The Mushroom Cloud Chronicles (Reboot)A JAG-Sims3 StoryAuthor: Haruo Chikamori
Rating: M
Classification: Angst, Romance.
Spoilers: N/A
Summary: Continuity of Government (COG) – a stark term for starting over after a holocaust the likes of which is hoped will never ever happen. This is a what-could-happen if the button was ever pressed.
DISCLAIMER: The characters Harm Rabb, Jr., Sarah "Mac" Mackenzie, Meg Austin, AJ Chegwidden, et al. belong (in concept if not name) to CBS/Bellisarius. Animal and all OC characters are the property of Heather and Hugo Chikamori. No profit is being made from this story, nor is any infringement intended.
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Author's note: Those of you who are unfamiliar with the character of Tom Boone may find that the actor, Terry O'Quinn who played John Locke in Lost...is the very same actor who played Harm's father's wingman and CAG Thomas Boone in JAG.
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RADM Thomas Boone's House
Virginia Beach, VA
2245 ZULU
"Howdy, Rabb, what brings you out this way? You get lost or something?"
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Boone snorted, "Knock it off with the sir, Rabb, I'm retired. At least that's what my ruptured duck and DD-214 inform me. You're here in civvie clothes so it mustn't be that important. So what gives?"
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The former CAG was rather cagey when he replied, "I might have heard whispers of something...through the ol' retarred Navy castaways grape-vine. Pretty dang serious if you ask me." Through official channels, the grape-vine didn't exist. But old navy men talked...and things got around to former navy men. He idly kicked a clump of dirt off the driveway. "Over 400 men gone...That's a pretty nasty pill to swallow. Sounds like CINCPAC and COMNAVFORJAPAN are on the hot-seat."
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Hag6pDupuE/Wz1yWn4y3pI/AAAAAAAAU2o/bfFlc86aX84I8-MataDYnvIllKwGIIVSgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%2528280%2529.jpg "CAG...they've instituted Pinnacle..." Harm's comment silenced Boone who looked pensive at the statement.
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Harm gulped, "I know you're retired, Admiral, but Pointer wanted you back."
" Boone snorted, "I thought they tossed me out in disgrace. I'm surprised they'd even want to be within a hundred miles of me after the court-martial."
"They never found you guilty, CAG." Harm stated.
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"They don't want you in an F-18, sir. What they need you to do is to be a part of the leadership in the bunker, sir. They need you there as another steady hand in the leadership role."
"Harm, I'm getting old...and I've been through too much to be afraid to die. You're not blowing sunshine up my rectal cavity, are you?"
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LGr4xmEuC1g/Wz26ZzpwPfI/AAAAAAAAU3w/_q0qiQ8l4Owt5OQ4PWdGn37HQZZ7ewduwCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%2528284%2529.jpg "Pointer specifically asked for you, CAG...and Tosh put in a good word for you because he wanted you there specifically as his XO in the bunker."
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https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VFdgJfSSm00/Wz278DqQLEI/AAAAAAAAU4E/i_-UwN7jaMInV0x4Repyu8RRhai8qXYowCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%2528298%2529.jpg "Would you believe me if I told you the President OK'd it in person?" Harm insisted.
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