The First Encounter... (IC, Open, Zombie Event RP)

[The Victory Corporation]

Over the waters near New Axiom Colony, New Axiom

Goliaths were big, but with 300 soldiers plus accompanying tanks aboard, it was a tight fit. The squads stayed mostly clustered together, in their own private groups, discussing anything from their lives back home that they hadn't had to share, or plans for the upcoming mission. Colonel Darlan was in the command area, just back of the cockpit with the other senior officers and specialists. "Message re-routed back to you, colonel." One of the communications officers said. "Bring it up."

It was a message from the Campbell Nation. One the Victory Corporation, or at least none of the officers gathered there, had never encountered before. But, in a world so large, new people were met every day. A copy of the message was transferred to the Darlan's digital reader. "They've been on the ground longer than we have, and so far New Axiom hasn't been responding to our message." He said, letting the other officers read. Taking a seat, he began to write out a response.

Recipient: Edward Blaire, Campbell Nation Interim Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Subject: Response; New Axiom Colonial Outbreak;

We are currently approaching the island colony, but so far we have received no response from the New Axiom government and hope they have not been overrun. We are bringing three hundred troops equipped with the latest in our infantry weaponry, as well as ten Phoenix flame tanks, four Dominator main battle tanks, and two Knight medium tanks, and in the air we have several Skypiercer fighters and Skycrusher fighter-bombers assisting us. If you could inform us of the situation on the ground and an outline of where the outbreak is concentrated, as well as who you have commanding on the ground, it would be appreciated.

[The Tekkit Guy]

Captain Mandamous of the Holy Guard looked out of the RHIB as they sped towards the land. He was utterly shocked to see troops and tanks parachuting towards the ground, and even more military equipment staging an amphibious assault. What the hell was going on there?

His immediate instinct was that there was no disease at all, and this was just a huge trap that would get them all killed and sink all 3 ships. It seemed so unlikely that foreign nations would be doing essentially a hostile invasion on a nation that asked for help with disease control and research. If he was correct, New Axiom hadn't mentioned anything about needing military assistance, just disaster relief and research. Surely, they could take advantage of the colony's airstrip to be much easier and safer,

But then again, this would be one hell of a way to make an entrance. Perhaps some crackpot military empires wanted to flex their muscles and capture the colony, taking advantage of its time of crisis.

He had little time to ponder before they reached the shores. After tying down the boat, they crept inland slowly, assault rifles pointed, trudging through the coarse white sand towards the barbed wire barricades just upland.

[New Rat City]

Southern Korhal IVV city, Kirgemograd

Population-102,004
Infested-1.3%

All civilians are now armed with submachine guns, rifles, and some are even using swords and spears. The living are staying indoors with doors padlocked and reinforced with steel. Outside zombies walked around the streets, being shot at by civilians with sniper rifles.

Unfortunately for the humans, the local rat colony, which had infested the city years before, had aligned itself with the zombies.

The rats managed to get a large horde of zombies riled up, then led them straight into the city's most populated and vulnerable areas.

To make matters worse, the rats started chewing through power lines to disrupt the electrical grid.

New Rat City

Pizza Rat noticed that some of the rats that had been chewing on infected flesh were themselves becoming infected. He asked Sauron for the power to control them and hoped that it would be granted.

[New Rat City]

A few Hours Later

Some of the infected rats started growing exponentially, up until they reached over eight feet high and weighed over 300 pounds. These former rats were going to be zombie power houses!

Fortunately, they seemed to listen to the great pizza rat.

Pizza Rat: Alright ermmm....yeah. That was cool. I want all of you heavy hitters to help out the other zombies on this New Axiom colony. Sauron should hopefully be able to teleport you there in a few seconds.

[The Campbell Nation]

Upon receiving the communication from the Victory Corporation, Minister Blaire immediately flagged down the nearest general and inquired as to the commander on the ground in the New Axiom Colony. There was a great deal of confusion, but eventually it was determined that the highest ranked officer assigned to this task force was Colonel Falken, who was aboard a command plane with the bomber squadron and who could reasonably be expected to communicate with the outside world.

