The Citadel had been constructed to be easily defensable, difficult to break into and equally difficult to escape from once security lockdown ensues. It had been modified over the years to take advantage of new technologies and materials, and it's appearance changed as sections were added on, old ones modified.
The Citadel was built over a series of
underwater
tunnels that grant access to the ocean. Here the group stored its
three submersables, two of which were spoils from earlier cases against
old enemies. The entrances to these caves are as secure as any
other
entrance, as an old battle with Barracuda and his School of Doom taught
the team to expect attacks from any quarter.
High Justice eventually retired as a
team and The Citadel remained vacant for several years as it's legal
owner, Brian Griffith, slowly removed all dangerous equipment, trophies
and artifacts from it to more secure facilities. Originally plans
were made to turn the base into a museum of some sort but nothing ever
came to fruition. Then the former Vindicator known as Soleste,
known
to faerie folk as "The
Barrow Queen", defected from Titania and Oberon's Ireland based realm
and requested asylum under the British umbrella. She lay claim to High
Justice Isle and The Citadel and renamed the place Solestia.
The Barrow Queen's relationship with
the British government is a tenuous one. There is nothing on
paper and the government does not recognize her royal status, but at
the same time there have been no efforts to evict her from the island
and Griffith has legally turned ownership of the place over to her and
her loyal minions as well as providing technical support to keep
power, heat and water running. The presence of the faeries seems
to have altered the landscape of the place, causing small woods to take
root on the rocky soil.
Solestia makes money partly by limited tourism and by the creation of some of the finest needlework and tapestries ever seen. A Solestian tapestry, knitted by dozens of faerie, can sell for hundreds of thousands.