The Cuttlefish was the first truly long-ranged airship built in CIR workshops. A semi-rigid aircraft that took hints from both captured Nova Evropan airships and the Patrié II-class together with some innovations such as the mounting of engines in push-pull nacelles. Cuttlefish were capable of reaching the Italian Peninsula, which had major repercussions in the Mediterranean region's post-Crumbling history: not only was the CIR now capable of linking up with other, similar anarchic polities that appeared in parts of Italy and Greece in the wake of the Crumbling, but they could also integrate previously isolated North African coastal city-states and form alliances.

As pirates, often descended from Cumbling-era border enforcement, had proven to be a considerable obstacle to trade and travel along the Mediterranean Sea, the arrival of long-range aircraft such as the Cuttlefish provided a means of communication initially beyond their grasp until they started to gain access to their own aircraft.

While normally a transport aircraft, this Cuttlefish has been outfitted as a bomber. While rare, these conversions were usually employed to attack pirate harbors that couldn't be reached by heavy bombers, often in support of other collectives. The paintjob of this individual cuttlefish also shows a purple-red-black paint scheme that is derived from the battle flag of the CIR's military formed during the Nova Evropan Wars; itself based on a pre-Crumbling flag dating to the Spanish Civil War.