Espionage, Friday, March 30, 2023

[sith_happened]

"Today we're going to make sense of secrets," Anakin said. "You can crack codes and shake people down in coffee shops for information all day long but if you can't slot what you've learned into a larger picture, your work is useless. So today we're going to do a simple series of exercises to help you put together the pieces."

He pointed to a safe, then to a cafe table, and finally to a computer. "You must crack the code on the safe, then break the code on the information inside it. You sit at the cafe table to receive a not from a contact: they will say 'nice weather today, isn't it?' and you must reply, 'But it might rain tomorrow.' And finally, you must scroll Twitter until someone starts complaining about a sudden change in their weekend plans. At which point, you have the three pieces of information to learn where a major world leader will be on Saturday."

He smiled. "Easy!"

Comments

Sign in 3/30

[sith_happened]

Sneakily.

Re: Sign in 3/30

[giveittoyoursister]

Vi

Re: Sign in 3/30

[wildgalegirl]

Charlie Gale

Re: Sign in 3/30

[napking]

Gray

Spycraft!

[sith_happened]

Oh so handwavily show your expertise!

Re: Spycraft!

[wildgalegirl]

So Charlie might have used a charm to open the safe and help with the decoding, but then again, Anakin hadn't said she couldn't.

She successfully 'But it might rain tomorrow'd at someone and received the note. And Twitter scrolling, super easy. She put them all together and came up with an answer.

What did you learn?

[sith_happened]

All answers will be correct!

Re: What did you learn?

[wildgalegirl]

Charlie put together "Andean land' with 'capital' and 'naval battle 1898', did a little googling and came up with

"Um... Santigao, Chile."

Talk to Anakin

[sith_happened]

As one does.

OOC

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Spring breeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeak.