Line #24 Main/InsecuritySystem


1	->''"Why is it so easy for children to break into the Pentagon?!"''
2	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', "[[Recap/SouthParkImaginationland Imaginationland]]"
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4	If any facility has a security system, it will always be less secure and [[RuleOfCool cooler looking]] than its real world counterpart. All sensor systems must be [[RuleOfPerception visually engaging]], all traps must have a bypass that relies on pure pluck and guile. Lock-down sequences will require doors to [[SlowDoors close in sequential order]], as opposed to all at the same time.
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6	Some specific elements of the Insecurity System are defined below. Mix and match for an interesting infiltration.
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8	The system need not be high tech in nature. Old-school [[TempleOfDoom temples]] and [[DurableDeathtrap ruins]] can have implausible [[BambooTechnology mechanical]] or [[AWizardDidIt mystical]] devices that serve the same function.
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10	The real-world versions of several of these elements, and the Hollywood methods of defeating them, have been tested by the Series/{{Mythbusters}}, frequently with surprising results.
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12	!!Tropes:
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14	[[index]]
15	* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: Trying to keep a door from being opened by barricading it with stuff that won't effectively keep the door closed.
16	* AirVentPassageway: Sneaking in or out of a building through an air vent.
17	* BarrierBustingBlow
18	* BathroomBreakOut: Someone takes the opportunity to escape after they are given a bathroom break.
19	* BorrowedBiometricBypass
20	* CameraSpoofing
21	* CapsLockNumLockMissilesLock
22	* CardboardPrison: Someone easily escapes from prison.
23	* ConcealingCanvas
24	* ConvenientDecoyCat: Security guards are distracted by a cat (or other small animal), allowing the hero to get away.
25	* DeathTrapTango: A lot of {{Durable Deathtrap}}s can be overcome with precise choreography.
26	* DestroyTheSecurityCamera
27	* DurableDeathtrap
28	* EmbarrassingPassword: Someone uses a password that reveals an embarrassing secret about them.
29	* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy
30	* HairpinLockpick
31	* HollywoodEncryption
32	* HomeAloneAntics
33	* ImprovisedLockpick
34	* IncompetentGuardAnimal
35	* InsecurityCamera
36	* ItsProbablyNothing
37	* KeyUnderTheDoormat
38	* LaserHallway
39	* MagicalSecurityCam
40	* MetalDetectorCheckpoint
41	* OddlyOvertrainedSecurity
42	* OnePasswordAttemptEver
43	* OverrideCommand
44	* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Really simple passwords are used.
45	* PasswordSlotMachine
46	* PuzzleBox: The combination is a puzzle you need to solve.
47	* RecordedAudioAlibi
48	* SafeCracking
49	* SecurityBlindspot: Someone knows where the holes in the surveillance are and uses them to their advantage.
50	* SelfDestructingSecurity
51	* SkeletonKeyCard
52	* SlowDoors
53	* SurveillanceStationSlacker: The guards who are supposed to be watching the monitors end up slacking off and not doing anything to stop people escaping or breaking in.
54	* SwissCheeseSecurity
55	* TrapDoor
56	* TrapDoorFail
57	* UnguidedLabTour: A top-secret workplace is introduced by having a character explore it unnoticed.
58	* UnsafeHaven: A retreat that is ridiculously easy to break into.
59	** NeonSignHideout: A location that's supposed to be secret has a big neon sign that makes the place stick out like a sore thumb.
60	* UselessSecurityCamera
61	* YouAreAlreadyCheckedIn
62	* YourDoorWasOpen
63	[[/index]]

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