SHIP'S LOG:

Stratospheric Aerodrome Renoire

Chief PEO Stignatz 9/30/2026 10:52pm

Chief Patient Engagement Officer's Log

Lead Attack Nurse says we may have missed something when we came aboard.

Do I want to think that you bunch of interns might have missed something in your sweeps?

"NO SIR!"

Then why is she having us take another look? Down in the hold?

"THE HOLD IS STUFFED WITH BISCUITS. SIR!"

Do you mean to say she's looking for biscuits, intern?

"I mean there's hardly any room to hide in there. Just one narrow path through the banks of biscuits. Sir."

Well why do you have another look, intern? And bring us back some of those biscuits. We've got patients to engage.

"SIR YES SIR!"

Zephyr Ambulance LTD 6/2/2026 11:56pm

"We picked it up on the Very Slow Band," Chief Clinical Officer said.

The transcription was spotty, incomplete. Portions were missing, or perhaps just left out by a mind driven insane by the shrinking process?

"Biscuits... cryptids... what went on here?"

"The cinnamon ones are especially tasty," Chief Clinical Officer said. "Good to know they're well stocked."

"Find us that HHS Crescent. It's got to be in one of these bottles."

"And once we find it?" Chief Clinical Officer asked.

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. And, Chief..."

"Yes Lead Nurse?"

"Put the landing party on alert for cryptids."


Zasha C. En
Lead Attack Nurse
Emergency Response Unit
Zephyr Ambulance LTD

Harkback Union 2/2/2026 6:23am

An antenna found atop a dirigible.
A strange device uncovered in its cargo hold.
A message from the past playing on loudspeakers, an unnaturally deep barely intelligible voice playing at painfully slow speeds.

Journal of Harbormaster L. Sky

Last entry

Chaos and anarchy ... taken over the station ... ordered abandon ship... afraid Its too late. We ... trapped.

Who would have thought ... tasking a bunch of maniacs ... solving our ballast problems ... utter disaster?

... crew of the HHS Crescent, ... anomaly research vessel ... offered station administration ... cryptid containment ray ... shrink down our overstacked storage ... fraction ... size, ... reduce its weight.

... 700 tons of cinnamon flavored biscuits ... company headquarters ... speculative frenzy ... now only weight a mere 2 tons, ... gaining altitude again.

Dazzled by their techno-babble, ... approved of project ... terrible mistake.

... biscuits ... exploded ... sugary cinnamon flakes ... charged airborne particlets ... panicked ... boarding ships ... attempting to ecape ... engines failing ... everything grew large around us ... time flow ... minutes turn days ... plumes of spactime altering cinnamon.

If you can hear this ... whatever you do ... destroy the device ... help us .. safe from ... cryptids roaming station.

... worry about us ... tiny ships ... at least we are not hungry.

Harbormaster L. Sky

Zephyr Ambulance LTD 1/25/2026 11:56pm

"They're ALL filled with... tiny people...." Chief Clinical Officer said.

"Not people, CREWS," said Ashleigh from Accountable Care. "And their ships. These aren't models..."

It was... disturbing--nauseating, even--to realize each of these bottles was filled with... actual people? Fellow attack medicine professionals... and their ships? Maddeningly shrunken to 1:350 scale?

I was suddenly quite woozy. But not without my wits.

"Call up the Chief Patient Engagement Officer. We're looking for equipment, likely quite large and including something like an antenna or concave transmission array, built into the main hangar. And CCO, get some residents here to guard this door."

I was able to get my orders out just before escaping to the deck outside the Junior Harbormaster's quarters and losing my lunch.

Zephyr Ambulance LTD 9/27/2025 10:24pm

*hey!!*

-knock- -knock- -knock-

*let us out of this bottle!*

-knock- -knock- -knock-

Zephyr Ambulance LTD 6/5/2025 8:14pm

"A Junior Harbormaster doesn't have much in the way of quarters," said Ashleigh from Accountable Care. "Not much better than a candy striper."

"It's a junior position," I said. "Like a residency."

"This resident certainly had time for hobbies," said Chief Clinical Officer.

