# Operation Desert Pasta
# EX1 - Operation Desert Pasta
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UVP74Q/operation-desert-pasta)
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***SIGN*** September, Unified Year 1925
***SIGN*** Imperial Capital Berun, Imperial Strategic Headquarters
***SIGN*** Strategy and Operations
Colonel Erich von Rerugen
**[00:21] Erich**
I'm a little tired of this.
***SIGN*** Military Railways
Captain Maximilian Johann von Uger
**[00:23] M**
The railway folks feel the same way.
**[00:26] Erich**
Every day, the same food.
And not good food, at that.
**[00:31] Erich**
The quality of food has a
direct effect on morale.
**[00:35] Erich**
In other circumstances, I'd be asking the
cooks to exercise their creativity...
**[00:39] M**
But we can't ask for luxuries.
**[00:41] M**
The front lines, particularly on the
southern front, are probably far worse.
**[00:45] Erich**
The southern front?
**[00:48] Erich**
The 203rd Aerial Mage
Battalion is there, too?
**[00:55] Erich**
I suppose I can make a suggestion
to General von Zettour.
**[00:59] M**
What do you mean, specifically?
**[01:00] Erich**
Our nominal allies in Ildoa have been making
noises about wanting a closer relationship.
**[01:07] Erich**
If we drop hints about wanting to share
provisions, they might be willing to provide.
**[01:13] Erich**
I'm sure the 203rd will love it.
***SIGN*** Interstitial Episode Operation Desert Pasta
***SIGN*** Southern Front, Imperial Military Temporary Base
***SIGN*** Base Command
**[01:37] Tanya**
I've already drunk half
my ration for the day.
***SIGN*** 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion Commander
Major Tanya von Degurechaff
***SIGN*** 1st Company, Adjutant
First Lieutenant Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov
**[01:42] Visha**
It hurts not having enough water,
doesn't it, Major?
**[01:48] (W)**
Major Degurechaff? Are you there,
Major Degurechaff?
**[01:52] Visha**
What is it, Captain Weiss?
***SIGN*** Vice Commander and 2nd Company Commander
Captain Matheus Johann Weiss
**[01:54] (W)**
Splendid news, Major!
**[02:00] Men**
Supplies from home!
**[02:02] Men**
Look at the size of those crates!
**[02:04] (W)**
Let us through.
**[02:05] Grantz**
Oh, Major!
**[02:08] Grantz**
Look at this!
**[02:10] Tanya**
That's pasta!
**[02:12] Tanya**
Are all these crates filled with pasta?
**[02:15] (W)**
Yes.
**[02:16] (W)**
"We realized it was possible to
transport dried short pasta by air.
**[02:21] (W)**
The troops who've received it love it.
I hope you'll enjoy it."
**[02:26] (W)**
So the enclosed message says.
**[02:31] Visha**
I've gotten so sick of that k-brot bread!
**[02:34] Koenig**
We wouldn't want to refuse HQ's kindness.
***SIGN*** 3rd Company Commander
First Lieutenant Wilibald Koenig
**[02:37] Grantz**
Let's chow down!
***SIGN*** 2nd Company
First Lieutenant Warren Grantz
**[02:38] Neumann**
I'll do the cooking!
***SIGN*** 4th Company Commander
First Lieutenant Rhiner Neumann
**[02:42] Tanya**
Men...
**[02:43] Tanya**
Where do you think we are?
**[02:46] Tanya**
Desert battles are harsh.
**[02:48] Tanya**
Weapons. Ammo. Parts. Fuel.
**[02:50] Tanya**
All that, and even water,
needs to be transported in.
**[02:55] Tanya**
I think the guys at HQ need
to learn what it's like
**[02:58] Tanya**
to not have water come out
when you turn the faucet.
**[03:02] Tanya**
So, did we get any water with this pasta?
**[03:08] Weiss**
No, not really...
**[03:10] Tanya**
Sheesh. So the Fatherland
wants us to chew on raw pasta?
**[03:14] Weiss**
That wasn't in our orders.
**[03:17] Tanya**
If we used up all our water cooking pasta,
it wouldn't even be funny.
**[03:23] Tanya**
It's as edible as a picture of a dumpling,
or a pie that's floating in the sky.
**[03:27] ---**
What?
**[03:30] Tanya**
Now, let's get back to our mission.
**[03:34] Tanya**
We do force recon and strike
their supplies, like always.
**[03:39] Tanya**
We'll hit their supply lines
and see how they react.
**[03:42] All**
Yes, ma'am!
**[03:55] (W)**
This is 02 to 01.
**[03:57] (W)**
We've sighted an enemy supply
depot that looks like our target.
**[04:00] Tanya**
Very well.
**[04:02] Tanya**
Follow the plan. The 2nd Company
will hit from above.
**[04:05] Tanya**
3rd and 4th Companies,
strike from the flanks.
**[04:07] Tanya**
Don't fly into your allies' firing lines.
**[04:10] Tanya**
All units, attack!
**[04:12] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
***SIGN*** Southern Front Free Republic Supply Depot
**[04:20] Soldier**
What?
**[04:22] Soldier**
What is it?
