Samantha Kell awakens from a haunting nightmare only to find herself further adrift—emotionally and geographically—as the Invenios arrives in the Azores. While the crew docks to receive their new submersible and pilot, tensions escalate between Tulley and Samantha, pushing her to make a desperate ultimatum: help her recover Dominique and the PX, or be left behind as time runs out. Meanwhile, Oberlin and Tulley embark on a seemingly simple cheese errand… that turns into a full-on stampede. Literally.

In the cobblestone streets of Ponta Delgada, a drunken bar brawl, a case of mistaken identity, and a cheese-crazed bull converge in a chaotic comedy of errors, culminating in the explosive arrival of Yuki Yamamoto—our hard-drinking, sharp-punching, and unexpectedly heroic new sub pilot. But as the bar clears and the dust settles, Samantha strikes a deal Tulley can’t refuse, and the Invenios is finally cleared to return to the depths of the Atlantic to finish what began on the Veloscora.