Spy School Secret Service

## Operation Pungent Muskrat

**Agent:** Ben Ripley

**Objectives:**

1. Infiltrate the White House by posing as a friend of the president's son- even though the kid's a real jerk.
2. Locate enemy operative and thwart SPYDER's dastardly plans again.
3. Be on the alert for double-crossers. Or triple-crossers. Those SPYDER agents are extremely devious. Warning: This mission is the most dangerous yet. Trust no one and try not to get killed.

## Activated Agents

* Benjamin Ripley (primary agent)
* Erica Hale (self-activated for primary agent's protection)
* Cyrus Hale
* Zoe Zibbell
* Chip Schacter
* Jawaharlal O'Shea
* Mike Brezinski

## Synopsis

*Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley has had a lot of field success despite only just beginning his second year at Spy School, something even graduates rarely experience. But he’d never have survived without the help from experienced agents and his friends.*

*Now he’s been called in on a solo mission—and the fate of the United States of America is on his shoulders alone.*
*The Mission: Prevent a presidential assassination by infiltrating the White House, and locating the enemy operative. But when the president’s son is as helpful as a hamster, and a trained SPYDER agent would never appear to be up to something (they’re far too clever for that), Ben may be in over his head this time.*

*And when everything goes wrong, Ben must rely on his Spy School friends to save his reputation…but even friends can double-cross or be swayed to the enemy’s side.*

* Briefing
* Debriefing

February 9
2100 hours

Mr. ███████████

Since my last dispatch, I have continued to monitor varios channels used by SPYDER for their communications. I regret to report that, in the last twenty-four hours, there has been an enourmous increase in chatter concerning a ███████████████████████████. Given this, I think we can only assume that you are in imminent danger. This is a Code Red situation. We need to activate Operation Pungent Muskrat immediately.

To that end, I stand by my recommendation of agent-in-training Benjamin Ripley for the job. I have worked with Benjamin on three previous (albeit unauthorized) missions and he has proven himself on each, displaying intelligence, cleverness, and moral fiber.The only drawbacks are his ██████████████████████ and his severe crush on ███████████████, neither of which should affect this mission. I have attached a dossier for your approval.

Of course, this mission will also require the cooperation of your son, ██████. I know that you two have had your issues lately, but please impress upon him that ██████████████████████████████. Your life - and the fate of this entire country - is in his hands.

Please let me know if we are clear to proceed at your earliest convenience. I am prepared to initiate this operation at a moment's notice. Although, for your safety, the sooner it happens, the better.

Sincerely,
███████████████

PS: Given the highly risky nature of this mission, please do not discuss it with anyone at ███████████████, not even ██████ and ██████. In addition, burn this message and the dossier and then, if possible, flush the remains down the toilet.

February 17

To: CIA Director ███████████████
Re: Operation Pungent Muskrat recap

First off, I apologize for going rogue on this one. Unfortunately, as intel on this mission reveals, our highest levels of government remain corrupted by ███████████████. There was simply no other choice.

Admittedly, there were a few glitches in this operation. I accept full responsibility for Agent Ripley being used as a Bombay Boomerang and the subsequent destruction of the Oval Office. I understand that the president is still quite peeved about the whole thing. And, in a perfect world, ███████████████ agents Warren Reeves and Ashley Sparks would not have been allowed to escape.

However, if not for the performance of my team - includind Ripley - things would have been far worse. We uncovered a plot to ████████████████████████████ and thwarted it. And we captured two ██████████ operatives to boot. While Elmore Finch is still holding out from giving information, I hope to get Murray Hill to tell us what █████████ has planned for the future - or even better, ██████████████████████████████. Armed with this intel, I believe we can get the jump on ████████ for once, and therefore recommend we initiate Operation Tiger Shark. (I know we used that for a mission back in the 1960s, but damn it, I think it's about time we start recycling names. I'll be damned if I'm going to call this one Operation Flaccid Sparrow.)

Given their success on Operation Pungent Muskrat, I would highly recommend that Agents ███████████████ and ███████████ be a part of this new operation as well.

Sincerely,
███████████████