For five hours, Ocean Discovery slowly sinks to the bottom of the sea. When it arrives, the Oceaneering team finds the new robot's sonar system on the blink and get messages indicating there is no oil left in its hydraulics system. A leak perhaps, or air in the line. Whatever the cause, the problems cannot be fixed on the seafloor and the search for Magellan cannot begin without a working submersible. It is never truly possible to pick up exactly where you left off.
People move on.
New faces appear. Oceaneering manager George Brotchi is one of those new faces. It's been a struggle to balance the operational demands of undersea salvage with the needs of the film crew making a documentary for the Discovery Channel to be broadcast later this year. Oceaneering put an electronics technician back on an airplane, conceding an extra spot to the film crew. Also sent packing was a friend of expedition leader Curt Newport.