Editing Under Siege (section)

== Plot ==
The battleship {{USS|Missouri|BB-63}} arrives at [[Pearl Harbor]], where then-[[President of the United States|President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] announces that the ship will be decommissioned in [[California]]. [[Casey Ryback]], a [[Chief petty officer (United States)|chief petty officer]] and a culinary specialist, is preparing meals to celebrate [[commanding officer]] [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] Adams' birthday, against the orders of [[executive officer]] [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] Krill, who has arranged for food and entertainment to be brought by helicopter. Krill provokes a tussle with Ryback. Unable to imprison Ryback in the brig without the captain's approval, Krill detains him in the walk-in fridge, placing Marine Private Nash on guard. The helicopter arrives with a musical band and caterers, accompanied by [[Playboy Playmate|'' Playboy'' Playmate]] Jordan Tate.

The band and caterers are mercenaries led by disillusioned former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] operative William Strannix, who, aided by Krill, takes over the ship. Several officers are killed, including Captain Adams. The surviving crew are imprisoned in the [[forecastle]], with some stragglers confined in unsecured areas. Ryback hears the gunshots and persuades Nash to call the bridge. Strannix sends two mercenaries to eliminate Ryback and Nash. Nash is killed, but Ryback slays both mercenaries. He encounters Tate and reluctantly allows her to tag along.

Strannix and his mercenaries seize the ship's weapon systems, shooting down a jet sent to investigate; they plan to cover their escape with missiles to obliterate tracking systems in Pearl Harbor. Strannix's mission is to steal the ship's [[Tomahawk (missile family)|Tomahawks]] and load them onto a hijacked [[North Korea]]n submarine as revenge for the CIA attempting to assassinate him.

Strannix contacts Admiral Bates at the Pentagon to make demands but learns Ryback has escaped. Krill discovers Ryback is a former [[United States Navy SEALs|Navy SEAL]] with extensive training in counterterrorism tactics; Captain Adams had taken Ryback aboard as his cook after Ryback was demoted for striking a superior officer who provided inadequate intel for a failed [[United States invasion of Panama|mission in Panama]]. Strannix appears to recognize Ryback's name. Ryback contacts Bates, who says a Navy SEAL team is underway to retake the ship. Ryback, helped by Tate, moves throughout the ship, eliminating mercenaries. Krill activates the fire suppression system to flood the forecastle and force Ryback to rescue his mates while setting an ambush.

Ryback and Tate release 6 imprisoned sailors. They overcome the ambush and shut off the water flooding the forecastle. Ryback shuts down ''Missouri''{{'}}s weapon systems to allow incoming Navy SEALs to land, but the submarine crew shoots down the helicopter carrying the team. The Pentagon orders an air strike that will sink the ''Missouri''. Strannix regains control of the ship's weapon systems and loads the Tomahawks onto the submarine. Aided by a gunner's mate who was visiting the ship he served on during World War 2, Ryback attacks the submarine using the battleship's 16-inch guns, killing Krill and everyone on board.

His plan foiled, Strannix launches two retaliatory nuclear-tipped Tomahawks towards [[Honolulu]]. As the sailors retake the ship, Ryback enters the control room and encounters Strannix, who it is revealed previously served over Ryback as Ryback recognizes him. Ryback kills Strannix in a knife fight and then uses the launch code disk to destroy the Tomahawk missiles. A jet obliterates one missile, and the other is deactivated; the Navy calls off its airstrike.

The remaining crew are released as the ship sails to [[San Francisco]] harbor. A funeral ceremony for Captain Adams is held aboard the ''Missouri'', with Tate amongst the crew. Ryback salutes the captain's casket in his formal dress uniform with full decorations.