You, Deck, hold this.
Seaman Marorrow, sir.
Yes, sir.
Deck is easier to remember.
Stand there and don’t move.
Lyall, this is the future of the fleet.
Sentinel runs the whole power plant now.
And no sailor ever touches a switch again.
Admiral, your furniture is holding your coffee.
Furniture that paints.
The Navy’s very efficient.
It also listens, sir.
Sir, the Sentinel cabinet below smells like burning insulation since this morning.
Then paint over the smell deck.
Commander Callaway, keep her off the engineering decks.
Paint duty only.
Yes, Admiral.
Paint duty.
Very important work.
Mug.
20 minutes to the demonstration.
Nothing interrupts it.
$6 billion hates interruptions.
You.
What’s your name?
You know my name, commander.
Not here.
Follow me to the passageway now.
The paint can wait, I suppose.
Lieutenant Marorrow, what are you doing on my ship?
Seaman Marorrow, you made sure of that, Brent.
I didn’t write that inquiry.
The admiral did.
You signed it.
Then you took my job.
Three years ago, I had a family to feed and I had a career and the truth.
You still carry the Chief Engineers coin.
It reminds me what the Harrow sounded like before it went dark.
Brent, Sentinel’s main cabinet is cooking.
Same smell as the Harrow.
The Harrow was operator error.
Your error.
Officially.
Then check the cabinet yourself before the demonstration.
If I stop his demo, I’m finished.
So are you.
Stay in the hanger bay.
Paint your lines, please.
And if it fails, [music] Brent, then pray it doesn’t.
Look who finally came to eat.
You skipped breakfast, Paige.
Deck crew doesn’t do breakfast.
Deck crew does today.
You look like the admiral used you as a coat rack again.
Coffee rack today.
Upgrade.
Moving up in the world.
He called you deck again, didn’t he?
In front of a billionaire.
Like I was part of the floor.
You’re not the deck, Paige.
You’re the one who keeps it standing.
Thanks, Tio.
[snorts] Here, write your name on your coveralls big.
Make them read it with a grease pencil.
It’s how I label everything important.
[music] I’ll save it for something that matters.
Your name matters, not to him.
How’s your mother, Teao?
Worse.
I put in for shore duty near her.
Third time.
They’ll approve [music] it this time.
Not while I feed people after hours.
Got written up for it.
[music] For feeding sailors.
For feeding a sailor the admiral didn’t like.
Did the lights just blink?
Sentinel’s testing its own breakers.
It shouldn’t do that.
You know that.
How?
I paint near the cabinets.
I listen.
A painter who listens to breakers.
Okay, Paige.
I need to see that cabinet before the demonstration.
You’re banned from engineering.
You told me.
Then I’ll be quick.
Eat on the way and come back in one piece.
Always do.
Keep my plate warm.
Maro, you can’t be in here.
Feel that heat, Brent?
Put your hand on the cabinet.
It’s warm.
They run warm.
Not that warm.
Pull the fault log.
Breaker trips all morning.
I’ll reset themselves.
That’s Sentinel hiding faults so the screens stay green.
Or it’s working exactly as designed.
That’s what scares me.
Commander, why is the paint crew in my engine room?
She was just leaving.
Admiral.
Sir, Sentinel has tripped breakers all morning.
It’s covering them up.
Covering up?
It’s software, sweetheart.
It doesn’t lie.
Deck, did Mr.
Danvers ask for your engineering opinion?
No, sir.
But the cabinet’s asking for help.
The cabinet’s asking.
Admiral, your painters talk to machines now.
She can talk to them from the hangar bay.
Admiral, that’s another breaker alarm.
During my demonstration, commander, there will be no alarms.
Silence them.
Sir, silencing alarms needs a written order.
Then write it and I’ll sign it.
Efficient.
I like this ship already.
Out deck.
And if you come below again, it’s the Brig.
Understood, sir.
I hope I’m wrong.
By sunset, the committee signs and every carrier gets sentinel.
$6 billion.
Wade, you’ll get your third star.
[music] Admiral, the girl Marorrow, what about her?
Nothing, sir.
Nothing.
Good.
Silence the alarms, commander.
Now, music to my ears.
And Callaway, nobody below decks talks to the committee.
Coffee there, then go.
Yes, Admiral.
Your cooks are faster than your painters.
Everyone’s faster than my painters.
The test results are clean.
Clean as I made them.
Lyall, not in front of the galley.
He’s pouring coffee, Wade.
He doesn’t read binders.
Pour faster.
Yes, sir.