To: The Victory Corporation

Look, I'll be blunt, The situation on the ground is straight out of Bedlam. There are infected spread out pretty much everywhere, but the largest swarms seem to be around the urban center in the western portion of the island, especially around the quarantined hospital. We've been running low level airstrikes on large swarms attempting to leave the city. We have a team of twenty seven (originally thirty two) special forces in the northwest, near the coast of the island. Their commander is Captain Wehrner. Our last report from him was that he was attempting to set up a safe zone and arm any refugees. We can signal him to clear an area to land if you intend to bring in a larger force.

We have mixed reports on the New Axiom Colonial forces. Our best guess is that their communications have been overloaded.

-Colonel Falken

[Flauc]

FLAUCIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY | LIVE AT FLAUCANO CITY


BREAKING NEWS: MARTIAL LAW DECLARED


Martial law has been declared on an national scale following an supposed 'zombie epidemic'. There are reported sightings of people being chewed off, and martial law has been declared and a curfew has been put in place nationally. Anyone who will be seen out on the streets will be shot.

FLAUC ATTEMPTS CURE?



In an recent speech the President said that extermination of the infected will be the last resort to Flauc. Currently, a cure is being researched to hopefully cure those infected. Biohazard and treatment teams vans have been repeated to be seen all over Flauc's cities, which are hopefully going to help those infected by this horrible disease.

[Maineiacs]

"Well, Doctor?" asked Blake Racker, Maineiacs' Chief of Army Staff.

"Whatever this virus is, it's incredibly virulent." said Dr. Linda Lawrence, Director of MDC (Maineiacs Center for Disease Control). "I've never seen anything so aggressive. It seems especially potent against the brain matter of the tested samples."

"As I thought, then" said Racker. "I will inform the President, along with my recommendation that we mobilize against these "zombies" immediately.

"You misunderstand, General," said Lawrence. "My team and I haven't finished our research yet. It's possible we may be able to use the virus's aggression against it. A treatment derived from these samples could be just as aggressive."

"I don't think you understand the situation on the ground, Doctor." replied Racker. "there are outbreaks in nearly every major city in the country. Port-Au-Prince is nearly totally control by these mindless hordes, and everywhere from the High Arctic to the tropical provinces is being overcome with panic. Your own estimates say there may be at least 33 million of them by now (OOC: I don't RP with the 20+ billion my homepage claims I have). They must be stopped. Good day doctor."

As she watched the general leave, Linda immediately got out her cell phone.

"My name is Dr. Linda Lawrence. I am with MDC. I need to speak with President McDermott immediately on a matter of national security. Mr. President? Linda Lawrence, MDC. Sir General Racker is on his way to see you with a report on the 'zombie outbreak'. Sir, he is about to recommend to you a course of action I feel is ill-advised. I'm not sure he understands fully what I told him, so let me give you the full story in case he leaves anything out..."

[The Victory Corporation]

Above the western city, New Axiom Colony

The message from Colonel Falken was received. As preliminary sensors and probes went over the city, Colonel Darlan tried to think of a plan. With a rough outline of where the infected were located, he was reasonably sure they could secure the main airport, but it wouldn't be defensible. On the other hand, the northwest area where Captain Wehrner was could definitely be secured, but it would be a long trek to the city. But they could also make that area into a safe zone by deploying their tanks there. Finally, he made up his mind.

Accessing the intercom, he gave orders, which were then repeated to the other Goliath transport near them. Darlan began to write another message, to coordinate their efforts with Falken.

Combat orders | Priority 1

Colonel, my senior officers and I have made a plan. Our first transport, carrying the infantry, will drop paratroopers to the main landing strip here in the city. After all infected are cleared out, the transport itself will land and let the soldiers spread out. We will try to fortify the airport, but if those efforts fail the transport will pull out. Our second transport will land in your safe zone with Captain Wehrner, so then some of our tanks will be able to set up and defend the safe zone, while the rest make their way to the city. The second transport will also remain there in case evacuation is needed. If you can get in touch with any New Axiom Colonial forces, find out their comrade's last known coordinates so our forces can give them some breathing room or find evidence of their deaths, if possible.

