the zombie apocalypse thread...
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Basement rat
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03rangerxlt
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My zombie survival includes:
zombies are attracted to noise, so this will make knocking them off a little easier.
And I just need to fight my way to the garage where I work, where we keep one of these:
Load up with MREs and get back to the house to grab the wife! (Being married is new to me, and will require some adjustment to the plans! LOL)
zombies are attracted to noise, so this will make knocking them off a little easier.
And I just need to fight my way to the garage where I work, where we keep one of these:
Load up with MREs and get back to the house to grab the wife! (Being married is new to me, and will require some adjustment to the plans! LOL)
Swagger
Putting boot to ass since 1967!
Right near me, there's a secure radar and microwave relay compound. I was in the facility years ago and it's dialed. They have their own water system with filtration and uv sterilization, something like 10,000 gal storeage on site. I'd add rain collection.
It's on a steep sided ridge with approx. 5 acres behind 16' of concertina wire. ~15,000sq plus an enclosed (and gloriously stocked I might add) shop, the highest point in the building, not counting the towers is some 4stories above the ridgeline. Each side is kept clear and the heavy trees on each side along the ridge itself hide pretty tangled and rugged land, tough for shamblers to get thru. I imagine a series of simple rope bridges couple be extended out into the treeline to make crowd clearing easier.
Oh yeah, no first floor glass of any kind that I can remembern
Neat joint, I call done but there's room for a few cool people to come.....just stay outta my stash of Cap't Crunch and you'll be ok.....
It's on a steep sided ridge with approx. 5 acres behind 16' of concertina wire. ~15,000sq plus an enclosed (and gloriously stocked I might add) shop, the highest point in the building, not counting the towers is some 4stories above the ridgeline. Each side is kept clear and the heavy trees on each side along the ridge itself hide pretty tangled and rugged land, tough for shamblers to get thru. I imagine a series of simple rope bridges couple be extended out into the treeline to make crowd clearing easier.
Oh yeah, no first floor glass of any kind that I can remembern
Neat joint, I call done but there's room for a few cool people to come.....just stay outta my stash of Cap't Crunch and you'll be ok.....
Basement rat
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Good call on the rope bridge/ moat!
axeugene27
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Im just gonna mount machine guns to my cafe bike and go mad max with it. prob have some blades mounted to the wheels for slide kills.
Basement rat
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bikes are a bad idea. Not enough protection.
Guns are the default but without a decent sword, you'll still get into trouble...
Basement rat
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Armour first,
You will get tired fast and the dead never sleep.
You will get tired fast and the dead never sleep.
axeugene27
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well i will prob build some kind of batbike like armour around my bike so it can roll and still pop up and slip into the woods when needed as the zombies will most likely focus on the more populated areas first. I think a flame thrower will be pretty necessary as i think zombies can surely melt and the flames will easily spread to other zombies closeby
manualofman
i always wind up with extra bolts leftover..
Garage Rat said:
i'm gonna take the bait and argue that bikes are better because they offer you more maneuverability and acceleration. Dodging zombie hordes is all about evasion, even the biggest truck is going to get hung up in the first gridlocked street. unless you're rolling in that APC..
then again, it depends on if this is your primary vehicle or just your zombie-shit-kickin vehicle. i'd much rather move supplies in an armored vehicle, but having a bike for some zombie drive-by's would be killer. ;D
Make sure the bike is at minimum dual sport capable. You will certainly need to leave an ideal street surface when evading/fleeing from the zombie throngs. I would think a 4 stroke would be more ideal as well so you don't have to worry about sourcing 2 cycle oil as well as fuel (which will become hard enough to get once the apocalypse sets in). A well stocked yacht would be ideal if you live near a large body of water, just be careful to be deep enough that any submersed zombies can't reach up and grab the bottom of the boat!
Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks is a must read!!!
Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks is a must read!!!
manualofman
i always wind up with extra bolts leftover..
the pawn wins!
Swagger
Putting boot to ass since 1967!
It occurs and I think it was hit up on in the max brooks survival guide, one should take their environment into account when battling the horde. We are and thusly they are 92 percent or is it 98 percent water. Change the state of that water and you change the state of your enemy. Ideally, one would use either extreme cold to solidify the unread rendering the more or less inert and easily disposed of.
Even more optimal would be a hot arid climate where the dehydrating action of wind, sun and dry sand would serve to mumify the shamblers at which point they become firewood.
I'd avoid tropical climates because aside from the problem of potential zombification at the tooth and nail of dead Auntie Thelma, but plague becomes a real worry. All those lovely south seas islands.....sweltering, stinking, deathtraps of decay and disease.
My 'kit' if you will:
2) 16" parangs for close quarters combat
My Bear compound bow
Truncheon or other skull basher
These would be my primaries because silence will be key. Noise will be what attracts a few hundred or thousand even to overrun your position.
My 870 with the plug pulled
Bull barrel 10-22 setup as a folding carbine
Lastly, some kind of deployable distraction device. I'm thinking some kind of chemical discharge whistle (batteries will be scarce) attached to a retriever training plug fired from my 12g. Need to draw off the bulk of a crowd? Fire a screamer off into the near distance, yes your shot would be heard but the rapidly expanding gas from baking soda and vinegar (etc) shreaking thru an outlet designed to whistle will draw the horde for the 30+ seconds it would be active. Long enough to beat a hasty retreat.
Some good reading would be a series called 'Day by Day Armagedon', a neat diary style that builds good tension.
Even more optimal would be a hot arid climate where the dehydrating action of wind, sun and dry sand would serve to mumify the shamblers at which point they become firewood.
I'd avoid tropical climates because aside from the problem of potential zombification at the tooth and nail of dead Auntie Thelma, but plague becomes a real worry. All those lovely south seas islands.....sweltering, stinking, deathtraps of decay and disease.
My 'kit' if you will:
2) 16" parangs for close quarters combat
My Bear compound bow
Truncheon or other skull basher
These would be my primaries because silence will be key. Noise will be what attracts a few hundred or thousand even to overrun your position.
My 870 with the plug pulled
Bull barrel 10-22 setup as a folding carbine
Lastly, some kind of deployable distraction device. I'm thinking some kind of chemical discharge whistle (batteries will be scarce) attached to a retriever training plug fired from my 12g. Need to draw off the bulk of a crowd? Fire a screamer off into the near distance, yes your shot would be heard but the rapidly expanding gas from baking soda and vinegar (etc) shreaking thru an outlet designed to whistle will draw the horde for the 30+ seconds it would be active. Long enough to beat a hasty retreat.
Some good reading would be a series called 'Day by Day Armagedon', a neat diary style that builds good tension.
