
The ship is able to escape while Ruskov is revealed to have a Norwegian scientist named Niels Sorenson on board, whom Ruskov claims is vital to developing a cure for the virus.Īfter leaving Gitmo, the ship and its crew are in danger when the propulsion system encounters serious mechanical problems. The Nathan James attempts to escape by stealth, and Danny Green and Kara Foster go on a mission to disable the Russian ship.
Scott, and reveals that the Russians are holding his family hostage.
The Nathan James faces off against a Russian battlecruiser and its commander, Konstantin Ruskov, a legendary admiral studied by Chandler. Tophet is following orders from some unknown source and tries to sabotage proceedings, delaying departure long enough for a Russian battlecruiser to arrive on the scene.

While there, they come under attack by escaped Al-Qaeda prisoners and enlist the help of Tex Nolan, a grizzled private contractor, who has been surviving for weeks. Three teams are dispatched to carry out these varied tasks. Tophet is revealed to be secretly communicating with the Russians.Ĭaptain Chandler and his crew head to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in hopes of collecting food, medical supplies and fuel. While originally setting sail for Naval Station Mayport, after losing contact with the government, Chandler decides that the best place to work on the vaccine is on the ship itself out in open sea.

After a nuclear detonation in France derails their plans for refueling, the crew boards a ship filled with dead, infected people. government orders the ship home, and those aboard try desperately – many in vain – to contact their families. Renegade Russian forces attack them, and Chandler learns the virologists are actually collecting samples of a deadly virus that has infected 80 percent of the human population while they have been at sea. Rachel Scott and Quincy Tophet, claiming to be studying birds, join Captain Tom Chandler and crew aboard the USS Nathan James on their way to the Arctic.
