After rousing the crew to action, the wind proved uncooperative, propelling the<em>Dusk Strider</em>along at no faster than an anti-climatic bob.<br/><br/>At least, the monotony was broken by the lookout spotting the floating structure on the horizon. "Let me have a look," Evelynn said taking the looking glass and scanning the mysterious... thing. Neither ship or wreckage, she couldn't tell whether it was something transient, or a permanent floating base.<br/><br/>"Take us in, slow and easy," she decided at last. "I want us ready to turn about at a moment's notice, if they harbour foul intentions towards us. And have all hands on deck, just in case."