Sunday, October 21, 2018

Sunday Fun Day: Who would you be?

In Remember When, I explored the idea of an operative being capable of wearing a new identity as if that was who he actually was. The risks of taking that to an extreme were a big part of the Main Character's personal story, too. He almost realized how far gone he was...

She stepped back, still holding both hands, and pulled him toward the hotel again. “Who… are you?” she said. “Hell if I know right now.” he replied. “Let’s go.”

In fancy terms, this was a manufactured dissociation. Plainly put, it was lying so completely that they even lied to themselves as to who they were. Done as an intermediate cover usually, this acted as a cut-out when the operational cover they would actually be using would fail or be abandoned without closure. It also cost a ton of money to build that solid an intermediate cover, with all the documentation in place as if that was a real person. With just a little hint here or there that the intermediate cover was working for... well, anyone besides "our" side.

So, just for fun...

If -you- were a Disposable, an operative selected to take on such an intermediate cover as part of your new career in the world of espionage, and a secretive but efficient organization with access to the tools of bureaucracy in a wide number of countries (but not any of the "opposition nations") was willing to spend up to a million or two U.S. dollars circa 1980 to back up your cover with documentation and a history...

What intermediate cover would you build?

It would have to be based on skills you possessed, or could learn in less than about six months, and you really couldn't change your appearance much. No magic tricks are possible, but all the details you'd need to oh-say apply for a Security Clearance could be documented to match your fabrication. What would your cut-out be, as in if someone investigated your identity, what (incorrect but intentional) traces were there of who you "worked for"?

You can post your choices in the comments for everyone to see or, you know, keep your secrets to yourself.

Enjoy!

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