Basic Projector Repair Job Turns Into Armed Encounter At Secret Bunker
The Register, Friday, August 22nd, 2025
Escort's forgotten cap left techie facing rifles and a debrief
This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Andy" who shared a story from his time as a tech support engineer for an audio-visual equipment supplier.
"We used to supply all sorts of kit from humble office whiteboards all the way up to huge video walls used in control rooms for power stations or telco network control centers," Andy told On Call.
In the story he sent to The Register, Andy's job was to visit a site he described as "an internationally important top-secret control bunker, buried deep under the UK countryside."
Andy didn't know exactly what happened at this site, but it was clearly Very Important because when the client there required urgent repairs, they arranged a police escort to speed technicians to the site.