From October to December, Agents can take part in the Erased Memories Anomaly Season, competing across multiple Events to earn the most Season Points for their Faction.
In addition, by taking part in some of these Events, Agents will be able to earn one or more of the Erased Memories Agent Profile medals.
In Erased Memories, a final set of world-changing events lie in the hands of Agents, and the outcome of the Anomaly series will change one universe’s past, present and future.
In a Cryptic universe, a driven and dynamic scientist discovered a way to achieve her destiny. She will ensure the future of her world is Enlightened.
An artifact, Buried deep by an ancient clan of Enlightened mystics, will play a vital role.
Memories, Shared across dimensions, unite a group that stands to understand, and perhaps oppose, her plan.
Their fate, and the actions of Agents around the world, will determine whether it is possible to Erase a part of reality in a way that has never been attempted before.
Oct 1 2024: Initial Publication
Oct 2 2024: Updated section “In-game Ingress Store”
Oct 3 2024: Corrections made to total Season Points per site and ornament color-coding of Beacon Battle.
Oct 8 2024: Corrections made to Battle Beacon Skirmish scoring
Listed below are ways Agents can contribute to their Faction’s victory during the Erased Memories Anomaly Season.
| Where | When | Details | Medal Criteria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global | 12 Oct 2024 (Sat) 00:00 local time to 27 Oct 2024 (Sun) 23:59 local time | Complete Bounties in the “Erased Memories Global Challenge” Campaign. | Complete and claim Assignment 4 to earn the Bronze Erased Memories Operation medal; Assignment 9 for the Silver. | |
| Skirmish | 19 AMER locations | 16 Nov 2024 (Sat) 16:00 to 17:40 local time | Shard Skirmish
Traverse Shards greater than a defined minimum distance. Battle Beacon Skirmish Fight for control of Very Rare Battle Beacons across a series of Portal Clusters. |
Shard Skirmish
Interacting locally with at least one (1) Battle Beacon, or hacking Portals while Shards are present. Battle Beacon Skirmish |
| 19 APAC locations | 23 Nov 2024 (Sat) 16:00 to 17:40 local time | |||
| 19 EMEA locations | 30 Nov 2024 (Sat) 16:00 to 17:40 local time | |||
| Anomaly |
Tainan Valencia |
The weekend of 2 Nov 2024 | Take part in multiple score-based competitive operations, such as Urban Ops, Stealth Ops, Covert Caches, Portal Battles and Shard Operations.
Urban and Stealth Ops availability may vary site to site. |
Interacting with at least five (5) Battle Beacons at Anomaly sites will enable Agents to earn the Erased Memories Anomaly medal. |
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Christchurch
Nashville, TN |
The weekend of 14 Dec 2024 | |||
| Bounty Blitz | Global | 2 Nov 2024 (Sat) 17:00 UTC to 3 Nov 2024 (Sun) 01:00 UTC | Complete Bounties under the “Erased Memories Bounty Blitz” Campaign | No medal |
| 14 Dec 2024 (Sat) 9:00 UTC to 17:00 UTC |
The final outcome of the Erased Memories Anomaly Season will be based on the total Season Score accrued by each Faction from all of the above components, and the Faction with the higher final score will claim the Season.
For more details about how each component will contribute to the Season Score, see the associated sections for each component below.
EVENT PERIOD
This Operation will begin on 12 October 2024 (Sat) at 00:00 local time and will conclude on 27 October 2024 (Sun) at 23:59 local time.
PROCEDURE
During the Operation window above, a Campaign, ‘Erased Memories Global Challenge’ will become visible under the Dispatch interface.
MEDAL
To achieve the Bronze tier Season Operation Medal, an Agent must complete and claim Assignment 4 of this Campaign. To achieve a Silver tier Season Operation Medal, an Agent must complete and claim Assignment 9.
SCORING
200 Season Points will be awarded to the Factions based on the number of Bounties claimed by their Factions proportionally during the Challenge, rounded to one decimal place.
Results will be announced within 1 week after the Global Campaign concludes in a dedicated Season Score updates post on http://ingress.com/news
EVENT PERIOD
These operations will take place 16:00-17:40 Local Time in 57 cities across 3 weekends.