It was true. L. Sky's cabin was filled with model airships. The "Blimp in a Bottle" style popular with retired Surgeon Generals. Dozens of them.

"Lots of down time on a stratospheric aerodrome. You can't just practice attack medicine all the time," I said.

Ashleigh was getting a close look at the models.

"The Aquitania... the Fanny Bullitt... the Aesculapius... Llandovery Castle..." Ashleigh called off.

"Sounds like the roster of ships the Renoire had docked when it disappeared," said Chief Clinical Officer.

"The Red Rover, Esperanza Del Mar, the Benevolence, the Therapia..."

"These were all the ships that were in dock. How did the Junior Harbormaster have the time...?"

"Lead Nurse, look closely," said Ashleigh. "These ARE the ships that were in dock. They're still here..."


Zasha C. En
Lead Attack Nurse
Emergency Response Unit
Zephyr Ambulance LTD

Zephyr Ambulance LTD 2/11/2025 11:44pm

The Harbormaster's office had a commanding view of the massive dirigible bay. Not as impressive as from the control tower, but gave you a comprehensive look at the fleet of airships docked at any given time. But the bay was empty.

We shuffled through the Harbormaster's desk, looking for last minute logs, dictaphone cassettes, patient records on clipboards. Any record of what might have happened. The walls of the office were decorated with ship's wheels and antique surgical equipment. And it stank.

"@Harkback Union sure enjoyed their cigars," I said.

"Uh, begging your pardon, mam," said Ashleigh from Accountable Care. "But L. Sky mentioned that the harbormaster was missing in action. Sky only took over in the midst of the crisis. So this wasn't really their office."

"Excellent point, er, Ashleigh." I never knew how to address the Candy Stripers.

"Thank you, Lead Nurse," she replied. "We've been over the bridge already. Would a Junior Harbormaster have an office?"

"No," I answered, "but their quarters would be a good place to start."


Zasha C. En
Lead Attack Nurse
Emergency Response Unit
Zephyr Ambulance LTD

Imperator Koscara 10/15/2024 11:57pm

"And where then IS my darling whizzing wheel? Why is it not here, in my vast Hangar of Time?"

"Imperator," says Lead Engineer. "Our field collapsed during the Screen Grab Process. It's possible it's been destroyed."

My engineers are worthless.

"Destroyed? DESTROYED?"

"Yes, Imperator," says Lead Engineer, wincing.

"Well then. We'll just have to find another. Begin the search."

"Imperator. The Screen Grab Process is not fully perfected. If we could have more time for trials..."

I try to be a merciful leader.

"Consider it field tests. Second Engineer--have you been listening carefully?"

"Yes, Imperator," says Second Engineer.

I reach out with the Iconic Rod of Decimation and place it on the shoulder of Lead Engineer, who becomes a puff of electric dust. Much of him settles on Second Engineer.

"See to it."

Zephyr Ambulance LTD 6/24/2024 11:54pm

"Ashleigh, mam. Accountable Care."

"And the crew of the Renoire?"

"Not a sign, mam. The ship is deserted, and no signs of trauma. All of the escape gurneys are in place, so no evac. Everything's ship shape. I can't account or it."

"Chief Clinical Officer. What are the vitals of the Renoire itself? Harbormaster had reported damage to some condensers?"

"They've been well bandaged, mam. Seem to be working at full efficiency."

It was a puzzle. A stratospheric aerodrome disappears on one planet, reappears on another, and her crew nowhere to be found. A ghost aerodrome. And now we've been through a maelstrom with her and can't find our own bearings.

"Let's take a look for additional logs," I said. "@Harkback Union's got to have more to tell us about what happened."

Zasha C. En
Lead Attack Nurse
Emergency Response Unit
Zephyr Ambulance LTD

Chief PEO Stignatz 3/4/2024 11:56pm

Chief Patient Engagement Officer's Log

Docking bay secured. No sign of aerodrome staff or any patients, hostile or otherwise.

Establishing perimeter. Tactical surgical staff forward.

Lead Attack Nurse, you're safe to come aboard. We'll expand deck by deck.