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The Black Hunter
The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple,unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple,unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Sirius_Star
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Hijacking
See also: Piracy in Somalia
On November 17, 2008, the U.S. Navy announced that the Sirius Star had been hijacked by Somali pirates. Lt. Nathan Christensen, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, said the pirates hijacked the very large crude carrier at about 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 15, while it was southbound, about 450 nautical miles (520 mi/830 km) southeast of the coast of Kenya — the farthest out to sea Somali pirates have struck.[7][8] This is the largest vessel ever to be hijacked. The vessel was carrying a full load of 2,000,000 barrels (320,000,000 l) of crude oil—more than one-quarter of Saudi Arabia's daily oil production output, and worth at least US$100 million[9]—and was bound for the United States via the Cape of Good Hope.[10] According to the United States Navy, the pirates anchored Sirius Star on Monday 17 November near the Somali port of Eyl, which is a pirate haven and contains many ships held for ransom.[11]
Because the oil tanker was carrying its full load, the ship's deck would be low to the water. That could make it easier for pirates to climb aboard with grappling equipment and ladders during hijacking attack. It is not clear if there was a security team on the vessel.[12] The crew, consisting of 25 members from the United Kingdom, Croatia, Poland, Philippines and Saudi Arabia, are reported to be safe. The ship was sailing under a Liberian flag.[13] It is estimated that for the pirates to reach the Sirius Star, they must have voyaged south for three to four days.[13]
On November 18, 2008, the pirates opened talks with Vela. The company reported in a press release that the entire crew remains safe and that "We… are working toward their safe and speedy return," leaving open the possibility of ransom payment.[14]
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seriously, you'd have to feel like a total badass after taking over a ship that size
goddamn it, this is a quality post
does noone realize this
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The rules are more like... guidelines.
Messing with Saudi Arabia.
Shortsighted
blasphemy
not really
it's actually very enjoyable
the plot just kinda peters out like 3/4 of the way through
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the first 1/8 of the book has fun language
the rest
poop in a book
Jack : Am I not? [looks down at himself] Oh. [finds pistols pointed at him] Palulay?palu-li-la-la-lulu, parlili? parsnip, pasley, par - partner, partner?
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samurai pizza delivery men that work for the mob and helped write the kernel for the 'internet'
subconscious root languages
molecule-size honed pure glass knives
a aleutian with a nuke in a sidecar
not poop
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like our military is going to waste their time sending Seals to handle a ship hijacking unless someone or something very fucking important was on the ship
your face is crap.
They've actually already beaten back a couple British attacks, if the NYT article I read today was accurate. It does seem like somebody has to take advantage of this at some point though.
Hardly, there were 25 people on board and I'm sure none of them were prepared in the least for this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0yucFw3qCQ
and Reason and Vic were the best parts of the book
I dunno, Mister $100Millioninoil has a lot of friends in Washington.
It is certainly not the best book ever but oh my fuck is it ever enjoyable.
that really would not matter to me at all if I had just helped steal something over 1000 feet long
like, not even a little
i'd like to think they'd be at least a little prepared when they're carrying $100 million+ in oil
We're not that hard up for oil, man.
I mean, it's down to something like two bucks a gallon where I live
LITERARY SHIT
but that's why it was so easy to steal