Talos Towers is located on the southern side of Talos Island, overlooking the statue. To give you a more precise location, as you exit Pocket D into Talos Island, you're facing the western side of Talos Towers.
Please note that this is a public building. The entrance is on the south side of the building, facing the statue of Talos. Please show your I.D. badge to Security upon entering, then head for the purple elevator.
Security
It should be noted that, although the Project's headquarters is located in a public building, it is by no means an easy target. All exterior windows are made of bullet-proof polycarbonate. The building as a whole has been outfitted with the highest quality security system on the market. This includes both interior and exterior surveillance systems (including cameras not located on the building itself). And the base and adjacent floors have been reinforced with a hidden weapons system controlled by secured computers within the Project’s HQ.
Talos Towers is a secure building. Visitors must sign in at the security desk in the lobby. Access to the elevators is regulated by electronic key card. More accurately, the key cards control which floors one has access to. A card, for example, may be keyed for office levels only, or apartment levels only. The storefronts are all in the lobby level, and are open to the public.
Base Access
Only one elevator in the building is programmed to read the electronic key cards that Project members receive. It's easy to find. It's the purple one at the back (actually a former service elevator).
Although you may bring guests up the elevator, please do not allow other tenants of the building to ride up with you. (They've been instructed about this elevator, but you never know who'll try to hop on with you.)
((For RP purposes, our base teleporter is simply this elevator. How you choose to RP the base portals outside the building is up to you... but as far as the Towers are concerned... it's an elevator. We're not super-high tech in the Project.))
If you invite guests over and are not accompanying them, simply notify Security of the guests' names, and they will be escorted up the elevator.
Like most skyscrapers, Talos Towers is a multi-function structure, holding apartments, business offices, and storefronts. Although Project members have access to the apartments above, please be respectful of the fact that they are private residences.
The Stores
The Coffee Corner - This is a small but good quality espresso bar and bistro. It features the typical array of breakfast foods... muffins, bagels, croissants, etc. For lunch, choose from two daily soups or an assortment of above-average salads and sandwiches. Oh, and coffee. Very good coffee.
Vincenzo's - This is an Italian ristorante, featuring primarily Sicilian foods. The fish is all fresh, never frozen. And do try the caponata.
Chuck's - No, they don't sell sneakers. It's a steak house, pure and simple. Top quality steaks, chops, fish and fowl.
The Creamery - Specializing in frozen confections... ice cream, frozen yogurt, gelato, and more.
Talos Trinkets - One of several boutique gift shops in a chain.
Paragon News - A moderate-sized newsstand... newspapers, magazines, comic books, and paperbacks.
The Apartments
Beginning on the 21st floor, the rest of the building is comprised of Talos Towers Apartments. Dinah Geof-Craigs (a.k.a. Dynamistress, founder and benefactor of the Project) owns two floors of the building, one of which is comprised of apartments. She and her brother Dana live in one unit. The others are rented out to other heroes of her acquaintance. The other floor is the base of operations for The Pariah Project.
The Pariah Project Annex
In a secure, hidden location in the Rogue Isles is a small "micro-base," which we refer to as the "Annex" of the Project. Though nowhere near as lavish as our Talos Island headquarters, it is a functional, comfortable spot from which we can operate under the radar of (and against) Arachnos and other unsavory sorts in Etoile. ((RP note: this is not a Villain Group, but merely the "redside" operations of the Project.))