Greatheart Silver, the thirty-year-old first mate on Acme Zeppelin 8, is the sole survivor of an attack by the Mad Fokker, an air pirate and World War I veteran who was mothballed by the United States government because it could not undo his mental conditioning. Bendt Micawber (the CEO of Acme Corporation and the descendant of Mr. Micawber from David Copperfield) cites his survival as dereliction of duty.
Greatheart Silver, the first mate on Acme Zeppelin 8, is the sole survivor of an attack by a World War I veteran named Mad Fokker, who was deactivated by the US government due to his mental conditioning. Bendt Micawber, CEO of Acme Corporation and descendant of David Copperfield's Mr. Micawber, blames Silver for not fulfilling his duty.