Ratri Srikandhi
Dual-Color Ingress Logo Field Art Work Cross Faction’s Official Situation
Report
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Ops : Cross Faction Dual-color Ingress Logo
Day, date : Friday, 26 September 2014
Time : 19.00 – 01.00
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During the fasting month this year,@BillyCool came up with a plan to do a
Cross Faction Ops, but he wanted other agents to execute the plan. His
rationale for this cross faction ops was to enhance the visibility of
Indonesia at the regional and international levels. In order to bring in
more Anomalies to Indonesia, the country must carry out adequate amount of
cross faction ops. On top of that, given the character of the vast majority
of Ingress agents in Indonesia who prefers to have war and to oppose each
other rather than to work together, cross faction ops is a good platform to
test the team work between the two factions, eradicate tensions between
factions and increase social interaction between agents from both factions.
The drawn plan is to create dual-color field art work of Ingress logo
covering most of Jakarta area and a little bit of Depok and Bekasi. In
short, it is a huge area with more than 6,000 portals spread in between.
After discussing with @BillyCool, later in mid of August,@naujju contacted
@Srikandhi and asked her to be the Team Leader from Enlightened faction to
lead this ops together with him. He, himself will lead the Resistance
team.@BillyCool has also personally contacted @Srikandhi earlier to assess
her interest in leading this ops. At the beginning @Srikandhi was not sure
because she rarely got involved in any ops. She felt that she does not have
enough capacity to lead relatively major ops considering her last ops was
technically done at the very local level, which was her area. But after a
couple of discussions with @naujju and @BillyCool, @Srikandhi agreed to
take the challenge.
The process to find Area Team Leaders and Cross Faction Team members was
carried out for more than a couple of weeks. Eventually the Enlightened
Team came up with 5 Area Team Leaders (North:@niceguy; West:@Shiryunaga;
South:@theargo; East:@CapresSingkong; Depok:@senggolbacok) and 1 Runner &
Destroyer Coordinator (@haladi). The Resistance Team also came up with 5
Area Team Leaders (North:@mizaradi; West:@Independenzia;
Central:@kingkongs; East:@ariegepenk; South:@Predator112) and 1 Runner and
Destroyer Coordinator (@Kopsky). The team has 3 Command Center Officers
–@catalystro(ENL) and and @oskadonoye(RES) at the main Base; and
@gurnadi(RES). At the last minute,@zaons(RES) also volunteered himself all
the way from Chicago, USA to assist the ops. Although the ops is executed
in Jakarta area, some agents from Bogor and Bandung are coming to join and
to help. The date to execute the plan is set for 26 September 2014 evening
from 7PM to 1AM (max). Only a day before the last day of Helios.
To prepare and execute the plan during the period of Helios is a challenge.
Agents from both factions are busy with artifacts. Not to mention there are
some agents from both factions who are frontally declaring themselves as
oppositions and against the cross faction ops. Due to the size of the ops
area, many farming clusters, guardian portals, links and control fields are
affected and must be cleared. This has, in fact, created another challenge
for the Cross Faction Team.
There were two initial plans to clear the ops area:
1) Cover Jakarta area with a large control field from 21 September
2014.
· Rationale: once the control field is created, the Destroyer Team
can start clearing up the area and no links and control fields can be
recreated.
2) Leave the area as it is, but appeal to agents not to create links
and control fields; also not to recharge portals except for guardians
starting 21 September 2014.
· Rationale: having a large control field will create an attempt to
take it down. The effort to create the field might not be worth it if
compared to the standing duration of the field itself, since the portals
are far outside of Jakarta and it would last probably only a short time.
But if the area is left as it is, the temptation is reduced and agents can
still attack, neutralize and capture portals to gain Action Points.
Based on the team discussions and feedbacks from @BillyCool as the Project
Planner, the second plan was chosen. Announcements about the upcoming cross
faction ops and appeal not to create links and control fields are posted in
groups and Ingress COMM. However, still, some opposing agents found this
appeal is profoundly disturbing and violating their right to play. Agents’
protests, cynical comments, rumors of potential disruptions, threats to
sabotage the ops and anti-ops plans are coming from both factions.
