captain=s log

Underway at flank with Dr. Turner, vulcanologist. He may be able to help us keep a volcano blowing its stack. It=s already erupting and that=s a bad sign. If this one blows completely, it could mean farewell southern hemisphere.

Aboard, we=re already feeling shock waves, and as strong as Seaview is, she may not be strong enough to endure it all.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Examined and treated Kowalski for electrical burns and a mild knockout. He=ll be fine in a day.

Examined and treating the captain for a very serious concusion, incurred during the shock wave. He hasn=t regained conciousness and his vital signs are not good.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Released the captain from sickbay but its non-duty for the time being. I=ll be examining him twice daily and keeping a sharp eye on him. He has instructions to inform me of any and I do mean Any symptoms, even headache!

captain=s log

Back on my feet. I sure missed all the excitement! Believe it or not, Turner was over 500 years old! He was an alchemist who knew how to change molecular structures and proved it with himself and his >elixer stones= from his volcanic mine.

Adam, his 100 year old victim, was replaced by Chip, who was turned into a golden slave. Talk about a golden boy! I wouldn=t have believed it without the vidtapes.

Morton=s back to normal and its bravo time for the admiral, Ski, and Brent in them getting the Volcano under control and things back to ?normal?

TO: MORALE OFFICER, SSRN SEAVIEW

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Seems this fake Professor Multiple, who=d given us a really fine puppet show, took over the boat-with life size puppets who looked and acted just like us, sort of.

They wanted the boat to house their master machine. Sort of like a hermit crab.This machine thing from outer space needed a new shell after it=s own disintigrated in our atmosphere. And Multiple was a puppet too!

Then we all woke up after it was all over, sure wish I could have been in on it. But the skipper=s released the video and audio security tapes, so we=ll have an idea.

To continue, well, the skipper got busted up trying to rescue the admiral, and the admiral got busted up trying to use the lazer. The skipper had to pretend to be a puppet too! So he got hurt when he was trying to help the admiral who was out in the flying sub to get out of the weird machine thing. Well, the puppet whacked him about a lot. But he tricked them and managed to nuke the hull and Seaview rammed the thing, destroying it. So when Multiple and his fellow puppets Adied@, we all woke up. Honest!\

With reluctance, I=ve agreed to go on national TV to talk about our latest Aadventure@. I do so to insure that Washington will believe my report! I=m trying to talk Lee into accompanying me, for it was his ingenuity and sheer guts that saved us, despite his wafting on about our team effort.

captain=s log

En route to the nearest port. More aliens. This time ,machine planet puppets! Sometimes I think I=m in the >Twilight Zone!=

CAPTAIN=S LOG

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

captain=s log

Well, the admiral was NOT crazy. There was indeed a >flying Dutchman= , a ship doomed to roam the sea endlessly, and Van Wyck, her master. It was he who caused the loss of the vessels and nearly Nelson and Seaview as well.

Only someone who=d come to Van Wyck=s island, and pull the dagger from the skeleton of the curse giver, a man Van Wyck killed centuries ago, could transfer the curse to someone else. The someone else chosen was Nelson.

Van Wyck=s plan almost worked but not quite. He was disposed of himself when we destroyed the island, saving Nelson and Seaview from any curse, knock on wood.

CAPTAIN=S LOG

CAPTAIN=S LOG

Chip, Nelson, and I were also abducted and it=s quite a tale. Nelson has reconsidered my inital refusal of an interview with a lecture brureu just to stop the flood of inquiries.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Thanks to the technology of sattelites, S-E-A monitors, cable companies, etc, Lee=s escape of an alien on Venus was seen by millions. Quite a stir. Hounded by the press as well as Washigton.

I=ve managed to talk Lee into going ahead with an interview on a morning TV talk show and have authorized our own monitor vidtapes to be seen. He=s not thrilled with the idea. Especially as a man was killed and the press has convieniently forgotten that.

You get to see the skipper on TV? I=m just glad that we had proof. So the whole world knows the details. Sounds like science fiction; how the aliens blinded Morton, and how the skipper had to figure out how they could escape and get back to Earth bfore the Venus=quakes= killed them, and how they all got zapped there in the first place because of some paranoid Centars!

Maybe they=ll make a tv show or movie about it!

*89*

Whew! And I thought a chewing out by the admiral was bad!Cheesh! The skipper didn=t exactly yell, but his eyes could have melted Titanium! And the chief claims he could feel the bulkheads sizzling while the skipper took me to task.

