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The myriad
of codes and messages found on most early 21st century urban
surfaces provides great opportunities for covert messaging
between agents. This is particularly important for newly
arrived, for whom it is crucial to decode correctly any clues
that might lead them to their team, supervisors, or
give other instructions regarding their mission. Graffiti,
as it is also known, is particularly well-suited for this
kind of covert messaging, as it requires no electronic equipment
for sender or recipient. All agents, as part of their pre-departure
training, spend at least one module on the use of graffiti,
yet the random nature of most missions, and the subtle difference
of styles and forms, which exist between the various timeframes
and locations, make it impossible to give precise instructions
to agents pre-departure. All agents are trained to
adapt to any given time and space environment, yet survival
in the first few days after arrival often depends on an agent's
individual ability to not only decode their new environment
correctly, but being able to detect and follow tracks
left by other agents.
The images above show New York style Graffiti, a
style that was originally developed in New York City in the
early 1970ies, but by the early 21st century had become the
most prevalent form of urban Graffiti globally. This type
of Graffiti can be divided into pieces (large scale, elaborate,
multicolored artworks) and tags (simple, stylized words or
writings), both of which usually present the name of an individual
Graffiti writer or a writing
crew, sometimes accompanied by
messages for other writers or the general public.
Because of its idiosyncratic and encoded nature, which is
hard to understand for any outsider, this type of Graffiti
is the perfect environment for agents to leave tracks, messages
or instructions without arousing unnecessary suspicion. Agents
are advised, however, to familiarize themselves thoroughly
with this type of Graffiti for various reasons, not least
because in particular tags often mark rivaling territories,
which, if intruded, may be defended violently.
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[T.R.A.V.I.L. intelligence] |
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posted: 00:01:37; 23-06-2007 |
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