Does the “Red October” reference have to do with “pings”....IIRC, the Russian Commander uses ‘pings’ to quasi-covertly acknowledge certain things.
Maybe it does. You have just discovered that Ransonmote is Q. :)
Just kidding. Seriously though, I think you could maybe say that some of Q's posts are "pings" to both enemies and those we are attempting to "bring in out of the cold" in the same sense that the submarine pings in the book/movie were messages. I like that. :)