Descent into the Desert

What lies beyond the sands?

Written by

Leonardo Verkoelen

Reading time

2 min

Published on

March 11, 2024

Operation: Deli Platter

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In Operation: Deli Platter we follow the story of multiple different groups. From the special operations performed by the Deli Squad, who are deeply in search of the Deli Platter, to the Free Nations in the process of discovering what’s behind the banana trade routes.

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Contemporary Warfare

Both stories seem to be initially disconnected, even though slivers of context bring them much closer than initially expected.

The Free Nations are the new global state that has enforced peace for several decades. It is governed by the collectively elected Leader.

The Leader of the Free Nations has many borders to protect and even more trade routes to control.

One of these trade routes is the trans-african banana network, which goes all across Afri Proxica.

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A banana next to a banana clip. The poster from Operation: Deli Platter by Blauw Films.

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Many banana clips for an AK-47 that have been painted yellow to look like a banana. A still from Operation: Deli Platter by Blauw Films.

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Bananas are continuously being exported from Afri Proxica at a higher rate than ever.

While inconspicuous banana colored banana clips are imported and traded for the healthy produce. The continent has slowly been depleted of its natural food supply while their resources for war have steadily increased.

Free Nations soldiers have been sent out to the middle of the trans-african network to investigate. They have the full support of the Leader and the two strongest corporations, the Toy Factory and Board of Health.

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A still from Operation: Deli Platter in which we look over the rifle of a Free Nations soldier and look down at the desert with two fallen soldiers and a plume of thick yellow smoke.

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The Free Nations soldiers will travel throughout the depths of the night to reach a clandestine Banana-clip factory.

However, no training at the camp or in virtual-reality will prepare them for a head-on fight with those freedom fighters on the side of the Afri Proxica. From the Militia Brava de Compagnie to the Force Communautaire (FC), there is true passion for survival empowered by near infinite firepower in between the Free Nation soldiers and the Toy Factory...

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