The Zombie Apocalypse

[Xanrn]

Well my plan for a Zombie Apocalypse goes something like this.

Step 1. Scream like a little girl.

Step 2. Soil Myself.

Step 3. Die as my heart explodes from sheer terror.

Besides that what are we talking about.

Scarey Mofo Fast Virus Zombies who can be stopped with enough organic damage. ie 28 Days Later/Left 4 Dead.

Scarey Mofo Fast Dead Zombies who need a headshot. ie Dawn of the Dead Remake.

Lumbering Undead who can be stopped with enough organic damage. ie D&D / Warhammer.

Lumbering Undead who need a headshot and can rip people to pieces. ie Romero.

Lumbering Undead who can only really kill via biting. ie The Walking Dead.

If the Virus can jump species, if its only to other Primates, I don't feel my chances are very high when a hungry zombie Silverback is gunning for me.

As for moats.

No you want empty boats with plenty of sharp spikes at the bottom, Zombie falls in. Its either dead or easy pickings.

Also never forget the humble pike. All you need is a good fence or a 2nd story window and you can headshot zombies all day long.

[Tormund Ukrainesbane]

I like my undead shambling and hungry for brains. Fast zombies that you can kill with a body shot are lame.

[Fenryng]

Well my plan for a Zombie Apocalypse goes something like this.

Step 1. Scream like a little girl.

Step 2. Soil Myself.

Step 3. Die as my heart explodes from sheer terror.

Besides that what are we talking about.

Scarey Mofo Fast Virus Zombies who can be stopped with enough organic damage. ie 28 Days Later/Left 4 Dead.

Scarey Mofo Fast Dead Zombies who need a headshot. ie Dawn of the Dead Remake.

Lumbering Undead who can be stopped with enough organic damage. ie D&D / Warhammer.

Lumbering Undead who need a headshot and can rip people to pieces. ie Romero.

Lumbering Undead who can only really kill via biting. ie The Walking Dead.

If the Virus can jump species, if its only to other Primates, I don't feel my chances are very high when a hungry zombie Silverback is gunning for me.

As for moats.

No you want empty boats with plenty of sharp spikes at the bottom, Zombie falls in. Its either dead or easy pickings.

Also never forget the humble pike. All you need is a good fence or a 2nd story window and you can headshot zombies all day long.

I like your breakdown. It pretty much covers all the bases that I can tell. I like moats, personally. And, you know, ANY weapon that allows them to die long before reaching me is a good thing. Preferably the further away the better.

[Noontidal]

We've probably gone over this before, but what subject haven't we broached at least half a dozen times.

I am particularly curious about European survival strategies, since you folks don't really have guns, and most successful strategies seem to require an abundance.

Here's mine, I would assemble a group of 8, 4 men 4 women. Ideally they would each have useful skills(lawyer, accountant, banker), but just being fit, mentally stable, and capable of firing or learning how to fire a weapon well works for my purposes. First order of business is to get armed. Then we head over to a military base with a small local populace(I know just the one). We go in, and secure a small submarine, clearing it of any zombie infestation and setting out to sea. A submarine for several reasons: 1. I know how everything on a sub works, though I could probably figure out most other ships pretty easily. 2. Clearing away all the zombies in a submarine would be relatively easy, especially since you can prevent any extras from coming onboard right away. 3. Any military ship is going to have a sizeable stash of good small arms (m16s m60s 9m, shotgun). 4. Even if zombies can swim, they won't be able to board. 5. No need for refueling for a very long time. 6. Large food storage capacity. 7. If we hit bad weather, we can just dive.

Over time we might try to secure other ships(we will never touch a carrier though). We would do regular shopping trips as necessary, using a soundmaker to lure the local zombie populace out into the open where we can mow them down prior to landing. I would like to find a nice island that had a low population even before the zombie infestation, and clear it free, making it a home base.

[tzanth]

My plan has always been to head down to the local marina, steal a nice big yacht, and set sail. Same principle, although a little less thought through.

Although securing a military submarine seems like it would be much harder than sailing off with a ship from the marina... my vessel would also be more likely to be provisioned with critical survival items such as tequila, rum and... more rum.

[Tears of Lys]

Guns?? :rolleyes:

Flamethrowers! LOTS of them. Zombie's don't give a shit about guns.

Blast, rinse, repeat.

[Arbor Gold]

We've probably gone over this before, but what subject haven't we broached at least half a dozen times.

Yep.

[TheBigTEA]

With my luck I will either be the one the STARTS the Zombie Apocalypse or will be one of the first to succumb to it's charms.

I mean who doesn't like brains?

I think getting on a ship is a good idea though.

[Frosty]

This thread would take so much of my time to honestly and with full conviction reply time does not allow. All I can is the bodies would fly, chainsaws would rip, pitbulls would nip - fire and explosions would rip through Zombies with no regard for gender, race or age. I am an EOK - Equal Opportunity Killer.

[Nichole]

Here's mine, I would assemble a group of 8, 4 men 4 women. Ideally they would each have useful skills(lawyer, accountant, banker)

Lawyer? Accountant? Banker? I want to have a gun nut, a hunter, and someone who knows about farming with me.

[Tormund Ukrainesbane]

See the main thread for my immediate and subsidary plans. Perhaps a mod would merge the threads?

[Fenryng]

The submarine idea is a possible one, but one that I would do with reluctance, because my stomach does not do well, ever, on the ocean. A submarine would be better than a surface ship, granted.

[Xanrn]

Well I live very close to an army base, so I either get me a military escort or loot their corpses.

Plus lots farms with shotguns/bolt action rifles round here too and oh an atleast 2 archery centres!

