"Why is it so easy for children to break into the Pentagon?!"
If any facility has a security system, it will always be less secure and
cooler looking than its real world counterpart. All sensor systems must be
visually engaging, all traps must have a bypass that relies on pure pluck and guile. Lock-down sequences will require doors to
close in sequential order, as opposed to all at the same time.
Some specific elements of the
Insecurity System are defined below. Mix and match for an interesting infiltration.
The system need not be high tech in nature. Old-school
temples and
ruins can have implausible
mechanical or
mystical devices that serve the same function.
The real-world versions of several of these elements, and the Hollywood methods of defeating them, have been tested by the
Mythbusters, frequently with surprising results.
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