Provocations to sabotage the ops from a number of anti-cross faction agents
are carried out. The Cross Faction Team has no options but to solidify
themselves and move forward as one merged faction. Everyone collectively
agrees to focus on the ops and the result, not to factions. Any disruptions
from any factions will be treated as “disruption” and not as “disruption
from Enlightened” or “disruption from Resistance”.
Far before the protests and provocations even started, both Team Leaders
from Enlightened and Resistance had already done the mapping of potential
disruptive agents. The first mitigation steps was to inform respective Area
Team Leaders about these agents and try to recruit them for close
supervision and harm reduction by involving them in the ops. A couple of
them have agreed to join, but some declined. The next step is to prepare
Troubleshooters to do direct handling on the field once disruption happens.
Other step to anticipate sabotage during the day of execution is to draw a
Mitigation Plan and back up plans. This includes gathering intelligence and
anticipating predicted actions. Several agents from outside Jakarta are
contacted and requested to be ready and prepared to be on the move to
troubleshoot in case of emergency. In short, the ops must go on, no matter
what.
Friday, 26 September 2014 – the D Day – tensions are increasing even from a
few days earlier. Intense coordination within the Cross Faction Team is
also increasing. As the time move closer to the ops hour, movements from
anti-cross faction team get more and more obvious. Both Team Leaders have
spotted suspicious movements from several agents since a couple of days
earlier. At the same time names of potential disruptive agents from the
both factions have also started to come in to confirmation. Both Team
Leaders try to gather some intelligence on the anti-cross faction ops and
increase coordination for troubleshooting attempts.
Three Command Centers are established for this ops; one at the Main Base in
South Jakarta, one in East Jakarta and one in Chicago, USA. Each Area Team
Leader also set up a local base in their area for local coordination and
meeting point. The first step is to finalize the clearing up of ops area.
Intense attempt to block the area and disruptions on the field are
everywhere. The Runner and Destroyer Team is running against the time to
clear the area and at the same time must deal with disruptive attempts on
the field. Mitigation attempts by creating block links in Bogor and Cimahi
areas have also been in place to anticipate long cross link creation.
At around 8PM something unexpected happened. While the runners and
destroyers are clearing up the area, suddenly the scanner is covered with a
large green field. Somebody has created a large control field, covering the
whole city. Command Center Officers are quickly trying to see where the
anchors are. Apparently portals in Ciater, Ujung Genteng and Bintan Island
are linked by @BuronanHansip and @TukangKebun after the cross link in
Cimahi was cleared by @Afterawake. Runners and destroyers are all reporting
back to Command Centers asking for instructions. The Cross Faction Team
decided to carry on clearing up the area. The large control field has in
fact made clearing up a bit easier because once all the links and smaller
control fields are cleared, new links and control fields cannot be created.
So, the team takes this opportunity positively and starts sweeping all the
existing links and fields.
While the runners and destroyers are working their best to clear up, both
Team Leaders are discussing the mitigation plan to take down the large
control field. At the same time, seven other control fields are created on
top of the existing field using the portal in Ciater as the main anchor.
Observing the situation, decision was made to send the Troubleshooters to
take down the anchor in Ciater. Troubleshooters from Bandung – West Java
are on standby mode, waiting for the next instructions. The plan was to let
the runners and destroyers finish clearing up within a couple of hours, get
all linkers to position then the Troubleshooter Team can take down the
anchor in Ciater. As soon as the anchor is down all linkers must start
linking at once. Sounds perfect? Yes. Adrenaline is rushing. Everyone is
getting on to position while last minute sweepings are done by the runners
to ensure portals are ready for linking.
