YABA4 - clue 10

My Word is My Bond

Agent 006-½ was instructed to meet with four of MI6's informants in order to obtain directions to the next clue site for you. He has given you the transcript below, with the caveat that some of the informants are suspected of being double agents for Dr. Zeus and thus perhaps may have been shading the truth.

In fact, they didn't simply lie to him. While one always speaks the truth, one of the double agents always lies, one alternates truth and falsehood (his first statement can be a truth or a lie), and one mimics the truth value of the previous statement (if the previous person tells a lie, the mimicker also tells a lie). If the mimicker begins the conversation, he can lie or tell the truth.

In order to find the next location, you must figure out who is who, and then you must only follow truthful directions.

Note: Assume that you only have the first seven statements (through Geoffrey's first comment) to use for the logic puzzle. Only after you have solved who is who, are you given the rest of the dialogue. Then think of all of the statements below (including the first) as one continuous dialog.

Ivor: Careful, Jason lies at least sometimes.

Jason: But when I do, then if Dylan follows me, he does as well.

Dylan: (shrug) You see, I am the mimicker.

Jason: Geoffrey is the truth teller.

Dylan: Actually, I lie all the time, or alternate between truth and lies.

Jason: I do know that Ivor is not the mimicker.

Geoffrey: This clue does not have a unique solution.

Jason: Here's what you should do: Take the number of the pier located just south of China Basin.

Ivor: No, take the number of the pier in San Francisco with the highest numeric designation.

Geoffrey: No, take the number of the pier located just north of PacBell Park.

Dylan: Then divide by the number of the pier located just southeast of the Ferry Building.

Jason: No, divide by the number of the pier that supports the Bay Bridge.

Geoffrey: Now you should multiply by the number of different actors who have played James Bond in the official Bond movies.

Jason: No, multiply by the number of Bond films in which Timothy Dalton played James Bond.

Dylan: No, multiply by the number of the secret agent with whom M threatens to replace James Bond in Goldfinger, and again in The Living Daylights.

Ivor: No, multiply by James Bond's secret agent number.

Dylan: Then add the numeric designation of the street in San Francisco that's geographically nearest to the street bearing the current James Bond actor's last name.

Geoffrey: No, add the numeric designation of the street in the Richmond District that Funston would be, if it had been numbered.

Dylan: Then add the ten's digit of Barry Bond's jersey number.

Ivor: No, add the number of masts there are on the Balclutha.

Geoffrey: No, add the number of soccer fields depicted on the AAA map as being located on the west side of Golden Gate Park.

Jason: Go to the Port Walk sign near the chapel on the pier with this numeric designation.

Geoffrey: No, go to the Port Walk sign near the ferry ramp at the pier with this numeric designation.

Dylan: No, go to the very end of the pier with this numeric designation.

Teams were given several of the following grids to aid in solving the puzzle:

With thanks to

http://techhouse.brown.edu/puzzles/archive/puz/meta/