Combat Flight 1664

Combat Flight 1664 is an action movie produced by Questarian director Thomas Barnes. It is based on a true story of the Imperial Questarian Army Air Service Combat Flight One-Six-Six-Four, which as part of Operation Rudel, neutralised an astonishing 6,000 Allanean Nakil tanks in fifty minutes. It is rated '21:M' in Questers, but the Government has been accused of allowing younger Questarians to watch the film.

Historical Background

As part of the Questarian Commonwealth - NATO/Gholgoth war, the Questarian home front saw vicious fighting between Allanean and Questarian forces. After the initial Questarian attack was repulsed, large numbers of Allanean armour, produced in Macabean plants, where thrown against the Questarian Army which was lacking in armour production. On the 17th of July, Mi-88Gs from the 81st Air Regiment loaded up on large amounts of air to ground cluster weapons to attack the Allanean tank formation that was forming up and threatening the stability of the whole front. With the air clear of Allanean planes, the Questarian bombers began their attack runs. Using anti tank cluster munitions they destroyed some six thousand Allanean tanks in just fifty minutes.

Plot

The plot follows a young Questarian pilot whos family is murdered in the London bombings. Some detail is paid to the bombings but the film begins when the Questarian aerial reconnaissance spots 17,000 Allanean tanks forming up. With great success the previous day in using cluster munitions to knock out 3,000 Allanean tanks from the air, the Mi-88Gs are brought up from reserve and prepped with their weapons. This is seen on screen.

Mean while the Questarian forces are attacked by the Allaneans. Bitter fighting happens on the ground and an encircled group of Questarian conscripts holds their ground tenaciously against the Allaneans, killing many times their number. Eventually they are overrun, and the Questarians retreat through a small town, laying anti tank mines on the road to stop the Allaneans bringing up their tanks. The town is fortified, but civilians can not leave because it is discovered the Allaneans have deployed biological weapons behind the town. After heavy fighting, the Questarian garrison surrenders and is promptly mowed down after raising a white flag.

It is hinted that the Allaneans use civilians to walk over the mines to clear them.

In a house in the town, six Allanean soldiers break in looking for civilians. One of them is black (he is portrayed by the director to have gorilla-like figures); the other is Islamic, one is a furry, one is Kahanistani another is a homosexual, and the officer is a known paedophile. This is revealed the audience via an easy implication as the soldiers joke amongst each other. Inside the house they find a young woman, two elderly grandparents, and six young children. The oldest of the children, who is around twelve years old, is shot dead immediately, and the two pensioners are beaten to death by rifle clubs in what has been called one of the most brutal scenes in Questarian film history. The young woman is gang raped while the children are forced to watch. One tries to reach for his fathers pistol but is caught by the officer and sodomised. Eventually the children are thrown onto bayonets (the youngest is roasted in an oven) and the mother is dragged off to a worse fate.

Meanwhile, the Allaneans have still not cleared the mines and a counterattack has halted their efforts. A long line of Allanean tanks is held up and cannot move. The Questarian air strike obliterates six thousand of them before running out of ammunition. Again, in one of the bloodiest scenes in Questarian film history, the camera follows from the nose of one of the cluster EFPs as it breaks through the tanks armour. The crew turn around to look in horror before they are graphically torn to pieces. The film ends as the women of the town are bundled into a truck by a group of black Allanean soldiers. As the truck moves off, the camera moves to their point of view and they can see burning Allanean tanks all the way to the horizon.

Controversy

No contact with Questarian civilians was actually made by Allanean ground forces, so the rape and murder scenes were most definetly fake and did not really happen. The strength of the average Questarian soldier is vastly overplayed. Allanea did not use biological weapons on the home front. For these reasons some view the film as a propaganda film.

International Reception

The film was simultaneously released in the nation of No Endorse to rave reviews. The film had an all time record opening day for a foreign film at the box office, and is considered one of the finest foreign films ever. Atal Amner, then Prime-Minister of No Endorse, lauded the film as "the single most influential historical documentary in our time." Others within No Endorse provided additional praise, citing excellent attention to historical accuracy and the vivid portrayal of the Allanean troops. Filmmaker Thomas Barnes was awarded the Medal of Darwin, the highest honor bestowed by No Endorse, by the No Endorse Parliament for his powerful portrayal of the horrors of the war and the strength of the Questarian troops.