Mission briefing: Ocean-I’s sunken ambitions

[p]Agents, before you descend, context is vital: you must understand the waters you enter.[/p][p][/p][p]The Pacific is vast: half the planet’s waters gathered in a single abyss. And yet, even now, more than eighty percent of its floor remains untouched, unseen, unmeasured. The deepest trench falls farther than Everest rises, but still it is only a fragment of the whole. Every descent uncovers life unclassified, shapes no taxonomy can contain… and still there are regions we cannot reach. In 2053, humanity turns its gaze downward, driven by hunger for resources. They believe the ocean is empty space to be claimed.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Behind this new age of deep exploration stands Ocean-I, the brainchild of Andrew Marsh, a tech magnate turned oceanic industrialist. Ocean-I’s vision was clear: conquer the abyss and extract “white hydrogen,” a rare energy source believed to lie beneath the oceanic crust.[/p][p]To achieve this, Marsh and his investors built a network of submarine stations, fortified outposts at the edge of human engineering. Ocean-I was not simply a corporation; it became an empire beneath the waves, drawing capital from American fortunes and powerful backers across the globe. Its promise was prosperity. Its ambition limitless.[/p][p]But ambition has a cost.[/p][p][/p][p]At the time, this article from the Arkham Adviser passed as routine business news. Now, with hindsight, it reads differently. Study the words. The gaps between them matter most:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Officially, Ocean-I cites seismic instability. But those who walked the corridors of PIT Station speak differently.[/p][p]Now, as agents, we are called to look closer. Another site, another silence. Miners gone missing. A labyrinth of drowned structures waiting for answers.[/p][p]And in the static between signals… something may stir.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3][/h3]
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