====== Dead drops ======
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> A dead drop is a method of espionage tradecraft used to pass items or information between two individuals using a secret location.
—[[wp>Dead drop|Wikipedia]]
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[[organizations#WORM]] distributes materials to their agents using //dead drops//. We're supposed to disrupt their operations by retrieving them ourselves.

Dead drops in OTP22 are comparable to [[wp>geocaching]]. They usually consist of containers hidden in parks and other public spaces. Contents typically include digital media, books, and/or stickers.

===== List of dead drops =====

==== Incomplete ====
^ Dead drop ^ Location ^ Status ^ Coordinates ^
| [[dead_drops:Hot Springs drop]] | Hot Springs, AR, USA | Not visited | 34.486052 -93.047361 |
| [[dead_drops:Slide Cemetery drop]] | Skagway, AK, USA | Not visited | 59.51015, -135.35889 |

==== Complete ====
^ Dead drop ^ Location ^ Status ^ Found On ^ Coordinates ^
| [[dead_drops:Gatlinburg drop]] | Gatlinburg, TN, USA | Retrieved | May 17 2024 | 35.72485 -83.51612 |
| [[dead_drops:Nashville drop]] | Nashville, TN, USA | Retrieved | April 24 2024 | LFL 96704 / 36.14979, -86.81107 |
| [[dead_drops:Macau drop]] | Coloane, Macau | Retrieved | March 3 2024 | 22.12525, 113.55755 |
| [[dead_drops:Ruston drop]] | Ruston, WA, USA | Retrieved | January 5 2024 | LFL CHARTER 99615 |
| [[dead_drops:Las Vegas drop]] | Mount Charleston, NV, USA | Retrieved | January 5 2024 | 36.2672339, -115.5279726 |
| [[dead_drops:Riverside drop]] | Riverside, IA, USA | Retrieved | October 20 2023 | 41.48069, -91.57668 |
| [[dead_drops:Tuktoyaktuk drop]] | Tuktoyaktuk, NT, Canada | Lost | N/A | 69.45512, -133.03786 |
| [[dead_drops:Calgary drop]] | Calgary, AB, Canada | Lost | N/A | 51.047778, -114.041944 |
| [[dead_drops:Washington drop|Federal Way drop]] | Federal Way, WA, USA | Retrieved | September 20 2023 | 47.31344, -122.39829 |
| [[dead_drops:Pawnee Rock drop]] | Pawnee Rock, KS, USA | Retrieved | August 6 2023 | 38.2722139, -98.9820989 |
| [[dead_drops:El Paso drop]] | El Paso, TX, USA | Retrieved | August 1 2023 | 31.8432063316721, -106.48984395418724 |
| [[dead_drops:Cape May drop]] | Cape May, NJ, USA | Retrieved | July 21 2023 | [[https://what3words.com/tracts.knowing.fiction|tracts.knowing.fiction]] |

===== Historical dead drops =====
The first installment of OTP22 had 50 dead drops, of which 44 were recovered. The drops spanned 7 countries: USA, Finland, Bulgaria, Thailand, Australia, Malaysia, and Japan. Information on them may be found at:
  * http://303.sashahart.net/drops/
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170630150009/http://otp22.referata.com/wiki/Dead_drop|http://otp22.referata.com/wiki/Dead_drop]]
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160811201743/http://otp22.referata.com/wiki/Blue_Hill_mysteries|Blue Hill mysteries]] – infamous events that occurred after one of the drops