Approximately ten (10) days prior to the Skirmish, Ornamented Portal(s) will manifest within each of the 19 chosen cities, marking the Centerpoints of operations to come.
Approximately 48 hours prior to the Skirmish, Skirmish Portals will become Ornamented.
EVENT TYPE
A Skirmish operation could be Shard-based or Battle-Beacon-based. Agents may attempt to deduce the type of operation based on the number and/or appearance of such Ornaments.
FOR ALL SKIRMISH OPERATIONS
PROCEDURE
10 days prior to a Shard Skirmish operation, one (1) Portal will be ornamented to mark the Centerpoint of the operation.
48 hours prior to a Shard Skirmish operation, 25 Portals will become Ornamented, marking locations where Shards are expected to manifest. These Ornaments will be color-coded based on the five (5) Waves in which Shards will manifest.
The majority of these Portals will be situated within a 3km radius of the Centerpoint, although some may be up to 5km away from the Centerpoint.
At a Shard Skirmish operation, 25 Shards will manifest in five (5) waves, and each Shard will make no more than one (1) jump before de-manifesting. A Shard Skirmish will play out as follows:
Shard visuals and behaviors will match those of Anomaly Sites.
MEDAL
NIASection14 on the Shard Spawn Portals approximately 18 minutes before the planned Shard Jump. In this context, “locally” means that Remote Recharge will not be counted as ‘interacting’ with a Battle Beacon.SCORING
Each Shard Skirmish operation will contribute up to 12.5 points towards the Season Score, based on the number of Shards scored.
Any Shard that is able to travel a Link >= 249.5m in length will be scored at 0.5 Season Points for the Faction that owns the Link the Shard traveled on.
The final Season Score impact of a day’s Shard Skirmishes will be published shortly after completion of the day’s final events.
PROCEDURE
10 days prior to a Battle Beacon Skirmish operation, three (3) Portals will be ornamented to mark the Centerpoints of 3 operation Clusters.
48 hours prior to a Battle Beacon Skirmish operation, 60 Portals will become Ornamented, indicating where Battle Beacon will be deployed by NIASection14. These Ornaments will be color-coded based on the 3 operation Clusters.
Operation Portals of the same Cluster will be within a 750m radius of the respective Centerpoint.
At a Battle Beacon Skirmish operation, Very Rare Battle Beacons will be deployed by NIASection14 as follows:
MEDAL
Agents can earn the Erased Memories Anomaly medal by interacting locally with five (5) Very Rare Battle Beacons deployed by NIASection14 on the Cluster Portals. In this context, “locally” means that Remote Recharge will not be counted as ‘interacting’ with a Battle Beacon.
SCORING
Each Battle Beacon Skirmish will contribute up to 13.5 points towards the Season Score, based on the total number of Beacon Points.
Each Battle Beacon will yield up to 1+2+2+3+4=12 Beacon Points. Each Beacon Points is scored at 0.01875 Season Points for the Faction that captured it, and the total will be rounded to one decimal place. Battle Category Classification will have no impact.
Each Anomaly Site will be worth up to 260 240 Season Points
These Season Points will be allotted based on the Factions’ performance during each of the On-Site Anomaly Events or special Ops.
On-Site Anomaly Events will be activated within Anomaly Zones. Anomaly Zone Portals will be split into 3 Clusters and ornamented before and during the Anomaly. These Ornaments will become color-coded based on the Cluster they belong to no less than 24 hours before the Anomaly.
In the event of site/phase cancellations, the site/phase will have no impact on the Season Score.
Portal Immunity for ADA Refactors and Jarvis Viruses will experience instability globally during Skirmish and Anomaly windows. See section “Portal Immunity Instability” for more details.
A three hour Portal Battle will take place at Anomaly Zone Portals using NIA deployed Rare Battle Beacons.
The Final Score of the Portal Battle will be used to proportionally divide the 93 Season Points available, rounded to one decimal place.
The 3-hour period from 14:00 to 17:00 local time will be divided into 6 waves of Rare Battle Beacons deployments. These times are approximate and may vary slightly:
Rare Battle Beacons will be deployed by NIASection14. A subset of Anomaly Zone Portals will be activated as Volatile Portals that are high-value targets worth 3x that of the non-Volatile ones.
