WELCOME TO THE PILOT EPISODE OF A VERY SPECIAL SERIES... "Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec, but you probably know him as something else. We've chosen Hammett's first few stories that have moved into the public domain, and have done our best to stay true to the originals -- and why not? The originals are just fine, as far as we're concerned. So here is episode one, "Arson Plus", Hammett's first published story, from 1923. We hope you enjoy it and will join us for future episodes.  ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC WAS CONCEIVED BY PETE LUTZ AND DEVELOPED BY PETE LUTZ AND MARK SLADE. "Arson Plus" was dramatized, directed and produced by Pete Lutz. Mixing and post-production was by Daniel French of Fishbonius Productions. Our Cast consisted of the following players: THE FEDERATED TEC, DEPUTIES McHALE and MACKLIN, the ESTATE AGENT, SERGEANT O'GAR, and the NIGHT CLERK: Pete Lutz SHERIFF TARR: Paul Arbisi  DEPUTY McCLUMP: Mark Kalita MR. COONS: Joe Stofko  MR. ALLIS, MR. PRINGLE, MR. LUCE and THE HOTEL MANAGER: John Bell  HENDERSON and the BANK MANAGER: Jeff Moon MRS. JABINE and the Voice of the TELEGRAM: Geri Elliff  PHILO: Frank Guglielmelli EVELYN TROWBRIDGE: Rhiannon McAfee PHILO'S SON: Rudy Good MR. JEFFERS and YOUR ANNOUNCER: Monte Bratten Theme and Incidental music composed and performed by Dr. Ross Bernhardt Join us again soon for Episode Two – THE GATEWOOD CAPER!