Against all Odds 1
Disclaimer: yup pretty sure I don't own anything regarding Last Ship
According to an article I read, Tom was promoted to Admiral but has retired (but the previews really don't lead me to believe that). Sasha, Green, Azima and one other person (can't think of the name) are in Panama and are accused of trying to kill the Panama president. Not sure how El Norte (as I believe they are supposed to be based out of Venezuela from previous previews) or the cyber attack come into play. So just kind of go with it.
I promise I have not forgotten about The Mess I Made or Ships in the Night. I'm working on the last chapter for Ships in the Night and the next chapter for The Mess I Made. I just got super inspired and wrote out the entire story outline for Against All Odds. I started writing yesterday and already have 5 chapters written.
Prologue
March 9, 2019
Panama City, Panama
6:00 PM
Sasha grabbed a glass of champagne as she mingled the ballroom. While she was an expert at undercover missions, they weren't her favorite part of the job of Naval Intelligence. She had been in Panama for a over a month now and was no closer to learning who the leader of El Norte was than when she first started. She had wined and dined to no avail. But she was persistent. Sasha knew, eventually, she would learn something that would cause El Norte to come crumbling to the ground, she just didn't know when or where.
She observed the men and women around her. Politicians with their mistresses, Generals with their wives and then the wannabes. The men and women who wanted El Norte's favor. She nodded to Azima as they crossed each other's paths. She was grateful the for the first time, ever, she had a partner in this assignment. While to the outsiders, she and Azima didn't know each other, they reported daily on their learnings (or lack thereof).
She took a sip of her champagne and moved towards the edge of the ballroom to get a better look at everyone. She heard a door open from her left and saw a large group exit. She became curious as there were four burly men (obviously security guards) escorting a woman, who looked most decidedly out of place given the formal setting. She was wearing jeans, a fitted blouse and boots. Her long brown hair was pulled into a low ponytail.
Sasha continued to watch the group. As they approached, the woman turned and stared at Sasha. Sasha's breath caught in her throat. The woman had fear in her eyes, she seemed to be pleading with Sasha for assistance. While that alone would have caused Sasha alarm, what caused her breath to hitch was the fact that she was staring at the face of a dead woman.
Sasha was staring at Rachel Scott.
6/2014- Nathan James leaves Norfolk for Arctic
10/2014- Learn about virus. Go to Cuba, get Tex. Ship gets damaged in episode 4, which takes 7 days to get to the island and another 7-10 days to be fixed.
11/5/2014- Episode 5. Tom does an audio recording to the kids, he states the date.
12/5/2014- Episode 7. Shows a timeline of "6 months prior". Sorensen was talking to another doctor. The virus was already known (probably stage 1-2). He admits that he did something that weaponized it.
12/5/2014-1/2015- remainder of season 1, which includes rescuing Tom and Tex, the trials, and Baltimore. Kara learns she is pregnant (probably 8 weeks tops).
1/2015-2/21/2015- Season 2. We learn in episode 10 that Kara is approximately 16 weeks pregnant, so we know between season 1 episode 10 and season 2 episode 10 about 6-8 weeks have passed.
2/24/2015- Rachel shot
7/28/2015- Michener gives speech about Rachel
8/2015-9/2015- Season 3, Tom resigns
2/2017- 16 months later we see Tom in Greece
2/2017-3/2017- season 4
3/2019- season 5. Bridget Regan confirmed that season 5 does do another time jump, but doesn't say how long of a time jump. Wikipedia (not the most reliable source) states it is 3 years after season 4. I'm going with 2 as we don't know yet.