Ron is on the move again

After this late night meeting it seems that Ron is on the move again

Ron makes the call.

Ron meets at the drop off point where briefcases are swapped.

Ron blends in on the subway.

Ron checks in.

Ron catches up with some paperwork on the plane

The view from Ron's seat

And then Ron ate dinner and he felt unwell

Trouble in Uzbekistan

I recently spent my birthday in Uzbekistan, following this pleasant break I had some business to conclude before heading off to India and Pakistan.

I always travel Uzbekistan Air when I am in the region, you can smoke even before the plane takes off. In fact the air-hostess will offer to light your cigarette for you. They have a self service buffet upfront and a bar at the back, with a dartboard and everything. Good old fashioned service.

Perhaps we should have our contacts the agreed price in the first place instead of trying to haggle

It's never any fun being peppered with AK 47 fire from four sides.

A couple of bullets in the engine block and the bonnet and lights and the trade-in value of this vehicle is drastically reduced.

We ordered this massive custom job from a supplier after our previous Gelandewagen was all shot up. Safe as houses, corners like a pig.

Istanbul Project

Our light aircraft is essential for moving equipment and people around.

our boat for bringing in larger pieces of equipment that won't fit on the plane

our skipper Nikolai Zboromirsky

our HQ in the Istanbul Regent Star Hotel, one my favourites great coffee as always

A quiet meeting place, perfect for swapping out some seismic equipment and various hard to get chemical compounds

Father Jim is always helpful when we need to move a large amount of delicate equipment around the world at short notice, bless his heart.

A trial blast in the mountains is always advised before setting up a complicated urban blast.

New team of blast watchers (the Enflez Cousins)

Setting up the urban blasting project

Successful urban blasting test

quietly blending in at Istanbul bus station after urban blast test

our dedicated technical crew on their way to see Gert Handschrift and Die Zombieesser as a reward for their hard work and discretion.

Die Zombieesser were in town we never miss one of their gigs if we can help it.

New device

A hard and software engineer from Croatia has developed this very useful device which has greatly accelerated our information retrieval process, we have now given up all the time intensive techniques such as 'long time standing' and 'water boarding' recently pioneered by some of our colleagues.

Missing Consultants

Robert (Bob) Fullham
Ido A. Detras

Urgent unfinished business, Ido A. Detrás was working on an unnamed project of ours at the time he vanished. We suspect that he has been moved to an unspecific location, or worse. We know that he was being watched by an EU intelligence agency at the time but we assumed this was just a courtesy. Robert (Bob) Fullham was his direct contact person at the time Ido was taken and now he too has vanished. If you can help please contact the Programme D'Essai Nucléaire Civil directly or contact us on oneck@gmail.com

information retrieval

A new client needs a range of discreet locations for an international security project they are engaged in. The project requires specific information from a number of individuals from different contexts that must be aquirred in a confidential manner. We have secured a range of locations that we believe would best facilitate this process.

a quiet building on the outskirts of town

a bare passage

an unused warehouse

a small yet useful room

a sound proof apartment

a comfortable resting place

a not so comfortable resting place

a discreet club in the city

a disused parking lot

a quiet building site

a place where off loading can happen quietly

Sergey is our general nominee agent but he has has no direct knowledge of the details of this project, just a list of needs. Further more it would be unfair asking the nominee about a program on which he's not been briefed, and beyond the clients wishes. Which are that no direct information is to be given to agents on the ground.

Car Trouble Middle East, Turn Left, Turn Left, Oh Shit

This BMW was lent to us by my good friend Professor Orvosi Szolnoki from the department of meteorological studies in Budapest, we made it a short distance down the street before colliding with a lamppost.

We had to rent a car fast and all they had was this c-class mercedes which was comfortable while it lasted. We were rushing to Ferihegy International Airport in Budapest to catch our flight out to the middle east when this unfortunate accident happened to the driver Fehlender Gehirnmann and myself.

Rental car 200m from Damascus International Airport in Syria, minor damage according to our driver Fehlender Gehirnmann but we had switch rental companies at this stage.Rental car 200m from Damascus International Airport in Syria, minor damage according to our driver Fehlender Gehirnmann but we had switch rental companies at this stage.
This Nissan Suv took us another 70 kms before Fehlender Gehirnmann 'parked' it in this bus stop.

We rented this limo privately and made it as far as this wrong turn in Lebanon Mr Gehirnmann said that the road had been open the last time he had been here, clearly that is no longer the case.

More car troubles this time Fehlender blamed it on the rain, we are now black listed at Avis.

Amman Jordan Okay so we did swerve to avoid an animal (I didn't see it my self as by this stage I had a detached retina and a migrane)

Borrowed this vintage Cadillac in Madaba From Eugenio Barag, he was not happy, we are not on speaking terms anymore and we are short several vital pieces of equipment that you can't just buy from anybody.

Black Caddy Yes this was the one where we were all burnt by the hot coffee we had just picked up.

We managed to get this BMW from Eurpocar at very short notice, it was a bit flash but now it isn't



It started to become increasingly difficult to rent cars in Jordan for obvious reasons, but we found this small place that had a number of used but well looked after cars at good rates without, We borrowed this Lexus from them. The guy in the jeep was surprisingly not badly hurt, a couple of bruises and scratches, luckily he was traveling alone...

We then quite quickly went through these two large North American vehicles on our way to Saudi

Large Sedan 2 some pain and a burst ear drum. I started to feel that these North American cars are large and soft as opposed to their european counterparts which are smaller and harder.



3 more white sedans in Saudi Fehlender Gehirnmann's has concentration issues I think.

Luckly I was asleep in the back at the time but I decided it was time to let my driver go after this one.


We rented this Nissan Primera from Hertz in Riyadh, the new driver from The Munschk Centre Du Recherche Comprimée Avançée De Carbone, Nessun Vedere is not much better than Fehlender.

Hertz were quick to send out a replacement for the Nissan which lasted a few more hours... we called it bmw_3

This was the last car that we would break in the middle east it is another of those large softish US numbers.


Back Home, On the way back from the airport the mini-cab driver managed to miss his exit from this traffic circle. This one didn't hurt so much but I am through with road trips for a while.

I was greeted by these very friendly people when I had finaly got back to the office, which was nice.