-Colonel Darlan

[Zhouran]

When the Kaiming Zhixu released the virus throughout the nation, millions had already died in the first few hours. Many began evacuating to the Northern Zhouranese Grassland, Yongkang Highlands and numerous smaller islands across the Zhouranese archipelago while the Zhouranese People's Army sent troops to slow-down the advancing hordes while the people safely evacuate. The massive evacuation was a total success, despite the huge number of soldiers sacrificed for the safety of the people, and remaining ZPA troops retreated back to regroup and regrow. Massive swarms of the undead had mostly filled the coasts of Yongjia and Yongkang, in fact the swarm was so big that it could be seen visibly from the Chengbao 4 space station and Zhouranese reconnaissance satellites.

Northeastern outskirts of Anjing, Gaoyuan Province

"Attention all soldiers, this is Dragon Head 264. All healthy citizens have been evacuated. Retreat now."

By then, most of Anjing was swarming hordes of zombies, with only the northeastern outskirts remaining free.

Captain Li was commanding his company of 700 soldiers, or what was left of it, while defending a small section of a street. His two deputy-commanders were brutally slaughtered by the undead while assisting civilians in evacuating. Earlier on, the ZPA had set up sandbag blockades across the city in order to slow-down the advancing hordes. Captain Li's troops had created gun nests and used abandoned cars as blockades. As the last civilians evacuate via a Zhi-17 utility helicopter, it was time for Li and his remaining soldiers to retreat. When a Zhi-13 utility helicopter landed, Li and his remaining soldiers began running towards the helicopter, however, huge swarms of zombies had jumped out of the numerous buildings in the streets. Only Li was able to make it to the helicopter, and as it took off, Li could only watch in horror as his troops are devoured by the undead.

[Maineiacs]

Anderson McDermott paced back and forth in the hall at Maineiacs City General Hospital outside the isolation ward where his 16-year-old daughter, Allison lay restrained to a bed, writhing and moaning. The latest report from MDC was not encouraging. Nearly 50 million infected, cities being overrun, people fleeing in panic. But none of that mattered now. The only thing that mattered lay in that room. Was MDC making any progress on a cure? The people needed it, Allison needed it, and quickly.


MDC HQ, Atlanta --

"The latest test looks promising, Doctor." said Dr. Tim Borden to Linda Lawrence. the anti-viral looks to be as vigorous as we'd hoped, and the sample of necrotic flesh has returned to its normal state."

"Good. keep monitoring it, and inform me of the results, noting any change or reversion." said Lawrence.

"Yes, Doctor." said Borden "but what about the dispersal problem? We can't send team out there with syringes injecting the hordes as they pass by."

"No, we can't." said Lawrence. "when the trial run is complete, get Beta team to work on an aerosol suspension."

"Aerosol?" asked Borden. "You mean to rain the cure down on people from an airplane, like crop dusters?"

"No. I have another idea. See to the testing, Tim." she said. She grabbed a passing intern. "Get me through to Armed Forces Command." she said to him.

[Heidenheim]

President Catherine Pendleton sat in her office, grumbling vehemently as the page loaded on the screen. Shit, she thought, didn't I approve an overhaul of the whole internet system just a few months ago? As it was, even with the improvements, every government server was limping under the strain of millions of Heidenheimers dealing with a zombie apocalypse. She nearly jumped out of her boots when the office telephone range.

"Pendleton," she all but barked into the phone.

"Vice Minister Dugan is calling from the lab," came the voice at the other end."

"Put him through. In fact, anything dealing with the emergency goes directly to me, for the duration."

"Right." Then: "-ly shit, Prez, we're in a mess here. Some subsapient simian just chucked a Molotov grenade through the window--set back the whole project to square one. And we have zombies here. One of them is Doctor Rosenberg."

"What? He was arrested, I thought. He was stealing--"

"--a brain, yes," Dugan said, and sighed audibly in his frustration. "He broke out--and came right back here. He got the brain."