Sentinel failed load testing twice.
My people fix the paperwork, not the code.
Then the code holds today.
That’s all I need.
And if it doesn’t, then it’s operator error.
Like the harrow, that lieutenant took it well.
She took it all, lost her commission, vanished.
Sailors who embarrass the program disappear.
That’s the job.
Careful.
That desk is older than you.
Sorry, Admiral.
Cooks.
They hear everything and understand nothing.
Russo, you heard nothing in here.
I heard the coffee pour, sir.
Good.
Remember that, Russo.
Relax.
A cook won’t sink us.
No, but that painter worries me.
She sounded like an engineer.
Then let her paint the hull.
Callaway knows her.
I saw his face.
Then ask him.
I will after the signing.
Teao.
What happened up there?
Danver’s faked Sentinel’s test results.
The admiral knows.
Say that again.
It failed load testing twice.
They fixed the paperwork, not the code.
Of course they did.
And they laughed about some lieutenant, the harrow.
She took the blame.
What did they say about her?
That sailors who embarrassed the program disappear.
She didn’t disappear.
She just got quiet.
You knew her.
Everyone in engineering knew her.
That’s not an answer, Paige.
Later, I promise.
If Sentinel trips under load today, this whole ship goes [music] dark.
Then tell somebody with Star.
Stars told me to paint.
Then tell them louder.
[music] The bridge before the demonstration.
You’ll end up in the brig.
5,000 [music] sailors are aboard, Tio.
I’ll take the brrig.
Then I’m walking you [music] up there.
No, you need that shore transfer.
My mother raised me to walk friends up.
Who let the paint crew onto my bridge?
Seaman Marorrow.
Sir, I need one minute.
It’s about Sentinel.
You have none.
Russo, take her below.
Sir, with respect, you should hear her.
Admiral, I’m the fleet safety observer.
I’d like to hear her.
Captain Abbott, this is theater.
Then it’s short theater.
Sentinel tripped its breakers all morning and hit it.
If it trips under full load, this ship goes dark.
Goes dark, Captain.
She paints lines on the floor.
I paint them straight, sir, because I know where they lead.
Seaman, how would you know Sentinel’s fault behavior?
I’ve seen it fail before, ma’am.
On a paint can.
Captain, do you trust a deck hand over $6 billion of testing?
I trust tests I’ve seen, Admiral.
Every test is in my binder, Captain.
Clean.
I’ll read it a after the demonstration.
Deck off my bridge.
You’re on report for insubordination.
Yes, sir.
Please keep the manual breakers manned.
One more word and you’ll paint the brrig.
Admiral, she’s trying to help you.
And you’re on report with her.
Wade, your ship has a fan club.
It has a brig, too.
Loyal, though.
I’ll give her that.
Bring us to full power.
Into the weather.
Let’s give the committee a show.
Now, that’s a demonstration.
Admiral, the stormfront is close.
Full power into that sea.
This ship was built for worse, Captain.
Then you won’t mind the manual breakers manned.
Sentinel doesn’t need hands.
That’s the point.
Russo, a minute.
I’ve got lunch to break down.
Commander, this is about your shore transfer.
The admiral can approve it today near your mother.
Today if you write one statement what statement that Marorrow talked about damaging Sentinel in the mess deck sabotage.
She’s trying to keep it from failing and you want her blamed for it.
I want everyone safe from the admiral, including you.
Your mother needs you, Russo.
Think about her.
I am thinking about her.
One signature, Russo.
That’s all.
My mother taught me one thing.
You don’t trade a friend for a favor.
I feed this crew every day, Commander.
I’ve never sold one of them.
Then the transfer [music] is dead and you stay on report.
Then I stay next to her.
What did Callaway want?
To buy you with my mother’s address.
Teao.
I said no.
You just gave up.
Shore duty for me.
I kept my name clean.
That’s for me.
I’m sorry I dragged you into this.
Then pay me back.
Tell me who you really are.
That’s a load surge.
Hold on to something.
Paige, the lights.
Sentinel bridge.
Engineering.
Load spiking.
We’re losing power.
Engineering.
The admiral says hold the demonstration.
Override.
Manual override.
It’s locked me out.
It’s locked everyone out.
What just happened?
We’ve lost all power.
Admiral, steering’s gone.
That’s impossible.
The tests.
We’re drifting broadside toward the shores.
20 minutes, maybe less.
Get it back.
Somebody get it back.
My engineers can reboot it remotely with no power and no signal.
I I don’t know.
Does anyone aboard actually know this system?
Ask the deckhand.
