For Forty Weeks the Sunbird Flew: An Airman's Tale

The Sunbird was an old vessel, and it showed. She was a patchwork of parts and materials, kept afloat seemingly by the determination of those who sailed on her and no small amount of luck.

For Archer it didn't matter, for the Sunbird represented his best chance at seeing the world outside of the serving halls of the noble estate he'd been born on, and his one opportunity to take flight and sail the skies. If he just so happened to be upon an old heavy-frigate rather than some fancy new cruiser, well, that would just add to the rustic feel of it all!

Still, the Sunbird holds more than a few secrets aboard, least of all the strange secret kept by the engineer, and the discontent of the crew. There's a strange sense of foreboding on the ship, as if all expect something to come to a head soon.

They may not know it, but these are to be the last forty weeks of the Sunbird's flight.