THE CAVERN
This cavern originally served as a
speakeasy during the 1920's, as well
as a bootleggers distillery. After prohibition ended the site was
abandoned, in fact the antique pool table, black jack and poker tables,
and the roulette wheel in the mansions game/ball room, were all
recovered from this cave before it was converted into what it is
now.
The cavern now serves as the security center and warehouse for Autumn
Blade. Several caves lead off from the main cavern, most lead to
dead
ends, but 4 of them lead to the surface, 1 cave to the west leads up to
a small opening which can only be accessed by a ladder, 1 cave to the
north which opens near a small motorcycle trail, 1 cave to the south
heads sharply down and accesses the underground channel, it can be used
as an escape tunnel only by taking a raft as far as possible, then
scuba diving for 200 feet till you clear the cave and are into the
bay. The other south passage also accesses the underground
channel.
This passage is the main route, used to move surplus back and forth
from the warehouse. All exits to the cavern are sealed with false
rock
wall doors, which blend into the surrounding rock. To prevent
anyone
from seeing shipments come and go, a small submarine is used. In
emergencies, an escape slide from the mansion lets out between the
firing range and the medical center. Also, in case of serious
emergency the exits can be sealed with blast doors 2 feet thick of
steel.
The Cavern ceiling has been reinforced, as a
precaution against earthquakes. Security personel come and go via
the
cargo submarine, and generally stay for a shift of one week, with two
off. Under normal conditions there are 3 security personel at all
times, though up to 10 are always on call. Normal access for
members
of the inner circle is via elevator, which leads directly to the
mansion. To reach the cavern a secret panel is opened and a
retina
scan and 6 digit code are required.
Since the escape tunnels are extremely long
Kundalini electric motorcycles have been positioned 20 meters inside
the
tunnels to allow rapid travel through the tunnels, each of the bikes
seats
two, travels 60 miles per hour and holds spare money, 2 Armalite 44's
and
extra ammunition. The outside exits of the tunnels are sealed by
a thin layer of artificial grass over a wooden plank. In these
tunnels
there are numerous side passages which lead to nowhere and anyone who
does
not know the route is likely to get lost for a very long time, the
other
tunnels in the cavern act much the same way and some are lit to create
a red herring trail in case security has been breached.
The western building is the security center for both the cavern and
the mansion and grounds. It
is from here Autumn Blade runs it's illegal activities.
Surveillance
covers every inch of the area, and the defense weapons on the mansion
are controlled from the six weapon stations on the east wall.
Hidden
cameras covering the mansion and grounds are monitored 24 hours a day
from the large computer array on the west wall. The computer
array on
the north wall is where records, routes, and all covert activity of
Autumn Blade are controlled from. The specialized array in the
southwest corner is Jesse Winters personal station, he jacks in
directly to the computers, and from here he can control every aspect of
Autumn Blade security. Next to it is Autumn Blades netrunner
setup,
featuring life support and bio monitor, and state of the art military
and black market hardware and software. The small room just inside the
door is the armory for the security personel of Autumn Blade. 2
cases
of Loaded FN-RALS (10 per case) with 2 extra magazines apiece, 1 case
of Armalite .44's (20) with 2 magazines apiece, 1 case with 2 suits of
metal gear, 1 case of grenades and 4 Laws, and the final case containes
Scott Haradas original Hardsuit prototype. The large room on the
west side of the building is Jesse Winters personal room. Since
Jesse became a full conversion he has been made
head of security, and resides permanently inside the cavern.
Autumn
Blade see to it he is given everything he needs or desires. His
normal
body is a full Dragoon conversion, but efforts are being made to aquire
him a Gemini body, which would allow him to leave the cave. The
body
itself has been aquired, however finding a means to allow him to switch
back and forth readily between bodies is proving difficult as Jesse is
extremely trepidatious about the possibility of losing anymore of what
remains of his organic self. To keep his sanity and to allow him
a sense of freedom, Jesse spends most of his time hooked into a state
of the art virtual reality. He also recieves counseling for
cyberpsyochosis vie this virtual reality, by the same doctor who treats
Neko.
Built on to the southern
wall of the building are the barracks for security personel, allowing
16 people to live in
relative comfort. the second story contains another 24 beds.
The large building to the
east is the storage facility. This warehous stores the surplus
small arms of Autumn Blade. Most of
the Arms Autumn Balde sells are moved around and sold as quickly as
possible, however sometimes overstock occurs, and to alleviate the
problem, this warehouse stores any item which either can't be readily
sold, or the organization has an over abundance of. Stock is
unloaded
from the mini sub and moved via rail to the warehouse for storage.
To the north is a small
clinic. While not state of the art, this medical center is filled
with stolen
and black market medical equipment, allowing the facility to serve most
medical needs, from trauma, to cybernetic implantation and
maintenence. The sick bay
houses 6 beds with full monitoring and IV support. There is also
another small room which can act as a quarantine unit in emergencies.
To the west of that is a firing range. And to the
east, surrounded by reinforced 3 foot concrete walls, this is the fuel
depot
for the generators. Enough fuel is stored here to power the
generators
for a full year at optimum efficiency. There is no eastern wall,
merely open cave, this is a precaution against explosion, allowing the
blast to travel away from the complex. These industrial
generators were stolen. Originally intended to serve
on a cruise ship they were brought in and assembled piece by piece.
On the north side of the
security building we find the cafeteria. The deep freeze and
pantry of this kitchen stores a years worth of food
for 6 people. An emergency supply of MRE's in the warehouse
providees
another years worth of food. These food stores are kept in
reserve and never touched, security personel are provided food stored
in the freezer/refridgerator and cupboards wich is restocked every two
weeks, in addition to whatever they bring in themselves.
