History Recap / QuakeIICallOfTheMachineOperationCorpseRun

* ATasteOfPower: {{Downplayed}}, you get ''the {{BFG}}10K'' just after arriving, being greeted with over 100 Light Guards in order to put it to good use. You still keep the weapon for the rest of the levels, but every cell pack you collect will have to be spent between the PoweredArmor and your other weapons.

* ATasteOfPower: {{Downplayed}}, you get ''the {{BFG}}10K'' just after arriving, being greeted with nearly 30 Light Guards in order to put it to good use. You still keep the weapon for the rest of the levels, but every cell pack you collect will have to be spent between the PoweredArmor and your other weapons.

* SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom: One such trap is featured at the end of "The Casali Effect", situated on the roof of the room overlooking the main arena. Shooting a button on one of the walls activates the trap, majorly damaging the two Phalanx Gladiators situated within.
* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: Just entering "The Casali Effect" you see a sweet cache locked behind some doors. And at your right, one of every weapon with ammo boxes in them. The moment you drop, "Rage" starts playing, and the hordes begin to fill the map. [[BrutalBonusLevel Good luck!]]

* CreatorCameo: One of the secrets in "Give Me Back My Moon" is a hidden air vent that leads to a room with a dead marine and the inscription "What would Sandy do?". Shooting the name triggers an encounter with a Shambler. Killing it has the screen printing "Thank you, Sandy". Sandy is Creator/SandyPetersen, Id alumni who worked on the first games of the company, including ''VideoGame/QuakeI'', before departing to help Microsoft and Creator/EnsembleStudios create and develop the ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' saga.

''Operation: Desert Run'' is the first of six operations in the ''Call of the Machine'' expansion that comes with the 2023 remastered version of ''VideoGame/QuakeII''.

The first of six incursions into Stroggos in order to locate the six discs, Operation: Corpse Run puts you in the role of Surgubbe, one of the marines in charge of finding these discs.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: "Strogg Jammers" has both a Double Damage ''and'' Quad Damage power-up in the two arenas each. If you saved the latter from the Makron fight, using ''both'' of them at the same time has a devastating effect on the enemies in the final confrontation - even more so if you saved the Dualfire Damage from "Give Me Back My Moon" prior.

* DualBoss: "Strogg Jammers" ends with a battle against two minor Makron called Sons of Makron.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: "Strogg Jammers" has both the Quad Damage ''and'' Double Damage. If you saved the latter from the Makron fight, using ''both'' of them at the same time has a devastating effect on the Beta Class Gladiators ''and'' the Sons of Makron themselves.

* MonsterCloset: One of the secrets in "Give Me Back My Moon" requires you to crawl through a vent in order to see a writing on a wall, ''What would Sandy do?'' Shooting Sandy's name reveals a hidden cache... And a Shambler!

* ShoutOut: "The Casali Effect" is one to Dario and Milo Casali, who were responsible for ''The Plutonia Experiment, one-half of ''VideoGame/FinalDoom'', which is notable for its difficulty and large amounts of monsters.

* MidBoss: "The Death Gate" has a Hornet enclosed in a forcefield called "Guardian of the Machine". The forcefield lowers once Surgubbe enters the arena.