If i could redo bases with my will alone.

[Doppler]

If patching wernt an issue and i could redo bases to my whim here is what i'd do.

All generators will be moved to the sub basement, all CC and spawn rooms will be moved to the basement, prefferably adjoining.

Turrets wil be redone to have three modes. Flack, 100mm (equivalent to the prowler) style shell launcher, and the current standard machine gun. Automated they whould fire as they currently do. Turrets could be repaired from within the walls (see below)

The current shield module effect of the gate shielding whould be standard on all bases. In a small bunker near the gate, inside the perimiter whould be a small generator, either blowing up or hacking the console brings down the shield, hacking brings it down for 5 mins or rehack whichever comes first. Blowing brings it down till repaired/autorepaired but gives off an alert to all defenders in the SOI. Current base walls whould be hollowed out and have murder slits installed to allow defenders to fire outside of the base and into the courtyard. All exterior doors in the courtyard into the walls whould have IFF's on them. Defenders and hostiles wishing to get up on top of the walls use chute tunnels. Devices that must be hacked by hostiles and got in like vehicles then work like elevators getting you out on the upper level under the open sky.

The backdoor whould slope up into the wall enclosure instead of down, giving the defenders a decisive advantage isntead of forcing them to fight up hill. Also a blast retainign wall whould be placed in front of the back door on the inside so that troops may only come around the corner into the bad door stair well maxium two at a time (one around each corner)

The spawn room in addition to having standard terminals whould also have a special quick matrix pad allowing defenders to dematrix their avatar and jump to various points within the walls or directly to the lobby. THe only entries to the base from the courtyard whould remain as it is now on most bases, a single large blast door with a retainign wall in front of it. Other then the front door providing access tot he courtyard the base whould only have 2 doors at each level, 2 leading into the wall complex, two leading out onto the catwalks. These provide additional "strong points" for the defenders to hold.

Defenders within the base whould be able to use their command uplinks as normal, as the base comm network is amplifing and rebroadcasting their signals to the orbital stations, not deterring.

For anyone that whould say this whould make defenders too strong, I highly doubt it, plus i'd like to see the shoe put on the other foot for a change.

THoughts? Flames? Questions