▁given ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁finding ▁out ▁what ▁happened ▁to ▁her — to ▁the ▁dis like ▁of ▁political ▁officer ▁Vol ovo i . ▁H ess , ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁chief ▁elect rical ▁engineer — an ▁elaborate ▁blind ▁for ▁his ▁esp ion age ▁activities — wel comes ▁Ark ady ▁more ▁warm ly . ▁Research ing ▁the ▁girl ' s ▁background , ▁he ▁disco vers ▁an ▁open ▁and ▁somewhat ▁radical ▁Georg ian ▁person ality , ▁known ▁for ▁her ▁many ▁lo vers ▁( including ▁the ▁Captain , ▁before ▁she ▁became ▁a ▁crew ▁member ) ▁and ▁fond ness ▁for ▁under ground ▁music . ▁Looking ▁into ▁her ▁death ▁also ▁attract s ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁main ▁gang , ▁led ▁by ▁Kar p ▁Kor ob etz — the ▁ship ' s ▁leading ▁fish er ▁and ▁Ark ady ' s ▁former ▁prisoner . ▁The ▁American ▁corpor ate ▁representative ▁on ▁board , ▁Susan ▁H ight ower , ▁takes ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁case . ▁ ▁Ark ady ▁grows ▁we ary ▁of ▁the ▁investigation , ▁largely ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁ob struct ive ▁actions ▁of ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁ship m ates — many ▁of ▁whom ▁are ▁concerned ▁that ▁it ▁will ▁delay ▁a ▁long - await ed ▁shore ▁leave ▁at ▁Dutch ▁Har bour . ▁Ren ko ▁finally ▁dec ides ▁to ▁go ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁original ▁ver dict ▁of ▁suic ide , ▁letting ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁crew ▁dis emb ark . ▁Though ▁lack ing ▁proper ▁authorization ▁to ▁go ▁ash ore ▁himself , ▁Ark ady ▁is ▁spons ored ▁in ▁an ▁imp rom