EX1 - 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!