"Commander, it's a helicopter. They have an anti-submarine torpedo in the water."
"I'm having difficulty reading you—"
"Helicopter. Anti-sub torpedo!"
"Did they take any aggressive action against you?"
"Depends on how you look at it. Their picket buoys are under here. Barney tried to recover one. It was booby-trapped to destroy itself."
"Barney?" the commander's voice persisted.
"I told you he's dead! I got one of their divers."
"One of their divers? He was attacking you?"
"I killed him. He was trying to get away."
There was a long pause. Only the persistent knocking of the giant helicopter's sonar reached the Murderer's ear.