Wraith

Agent on the Mission

July 6-8, 1992

07-July / 1992 jerrywilldie

Operation: Harbor Lights
Code Name: Umbrella

Location: Singapore

Admin: Dave

Agents: Quantum, Wraith, Highlander, Jester, Redfire

Notes: Briefing

Injuries:Highlander up to 8/19/92

Mission was run in 2 successive months. Missions included obtaining any information on Jambi Batu and/or his activities, rescue any E.R.I.N. or E.S.T.E.L.L.E. personnel, neutralize the site from any future activities, and obtain any unusual or exotic weaponry. As the mission took 2 days to run, I believe that some people were not able to play on both nights.

This mission is the second of 3 (Swallow, Umbrella, & Vireo) that has close ties to each other. The dates and certain verbiage written in the mission briefings don’t exactly correspond properly. I think that this was due to when they were run in real time versus TS time and when the TS calendar was started. After digging into all data points extensively, as the admin of all of these missions, I have made some adjustments to more closely correspond to known data on the TS Calendar as well as the documents in my folders for each of these missions. In some cases, certain dates may not match the info in the briefing. However, I think that this research is more closely aligned to all of these missions from the early 1990’s.

November 14, 1992

11-November / 1992 jerrywilldie

Operation: Freeport
Code Name: Vireo

Location: Borneo

Admin: Dave

Agents: Highlander, Mystery Man, Reaper, Wraith, Redfire

Notes: Briefing

Injuries:Reaper till 11/21/91, Highlander till 11/24/91, Mystery Man till 11/28/91.

Missions were to rescue 5 members of E.S.T.E.L.L.E., obtain information about Jambi Batu and/or his activities, neutralize the base from any future activities.

This mission is the third of 3 (Swallow, Umbrella, & Vireo) that has close ties to each other. The dates and certain verbiage written in the mission briefings don’t exactly correspond properly. I think that this was due to when they were run in real time versus TS time and when the TS calendar was started. After digging into all data points extensively, as the admin of all of these missions, I have made some adjustments to more closely correspond to known data on the TS Calendar as well as the documents in my folders for each of these missions. In some cases, certain dates may not match the info in the briefing. However, I think that this research is more closely aligned to all of these missions from the early 1990’s.

April 16, 1993

04-April / 1993 jerrywilldie

Operation: Malacca
Code Name: Wren

Location: Singapore

Admin: Dave

Agents: J.C., Longshot, Slick, Speed, Wraith, Redfire

Notes: Briefing

Injuries: Speed till 5/15/93, Longshot till 5/15/93, Slick till 5/29/93, J.C. till 5/29/93, Highlander/Mystery Man/&Reaper healed on 5/30/93

Rescue mission for Highlander, Mystery Man, and Reaper. Agents recovered!! So on an interesting side note, I have a copy of Agent Mystery Man’s packing list in my mission file.  I also have a note on that list that says that the owner of the character, Mystery Man, declares that he is dead.  I also have a note that the owner of that character was moving across the country to another state so that may have influenced his comment at the time.  However, a check of the calendar reveals that Agent Mystery Man comes back on a mission in August of 1996. So. . .

This mission is related to three others (Swallow, Umbrella, & Vireo) that were previously run, mainly due to the location. In the briefing, there is a statement that some of the agents were there previously “in July 1991”. Again, this ties back to the date issues mentioned in the three previous related missions.

July 12, 1993

07-July / 1993 jerrywilldie

Operation: none assigned
Code Name: none assigned

Location: Stonewall Jackson Lake

Admin: Rob

Agents: J.C., Redfire, Delta, Wraith

Notes:  Notes listed below for this mission can be found in the document “Plot II – Update 92-93”.

Stonewall Jackson Lake, West Virginia.  Ransom delivery.  Schuyler Colfax VI, direct descendant of the Vice President to U.S. Grant, hired agents to rescue his ten-year-old son, Schuyler Colfax VII.  To be used for exchange, if necessary, the agents were given the Grand Eagle sword [see Parts List].  Two Diamond thugs were present.  A dozen Flickers and two Flames were disguised as men, and with them was de Wolf.  The boy was found decapitated.  The sword is back in the hands of Colfax VI, who is resentful toward agents.

I have a note on my packing list that says “Sent note w/flowers to boys’ funeral.”

Injuries: J.C. till 8/5/93,

 

January 17, 1994

01-January / 1994 jerrywilldie

Operation: none assigned
Code Name: none assigned

Location: St. Lucia

Admin: Rob

Agents: Highlander, Wraith, Rache

Notes: Not available. I have a note on Rache’s packing list that says this is “Rob’s Ski Resort Mission”.

Injuries: Not available. I don’t know about anyone else but Rache had some nasty injuries that would require 3 weeks of hospitalization.

May 17, 1994

05-May / 1994 jerrywilldie

Operation: none assigned
Code Name: none assigned

Location: API Factory, Tunisia

Admin: Rob

Agents: Highlander, Socrates, Longshot, Wraith, Rache, BC

Notes: not available

Injuries: Socrates (Mortally Wounded), Longshot, Wraith, BC out till 6/7/94, Highlander out till 5/31/94.

August 3-6, 1994

08-August / 1994 jerrywilldie

Operation: Fat Boy
Code Name: Jupiter

Location: Little Edo

Little Edo

Little Edo, Arkansas

Admin: Dave

Agents: Longshot, Reaper, Wraith (Thor), Highlander

Notes: Briefing & Newspaper.  The map and planning for this mission remains my most ambitious effort EVER in Top Secret.  I created a small town on the Mississippi River in Arkansas.  There were so many maps and buildings that the characters never saw. Around this time-frame in the TS universe for me, I would occasionally provide the players with a “newspaper” from some location to relay information either about the current mission and/or past/future missions.  I’ve done that on occasion since and I am amused at how much work went into a dot-matrix/Commodore 64 created effort.

Injuries: Highlander, Reaper, Longshot till 8/27/94.

August 30, 1994

08-August / 1994 jerrywilldie

Operation: none assigned
Code Name: none assigned

Location: Libya

Admin: Charles

Agents: Rache, Reaper, Quantum, Wraith

Notes: Some interesting notes from my character packing sheet include “John Merril – British Major part – Rasputin” and uniforms on the mission of Afrika Korps and Gestapo with ranks of Captain.  Also packed weapons were ones such as a MP-40 Schmeisser and a Walter Model PP. A Desert Survival Kit was provided to all agents.

Injuries: not available

July 11, 2011

07-July / 2011 jerrywilldie

Operation: Gwardar
Code Name: Pollux

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Location: Sydney, Australia

Admin: David

Agents: B.C., Nighthawk, Caspian, Wraith, & J.C.

Notes: Briefing, Summary

Injuries: J.C. mild injury from tear gas

Agents met in Sydney, Australia about a week before mission to do some reconnaissance work. This mission was a result of the failure during Operation Piscina Grande in December 2010.  E.R.I.N. computer operators began seeing some sensitive information on the Dark Web that was tied to the data stolen and not recovered during Operation Piscina Grande.  The US Department of Justice got involved and working with E.R.I.N. sent the agents in to a data center where they were to inject code on a USB drive into a target system to backtrack where the stolen data was being stored. The agency also got tipped off that there was a potential threat to the server center as well. Agents were able to perform the mission successfully. Agents confronted a good looking woman with a huge necklace (seriously; no euphemism) and got tear gassed for their effort. Agent B.C. took the role of a wealthy, eccentric and handicapped entrepreneur.