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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 5446081" data-attributes="member: 34175">A real government facility would have a few more guards than 10 or 12.  The National Security Agency for example has it's own police force in addition to it's door guards, the MPs that are assigned to regular duty on Ft Meade and the State and local authorities that circle the civilian roads around the base.  And remember they work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, no weekends or holidays. (I know, I used to work there a long, long, time ago. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )A research laboratory may not have a 24-hour schedule, but why wouldn't it.  That means you need at least four separate teams of researchers, assistants and guards (three on, one off).  Security measures may include but are not limited to, photo ID badges, magnetic ID badges, electronic ID badges, cameras, guards, roving guards with dogs and ancillary personnel that may or may not be armed.  Usually in secure facilities the halls are uncleared (meaning no talking shop) and each lab probably also has security in addition to the physical security that you've taken in hand.  Things such as color coded or magnetic badges, cypher-locks (mechanical door locks that require a code to enter(BTW the electronics are on the inside regardless of what Hollywood might think)).The other thing to consider that Hollywood seems to forget is that when you work with people day after day, you know your co-workers, so a new person wouldn't just show up without being introduced by the boss or another co-worker (indoc'ing (indoctrination).  Infiltrating a facility would take either a surgical strike or years of sleeper agents being slowly introduced by outside powers in order to work.  So, as for actual building plans, just use a typical lab or office building, surround it by ancillary and support offices then surround that by multi-layer hurricane fences (chain-link fence with barbed wire (either rolled or double stranded at 45 degree angles front and back) in rows of two or three separated by gravel (because it causes noise when you walk on it) walkways for roving guards, covered by cameras (on the inside of the fence) and motion sensors in the fence ringed by jersey barrier.  All of this surrounded by parking lots (ie open fields of fire) which is then surrounded by other buildings and staggered streets so that car bombers can't hit the building.  Remember that secure areas will not have windows or if they do, they will be inaccessible and prying eyes will be unable to view anything of actual worth.Yeah, it isn't glamorous, but it's a lot harder to get into than anything that Hollywood has ever come up with. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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