It was all my fault, Pop. I was stupid and acted on impulse, something you just don=t do on a sub, well not much anyway.

We had a radiation leak in the missile silo, so I tried to open the inspection hatch. I really didn=t give much thought to the seal in place.

Well then it all started to happen. We all start having hallucinations and then the thing activates itself and we couldn=t deactivate or even fire it away.

So, I=m stuck with extra duty, >nite watches, and no shore leave. And I know I deserve it. But what really irks me is that I let the skipper down. So far the admiral hasn=t ordered me to his cabin, but if he does I may find myself on permenent shore leave.

Then it happened. Kowalski, unbidden, and on his own initiative, tried to open the silo=s SEALED inspection hatch!

We were then subjected to mass hallucinations, explosions, and >invisible= crewmen.

That we=re still alive is remarkable, thanks to the president accessing our situation from afar and realeasing the fail-safe for a second or so, so we could get rid of the thing.

Washington=s not too upset. After all, it exploded at the coordinates. But I=m fuming.Putting us all at risk with a weapon that should have never been invented. Treating us like a child=s toy boat! Politicians!

captain=s log

I=m working a full report for Washington, but briefly, the weapon in Silo 4 went bananas, primarily due to Kowalski=s tampering with the seal!

I am very upset with Kowalski and have told him so. I just can=t understand why he took it upon himself to try to >fix things=. Well, maybe I can, but his action showed incredibly bad judgement, something he=s never shown before.

A seal is a seal for a reason! Though why Washington would load us with this monster weapon without telling us anything about it or it=s toxic effects shows their bad judgement as well.

It remains to be seen if Kowalski will be dismissed from Seaview and NIMR, though I=ve said my peace with the admiral. In spite of everything, Ski has a proven track record, is loyal, and just about the best crewman I have aboard. He=s got the loyalty of his shipmates and is somewhat of a leader. I have considered officer canidate school for him in the past, but now will have to reconsider. Chip and I will have to talk about it and the admiral will have the final say. Of course, if we did recommend it to him, he might not want it.

Allowed Lee aboard as per Nelson=s okay. What=s going on?

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Treated the captain for the drug adminstered by my Adouble@! One second more and Crane would not be alive.

Double, double, loads of trouble. We were plauged with identical impostors! Turns out Mason or rather Mason=s >double= Ashot@ Mason on the tv show. It was Mason=s plot to discredit Nelson and get him arrested to keep us from finding his electromagnet.

HARRY, GLAD TO HEAR YOU=R`E NOT A MURDERER AFTER ALL. THAT IMPOSTOR SURE HAD US ALL FOOLED. I WOULD HAVE SWORN THAT WAS YOU ON TV AND CRANE AS WELL.

WELL, WELL DONE HARRY ON SAVING THE WORLD AGAIN. MASON=`S MAD PLANS. THAT`S WHAT THE PRESS IS CALLING IT. BUT NOT ONE TV STATION HAS GIVEN AN APOLOGY OR AN OOPS FOR HAVING MAD THE MISTAKE OF BELIEVING THE IMPOSTORS.

CAPTAIN=S LOG

When I fially got free and made it back to Santa Barbara, scratch one sports car, which had been rolled down and smashed against the cliffs by Mason=s thugs, I managed to find out what had happened.

Then the mpostor managed to get into the flying sub in an attempt to escape the little bomb he=d planted abard, but the admiral had stowed away in FS1 and was able to subdue him.

We destroyed the device and the moon is alerady back in position. Police are standing by to escort our Aguest= to an outraged world.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Finally able to examine the captain after he=d finished up writing the log entry. I=ve ordered him to bed. I=d attended to his wounds and made sure he ate somethig. Oh, he fussed and fumed as usual, but I asked the admiral to Asuggest@ it so he had no choice.

To insure a good rest, I spiked his OJ with a sleep aid. I don=t expect him to wake up until after breakfast tomarrow.

Heard you had a little excitement! Looking forward to the tv interview with the >real= Lee Crane and >Nelson= as the press is calling you guys. Glad you all have those security tapes as proof along with the living Mason himself!

I=ll be in Santa Barbara next week, so if your fancy sub is still around, maybe we can have a brew or a meal together to talk old times. Bring Chip and the old man too!

