Re-watched The Hunt for Red October last night, and was thinking about Q stuff the whole time.
-Rig for Red was used in the movie, after receiving their orders, it was basically like going to battle stations
-Red October escaped harm by following a pre-planned map through a canyon, with timing down to the second
-To make the ruse of 'sinking' the Red October believable, the crew had to be convinced of their imminent doom and abandon ship
-Sabotage to the reactor cooling system on the ship seems to have been planned by Ramius to set up future events
-The enemy Alfa sub's own weapon was used to destroy them
-Ramius was the master tactician, outfoxing people on both sides to ensure the plan's success
-Ramius' motives were partly personal, and partly his duty to keep a war from happening. He only put the chances of success as 1 in 3.
All in all a lot of parallels to what is happening in the Q movie.