[ WP ] Unknown depths of the sea : you 're part of an armada of colossal submarines descending into the abyss ...

**Journal Entry 2,920** 
 
 I have n't seen the sun since the last time we breached the surface for air. That was when we left the port of what used to be North America when I was 7. I remember how it felt, how it warmed my skin and how it felt brighter than any lamp or fluorescent light on board with us. I miss the sun. It's not very exciting just being a maintenance man, even if its on one of the largest civilian submarines in the world. Other workers have been talking a lot more recently. We have n't been communicating with our sister ships for gossip lately, so I only know what I've heard. There's rumours that we're actually headed somewhere, so that means this was n't just a sick joke based off of some old bible tale of Noah and the whale. 
 
 To be honest I think that would make this a bit more exciting. 
 
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 **Journal Entry 2,925** 
 
 The rumours were right, we are definitely headed towards a destination. I have n't seen our engineers work harder these last few days than they have in years. The nuclear core is seemingly holding together, but the other civilians are getting nervous. I saw my neighbor start stocking up on their canned goods like the sub is a military base or something. 
 
 Everyone on board is getting anxious that our years underwater has made our technicians minds dull and we'll all explode or something... which reminds me that I ought to get some rest. 
 
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 **Journal Entry 2,930** 
 
 
 Has it really only been five days? There's no civilians left on the submarine anymore. Or at least not enough to count. Most of them left on our emergency subs headed towards the surface. After the Captain made his announcement I do n't blame them. 
 
 *Attention everyone on board the Nina, this is your Captain speaking. We are heading down into one of the deepest trenches in the world. The Mariana Trench. Our situation is dire. The core of our submarine is destabilizing and we believe that the element to correct it should be found in the depths below. Without our core at optimal levels our facilities will fail it will start by electrical failure, then disabled water filtration, and finally disrupt our greenhouse sector. As your loyal admirals we decided to leave your safety up to you. We know where we belong, and that's the sea. We will leave all the escape pod bays open access for the next 24 hours. If you are still here by 1200 hours tomorrow, there's no turning back. The pressure in the trench will put a strain on all our faculties and the escape pods will crumple like tissue paper as soon as we enter the trench. You have 24 hours to make up your minds. * 
 
 
 Unlike everyone else aboard this over-glorified underwater booze cruise, I saw the surface before we left. There's nothing to escape to. This is all that's left of civilization and I'm proud to go down with the ship. 
 
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 **Journal Entry 2,945** 
 
 Today the nuclear core shut down. There's no light anywhere, and the men are panicking. We have enough emergency power for another week at best if we control ourselves. We lost communications with our sister ships. We ca n't even see them anymore. At this point we are just falling downward with no control. 
 
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 **Journal Entry 2,950** 
 
 Our water filtration system broke today. The crew is starting to fight over water privileges. I have too. I'm not proud of it. 
 
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 **Journal Entry 2,953** 
 
 We found some of the other sister ships, they were destroyed from the pressure. What kind of underwater pressure leaves gashes in the side of the sub like that? There's no water left as of today. No one is working. The subs internal heating shut down yesterday. Now we are praying to just survive. 
 
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 **Journal Entry 2,954** 
 
 [ Corrupted data, partial data recovery ] 
 
 -reinforcing the escape pods with spare metal from around the ship. We all agreed that we would rather try to escape and die than wait for whatever is out there to get us first. 
 
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 We've found shelter.
