Goonhub
11-14-2012, 06:18 PM
I think it might make more sense to have it structured so that the sec door is on the west side, the detective's access is on the east (it could even be an extension of his regular office), and there was a switch-operated door to the main hallway that was controlled by a button requiring sec/detective access.
The reasoning being that it would work not only as a place to interrogate captured prisoners (which the current sec office usually functions as), but a place where someone who is mildly suspected of something or was accused of a crime by someone can come by to talk-- the middle ground between "we have no reason to suspect this guy of anything" and "we need to arrest him and search him." They could enter the interrogation room from the main hallway instead of going through the sec office proper.
Thus, if I were a traitor and there was some suspicion on me but I felt I could talk my way out of it, I'd be more likely to try in a sort of 'neutral' area where I could immediately make a run for it if the interrogation went sour. Currently "coming in for a talk" means going into the security office, where you're easily surrounded and your only escape is going into the disposals-- a riskier proposition if your BS skills aren't up to snuff.
The reasoning being that it would work not only as a place to interrogate captured prisoners (which the current sec office usually functions as), but a place where someone who is mildly suspected of something or was accused of a crime by someone can come by to talk-- the middle ground between "we have no reason to suspect this guy of anything" and "we need to arrest him and search him." They could enter the interrogation room from the main hallway instead of going through the sec office proper.
Thus, if I were a traitor and there was some suspicion on me but I felt I could talk my way out of it, I'd be more likely to try in a sort of 'neutral' area where I could immediately make a run for it if the interrogation went sour. Currently "coming in for a talk" means going into the security office, where you're easily surrounded and your only escape is going into the disposals-- a riskier proposition if your BS skills aren't up to snuff.