Penal Colony Beta 5

## Minimap

*"A self sufficient labour prison facility, a fortress filled with the most dangerous criminals in the galaxy."*
— In-game description

**Penal Colony Beta 5**, also known as simply **Penal Colony** or **Prison**, is a location found in *Marauders*.

## Overview

Penal Colony Beta 5 is a static location found in raids, containing four docking stations and defended by four external destructible Flak Cannon turrets. It is set in one of the former United Allies Department of Corrections prisons that are overrun with prisoners who escaped from their cells and attacked the guarding Security Personnel. Some Security Personnel, including the Warden, were locked in three safe rooms near the depot and vault, by the prisoners. The United Allies gives missions to the Pirates to hold the armoury, to prevent its contents from being co-opted by the escaped prisoners. Central Empire members have been detained in several penal colonies, including Penal Colony Beta 5.

The penal colony is marked by several security offices, working metal detectors and gated fences. The metal detectors that have white lights will sound off when a firearm, equipped or unequipped, moves through it. Knives will not set the metal detectors off. The penal colony contains a three-storey central sentry tower in a large room containing all the prison cells, some of which have been opened. There is also a library, workshop, gym, and canteen. The penal colony contains five airlocks and two escape pods.

Two metal detectors in the penal colony. The one with white lights is operational.
The depot is found in the middle of a hallway marked "DEPOT", near the Library. The vault, which doubles as the armoury, is found on the third floor of the complex, accessible by the central sentry tower, near the Head Security Office. The central tower contains an elevator to move between the floors, as well as stairs. A secret room is found behind a bookshelf in the library, leading to a bloody scene where a prisoner and a security guard have died. A satchel can be found next to the dead prisoner.

The bookshelf serving as the entrance to the secret room.Inside the secret room in the library.
The prison contains half-empty cells, a central security tower, a gym, and a library. The prison is a self sufficient fortress, using the prisoners as penal labour. The prisoners stored in this colony are some of the most dangerous in the galaxy. When released from the cells, the Prisoners fought with the roaming Security Personnel, resulting in several deaths. Prisoners roam the colony wielding makeshift Truncheons and Batons, and weapons such as the Sawed Off, M50 Reising, 1911 Stamp and MAC-10. Spice can be obtained from popping leather balls it was smuggled in, inside the gym.

### Security System

A camera surveillance security system functions inside the penal colony, with three cameras around the complex. The cameras are located in the canteen (top-left), workshop hallway (top-right) and gym (bottom-right). The screens to view the cameras are present in the main central tower. Both the cameras and the screens can be destroyed to render them unusable. A destroyed camera will appear as static on the corresponding screen, and will have smoke emanating from the camera itself.

The screens that show live feeds from the cameras in the central security tower.A destroyed screen.A destroyed camera displaying static on the screen.The camera found in the workshop hallway.The camera found in the workshop hallway.The camera found in the gym, destroyed.
* Points of Interest
* AI Spawns

 **Prison Break**2 minutes
 **Prisoners of War**3 seconds

## Gallery

The central tower of Penal Colony Beta 5.
## Trivia

* The Penal Colony was inspired by the dieselpunk board game *Dust Tactics*, with additional inspirations from the movie *Aliens 3* and the level Nova Prospekt from *Half Life 2*.
* There are five lockers found in the Armoury in front of the vault that have the names *C. Ceeg*, *B. Drake*, *G. Sam*, *B. Fry*, *T. Bernd* and *E. Roktic*, all referencing different YouTubers and two SIG employees.
	+ *C. Ceeg* is a reference to Ceeg, a Community Manager for Small Impact Games.
	+ *B. Drake* is a reference to BlueDrake42.
	+ *G. Sam* is a reference to General Sam.
	+ *B. Fry* is a reference to BigfryTV.
	+ *T. Bernd* is a reference to Bernd18995, a member of the Small Impact Games Community Team.
	+ *E. Roktic* is a reference to Eroktic.

## References

1. ↑ Prison Break mission
2. ↑ @PlayMarauders - June 23rd, 2023 - Twitter
3. ↑ Prisoners of War mission
4. ↑ The Loadout - August 31st, 2022 - Marauders new prison map was influenced by board games and Half Life 2