The Rosenthorne Court Incident - The Hive Boarding and Ship Capture

The session is dominated by the Hive boarding of the commercial living skyship, but the important narrative fact is that the party chooses to defend the vessel and its civilians rather than simply exploit the chaos. They fight across multiple decks with the ship's armed crew/stewardesses, preventing the raiders from overrunning the craft.

The battle also confirms that the Hive is not the Nardic regime. It is a separate insect civilization/raider enemy that the Nardic government is actively fighting and whose existence is not widely advertised. Naa is therefore not a simple oppressor-versus-resistance world; it contains a larger war and multiple nonhuman powers.

Once the Hive threat is eliminated, the party pivots from defenders to hijackers. They push into the ship's command areas and force/coerce the captain and surviving crew to bring the craft to a safe landing point. Passengers and crew are allowed to disembark rather than being kept as hostages.

The captured captain explains how skyship navigation works and provides a broader map of the region. The floating capital is over the Sea of Naa and normally restricts approach to properly cleared premier or military vessels. The party's current commercial craft is old, unarmed, and not ideal for that final approach, but it gives them mobility and a platform from which to reach other cities.

The released survivors are given information that can connect them with resistance support if they choose it. This is one of several moments where the party's conduct mixes coercion/criminality with genuine concern for civilians.

The group sets course toward City 2, intending to gather supplies/intelligence and potentially create another resistance diversion before attempting the capital.