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Wednesday, April 25, First Period

Students entering the Danger Shop will first encounter a long table covered with heavy white envelopes. Each envelope is stamped TOP SECRET and labeled with a student's name. Technicians begin immediately handing out equipment to the class. M is standing to one side.

"Welcome to your final exam. These envelopes contain your mission briefings. You have each been assigned two targets and two mission objectives. First, eliminate your primary target. Then, isolate your secondary target and retrieve the specified item. Full marks will be given to any student who completes one of the missions, extra credit will be given for completing both.

"My techicians are outfitting you with three items. The first is a gun which fires a non-lethal laser. The second is a lightweight blunt sword. And the third is a vest equipped with special sensors, linked to both a wrist monitor and my own monitors here. These sensors will detect a shot from the laser gun or a hit from the sword. You will not be able to use either weapon to actually injure your classmates, but the wrist monitor will alert you to the sort of damage you could expect to have sustained from any shot or blow. Additionally, I will be watching your progress from the control station.

"Along with the required items you have just been given, you have access to a number of moddable other pieces of espionage equipment. You may outfit yourself with three additional useful tools to take along on your mission, with the exception of additional weapons or any sort of vehicle.

"There are three regions laid out here in the Danger Shop. You may move from region to region, and in fact will most likely have to do so in order to track your targets. The Danger Shop safety protocols will not allow you to become physically injured, but you will be able to interact fully with your surroundings. This means that you may improvise additional weapons or other useful tools, and the vests and monitors will adjust accordingly. Once you have completed the scenario, return the equipment and you may go on your way."

M took a moment to look at each student individually, and then nodded to the assembled group. "It's been an unexpected pleasure to teach this class. An experience I had not thought to enjoy. I wish you all luck in your future pursuits...and hope to God I never see a file on any of you cross my desk."

[OOC: Those of you who signed up to participate should have received an email containing information on your assignments. If you didn't, please tag me in the OOC thread and I'll make sure you get the information. This scenario is entirely dependent on the students playing it out with each other, there are no NPCs. Please keep in mind that you can't mod each other's actions or "injuries", but please also play along -- if another character aims a shot or a blow, play it out as your character would. If M catches anyone not abiding by the rules or the spirit of the game, she'll pull that character aside to have a word with them.

You'll find three OCD threads below, for the three "regions" laid out for use. You are welcome to interact with people other than your assigned targets, but you won't be able to actually "kill" non-target characters. The environment is completely moddable -- I've outlined a basic description below, but feel free to mod appropriate scenery, objects, etc. The only thing that the Danger Shop won't provide for you is additional people. Also, you may choose any three pieces of appropriate equipment to take along for the scenario -- cutting tools, explosives, communication devices, grappling guns, etc. The Danger Shop will provide whatever your character would deem appropriate, just please use common sense.

Please also feel free to email me with any questions at angel.phale @ gmail.com. The post is open for slowplay for as long as you'd like to use it.

This class has been a blast to teach, and hope you've enjoyed it as much as M and I have! Please wait for the OCD is up, have at it! :) ]

Wednesday, April 11, Period One

M stood in front of the class, looking especially stern. Once the entire class was assembled, she had Nadia and Marty hand out blue books, and projected the test questions up on the screen behind her desk.

"You have the entire period to complete the test. However, if you finish before the end of the period, you may either speak quietly to one another in the back of the room or you may leave early. Next week we will meet in the Danger Shop for a special exercise, one that I imagine you will all enjoy."

EXAM: Choose two of the following topics and write a brief essay for each.

1. Timepieces such as wrist- or pocketwatches have long been a staple of espionage work. Aside from the two examples shown in class (magnet and saw), describe one way in which a wristwatch or pocketwatch could be modified to create a specialty tool for an espionage agent.

2. Discuss the difficulties and hazards inherent in the use of disguise in the field of espionage. Be sure to address the specific problems a spy might encounter when pretending to be someone he is not.

3. Communications is vital to the field of espionage. Describe one commonplace, easily concealed, portable item that could be used to house a communications device. Keep in mind that the item must still continue to carry out its original function as well.

4. Although the best policy is never to unnecessarily engage the enemy, there are times when an espionage agent has to protect himself. Keeping in mind the three specialty firearms discussed in class, describe one additional way that a firearm could be modified to make it a) more concealable, b) easier to handle, c) more accurate or deadly, or d) useful in a non-traditional manner.

Bonus Question (required for all students): Why is it a bad idea to steal from, lie to, or try to trick your Spy Tech professor?


UNEXCUSED ABSENCES
S. T. Anders (Class Eleven)
D'Anna Beirs (Class Eight)
Alex Krycek (Class Eight)
Eric Weiss (Class Eleven, Class Twelve)

[ooc: Please wait for OCD is up, you may begin.]

