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[Hobbesy]

We have problems, and the President needs solutions to these problems. Thus, I've been ordered to assemble you, the finest of the remaining tactical minds on the planet, together here to deal with the issues at hand.

As you know, infected populous have reached every major continent and have spread through most of the world. The only 'Clear', or, completely infection free zones we have left are indicated on your hand outs in green. I don't need to tell you that these need to be protected, at all costs. All it takes is one reanimated in the right spot and a safe zone can be lost just like that.

Also found on your handout are a series of purple and orange zones. I will explain those now.

Orange zones, as indicated, are confirmed lost zones. That is to say, they have succumbed to onslaught from reanimated. These zones, those infected, still hold supplies, though how much is left cannot be determined without sending forces to these zones, which, needless to say, is dangerous.

Now, the purple sectors represent bases we have lost contact with, but are not necessarily lost. We cannot know for sure without sending in forces, or perhaps air craft if these buildings can send signals. Again, these bases, if not lost, contain people we must rescue, and supplies we can put to better use.

Regardless, we must discuss plans concerning the protection of our clear zones. As I'm sure you can imagine, these four clear zones are better or less equipped to handle themselves depending on their position of the world prior to the epidemic.

These two spots, off North America, are our best equipped. Both are equipped with cargo shipping helicopters, two for each base, and enough fuel to take them back and forth to each other numerous times. We won't know, per say, exactly how many times, until they begin to run low on fuel, and we have a reliable weather forecast set up. These two zones are also reporting a number of between 4 to 5 thousand survivors each, about 2 fifths of them being military trained personnel. Per base, of course.

Now, the North Western base, referred to now as the Western base, being linked to land, is having to deal with a greater number of reanimated then the Southern base, who is only having to fight off the ones which manage to be swept to the shores. As such, the Western base is using up much of their munitions. As our first course of action, I suggest we order a chopper from the southern base to load up some excess munitions to be given to the Western base, however, this is your call gentlemen, something I hope I do not regret agreeing to later.

Also, these two bases are adequately equipped food and water wise for the time being. Both have water treatment facilities, and food production facilities working well enough to supply themselves.

Now, for the bad news. These other two bases are running on borrowed time. The more Northern one has reported their water treatment facility has broken down. They need new parts for the device soon, or they will begin to die.

They have one hovercraft operational, with enough fuel to get a force to either the lost orange facility, which was reported last as having a working water treater, and back to their original base. They will have to fight reanimated, and no exact count can be made to their number. Our other option is order them to the purple zone. They have just enough fuel to get them to the purple sector, but not back. If there is fuel and an operational water treater there, they should be able to make it back. However, if the facility has been lost and no supplies remain, they will be unable to return, and most likely be killed by reanimated.

Secondly, the Eastern base is reporting that their hydro-electric generator has broken down due to the hostile weather. They have enough fuel for the back up generators to last them five days of warmth and water treatment. After this, they will freeze and die of thirst. As their fuel is being put to use in the generators, they cannot send their 2 trucks or recon vehicle out to procure supplies from nearby lost settlements or other bases. The only option we have to save them, is to save or procure the hovercraft from the Northern base to bring them supplies or evacuate them, or reclaim the purple sector west of the Western base to secure a flight path directly to them for the same purposes.

Unfortunately, in accordance with the Earth Protection Act of 2018, all nuclear ordinance has been decommissioned and removed from operational status. All Weapons of Mass Destruction are out of the picture gentlemen, we have small arms, vehicles, and aerial bombardment, assuming we can find the proper aircraft and the bombs to drop.

This is the current situation gentlemen. Any orders you give here will be carried out over the next day. Save as many as we can, and maybe we can finally figure out how to stop this plague.

As for the infected, they are driven for flesh, they are able to climb simple structures given enough time, and move at about the speed of a person walking briskly. They seem to possess only very basic planning skills, such as where to put a footfall for the next step, or where something just was, if it has vanished from view.

Destruction of the brain is the most efficient means of disposal, however extensive body damage has been known to cause fatal bleeding out over a period of time, dehydrating the brain, and not allowing electrical nerve signals to originate.

They display no signs of team work or co-operation, other then attacking in great numbers, and can spread the virus through a single fatal bite or deep scratch.

They will also not starve, and will take significantly longer to decompose then a regular human corpse. They also do not seem to require oxygen. Bleed outs are fatal simply because of dehydration, which the blood would remedy.

[Nid]

It is quite clear that we should forget about all these people, and erect a large perimiter wall around the remaining clear zones, where we can hold out until the reanimated decompose.

[Hobbesy]

That would be a stellar idea, gentlemen, provided we had any materials to build the wall with.

[Alias]

[Ghostrider]

[Nid]

[Comr4de]

[Hobbesy]

[Pandut]

Nid said:

It is quite clear that we should forget about all these people, and erect a large perimiter wall around the remaining clear zones, where we can hold out until the reanimated decompose.

Even if we did find resources to build a wall, we wont be able to out-wait the Reanimated.

Gentlemen, as we all know, the occurrence of Tytron Storms have increased, ever since the Bombing of the Steinerclast Reactor of 2020, shortly after the Earth Protection Act. The Reactor caused a Fallout, unlike any we've ever seen, and the radiation from the blast is still there, and is creating these deadly Tytron Storms. Those caught in the Storms power have been either killed or mutated.

But the point, the Radiation is Keeping the Reanimated alive, Tytron Storms are more common in the Orange Zones, and the Radiation is mutating the Reanimated. Making them smarter, stronger, and better survive-ability.

We have managed to capture several Tytron-Infected Reanimated, and some of them show Brain Functions close to ours, and sometimes above.

[Nid]

What are you talking about? I want my goddamn wall, and I want Will Smith in an F-16 bombing the crap out of anything looking remotely like a zombie.

[CommanderJB]

This topic could be construed as highly sexist.

[Nid]

CommanderJB, on 11 Jan 2009, 12:57, said:

This topic could be construed as highly sexy.

Fixed

[Waris]

Why?

[CommanderJB]

The title implies that no females are part of the (I quote) 'finest of the remaining tactical minds on the planet'.

[Nid]

That's not entirely sexist, It could also be implying that all the finest female minds have had their brains eaten out.

[CommanderJB]

But that would then imply that none of them were smart enough to avoid such a terrible fate whereas men were.

Edited by CommanderJB, 11 January 2009 - 13:16.

[Nid]

Perhaps these men were just plain lucky?

[BeefJeRKy]

Probability > Luck

[WNxMastrefubu]

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Probability > Luck

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[Ghostrider]

[Pandut]

I'm surprised no one did this yet...

[Dr. Strangelove]

*closes Vault door behind me* Now where did I put the launch codes to my secret nuclear arsenal?

[Comr4de]

[Wizard]

[Waris]