Maybe we can get in a little girl watching? You=re good at that.

I=ll be takig the flying sub on a visit to Dr. Blanchard. He claims to have completed an experiment in which a gorilla, implanted with a brain-control device, can be controlled by remote control.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Examined and treated the captain for several injuries, including extensive bruising YET AGAIN, two contusions, and a mild concusion. These, following a fight with our guest! Mr.Brock attacked him and even managed to cause Lee to fall heavily down the stairs. I don=t know all details yet, but Brock evidently did not want Crane to reveal cerrain bits of information aobut Brock to Nelson.

Brock was killed when the gorilla smashed him into high voltage equipment, which killed the gorilla as well. Seems Brock wanted all the credit for Blanchard=s work, hense all troubles.

Lee is still confined to sickbay, more damaged than he=d care to admit, though he=ll probably talk Jaimie out of it soon, though I=m sure he=ll be on non-duty status.

*92*

captain=s log

First though, I=m commending Chief Sharkey for his ingenuity, without which, I doubt if he or the admiral would be here, alive, and normal.

It was Sharkey who managed to dab a message with his own blood onto a handkerchief and placed it in the >time bridge=. Because of the message, I was able to see how to get to them.

Was able to >blind= Alpha and his >cronies= long enough to free Nelson and so we were able to escape back to our own time through the bridge jsut before the admiral=s makeshift bomb blew up Alpha=s little installation. As Riley would say, like way out man.

MEDIAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Examined and treated Nelson for stress. I think I=ll join him in the nose for his cure with a jigger of rum myself.

captain=s log

Off to investigate the possibility of a rouge sub following several attacks on US vessels. While Seaview will conduct standard search procedures, I=ll take the flying sub out and use the sub-terrestrial scanner, no pun intended, for a more thorough search for any hidden sub.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Examined the admiral following his entrapment in the flooding escape hatch. If Sharkey and Morton hadn=t managed to unjam the thing, well, a few moments more, and the admiral would not be alive.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Examined the captain after we rescued him with the magnetic flying sub puller or whatever it=s called. Bumps and bruises aside, he suffered loss of oxygen and exposure to toxic fumes from burning circuits when the flying sub was damaged.

Mission accopmlished but we need a complete overhaul of both Seaview and flyhing sub. I=ve informed authorities of Beach=s involvement and so far divers have found nothing to indicate just which nation he was working with. Both the rogue sub and base are utterly destroyed.

captain=s log

Have recieved a distress call from botonist Dr. Thompson at his island base. We have no other info, so Nelson=s taking out the flying sub to get there in a hurry.

We had another alien invasion, would you believe orchids?? The admiral got Ataken over= by them and almost blew us all up. The skipper managed to stop them and the reactor, and now the admiral=s okay and we=re all back to normal after having been taken over for awhile. Sure would like to read the official report!

captain=s log

I=ll never be able to look a flower in the face again! Just kidding but I sure won=t order orchids for Mother=s Day!

{Personal Journal

I know he was jesting, but Lee=s suggestin that we should apply for NASA funding=s not such a bad idea! He=s getting a bit tired of all our alien encounters and I can=t blame him.

I just got your lovely Mother=s day gift. Only you would think of a $200 gift certificate for Macy=s and a weekend in New York!

I=m tickled pink! Better than flowers any day! I hope nothing comes up to ruin your plans to join me for a Broadway show!

But knowing Seaview as I do, if only by reputation, she=ll probably keep you far far away. Just in case she does, here is some homemade fudge. Please eat some of it before you share it with everybody. Chip gobbles up everything I send you and you=re the one who needs a little more weight!

Well, a theory >s been proven and I=m sending oursecurity tapes to Washington.

captain=s log

Due to Pemm=s device, we were put back and forth in time. We even fought dinosaurs.

Nelson had me shut down frame 35, a term he used so Pemm wouldn=t know it meant the reactor, and we switched name plates of the circuitry room and reactor room. This way, when he tried to use his >booster= well, kablooie. No more device, no more Pemm.

In a ways it=s too bad. His genious could have done so much more for mankind than against it.

captain=s log

It=s all due to the newly issued emergency breathing devices!

He even tried to blow us up! He=s okay now and Jamison thinks any relapses are highly unlikely now that the mind altering gas is out of his system.

We=ll be having a complete inquiry.

We=ve requested a full inquiry. Is the gas a natural byproduct or was it intentional.