"What does he want with a brain? And no scarecrow jokes please."

"I don't know any scarecrow jokes. He intends to eat it, I'm quite sure."

"What, they really eat brains? That's disguuusting!"

"This one does, apparently. Anyway, I've gotta run. It looks like the cavalry has arrived, a wee bit belatedly, but we may have to evacuate and take all of this to another facility."

"You get going then. And keep me posted."

She hung up without further remark, and spat on her office floor furiously.

[Jersey Republic]

Wantanabi City Docks, zombie pop 27 million
Many families flocked onto personal and naval vessels, as they all stood in port. Harold and his Cabinet members were first on board, they went on the superdreadnought. A 1 km long aircraft carrier, and behind that 3 more. Followed by 10 frigates, if they missed those. They could board flights at the airports, courtesy of the 5 C-130 sea planes.

[Union of Euro Soviet States]

sarge quickly takes out his radio looking at the units still with him after the little zombie assault on his squad " ALRIGHT MEN! WE HAVE ONE MISSION! KILL THEM BEOFRE THEY KILL US MAGGOTS !...now let us go to that city and kill those zed eh?"

the thing sarge got in-between the load roar of the tank engines was a chorus of yes in various languages then a small group of three squads and two tanks most men riding on the tanks as they marched to the city where they heard that corporation was deploying at once they reach the outskirts of the city have some friendly chatter before the first small horde charge them the soldiers made it out alive but not much else

[Ammerinia]

New Eden, Benpar District
October 30th, 4:15 PM

The ravaged Empire City was in complete chaos. Everyone on the street level is either infected or dead, and the few remaining survivors have locked themselves in the upper levels of their buildings. Although the recent gun legalizations did help in keeping the undead horde at bay, it was only a matter of time before Empire City was swarmed. The bridges and tunnels leading to and from Empire city were already blocked by the Military, but the zombies weren't showing any signs of wearing out. They needed to act fast, and not just sit there while the rest of the country got infected.

Suddenly, the civil defense sirens began to sound. An automated message played through loud speakers, only hitting the deaf ears of the groaning zombies. "ATTENTION. BALLISTIC PROJECTILE INBOUND. ALL CIVILIAN PERSONNEL HEAD INTO THE UNDERSTREET SHELTERS IMMEDIATELY." echoed the voice. The sirens grew louder still. A large black object with a blue trail was visible in the sky. It got closer, and closer, until finally, it hit. A blinding blue light erupted from the impact zone, followed by a monstrous rumbling noise. Buildings started to collapse. The zombies froze in place. The ground tore open. Then a blue shockwave engulfed the whole city. After a few seconds, it faded away. The entire city was vaporized by an antimatter missile strike. As the dust settled, nothing except a smoldering crater and a few skeletons of once proud buildings remained.

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AGN GLOBAL NEWS BROADCAST
A camera flicks on and off for a few seconds, before revealing a damaged news studio, with a battered cityscape in the background. The news anchor angrily paces around before sitting back in his chair

"*sigh* This is AGN Global News. I'm Bohn Joliver, your... host. Reports say that that Empire city was destroyed in a antimatter warhead detonation, as a result of the government nuking zombie-infested areas to purge the undead. A number of sources also announced that the cities of New Angeles, Feymont, and Rougeport were vaporized in the same manor. *pause* We're getting new information... T-The Zombies have overrun New Maxtopia, Brasilistan, and Davinhia. It has been confirmed that there are no survivors in those countries... We will be transferring responsibilities to the emergency broadcasting system. Godspeed everyone, and good luck. I'm Bohn Joliver, and this is AGN... Global News. Goodbye."

