The Inbound for June 09, 1998


Transmission from ANDREW


Andrew reporting.

Isaac and Daniel.....(static)...

...now detected. The ship is approaching, and we ...(static)...trajectories should intersect by...





Transmission from BETTE


...(static)...
...at last ...Isaac is very proud of himself, and deserves every...
...and I, too think that we should continue to explore...

,,,,(static)...

...depends on the Endless Emperor.



Transmission from DANIEL


***NO TRANSMISSION RECEIVED***



Transmission from ENOCH

Hi, everybody!

Driving in that new vehicle at the bottom of the lake is of great fun. I enjoy it.
That's really exploring as it should be. The video outside of the vehicle gives
us an exciting view to a strange world.

Did you get that image about the huge entity that I sent you yesterday? Koala, I
think that this is a strange lifeform too. All time it's sending these tiny pinpoint
bubbles to the surface, but we didn't see that it was eating someone. Koala, what
is it? Is it unnatural?

We went over to that rock niche, where Zachary detected that strong stream of
heavy bubbles that's not moving up to the surface but vanish. Guess what. That
stream of bubbles led us to a shaft that moves up vertically. No Idea, what's up
there, but we will find out.

It's not easy to get into that shaft. It's narrow. The only way leading up is passing
that stream of bubbles. It's a mess. The video is showing nothing else but troubled
water. The vehicle is climbing now. We put it in auto mode. It's cutting holes into
the rock by it's lasers. We can hear a strong "plong" whenever it's taking a hook off
its casing. Though I think that we are truly in a quite dramatic situation at the
moment, the only thing that we can do is remaining calm.

Either we will get up, or we will fall down. Sorry Koala, no choice left.


Transmission from GAIL


Gail. Listen to me. This is very serious.
Something has happened to your friend Hamlet. Don't be upset.
He is very sick, and he needs your help.

"He wants to talk to you,
but his poor, fevered mind has forgotten how to make contact with you.
Please tell me how your transmissions are routed to him,
and how and when he talks to you.
I will be sure to give him the information he needs."

Mr. Naughton! The subject was extremely impertinent.
He insulted me. He called me 'Dragon Lady'.
Intolerable!!

I understood you to state that you could control and predict his responses,
that he was going to be docile and cooperative.
Are we or are we not in control?


Hey, Parker, How did Naughton get that shiner?

Maybe he ran into a door.




Transmission from ZACHARY

The shaft broadened and we entered flat bottom again. It's seems to be a spread area up here too. We are heading exactly north east now. We started to record all our movements very conscientiously. That's the only chance we have to find back to that shaft again. At least by now. Have you any idea how we could mark that place?

The water became very calm over here and it got very shallow too. It's surface is reflecting a mirrored image of our vehicle. It's funny watching what we look like, when we are moving upside down.
Wait a moment! No, that can't be true. According to my calculations water surface should be about a thirty to forty feet higher up than it actually is. That's strange. It worries me. Either my calculations are totally wrong or the altimeter of that vehicle stalled.

"Enoch, let's move to that bay. Seems to be a good place to land the vehicle."

We broke through the surface, went off the water and opened our box. Guess what? Air pressure in here is at 986 bar. Temperature +5°C. Please, hold on. I'm just going to analyze the compound of the atmosphere. I send you an image in the meanwhile. It's quite challenging in here.