Espionage

This Merit gives influence over the government agencies and independent organisations that deal in information gathering and clandestine operations. These nameless men and women maintain a masquerade of their own, their lives replete with duplicity and deceit. Sort of like Kindred. Their ranks are made up of operatives, analysts, informants, counterintelligence, and deep cover agents. 
In this frontline of the Cold War, the CIA, MI6, the French SDECE, the West German BND, the KGB and the Stasi all vie for their stake in the game. Foreign embassies are centres of clandestine operations, offering the advantage of diplomatic immunity. The listening station of the NSA looms from atop the Teufelsberg, monitoring communications well before the advent of information technology. A subtle note of paranoia reverberates throughout the city. The shadowy agents can be controlled for personal gain, providing services that straddle the bounds of legality.
==Status==
••••• CIA or MI6 Head of Berlin Operations
•••• Head of Division, Handler of Multiple Agents, Licensed to Kill
••• Senior Agent, Seasoned Assassin, Spy Instructor
•• Field Operative, Analyst, Communications Operator
• Informant, Courier, New Recruit
==Tasks==
===Level 1===
:Pass on a message
:Retrieve a dead drop
:Intercept low-level communication
:Have someone followed
===Level 2===
:Retrieve low-level information from the file system
:Initiate a phone tap
:Wire a room with listening devices
:Recognise signals or call signs
:Request small amounts (R2) from the slush fund
:Arrange a breaking and entering
===Level 3===
:Obtain fake identification (Alternate Identity 1 or 2)
:Obtain weapons such as handguns and small arms
:Obtain disguised weapons or recording devices
:Arrange hit on a low-level target (Status 3 or below)
:Obtain blackmail material
===Level 4===
:Intercept high-level communication
:Destroy files in the system
:Create a new identity for someone with the appropriate paper trail (Alternate Identity 3)
:Reroute a VIP's motorcade
:Destroy someone’s reputation
===Level 5===
:Take over jurisdiction of a case from local authorities
:Arrange a hit on a high-level target (Status 4 and 5)
:Obliterate records of a person on city or county level
Category:Influence