The castle is a leftover from an age long past. Were it not for historians and tourists wanting to see the castle as it once was, it probably would have crumbled to ruins. Thanks to the fairly constant upkeep from the Polish government, the castle is in good working condition. General Stehnkov has realized this and has set up his headquarters in the main keep.
The castle is located on a sloped hill overlooking a vast open field. Almost 300 meters away is the closest cover, some light trees. A once paved road leads up to a parking lot that is off to the South of the castle, about 50 meters away. The parking lot looks like it would be about big enough to hold about 50 vehicles, but it is strangely covered with a layer of soil, about a foot and a half deep. The source of this dirt is unknown. A small, dirt walkway leads from the parking lot over to the main gates of the castle.
There are four corner towers on the walls of the castle, and spotlights have been mounted on each one. These spotlights are fairly large, and can illuminate the clearing around the castle out to about 250 meters. Each tower also has a either a PK machinegun or a MAG machinegun on it. At least two soldiers are also on each tower. The main gatehouse is manned by 4 soldiers. The main tower on the keep overlooks the courtyard inside the walls and has a DShk mounted on a tripod on it. In addition, at night there is a sniper posted on the tower with a starlight scope. His duty is to pick up any nosey townspeople that stray too close to the castle without permission.
The castle is manned by 52 Soviets soldiers, 8 lower ranking officers, and most times by General Stehnkov. Most of the men sleep either in the main keep, or in tents in the courtyard behind the keep. Parked in the main courtyard as you enter the castle walls are 3 UAZ and 1 BTR-80. There are stables off to either side of the courtyard, near the walls. One is in use with horses, about 8 of them, while the other one partially protects the MI-24 Hind D that the General has. There is camoflague netting over the Hind, and it would take the Soviets about 5 minutes to get the helicopter out from cover and ready to go. There are only 2 pilots available for the Hind, and if they are taken out, there will be no one else that can fly the machine effectively.
Stockpiled in a building at the back of the keep is a large supply of ammunition and equipment. There are roughly 60 AK-74s and a dozen RPG-16s with about 4 rockets for each. There is also an abundance of small arms munitions stored with the rifles. Strangely, there is also a pipe that protrudes from the wall of the keep, and looks as if it is newly emplaced. It leads into the keep and seems to have no function. There is a padlocked lid on top of it. This is a fuel pipe for the expected shipments of diesel. It leads to the underground mine.
Inside of the keep, in the dungeon, is nearly 1000 kg of gold that Stehnkov has been stockpiling. These are in dungeon cells that are locked tight, and only 2 people have keys for the cells. There is always 4 guards in the dungeon area, as this space contains the gold and also has the passageway to the underground mine.
General Stehnkov usually spends his days in the castle when he's not out touring the nuclear plant. During the night, however, he always leaves to sleep in the mine, where he feels it's safer from attack. He makes it a habit of always leaving the castle at 2000 hours. However, from the outside, it looks like he enters the castle and stays there all night, coming out again in the late morning. No one outside of the castle and nuclear station know about the secret passage to the mine, as it was only dug about 2 weeks ago.
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