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Approved Location Helix Syndicate Resort Casinos

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Ugoto Chivaro

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
  • Intent: To open up a new source of revenue, debt buying, and intelligence-gathering for the Helix Syndicate.
  • ​Image: Concept Art from Mass Effect 3
  • Canon: Nope.
  • Links: N/A
SETTING INFORMATION

[*]Accessibility: These complexes are meant to be enjoyed by the public. Anyone who can get to them can enter and enjoy the general atmosphere, but any further enjoyment costs money. As with most entertainment facilities, some areas are more accessible than others. There are many high-security sections that disallow entrance to anyone who isn’t an employee. See below for more details.
SECURITY

Main junctures between buildings and sections feature security checkpoints, all of which necessitate passing through hyper-sensitive scanners. These scanners are built to meant detect most conventional weapons, but may also be set off if someone is carrying power tools not already cleared by the casino’s staff. Security is ever-present at a Helix Syndicate Resort Casino. A squad of Enforcers are never very far away in the event of a fight, security breach, or other disturbance.

A network of security cameras keeps close watch over all residents at all times and auto-turrets keep watch over the complex’s restricted areas and the hallways connecting them. These auto-turrets remain deactivated unless the facility is on lockdown. When activated, they will open fire on any individual without a proper clearance card or who is not logged into their facial recognition system.

The security camera presence is especially intense in the gambling areas of the casino. An omnipresent H01 Artificial Intelligence closely monitors the cameras in these areas. Through a specialized algorithm, the AI is able to detect common “cheating” patterns. When a potential cheater is identified, the AI flags this person. The flag is then reviewed by a supervising officer. If the supervisor determines the flag to be authentic, he dispatches security to apprehend the cheater.

Retinal scans are required to access the most critical employees-only sections of the resort casino. Bear in mind that these scanners are able to detect if the retina they are scanning belongs to a deceased person. Less important employees-only sections may be accessed via employee keycard.

Entrances to VIP areas are under constant vigil by Helix Syndicate Enforcers, who must be presented a special VIP pass before granting access to the area.

DESCRIPTION

It takes a concerted effort to botch the operation of a casino; to fail to turn a profit. After all, one of the easiest vices to pray on in this galaxy is greed. The Helix Syndicate, one of the greediest, seediest corporations in the game, therefore found it prudent to set up their own casinos on various inhabited planets: beacons of greed calling out to the easily misled.

Each Helix Syndicate resort casino is a complex of six buildings. These buildings are further divided into wings, the types of which are described in more detail below. Each resort Casino contains approximately 400 gaming tables featuring a number of gambling staples, such as pazaak, and some 4,700 slot machines. Aside from gambling, there are a multitude of other activities one can pursue here, ranging from entertainment to relaxation.

And while these arrangements are all very impressive, they are ultimately indistinguishable from other casino resorts. Unlike other casino resorts, the Helix Syndicate spends more money on security measures to dissuade cheaters.

The basement level of one of the buildings has also been converted into a highly sophisticated listening post- outfitted with an assortment of communications monitoring equipment and an array of supercomputers. Many parts of the resort casino are bugged, particularly those areas where private conversation is most likely to occur. More important to the Syndicate’s galactic operations are the basement’s function as a listening post. From here, incoming and outgoing communications to anywhere on their home planet are intercepted, recorded, and decrypted if necessary. These tasks are performed by a team of trained technicians utilizing the Aurelius-Class Decryption Engine.

POINTS OF INTEREST
  • The Sapphire Wings: The Sapphire Wings are dedicated to the resort side of the Syndicate’s operation. Hotel space is plentiful. There are several sections dedicated to spas, saunas, swimming pools, gymnasiums, and restaurants.
  • The Emerald Wings: This is a casino, after all, and so the Emerald Wings are the main attraction. A myriad of gambling activities can be found in these sections. Slot machines and pazaak are among the more popular attractions, but some more exotic games are also included to keep things entertaining.
  • The Ruby Wings: Entertainment is the name of the game in the Ruby Wings. This is where small nightclubs and bars can be found. There are also performance venues for various entertainment acts - like comedians and musicians, for instance. Individuals looking for a more base form of entertainment can find their way into one of the brothels or strip clubs.
  • The Onyx Wing: The Onyx Wing is an exclusive area featuring a little of everything. It features all of the amenities of the other wings, but of a ludicrously higher quality. The Onyx Wing is reserved for the highest paying customers and the Resort Casino’s most favored guests. No one gets in without a pass no matter how well-known their face is.
  • Security Wings: Unsurprisingly, the remaining areas of the Resort Casino are not so colorfully named. Security Wings are accessible only by employees. These are, by and large, just maintenance areas and administrative sections. To keep the security forces on-site stocked and ready, these sections may also contain one or two armories depending on the building. The primary mainframe from where the camera grid is monitored, as well as the resort casino’s control room, is also stored in this section.
  • Basement Level: Not many people know that one of the buildings has a basement level. This is because the elevator to access it is in one of the Security Wings. The vast basement level contains all the highly advanced equipment necessary to maintain a planetary listening post. The Syndicate also uses this listening post to intercept, decrypt, and record communications throughout the planet. The personnel working here also spy on the resort’s guests, monitoring conversations all over the Onyx Wing, the Sapphire Wings, and the brothels of the Ruby Wings.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION

The gambling industry is one of the galaxy’s more steadfast, so few individuals were surprised when the Helix Syndicate acquired land to develop some massive resort casinos. The Syndicate purposefully chose to erect these decadent centers in the midst of several cities. The resorts were built over the course of several planned stages of development rather than all at once to prevent overspending. After receiving some bad publicity over the quality of adult entertainers and escorts available in the Ruby Wing, the Helix Syndicate paid Heartbeat House to oversee their training. The bad publicity has since died down a bit as a result, but people still make their jokes.
 
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