Object
Pac Fleet DSRVs at Ballast Point
Two Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicles idle at high alert in San Diego's Ballast Point, their cylindrical steel hulls—pressurized for crushing depths, fitted with trunk-mating collars and manipulator arms—thrum with latent power. Nancy pitches their desperate bid to Nancy in the Situation Room's charged hush: plunge through Yellow Sea hazards to hook the silenced U.S.S. Portland, crew extraction hanging by geopolitics' thread as Leo absorbs the high-wire stakes.
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Purpose
Submersible rescue of submarine crews from distress in deep, hostile waters
Significance
High-risk lifeline in the U.S.S. Portland crisis—Nancy unveils them as primed alternative to Tomahawk strikes, tension exploding as Leo hurtles toward Bartlet with rescue's moral pull yanking against war's abyss.
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