**[04:23] Soldier**
You see something?
**[04:31] Soldier**
Enemy attack! Enemy attack!
**[04:35] Soldier**
Imperial Mages!
**[04:36] Soldier**
Impossible! Where did they come from?
**[04:38] Soldier**
Hit them back!
**[04:39] Soldier**
They came out of nowhere!
**[04:49] Grantz**
Enemy mages to the rear.
**[04:51] Grantz**
They're panicking and rushing up here.
**[04:53] Tanya**
Okay. 2nd Company, draw the mages away.
**[04:57] Weiss**
Roger!
**[05:00] Visha**
Major, detecting EM waves.
**[05:03] Visha**
That's the comms facility!
**[05:04] Tanya**
Okay. We've got a present
from the Empire for it.
**[05:21] Weiss**
This is the 4th Company. We see what looks
like an ammo storage facility.
**[05:25] Weiss**
You should be able to see it
directly ahead of the 3rd Company!
**[05:28] Tanya**
You guys can hit it, right, 3rd Company?
**[05:30] Koenig**
Right!
**[05:36] Koenig**
Thanks for gathering it
all in one place for us!
**[05:57] Soldiers**
What happened?
**[05:58] Soldiers**
The ammo dump's on fire!
**[06:00] Soldiers**
This place is finished!
**[06:02] Soldiers**
Retreat! Retreat!
**[06:05] Soldiers**
Get to the evac bunkers!
**[06:06] Soldiers**
Leave the trucks! They're easy targets!
**[06:19] Tanya**
Okay, we're done here.
**[06:21] Tanya**
No enemy reinforcements.
**[06:24] Tanya**
Pretty good work, for a force recon mission.
**[06:28] Visha**
Major, over here!
**[06:32] Tanya**
Did you find something,
Lieutenant Serebryakov?
**[06:37] Visha**
Look, Major!
**[06:39] Visha**
It's filled with 20-liter water tanks!
**[06:42] Visha**
We shouldn't lack for water for a while now!
**[06:45] Tanya**
Hmm! Just what we were waiting for.
**[06:56] Neumann**
Here you are, Major.
**[06:58] Tanya**
Thank you.
**[06:59] ---**
Hot, hot, hot, hot...
**[07:04] Tanya**
Good. It's al dente.
**[07:06] Guys**
How long has it been since I've had pasta?
**[07:08] Guys**
This water is so good!
**[07:09] Guys**
I never thought I'd get pasta in the desert!
**[07:10] Guys**
Good job, HQ!
**[07:17] Weiss**
This is, well...
**[07:20] Grantz**
It's nice and toothsome, but...
**[07:22] Koenig**
Depressingly flavorless.
**[07:25] Neumann**
It's nice to be able to enjoy the
original flavor of the ingredients.
**[07:29] Neumann**
You can eat it in the ancient Ildoan style
and not get your hands dirty.
**[07:34] Soldiers**
This wasn't what I was hoping for.
**[07:36] Soldiers**
But it fills you up, at least.
**[07:39] Soldiers**
It's not great.
**[07:40] Soldiers**
It's not that different than k-brot.
**[07:43] Tanya**
* Before all this, I could*
* eat whatever I wanted.*
**[07:46] Tanya**
*Honestly, this is...*
**[07:51] Visha**
You don't like it either, Major?
**[07:55] Tanya**
Pasta's only good if you
have sauce and spices to go with it.
***SIGN*** Southern Front Imperial Army Temporary Base Command
**[08:09] Weiss**
I propose an Allied Kingdom
Forward Base as our next target.
**[08:15] Weiss**
We have limited information about them,
**[08:17] Weiss**
but what we have suggests they're moving
large amounts of supplies at night.
**[08:21] Weiss**
We should see what they're stocking up on.
**[08:26] Neumann**
Major, I suggest we strike
the Escargots, not the Limeys.
**[08:32] Koenig**
I'm not a gourmand by any means,
but there are things even I can't eat.
**[08:39] Visha**
What about this supply dump?
**[08:41] Visha**
Given its location, it should
have some yummy ingredients...
**[08:54] Visha**
No, I mean...
**[08:55] Visha**
I-I-It has important-looking
supplies, and, um...
**[08:58] Visha**
It's a good place to test
the enemy's response.
**[09:06] Tanya**
I see. If we hit this place, then we...
**[09:12] Tanya**
We'll go with Lieutenant
Serebryakov's suggestion.
**[09:18] Visha**
I'm honored!
**[09:20] Grantz**
Well done, Lieutenant Serebryakov.
**[09:22] Koenig**
You've got a good nose.
**[09:24] Weiss**
Yup.
**[09:25] Tanya**
Of course, the goal of the
operation is still force recon.
**[09:31] Tanya**
But since we're exercising
some local command discretion,
**[09:33] Tanya**
contact the Southern Front Commander,
General Romel.
**[09:37] ---**
Ma'am!
**[09:38] Weiss**
Dismissed.
**[09:41] Tanya**
*It's always best to keep the brass informed.*
**[09:46] Tanya**
* I've got to make sure to cover*
* my ass, bureaucracy-wise.*
**[09:53] Visha**
Um, Major?
