 Using reward money from the discovery of Vikram Szpirglas' pirate base, Matt Cruse is attending the Airship Academy in Paris.While travelling through a storm in the Indian Ocean, his training vessel is caught in a vertical draft revealing a large airship drifting at 20,000 feet.Deducing that it is the "Hyperion", a long-lost ship said to be carrying great riches, the captain steers towards it to attempt a boarding.