Everyone is standby on position. The team is waiting for the last portal to
be swept. The runners say they need two minutes to get it ready. And just
when the portal is ready to link and the Ciater anchor has been taken down
by the Troubleshooters, another large green control field is created by
@Listrik, an agent from Tegal. Linking Tegal, Ujung Genteng and Bintan
Island. Once again, the attempt to create the field art work is disrupted.
Considering the late hour, both Team Leaders decided to abort the mission
and let everyone goes. The team does not have Troubleshooter in Tegal area,
Ujung Genteng or Bintan Island to take down the field.
At the end of the day, the Cross Faction Team failed to create the field
art work as planned. Yes, there are suspicions about the disruptions and
how the timing of creating the large control fields is far too exact and
too close with the time to create the field art work. The final suspicion
is when the large field from Tegal was taken down only a minute after Team
Leaders started to thank the team in Ingress COMM as a sign that the Cross
Faction Ops has officially ended. Observations on the movements,
communications among the anti-cross faction ops agents and comments made
when the cross faction has found to be failed, have made it very convincing
that the creation of these large control fields is part of the disruption
planned by the anti-cross faction agents. But field art work is not the
only indicator of success. Cross Faction Ops is not only about creating
dual-color field art work. It is about team work, coordination and having
fun together! And this kind of disruption is certainly not going to stop us
from having another cross faction ops in the future.
That day we played for fun, to get new friends and to laugh together. We
were there because we are one team with one goal and a single mindset;
there was no Enlightened or Resistance that day. We worked together as one
team regardless the factions. The ops in 26 September 2014 evening was a
success for us. It has solidified the team altogether and everyone was
enjoying both the process and the thrill.
Cross Faction Team Members
Project Planner: BillyCool (ENL) +billy david
· @Srikandhi(ENL Team Leader) +Ratri Pearman
· @naujju(RES Team Leader) +Juan Carlos
· @haladi(ENL Runner & Destroyer Team Coordinator) +Tessa Adiwijaya
· @Kopsky(RES Runner and Destroyer Team Coordinator) +Agustian
Danarko
· @niceguy(ENL North Area Team Leader) +Diky Mulyana
· @mizaradi(RES North Area Team Leader) +mizar adiwijaya
· @Shiryunaga(ENL West Area Team Leader) +Cherry Wong
· @Independenzia(RES West Area Team Leader) +Mira Puspita
· @CapresSingkong(ENL East Area Team Leader) +Wily Wendiatma
· @ariegepenk(RES East Area Team Leader) +Ari Nugroho P
· @kingkongs(RES Central Area Team Leader) +theofilus christian
· @theargo(ENL South Area Team Leader) +Akmal Hakim
· @Predator112(RES South Area Team Leader) +bram alexander
· @senggolbacok(ENL Depok Area Team Leader) +Muarif Ihsan
· @catalystro(ENL Base Command Center Officer – Jakarta) +Dimas
Ramadhan Abdillah Fikri
· @oskadonoye(RES Base Command Center Officer – Jakarta) +Agus
sukarna
· @gurnadi(RES Command Center Officer – Jakarta) +Dudi Gurnadi
Kartasasmita
· @zaons(RES Command Center Officer – Chicago, USA) +Ron Raido
· @firah39(Troubleshooter) +Firah Aziz
· @bluearmy(Troubleshooter)
· @R3m15janari(Troubleshooter)
· @draonebae(Troubleshooter) +stepanus indrawan
· @silalahi(Troubleshooter)
· @norul3freeee(Runner)
· @Sangkuriang(Runner) +Andy Oktavio James B.
