In the dead of night, an elite cadre of agents were assembled, they would never see each other’s faces, but would know themselves through pockets of information, cleverly hidden in plain sight.



OPERATIVE LOG: AGENT BACKNE

I constructed several boxes with magnetic backing out of various materials. Tape of both the magnetic and duct variety, and then I got lazy and went to the hardware store for some pre-made key boxes.

I placed the drops around town, in locations predetermined with other agents. Because the boxes were magnetic, the best candidates were XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.

Agent Footrot came up with a brilliant signal. I would chalk a tag nearby that incorporated a slash style zero in the text.

I inserted precious items into each drop and secreted them around town on my super spy bicycle. Then I alerted the Agents to the drops being full, and ordered them to report back when the packages had been completed.

That morning, Agent Pitstains and I had a bit of a bungled op, which I will let him recount to you in full.



OPERATIVE LOG: Cam… er…. AGENT TUMBLEWEED:
When Agent Baconwrapped told me about the locations, I was on my super spy bike that day. From where my cover job is located, it would be a total bitch to make it to the dead drop after work, because there’s all these goddamn hills. When I got off a little early, at 10:30pm, I met up with my handler, Agent Mr. Bojangles, at my safe house. We discussed his successful dead drop, and I got worried that unfriendly agents would find mine if I waited too long. We hopped in my super spy car, and sped away.

The location was within a block of the corner of Fell and Gough. That was the only info I had. As we approached, I saw a local shop-owner I knew walking across the street. We hailed him and had a normal non-spy chat. Then, I slipped, and told him what we were up to. He offered to find us a flashlight. I declined, and made a note to have him killed later.

We began to walk in circles, looking at every possible location for the mark, a chalk zero. We stuck our hands into filthy cracks and crevices, in hopes of finding the secret drop. We lit lighters to examine aged grafitti, or mysteriously circular bird guano. But the drop eluded us.

Then, I saw it. A large XXXXXXXXXXXXX perfect for hiding a small package. I found the Chalk zero, and quickly placed my hand beneath. It was there. A duct tape pouch attached magnetically to the bottom of the XXXXXXXXXXXXX.

Inside was a top secret comic, a dime, a bag of sugar and a congratulatory note.

We went back to the local shopkeeper and used his light to take photos, and switch the contents of the package. I left Agent Baconwrapped a note, and a mysterious key. I changed my mind and made a note not to have the shopkeeper killed.

The package was replaced, and the next morning Agent Baconwrapped had a key. It will come in handy.

The drop is there. If you find it, take the contents, and add something new. Soon, there will be more to it, so get to know the locations now, new recruit.



OPERATIVE LOG: AGENT PITSTAINS

josh and i did a wet run that turned out to be a dry run on the morning of thursday july 19th. i had set up a coffee cup inbetween XXXXXXXXXXXXX at the bart civic center station platform and informed him of the location through e-mail. there was a thirty minute space of time between my passing through and leaving the package until he arrived. seems simple, right? no.

this was not successful, in part, because of confused definitions of what "platform" meant, but mostly because there are actually five phone booths in the paying area of BART. i learned of the difficulties on the way back when i seached XXXXXXXX in the platform area multiple times without finding his dead drop, until finally, frustrated, i walked upstairs and found his dead drop right where he said it would be: behind the XXXXXXXX in a XXXXXXXXXX . my main advice to those who want to try this in the future is to make sure your definitions are clear and spell out the location well enough for someone to be able to spot it. no 0 or sf0 marked this location, so i was walking around blind to XXXXXXXXX after XXXXXXXXX hoping that i would find it eventually, but without any markings it was impossible to know if i was checking the right place.

inside my container were several flattering notes, a quarter, and a check for thirty dollars which he owed me for tickets purched on his behalf.

pictures of contents below.

- jason scott hackman



DIRECTIVE TO ALL AGENTS:
If we can’t agree on the dammed code names the Soviets will eat us alive!



OPERATIVE LOG: AGENT UNSIGHTLYDANDRUFF

Like any good spy, I was accompanied by my sexy European fellow agent. (Of course, if I were writing this movie, she would've been a he, but she's pretty excellent, so no complaints.) At the corner of XXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXXXXXXX we quickly spotted the drop point. "Operated by the US Federal Government" was my clue. We had no trouble finding the drop, and I was able to find the package fairly quickly. This seemed... too easy.

Eschewing protocol, we checked the contents right then and there to make sure none of the items had been picked up by enemy agents. Reassured that the package was complete, we took the container with us and went to dinner at my favorite Thai restaurant.

Contents of the drop:
- One congratulatory note
- One penny
- One confirmation of super spy status
- 1" button from XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX
- Larger button from XXXXXXXXXXXXX, in the state of XXXXXXXXXX
- Set of stickers from XXXXXXXXXXXX

The next day, I selected what items to keep (everything but the 1" button and the stickers — I'm partial to shamrocks) and found other items to set into the field for another agent.

New contents of the drop:
- One XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX button
- One SF0 sticker
- One pin depicting Russian XXXXXXXX and what looks to be toilet paper
- One packet of lube obtained during our city's recent Pride festival

My fellow agent drove me to the drop point after our reconnaissance of XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, dropped me off, and repositioned the dead drop. Please be aware that this agent may have drawn attention in replacing the drop. Therefore the drop is, at this writing, unmarked. It is highly recommended that another agent approach this dead drop as soon as it is safe to do so.



DIRECTIVE TO ALL SF0 PLAYERS
Dead drops will be returned to their locations and more drops will be placed around town. The following dead drops will be active 07/24/06

Quarter: Civic Center BART Station DROP DESTROYED!!!!

Dime: Fell & Gough

Nickel: XXXXXXXXXXXXX

Penny: 24th & Valencia

Signal remains the same.

Method of Operation: If you take something, put something in it's place.