Swamped

Something down here is producing a lot of smoke. At first you worry it might have to do with those unmoving gears you grabbed, but it's nowhere near them. If that is what caused the mess, this machinery is far too complex for its own good.

But as you hop down to investigate, you see that the answer is a lot more mundane. Something's stuck between two gears. You can't quite follow all the connections to see how that makes smoke, but the object very clearly doesn't belong there, so you pull it out.

It's a lever. Seems to be broken off. So someone tried to sabotage two parts of this machinery at once? Who, though? And for that matter, why?

And are they still down here? As if you didn't have enough problems.

The smoke starts clearing, and it suddenly strikes you that might alert the ram. You'd better get moving. You opt to keep up high for the moment, and climb over some machinery. You're not even worrying about Rider for the moment, you're just aiming to put some distance between you and the smoke.

Then, suddenly, it feels like the ship is making a sharp turn. You get flung around, and as you try to pick yourself up, you spot the ram struggling to maintain its footing.

The hells was that? Is there no way to alert the crew when the ship's going to turn?

Wait... who's even steering it?

You think you might want to look into that, but you've already got quite a few other problems going on. For instance, what if that sharp turn knocked Long out of bed? The grebling priest might have trouble getting him back in on his own.

What should you do?