The Sky Pirates of Ardent BayThe Dawn Chaser sliced through the clouds, her solar-silk sails billowing in the high-altitude winds. Below, the world was a patchwork map, but Captain Kaelen’s eyes were locked on the prize ahead: the Solar Nymph, a lumbering merchant skyship heavy with Aether-crystals, the lifeblood of the sky-lands.“Easy now, Cap’n,” murmured Silas, his first mate, peering through a brass spyglass. “Her escort’s lagging. We’ve got a clean approach.”Kaelen grinned, the wind whipping his dark hair. “Signal the crew. We strike fast and clean. Remember the Code!”The Code of Ardent Bay was simple: plunder, but never sink