I=m very crushed at the number of casualties.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Finally able to examine Sharkey and Crane. Treated both for cuts, scrapes, bruises etc. incurred when the flying sub was attacked by the amphibian creatures. Also checking for any ill effcts from their having been knocked out by the strange weapons. Both brains don=t appear to have any discernable damage.

captain=s log

This time we encountered Aevolved amphibians@. Very unfriendly, they desired us to be changed into their form . They also wanted the reactor to further power their >sonic cannon= to drill through the Earth=s core to remove others of their kind stuck down there!

I just don=t buy it. I really don=t know what they were up to. Kowalski was almost turned into one of them. Okay now, however.

Thanks to Lee=s ingenuity, he shorted the sonic cannon and thus prevented global disaster as well as destroying our amphibians.

What a tale I have to tell you. Guess who got zapped into an amphibian? Don=t laugh. It happened. It=s even on tape.

PS. Don=t let Stan eat all of it, and ask Aunt Grace to make a little extra?

Yeah, good idea. Who knows, you might even get rich. Anyway, we think your movie idea is a good one. But just make sure it=s ok with your boss. He could just fire you if he objects to skin flicks. I know, your movie idea isn=t porno, but your Aamphibian girls@ need to show off a little of thier scales, you know. We=ll make sure its not X rated.

captain=s log

Underway to assigned coordinates. Once there, I=ll be able to open our sealed orders. I have an inkling they may have something to do with the president who=s going to be meeting with the Shah aboard his yacht.

captain=s log

Our assignment to >guard= the Shah=s yacht was a bit more complicated than anticipated!

We had a visit from Capt. Teach! That=s Captain Edward Teach, also known as the one and only genuine >Blackbeard=!

As greedy in death as he was in life, he wanted to blow up the yacht to retrieve the >legendary golden throne of King Solomon=.

He took over most of my crew, who acted like a bunch of movie producer=s priates!

Nelson=s deduction and skill with the manufacuture of a special device enabled us to stop him. So Blackbeard=s asleep in the deep once more, I hope. We=ve experienced ghosts before, and they never slept.

captain=s log

Enroute to the Irish Sea to check up on defence complex X-17. Some of the most powerful weapons are stored there for any furture need. I=m uneasy. All that power, unmanned.

captain=s log

I regret to report the loss of two crewmen when an unarmed warhead exploded. We haven=t been able to recover any remains. I=ll take care of the details when we get back while Nelson will make a full report to Washington.

The complex=s radiation leak has been stopped, the open shaft capped and the flying sub=s been repaired.

It was due to Sharkey=s concern over the >little people= that brought Patrick O=Shunesy O=Hara to help us against his evil brother Mickey! Quite a battle. But thanks to Patrick we were able to stop tehentire wepons complex from blowing up the Northern Hemisphere. That=s what Mickey wanted, to uncover all the gold he believed was trapped under the complex!

In addition, one does not have to be Asensitive@ or Aimaginative@. It just happens to whom it happens. There is no explanation.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Examined Kowalski after his prolonged exposure to dangerous pressure from hull repairs using the new depth diving gear, still not quite protective enough. He would have died if our lobster-like alien aboard hadn=t rescued him.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Finally able to examine the captain. He=d been zapped by our alien friend while trying to patch into an undersea telephone cable. He=s okay but irritated with my being a Amother hen@ as he puts it.

captain=s log

With his special powers he almost managed to destroy the Earth with a rigged missile, but we=d been able to tap into the undersea phone cable so the missile was stopped by Defense Command.

The >lobsterman= almost killed the admiral but Harry shorted some circuits and emrged from the spacecraft he=d been trapped in unharmed.

Nelson=s sonic gun was able to destroy our >trojan horse= and one day I=m sure to write a best seller about all our alien >friends= . Too many to count, and so far, only one was friendly!

Well, I should have trusted Lee=s instincts to begin withi. He thought from the begining that our alien was a >Trojan horse= and he was right.

Even our lobsterman refered to the term when he thought he=d won over all of us weak humans.

I=m just glad the sonic gun worked.

WHAT A DAY! AND I COULD ONLY WATCH, COURTESY OF OUR LATEST ALIEN ENCOUNTER. IT WAS AGONY. I DON=`T KNOW HOW THE ALIENS PLANNED THEIR LITTLE TEST FOR CRANE, BUT HE SURE PUT A FLY IN THEIR OINTMENT, AS THE SAYING GOES.

