Supply all of your home/lair's defense installations from a common generator.
Examples: --pressurized napalm tank in basement, pipes throughout house, flamer turrets where desired --pressurized air tank and lead pellet source in basement, pipes throughout house, pellet gun turrets where desired --ten-kilowatt laser in basement, fiber lines throughout house, handheld laser guns hanging on fiber cables where desired throughout house --squid and piranha tank in basement, large-bore tubes throughout house, overhead fish dumping ports where desired --liquid nitrogen tank in basement... you get the idea.
In many bunkers, lairs, etc. there is a need for robust, deterring defense solutions, such as machine gun emplacements. Unfortunately, such emplacements are expensive and cumbersome to supply, especially as an attack is likely to concentrate force at a single point, circumventing most of the defense installations.
The solution is *central turreting*. Instead of conventional machine guns, plumb your fortress with lines to deliver fire from a central source/generator.
The added advantage is the turret the soldier/operative/minion ultimately wields is lighter- weight because the ammo store is at a central location. Additionally, a single ammo store is easier to protect and cannot be turned against the house if a single turret is captured.
incidentally, you should join me for tea at my place sometime.-- sninctown, Sep 09 2011 You really need to invest in the motion-sensing/tracking water-to-gasoline valve lawn sprinkler system.
It's all about the accessories.One lump thanks.-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Sep 09 2011 //a single point, obviating the capabilities of your defense installations elsewhere//
I don't think you mean "obviating". "Circumventing", possibly?-- pertinax, Sep 09 2011 What could possibly go wrong?-- BunsenHoneydew, Sep 10 2011 Why is that not already a tagline?-- mouseposture, Sep 10 2011 random, halfbakery