Character Relationship Map: Nine Miles Down

Characters

• Professor Borman (played by Anthony Waller) — supporting

  The leader of the research station who initiated the drilling project to study a subterranean air pocket. He is found murdered and refrigerated after the crew succumbs to paranoia. His hidden audio re...

• Kat (played by Amanda Douge) — supporting

  A staff member at the facility who verifies the crew roster and reports that Dr. Ivanoff is alive. She notes that Jennie Christianson was missing from official records, a discrepancy later explained a...

• Caswell (played by Andrew Rybak) — supporting

  A police chief who initially orders Jack to secure the site and later corroborates the official explanation at the hospital. He confirms that a toxic gas sample from the underground cavity caused the...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Professor Borman → Kat (Professional) — They are connected through the research station's professional structure.

  Professor Borman led the research station, while Kat was a staff member who later verified the crew roster and reported information about the survivin...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Professor Borman → Caswell (Unknown Subject Of Investigation) — Caswell is involved in the official response to the circumstances surrounding Borman's death.

  Caswell later supports the explanation that toxic gas from the cavity caused the crew's hallucinations, while Borman's disappearance and murder are ce...

Story Analysis

A stranded investigator descends into hallucination and trauma after a drilling project releases toxic gas from beneath the Sahara.

Plot Progression

1. Storm Over Jevel Afra — A security inspector arrives at an abandoned desert research station during a sandstorm. Strange writings, a sacrificed jackal, and missing personnel establish an atmosphere of dread.
2. The Missing Crew — Recordings reveal that Professor Borman's team was drilling toward a deep underground air pocket. The inspector encounters hallucinations and discovers evidence of murder inside the facility.
3. Voices Beneath Earth — A surviving scientist describes screams from the cavity and the crew's descent into paranoia and violence. Roster irregularities and Borman's falsified records deepen the uncertainty.
4. Intimacy And Delusion — A brief emotional connection develops in the desert, but the inspector's traumatic memories return with increasing force. His hallucinations transform the surviving scientist into a suspected supernat...
5. Fire And Aftermath — The inspector attacks the surviving scientist, discovers Borman's apocalyptic recording, and burns the station. Rescue and medical explanations cannot prevent his final psychological collapse.