"Did Weyland have any health issues?”
"Not that I'm aware of," Wong said.
Judy stepped forward. "No. Denver was in great shape."
"We all go through a pretty rigorous physical examination," Wong said. “EKG, stress test, psych evals. The last thing you want is a medical emergency down here.”
"Was anybody else in the compartment when the incident occurred?” I asked.
Wong looked around at the group. "Not that I'm aware of."
"What about video surveillance? Isn't this whole thing streamed live on the Internet?”
"We had a system glitch. The cameras stopped working.”
"Have you restored communication with the DSV yet?" I asked.
"I'm working on it," Quinn said, making her way forward. "The short fried a module. I need to replace one of the capacitors on the board and reinstall it. Fingers crossed, that should give us our satellite back. We’ve been communicating via the Aqualink, but we’re having some problems with that as well.”
"Maiden voyage," Wong said. “We’re still working out a lot of the bugs.”
I tried to contact the surface, but there was still no cell service. I said to Quinn, "How long do you think it's going to be before you get the satellite back?”
She shrugged. "I'm not sure.”
"Whatever you can do to speed up the process would be appreciated," I said.
"If you don't need me anymore, I'll get back to it.”
I nodded, and she gave a brief glance to Wong before taking off.
I looked over Weyland’s body and didn't see any obvious signs of trauma. I examined his skull. Nobody had smackedhim with a pipe wrench. Weyland was in good shape. I didn't think he dropped dead of a heart attack, but it wasn't out of the realm of possibility. Perhaps a high-voltage electric shock exacerbated a pre-existing arrhythmia.
I stood up and looked around the compartment. "I need to speak with all the crew individually."
Wong nodded.
“Who attempted CPR?”
“I did,” Wong said.
I moved to the breaker box and pulled it open. A breaker had been tripped. Upon closer examination, I saw two circuits had been bridged with a piece of metal.
This was no accident.
Weyland was murdered.
15
Jack dusted the breaker box for prints. But it would be a week before they would be processed through the system.
"I need a list of everyone who has been in this compartment," I said.
The crew looked at each other with blank faces.
"Everyone has access to this area,” Wong said. “There is no real privacy on the habitat except for the heads.”
“This is an active crime scene as far as I'm concerned, and by law, this body cannot be moved until a full evaluation has been done. Is that understood?”
