radio silent since we left Norfolk.
Because I have my own sat phone.
CChandler
We were at EMCON so no one would know our position!
We were at EMCON to protect my mission... Not yours. Orders came from the White House.
CChandler
Well, you led the Russians right to us and endangered my entire crew.
It was imperative that I stay in contact with the labs back home to keep them informed of my progress. I don't think you understand what we're talking about here.
When we left Norfolk, the virus was at Phase Two, limited to small clusters in Asia and Africa. We are now at Phase Six-- global pandemic. 80% of the world's population is infected. The world is sick, Captain Chandler... Very sick.
CChandler
Are you telling me the whole world is dying, and they send two people to save it?
It took weeks to convince the government to even send me here. Most of my colleagues think that I'm insane.
I told you... that what's in that case... might be the only hope that we have.
[having secured Guantanamo Bay of the former Al-Qaeda prisoners]
I don't know how you feel about the water... but we sure could use your services.
TNTex Nolan
Where you headed?
CChandler
We got some things to do, but when we're done, we're going home.
NNolan
Yeah, I'll sign up for that.
[Commander Chandler talks to Doctor Scott about Admiral Ruskov's demands]
Who else has been working on a vaccine?
What, in the world? Everyone.
CChandler
What about the Russians? Were they close?
I mean, nobody was making any real progress. And I hate to say it, but they're probably all dead anyway. Why?
CChandler
If somebody had the primordial strain of the virus, the stuff you found in the ice, could they make a vaccine?
I suppose, if they had the right equipment and someone qualified to run it. But they'd be months behind us.
[Flashback to Commander Chandler's preparations to leave for the Arctic deployment]
Darien, I'm not going to the Med. Navy's sending us to the Arctic.
DCDarien Chandler
The Arctic? That's crazy.
Some cold-weather test on a new weapon system. It's all classified. It's happening very fast. We're gonna be at complete radio silence. No e-mails, no calls.
It's my last tour for a while. Then I'll be around the house so much, you'll be sick of me, I promise.
[The team has been caught by el Toro's men]
I'm guessing you must be El Toro.
ETEl Toro
I am, indeed. And who do I have the pleasure of talking to?
CChandler
Tom Chandler, U.S. Navy. Your men took our weapons, CBR suits, and equipment. We're gonna need 'em back.
ETEl Toro
You won't need your suits. There is no virus here. As for your weapons, I cannot have your men walking around with machine guns. That would frighten my people.
CChandler
Well, I'm afraid that's not acceptable. With respect, I don't have time to debate it. The remainder of my crew, some 200-odd U.S. Navy sailors, await our return aboard our destroyer, USS Nathan James, currently in the bay at the mouth of the river. We don't return by 2300 hours, they'll come looking. And rest assured, they will find us.
[Chandler talks to the crew over the PA after Dr Scott shows him some prototypes of a Red Flu vaccine]
Good evening, Nathan James. This is the captain. I wanted to inform you all of our progress in the mission. As you know, a small team entered Nicaragua to find primates for Dr. Scott's test, which she hopes will be a vaccine against the virus. While there, we encountered a drug lord who enslaved 150 people. We eliminated his men and we eliminated him, freeing those healthy people there to establish a life for themselves. We also encountered several dozen infected people, including children. Yesterday, we couldn't help them. But perhaps tomorrow, we will be able to, because we came back to the Nathan James with 34 monkeys. Dr. Scott will now conduct her trials on those monkeys. But we... We are not waiting. We're setting a course for home. By the time we get there, we believe Dr. Scott will have a vaccine, and our mission will be completed. Today's a good day. Carry on.
[Flashback to Oslo, Norway, six months before the outbreak]
NSNiels Sørensen
I don't understand why you won't listen to me. It's a splice overlap PCR reaction with an immune-modulatory gene. It will help the body identify the virus and create antibodies.
LProfessor Lindblom
Yes, yes. You are young and have a bright career ahead. And don't waste your time with schoolboy science fiction.
SSørensen
The virus is spreading. There are cases being reported beyond the Middle East. It will be in Oslo by winter. It is deadly and will likely mutate. We...
LLindblom
Niels. I am well aware of what's at stake. But what you are proposing is too dangerous. The Australians tried it on mouse pox. It was a complete disaster.
SSørensen
I've already done the experiment.
SSørensen
On myself.
LLindblom
While you were gone. And it worked.
SSørensen
You are mad.
LLindblom
I'm still here.
SSørensen
Absolutely mad.
LLindblom
I'm perfectly healthy. Professor Lindblom, please.
SSørensen
You stay away from my lab. You hear me? I am finished with you! [storms off]
[The Russians have captured Commander Chandler and brought him to Admiral Ruskov aboard the Vyerni]
AKADM Konstantin Ruskov
I'd like to treat you with the respect your rank affords, but you are going to have to meet me halfway. Now, tell me of Dr. Scott's progress with the vaccine. She's close, right?
My name is Thomas Chandler, Commander, United States Navy, serial number 4242022634.
RRuskov
There is no need for that. The Geneva Convention doesn't exist anymore. Hell, Geneva doesn't exist anymore! [laughs] Ah... Still won't talk? See, I told you. He would rather go it alone and die than share in the glory of saving the world. Why else would you, the ship's captain, personally lead the mission to save some poor island girl? Like with all tragic heroes, your hubris brought about your downfall. What do you have to say to that, Commander Chandler?
CChandler
My name is Thomas Chandler, Commander, United States Navy, serial number 4242022634.
[CMC Jeter remembers PO Cossetti]
CMCommand Master Chief Russ Jeter
The ceremony will be at 0900. We'll have seven guns and the ensigns at half-mast. It'll be a hero's farewell.
