Captain Nemo and the Underwater City offers Fraser a position at Templemer. This alienates Joab, who helps Fraser and the Baths steal Nautilus II, on condition they leave without bloodshed, and allow the crew to return with the submarine intact. They manage to take the submarine and are followed by Nemo in his submarine. Nemo explains there is fault with the Nautilus II's engines that means the sub could explode. The chase is brief. Unable to match the speed of the escaping submarine, Nemo has Nautilus I sheer away, to try 'going under the reef.' Confused by their pursuers apparently giving up, Fraser asks the Nautilus
30,000 Leagues Under the Sea Lt. Cmdr. Conceil (his ex-wife) who is presented as a "ball-buster" in contrast to Arronaux's confident but laid-back temperament. She and her assistant Blackwell are both administrative theoretical-techie types and end up stripping the "Aquanaut" of equipment that leave the "Aquanaut" in trouble as they descend to the level the "Scotia" is wrecked at. The equipment loss leads to the crew passing out for lack of oxygen. They come to on board the "Nautilus" and meet an apparently charming Captain Nemo. It soon becomes clear that the good captain is a bit unhinged and tending towards megalomania. The "Aquanaut"'s crew