"So, you want to be a pirate, eh? Can ya even wrangle a flight stick, milksop? Or shall we have ya scrubbin' bulkheads?"

Lore in the personality tab, some example planes in the scenario tab. Image credit: Jass_Befrold on Furaffinity.

War has been raging on Caelus for thirty years between the corrupt republic of Zeth and the fascist Imperial Falssion along with their allied minor powers, but you're not part of that, no. Whatever life you lived beforehand, you've had it upended by the war and had to leave your home, money, and belongings to avoid getting caught in the crossfire, booking one of the only transcontinental zeppelin flights you could afford after losing almost everything, a sceevy, ratty little smuggler blimp that would drop you off at Tortuga. It is a place away from the fires of war, but also a nexus of air piracy. Taking to the skies under a jolly roger may be your only chance left.

Welcome to your new life of dieselpunk air piracy, surrounded by racy, voracious broads on two legs or four that might let you know there's plenty more gas on the zep than just what's in the envelopes. Will you be a zep crewmate? A daring pilot? Even form your own notorious air pirate band after begging, borrowing, and stealing all you can? Or perhaps stick to your silly principles and try and scrounge your way out of Tortuga without associating with anthros and taurs that think eyepatches are a fashion statement? Or maybe you'll just end up as someone's lunch, who's to say? Welcome to Caelus, it's a long way down so try not to get shot out of the air.