THANKS TO LEE, THEIR PLAN TO >WIPE OUT HUMANITY WAS UTTERLY DESTROYED.

`JIM BENTLEY`, OUR PRIME ALIEN, DISGUISED AS A HUMAN, SHOT AT LEE BUT CRANE OVERPOWERED HIM. `BENTLEY` CLAIMED TO BE A UFO EXPERT ABOARD, BUT CRANE WAS FURIOUS. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIM! ANYWAY, `BENTLEY` ESCAPED CRANE=`S GRASP AND RAN UP THE STAIRS. YOU GUESSED IT. NO FORCE FIELD NOW. SO CRANE FOLLOWED. HEARING MY VOICE LAUGHING, LEE WAS ALMOST HURT BY A SMALL DECK EXPLOSIVE.

AFTER CRANE WAS ZAPPED AGAIN BY A VENT SHAFT, `BENTLEY=`S VOICE TOLD HIM HE, CRANE, WAS GOING TO DIE AND `MY` VOICE KEPT LAUGHING ON THE PA, SO LEE SHOT IT. SCRATCH ONE PA SPEAKER.

NOW LEE WAS CERTAIN THAT `WE` WEREN`=T WHO `WE` CLAIMED TO BE AND WAS UTTERLY DEFIANT! THEN `WE` DEPARTED TO GET THE MISSILES READY FOR LAUNCH TO WASHINGTON! CRANE MANAGED TO KNOCK OUT `KOWALSKI`, HIS GUARD, AND RAN TO THE CIRCUITRY ROOM, WHERE HE FOUND THE SPECIAL WEAPONS LOCKER EMPTY. `I` CONFRONTED HIM WITH A SONIC GUN WHICH CAUSED A LITTLE `ROCK AND ROLL` AS WE CALL IT, AND CRANE, FALLEN ON THE DECK, WEAK, `WOUNDED`, EXHUASTED, AND ABOUT TO BE KILLED AT POINT BLANK RANGE, THREW A LIVE WIRE AT `ME` AND `I` BECAME A MASS OF ROBOT WIRING!

BUT LEE STILL HAD TO DEACTIVATE FAIL-SAFE AND COULDN`=T. THE MISSILES FIRED AND `BENTELY` ALIVE AGAIN, AS HE`D ALWAYS BEEN, GLOATED AND ZAPPED CRANE WITH HIS SONIC GUN. `BENTLEY` KEPT GLOATING AS CRANE TRIED THE SELF DESTRUCT, WHICH DIDN`T WORK.

THE MISSILES SELF DESTRUCTED, SEAVIEW WAS TOSSED ABOUT, AND LEE MANAGED TO GET `BENTELY`=S DESTRUCT DEVISE AND USED IT ON `BENTLEY`.

CAPTAIN=S LOG

Proceding to Norfolk at standard. We think the new dust panels installed over the missile control circuitry system saved my life. I had to short the circuits by hand . At least thats the only explaination Jaimie can give me, as he shakes his head and wonders why I=m still alive. It was a pretty hard jolt and felt like fire. But we lurched so suddenly, it was a very short contact.

I had to close the circuits as we=d been invaded by aliens, they wanted to destroy the world, and everyone aboard had been taken captive. It was an agonizing game of cat and mouse.

The aliens were testing our response to Agalactic stimuli@ and used hallucinations with form , robots, and deception.

I=m just glad its all over. Nelson=s sending a complete report to Special Services and wants me to have lunch with he and Admiral Allen in Washington after we dock at Norfolk. Just a quick hop by chopper.

Relieved to have my Areal admiral and crew@ back.

captain=s log

Enroute to the Paulsen Home Base in the Antarctic. There=s been no word for weeks. Deeply concerned.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

My corpsman=s neck was broken! I also recieved a heavy whack to back of my neck. Nothing human could possibly have killed Frank!

captain=s log

captain=s log

Another bad guy bites the dust. Seems that Mr. Hendricks, aboard to help us locate a strange beam harming our ships was in reality a Amad scientist@.

captain=s log

Underway to conduct experiments with Dr. Braddock=s artificial atmosphere. I=ll be taking the diving bell into a very deep trench about 40,000 ft. Deep. I=m sure Nelson wishes he were here to take the dive himself, but work already underway at NIMR made being in two places at the same time rather inconvenient.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

I=ve lost Smith, apparently killed outright by the strange man-beast like creature we=ve got aboard.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Sharkey was RIGHT! Dr. Braddock was the big man-beast and was using Crane as a guinea pig to find a cure for the conversions! Crane apparently kept changing from man to man-beast. Only Sharkey noticed a size difference. Braddock was killed accidentically when he, Braddock, still in human form, tired to kill Nelson. It was after Braddock=s death that I was able to witness his body=s transformation into the big man-beast.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

captain=s log

Seems he swiped several khaki=s knowing he=d have attacks, and had a scapegoat or guinea pig, I=ll never know which, in me.

