<strong>Aaron Windwhisper</strong><br/><br/>A quick search, and then a thorough search, of the captain's cabin turned up nothing of interest that Arano might have left behind.  "Captain, you're needed on deck, ehehehe!" the shipmaester called out, bringing his search to a halt.<br/><br/>Captain Sarafina was waiting at the foot of the airship's gangplank, four marines following behind her as an honor guard. "Permission to come aboard, Captain?" The maftet requested of her fellow captain.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Shan Zuk</strong><br/><br/>The ship's wheel was a fine piece of craftmanship, a spoked wheel made of polished red wood with ivory inlay and brass trim. A dial in the centre of the wheel controlled which axis of the ship's movement would be affected by spinning the wheel. However the dial itself was currently missing, a small bird-shaped hole in its place carved into the wood.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Taluya Wevetasun</strong><br/><br/>The ballista looked newly installed, the grease on its moving parts still fresh, in contrast with the rest of the<em>Yuuki</em>'s furnishings, which had an aged-but-polished feel about them. The siege weapon was mounted on a steel disc built into the deck that could rotate allowing the weapon to traverse. Several metallic arms extended from the base of the disc, not connected to anything.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Knowledge (Engineering) DC 10</div><div class="spoiler_body">The metal arms are an automatic loading mechanism for the ballista. A DC 10 Craft (any) check is required to connect them properly; otherwise it has to be loaded and operated manually.<br/></div></div><br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Bonnie Lass</strong><br/><br/>Biggro's search proved as fruitless as Aaron's - though he didn't have the chance to search the hold, the hatch leading down there being locked - and just when it finished, Bonnie's pack began to vibrate. It was the compass she had been given, vibrating with all the smugness of telling her that what she was looking for had been right beside her all along. Bristling with arcane energy as it sensed that it was home, the sphere's inner workings began spinning randomly, requiring the touch of a skillful mage to stabilize.<br/><br/><em>(Make a DC 10 Spellcraft check.)</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Mikhail Volkov</strong><br/><br/>The engine was a marvel of alchemy, taking two separately stored alchemical reagents that reacted violently with one another, and mixing small controlled amounts of them at a time to generate energy to power the ship. Closer inspection revealed that several safeties had been engaged in the machinery, preventing it from activating by accident, which would have to be disengaged before the engine could be started.<br/><br/><em>(Make a DC 10 Craft (Alchemy) check.)</em>