{"product_id":"platypus-platoon-20x30-poster-unframed","title":"Platypus Platoon 20x30 Poster Unframed","description":"\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-(--header-height)\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"b196ec01-3efb-4d93-8754-b70343284d1c\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-63\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"user\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pt-12 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] 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gloriously dysfunctional future war — one featuring uplifted platypuses, maritime commando raids, missile theft, black-market otters, and at least one tactical venom-spur deployment to the groin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"468\" data-end=\"638\"\u003eFresh off the Warrumbungle Campaign and now promoted to Captain, Cecil Dundee is handed the sort of assignment guaranteed to make seasoned officers fake their own deaths:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"715\"\u003eBuild the Australian Army’s first fully integrated uplifted combat company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"729\"\u003eNo pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"756\"\u003eHis new command includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"1044\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"784\"\u003eWombat combat engineers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"785\" data-end=\"812\"\u003eHuman infantry recruits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"813\" data-end=\"861\"\u003eKnife-fighting Nepalese mongeese instructors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"907\"\u003eA platoon of psychotic platypus commandos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"1044\"\u003eAt least one officer candidate who thinks “shore leave” means “cripple three allied sailors and venom-sting a harbor cop in the balls”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1046\" data-end=\"1237\"\u003eMeet Lance Corporal Horace Pfleuger:\u003cbr\u003eA hard-drinking platypus commando with poor impulse control, excellent fieldcraft, and the unsettling confidence of a creature equipped by evolution with:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1238\" data-end=\"1360\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1238\" data-end=\"1253\"\u003eVenom spurs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1274\"\u003eElectroreception\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1275\" data-end=\"1313\"\u003eAmphibious infiltration capability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1314\" data-end=\"1329\"\u003eA duck bill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1330\" data-end=\"1360\"\u003eWar crimes waiting to happen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1587\"\u003eWhen stolen HIMARS missile launchers appear on hijacked offshore oil rigs, Cecil’s freshly assembled company is thrown into combat before training is even complete. The result is a brutal nighttime maritime assault involving:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1887\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1607\"\u003eCombat swimmers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1608\" data-end=\"1642\"\u003eSilent underwater infiltration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1643\" data-end=\"1678\"\u003ePlatform-to-platform firefights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1679\" data-end=\"1707\"\u003eHoney badger mercenaries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1708\" data-end=\"1727\"\u003eOtter assassins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1728\" data-end=\"1760\"\u003eRussian “technical advisors”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1761\" data-end=\"1780\"\u003eMissile strikes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1781\" data-end=\"1796\"\u003eKukri duels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1797\" data-end=\"1887\"\u003ePlatypi emerging from the sea like amphibious nightmares with carbines and bad attitudes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1889\" data-end=\"1998\"\u003eAnd somewhere in the middle of all this:\u003cbr\u003eThe Australian Army still expects paperwork completed in triplicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2000\" data-end=\"2062\"\u003eAs always, the real heart of the story lies beneath the chaos:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2414\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2100\"\u003eSoldiers trying to become leaders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2101\" data-end=\"2156\"\u003eFriends carrying each other through impossible odds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2157\" data-end=\"2221\"\u003eUplifted species struggling to earn equality through service\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2222\" data-end=\"2282\"\u003eVeterans balancing duty, trauma, loyalty, and dark humor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2283\" data-end=\"2414\"\u003eThe realization that every military organization eventually becomes powered entirely by caffeine, profanity, and stolen equipment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2416\" data-end=\"2426\"\u003eFeaturing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2427\" data-end=\"2781\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2427\" data-end=\"2467\"\u003eCedar’s gorgeous cinematic cover art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2468\" data-end=\"2491\"\u003eTactical marsupials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2492\" data-end=\"2549\"\u003eMongeese who can kill you seventeen ways with a kukri\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2550\" data-end=\"2592\"\u003eThe rise of Project PUSS (yes, really)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2593\" data-end=\"2663\"\u003eOne of the greatest uses of a platypus in military fiction history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2664\" data-end=\"2781\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2666\" data-end=\"2681\"\u003eThe sentence:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-start=\"2684\" data-end=\"2781\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2686\" data-end=\"2781\"\u003e“My men and I can sneak up on a sunning crocodile and buttfuck him before he even knows we’re—”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2783\" data-end=\"2847\"\u003eAnd just when you think things cannot possibly escalate further…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2849\" data-end=\"2887\"\u003eThe enemy unveils uplifted drop bears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2889\" data-end=\"2982\"\u003eBecause apparently somebody looked at koalas and thought:\u003cbr\u003e“You know what these need? 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