At that point I knew it was going to be a ‘Fairy Tale’ and it was.
Now, if it had omitted those few words, it would have been okay as it had no time reference............................
I was a science fiction buff, but I always saw science fiction as “fairy tale”. I just saw that sentence as saying it was a different time and place. And I was able to suspend disbelief as fighters “flew” around in space like WWII fighters. :)