Battle Beacons are scored across three (3) checkpoints, three (3) minutes apart. Each checkpoint contributes a score towards that Battle Beacon’s final score, and the score contribution increases at each checkpoint.
Each non-Volatile Battle Beacon is worth a total of 2+3+4=9 Beacon Points. Category Classification will have no impact. For example, if the Enlightened captures Checkpoint 1 and the Resistance captures Checkpoints 2 and 3 of a non-Volatile Battle Beacon, the battle result will be ENL 2, RES 7 (3+4).
Each Volatile Battle Beacon is worth a total of 6+9+12=27 Beacon Points. Category Classification will have no impact.. For example, if the Enlightened captures Checkpoint 1 and the Resistance captures Checkpoints 2 and 3 of a Volatile Battle Beacon, the battle result will be ENL 6, RES 21 (9+12).
The final score for each Faction in the Portal Battle will be its maximum score from any of the Beacon Battle Waves during the Anomaly Period. 93 Season Points will be distributed proportionally between the Factions, based on their final raw score.
As an example, at an Anomaly where the six Beacon Battle Waves result in the following:
| Wave Number | Enlightened | Resistance |
|---|---|---|
| Wave 1 | ENL: 250 | RES: 200 |
| Wave 2 | ENL: 315 | RES: 100 |
| Wave 3 | ENL: 100 | RES: 250 |
| Wave 4 | ENL: 100 | RES: 300 |
| Wave 5 | ENL: 300 | RES: 100 |
| Wave 6 | ENL: 100 | RES: 350 |
In this example,the maximum Enlightened score of 315 Beacon Points would be paired against the maximum Resistance score of 350 Beacon Points.
These two values (315 and 350) would then be used to proportionally divide the Season Points available for this event among the two Factions, resulting at 44.1 to the Enlightened and 48.9 to the Resistance. These scores are rounded to one decimal place.
At each Anomaly Zone, 4 Target Portals per Faction and 6 waves of 13 Shards each will manifest.
The first four (4) Shards secured, per wave, on a Faction’s Target Portal will score 1 Points per Shard for that Faction, regardless of which Faction controlled the Target Portal at the time of the Shard landing. Any additional Shards secured after the fourth Shard on a given Target Portal are worth zero (0) Points.
Shards and Target Portals will be scheduled as follows (local time):
The final raw score for each Faction in the Flash Shard Battle will be its maximum score from any of the Shard Waves during the Anomaly Period. 93 Season Points will be distributed proportionally between the Factions, rounded to one decimal place, based on their final raw scores.
As an example, at an Anomaly where the six Flash Shard Waves result in the following:
| Wave Number | Enlightened | Resistance |
|---|---|---|
| Wave 1 | ENL: 2 | RES: 4 |
| Wave 2 | ENL: 10 | RES: 1 |
| Wave 3 | ENL: 5 | RES: 6 |
| Wave 4 | ENL: 3 | RES: 4 |
| Wave 5 | ENL: 5 | RES: 6 |
| Wave 6 | ENL: 2 | RES: 8 |
In this example,the maximum Enlightened score of 10 Scored Shards would be paired against the maximum Resistance score of 8 Scored Shards.
These two values (10 and 8) would then be used to proportionally divide the Season Points available for this event among the two Factions, resulting at 51.7 to the Enlightened and 41.3 to the Resistance. These scores are rounded to one decimal place.
At a Stealth Ops or an Urban Ops, the cadre will run a number of Faction-vs-Faction challenges. Seven (7) Season Points will be allocated proportionally based on the number of challenges each Faction won during the respective Ops. Challenges ended up in a tie will not be taken into point allocation.
Covert Caches Overview
Covert Caches are difficult to obtain Hacked Media items that will emerge from Anomaly Zone Portals during a portion of the Anomaly. They exist in a variety of rarities and types, and will enable the Factions to earn bonus points or percentage boosts during Final Scoring, dependent upon their performance in other aspects of the Anomaly.
