Before I begin this, I want make this clear. The Red Republic story is not like the ERS one where the Marines were dealing with escaping a zombie-infested city (age old tale). The Red Republic deals with more of a origins story of the virus. Throughout the story I'll be putting in Russian words to make it seem more authentic (if my translations suck, sorry but what do you expect? I'm a English speaking American. It's kinda hard to learn another language in a week so BACK OFF!!!!). Throughout the story modern Russian will be refered to as the Old Langauge. It might be confusing to some, but it will clear up as it goes.

Caption: 7th Alyosha Battalion. We heard the reports and stories from Kardian, but never heeded it. Undead, whoever heard such a thing? Unfortunatly we have paided for our ignorance. A mining site outside New Kiev (%u041D%u043E%u0432%u044B %u0439 Kiev) has erupted with the virus. Bodies from the dig (uncovered from a archaeological dig) rose up and attacked the diggers. Apparently underneath the city was a system of catacombs left from a previous civilzation. The undeads on the surface are taken care of. Not too hard to kill bodies over 1000 years old so now we're sending teams down underneath to get a idea of just what is going on.