Broken Bars prison riot
The prison riot pad: wings, cells, library and the yard people skip.
- Rescue all civilians
- Secure all hostiles
- Secure all evidence
Work the visitor section, administration and medbay, then the cell blocks and the library, and finish in the yard where the long angles live.
Broken Bars is the prison pad. It is longer, darker and fuller of bodies that look alike than anything else you will run early on.
Layout
The place loads as a prison with a visitor section, administrative rooms, a medbay, cell blocks, a library and an outdoor yard. The briefing names it Blackridge Prison and the intro voice warns about armed prisoners.
What the pad asks
- Rescue all civilians
- Secure all hostiles
- Secure all evidence
The evidence line matters more here than on the bank: mark the bodies you drop, because a dead suspect that never gets marked can leave a task line open.
Route that works
- Clear the visitor section first — it is usually empty, which makes it a free check of your controls.
- Push administration and the medbay. This is where the first real resistance is.
- Work the cell blocks in order and confirm every silhouette before firing.
- Check the library; it is a small room people forget, and it hides a suspect more often than it should.
- Finish in the yard. It is open ground with long angles — the one place on this pad where a rifle beats everything else.
Where people lose this pad
- Shooting inmates who were compliant. The wings are full of people who look identical and are not threats.
- Skipping the yard. Officers finish the blocks, walk out, and leave two hostiles and an evidence marker behind.
- Running out of ammo mid-wing. Reload when the corridor is clear, not when a door opens.
Kit for this pad
The default pump shotgun works in the wings and fails in the yard. A rifle with a sight covers both, and a flashbang covers the cell-block doors that open into rooms full of prisoners.
Common questions
Why do I keep getting officer-down here?
Because the wings are long and suspects come from behind you. Clear the corridor behind the door you came through before pushing deeper.
Is the yard required?
If the task list still shows civilians or hostiles outstanding, yes. The yard is the usual culprit.
How long does a clean run take?
Ten to fifteen minutes solo, less with a party that splits the wings.
