The Infiltrator- Part One by Craig Boldy

Author:Craig Boldy [Boldy, Craig]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781973274414
Published: 2018-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

First, I needed to have unsupervised access to the wheelhouse. I walked into the ship and up the set of steps. I wasn’t surprised to see one of the junior deckhands resting, half asleep at the controls. The trawler’s navigation was mostly automated, and the deckhand’s only real job was to keep the boat on a line generated by an electronic map on one of the screens.

I greeted him and he seemed to come awake slightly. I wasn’t sure whether it was boredom or the work that was making him sleepy, either way, I told him to go and get some rest while I took over. My memories quickly told me that this was a common occurrence and Grigory could often be found at the wheel.

I looked around as I tried to figure out controls and noticed a map on a desk behind the captain's chair. It showed the current patrols of the government vessels. If this ship passed close enough to a coastguard, and I could find a way to make a disturbance, they would board and search the ship, and my mission would be complete. I spent a few moments working out distances and speeds before turning back to the controls. As I turned, my hand caught something hard and metallic, knocking it off the table in the process. I looked down at the clatter and saw a multi-tool on the floor. I figured it could come in handy so I picked it up and pocketed it.

I tried to search Grigory’s memories for how all of the gadgets in front of me worked, but the only things coming back were visions of him stood holding the wheel, not the information I needed. I tried to make a few slight adjustments to the system to put us directly in the path of one of the government vessels, but everything I tried just came up as invalid. Apparently, I would have to do this old school and just turn the wheel. I made the change a little at a time so as not to forewarn the crew that our heading was changing. The last thing I wanted was one of them coming up and figuring out what happened.

The next thing I needed to do was to make sure nobody could make any course corrections. I used the multi-tool I had found on the ledge to unscrew the wheel. The screwdriver on the tool was not the right size for the screw heads, but I made do. I pulled out the last screw with my hand and lifted the wheel from its mount.

Now I had to do something with it. It was not a small thing to hide in the sparse compartment, but I had an idea. I walked over to the door leading out onto a gantry over the side of the boat and opened it, intending to deposit the wheel in the ocean. I pulled the handle down at the same time as the door swung outwards on its own.

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