Scenario: Countryside

Ginja Ninja

we haven't had one of these in a while,so I'll throw this out there:

you and 3 friends are out driving in the backwaters of somewhere out west[we'll say rural mayo/galway] and the radio cuts out:

"Emergency broadcast,a fast acting infection is sweeping the country causing hysteria and violence in infected members of the population,citizens are advised to stay indoors and if cornered by the infected to aim for the head,the only effective way of stopping them" the radio cuts out from there.

you are in your mates car,not your own one.I'll leave it up to you to decide what model it is etc.

keep in mind you were just out for a drive,not a camping trip or some such.
Now get your Macguyver kits out and survive DAMNIT!!

dammitjanet

At least in rural areas the population is less dense therefore less zombies... My escape plan if we become over run with zombies is to leg it down to Kerry, sure as hell not staying in dublin!!

Mahatma coat

Interestin, any chance that this Mate is as clued up as the rest of us on the situation??

Like is it Mickey Dolenz, in which cas we're goin to his fortress
if its not Mickey then We're goin to Find his fortress, obv stoppin off at any Target of opportunity for supplies etc.

standard protocols should really kick in at this stage, Asses the situation, Arm up, find secure shelter, stockpile supplies, establish a chain of command, Survive.

.SONIC.

find the nearest house . . . ask for sugar, break in neutralize residents, find weapons, barricade and last but not least SURVIVE!!!!

Micky Dolenz

Thanks for the vote of confidence Mahatma coat :P

If it's going happen, this is a good place for it to happen. Step 1 is already complete, avoid/leave densely populated area's.

I don't live anywhere near Mayo so I would not be familar with area. So first things first, tool up. Immediate weapons can be found in the car, wheel brace etc. Then start looking for a refuge, somewhere walled would be nice(old English estate etc) or a house down a long passage. Few problems that may be encountered, paranoid farmers and their fondness of shotguns and feirce dogs.

Gaining enter may be tricky, force may be necessary, but of the non fatal type only. The people's house we commander will soon realise that we are their best chance of making it through this.

Once order has been restored,barricading or locking down the area must be quick. If it's a walled estate Entry points must be barricaded, loads of things will do this, close gate, park trailers or other types of farm machinery, except tractors, we'll be needing them later.

So for arguments sake, lets say the 3 of us commander a farm house, not walled but a good 500m + off the road with only one entrance/exit. No house around for miles and only fields surround the house. With modern farms being well fenced, the zeds are only going to be coming up the drive, barricade entrace. Lets say the house was occupied by two old men, brothers, mad as hell. they still farm abit but not to a big scale, most of their land is leased out. they will be of very little help to us.

Once Entry Pt is secure, one member finds a good spot to keep watch, there will be someone on watch at all time. The other 2 scan the farm for as many weapons as possible. the options on a farm yard would be limitless, very high chance of the mad brothers having fire power also. At this point I would feel more comfortable, We would have plenty of water and since we are surrounded by farm land, food would be easy to come by, burgers anyone?. We would need to settle in for the long haul, leaving here is not an option for atleast 4 - 6 months. Everything would need to be spared. Batteries, fuel, etc.

The car would be used only to listen to radio on a twice daily basis, same hours everyday. A tractor fueled and fitted out with surviour kits would be ready to rock at a minutes notice, this is our escape route if needs be. Local knowledge would be priceless here and this is where the old lads come in handy.

Once all these things were in place I would feel a bit better about the situation. I would then turn my attention to our biggest enemy, other people, there is probably a higher chance of a human trespassing than a zed for at least the first 1-3 weeks. maybe even people just like us, out for a drive and looking for a safe haven. How these trespassers are dealt with would have to be on a case to case basis.

ScumLord

This is in my neck of the woods so this would be the main plan, I'll try not to go into to much detail because I've already tried to post this but people called into me and I accidentally closed the window.

