- "All will be armed, of course, and ready to handle the unlucky few who reject our ice cream. A sad prospect, I admit, to die for not liking such a delicious dessert."
- ― Walter Luxor.
"Happy Cream" refers to a fictional narcotic-laced ice-cream dessert developed by SPECTRE operative and entrepreneur, Markus Bismaquer. It appeared in John Gardner's second James Bond continuation novel, For Special Services (1982).
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Flippantly dubbed "happy cream" by SPECTRE operative Walter Luxor, the substance was manufactured by entrepreneur Markus Bismaquer at his ice cream laboratories in Rancho Bismaquer, Texas. The ice-cream was laced with a specially-developed mild narcotic, apparently harmless and with no side effects. It produced a state of euphoria for up to twelve hours, an ability to operate normally but with a suspended moral sense of right or wrong. Anyone taking even a minimum dosage would obey, without question, the orders of a superior.
The "happy cream" served a major role in SPECTRE's scheme to penetrate NORAD Headquarters, and steal computer tapes related to the U.S. Space Wolves satellites. Forging links with the sole distributor of foodstuffs to NORAD, the organisation sent the distributor four days' supply of ice cream - intending to drug up to 90 per cent of the staff and technicians. A team of disguised SPECTRE operatives would then enter the facility and, with little resistance, request the materials relating to the satellite programme. However, while being hypnotically programmed by SPECTRE to carry out the operation as an "American General", 007 was given an antidote and recovered during the raid, rallying the base staff and repelling the intruders. The ultimate fate of the ice-cream factory and its intoxicating new flavour is unknown.
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