This is a fantasy story set in a secondary world. The army in question is vaguely reminiscent of the Napoleonic army, but the country it belongs to is definitely and defiantly a republic (so - no nobles pulling rank ( Read more... )

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The short version of my question is, how would one intercept and/or obtain a copy of a telegram addressed to someone else? My story deals partially with the espionage going on in pre-WWI Europe, and one of my characters is trying to get hold of a telegram delivered to someone he knows is a spy. In my research I've been able to turn up all sorts of ( Read more... )

1980's Afghanistan: clothing and town names ( Read more... )

Setting: Occupied France, around about 1943, and UK, same time

I'm writing a historical AU with the basic premise that all the characters are working for the SOE during World War II. I've got a good deal of background-type stuff and a book that gives specifics about dates, weapons, techniques etc (Subversion and Sabotage by Ian Dear). My only issue ( Read more... )

Basically the story is set in a world with roughly present day technology. There is an airbase located on an island not too far away from the coast, while the coast itself is mostly unclaimed for various reasons. My group wants to have a look at this airbase, but getting past the radars would be difficult. They could send airplanes, but they'd ( Read more... )

Setting: London, Paris, and St. Petersburg in 1870 AD ( Read more... )

For about half a decade now, the latest trent in kidvid has been the teen secret agent. Totally Spys, Kim Possible, Bratz... Because I'm apparently hard-wired to seek out plausibility, this evolution of the kid sidekick genre leaves me notably confoozled.

Why would a spy agency want to employ teenagers? The only reason I can think of is that ( Read more... )

Hi, need some help for a story, dear friends
Been wiki-ing and googling on the French juge d'instruction, the arm of the judiciary responsible for the investigation of serious crimes. Need to find out some things ( Read more... )

Planning out a future story at the moment and I have a question on how closely US and Canadian law enforcement/intelligence co-operate ( Read more... )