My town is out of the way and not inbetween any major towns, it does get it's fair share of passing through traffic. This will protect the town during the initial outbreak I will commender the factory that will become the main HQ, it has a full metalwork department (2 milling machine, 1 CNC milling machine, 1 manual lathe, 1 CNC lathe, surface grinder and just about every tool you could need) it is just as good with timber so weapons production and vehicle modification can begin immediately. The facotory is already secure with raised platforms walled courtyards and a digital security system means we can keep an eye on whats going on. There's also a very large backup generator with a substantial fuel stock on site.

During these few days the towns people will see they're country and the rest of the world fall apart, they'll no doubt be fully aware of the work at the factory and this is when they will be open to the grand plan of the walled town.

I've noticed that the houses in the middle of town almost complete a full circle as shown in the picture below.



I believe these building can be converted to walls, fill in and brick up the bottom floors bar up the top windows and you've got a large very secure area. Food production could be moved inside the walls, not all but some veg and chickens should be inside to avoid sieges. We would then scavenge for resources and people. People would be either put to work within that town or set up near by in similar set ups to increase our power base and get Ireland ready for possible invasion by foreign forces.

Amhran Nua

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Gaining enter may be tricky, force may be necessary, but of the non fatal type only. The people's house we commander will soon realise that we are their best chance of making it through this.

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I would then turn my attention to our biggest enemy, other people, there is probably a higher chance of a human trespassing than a zed for at least the first 1-3 weeks.

Hmm...

Micky Dolenz

Amhran Nua wrote: »

Hmm...

I think I addressed those points. We would be hitting the farm from Zed Day, once law and order are gone, looters will be out. We would be in before all that happened hopefullly.

ScumLord

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I think I addressed those points. We would be hitting the farm from Zed Day, once law and order are gone, looters will be out. We would be in before all that happened hopefullly.

The only problem with trying to enter a farm is farmers are the only people that are guaranteed to have guns on premises and they're thick ***** that will shot anyone who comes near them at the best of times, an apocalypse will be like Christmas to them.

Kromdar

this one will require a bit o thinkin. and thinkin takes time. so realistically, i'd see if the mobile gprs or 3g was still workin. hop onto boards. find the nearest boardsies fortress to wherever county i'm in. head there, identfy myself as a boardsie and my mates [who prolly know plenty enough about z's] and ask for permission to come aboard.

after that i'm yer man for cades.

Amhran Nua

It would depend on a lot of factors, most importantly time and environment. If the problems started on the east coast and you were out west, you have between one and three days to get yourself sorted. If its popping up all round and you have no time at all (which I assume is the idea here), I'd head into the nearest small town or village off the main roads or motorways and get people organised.

Fortify the village by the use of loose stonework backed with chicken wire or wooden posts, with one central keep building for important supplies, workshops, and food storage. This could be a makeshift building or one adapted for that purpose, like a good solid church. Clear the area around any inhabited buildings for a good hundred meters in all directions.

Get people to set up well hidden ambushes around the area at roads and trails, everyone in ghillie suits which are very easy to make (just stitch a bunch of loops into normal clothes/coats/ponchos and hang grass and brush off them), anything shambling along there would get stopped before it could build into large numbers outside inhabited areas. Likewise have dog patrols roaming the area day and night, although at night a few honeypot ambush buildings might be more effective, well lit places to attract the munchers of melons.


Have hides and lookouts scattered around whose job it is to report any z movements without engaging, and a highly mobile, preferably mounted, and heavily armed group whose job it is to zero in on problems in a hurry or shore up defences where things go wrong. Set up snares, pitfalls, deadfalls, etc, anywhere convenient. Basically your standard defence-in-depth.

Once you've all that set up, which shouldn't take long, send a few people out to other nearby towns and villages and get them doing the same thing.

If its a ghost town scenario though, I'd go with the ideas laid out by Mickey there.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Ginja Ninja wrote: »

we haven't had one of these in a while,so I'll throw this out there:

you and 3 friends are out driving in the backwaters of somewhere out west[we'll say rural mayo/galway] and the radio cuts out:

"Emergency broadcast,a fast acting infection is sweeping the country causing hysteria and violence in infected members of the population,citizens are advised to stay indoors and if cornered by the infected to aim for the head,the only effective way of stopping them" the radio cuts out from there.

you are in your mates car,not your own one.I'll leave it up to you to decide what model it is etc.

keep in mind you were just out for a drive,not a camping trip or some such.
Now get your Macguyver kits out and survive DAMNIT!!

