Pietr,

I’ve replied with as many answers as I have to your gracious post (that ain’t snark or sarcasm; he asked as a gentleman and I try to respond in like manner).

Second…

The Captain jumps in the water and tries to swim away. Pie-rats fire on him in order to force him back to the raft. Bainbridge crew is unaware of what is going on until they start shooting?

I’m just a growed-up river rat, and not ever had the benefit of U.S. Navy training, but I’d have had a lookout, with a backup lookout, watching that raft every moment.

Oh well. Hindsight is 20/20. It is the present that is often seen through the fog.