Topside at Prime Base
Besides what goes on below the surface in the base itself and its annexes what goes on above the ground?
In the original module the Project basically abandons the surface having no combat power, limited personnel access and even limited amounts of sensors.
I can see the lack of combat power. Building a Maginot Line Fort in the middle of the US if you aren't the Federal Government would raise some eyebrows. The access issues comes from the problem that if you make it hard to get in you make it hard to get out.
The final point is a little tougher to explain. The entire upper surface of the base should be under direct observation by as many instruments as possible. The question becomes how to get the data from the sensors to the base. Hard wiring will work but it means that an enemy who finds one sensor can follow the wires back to the base.
Another method would be to use something omni-directional like radio, but that will also leave a big signature footprint.
Finally something tight beamed and unidirectional like microwaves. These could be beamed to a tower at the edge of line of sight and then beamed back to a receiver that is wired into the base
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