Hunt for Red October (JCC) (American Side)
Topic 1 - John F. Kennedy:
Commander Robert Jefferson "Robby" Jackson, USN of fighter squadron VF-41, based on the JFK aircraft carrier, detected an irregularity in anti-submarine Soviet Air Traffic specific to the Icelandic region. With Soviet military drills scheduled for the Atlantic in a week, could the suspected movement of anti-submarine weapons be correlated with fears over the USS Dallas detection. Should the US air-force increase presence in the area, or is this Soviet weapons build up merely an excuse to escalate already high East-West tensions?
Topic 2 - Jack Ryan:
CIA analyst and long time baseball fan Jack Ryan believes Vice Admiral John White, Jack’s personal friend, detected a rogue USSR submarine skipping towards the US coast. Jack’s other contact, a Soviet born American spy raised concerns within the intelligence agencies of Jack’s foreign allegiances. Can the word of one man, from foreign sources, be placed above the USN Dallas’ request for American naval vessels to vacate the Atlantic along the Soviet submarines suspected route? The Soviet super weapon might be defecting, but how is the United States sure this is not a Soviet trap to draw the US naval assets from their protected shoreline. How can we trust Jack Ryan, is he one of ours?
Topic 3 - Defection:
“The Soviet Ambassador informed the White House this morning that Ramius, captain of the Red October, had become renegade. The Soviets have requested our aid in sinking the rogue submarine. This might be the opportunity necessary to turn the tide of the Cold War in favor of American naval technology. We have reason to believe the US Dallas will continue and succeed with its search & destroy mission unless otherwise directed. If informed by the DOD to break off its hunt, the soviets would learn and have reason to escalate their military “exercises” in the Atlantic. Already our population fears violent Soviet incursion, can we risk nuclear apocalypse over a single submarine? Is the gamble worth the risk?