Whaddaya mean ¨if¨?! The people of rural Ireland are alreadt hysterical clueless zombies! Don´t you listen to joe Duffy??

Micky Dolenz

ScumLord and Amhran Nua make valid points, but are long term plans.

This scenario would be Zed day + 0 and major enough to knock out the country's comm's in a few hours. What are the chances of convincing a village or a town to go along with your plans? they would most likely flee or take refugee in their homes or become Zombie's.

ScumLord

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

ScumLord and Amhran Nua make valid points, but are long term plans.

This scenario would be Zed day + 0 and major enough to knock out the country's comm's in a few hours. What are the chances of convincing a village or a town to go along with your plans? they would most likely flee or take refugee in their homes or become Zombie's.

The virus can't spread as quick in the country though, it's true you could have buses spilling zombies into minor towns relatively quickly however there won't be a great enough population of humans to tip the balance in the favour of Zombies.

Escape would be easier in smaller towns, it's harder to get cornered and easy to hop a fence into a field there's also few medical services to draw the sick towards, plus country folk hate going to the doctor. I also don't think you'll get people flocking to the church either, it's more common to hold in your home or they'll be fleeing to the most remote place they know which could be family out the country.

People from small towns that grew up together may be more likely to work together to save their families, they'll more than likely have worked together so there wouldn't be as much friction as you'd get with strangers banding together. Having the law disappear will also make country folk dangerous.

Chewabacca

Read this post and it got me thinking. I realized the perfect place to go to in Z-Day. I live in rural west (galway) and My friend lives in the perfect place to build a fortress. The house is around a mile from mine so even if I have no access to a motor vehicle, cycling or walking would be very do-able. My garage is like a mecca of hand to hand zombie killing tools (axes, crowbars, hammers, a scythe, shovels, swords, one obscenely large wrench that would have to be used to take out a zombie etc.)

The good thing is that his house is covered on 3 sides by thick bog which would stop all z's. The one side exposed to the road has a typical farmer style gate(around 5 foot high) and walls of similar size. The good thing is that he has a fenced off area of around 7x7 foot for his dog. That could be used to temporarily fence off the front of the driveway and would easily stop the low levels of zeds that would be in this area. From here he has a shed (quality metal one) that could be taken apart and used to further fence off the land. Also, all the sh1te inside could be used to barricade the windows and doors. This place would be like a fortress. The only problem is it's only around 6 miles from the city so it's not really a long term place to stay. Fortunately the house has 2 fully functional cars so an escape further back west can be done. Fortunately we all know the way around the tiny bog roads so we could get up to I'd say 20 miles from the city without going near any major, infested roads.

The house is one of them houses that's always full of food and has 2 huge fully stocked freezers. There would be enough food for 6 people for over a month if managed wisely. If i was on a bog road with friends back wesht I'd more than likely be close to my intended safe house. Good old zombie fascination, replaces countless hours of sleep with scrupulous planning and extensive attention to detail should an outbreak occur. Sorry exams........

vixdname

Lads,
This is the 1st time I've seen this forum and i have to say..you're all feckin mad !!!! have to admit ye all have some fairly decent plans in order if the Zs ever did arrive on our door step, so if they ever do..I myself will be joining ye!!! BTW I'd come well armed, I have a .22lr semi auto and a mothafukin kick ass .223 sniper type rifle..cheeck out my pic....t'would take the head offa the zs at 400 yrds + , gimme a call if it ever happens...I'm always looking for a bit of target practise.

johnny_knoxvile

i would call Mary Harney to eat all the culchie zombies, end of.

ScumLord

johnny_knoxvile wrote: »

i would call Mary Harney to eat all the culchie zombies, end of.

That's like calling in a hurricane to dry the clothes, she'll eat everything man, everything!