Susurrus Tower

It's almost hard to believe that the mammoth headquarters of the Terran Intelligence Bureau rests directly in the center of the absolute worst neighborhood in Van Leugen. Gated and heavily fortified both inside and out, no one truly knows the precise defensive abilities of the Tower. Early attempts to rob and vandalize it by the city's less-admirable citizens met with almost hilarious failure, ranging anywhere from a fully-tactical arrest at the hands of armored TIB agents to a nonchalant disarmament and submission by the lady at the front desk. Even an attempted terrorist attack could not shake Susurrus, the massive explosion of a dozen rigged car bombs doing little more than breaking a few windows. Criminals and gangs have since learned to keep away from the daunting skyscraper despite its integral location in the Nummens. The tower and the blocks of cityscape surrounding it are not only the safest place in the downtown area, but one of the safest districts in all of Van Leugen. Since its construction decades ago, Susurrus Tower has stood as a testament to the indignant (and perhaps, hopeless) efforts of the TNG to instill order and harmony amid a world that seems determined to embody the contrary.

Despite its imposing size and reputation, Susurrus Tower is an unbearably boring and frustration place once passed the front doors. After clearing a series of laborious security checks in a myriad of different armored rooms, visitors are allowed to enter the tower's magnanimously spacious and tremendously bland lobby. Color scheme is totally neutral: gray, black, white with only a few browns and darker blues to curb the monotony. Receptionists and agents on the floor are helpful and informative, but absolutely lacking in personality and emotional content. It's nearly the equivalent of talking to a computer. If one wishes to see the levels above the lobby, they would find (after MORE security checkpoints) that nearly every room in the tower's numerous floors are comprised of offices, meager\ blue-collar work-spaces, every bit as boring and melancholy as the rest of the building. Some rumors even argue that the top ten floors are completely vacant. Drab, mundane and cloy with tedious mediocrity, there seems to be nothing exceptional about Susurrus Tower.