The session begins in the immediate aftermath of the Baron’s capture, with the party engaged in a violent barroom brawl within the dark, wind-shattered wreckage of the Baron’s compound. Mickle Cobblelob’s homunculus, Lofta, attempts to fly out of the compound while carrying the Bag of Holding containing the captured Baron. Captain Barnaby Harrier charges through the line of guards to create an escape route, successfully shoving several enemies prone. Khalid rises into the air and unleashes a massive psychic blast in a cone, knocking henchmen across the room and filling the area with a palpable sense of dread. Bludarious utilizes his modified musket and “violent shots” to methodically eliminate the remaining professional soldiers and criminal guards. Mickle executes a guard with a second-level Ray of Sickness, causing the target to fester and collapse in a scream of agony. Grundel, the Goliath barbarian, engages the Baron's Goliath bodyguard in a brutal exchange of blows involving a massive crescent wrench and a billy club.

As the room clears, the party surrounds a mesmerized Fire Genasi wizard who had been incapacitated by Khalid’s magic. Bludarious executes the wizard with a point-blank musket shot to the face, reducing the mage's head to a pink mist. Upon the wizard's death, his blood acts as a magical fuse that ignites his body, triggering a localized fireball that engulfs the room and leaves only a scorch mark behind. Meanwhile, Nebish takes to the air and intercepts the fleeing Lofta over the water, successfully securing the Bag of Holding. The party loots the compound, securing 800 gold pieces and several sets of scale armor from the fallen guards. As they prepare to leave, they observe the Amazonian Navy beginning a thunderous artillery bombardment of the western, Cordoban-controlled side of Caracas.

The party regroups outside the city to secure the Baron’s person and assets before the military arrives. Grundel hauls the Baron out of the Bag of Holding by his leg, and the party immediately threatens him with readied weapons. To prevent the Baron from using his magic rings to escape via Dimension Door, the party forces him into a large bear trap. The trap successfully clamps onto the Baron's neck and legs, leaving him in excruciating pain and unable to fight back. The party strips eight magical rings from his person, including the Ring of Lies and the Ring of Truth. After Bludarious fires a signaling flare, an Amazonian airship descends and deploys twenty-four soldiers. The high-ranking Colonel (Rear Admiral Annatar) takes custody of the trapped Baron and informs the party that a requisition for their reward—a private airship—has been placed at the administrative headquarters in Petrolina.

Returning to the city's gantry, the party finds the facility deserted and manages to recover their hydrogas engine, which is now fully loaded and repaired. The party decides to travel south along the railroad tracks to reach the crash site of the Spring Wind. During their trek through a corridor of refugees, they encounter a group of weary travelers at a campfire. Among them is Hargrave Umfridus, a 60-year-old scholar and former intelligence advisor to Captain Dashan. After Khalid and Grundel present a rare Primordial book containing legends of elemental spirits, Hargrave is persuaded to join their crew. During a long rest, Bludarious utilizes his tinker’s tools to reattach a specialized telescopic sight to his rifle, granting him advantage on long-range attacks.

The party continues their march for several miles until they hear the rhythmic sound of tools striking steel. Nebish flies ahead and discovers a maintenance train and a squad of a dozen soldiers conducting repairs on the tracks. Further off the tracks, the party spots the wreck of the Spring Wind, which is being guarded and patched by a unit of the 18th Cordoban Light Infantry. Captain Barnaby Harrier, agitated by the sight of soldiers touching his vessel, charges toward the ship with authority. The Cordoban soldiers, caught off guard by Barnaby's sudden approach, level their rifles and order the party to halt in the name of the nation.