Yeah so this British man is fairly safe, also there are a couple of houses of familys I am reasonable sure have illegal firearms.

Plus any guns/weaponry I find looting people's house for the sheer fun of it.

[Frosty]

:grouphug:

I hate Zombies and them that harbor them !

[El-ahrairah]

I hafta say, now I've seen everything. Catholic Morality in a Post Zombie Apocalypse World

I wonder how well the Swiss Guard's halberds would work against the undead. :)

[TrueMetis]

Well first off I live in Canada so I only have to worry about zombies during the summer. Don't have to worry about frozen zombies. Anyway I'm heading to the nearest army base and getting some things on my shopping list.

Vehicles

LEOPARD C2

LAV III

COYOTE

BADGER ARMOURED ENGINEERING VEHICLE

ARMOURED PATROL VEHICLE

Beaver Bridge Launcher

BISON ARMOURED VEHICLE

ADATS

G WAGON

GALION GRADER

GRIFFON HELICOPTER

HEAVY LOGISTIC VEHICLE WHEELED

HUSKY

KRUPP CRANE KMK 2025

LIGHT SUPPORT VEHICLE WHEELED

MEDIUM LOGISTIC VEHICLE WHEELED

TRACK EXCAVATOR - SOLAR 220LC-III

Weapons

60-MM MORTAR

81-MM MORTAR

BROWNING .50 CAL HEAVY MACHINE GUN

BROWNING 9-MM PISTOL

C13 GRENADE

C2 105-MM HOWITZER

C3A1 SNIPER RIFLE - 7.62 MM

C6 GENERAL PURPOSE MACHINE-GUN

C7A1 ASSAULT RIFLE

C8 ASSAULT CARBINE

C9A1 LIGHT MACHINE-GUN

LONG RANGE SNIPER WEAPON (LRSW)

M777

CARL GUSTAV MEDIUM RANGE ANTI-ARMOUR WEAPON

ERYX

M72 SHORT ANTI-ARMOUR WEAPON

Equipment

AIR/GROUND/AIR RADIO

TACTICAL COMMAND AND CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

LIGHT ASSAULT RADIO

REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER PURIFICATION UNIT

RUCKSACK

THE COMBAT NET RADIO

You guys are mostly thinking of how to kill the zombies, and are using ancient weapons at that. What about the inevitable human vs human clash? When dicks try to take your stockpiled food? Or maintaining supply lines? First thing I'm doing after I've got my people together and gotten the stuff on my shopping list is securing neccesary resources. IE oil, food, iron, etc. I can even keep the roads maintained with the galion grader. If you only think about how to kill the zombies you aren't going to survive as non-perishables get more scarce and the oil runs out.

[WrathOfTinyKittens]

I have had this debate with my girlfriend, and we have come to the following conclusion.

There are two basic scenarios for zombie apocalypse.

1. The infection is not airborne. In this instance, existing military and improvised paramilitary forces would be able to control the situation, as it is likely to be limited geographically. Think "The Crazies."

2. The virus is airborne. In this case, it can be safely assumed that in the affected area, existing military formations will cease to be effective, as a high percentage will be infected and in such close proximity to non-infected that they will either kill or infect the healthy. Paramilitary forces will be scattered and disorganized, due to extremely high attrition in the population. In this case, civilization will be destroyed, with only naturally immune or otherwise shielded people not being infected, but many/most of these people will be quickly killed by zombies.

It is the second possibility that we must plan for. Make no plans that involve specific people; probably they'll either be infected or killed.

My personal survival plan is to trek with a small group of survivors - no more than 15, myself included, split into two groups, with myself as overall leader - into the Rockies, where we will take control of a large house or mansion compound. We will cleanse the area and relocate non-perishables in the area into our fortress and then fortify it.

The fortification process will include digging out an underground cellar / garage (if one doesn't already exist) and using the earth to build berms over the first floor windows. All other windows will have bars welded over there, small enough to prevent zombie ingress but large enough to grant a clear view for sharpshooting. A nice dry moat will finish off the process.

My group would ideally include more women than men, and they will all be skilled with weapons. People with gardening and farming experience are a must. Also mechanics and general handimen are a great asset. I find that farmers from rural communities (like the one I grew up in) are great because they can grow food and also repair things and build damn near anything out of improvised materials.

Things like nonperishable food, seeds for a garden, gasoline, and spare parts / building materials can be foraged from virtually any town in America. It's important for this location to be a country house because country houses have gravity-pump gas tanks, which are very useful, and access to farming supplies.

So. That's my plan, if we can do it.

[Tormund Ukrainesbane]

1. The infection is not airborne. In this instance, existing military and improvised paramilitary forces would be able to control the situation, as it is likely to be limited geographically. Think "The Crazies."

This is a poor assumption. Think a transfer of body fluids like "28 days later". By the time the army figures out WTF is going on it will be way too late.

[Jakob Lightbringer]

Remember that because Zombies are immortal they make excellent perpetual motion machines.

In all likelihood the Zombie outbreak will be followed by a golden age of unlimited energy resources -- whether we survive or not.

[gryphon strike]

Interesting question here maybe several actually.

would Zombies be stopped by water?

Would they flock to an area where there seem to be no zombies?

After all rural areas would have few zombies anyway compared to the cities. Not to mention Farmers are often good shots so head shots would be more likely

Would they be imortal?

or would it merely be a matter of time before they either devoured each other or died from a lack of brains?

Do they communicate with each other somehow?

can you do limited raids killing a few dozen at a time and then withdrawing?

if that were the case then even crossbows would be pretty effective. Looks good too :)

well so would blasted the head apart with a snipers rifle :P