The Enigma Machine was meant to sink to the bottom of the ocean faster than the ship it was on. Such were its secrets that its creators added a heavy weighted base, assuring that if the ship went down, it would make the machine impossible to salvage.
Boarding the quickly sinking battleship, Lt. Bosh discovered this design. He found it worked to his advantage if, held like a shield, the machine’s weighted bottom made an effective bullet stopper. This was useful against the gunfire of the sailors foolish enough not to abandon ship. However, even when those men were dealt with and he could wrap his arms around the heavy machine, Bosh found his own movement too slow to escape the sinking ship.
When he regained consciousness with the Enigma by his side, he only recalled a flash of green scales and red hair. Looking around the rocky shoal on which he found himself, he was haunted by the words, “You boys better win this war.”
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