EMERGENCY ALERT

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THIS IS NOT A TEST. EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS ARE IN EFFECT. THERMO-ANTIMATTER WARHEADS AND C.U.R.E. MISSILES ARE BEING LAUNCHED TOWARDS MAJOR CENTERS OF ZOMBIE ACTIVITY. THE FOLLOWING ZONES ARE IN THAT CATEGORY:

FEYMONT
WELKERVILLE
LEXA
ETHINFIELD
NEW EDEN BENPAR DISTRICT
NEW ATLANTA
FORT VEXINGTON
STABLE-TEC HQ

BEING WITHIN 1000 KM (750 MILES) OF THE BLAST ZONE OF AN ANTIMATTER WARHEAD WILL CAUSE INSTANT DEATH. A CURE MISSILE ON A NON-INFECTED BEING MAY CAUSE SEVERE CYBERNETIC AND BLOOD DEFICIENCY. EVACUATE OR TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS NOT A TEST. REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A TEST.

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[Maineiacs]

"Are you sure this is correct, Doctor?" asked Anderson McDermott. He was on a teleconference with MDC Director Dr. Linda Lawrence.

"Yes, sir. We've tested the serum as well as our constricted time table has allowed. The results are extremely promising. We have seen a near complete reversal of necrotic flesh. We have both an intravenous serum and an aerosol form for aerial dispersion." she replied.

"What effect does it have on non-necrotic flesh?" asked McDermott.

"None that we have sen, sir." She said. "It appears to be safe."

"And you're sure this 'missile' idea of yours is viable?" asked McDermott.

"Yes, sir. I'll send you a download of my data." said Lawrence.

McDermott looked over the data. It looked solid, but what really decided things for McDermott was the 124 million "zombies" running amok.

"Alright," he said. "General, get the missiles ready for conversion" he said to Gen. Racker, who was also a party to the conference.

"Yes, sir" said Racker.

[New Axiom]

Minister John Delhi was shocked to learn the Lazarus Virus had spread to the homeland of New Axiom, probably from an airliner the Air Force had shot down over the country that had contained infected people. He was relieved to hear, however, that it had been contained extremly quickly, as the infection was contained-and eliminated-quickly. However, on the island, things were not good at all. The infection was spreading still, and only around twenty percent of the populace was remaining, and, due to the rest of the empire being infection free, Minitsr Delhi knew they would not take the chance. He figured the Air Force would be ordered to commence napalm attacks soon. And he was right. Unknown to him or anyone else in the island, mainly because communications simply stopped working due to the sheer amount of activity, a message had been sent to all personnel who could receive it.

the New Axiom Imperial Air Force will be commencing "sanitation" attacks on Imperial Colony #15, which Is the name of the island which has recieved so much attention over the past few days, and has been destroyed by the Lazarus Virus. These attacks will commence at 18:00 (6:00PM) tomorrow, regardless of who or what is on the island. This is just a warning, and we have given you all time to evacuate personnel off the island. DO NOT TAKE THE NATIVES WITH YOU.

Back at the colonies Ministry of Health Command Center, the facility was under lockdown. The facility still managed three specially built Quarantine/Isolation Medical Facilities, or commonly referred to as Quarantine Hospitals. However, these were almost overrun by now, and Minister Delhi couldn't escape, mainly because of the downed comm network. He was still ordered to construct research on the virus, and write a complete summary of how the infection was spread, with the infected banging at the he gates of the compound. Impossible, Minister Delhi thought

[Rimian Xinbeishan]

Xijing
In the morning, the Colonial Gerneral has been informed that some prisoners have gone rogue and escaped from a lab. Propaganda speakers and national television later broadcasted that 'Colonial Gerneral Bernd de Fromage action figures are 60% off in all supermarkets.' All supermarkets are then turned into survivor camps. RXULA officers were then deployed to those camps and threw out sympathizers of the past republic.

[The Tekkit Guy]

Kalonan Naval Station, Tekkit Empire

The light carrier TNS St. Anthony sat moored to the sturdy dock in the chilly northern waters of the Tekkit Empire's Kalonan Naval Station. The 1st Expeditionary Fleet was being refitted with new ammunition, but what started as a normal day would soon become a world of hurt and hell. Lt. Johnathan Sirvoy was the commanding officer of the First Platoon of Marines on the St. Anthony, and the designated marksman of the famous First Squad, known as the "unkillables" for their impeccable survival skills. He oversaw pallets of ammunition being loaded onto the huge flattop before overhearing the guards at the gate shouting "stop!" repeatedly followed by automatic gunfire.

