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1. Describe Wegener and his reputation in the Coast Guard.

Red Wegener, "King of Search-and-Rescue" missions (SAR), is the oldest lieutenant commander in the United States Coast Guard. Wegener's experience leads him to be chosen to take a new cutter to Baltimore to be re-outfitted.

2. Explain the scenario in which Wegener and his crew come across the Empire Builder.

Wegener is ordered to check on a yacht, under American flag, whose owner is late returning to Mobile. The sixty-two foot yacht has been spotted by a routine air patrol and is intercepted by the Panache.

3. Examine the scene in which the reader is introduced to CIA agent Clark. Describe Clark.

The reader is introduced to Clark when he arrives at the Colombian Airport. Clark is a fit, six-foot tall American with bushy black hair and a lantern jaw. Clark is traveling under an alias, not revealing he is with the CIA Operations Directorate.

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