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〃No; but I dont see…〃

〃…Ill tell you。 A deep…placement; saturated gas environment with full support runs about a hundred thousand dollars an hour。 By the time we all get out of here; the total project cost will be eighty to a hundred million dollars。 You dont get that kind of appropriations from the military without what they call a serious expectation of military benefit。 Its that simple。 No expectation; no money。 You following me?〃

''204'' 〃You mean like a weapon?〃 Beth said。

〃Possibly; yes;〃 Barnes said。

〃Well;〃 Ted said; 〃I personally would never have joined…〃

〃…Is that right? Youd fly all the way to Tonga and Id say; Ted; theres a spacecraft down there that might contain life from another galaxy; but its a military operation; and youd say; Gosh; sorry to hear that; count me out? Is that what youd have done; Ted?〃

〃Well 。。。〃 Ted said。

〃Then you better shut up;〃 Barnes said。 〃Because Ive had it with your posturing。〃

〃Hear; hear;〃 Beth said。

〃I personally feel youre overwrought;〃 Ted said。

〃I personally feel youre an egomaniacal asshole;〃 Barnes said。

〃Just a minute; everybody;〃 Harry said。 〃Does anybody know why Levy went outside in the first place?〃

Tina said; 〃She was on a TRL。〃

〃A what?〃

〃A Timeclock Required Lockout;〃 Barnes said。 〃Its the duty schedule。 Levy was Edmundss backup。 After Edmunds died; it became Levys job to go to the submarine every twelve hours。〃

〃Go to the sub? Why?〃 Harry said。

Barnes pointed out the porthole。 〃You see DH…7 over there? Well; next to the single cylinder is an inverted dome hangar; and beneath the dome is a minisub that the divers left behind。

〃In a situation like this;〃 Barnes said; 〃Navy regs require that all tapes and records be transferred to the sub every twelve hours。 The sub is on TBDR Mode…Timed Ballast Drop and Release…set on a timer every twelve hours。 That way; if somebody doesnt get there every twelve hours; transfer the latest tapes; and press the yellow Delay button; the sub will automatically drop ballast; blow tanks; and go to the surface unattended。〃

〃Why is that?〃

〃If theres a disaster down here…say something happened '' 205'' to all of us…then the sub would automatically surface after twelve hours; with all the tapes accumulated thus far。 The Navyd recover the sub at the surface; and theyd have at least a partial record of what happened to us down here。〃

〃I see。 The subs our flight recorder。〃

〃You could say that; yes。 But its also our way out; our only emergency exit。〃

〃So Levy was going to the sub?〃

〃Yes。 And she must have made it; because the sub is still here。〃

〃She transferred the tapes; pressed the Delay button; and then she died on the way back。〃

〃Yes。〃

〃How did she die?〃 Harry said; looking carefully at Barnes。

〃Were not sure;〃 Barnes said。

〃Her entire body was crushed;〃 Norman said。 〃It was like a sponge。〃

Harry said to Barnes; 〃An hour ago you ordered the EPSA sensors to be reset and adjusted。 Why was that?〃

〃We had gotten a strange reading in the previous hour。〃

〃What sort of a reading?〃

〃Something out there。 Something very large。〃

〃But it

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