Master of the World

The Master of the World was a B-22 Lancer II strategic bomber of the, and later the. Manufactured in in preparation for a predicted full-on civil war between the  and  in the, the aircraft was deployed to , where it took part in striking multiple  strongholds.

In, the pilot and navigator of the aircraft, both of whom were plants, as well two other crewmembers of another bomber defected to the  along with the aircraft. Although the and  scrambled fighters to shoot down the Master of the World, it disappeared into a hurricane, and was presumed lost.

However, the aircraft and its crew survived, flying at low level over uninhabited areas, and safely landed at a remote base in the frozen tundra of  arctic regions. Due to a lack of resources to fly the aircraft frequently, and the weather conditions needed for it to carry out a mission, the Master of the World only flew two successful combat missions, one bombing the main planetary spaceport, and the second during the Battle of Mato Grosso, where it destroyed the provincial capital's government sector.

Its final mission was to fire a volley of standoff missiles at the planetary parliament building, where top  officials were meeting with  planetary officials. However, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by fighters before it could launch its payload. All but one crewmember died in the crash. The lone survivor, the aircraft's navigator, in, still imprisoned on , wrote a chronicle of the events on , titling it Fight To Master A World.