“I found out what happened to the caterpillar drive. The buffer...” – Lieutenant Engineer Melekhin, The Hunt for Red October ... Movie Quotes Database

Lieutenant Engineer Melekhin

I found out what happened to the caterpillar drive. The buffer circuit has been torn out. It was only a matter of time before an overload shut down the whole caterpillar.

Captain Marko Ramius

What are you saying?

Melekhin

Whoever did this knew how to cripple the caterpillar in a way not easy to find.

Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin

Captain, we have a saboteur onboard.

Ramius

It can't be any of the officers. They had all the time in the world before we put to sea. Must be a member of the crew. [turns to Vasily] Go below, to Putin's cabin. Check his files for information on the crew. We may have to put them off before we planned.

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