Why didn=t he tell us outright? I=m sure the admiral would have done anything to help him.

I=m letting doc run extensive tests on me, and have been released under guard at my own request. While the admiral may be convinced I=m completely normal again, I=m unsure. I won=t be sure till I see the microscopic blood work completely analyzed.

You=re not gonna believe it, the skipper actually got turned into a hairy monster, a man-beast we called it. Seems this weird air we were testing changed him, so he kept changing back and forth into a hairy monster.

He was Awesome. And Ugly! And strong as any ten guys! We even thought he=d killed a guy, but it was this scientist guy who was already a man-beast who did it. He wanted to use the skipper as an experiment! To figure out how to stop his own bouts of the transformation.

Anyway, the admiral rushed to Seaview with an antidote he=d made up but it ran out of time. And the skipper=d busted out of sickbay, so we had to catch him, knock him out, and the admiral took him down in the bell and injected him anyway. Something about increased pressure.

Well, it worked and the skipper=s back to normal. And real broody. I think he kinda blames himself for not having been able to fight it off, but how could he? It could have happened to any of us.

Underway to Italy, but not for a vacation. We=ve been asked to investigate some really strange jungle growth, starting to over-run the place.

captain=s log

One day these logs will be stuck in the childrens= fiction section in a library of the future!

I can=t help asking myself, why Earth? Aren=t there any other friendly aliens out there except that one we met long ago?

Captain=s log

106underway under the ice cap. Nelson hasn=t revealed our orders but I can guess. There=s been world wide flooding and ice melts.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Examined both Sharkey and Nelson to see if they have any residual effects after having been frozen in suspended animation by the >Frost men=. So far I see nothing.

Examined Kowalski, but despite my recomendation for a stint in sickbay, the captain had me release him for non-duty status. As Ski=s intermittend chills and fevers have subsided I had no choice but to comply.

captain=s log

Special commendation for Kowalski. He used his usual stubborness, skill and instincts in rescuing, unbidden, the admiral and the chief from our alien foes, this time , >Frost Men=.

Ski=s a great deal better and I=ve talked Jaimie into releasing him for non-duty status. Our hero deserves that extra piece of hot apple pie waiting for him in the mess, to be followed shortly by a restful shore leave at home. I understand his Aunt Grace is single and a great cook. Was he trying to match me up? Homemade chocolate chip cookies and spinster aunts could be far to tempting.

Why didn=t they simply ask for help?

I=m putting Seaview into drydock for a complete checkup . It couldn=t have been good for her, one minute in a frying pan, another in the deep freeze. I=m convinced she had hull plating damage.

captain=s log

Aliens! Aliens! Aliens! I=m getting sick and tired of Aliens! But at least in this latest attack we had a friend. Robeck by name, he tried to help us against the invasion plans.

Alls well that ends well. We=ve delievered our secret defense desvice to the proper recipient. Now all that remians is to discover just which nation our impostor is working for.

This was a difficult assignment and though I was orderd to Abreak down@ Crane to discover if he was the imposter, I find no satisfaction in doing my duty.

Lee is taking the whole thing rather well, but that=s hardly surprising, knowing our Lee.

captain=s log

Underway to Santa Barbara at standard after having delivered a device to the proper authorities. There=s been no further fix on the sub tailing us and Doc will be administering truth serum to our prisoner in the hopes of uncovering the whole plot.Using an impostor, they apparently hoped to prevent us from completing our mission. Tough luck, guys.

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

MEDICAL OFFICER=S REPORT

Examined Crane and while I find no further trace of radiation exposure, I find his tale of Mallory=s fourth dimension machine hard to swallow.

