Later, the desperate, ""fallen"" unwed mother (Edna Purviance) reappeared, after having becoming wealthy, and sought o regain custody and get the child back through social welfare workers in a heartwrenching, melodramatic moment.One of their first experiences was a visit to the dog pound, where Rocky picked out one "cute ugly" older dog, like himself, who was lying on his side and "wastin"" no energy.Roger and Peter joined them at the station""s helipad in the middle of the night, barely escaping from more rogue policemen.Picadors with long spears who were riding on large Orrays poked the monsters toward the center of the arena, o devour the captives...Padorin will send the entire fleet..They""ll find us and hunt us down." The captain calmly explained how they had "one chance in three" to survive.Later, he told Borodin: "Moscow is not the worry, nor the whole Soviet Navy.I know their tactics.I have the advantage.No.The worry is the Americans.If we meet the right sort, this will work.We get some buckaroo..."Ryan traveled by plane to the aircraft carrierUSS Enterprise, part of the North Atlantic Fleet, commanded by Rear Admiral Joshua Painter (Fred Thompson), who respected the fact that Ryan had been a Marine officer and a Naval Academy graduate when serious injuries in a chopper accident forced him to study from the hospital during his fourth year.