The Sulaco is an imposing structure as its antenna and probe fascade protrudes into the street, intentionally obstructing traffic. The spacecraft decor continues inside as cables and conduit run the length of the walls. Steel grating catwalks flank both sides of the bar/entry corridor, providing a complete view of the entire bar. In the center of what would normally be a dance floor is a huge column of cables upon which are hung several monitors. The monitors flicker between videos, pseudo-status displays, news reports, and real-time video feed of the contents of the "airlocks". There are four such "airlocks" set in the floor around the monitor tree. They are designated by the warning stripes around their openings. Controls to operate the top and bottom interlocking doors are located in small hatches next to each airlock opening.
When Hollywood Cafe' Entertainment built the Sulaco (shortly before renovating it's sister bar, the Nostromo), they intended it to be a trendy dance bar. It turned out that the industrial decor attracted more solos and less clubkids. The airlocks were designed to be dance pits, but proved to be better suited as fight pits, as the doors at the bottom of the pits originally used as drains are now used to eject losers into the sewer systems below.
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