Sovereign Games · SG-024
THREE MEN VOTED. TWO CHOSE FIRE. THE ONE WHO SAID NO WAS DEMOTED.
My father voted no, and that was his crime. On October 27, 1962, aboard submarine K-59, three men voted on launching a nuclear torpedo—two said yes, one said no. The one who said no was demoted, but his decision is the reason you are alive today.
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