The old Captain had been needing a rather hefty whiskey when he finally found the cabin he had thrown all his stuff into when they started the trip, an adventure he felt far too old for but he had no plan at the start. He was alive… that was more than if he remained behind for the reds to capture him. 

It took him several glasses to find some sleep once they had started to travel over the open greenery, the valleys and so had opened out into the large plains and the far larger expanse of territory that ran into Monktree. This was lands the older Diplomat had never ventured, lands allied to the country they had fled but tons of gold aboard a lightly defended airship would really test any ideas of friendship and such polite conventions of ownership. 

He had slept in, the stress of the previous battle and everything going on had been a lot for an old sailor come diplomat now it seemed.. airman? Was he an air captain of some sort? 

Time had flown as he looked out the window to see the changes, terrain he fell asleep too where now utterly changed. Green ran for many miles as the rest one could really see a line of open ground that ran for miles in a straight line that ran into the horizon. The faint even distant gleam told it might have metal and other structural items along it. It was likely a main line of some kind. 

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“Urgh . “ He grabbed his revolver and holstered it, checking the bullets and making sure the weapon was safe along with a concealed knife. Uniform straight as it came he stepped out the cabin with a look to find the canteen for food, coffee and breakfast.

The old details in the commercial ships former dining area, it was painted roughly and converted, the luxury was muted but you could see the old glamour. Mid Way through his coffee after eating a bowl of porridge he saw smoke …something going on down below?

Finding a speaking tube that had been wired in, the basic internal Phone system and chose bridge if it worked. “Captain Le, Mariner, Mess hall. I got sight on smoke to our port side. Not got optical on it, just eyeball details. Combat? Copy receipt bridge.?”

He reported it might be surplus to equipment but he had to call it in. They had to know what was going on and hopefully adapt to survive the next day. 

 …

He looked for a set of binoculars or so but could not see anything free or available right now. Something going on down there and that was probably bad…