Hah, is that you? I remember The Service, I looked at it a while back! I really will have to try it someday!
Also funny you mention the Firebrands system: last year, for Mapemounde, Flavio and I were working on a Firebrands-esque spy game, but didn't manage to pull it together in time. So we just had to come back with a spy game this year! It was a bit of a different project though - the idea was to play it over a map of europe, with each minigame taking place in a different city, in a different time, slowly building the story of two spies chasing each other for years. Very Smiley vs Karla, again, but from a different angle :)