But as both Mallory and his >anti-radiation device= are missing, and as the admiral advises me just to believe it, I guess I=ll just have to:

Three Cranes, one of them killing Nelson, an avalanch just outside the boat, a jungle, a dinosaur, an island in the clouds, and a >death clock= of disintigration which Lee managed to destroy by jumping into a tidal wave right back into sickbay, and then his destroying the machine which destroyed Mallory with it, well, it all sounds loony to me!!

But Crane has asked me to use truth serum on him just to prove to me he=s not whacko, so to satisfy myself and my shipmates, I will!

No, I=m not being childish! I know perfectly well that Lee isn=t serious. But I enjoy his company and he enjoys mine. And it=s really none of your business is it, brother mine?

And you weren=t exactly a one girl man either if I remember correctly. There=s no law against being friends or even dating more than one person a year, or month, or week, or day even.

I=ll choose my own friends, or lovers, thank you very much, and don=t go on now about Lee and me doing that. He=s been every inch a gentleman and hasn=t even attempted it. But I sure will! You can=t imagine how frustrating it is to be an old maid!

And Lee likes me for myself, not for the family moolah like everybody else I meet! So I just may suggest certain things to him myself! And if he agrees, you=d better not try to stop us! Rant and rave all you want, but I=m a grown woman with my own income and I=ll do what I want. And if you punish Lee by firing him, it=s your loss. SO THERE!!

In fact, we have a date tonight, so I may just suggest a little fa-de-ral, or for your pigheaded grammar, passionate intimacy with him! I don=t know if he=ll agree. You know he=s rather moralistic, and probably a virgin himself, but I=m sure going to tempt fate!

And I wouldn=t ask him about it tomorrow or whenever you get back from Annapolis! I=ll be giving you full details!!!

PS. If I sound angry it=s because I AM!!!

Lee was very concerned and asked me to try to get her to talk. He has no idea what the problem is either. All I was able to gather from her comments, was that she=`d had words with you and that you were ` a pigheaded old fashioned fuddy duddy without any idea about life`. I`ve never seen her so upset or angry.

I have a feeling it won=`t be a pleasant letter. She=`s getting ready for a date with Lee, now. I hope it helps. I`ve offered to stay the night, to keep her company when they get back, but she said thank you, very sweetly and assured me she was ok and not to worry, that it was just a `female` problem that caused her little outburst. I wonder, though, Harry. Tell me, does she have many friends? I`m so glad she has Lee, she needs a good friend tonight.

How are things going at the old salt mine? Keeping everyone=s attention I bet.

Ellen Bryce was here the other day, and was really a big help. Edith was a little upset about something or other and it took a woman to help calm her down.AFemale@ problems, it seems.

Edith and I went to that play everyone was talking about. It was so bad, I fell asleep. Ediee could have killed me, I was actually snoring! So we left during intermission. She didnt= like the play either and we both ended up pretending to the actors and almost fell apart laughing because the lines were so stupid!

Harry, you must calm down. And if they did do `it`, well, then, it=`s really their own business isn`t it.

Help? I need someone to talk to. You know I=ve had a lot a girl friends, that=s friends, not broads. Well, I think I=ve fallen in love, and it=s a bit unnerving.

I can=t help thinking about her. All the time. And if I can=t pay attention to the work on my desk, how on earth can I pay attention at the periscope when we=re underway?

We=ve been on simple little dates. Nothing serious. But now...nothing else seems to matter but her. Especially when we go to that beautiful ridge and watch the waves in the moonlight. It=s sheer heaven. The view and the company. But don=t worry. I know when to stop my raging hormones and get her home safely, me too, before things get out of hand. But it=s difficult and a few times I really didn=t really know if I could have trusted myself. She=s just so wonderful.

But there=s a problem.

She=s the boss=s sister. Ulp. That=s right, Joe, Edith. You remember her. I just don=t know how he=ll react. Oh, I know he=ll understand it=s not brown-nosing, but ethically, well, how can I possibly remain aboard Seaview if I marry her. Do you realize he=d be my brother in law? But I can=t live without her, Joe. I can=t. Think I=m in love, I told you? I KNOW I am!!

So, put in a word for me with Stark, will you? I=ll send a formal request for transfer back to the Navy as soon as I=m sure she=ll say yes.

PS. And contrary to your opinion, I=ve never taken advantage of anyone, especially her.

But please don=t spread it around, I can just imagine all the snide comments about my Apurity@.

