Operation Hero



Operation Hero was a puzzle-solving game found on the FOX official website. Each week, starting from January 17, 2010, a new puzzle was unlocked.

The timeline of Operation Hero follows that of Day 8.

Mission 1: Faith (4:00pm-6:00pm)


The player received a message on their cellphone from classified56@ctu.gov. The message read as follows -

I'm losing faith in his judgement. You were there, you saw what happened, you understand why. I know you're pursuing another lead. I want to help with any intel you have. You can trust me. CTU is too reliant on these drones. I'm sending the debrief of the attack on the helicopter. There are weaknesses in CTU's defense rid that they're suppressing and the debrief shows this. This will compromise further operations.

Along with the message was a map (pictured) and a PDF document. The document was a CTU Incident Report from Cole Ortiz, Head of Field Operations at CTU New York, regarding the ambush and destruction of the CTU helicopter during the attempted rescue of Victor Aruz, as well as the consequent death of Aruz himself, and CTU agents Torres and Johnson. There was a detailed description of what happened, as well as a comprehensive timeline, that ended with Ortiz concluding that the mission failed because of the last-minute changing of rendevous point with Jack Bauer and Aruz, which left CTU with no time to properly secure the area.

After the document was read, a new message arrived in the inbox, this time from agent42@ctu.gov. It read -

Stay ready. I'll call on you when the time comes. But for now, I don't want to put you into place without solid proof.

Once the message was read, a video was unlocked showing Jack and Renee from Day 8: 8:00pm-9:00pm.

Mission 2: Dealing (6:00pm-8:00pm)
Two emails were in the user's inbox. The first, from classified56@ctu.gov, read -



You should know about what we're dealing with here. If it exists, based on what I've pieced together, I think this Uranium 235 was mined from a Soviet stockpile but I'm waiting on confirmation. It's highly enriched and there are traces of cesium 137 and strontium 90. Besides the uranium's potential use as a nuclear bomb, the radiological effects of the other two isotopes would inflict mass casulties.

The second email, from agent22@ctu.gov, read -

Send me the intel so I'm ready. And call me when you can, I need to know more about Renee Zadan.

After the two had been read, a third email came in from the same user as the first. It contained the intel referred to in the second email; there was one attachment of photos and three PDF documents. The photo was one of Renee Walker as "Renee Zadan" in her cover from years before. The first PDF document was briefs on each of the time of radioactive isotopes mentioned in the first email. The second was information about "Renee Zadan", and the third was her visa for getting into the United States.

Mission 3: Doubts (8:00pm-9:00pm)


Mission 3 began with two emails entitled Doubts from classified56@ctu.gov and agent42@ctu.gov. In this order, they read -

I have doubts about Renee. Something's not right with her. I want you to stay close and be ready.

I'm on my way now. I'm sending a map to where I'll be. It's marked Point X.

As suggested, the second email contained an attachment of a map. It was a satellite photo of a city with two labels; "Point X" and "Chop Shop".

After the map had been opened, a video clip from Day 8: 9:00pm-10:00pm was shown.