My hope is just faster, maybe more weather durable airships.

[His suspicions, both as a former knight and after the way Krimnos responded to the attack from the undead: ready to go up in arms against the other city, are grimmer than his hopes.]

These airships look armored but I haven't seen any sign of weaponry, and I haven't ridden the others enough to know how often they have to deal with creature attacks. I would say exploration, maybe to wilder lands than the normal routes traverse.