Claiming Covert Caches
From 14:00 to 16:30 local time, a series of 10 “Covert Cache Envelopes” can be obtained by hacking Anomaly Zone Portals. Each Envelopes can be hacked a limited number of times, and may appear at any Anomaly Portal, regardless of whether it’s active for Battle Beacon or Flash Shard operations at that moment.
Each Covert Cache Envelope, when viewed in inventory, will reveal a one-time “Covert Cache Passcode.” The first Agent to redeem this passcode before 16:45:00 local time will claim that Covert Cache for their Faction. The one time passcode will yield an additional Media item for the redeeming Agent, revealing either the Cache’s rarity (Common, Rare or Very Rare), or its type (Points or Percentage), but not both. Half of the Covert Cache’s configuration will remain obscured until Final Scoring.
Covert Cache Bonus
A Covert Cache can either be a “Season Point” or a “Percentage Boost” and be one of three rarities: “Common (C),” “Rare (R),” or “Very Rare (VR).”
| Rarity | Type |
|---|---|
| Common | one (1) Season Point or 1% Percentage Boost |
| Rare | two (2) Season Points or 2% Percentage Boost |
| Very Rare | five (5) Season Points or 5% Percentage Boost |
The 10 Covert Cache Passcodes at each Anomaly Zone, combined, will yield no more than 20 Season Points and 20% of Percentage Boost.
The final configuration of each claimed Covert Cache passcode, its rarity (Common, Rare or Very Rare) as well as its type (Points or Percentage) will be revealed alongside the final scores for that Anomaly.
The number of Covert Caches per rarity level may vary at each Anomaly Zone, and unobtained Covert Cache envelopes or Envelopes with unredeemed passcodes will provide no value for either Faction.
Covert Cache Scoring
During Final Scoring, the Faction with the lower Season Point total at the Anomaly Zone (calculated from Beacon Battles, Flash Shards, Stealth Ops, and Urban Ops) will receive the bonuses their Faction has earned through Covert Caches in full.
The other Faction will receive half (50%) of the Covert Cache bonuses that their Faction has earned.
In the rare event of a tie between the two Factions, both Factions will receive their respective Covert Cache Bonuses in full.
The “Percentage Boost” is applied to the Faction’s score before adding the “Season Point Drop.” The final total is then rounded to one decimal place.
As an example, at an Anomaly where the Battles and Ops result in the following:
| Component | Enlightened | Resistance |
|---|---|---|
| Stealth Ops | 4 | 3 |
| Urban Ops | 1 | 6 |
| Beacon Battle | 41 | 52 |
| Flash Shard | 55 | 38 |
| Total before Caches | 101 | 99 |
| Covert Caches | 2xC Percent Boost and 1xVR Point Drop | 2xR Percent Boost and 2xC Point Drop |
In this example,the Enlightened scored 101 Season Points before Covert Cache Bonus, while the Resistance scored 99.
After applying the Covert Cache Bonuses:
A list of Hackable Portal, Hackable window, Bonus Type, Bonus Rarity and the number of Hackable copies for each Covert Cache Envelope will be published following the conclusion of a day’s events. A hash of that list will be published in advance of the Anomaly.
EVENT PERIOD
This operation will take place globally across two eight-hour periods:
PROCEDURE
During the Operation windows above, a Campaign, ‘Erased Memories Bounty Blitz I or II’ will become visible in the Dispatch interface.
SCORING
Bounty Blitz Phases I and II will each be worth 100 Season Points, which will be awarded to the Factions based on the number of Bounties claimed by their Factions within the respective Phase, rounded to one decimal place.
Results will be announced within 1 week after the operation conclusion.
There are two (2) ways an Agent may earn the in-app Erased Memories Anomaly medal:
Earning Anomaly medal from an Anomaly Site
Any Agent who has interacted with five (5) or more NIASection14-deployed Battle Beacons in an Anomaly Zones will earn the in-app Anomaly medal after those Battle Beacons end. Agents are considered interacting with a Battle Beacon if they:
Earning Anomaly medal from a Shard Skirmish
Any Agent who has interacted locally with one (1) or more NIASection14-deployed Battle Beacons to a Shard’s spawn Portal of Shards will earn 5 Points towards the Erased Memories Agent Stat and thereby the Erased MemoriesAnomaly medal. Such Battle Beacons will be deployed approximately 18 minutes prior to the Shard jump time associated with that Portal.
