03-13-2013, 05:30 AM
I don't think that the door mechanism itself is the problem in the new brig (aside from the de-syncing that Dauntasa mentioned), I think the problem is that gen pop + 2 panes of glass and a grill don't mix well. Naturally when two people are thrown in a cell together they're going to conspire to escape if they have been left to stew by security for even 1 second longer than they feel is justified.
I think that the idea of gen pop is great, as it allows for all manner of hilarity and takes away most of the tedium for prisoners, but I don't think that escaping from it should be as easy as breaking the window. Escape should require some planning, luck and skill. I don't think that electrifying the grill is the solution, it's too easy to get around, and would also mean that anyone with insulated gloves would have to be stripped of them prior to incarceration.
I'm hesitant to say it, but I think at the minute the best option is to replace the plain glass with crystal glass to make smashing your way out impossible. You'd have to add some kind of time release with that too though, since otherwise people could become permanantly trapped in there when security absconds or is killed. (I know the brig intercom was meant to help with this, but if there simply is no security it won't be useful)
I think that the idea of gen pop is great, as it allows for all manner of hilarity and takes away most of the tedium for prisoners, but I don't think that escaping from it should be as easy as breaking the window. Escape should require some planning, luck and skill. I don't think that electrifying the grill is the solution, it's too easy to get around, and would also mean that anyone with insulated gloves would have to be stripped of them prior to incarceration.
I'm hesitant to say it, but I think at the minute the best option is to replace the plain glass with crystal glass to make smashing your way out impossible. You'd have to add some kind of time release with that too though, since otherwise people could become permanantly trapped in there when security absconds or is killed. (I know the brig intercom was meant to help with this, but if there simply is no security it won't be useful)