Agents:
o @3DGVIU8Y
o @ak4sa +bayu ajie
o @8r0
o @achanhp +Acnahp Hoeget
o @Adipati +Syam Alliazzchui
o @ahrz +Muhammad Taufik
o @AkungMart +Martono Wibowo
o @ApdeY +apay Gurembell
o @ardhie
o @Arjunaireng +handy a.k.a arjunaireng
o @aroaaslim +Aro Aslim
o @aryajuanda +Tablin Arya Juanda
o @ayunurachan +Ayu Nur Alfiani
o @Bams25 +Bambang Wahyudi
o @Benggo +Cessna Bangga
o @berryanblack
o @blueblackened +Andi A. Fuadi
o @boim
o @briandiga
o @brutalleRR +Andri Augusta
o @Cassa9 +cassa brilliananda
o @Castorus +Polluxa C
o @caucan
o @cidho +Delvyn Shahputra
o @coeloen
o @digidamdigidum +digidam digidum
o @dkero +Divlaa Garina
o @dryand85 +Andry ST
o @Ebiet
o @evolis +bakti Al’akadarnya
o @fadliselaz +Selaz Fadli
o @faturom +Fatur Oman
o @fendyz
o @Firmanprtama +Firman Pratama
o @gamebell +Pipin Suripin
o @griffonACE +Hendy Hendy
o @haryyyss +Hary Susanto
o @Holydragon
o @Hsx238 +Rusmana Hsx
o @iankharisma +ian kharisma
o @iceone +Manneke Mailuhu
o @iem
o @ikay21 +rizky darmawan
o @ininajib +Najib Bienveillant
o @inlander66 +Vetroez inlander Inlander
o @Intanahza +Intan Puspitaningrum
o @Izkhalegend +Anindya if
o @Jackcomboys
o @Jarvis2014
o @jupiterriders +Anggo Anggoro
o @juskentang
o @kamvlenk +yudhistyra pratama
o @kamseupay +Palupi Handayanie
o @kremozz
o @kuple
o @kiyosiro +imam febrianto
o @kwaliek +agung sutomo
o @l0n3wolf
o @ladyinred26 +Lasiah Hattmi
o @lupus07 +Rico Sandi
o @marisyav3 +Marisya Fitriyani
o @mbagor001 +didik mbagor
o @mbul10
o @mistermono
o @mojowski
o @moonrays +Eric Suryawirawan
o @NITRATE +Arya Ruby
o @nitrite
o @nuv
o @oncom1104 +Vidya Dharma
o @piyod110 +happy thinkfast
o @Pras06 +Sundoro PRASetiyo
o @Putra20 +Putra iky
o @ragiel +arief budiman
o @rdtfab
o @rhiedz +Farid Julianto
o @Ridtze +Ridwan kinatze
o @Rodzky
o @RoelWish +Sahrul Hidayat
o @RogueJosh +yo su
o @SilentBayWind +Bayu Wichaksana
o @Sirkentos
o @slowboy +Andre Sastra
o @spicyrendang +alviedo hasdanil
o @Spiderwebid +Indra Wahyudi
o @tapefm +Purwo Adi Rinanto
o @Tata28
o @Temenggungadeka +Ade Septodwinanda
o @terbal +Albert H
o @thetitoo +Christophe Hubert
o @TheUndeaD +Mochamad Shaifadha
o @Udalah +Wildani Dani
o @V4HN +vahn dhanoe
o @Versaill +Andi Johan
o @vindeload +Angga Tb.
o VIPER Team
o @whisker17 +Whisker Whisker
o @wettomato
o @youngman99 +yudha fadilla guruh agung
o @Z3G3R001
o @ziqun +Irvan Rivai
o @Qjoe +Qjo doank
Special thanks to all additional agents who have made the ops and pre-ops
period even extremely more thrilling, fun and interesting whose names
cannot be mentioned here.
RUNDOWN
18.30 Team Leaders, Command Center Officers standby at
the Base.
19.00 – 20.00 Briefing with Area Team Leaders, Runner & Destroyer
Teams.
20.00 Destroyers standby on position.
20.00 – 24.00 Execution – destroyers clear up ops areas.
22.30 Linkers move to positions.
Runners standby at the Main Base (Sevel
Satrio).
24.00 First set of link starts.
Destroyers regroup back at the Main Base.
24.30 26 sets of link are done. Field art work is
created.
01.00 Regroup and debrief at the Main Base.