She paints it.
Then find the deckhand now.
She’s a deckhand, Captain.
She’s the only one who saw this coming.
Marorrow.
[screaming] Thank god it won’t let me in.
Of course it won’t.
That’s the flaw.
Brent, the manual switchboard.
We isolate Sentinel and bring the generators back by hand.
The admiral ordered Sentinel stays in control.
Get that deck hand away from my power plant.
Not today, sir.
Commander, you will not let a seaman touch that board.
Sir, she’s done this before.
Done what?
Painted it.
Admiral, this is a safety emergency.
I’m taking authority below decks.
Seaman, go.
You can’t watch me.
Then I’ll run this ship from the bridge and I’ll remember your name.
Captain, please do.
Tio, I need light here.
Brent, read me the breakers out loud.
Light.
Got it.
Reading.
Every breaker I mark red, you open in order.
No guessing.
First, cut Sentinel off the main bus.
Brent, the first red one.
Opening.
It’s off.
Sentinel’s off the bus.
Good.
What next, Seaman?
Generator 1 by hand.
Slow.
Who shut down Sentinel?
That’s $6 billion.
Tell him 5,000 sailors, Brent.
5,000 sailors.
Admiral.
Engineering bridge.
Shaw’s closing.
Hurry.
Generator 1.
Bring it up slow.
Bringing it up.
It won’t take the load.
The frequency’s all over.
Then drop the load.
Open the red breakers on the left.
Paige, your hands are steady.
How?
Practice.
[music] A long time ago.
A long time ago on a paint can.
Generator 1 is online.
We have lights.
Not yet.
Steering first.
Brent, feed the steering pumps.
It’s me.
Draft the statement now.
Operator error.
Untrained crew.
Sir, the Navy hasn’t confirmed anything.
They will.
A deck hand touched the board.
Steering pumps have power.
Engineering.
We have rudder.
Still drifting.
Good.
Now the second generator.
The breaker’s jammed.
It won’t close.
Teao.
Tool locker.
The long insulated bar.
Go.
Going.
Captain Abbott, restore Sentinel for the committee.
That’s an order.
Admiral, your committee is about to be on the rocks.
I’ll have your career, Captain.
Then you’ll have it on dry land.
Engineering out now.
Pulling.
It’s closed.
Second generator’s online.
Engineering bridge.
Scholes dead ahead and closing.
Full left rudder.
Tell them now.
Bridge full left rudder.
If Sentinel isn’t running at the signing, I lose the contract.
[music] Sir, don’t touch anything.
Bring it back, Lyall.
Do it.
Sentinel’s back online.
Who reconnected it?
The bridge terminal.
Somebody linked it.
It’s tripping generator 1 again.
We’re losing steering.
Then it comes off for good.
Captain, I need to pull its control cable.
It’s behind the cabinet.
Do it.
I’ll answer for it.
Engineering, leave Sentinel connected.
That’s a direct order.
Sorry, Admiral.
Sorry, Admiral.
The line’s breaking up.
It’s hot.
Tio, light.
Lower.
Lower.
There.
There.
Got it.
It’s off.
It’s really off.
Generator 1 back on the board.
Hurry.
It disconnected.
Someone pulled it.
Sir, step away from the console, please.
That deck hand.
Engineering.
No rudder.
Scholes dead ahead.
Standby.
Bridge.
Generator one.
Now generator one online.
Steering pumps on.
Bridge engineering.
Full left rudder.
Engineering, she’s turning.
We’re clearing the shores.
She’s turning.
We did it.
We actually not done yet.
Second generator, then propulsion.
Brent, stay with me.
Every step, Maro.
Brent, second generator.
The red mark, then the black one.
Red, then black.
Lights on it.
Second generator online.
We’ve got real power.
Good work, both of you.
Not yet, Captain.
We’re broadside to the sea.
Without propulsion, this weather rolls us hard.
Then we get the shafts [music] turning by hand.
Propulsion control runs through Sentinel, too, doesn’t it?
Everything does.
That was the selling point.
Then we drive her the old way.
Teao, take that phone.
Repeat every bridge order out loud.
Every word.
Got it.
Engineering bridge requests ahead slow.
Bridge wants a head slow.
A head slow.
A head slow.
Shaft’s turning.
We have propulsion.
Easy, easy.
Let her feel the water.
Whoa, Paige.
Hold on.
She’ll come back up.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
She came back.
A ship always comes back if you’re gentle with her.
Engineering.
Ahead half.
Ahead half.
Ahead half.
Seaman, you’ve done this before.
