All people, attributes, shelters, locations, tools/weapons, and misc. other items that I mention are based on fact.
Attributes:
Age: 20
Height: Aprox. 6'2"
Weight: 160 lbs
Build: Thin/Athletic
City: Las Vegas, NV.
Starting Shelter: Apartment building/2nd floor
Emergency Shelter: The roof of said apartment.
Goal Shelter: Casino/2nd floor
Other: Plenty of available battle ready hand held melee weapons.
Special Ability's: Extensive martial arts background. Adept in mechanics, and engineering. In above average physical condition, with the ability to run five minute miles, and 4.4 second forty yard dashes.
Equipment/Clothing - all weapons mention are BATTLE READY, not swap meet floor models.
Basic Clothing: Standard dress, I.E. jeans, short, t-shirts, etc...
Protective Clothing: Leather jacket, bullet resistant vest, leather motorcycle pants, full paintball face shield (explanation later).
Weapons: Hardwood Bo Staff. Steel Katana. Steel throwing knives (Unskilled with weapon, last resort). Graphite hunters longbow. (Roughly 40 serrated tipped hunting arrows)
Tools: Mechanics tools. Basically... everything you would ever need to fix your car. Can be used for more then just automotive purposes.
Zombie Types:
Most prominent:
Basic walkers. I.E. Romero/Dawn Of The Dead.
-They lack logic skills. Slow moving. Threat:
1/5-but can be dangerous in large numbers.
Less prominent:
Enhanced walkers.
-Still lacking basic logic skills, but will respond to stimuli other then humans. (Sound, smells, etc...) Not as slow as Basic walkers, but can barely accomplish a jogging pace.
Threat:2/5 In large numbers it becomes 4/5.
Large Enhanced walkers.
-All attributes of the standard enhanced walker, but they were a larger person in life, making them a league apart from the standard when it comes to up close and personal battles.
Threat:4/5
Rare Encounter:
Logical walker.
This is that one in a million zombie that has reasoning, and basic logic. They aren't intelligent enough to do most tasks that we may consider menial, like open doors, climb ladders, and what not, but they can solve problems such as breaking through barricades by disassembling them piece by piece, rather than just running into it over, and over. Also find weak points in buildings, such as windows.
Threat:5/5 -upon notice, should be eliminated at all costs to prevent them from inspiring other "Logical's."
Thoughts are contained in between dashes, and speech is in quotes. Explanations, and important information are in parentheses. Actions are in *Stars*. As new characters come into play, they will be given a short rundown of attributes similar to a streamlined version of what's above for myself. Same with anything else that may need a rundown, such as vehicles, or buildings.
This will be an ongoing thing more like a story, then a strategy with lots of "What if's", and "Butt this could have happened" moments. It's just a story, get over it.
3...2...1... START!
10/3/2009 Time: 8:44PM
TV: "BREAKING REPORT!" "In downtown Las Vegas it seems that the dead are walking among us. They are to be considdered extremely dangerous. The government is instating a quarantine on Las Vegas, and no one is to come or go without proper authority. Officials refuse to make a statement as to the cause of this, but insist that it will be taken care of shortly, and recommend that you don't panic, lock your doors, barricade the windows, and remain in your home until they have the situation under control.
Self: -This has to be a joke.- *Picks up cell phone, dials 5, call*
"Hey RJ, are you watching the news?"
RJ: "Yeah bro, I don't know what's going on, but me, Kody, and Darken are coming over."
Self: "Alright, that's probably a good idea, i'll see you when you get here" *Hangs up* "Man, this can't be real. *Walk outside, and across the stairway to my neighbors house. Knock knock. A few seconds later the door opens.* "Hey Brandon, have you seen the news?" (I'm answered by Brandon's flurrying about gathering things into a trash bag)
Brandon: "Yeah i've heard, could you help me gather up some stuff? I'm getting the hell out of here."
Self: "Sure man, but where are you going to go? The government has the roads shut down."
Brandon: "I'm in the Air force man, i'm going to the base until all this shit gets done... Throw me that box next to you"
(About twenty minutes goes by, and my phone starts ringing.)
Self: *Looks at phone* "RJ." *Answers phone* "Hey what's up RJ?"
RJ: "Hey man, where are you, we've been knocking for like five minutes?"
Self: "Oh shit bro, I totally forgot. Hey Brandon, i'll see you later man." *I receive a goodbye, and walk outside* "Sorry guys." *I walk back into my appartment, followed by my three friends*
Time Freeze - Character rundown.
RJ
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Build: Stout/Muscular
Other: Short, but very strong. Wrestling background, and picks up on fighting maneuvers very fast. Rather intelligent.
Kody - Short for Dakota.
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Build: Thin.
Other: RJ's brother. Lots of contacts.
Darken - Real name shall not be mentioned.
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 135 lbs.
Build: Skinny.
Other: Fun to be around. Great for moral. Also very intellectual.
I'm good friends with all of them. Darken, and RJ are roomates, and Kody lives with his grandmother. This is important later.
3...2...1...START!
Self: *I look outside to notice that almost all of my neighbors are gone* "Hey guy's. If this is real, this could be bad, we need to start preparing." *They all agree, and start to lounge about my appartment. I Walk into my bedroom, and grab my small toolbox.* (I use this toolbox for smaller jobs. It contains just basic hand tools. I have many more tools in my garage where my car is kept.) "Alright, first things first." *Puts toolbox down* "Kody, Darken, go around to the other apartments on the top floor of my building, and see who else is staying here." *I walk back into my room, and grab a rope, then walk back out into the living room. Kody, and Darken are already on their way out the door. I hand the rope to RJ* "RJ, tie this around the pillar on my patio"
RJ: "Why?"
Self: "Because that's how we're getting in, and out of the apartment for now."
RJ: "Well... that makes sense. I guess Zombies can't climb it huh? What are you going to do?"
Self: "I'm going to go, and loosen the bolts on the other stair cases, so that we can knock them over. I don't want those things coming in through the walls either. If we can do that, we should be pretty safe up here on the second floor. At least for now anyways." *RJ goes out on the patio, and starts tying the rope.* "After you're done with that, just wait here, i'll be back in a minute, and i'll need your help, just make sure that rope isn't going anywhere." *He responds with an okay, and goes back to work. I walk outside to see Darken, and Kody coming up the stairs.* "Hey guys, so what's up?"
Kody: "I dunno man. Either nobody is answering their door, or their all gone."
Darken: "This one black lady was coming out of her apartment on the other side, and said that she was leaving town. Other then that I didn't run into anybody."
Self: "Alright good. Hey Darken run in my room, and in my bathroom, there should be a folding step ladder. Go get it, and bring it out here." (I stay in the master suite in a two bedroom apartment. I use my bathroom as another closet) *I Reach in my pocket, and pull out my truck keys.* Dakota, go pull the Ranger up." *I toss him the keys. I walk past Darken who's going up the stairs as I proceed down. I look around, and notice no cars in the parking lot except for my Ranger parked against the back wall.*
-Running out of space. Tell me if you guys want to see more, and i'll continue.