Jailbreak!, Or, how do I pink mohawk the frak out of this place? Options

[Stahlseele]

And here i thought the Money Shot would have been Bubbas trademark *snickers*

[Xahn Borealis]

Will it ever stop? Yo, I don't know.

Turn off the lights, and I glow.

[CanRay]

And here i thought the Money Shot would have been Bubbas trademark *snickers*

Money's shot is .600 Nitro Express. Bubba wishes he had that kind of caliber. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[jaellot]

Something's.

Grabbed a hold of me tightly, flow like a hawk, daily and nightly.


IS IT IN YOUR HEAD YET?

It is a dark, dystopic world. This should play in all the cells, too. Possibly even karaoke renditions of it. That way when the inmates are talking about So-And-So being volunteered to Tamanous or some such it's said with envy, not hate and fear.

[Raven the Tricks...]

It is a dark, dystopic world. This should play in all the cells, too. Possibly even karaoke renditions of it. That way when the inmates are talking about So-And-So being volunteered to Tamanous or some such it's said with envy, not hate and fear.

Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha... Ahhh Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

[K1ll5w1tch]

So I just had Lonestar show up as my players tried to sell off some milspec tech they got their hands on. The kind lieutenant had a very interesting offer for them: If the party would allow themselves to be arrested, Lonestar would be disinclined to pursue them when they broke out of the Knights Errant prison.

My game is incredibly pink mohawk, with a body-snatching pixie, an AI hacker/rigger with Yakuza ties, a centaur... I don't really know what he does, a Dread Pirate Roberts wannabe stealth human, and a glass cannon gunbunny elf.

The pixie and the AI were not arrested, and the party is getting a chance to make arrangements for extra outside help before they get shipped off, but they'll largely be on their own once there.

What I need from DS is a prison. Pink Mohawk variant. I need ideas for the matrix set-up, the magic defenses, and the mundane murderfest that I can put my players through. I want to scare them, and make them work their asses off for their "pardons," but I don't want them to be completely helpless.

Any thoughts? Aside, of course, from the inherent "you're a d*** GM for railroading them like that" comments?

Alright I spent about 7 years working in a high security County Jail in RL so I can give a some advise on what they're like inside.

Structural security and layout

First of all think of buildings within buildings. Most jail are broken down into the overall facility and numerous modules or dorms within. There will be a medical unit, a kitchen to prepare food and likely some sort of work unit. Print shop, sewing shop to make jail uniforms, and other stuff. There will be an intake section for buses to facilitate the transfer of inmates and a discipline unit for problem children who refuse to get a long. Likely Inmates won't have any access to any exterior gates or fenses. Yards will be concrete reinforce walls covered by a heavy duty gorilla wire or transparent reinforced material.

Access and keys
each dorm or module will have it's own codes for opening and closing doors. The guards will likely have mag strips to open those doors in their module only. They will not be able to open any door outside their module of assignment. Each module will likly have a main control room where all doors can be overiden and shut incase the key cards are compromised. The main facility will also have control over each dorm and all doors in the facility as a backup in case of major riots or emergency.

This being Shadowrun the main facility will likely have magic wards to prevent astral projecting highest possible rating. Each module will have it's own node and the facility will have a main node to control all the othes. Signal rating will be kept minimal with repeaters withing the facility to create a very specific wireless range and foot print, to prevent external hacking. There will likely be a spider or two covering the nodes and numerous watcher agenst and ice protecting each node from intrusion.

Guards will likely have less lethal weaponry. Tasers, Stun batons and impact vests with non conductivity. There will be a response team with rifles with stick n shock, gel rounds or other less lethat stuff. They will likely be wearing full armor with better impact protection and non conductivity. They will also be carrying tear gas and flash bang.

Inmates
Will for the most part be housed in large 100 man units. Discipline, keepaways, and super high security will be in 1 or 2 man rooms. They will get some yard time a couple hours a day or every few days. Cyberware will all be turned off or disconnected as applicable. Mages will likely be kept in high security and magic dead zones. Movement oustise of the doorms will be kept to a minimum unless going to yard. Most jail now even feed inside the dorm to prevent problems.

That should give some good ideas to start with for designing the facility.

[CanRay]

It is a dark, dystopic world. This should play in all the cells, too. Possibly even karaoke renditions of it. That way when the inmates are talking about So-And-So being volunteered to Tamanous or some such it's said with envy, not hate and fear.

"Did you hear about Fritz?" "Nah. He just vanished one day." "Yeah, well, my Chummer Bob at the Clinic found out about him from the Docs. Turns out he had a Type-O anatomy. Was worth more as spare parts as a warm bed here." "Lucky fragger. The fast way out, and probably painless, too." "Chip truth."