Once, ma’am.
A long time ago.
On which ship?
Later, ma’am.
Please.
Wade.
The committee saw the blackout on the live feed.
Then we tell them Sentinel saved us.
And the deck hand panicked, touched the board, nearly sank us.
That’s the story.
I like that story.
Engineering steady head to sea.
Rolling’s easing.
Rolling’s easing.
Good.
Hold her there.
Marorrow.
He’s going to blame you again.
I know him.
I know, Brent.
He always does.
Not this time.
What’s in your pocket?
Later.
Keep driving.
Engineering bridge.
Storm’s passing a stern.
We’re riding easy.
We’re riding easy.
She did it.
You did it, Paige.
You actually did it.
[music] We did.
You held the light.
Seaman Marorrow.
That [music] was the finest damage control I’ve ever seen.
Thank you, ma’am.
It was a team.
Commander Callaway, I want every log from today on my desk.
You’ll have more than logs, Captain.
Now pay me back.
Who are you, Paige?
Lieutenant Paige Marorrow, former chief electrical officer of the Harrow.
The Lieutenant, the one they laughed about.
Sentinel blacked out the Harrow.
I brought her back by hand.
Then they blamed me for touching it.
I lost my commission.
I enlisted [music] again at the bottom because the sea is all I know.
You let [music] me risk my transfer without knowing who you were.
I was afraid you’d look at me the way [music] they did.
I let you walk in blind.
I’m sorry.
I’d look at you like I always do, like my [music] friend, the engineer.
Thank you, Teao.
Today, Sentinel kept this ship alive through a storm, despite a sailor who panicked and touched the board.
Seaman Morrow, step forward.
Yes, sir.
You’re relieved of all duties pending court marshal.
Sir, may I speak?
You’ve spoken enough today, Deck.
Operator error.
It happens to the best painters.
Admiral, before anyone is charged, I have questions.
Captain, this is my ship and my report.
Mr.
Danvers, your binder, the clean test results.
Gladly, Captain.
Everything’s in order.
Load test failed.
Load test failed.
Results revised by hand.
Those are drafts.
Old drafts.
And this an incident report from the Harrow.
Signed.
Lieutenant P.
Marorrow.
Marorrow.
Lieutenant Marorrow.
I read this report three years ago.
I’m sorry nobody listened.
The Harrow’s electrical officer.
The one who embarrassed the program, sir, and disappeared.
Sentinel took the Harrow [music] dark, and I brought her back by hand.
You called it my error.
Today, it went [music] dark again.
This proves nothing.
Bad weather and a frightened crew.
Then explain the handwritten corrections, Mr.
Danvers.
There’s a note on her report.
Barry, initials WH.
That’s not my handwriting.
Mr.
Danvers, you’ll wait at the helicopter under escort.
You can’t detain a civilian contractor.
I can remove you from this investigation.
Captain Abbott, there’s one more page.
Callaway.
Think about your career.
I am, sir.
I’d like one back.
Silence all sentinel alarms during the demonstration.
Signed.
Rear Admiral Hollister.
He ordered it.
I wrote it.
I’m done hiding behind it.
Admiral Kaine, Captain Abbott.
You heard?
Every word.
Admiral Hollister is relieved of command.
Effective immediately.
You can’t relieve me on a cook’s gossip and a deckhand’s grudge.
It’s not gossip, Admiral.
It’s your signature.
You trusted money and stars.
The deckhand was the only one who’d seen it fail.
Who will believe a seaman over an admiral?
5,000 sailors who are still alive, sir.
[sighs] Is it true they’re calling you lieutenant on the mess deck?
Word travels fast in a galley.
[laughter] Lieutenant, I’m asking the fleet to restore your commission today.
Thank you, Captain.
And Mr.
Russo, your shore transfer.
I’ll sign it myself.
Ma’am, thank you.
My mother Paige, I’m sorry.
I signed what he told me to three years ago and today.
Today you didn’t, Brent.
Start there.
Rank tells you who to salute, not who to listen to.
Write that on the MESC wall.
[applause] [applause] My helicopter leaves soon.
Shore duty.
Mom’s going to cry.
So are you.
Already did twice.
What happens to you now?
Captain Abbott asked me to run engineering until the fleet decides.
Keep it.
You’ve got a name to write.
On what?
You’ll know.
Lieutenant, the watch board’s yours.
Your name goes at the top.
Thank you, Brent.
[music] Big enough for the admiral to read.
Big enough for everyone this time.
I kept my head down [music] every [music and singing] others.
Never mind.
