A formation of 12 Dragonfly transport aircraft swept over the bombing zone that had been marked over the map.0

At the front was a veteran pigman acting as team leader, piloting the lead plane. The other 11 planes held formation on either side.1

They calculated drop distance by plugging altitude, speed, entry angle, and wind into formulas. With a signal from the lead aircraft, bomb-bay doors opened, and bombardiers slid bombs off the rails one after another.0

Using transport planes as bombers was reckless in every sense, but what they lacked in accuracy they made up with volume.0

One after another, bombs tumbled down like dumplings into the marked city sector. Orange-red blossoms erupted between highways and towers.0

Skyscrapers from the Prosperity Era were absurdly sturdy.0

Even after two centuries of weathering, most...0