Matilda and the rest of the team continued sweeping through the Conservatory, recovering more material connected to HELIX.
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Up north, the first naval sweep left Saicine Harbor shortly after sunrise that same morning.
Triton One led the surface group through the northern entrance, followed several hundred meters behind by Sentinel One and Sentinel Two.
The Wraiths were already somewhere ahead. Only their System markers showed where.
Beyond the breakwater, the sea looked less threatening than it did during the first Saicine operation.
The surface remained calm. Underneath was a different matter.
Triton One's sonar picture continued building as the frigate moved away from shore.
The seabed fell gradually outside the harbor before dropping into the deeper channel north of Saicine. Wreckage remained scattered near the approaches, enough to create irregular returns close to the bottom.
Biological contacts appeared among them. Most were small, and the frigate ignored those.
