sick bastards. well sir, it looks like they heard about our attempt to telepathically communicate with one of our nuclear subs - the nautilus - while it was under the polar cap. there was no attempt, sir. it seems the story was a french hoax. but the russians think the story about the story being a french hoax is just a story sir. yes sir. but now that they are doing psi research, we're going to have to do psi research, sir. we can't afford to have the russians leading the field in the paranormal. the officials consider this gravely. did you crash those computers? lyn opens his mouth to lie, but one glance at hopgood's forbidding countenance changes his mind. how'd you feel about a transfer son?