For a second, I was confused.
And judging by the look on the Captain's face, I think even he was just as loss as me. What the hell are they talking about?
Then, that's when it hit me.
Right, the mission is to retrieve it should the Submerged has no survivors, of course... whatever it was, securing it was supposed to be the main priority. And I still have no idea what that thing was supposed to be.
"Negative," I muttered, "As of now, we're still tracking one of the ejected submersibles from the Submerged. We suspect some of the crew's survivors managed to get out of the crash, over."
"Diamond, state your location, over."
"Diamond has currently reached..." I glanced over at the depth modulator, "24000m. Estimated location of the submersible is 34000m–or maybe even deeper, over. We'll be heading there."
...static.
I bit the inside of my cheek, "HQ? Do you copy...?"
Nothing but static answered on the other end.
Fuck this shit.
"Oh, COME ON!" I very nearly slammed the comms.