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Draw escape path! Rescue prisoners one by one! Be a hero.
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Locked down? Time to flip the script. First—recruit. Scour the cellblock for skills: a lockpick with nimble fingers, a brawler who can take a hit, a strategist who reads guard rotations like a clock. No lone wolves. Trust’s the currency here. Next, map the blind spots. Every prison has ’em—vent shafts disguised as dead ends, laundry carts heading to the outer walls after dusk, a clinic with unbarred windows. Chart a path through the kitchen’s steam-filled chaos, slip into the drainage tunnel beneath the mess hall (mind the third grate—it’s loose). Guards? They’re creatures of habit. 3 AM shifts thin out; that’s your window. Distractions are key. Overload the fuse box north of Block C, cue a blackout, then move. Steal maintenance uniforms from the storage closet near the warden’s office—act like you belong. Puzzles? The real ones are in plain sight. Crack the warden’s safe using the inmate ledger’s dates (his birthday’s the code), rewire the security panel by matching circuit patterns from the workshop blueprints. Tools? Improvise. A toothbrush shiv becomes a tension wrench. Meal trays angle into shims. Stay quiet, stay sharp. One misstep and the entire block goes on lockdown—again. The yard’s outer wall is 30 feet of sheer concrete, but the guard tower’s searchlight pans left every 90 seconds. Time it. Scale the service ladder behind the generator, drop into the blind spot, then sprint west toward the forest. Keep the team tight. Freedom’s past the treeline.
