Fight in the Furnace

Things below decks heat up with 2 engineers, Soltana and Iltan over stoking the furnace, throwing in a fire elemental gem and using pickled rust monster tentacles to try to blow up the ship. Eoghan comes up to the top deck to get Sig and Aeldreth who speed downstairs while Mairi does her best to keep things from boiling over. Mairi is able to get the elemental gem out of the furnace while Aeldreth, Eoghan, and Sig are able to get into the fray and are able to take the two engineers captive but Soltana and Iltan are taken down. Aeldreth and Sig start to shovel out the firegems from the furnace while Mairi and Eoghan work to get some loyal engineers down and able to help look at the engines. The designer Geoff was able to join us with a pair of his other men and we were able to get things under control and things cleaned up. Delft came looking for us and we did a quick debrief while the fireworks and the anthem finished on the top of the ship.
 
The King's speech was looking to try to seek out peace and a true treaty conference to stem aggressions. While this was generally well accepted by the group present, the Duchess's allies and some of the vets were showing concerns. After his speech the King arranged for us to have a private reception with him.
 
On getting back to shore we were given several days of reduced duty, yet the next day we were all back in the office doing interviews and filing a copious amount of paperwork. Spirit Mediums were dispatched to the sight of the incident on a ship to interview those who passed. There were also some rumblings that members of the Unseen court may demand more in exchange for their silence on matters in the future. Progress always comes with cost.