"Der Luftpirat und sein lenkbares Luftschiff 40: Die Empörung im Weltenfahrzeug" is an episode in a German science fiction series published between 1908 and 1911. Captain Mors, the masked air pirate, commands both an airship and a space-worthy vessel called the Meteor. After his family's murder by revolutionaries, he wages war against criminals and anarchists across Earth and beyond. His crew includes loyal Indian servants and captured scientists. Together they encounter intelligent life on Venus, Mars, and Saturn's moons.