TQF-19
CATALOG REF:
PROGRAM ACCESS: ‘THE QUIET FRONT’
STORAGE FACILITY: LIN-581 STORAGE ANNEX (“THE FREEZER”)
CONTROL NO: TQF-CMB-H2H-1988-BBNJ-ARB-SD-0019
CONTAINER: CAGE 07 / BINDER 05 — BROCA BEACH SHIPPING DOCKS
STORED: Binder 05 / Sleeve 2F
ARCHIVE INDEX: [REGISTER: 414 / RECORD GROUP: FORLORN, SERIES: 88]
HANDLING RESTRICTIONS: [NO SAMPLE / RESTRICTED]
FILE ID: R-311
CAPTURE DATE: 1988-11-13
TIME STAMP: 0613
MEDIUM: RAW // Canon R5
LOCATION: BROCA BEACH, NJ — ARBCO/SD
SUBJECT(S): BUDO, NIGHT CREEPERS
RECALL DATE: 2025-11-23
PRINT CODE: TQF-19
CROSS REFERENCE: N/A
PHOTOGRAPHER’S LOG:
Blue hour. That last slice of morning right before the sun pops up. I was posted outside this supposedly “abandoned” ARBCO shipping depot in Broca Beach...a place everyone swore was empty. Turns out it was just staged to look cleared out. In reality, it was filled to the brim with snakes.
There are frames missing. Need to hunt them down if I ever want a clean timeline.
This shoot went down right as Cobra flipped the script and ditched open-field firefights. Traded ‘em in for the quiet stuff. Shadow warfare. Infiltration. Cultural subversion. Geo-political shenanigans. Psy-ops. The kind of tactics you see every day now in this dystopian world we’re all stuck in.
Budo slotted in nicely as a counter Cobra’s revised template. Trained in centuries-old mumbo jumbo, he wasn’t fooled by Cobra’s mind games. And when it came time to throw down, he’d work quick and have the mess cleaned up before anyone was the wiser.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: Canon RF50mm F 1.2L USM Lens
Shutter Speed: 30 secs
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 160
