>>11852776Related to the water gym leader!
tl:dr After defeating him, he'll take you along to help clear out the oil rig, which is under the control of antag team. They are trying to find information in the ruins or sunken ships below. After you clear it out, you'll have access to the sunken ships/sunken ruins.
The second antag admin will be in control of the oil rig, and she has Erion.
Oil Rig
The offshore Oil Rig is a proposed location, to be placed near or above either the sunken ships or sunken ruins. Storyline-wise, it would be under the control of the antagonist team, who are using it to hunt for information or somesuch in the ancient ruins. If the three antagonist admins idea are going to be used, this would probably be the location of the second admin. He/she owns Erion, and is the head of the operation to discover the ruins/info/ancient tablet/what have you. Game-wise, my plan is that once you defeate the water gym leader, he'll agree that you are strong enough to help him discover what the antag team is doing at the oil rig, and he'll take you over there via dive (so a dive route).
At the oil rig, you can decide if you want to stay with the gym leader to fight or sneak your way through, or you could split up and go alone. The oil rig should be a suitable challenge, and we'll have to think of what happens if you actually end up losing all of your pokemon, since there isn't a Pokemon Center there (or at least, not a friendly one). Perhaps you need to clear out the Pokemon Center area before you can move on.
After clearing the oil rig and driving off the antag team, you then gain access to the ruins or sunken ships below.