The Vault

The Vault is located in the Colorado Rockies where it serves as SHIELD's prison for mutant criminals or those with superhuman powers. The vault itself is a tall structure made of state of the art materials making it almost immune to outside attack. Further more the vault's main entrance is through a landing pad some 200 feet up, preventing easy access by unauthorized personnel and it is surrounded by a no-fly zone. The prison cells in the vault are customized to it's occupant and their powers to prevent escape.

Public Description
The Vault stands like a dark grey finger out against the stunning vista of the Colorado Rockies. Arriving by air, the only known method of entry, brings visitors and prisoners alike to a windy landing pad jutting out of the tall structure about two-thirds of the way up the prison. The pad is watched by a viewing area above and there are always guards on-hand to meet visitors and prisoners. Once new arrivals have been checked and verified with the visitor and delivery lists, they are transported out of the weather to dark cool interior of the prison, where the walls are studded with cameras, and security personnel in SHIELD uniforms patrol the halls.

Once cleared for entry or processed as a prisoner a second set of doors iris open and allow entry to the prison itself, a series of rectangular walk ways around the hollow center of the building, each walkway playing host to a number of one person cells closed by a forcefield, the theoretical last home for many of the world's super criminals.

The upper levels house the prison administration offices, while the lower levels hold special containment and some of the machinery that keeps the Vault running as well as the rooms of supplies that keep the prisoners fed.