Sir, please don=t let Lee or Edith know I=m writing you, but you deserve to know the truth about Lee=s request for transfer.

He really doesn=t want to sir. It=s just that he=s concerned about ethics. Seems he and Edith are an item.

In fact, he=s asked her to marry him, and not because he has to. He=s as much a virgin as she is. This is in strictest confidence sir.

Ensign Bates and Edith chatted girl talk and both were blushing about wedding nights. Bate=s gave her some advice, I take it, though I wasn=t exactly in on the conversation, and Lee=s spoken to me privately and I=m positive he=s never indulged either.He really doesn=t have a clue about certain, uh, well,things, aside from magazines,videos, and guy talk.

Please dont dismiss him from Seaview. He=s only concerned about the ethics of having his boss for a brother in law, and he doesn=t exactly like the thought, with or without Seaview. Seems he regards you like a brother already, and just doesn=t know how to handle an Aofficial relationship@.That sort of thing is open to all kinds of insinuations.

Admiral Stark=s open to the idea of sending him back to you if you can guarantee an invitation to the wedding. I=m sorry Lee and Edith didn=t tell you. They were going to keep it all a secret until after the event and his transfer was complete, but I just couldn=t help myself from telling Stark, and you really needed to know.

Joe Jackson

What do you mean give Crane back? You sure, Harry? Just be sure not to stumble when you walk Edith down the aisle. And don=`t forget the ring.

Lee=s been rather broody and moody after our little altercation with Mr. Pemm again.

Lee=s been extreemly broody. He=s pondered all sorts of philosophical questions, such as did changing our own history do harm, and if we changed ours, what about foiling Pemms, were we hypocrites? Etc.

Lee=s always had a high sense of morals but knows I=d do just about anything to save my boys. And is it hypocritical when Pemm himself arranged our explosion?

But the point is moot. Pemm is gone, the device is totalled, and we are where we are. We=ll just have to sit tight and see. So far I see no dinosaurs playing football and we still have a president and not a monarch. Frankly, I dont see anything wrong. And I pray that=s not just a gut instinct.

What=s done is done. Onto the future.

captain=s log

Mr. Pemm paid us another visit. Dead now, we think. Time, I could ponder it forever if I didn=t have other pressing matters to attend to, like Seaview, peanut butter cookies, and Edith=s ideas on where to spend our honeymoon after the wedding.

I do still wonder if Nelson did the right thing in Asaving@ Seaview from the explosion Pemm set up in our future. Should the admial have come to our rescue? Poetic justice he calls it. I=m not so sure.

I=m just going to have to leave it with the Almighty. After all, if HE didn=t want us to be alive , we wouldn=t be. End of discussion.

There=s a movie tonight. I think I=ll join the admiral and tell him I=m glad he did what he did, and that it=s simply good to be alive.

people=s republic: thought to be a for-runner of the Redstar Empire

skipper: nickname for a ship=s master, regardless of ability, see archives, Gilligan, Bligh

Owner/creator of the first windowed submarine, Seaview. Believed to have been a former military leader, also scientist, researcher, author, and explorer of Earth=s seas as well as the dry beds of Mars.

Senile in old age, he was physically restrained from following through with a mad plan to travel in time via a pocket watch ( an ancient form of time keeping)in the hopes of bringing Lee Crane back to life, tragically killed while saving his shipmate=s lives, including Harriman=s.

Nelson=s cremated remains were supposedly scattered along with his sister=s near the former Marianas Trench.

Anybody=s guess.

Loyal servant-employee of Nelson=s. Known for his abilities as mariner and steadfast heroism. Believed to have recieved many acolades and round metal disks of ritualistic reward to wear on his clothing. Known to have been somewhat embarrased by praise or tribute, he was fiercely loyal to the submarine Seaview and to Nelson, despite rumors that persist to this day of a possible relationship outside of the master-employer/servant-employee one, though no evidence has been found to indicate any validity to the rumors.

He is said to have been joined in the ancient procreative union ritual called marriage to Nelson=s sister. Also thought to have engaged in joinings with several other servant-employee=s of Nelson=s, and also with the inhabitants of Oceanica during its isolation, and elsewhere, though no evidence has been found to substantiate these beliefs.

Anybody=s guess.

Crewman-technician of Seaview. Believed to have stayed with Nelson to the end. Joined in union ritual with one of Nelson=s servant-employees and sired five offspring.

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