In addition, by Hacking any Portal where a Shard is currently present, an Agent will earn 5 Points towards the Erased Memories Agent Stat, also earning the Erased Memories Anomaly medal. The final wave of Shards at a Shard Skirmish site will remain present following the last jump for a period of approximately four (4) hours.
Earning Anomaly medal from a Battle Beacon Skirmish
Any Agent who has interacted locally with five (5) or more NIASection14-deployed Battle Beacons in a Battle Beacon Skirmish operation will earn the in-app Anomaly medal after those Battle Beacons end.
Agents are considered interacting with a Battle Beacon locally if they:
During both Skirmishes and Anomalies, Immunity Periods for ADA Refactors and Jarvis Viruses will experience instability.
Immunity Period instability will affect all Portals, globally, during the time period it is active.
On Skirmish days, the instability will begin approximately one hour prior to the beginning of Shard Jumps at the first site of the day, and will conclude approximately one hour after the end of Shard Jumps at the last site of the day.
On Anomaly days, the instability will begin approximately one hour prior to the beginning of Anomaly Battle Beacons activities at the first site of the day, and will end approximately one hour after the conclusion of Anomaly Battle Beacons activities at the last site of the day.
During the instability windows identified above, Immunity Period will vary between a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 55 minutes, rounded to a whole minute (eg. 7 minutes and 0 seconds). The Current Immunity Period will be modified, globally, approximately every 30 minutes. As soon as the Current Immunity Period is modified, it will affect all Portals, regardless of what the Immunity Period was when they were last flipped.
When a Portal flip is attempted using a Jarvis Virus or ADA Refactor, the time of the last flip (eg. 10 minutes and 5 seconds ago) will be compared to the Current Immunity Period (eg. 20 minutes and 00 seconds). The Current Immunity Period may be different from the Immunity Period when the last flip was performed. Only the Current Immunity Period and the time of the last flip are used to calculate whether a Portal flip is successful. ADA Refactors and Jarvis Viruses will be expended during both failed and successful flip attempts, as usual.
The Immunity Periods for ADA Refactors and Jarvis Viruses will always be equivalent during the instability windows.
Neither Faction will be aware of the time or duration of changes in Immunity in advance, and no mechanic will exist to allow a Faction advance knowledge of this information (eg. media, passcode, dead-drop intel or special Ops reward).
A list of all Immunity Period changes, both the time at which the change was made, and the duration it was changed to, will be published following the conclusion of a day’s events. A hash of that list will be published in advance.
| Date | Component | Immunity Instability Hash |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 2024 | Anomaly @ Tainan & Valencia | ??? |
| 16 Nov 2024 | Skirmish AMER | ??? |
| 23 Nov 2024 | Skirmish APAC | ??? |
| 30 Nov 2024 | Skirmish EMEA | ??? |
| 14 Dec 2024 | Anomaly @ Christchurch & Nashville | ??? |
| Site | On-site events | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tainan | Fri, 1 Nov 2024 to Sun, 3 Nov 2024 | The mobile research lab NL-1331X Portal | Location TBD |
| Fri, 1 Nov 2024 18:00 | Ingress Intel Ops | Apply here | |
| Fri, 1 Nov 2024 17:00 | NIA TKO Stealth Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sat, 2 Nov 2024 10:00 | NIA TKO Urban Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sat, 2 Nov 2024 09:00-12:00 | Faction Registration | Here | |
| Sat, 2 Nov 2024 09:00-12:00 | Ingress First Saturday Registration | Registration form Location |
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| Sat, 2 Nov 2024 17:30-18:40 | Ingress After-Event Party | Here | |
| Sun, 3 Nov 2024 all day | Ingress Mission Day | Mission Day Map / Mission Details TBD | |
| Sun, 3 Nov 2024 10:00-16:00 | Agent Marketplace | Here Marketplace Catalog |
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| Sun, 3 Nov 2024 10:00 | Operation Clear Field | Tickets available here | |
| Valencia | Fri, 1 Nov 2024 to Sun, 3 Nov 2024 | The mobile research lab NL-1331X Portal | Here |
