so, the blue hills r&d complex did not really give much detail on its security (unlike the ecse which is the wrong place to go). Anyone have a description of what kind of security i should place there?
I just ran into this myself. It was very odd -- I kept flipping the page, looking for that next part that provided more detail about where in that massive compound the target is located, what the compound security is like, who/what else is near the target …
Since I want to make this part reasonably easy (don’t want a long hospital stay to be required!) I’ve waved my hands and decided that current security is sub-par – that given the size of the compound they normally depended a lot on drones and spirits both of which are not operating as normal. Between the noise in the matrix and the issues with the security systems on the expressway the drones are mostly out of action, or moved to the front gates to deal with protesters, and that meanwhile most of Neonet’s magic resources are tied up in either supporting tower 4 or taking part in the ‘security drill.’ On top of which some of the security guards are already out of action, and they are dealing with ‘protesters’ at the gate, so their normal patrols have been compromised. And finally non-vital personal have been told to stay in the on-base housing, so there are less general people around.
In short, they are dealing with mostly passive security (locks, cameras, detectors), a small number of guards at key locations, and patrolling watcher spirits (they were up before things went to heck, and are still following their orders). At least, that is all they have hit so far--they are currently in the tunnels, heading toward the building where I decided the target labs are (notice that although we get an aerial view of the compound, the text doesn’t bother to mention which of the buildings the target is in/under? Or for that matter which of the portions of the compound are under the control of which subsidiary?)
I think I’ll have a fair number of people around the target, making it highly likely that an alarm goes out –if it does they’ll have to deal with waves of security drones on the way out (guards feel they can’t leave the front gate for the most part).