Object

German Boarding Rafts

Rafts launch from a semicircle of ten German wolf submarines on the horizon, their deck guns trained forward. Multiple heavily-armed boarding parties ride these rafts as they close on Captain Katanga's ship. Katanga spots them from the bridge, grabs Indy's arm, and orders him and Marion below decks to evade capture.

1 appearances

Purpose

Transport heavily-armed boarding parties from submarines to target vessel

Significance

Signal overwhelming Nazi naval force and imminent capture, halting Indy's action and forcing concealment; underscore Katanga's protective command amid existential threat

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S1E1 · RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Wolf Submarines on the Horizon — Katanga Orders Hide

Rafts ferry heavily-armed boarding parties toward the freighter; their approach is the physical mechanism of the hostile takeover, converting the submarines' strategic positioning into an immediate boarding threat.

Before: Launched from submarines and closing in across the water.

After: Advancing rapidly and set to reach the ship within moments, ready to board.

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