NATO: The Search for Blue September

The Centurions and Chimera charging into battle

Richard Hammond

Giacomo Botticelli

Wilhelm Friedrichstein/ Friedrich Wilhelmstein

NATO: The Search for Blue September follows the mission of the Centurions as they infiltrate a Soviet facility to destroy all progress towards a weapon of mass destruction. The Centurions are NATO's elite special mission force tasked with the most perilous endeavors taken against the iron curtain. Their communist counterparts Chimera often battle with them wherever they may be deployed. The videos follows the Centurions as they are briefed in their mission before paradropping into the Soviet Union. The Script for this film was originally written in early 2020 but its filming was delayed several times before the Summer of 2022. The release of the video was delayed further as editing was rather slow. While at the moment a standalone film, there is the potential for sequels and prequels with a rotating cast of multinational operatives.

## Plot

### Briefing

On May 31, 1975 the Centurions are called to a secret briefing into an unknown location in which Commander Stanley Steelbrow gives them a dangerous mission into the Soviet Union. The Centurions are introduced individually with the narrator stating their name, place of birth and specialty. The operatives by appearance are John Woods from the United States of America, Bill Letrex from Canada, Richard Hammond from England, Giacomo Botticelli from Italy and Wilhelm Friedrichstein from Germany. It is revealed that the Soviets are producing a giant robot armed with nuclear warheads and the capability of self-thought to turn the tide of the Cold War. The Centurions then suit up in a groovy sequence and paradrop into the Soviet Union.

### Infiltrating the facility

The Centurions land with relative ease and make their way to the Soviet base. They encounter a patrol which they easily dispose of as the Russians had forgotten all their ammunition and grenades. They Centurions then reach the entrance gate in which they kill two guards. They confirm that no one heard these gunshots as a nice fellow named Lepskopski Fenkovitch states he did not hear anything before he is brutally killed. Wilhelm then "hacks" into the gate and the operatives find their way to a nuclear generator. Richard Hammond plants some charges to blow the facility on their departure and the operatives find their way to the Blue September's plans.

### Securing the plans

The team finds a table containing a model of the Blue September which Giacomo mistakes for the real weapon, and Hammond finds the blueprints and specifications for the machine. Wilhelm examines and confirms the plans and the team prepares to depart when Wilhelm suddenly stops them. He unexpectedly reveals his true identity of Friedrich Wilhelmstein, an East German con artist. Following this he reveals he is not alone as several Chimera operatives being Mikhail Gossovitch from the Soviet Union, István Tóth from Hungary, and Zeb from Czechoslovakia. Both teams form up and an all out brawl ensues. In the midst of the fighting Friedrich attempts to escape with the plans but is thwarted by Giacomo he defeats him and secures the plans for the Centurions. The other Centurions manage to defeat the remaining Chimera forces. The team then escapes for extraction and detonates the nuclear reactor, halting Soviet efforts towards their weapon of mass destruction.

## Trivia

- The idea for this video simply emerged after Jack watch a video of Italian paratroopers during the cold war. He thought it was funny how eccentric they looked in their training as they jumped over objects so he wanted to play such a character leading to the creation of a story to support this silly idea.

- French and Bulgarian operatives were planned for the two teams but were scrapped due to the already large amount of characters. Both have the potential to show up in the future should more videos be created.

-Joe was sick with what turned out to be covid so he did not take part in this video, his role was luckily able to be filled by Eric who made his first appearance in any video.

- The Blue September is a G1 Transformers Starscream action figure. Jack found the original patent for the toy online and printed it to be the blueprints for the robot while using the toy as a model.

- Filming was done in over 90 degree whether in which several times the camera stopped working due to the heat. Frequent breaks were taken to cool off inside stretching production out across the day.