Jungle Island 2 session story HELP!!!

[ShirAhn]

So my 5 lvl 5 players will crash with their sentien flying ship on a island next session. The ship will not respond for some reason and the players have to explore the island.

Im looking for a fun/interesting reason why the ship wont respond and stuff to find/do on the island. Hope we can have a brainstorm session.

[Tiadoppler]

So my 5 lvl 5 players will crash with their sentien flying ship on a island next session. The ship will not respond for some reason and the players have to explore the island.

Im looking for a fun/interesting reason why the ship wont respond and stuff to find/do on the island. Hope we can have a brainstorm session.

Look up the Eyjafjallajokul(sp?) eruption (Iceland volcano) and how it disrupted air travel a few years ago. Volcanic eruption puts a bunch of debris up into the air, jams the engines? The volcano spirit must be appeased before it's safe for the airship to take off.


Magnetic anomaly? Invisible island with a magnetic shield. Ships come in but they don't come out.

Island is the mating ground for the sentient flying ship's species. Flying ship wants to go nest.

Minor demigod has declared himself the monotheistic deity of this tiny unimportant island. None of the big deities really care. All who enter must pay homage, and a tithe, or they cannot leave.

Sentient flying ship ate a plant native to this island, and is now addicted/high. Refuses to leave.


Edit:
First episode of ST:TNG. Sentient flying ship's mate is captured by the civilized/advanced tribe that lives on the island. The tribe is using the ship's powers and engines to run their civilization. Your ship wants the other ship to be set free, and won't leave unless you succeed.

[Lord8Ball]

Oh look a bird! Flies into a cloud when distracted. Rams into a mountain or wildlife stuck in the turbines causing a nonpowered landing which leads into a crash.