The Snail-Eater is one of the signature aircraft employed by the Confederation of the Iberian Region (CIR). This faction's roots lay in the progressive decay of the old Spanish government, which caused many of it's inhabitants to resort to resurging activist and mutual aid groups to make their ends meet, leading to the formation of a loosely anarchist, bottom-up society that takes up the entire peninsula.

The Confederation's aviation sector is infamous for it's use of unorthodox configurations. This is enabled by two factors: on one hand, much of the CIR's industry has developed in a decentralized way that harnesses solar boilers, causing aircraft production to often involve small manufacturers producing spare parts. On the other, the open public domain-esque nature of aircraft blueprints allow designers, manufacturers and squadrons to tinker and experiment with existing designs. This has caused many of their airframes to employ a modular construction, which diminishes the logistical footprint of the practice of splicing together at-times almost unique airplanes. In particular, the Snail-Eater's fuselage is one of the most popularly reused sections in warplanes.

The Snail-Eater's main role is to be a long-range attack aircraft capable of hitting the enemy logistics train behind enemy lines. It's armament consists of 2 rifle-caliber MGs in the cockpit wing roots; 2 18 mm cannons and a 27 mm gun in the nose.

In keeping with this, the pilot is set apart from the rest of the aircraft. This not only confers them with great vision, but also aids in protecting them, even at the time of being shot down, where the lack of obstructive elements behind the pilot greatly eases bailing out. Moreover, the free nose provided by the cockpit also provides not just a great platform for weapons, but also other gear such as radars.