American Teens Against Crime

American Teens Against Crime

American Teens Against Crime, (ATAC) is a fictional organization in the "The Hardy Boys" "Undercover Brothers" book series.

ATAC is a top secret government agency co-founded by Fenton Hardy. He created it when he realized that there are some places where an adult spy (a FBI or CIA agent) would stand out too much. Because of this the FBI has, on at least one occasion, relied on ATAC to solve a case. The very first ATAC agents were Fenton’s sons, Frank and Joe. The agency sends their agents a video game disc (mission CD) with details on their latest mission; after the disc has been viewed it re-formats into a regular music CD. Each disc is delivered in some undercover way, normally by Vijay who likes to use pizzaboy as a disguise to give them their missions.

ATAC has a secret handshake that only agents know. It goes like this: two hard up-and-down shakes followed by a wrist-grab, then a fist-touch, and one last up-and-down shake. In Mission #4, "Thrill Ride", Joe used this hand-shake when they first met Vijay Patel, to make sure that he was a real member of ATAC. Vijay Patel delivers ATAC missions to Frank and Joe Hardy, and is only used as a field agent in one book, where he saves Frank and Joe.

Fenton no longer runs ATAC himself; a man that simply goes by Q (sometimes Q.T.) is the current director of the agency. In the Graphic Novel adaptation of the series, Nigel Penhurst is also a top man at ATAC.

Ranks of ATAC

*Trainee
*Field agent
*Undercover agent
*Mentor agent
*Director

ATAC members

*Ernie Bickerstaff (former member). [ [http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/index.php?nav=atac&sub=suspects&suspect_id=0008 Ernie Captain Creamy' Bickerstaff | The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers Encyclopedia ] ]
*Carl Bruckner (former member) (appears in the graphic novels only) The Hardy Boys Graphic Novel #10 "A Hardy's Day Night"]
*Cammie The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers #10 "Blown Away"]
*Fenton Hardy (former member)
*Frank Hardy (undercover agent) [ [http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/index.php?nav=atac&sub=characters&character_id=001 Frank Hardy | The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers Encyclopedia ] ]
*Joe Hardy (undercover agent) [ [http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/index.php?nav=atac&sub=characters&character_id=002 Joe Irving Hardy | The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers Encyclopedia ] ]
*Edward Mundy (undercover agent) [ [http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/index.php?nav=atac&sub=suspects&suspect_id=0087) | The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers Encyclopedia ] ]
*Vijay Patel (trainee) [ [http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/index.php?nav=atac&sub=characters&character_id=013 Vijay Patel | The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers Encyclopedia ] ]
*Nigel Penhurst (appears in graphic novels only) Hardy Boys Graphic Novel #7 "The Opposite Numbers" ]
*Q.T. (director) [ [http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/index.php?nav=atac&sub=characters&character_id=017 Q. T. | The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers Encyclopedia ] ]

Non-members with knowledge of ATAC

*Ezra Collig [ [http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/index.php?nav=atac&sub=characters&character_id=003 Ezra Collig | The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers Encyclopedia ] ]
*Nancy Drew (appears in cross-overs only) Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys #1 "Terror on Tour"]
*George Fayne (appears in cross-overs only) Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys #1 "Terror on Tour"]
*Adam Franklin [ [http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/index.php?nav=atac&sub=characters&character_id=008 Adam Franklin | The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers Encyclopedia ] ]
*Bess Marvin (appears in cross-overs only) Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys #1 "Terror on Tour"]
*Ned Nickerson (appears in cross-overs only) Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys #1 "Terror on Tour"]
*Nicolina Noir (WARD agent) (appears in the graphic novels only) Hardy Boys Graphic Novel #7 "Opposite Numbers" ]
*Poppa Noir (WARD founder) (appears in the graphic novels only) The Hardy Boys Graphic Novel #10 "A Hardy's Day Night"]
*Shira Noir (WARD agent) (appears in the graphic novels only) Hardy Boys Graphic Novel #7 "The Opposite Numbers" ]
*Thomas Orman The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers #19 "Foul Play"]
*Conrad Reilly [ [http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/index.php?nav=atac&sub=characters&character_id=015 Conrad Reilly | The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers Encyclopedia ] ]

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/index.php?nav=atac&sub=world&world_id=0001 Information taken from site]


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