Where would you have a secret base, if you could put one anywhere?

[JoJo]

[HEADING=1]INJUSTICE LEAGUE[br]ASKS[br][small]-Where would you have a secret base, if you could put one anywhere?-[/small][/HEADING]​

Good evening, my future slaves. Today I come before you with (yet another) simple question, if you could have a secret base absolutely anywhere from which to plot your schemes, where would you put it? Would it be somewhere dangerous like a volcano, to deter your foes? Or would it be somewhere innocuous, hidden in plain sight like an abandoned warehouse with a hidden underground section? Would it be close to home, or far away so your enemies are less likely to discover your identity? All these choices are yours Escapists and feel free to be open here, it's not like anyone is recording these replies to help crush future pockets of resistance after the League's conquest is complete.

Spoiler: My answer

I'd go for the classic underwater base, situated in a warm tropical sea. Why? Great climate, fairly hard to break into (or out of, orphans I'm looking at you) compared to an overground base and reminds me of my old Rapture days. Plus, it's a great environment for raising a new breed of giant lobsters, no tanks required!

[HEADING=3]TLR: Where would your base be?[/HEADING]​

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[small]-JoJo-[/small]
[small]-Captain of the Henchmen-[/small]

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[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Without divulging the location, I and my henchgoats have hollowed out the deeper part of a mountain. Its remote and deep enough to be off-radar, plus the added bonus of veins of different metals help out with building materials. Also using geothermal power and some cleverly disguised solar power and passive sensors disguised as trees keep us both self-sufficient and alert to any would-be heroes. Underground rivers provide a constant water source and also a small hydro-electric power source for backup. All in all we've found that a deep mountain lair is quite sufficient for defense purposes as well as comfort. Also there are multiple deathtraps placed throughout the tunnels and overlapping security cameras. And we did decide to choose a mountain range with naturally occurring EMP shielding metals so as to not be vulnerable.
We also have multiple remote bases in other areas but they're top secret. They're primarily burnable staging areas for various missions.
All in all it has worked out well so far.

 

[Leemaster777]

Hmm... an underwater base DOES sound nice. And I am equally a fan of Rapture. But alas, I must cast my lot in with the volcano doom fortress. You know, with a classy portrait of my face carved into the side of it by my legion of forced labor. I'll need that volcanic heat to power my devices. Like my subterranean drill to the Earth's core. Or my laser that can hack the missile defense systems of any nation on the planet. Or my planetary soundsystem, to blast Slayer over every inch of the planet (not for evil, but because it'd be awesome).

 

[skywolfblue]

I gotta go with Antarctic Research Base. What can I say? I'm a traditionalist!

- Plenty of solitude to complete all those awesome evil research projects without pesky neighbors wondering what's up.

- Inhospitable surroundings, you can just push troublesome minions or heroes out the front door and they'll freeze into ice cubes before they can escape.

- I like Ice and Snow!

- As for camouflage I'd be obvious about it, I'd make the visible part so obviously Absurd Evil Villain Lair that anyone who flew over and saw it and reported it to their friends would be laughed at for hallucinating. I'd make sure to include bright neon signs saying "Evil Lair Landing Pad this Way!". Just to rub it in.

Or... Even Better yet, make it an actual tourist attraction! Parade the little kids by the hundreds right past real life nuclear weapons while all the time the adults think it's fake! Brilliant!

 

[Little Woodsman]

In an as-yet undecided quaint and charming little town I would have a small ivy-covered cottage, with a white picket fence to keep the numerous bunnies and penguins from wandering out of the yard.
Nuke my base from orbit superheroes! Go ahead! We'll see who the public favors after that!
Or come crashing through my front door! When you do I will serve you tea & biscuits while my Disney Princess minions sing a song about tea & friendship.Then when you say you have to arrest me I'll say "Oh very well, if you must." and cooperatively hold my wrists out to be cuffed, and while you are putting the restraints on me Belle will smack you upside the head with a giant hammer and Ariel will stab you in the neck with a salad fork!

 

[Mr. Charles]

I think I'd go for an island(tropical if possible) a few miles out from the coast - I'd want it to be close enough to a major city so I could still get the ocasional take out - I love Pizza way too much to give it up for an evil scheme...

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

Assuming I'm an amazing evil villain (and I must be seeing as I'm in the Injustice League) I would put it on a flying Island over the ocean. Nothing says "fuck you world. You're beneath me" like a flying city/landmass

 

[Barbas]

I'd probably go with something classy like an extensive armoured complex under a grand library or a well-guarded mansion where nobody would expect to look. All the entrances would be inconspicuous and well-concealed. The overall impression at ground level would be that of a completely legitimate enterprise. What people do not know cannot hurt them...until it is much too late.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Directly under the white house.

Why you ask? Because who the fuck would think to look directly under the white house to find my evil lair?!

It's perfect.

 

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

Probably the same place it already is Not beneath a supposedly abandoned warehouse just off of downtown and secretly connected to metro and utility systems. And certainly not guarded by an army of drones assembled on site and commanded by a self-aware intelligence. That would be silly.

And above all, there wouldn't be a private tram to my private elevator to my penthouse that looks out on my criminal empire the city. I can walk one whole block...

 

[Barbas]

Directly under the white house.

Why you ask? Because who the fuck would think to look directly under the white house to find my evil lair?!

It's perfect.

I'd be surprised if there was sufficient room left under the White House for expansion after the bowling alley was added and then Bush had that petting zoo installed.

...Was that the first Bush or the second Bush...?

 

[SirDerpy]

Directly under the white house.

Why you ask? Because who the fuck would think to look directly under the white house to find my evil lair?!

It's perfect.

But isn't the white house, like, an evil lair already? They'll be crawling over that place in a few years, and then where's your hiding spot?

Some like it hot, I like it cold. The frozen wastes of Siberia are perfect for a hidden base. And plus, all those perfectly competent to-be henchmen that are deported to Siberia by governments and other evil rulers can be recruited, so free manpower!

 

[Elfgore]

An orbital space station. It would go perfect with my Vorcha minions and my giant laser Beam of Death. The earth will live in fear of my power.

 

[WolfThomas]

Not exactly the most secret. But I've always loved building on the roofs of skyscrapers. Like Shredder's Dojo in some of the TMNT cartoons or the Castle Xanatos has in Gargoyles.

The idea of this personalised sanctuary smack in the city of a modern metropolis. And of course all the advantages of having the building below (and presumably secret underground areas).

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Possibly somewhere in Tokyo, in a ritzy high-class joint. Either that or a secret compound on a tropical island.

 

[Teoes]

..Nobody's called the moon yet? Dibs on the moon! It will be chock full of lasers - small ones for the henchmen, big ones for pewpewing pesky non-cooperative Earth-based Governments. Of course, that'll be the sort-of decoy base that attracts the attention of all the spies and agents; the main base will be round on the dark side of the moon. There my genetically-modified army will grow.

 

[Tom_green_day]

Has no-one seen Die Another Day? A secret Iceland base where I can make my sun laser with a next-door castle made of ice and a tropical garden just for shits and giggles.

 

[Akytalusia]

a sky fortress on the nearest planet outside earth with a habitable atmosphere. if sky fortresses aren't applicable as they're not physical possibilities, then i'd settle for an orbital... space station...
...
on second thought, how about a mobile space station à la death star? i'll go with that.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Has no-one seen Die Another Day? A secret Iceland base where I can make my sun laser with a next-door castle made of ice and a tropical garden just for shits and giggles.

Die Another Day was one of the worst James Bond movies that I can remember. No one should want to emulate it.