I wanted to update everyone on a recent development that happened within the last few weeks. Sciencehottie35 PM'd me, requesting my mainling address. I happily obliged, and a week ago I came home to discover a mailing tube had arrived in the mail. It's contents are as follows... First of all, there was a letter from Agent X:

Note the "Bee-otch" air freshener & the Post-Script? It's in reference to a thread here on SSS where I'd mentioned that my wife had fallen for Bumblebee all over again, and was on the lookout for that air freshener...
The item that Agent X is referring to is a full-sheet movie poster, of the Optimus Prime "Protect" poster shown below:
A close-up of the writing on the poster:

Yes, it reads: "Methusalen / Thank you for your dedication / ROLL OUT! /
Peter Cullen"
As per Agent X's directions, I had put some thought behind who to mail the additional poster to... and it soon dawned on me that there was one important person who hadn't been recognized for his efforts in exposing Sector 7.
thebruce!
Those of you who haven't heard of him, let me quickly introduce him to you all... My first introduction to thebruce was from an article I found on
ARGNet. The article was a WONDERFUL introduction to the Transformers ARG (Alternate Reality Game), and I used it many times to draw people into the cause... Thebruce was the founder of the
wikibruce.com, and who dedicated an entire section to
Sectorseven.org... Making daily updates on what was happening on Sector 7's site, informing us of new podcasts from Agent X via his site at
www.ebucehtdnif.ws, as well as additional tie-ins that might have something to do with Sector 7 or the NBE's (like
Rise of the Chevy Autobots, where he himself cracked two of Bumblebee's codes early on in the site's history!). I also got to chat with him a bit over at
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/index.php?f=140&ppage=50&sort=lastpost&order=DESC, where there was a similar group of people discussing the goings-ons that I've mentioned above... He was very instrumental in sorting through the information that had been gathered and finding the tidbits that were useful to us...
So, I quickly contacted him, and as a 'thank you' of my own, I offered to him the remaining poster... Of the people that deserved some sort of acknowledgement, it was him... and I hope you agree with me!
Now, as Agent X has said to me in a previous PM:
"Methusalen-
Thank you for your continued devotion to the cause. Don't let their lies fool you- this isnt over- the struggle will continue for years."
Now, I don't think the cause is over yet, but it's certainly slowed down after the release of Operation: Hungry Dragon 2. We still don't know the full aftermath of what's happened; to Sector 7, the NBE's, Dr. Howard, or Agent X... How much of OHD2 was fiction, and how much was fact? In the movie, it's stated that Sector 7 was disbanded... But that can't possibly be TRUE, could it? Since S7 was behind the movie (and the whole concept idea BEHIND the brand "Transformers"?) to begin with? How many of the NBE's truly touched down on Earth & made contact with humans? What happened to Agent X & Dr. Rebecca Howard? Did Dr. Howard take over the mantle of "Agent X" from the her predecessor? Who was this first Agent X?
I plan on remaining for as long as there is yet activity on these boards, to wait for word from Agent X, and intend to stick it through until the end of the road... when we've been TOLD it's the end of the road...
Ever loyal,
Methusalen