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“And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.”
-Revelation 20:13
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“Command Alpha, this is Nama, over.”
“Command Alpha, go ahead Nama. Over.”
“We found the location of the Caster. Sonar says it’s mostly intact surprisingly. No sign of movement or life. It is only located 220 meters below the surface and not the 500 metres initially feared. It appears to be lodged on a submerged section of shallow seabed. Over.”
“Acknowledged. Carry out your orders as we discussed. If engaged by any hostiles, including zombies, retreat immediately but make sure any critical equipment is destroyed. That is your priority. Over.”
“Understood, Nama out.”
Nama then started marking out crosses on the map in front of him. He then double checked his orders.
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SID Operative: Nama (生)
Date: 03 December 2009
Orders: Locate, where safe and practical, the wreck of the Type 42 Destroyer HMDS Caster. Once located, use the crew, equipment and other resources supplied to you to descend to the deck and recover any sensitive equipment onboard, as detailed on appendix A and B of these orders. If this is not possible then you are authorised to destroy any sensitive equipment and if necessary put the entire wreck beyond use.
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Nama checked the list of equipment. Chief among the equipment was the ships logs. The Central Government was still looking for information on what resulted in the sinking of one of their principle warships, as the last few frantic radio transmissions gave little details on what was actually going on, other than crew members panicking and attempting to repel boarding masses of undead.
“Get the submersible ready!” Nama shouted to the rest of the crew on the ship he was on. They saluted and quickly prepared the submersible, a small rescue and research vessel pressed into salvaging duties. Nama prepared some of his own personal equipment ready to dive.
“Get 2 divers ready as well. We might need them just in case.”
“Aye sir!”[hr]“215 meters…220…wreck of the Caster is in sight. It’s on it’s side.”
“Roger that…commencing dive exploration…be careful in there…”
Nama sighed as he watched from the porthole of the submersible. The two divers made their way slowly into the ship via a hatch which had been jammed open. He waited, listening passively to the chatter between the divers and the mothership on the radio.
“Diver 01, we found something. It’s the main log.”
“Roger. Secure it and keep looking for any items of interest. Don’t take too long now.”
“Wilco…”[hr]After several hours, involving the changing of divers for safety reasons, they finally recovered most of the items on the list. Nama found himself rifling through the log, both the written records and the voice recordings, to check the goings on prior to and during the zombie attack. Most of which were standard combat records. However, a quick look at the last entry revealed some information.
“Hmm…zombies can swim fairly long distances after all…or at least these ones did…enough to get onto the ship…this is bad…better warn Command,” Nama thought as he dialed up the radio frequency for Command Alpha once more.