<strong>Joseph Harden</strong><br/><br/>Harden wasn’t surprised by anything MacHeath had told them. It wasn’t as if the commander had been left with much choice.<strong>“Commander, can you tell us what command’s response was to your decision to cut our mission short?”</strong>Joseph was no fool, by the time they got back to port it wouldn’t just be Hawk’s career that was in jeopardy. MacHeath would be under a lot of scrutiny as well and the entire crew would be going through a rigid evaluation process. A mutiny on a nuclear submarine was precisely the kind of scenario that kept the joint chiefs up at night, so they would be made to pay the price for their insolence, whether or not they were justified in their decision to demote the Hawk.<strong>“Furthermore sir… I fear that what transpired in the mess hall will make it impossible to contain the men, even if we head to port full speed. At least a section of our crew will demand a woman. And there isn’t enough disciplined and trustworthy men on board to guard the girls around the clock. Not when we are faced with a mob of horny men.”</strong>Harden wasn’t suggesting by any means they throw a girl to the lions. Rather, he was merely stating a fact.