The Peril of Shortcuts: How a Junior Officer’s Arrogance Crippled the “Ocean Drifter”
“The “Ocean Drifter”, a venerable cargo vessel, cut a steady path across the Pacific, her engines a rhythmic thrum against the vast silence of the sea. Below decks, in the humid metallic heart of the ship, was a new presence: a junior officer, let’s call him “Designation Alpha”. Bright, ambitious, but also prone to a…