Eiffel Tower: No One Stopped Us
Full security screening. Bag checks. Thousands managed daily. No policy for beskar. Ji'ana Fenix and HK7335 in Paris. The iron lattice had no objections.
FIELD NOTES
Armor Field Note: Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
I approached the iron lattice structure at 0800 hours with HK7335 at my side. The tower rises 330 meters from the Champ de Mars, its framework catching the morning light like a beacon across the city. We joined the queue of tourists already forming at the base.
Security personnel flagged us immediately at the entrance checkpoint. They confiscated HK7335's blaster rifles and my beskad without discussion. The metal detectors registered every piece of our beskar plating. Queue progression halted for twenty minutes while additional guards arrived to observe our passage through their scanners.
The structure opens daily at 0930 hours with lift access to three observation levels. Golden hour provides optimal lighting conditions for reconnaissance of the surrounding urban terrain. Metro Line 6 delivers you directly to Bir-Hakeim station within walking distance of the base. The second level offers the clearest tactical overview of the Seine's eastern approach. Advance booking eliminates ground-level wait times that can extend beyond two hours during peak season. The iron framework dates to 1889, predating most conflicts in this sector by decades.
From the summit platform, Paris spreads in all directions like a detailed holomap. HK7335 calculated firing solutions to seventeen strategic points before I reminded him we were conducting cultural observation. Tourists pressed against the barriers, pointing their recording devices at the cityscape below. A small child asked if we were from a holovid. Her parents quickly pulled her away when HK7335's vocabulator activated.
The guards waved us through every checkpoint after the first one.