He turned away from the starboard window and looked at flag plot, a room the size of the bridge on the deck above.

There was a small, shocked silence inside the flag plot.

Data on all three was being fed to him continuously and digested by his operations staff down in flag plot.

Bill, get on up to flag plot and set GQ for the force.

David Charles's office, next to flag plot, was large and comfortable, as it should have been for an admiral of his position.

He hated the idea of going down into the dark flag plot where he could see nothing of the action taking place.

The second blast had been felt in flag plot.

In flag plot, David Charles felt the impact, not knowing where the hit had been taken.

The smoke filtering into his flag plot was already making breathing uncomfortable.

He backed into the darkened flag plot and steadied himself for a moment.