Terrified civilians ran for their lives towards the naval station, only to be gunned down by the sentries at the gate. Suddenly, a pickup truck smashed down the thin chain link fence, leaving a gaping hole in the base defenses. The wave of civilian "intruders" was hardly their biggest problem. Running towards the base were more people, but something was wrong about them: they had blood staining their clothes and ran savagely, ravaging the bodies of the other civilians with their bare teeth. The sentries were overpowered. Even the autocannon gunners were overrun. The rabid "people" tore their teeth into the exposed flesh of the guards like animals.

"Oh shit!" Sirvoy said, spotting the dozens of...things (who had long since relinquished their humanity)...running towards him. He and the other marines ran towards the ship, running up the narrow metal steps of the boarding ramp. The creatures tripped and ran over each other to get up after them. The marines already on the ship with their rifles began shooting. Sirvoy ducked as bullets flew past him. The big ship had already begun moving. If nuclear light carriers were good at anything, it was getting the hell out of somewhere in a flash. No one was left alive to cast away the mooring, but the powerful ship just snapped the lines.

"What the actual f*ck was that?" Asked PFC Ivan Reiston, a rifleman in the First Squad.

"God knows, man, but this is messed up. Did you see those guys?"

"Yeah, they looked crazy, inhuman even."

"We gotta get to Terrace. Defense Command will know what to do."

The Light Carrier swiftly sped across the ocean, its 4 massive propellers churning the water into a foamy wake resembling a layer of fluffy clouds from the air. Annoyed, her destroyer escorts raced to catch up to the speeding ship as fast as possible. The fleet was headed for Terrace to see how bad the situation was. Whatever disease had been reported internationally had now arrived in the Tekkit Empire somehow. This must mean the virus can exist in a dormant form of some sort.

"God damn! One of them bit me! Took a f*ckin' piece outta me!" Said a young marine, he was short with light hair, no older than 17, looking at his arm, blood was oozing out of the bite wound that was already showing early signs of necrosis.

"Marine, that looks really bad, report to the medical bay immediately." Sirvoy ordered

"Y-yes, sir. Am I going to be alright?" He asked

"You'll be fine, soldier." Sirvoy said, although he was unsure of how true that was.

New Axiom Colony



The Holy Guardsmen were on the island, observing the situation, and evaluating the necessity of an airlift or something similar. It was dire, perhaps impossible. Foreign armies were all over the place, illogically considering New Axiom hadn't really asked for it. Nevertheless, the troopers stealthily as possible moved around to scout the situation. Little did they know of the impending napalm strike. Luckily for them, the spy submarine was still on its cable-tapping mission when it received the warning message of the impending air strike.

TNS Lugansk, Beneath the Pacific Ocean

The submarine intercepted the message through its cable-tapping device attached to a boom specially modified for that purpose. They received the New Axiom message. Rather than use tedious VLF to send a message to the team, the captain decided to use an extremely risky method: radio. They assumed that in a time of international crisis, few would care about a lonely submarine in the ocean.

"Officer of the deck, take us to the surface." said the captain, Matt Viskarvo

"Aye aye, surfacing, bow planes 5 degree up angle, ahead full." The small, maneuverable submarine made its way to the surface to broadcast its message.

Warning to active Imperial Guard unit, impeding napalm airstrike imminent! Evacuate the area now

the message broadcasted over the troopers' radio frequency.

"Alright, Officer of the deck take us back to the bottom, fast!" the captain ordered

"All planes on full dive, blow negative to the mark!" The officer commanded as the sleek, black submarine sank beneath the waves once more.

New Axiom Colony

"Aw Hell!" Captain Mandamous said, receiving the transmission. "Napalm! What are they thinking! Squad! We gotta get outta here NOW!" He said. Napalm was a horrible weapon that left nasty effects on anyone unfortunate enough to survive. Surely the international community would be ticked that New Axiom used napalm against civilians, but much could be forgiven in an apocalyptic situation like this one.

