Last week's Maison Ikkoku marathon was a great success. All are set during the second world war. All involve deep philosophical dilemnas and ironies. The first of these is about German fighter pilot, one Erhardt Rheindas, hero of the North Africa campaign, who is shunned by other pilots for a seeming act of cowardice. The bomber also carries old friends of his - a scientist and his young daughter.
Metaphors fly like crazy.
His job, basically, is to crash his plane into the side of an American aircraft carrier. You might guess how this ends. The planet is much like Earth, with early 50's technology but with what looks like a feudal political system. The Space Force has been in existence for 30 years and has yet to produce anything of value to the military. Consequently, it is about to be abolished.