Synopsis
A deeply poetic, quiet chapter in the late-1970s Men of War era. Sitting alone at his airfield desk in the heavy winter cold, Hans von Hammer reflects deeply on the massive, exhausting weight of the deaths that continue to accumulate around him. While his loyal orderly Schultz coordinates the daily logistics of the squadron, the Rittmeister falls into a non-linear recollection sequence where the haunting memory of his recently murdered father, Baron Otto von Hammer, surfaces to press down on his conscience. The narrative operates far more as a grim psychological meditation than a standard action comic, pausing the violent momentum of the frontline dogfights to examine a man trapped inside his own inescapable mourning.
