Diving is an ability sorely needed to recover valuable items from shipwrecks. Diving bells existed in downtime 1632, but lacked the concept of pumping air into them. While some uptimers try to re-create scuba gear, one focuses on a diving bell, and some Danish downtimers try to make a diving suit from the earliest days of uptime diving.
Stories[]
- Deep Water by Kerryn Offord, Grantville Gazette XXII. Ships scuttled at Luebeck contain valuable equipment that must be recovered. The team pursues scuba gear, but also hires an experienced downtime pearl diver.
- Diving Belle by Gunnar Dahlin and Dave Freer, Ring of Fire II. Downtime con artist Fermin Mazalet collects funds to raise the Swedish warship Vasa, but an uptimer plans to actually do it, using a diving bell.
- Trapped by Kerryn Offord, Grantville Gazette XLVIII. Weapons dealer Viktor hires uptimer George Watson to dive for sunken weapons.