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Wednesday, March 28, Period One

As usual, the list of absences is projected on the screen behind M’s desk. She looks singularly unamused as she surveys the class.

"As you can see, we're compiling quite the list of absences. Anyone with more than two absences who has not spoken to me by next Tuesday regarding the classes you've missed will have your name submitted to the office for detention."

UNEXCUSED ABSENCES
D'Anna Beirs (Class Eight)
Jim Ellison (Class Eight, Class Ten)
Barbara Gordon (Class Seven, Class Eight, Class Nine, Class Ten)
Alex Krycek (Class Eight)
Ranma Saotome (Class Eight, Class Nine, Class Ten)

Once M felt that the students were properly chastised, she continued. "Today, although God knows why, I've decided to give you something of a break. You'll be viewing a film on the espionage business, Silverhand with James Bund. Please keep in mind that this is a fictional portrayal, and should not be taken as being in any way representative of the way real spies behave. Next week, we'll meet in the Danger Shop for our unit on specialty firearms."

[ooc: I completely flaked out on preparing the class for today, so you get a movie instead. Please wait for OCD Class is in session.]

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Wednesday, March 14, Period One

Once the students were all assembled, M stood in front of her desk, the screen behind her projecting the current absence list. She surveyed the group before her, looking stern.

UNEXCUSED ABSENCES
D'Anna Beirs (Class Eight)
JC Broots (Class Eight)
Jim Ellison (Class Eight)
Barbara Gordon (Class Seven, Class Eight)
Alex Krycek (Class Eight)
Ranma Saotome (Class Eight)

"Before we begin, I want to call attention to the names on the screen. I will need excuses for your absence by the end of the week. Written excuses are preferable, and ones that actually provide a legitimate reason for missing class would be ideal." Her expression suggested that she didn't expect to achieve that 'ideal'.

"Now, we will begin our lecture."

Then M did something rather unexpected.

( Surprise! )

[ooc: Please wait for the OCD is now up!.]

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Wednesday, February 21, First Period

Once the class was assembled, M asked Nadia and Marty to come forward.

"Your homework assignment was to write an essay on possible uses for the wristwatch. There are a number of applications that have already been used -- communicators, explosives, tracking devices. Santos and Blank will demonstrate a somewhat unusual item that was developed some years ago for my own agency."

After the demonstration was completed, M turned to the class.

"For discussion today, I want you to use the essay you wrote for your homework, and discuss how one might turn an ordinary wristwatch into a piece of specialty spy equipment. Convince me and one another that your plan could work. Before you leave today, remember to turn in your essay."

HOMEWORK: "Next week there will be no class, so I hesitate to bother giving you an assignment today. Instead, I will inform you that we will be meeting in the Danger Shop the following week, to begin our lesson on disguise."

[ooc: Marty modded today with permission. Please wait for OCD is up, you may begin.]

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Wednesday, February 7, Period 1

The usual arrangement of screen and projector are in place in M's classroom today. Currently projected on the wall is the following slide:

UNEXCUSED ABSENCES
JIM ELLISON (CLASS THREE)
ALEX KRYCEK (CLASS FOUR)

"Ellison, I will need a written excuse from you before the end of the week, or you'll be assigned detention. Krycek, you have until next week's class to bring me your excuse. You may all turn in last week's homework assignment to Blank and Santos before you leave today.

Next week there will be a test on the material we've covered thus far. Therefore, following a brief lecture today, you may have the remainder of the class to review."

( Read more... )

[ooc: Please wait for OCD is up, and class is in session.]

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Wednesday, January 24, Period 1

As the students entered the Danger Shop, they found themselves walking into what looked like a briefing room, with one glass wall looking out into some sort of engineering testing area. M was seated at the head of the table, and once everyone had arrived she turned on a projection screen.

( Cut for the post of DOOM )

ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT WEEK: Write a brief essay exploring the difficulties inherent in designing underwater espionage technology.

[Posting early for extended play. Please wait for OCD threads are up, you may begin!]

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Wednesday, January 10, Period 1

The classroom is arranged in a standard tiered format. At the front of the room is a large projection screen, and what is obviously the teacher's desk set off to one side. A small woman who may be in her sixties or seventies, dressed in a neat navy blue suit, is standing next to the desk. She has a stern expression, and watches each student carefully as they enter.

( Welcome to Spy Tech )


[ooc: A note about M: she's much nicer than she appears to be, although you'll have to look carefully to see past the stern exterior. And she means what she says, she will give out detention or other punishments liberally. However, I will contact the player OOC in advance if M decides detention is warranted. Also, any snarkiness on M's part is entirely IC, and does not reflect my own views as a player. :)

Please wait for the OCD threads are up. Have at!]

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