| Fri, 1 Nov 2024 17:00 | NIA TKO Stealth Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sat, 2 Nov 2024 10:00 | NIA TKO Urban Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sun, 3 Nov 2024 all day | Ingress Mission Day | Mission Day Map / Mission Details TBD | |
| Sun, 3 Nov 2024 10:00 | Operation Clear Field | Tickets available here | |
| Christchurch | Fri, 13 Dec 2024 to Sun, 15 Dec 2024 | The mobile research lab NL-1331X Portal | Location TBD |
| Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:00 | NIA TKO Stealth Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sat, 14 Dec 2024 10:00 | NIA TKO Urban Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sun, 15 Dec 2024 all day | Ingress Mission Day | Mission Day Map / Mission Details TBD | |
| Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:00 | Operation Clear Field | Tickets available here | |
| Nashville, TN | Fri, 13 Dec 2024 to Sun, 15 Dec 2024 | The mobile research lab NL-1331X Portal | Location TBD |
| Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:00 | NIA TKO Stealth Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sat, 14 Dec 2024 10:00 | NIA TKO Urban Ops | Tickets available here | |
| Sun, 15 Dec 2024 all day | Ingress Mission Day | Mission Day Map / Mission Details TBD | |
| Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:00 | Operation Clear Field | Tickets available here | |
Successfully hacking the “NL-1331” Portal during announced time range will earn one (1) increment on the “NL-1331 Meetups” medal. Please note that this is not pushed upon hacking; the NL-1331 Meetups medal will be granted within one (1) week of the event.
Ticketed events hosted by GORUCK, consist of competitive physicality challenges. Agents successfully completing this event on-site will earn one (1) increment on the “Stealth Ops” medal within one (1) week of the event..
In proportion to challenges each Faction wins during Stealth Ops, the two Factions will share seven (7) Season Points. In the rare event of all challenges ending up in a tie, each Faction will receive 3.5 Season Points.
Example of Stealth Ops challenges:
Ticketed events hosted by GORUCK, consist of competitive physicality challenges. Agents successfully completing this event on-site will earn one (1) increment on the “Urban Ops” medal within one (1) week of the event..
In proportion to challenges each Faction wins during Urban Ops, the two Factions will share seven (7) Season Points. In the rare event of all challenges ending up in a tie, each Faction will receive 3.5 Season Points.
Example of Urban Ops challenges:
Ticketed service-themed scavenger hunt with competitive Ingress exploration, hosted by GORUCK. Agents successfully completing this event on-site will earn one (1) increment on the “Operation Clear Field” medal.
Registration-free, verification-free, and ticket-free. Complete six (6) or more “MD 2024: <City Name>” Mission Day missions from 00:00 to 23:59 to earn one (1) increment on the “Mission Day” medal. The Mission Day medal increment is automatic after completing six (6) of such missions. You can use the “NIA” mission filter to view nearby official missions.
In the event that Mission Day missions are live in advance, Agents may attempt these missions but will not earn any Mission Day medal increment. To earn the increment, Agents will have to complete or re-complete 6 of such missions during Sunday.
A special event organized by the NIA SPI division, it presents a series of physical and mental challenges for Agents, testing their problem-solving skills and ability to navigate an urban environment. The core objective of Intel Ops is to locate a High Value Target (HVT) hidden within the labyrinth of Portal Network. Agents will receive initial instructions from a controller and subsequent clues from other sources, guiding them on a 5-8km walking journey. Successful recovery of the HVT earns participants an increment on their “Intel Ops” medal.
Sign up with your Faction’s Team Leads at each site for collaborated gameplay and more info:
| Weekend | Location | ENL Contacts | RES Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 2024 | Tainan | Link | Link |
| 2 Nov 2024 | Valencia | Link | Link |
| 14 Dec 2024 | Christchurch | Link | [Link TBD] |
| 14 Dec 2024 | Nashville, TN | Link | Link |
PSA: If you will be leading your local Faction community at an upcoming Anomaly site in 2024 but have yet to get in touch with the NIA, please talk to an Ingress Vanguard or any Agent who had liaised with NIA during a past Ingress event to get referred to a member of the Ingress team. Alternatively, fill this form.