He wanted to redeem himself.
CChandler
He gave his life for mine.
He gave his life for the mission. And now we're free...
[After seeing that USAMRIID's biological facility has been destroyed, the crew suddenly receives a call from the still-functioning local government]
This is Tom Chandler, commanding officer of the USS Nathan James, over.
Captain Chandler. You have no idea how good it is to hear your voice. We thought you were lost at sea.
CChandler
No, ma'am, we're alive and well.
Oh! There you are. I got it. You must be nearby. I'm Amy Granderson. And I suppose an explanation is in order. As vice-chair of the President's defense policy board, I was briefed on your mission to the Arctic. I knew the risks of the coming pandemic, and I had my daughter transferred to your ship. You must forgive me.
CChandler
No apology needed, ma'am. Your daughter's been an incredible asset. Pleased to hear from you. We had no word from the presidential bunker.
President Geller invited me underground. I declined. I-I felt the risk was too big to have so much of our civilian and military command in one confined space. Unfortunately, I was right.
CChandler
So the government is gone.
For the most part, yes. Since the bunker went silent, there has been a breakdown of infrastructure, general panic, and, of course, a tremendous loss of life. I have tried to execute a contingency plan working with the state and local police to create safe zones. We have been hanging on as best we can. And I have been praying every day for your return.
[Dr Scott is trying to talk to Amy Granderson]
We have successfully taken control of the Nathan James. My people are collecting all your work as we speak. Now, with your research and your samples, Dr. Hamada and his team will eventually learn to make the cure themselves. Wouldn't it be better for everyone if you just agreed to work together?
Work together? What, on your Darwinian experiment? Save those that you deem worthy and, what, just forget the rest?
Perhaps I was overzealous in... "barbarians at the gate," I believe, is what you called them. Doctor, I watched a grown man beat a 12-year-old boy to death over a gas mask. I saw a woman stab her sister in the back for a can of beans. The apocalypse is here. It's been here for a long time. But I am willing to adjust my philosophy to suit your sensibilities if you just help me get the lab up and running.
What about the captain? And my friends?
The best thing you can do for your friends is to let them know you've decided to cooperate with me. That will end this foolish bloodshed.
You say you'll help everyone?
And how do you suggest I do that?
You're wasting doses here on healthy people. Let me out into the street with what I have left... save people who are already sick. What, you think I'm gonna try to escape?
I think it's silly. And given the state of the world, I think it's small.
[The Nathan James crew and Thorwald's men have gained the upper hand at Avocet and Granderson is cornered trying to escape]
There are 200 more where I came from. You heard my XO. We've taken back our ship, this building is ours, and we're telling the people of Baltimore that your kill zone at Olympia is out of business. You have two choices... a trial... or a funeral.
[to bodyguard] I gave you a direct order. Shoot! [bodyguard wavers and stands down]
BBodyguard
I am not going anywhere with you.
CChandler
I found your daughter lying in a pool of her own blood, shot by your guards, under your order! My children were lined up to be murdered and sent to the ovens, along with thousands of desperate people... all so you can keep the lights on for your select few.
You don't know! The virus was spreading! So you get to decide who lives and who dies?! There was panic, Captain, and I remained calm. Everybody was fleeing underground, but I stood firm! There was no plan and I built this. I'm the reason these people have survived this long.
CChandler
Except when you had the cure in hand, you wouldn't stop! You continued killing. It's over. Your grand social experiment is history. I'm offering you the chance. Surrender with honor.
And who will judge me? You?
CChandler
Not me. A jury of your peers. Pick up the radio. Stand down your troopers. Shut down Olympia. Turn away your helo and come peacefully. It's the only way for you now.
[on radio] Th-this is Amy... This is Amy Granderson. Stand down. Cease and desist all operations at Olympia. Repeat... stand down. We are surrendering. [Radio clatters] I am not a monster. I am not. [brings out vial and swallows] Dr. Hamada assured me that the cocktail provided a quick and painless death. I insisted on it.
[The Nathan James study all material recovered from the White House and play a video file labelled SECNAV]
RMRay Mabus
[on video] Is this on? Can I start now?
MMabus
The U.S. Navy is currently on a mission...
It's the secretary of the Navy.
MMabus
...to find the materials for a vaccine to combat the current deadly pandemic. Now, if y... you're viewing this video, you are a part of the new network of facilities in the United States and certain foreign nations which were chosen to produce and distribute the vaccine in the event their mission is successful. In order to protect the security of the labs in the new network, your locations have been kept secret. However, you'll be able to communicate with the civilian command, with each other via secure satellite connection. The codes for that connection have been embedded within the drive that contains this video. These codes have to be guarded at all cost. If... if and when a vaccine arrives...
No one's decoded this yet?
No, sir. We didn't know those encryptions existed until just now.
CChandler
Find me those labs. Do it quickly.
[a SEAL operator talks to the Nathan James crew about the situation in Norfolk]
DDamon
Me and my team were stationed up in Little Creek. When shit went down, we went inland. We only made it back here a few weeks ago. We got 34 military personnel in town as far as we can tell... some Army, some Marines, but mostly Navy.
Our intel says there's a biosafety Level IV lab on base here.
DDamon
There was, but the equipment got moved someplace and no one here can tell us where. We've been trying to divide the city into sectors, impose a level of control. We got people holed up in different safe houses... school gym, supermarkets, some of them even running on diesel generators. I don't know if we found them all yet, but we're still in the process of clearing the city.
SSlattery
My people are about to head out there soon, try to find their families. Any information I can give them ahead of time will be much appreciated.