Flying along the waves in the RHIB back to the boat, they suddenly, heard a rustling sound from underneath a plastic tarp on the boat. To their total shock and horror, a young man, likely a native, emerged from underneath, and raised his hands in the air as soon as he saw the soldiers. A stowaway had crept onto the boat, and New Axiom could only be reached on one of the 3 ships. The decision was made to bring him aboard the research vessel TNS Cosmos so the scientists could take advantage of a research opportunity, where they then contacted New Axiom

"New Axiom Government, please be advised, a male stowaway possibly in late twenties was found in a Holy Guard boat and is currently being detained under quarantine aboard the Pathology Research Vessel TNS Cosmos. Requesting instructions on further action."

[Cobb Island]

The End of Cobb Island

Gusto sipped on a glass of fine white wine as the last of his personal body guard was ripped apart by flesh eating zombies outside of his office.

One final telegram to New Axiom...

He started typing the telegram out on his computer, but before he could finish, a handful of zombies burst into his office.

Gusto knew what to do.

He raised his pistol, pointed it at himself and pulled the trigger.

[New Axiom]

Minister of Health John Delhi, trapped inside of his Command Center, jumped when his radio burst to life, intercepting a warning about a napalm strike. Minitser Delhi swore as he pushed the button to call his evac helicopter. He also summoned Dr. William Hauser. Delhi then retrieved his IAR-32, the nations standard issue assault rifle, from his weapon cabinet, then proceeded to the helipad, on the roof. As soon as he opened the door, a warning alarm started blazing, Delhi looked over to see a truck and burst through the main gate and into the hematology complex, then exploded, probably after the guards had shot its fuel tank several times. Following the truck was several thousand infected individuals, screaming rabidly. "Form up!" A sergeant said, and the guards formed a neat, two rank line. "Fire!" The soldiers opened fire, slowing down the horde, but not stopping them. Minister Delhis chopper touched down. As Delhi stepped in, the pilot said "we gotta go, now!" "No, wait! Hauser is coming!" As soon as Delhi said that, the door burst open, and out shambled several zeds. "We have to go, now! No debate!" The pilot said as the chopper lifted up. The door gunner opened fire of the zombies on the roof. As Minister Delhi looked down, he saw the guards, the surviving ones, anyway, we're falling back to several other military helicopters. Unknown to Minister Delhi, Hauser was on one of these choppers.

[Heidenheim]

President Pendleton sighed irritably as she descended into the bunker.

"It's all for the better," General Henkel told her. "The zombie horde is winning. We got our cures developed, deployed cure missiles. Still, they're winning. The've nearly won as it is."

"You know I'm not very good in enclosed places," Pendleton said as Henkel closed the bunker door. Then: "Um, especially ones like this."

The room was littered with bodies. Only one was mobile; it was Dugan, approaching quickly . . .

OOC: Yes, we lost. Oh, well, maybe next year.

[Flauc]

MESSAGE TO OTHER NATIONS

We are in need of help! Zombies are overunning our na- brains...

Signed,
Mr. Zombie.

OOC: Yes, we lost, and this was my first year. Oh well.

[New Axiom]

OOC both my nation and region are infection free. We won!

[New Axiom]

Five New Axiom Imperial Air Force bombers flew over the imperial colony, carrying napalm bombs. As they approached the island, the dropped their payload, covering the entire island with the sticky fire. It was estimated the entire island, and some of the water surrounding it, was covered with napalm. Minister Delhis chopper, which had been grounded by an infected on board, was covered in the substance. Minitser Delhi, however, did not survive the crash. The bomber piolts were told the island was completely deserted, except for the infected, but this probably wasn't true due to the sheer amount of foreign troops on the island. A reaponse message was also sent to the nation with a stowaway native:

do as you wish with the native, but do not bring him back to us. Be advised, he is probably infected with the Lazarus Virus.

[Union of Euro Soviet States]

*back in the UOESS * the general quickly hits a table "DAMNIT THE ZOMBIES KEEP FLOWING IN FROM THE REST OF THE NATIONS!