Domination of Equestria - T+12 days.
“And over here, we have the central hallway which leads from the main gate to the throne room.”
“I see, and how many entrances and exits did you find?”
“Well, other than the obvious main gate at the front of the Castle, we found the following:
Twelve marked external entrances and exits to the castle.
Fourteen unmarked entrances and exits.
Nineteen actively hidden entrances and exits. Of those sixteen of them were magically concealed.
Seven hundred and fourteen internal doors off of this corridor, including the doors to the throne room.
Of those five hundred and forty nine lead to other corridors and passageways in the castle, the rest lead into rooms.
Of every passageway we surveyed we found this to be the most frequently traveled in the castle, with over sixty three percent of all traffic passing through here at some point in their journey.”
“Humm...so this would be the biggest security risk in the castle?”
“I believe so Master. The Chief at Arms already has a proposal for you. It involves replacing most of the hidden passageways with spike pits, electrifying all unmarked portals and the addition of over three hundred auto-tracking machine-plasma emplacements.”
“I like the way he thinks. How quickly can his proposition be implemented?”
“He estimates that all the renovations to this corridor can be completed inside of a week if you give him at least priority two.”
“Then he has it.”
“Excellent Master. I will ensure it begins immediately.
Now, next on the report is the Throne Room itself…”
Overlord Rule No:52 I will hire a team of board-certified architects and surveyors to examine my castle and inform me of any secret passages and abandoned tunnels that I might not know about.
All those blasted drafts, making so cold in the winter
I have one word for anypony trying to enter that castle uninvited when he's done with it.
Adios.
Rule 52 addendum: As soon as the survey of the castle is done and the renovations are completed, I will pay all those who were involved handsomely and promise them future work so long as they keep their silence. I can ensure their silence while bolstering my image and guaranteeing future assistance from them.
Addendum 2: If secrecy magic or memory erasure is an option, I will implement it on all who do not need to know.
6632806 hey, at least the Celestia battery won't have to work so hard to hear the castle.
That was fun, may I have another? Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
Maybe this has already been covered in another Rule but he might want to also check if his five year old adviser can fit through the air ducts then resize them accordingly if it turns out she can.
6633055 There's already a chapter with air ducts. I forgot which one it was, though.
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Need to know your home pretty well, that's a given, even without the Evil Overlord list.
Why not just seal them up?
6634111 Because the only people that will be using them are those loyal to the old regime trying to sneak into the castle to overthrow you and you would rather kill them off in a trap than let them try again somewhere else.
Make your domain absolutely impenetrable.
~Leonzilla
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You'd be better off saving money on ammo to just kill them with traps. That, and heroes to for the first plan B they can find.
6635397 clearly ammo money is no problem for this overlord if he has so many gun traps
This one is just common sense!
6635397 Rogues bro... rogues
Their whole shtick is the 'disable trap' and 'trap sense' abilities. They're really good at getting into places you don't want them to get into
6634111 all it takes is a good hit with a sledgehammer to bring down a sealed up wall.
6639030 And yet a surprising number of overlords seem to forget this crucial bit of logic when its convenient.
My main questions is....
How many of those passages were servant corridors? Because at least in Medieval England, many of those passages were meant for the staff to move about the castle or manor home without being seen.
Something else that would be better would be having them hold a badge tied to their aura, and would let them pass through the passages without a problem, however, if someone without the badge or with a stolen badge, would be stunned or killed.
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