Chapter Seventeen
Shore Raid
One of the key security features of Altuna was that all of her charter firm’s crews were American and met the highest standards. Global Ocean Ltd. made a big deal about how they tested each crewmember periodically for drugs, required them to take monthly lie detector tests and made certain that they had no criminal record. Blemishes of any kind on their record meant dismissal without pay. A bust for any kind of crime or drug use was automatically disqualifying and the Norquists were told that in the event that any member of the crew was found to have somehow dodged these investigations, they would be put ashore at the first port with nothing but their clothes and passport, if they had one. If any real crimes were committed, the shore authorities were advised
