The Clergy

The Clergy are a group of religious scientists who helped build the Airships.

Lore
Now that the Airships are floating, The Clergy has moved on to a greater subject of to research the possessed machine's influence. They say "Anything that runs on electricity will fry if it gets close to some of the bigger machines... Unless it's been sanctified by The Clergy." where "will fry if it gets close to some of the bigger machines" may be referring to the Bosses of the zones. The clergy also keeps all it's belongings of tech close to them, they say it "Saves Divers" so they feel that they can get away with such actions.

Theories
Some may think The Clergy are a group of evil scientist that just want to control the world. By researching the Possessed Machines that they will be able to control them for them to do their biding.