**[09:55] Visha**
What should I name the operation
when I put it in my report?
**[09:58] Tanya**
We're fixing HQ's screw-up.
Just make something up...
**[10:02] Tanya**
No.
**[10:03] Tanya**
I just thought of a good name.
**[10:17] (W)**
Attention!
**[10:22] Tanya**
Men, the cooks at Strategic Command
have no idea how food works.
**[10:27] Tanya**
Thus, we're forced to find
our own water in the desert,
**[10:32] Tanya**
as well as our own meals!
**[10:35] Tanya**
However, there's no need
to take any big risks.
**[10:39] Tanya**
It would be the height of stupidity
to lose talented, veteran mages
**[10:44] Tanya**
for the sake of some flavor.
**[10:46] Grantz**
Major, are we more important
to you than food?
**[10:51] Tanya**
Correct, Lt. Grantz.
**[10:53] Tanya**
Both you and the food are
the property of the Empire.
**[10:58] Tanya**
But you'll rot slower.
**[11:01] Grantz**
I'm honored to hear it, ma'am!
**[11:03] Koenig**
We always get the worst jobs.
**[11:09] Neumann**
Cause we're the hardest workers.
**[11:12] Tanya**
Both of you, that's not quite right.
**[11:15] Tanya**
When I give you the shittiest jobs,
it's 'cause I care.
**[11:21] Man**
Okay, time to get to work!
**[11:23] Man**
Just like we always do!
**[11:27] Tanya**
Regardless, what we need is
always far away from us.
**[11:32] Tanya**
To get it, we must keep working.
**[11:36] Tanya**
And so I now initiate...
**[11:37] Tanya**
"Operation Desert Pasta."
***SIGN*** Southern Front Free Republic Base
***SIGN*** Free Republic Army
General Pierre Michelaud De Lugo
**[11:48] De Lugo**
What's going on?
***SIGN*** Free Republic Army
Lt. Colonel Severin Bientot
**[11:49] Severin**
The Empire knows the status of our supplies.
**[11:56] Weiss**
Major, I found tomato sauce!
**[12:00] Visha**
It has chicken in it!
**[12:03] Severin**
The attacks look sporadic and random, but...
**[12:08] De Lugo**
If you look at which countries
jurisdictions were attacked,
**[12:12] De Lugo**
it reveals a startling
and dangerous truth.
**[12:17] Koenig**
Got some basil!
**[12:19] Grantz**
And dried parsley from Ildoa!
**[12:21] Neumann**
Oregano, too!
**[12:23] Neumann**
That'll be good in a tomato-based sauce!
**[12:25] Severin**
They're not just idiots who
are after our canned goods.
**[12:29] Severin**
It's a cunningly-disguised strategy.
**[12:32] Severin**
Every base that was attacked
**[12:34] Severin**
was right on the border of another
country's operational jurisdiction.
**[12:38] De Lugo**
Which makes life harder.
**[12:40] De Lugo**
Those disgusting dogs have already sniffed
out the weakness in our alliance.
**[12:49] Weiss**
Wine!
**[12:50] Grantz**
And cheese, too!
**[12:52] Visha**
That's perfect for the pasta!
**[12:54] Koenig**
I could use some side dishes.
**[12:56] Neumann**
I wanna make potato salad.
**[12:58] Severin**
According to an intercepted
enemy transmission...
**[13:01] De Lugo**
They're calling this mission
"Operation Desert Pasta"?
**[13:06] De Lugo**
The bastards are mocking us!
**[13:14] Tanya**
Everyone...
**[13:17] Tanya**
Mission complete!
**[13:18] All**
Hooray!
**[13:30] (SV)**
It's so good...
**[13:32] Grantz**
This chicken is great.
**[13:34] Koenig**
So's the potato salad.
**[13:36] Weiss**
It goes great with the wine!
**[13:40] Neumann**
*We're eating better than they do back home!*
**[13:42] Soldiers**
This is so good!
**[13:43] Soldiers**
When's the last time we
had something so good?
**[13:46] Soldiers**
It's amazing!
**[13:57] Tanya**
* It's just a temporary coincidence that*
* we're able to eat so well in the desert.*
**[14:03] Tanya**
* But that coincidence has restored life*
* and humanity to the troops of this unit.*
**[14:10] Tanya**
*It's wonderful.*
**[14:13] Visha**
May I sit here?
**[14:15] Tanya**
Go ahead.
**[14:17] Visha**
This is a nice change of pace, huh, Major?
**[14:22] Tanya**
Yeah.
**[14:24] Tanya**
Food is important.
***SIGN*** Imperial Capital Berun, Imperial Air Force Base
**[16:16] Rerugen**
I didn't expect such splendid results.
**[16:23] Rerugen**
It was hard to get another shipment,
**[16:26] Rerugen**
but the guys at the front are
working so hard, I just had to.
**[16:30] Soldiers**
Bring on the pasta!
**[16:32] Soldiers**
We're sending more to the southern front!
**[16:35] ---**
Sir!
**[16:36] Soldiers**
Keep the noodles coming!
**[16:37] Soldiers**
Hurry, hurry!