SOLUTION TO A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE

Alehandro

Alehandro

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Wear a full suit of chain mail, or that super lightweight shark mail. If a great white can't bite through it, theres no fucking way a pussy ass zombie can. Also, fuck guns, use swords. Swords don't run out of ammo, and they can easily lop off zombie heads. If a mob comes at you, whirlwind D2 barb style.

boom

(this thread was inspired by the walking dead, season 2)
 
Take over a huge mansion. Board up all window and door. Throw sheet metal over it. Put mad razor wire around the place.

Put mad razor wire along the edge of the roof sticking out.

Grow a garden on the roof.

easy
 
Walking Dead is the shit! I heard some guy talking about it on the radio so decided to check it out and ended up watching it all in like a day. very sick.
 
something that finally depicts what might ( and thats a big might ) actually happen if we were to find ourselves in a zombie Apocalypse
 
Speaking as an expert in zombie apocalypses, here are my thoughts.

Classic chainmail is far too heavy to be practical. However, the shark suit you mention is an option. It's called a Neptunic suit (they hold the patent). Again, though, it's still heavy - keep in mind that it's meant for use underwater, where mobility is not such an issue. Also keep in mind that it's not the bite that gets you, it's the fact that you have broken skin through which you're infected with a "virus" which is transmitted through bodily fluids. Armor decreases the likelihood of your skin being broken - it doesn't eliminate it. Where pressure is applied to the mail, the skin can still be broken. Because the links are porous, the fluids can still get through them - and into any opening, whether it's a cut or, say, your eye or your ear.

There is a bigger problem, however. Assume that the zombies cannot break through the mail with their teeth. This does not suggest that they're going to simply give up and go away. Nor are you likely to be able to move quickly enough to free yourself once they've got you. They're mindless creatures and will just keep trying. Being swarmed and essentially dogpiled by a hundred undead and being unable to escape, slowly suffocating under a mass of bodies trying to break through your armor, does not sound like a pleasant way to die. Of course, it's likely that you'd accidentally ingest some virus at some point and then everyone else would have the distinct pleasure of meeting a zombie fully garbed in chain mail.

Ime, the best armor is a reasonably thick leather, like treated lambskin. At a good thickness, leather is pretty biteproof. It's also not porous. Most importantly, it's easy to move in. Remember, kids - if they can't catch you, they can't bite you.
 
Plus we don't know what kind of zombies are coming.

Maybe the zombies will be the good guys.

Maybe somebody should just take the time to hear them out. It's not easy looking like shit stumbling around with people shooting at you. I feel bad for them. Somebody needs to capture their side of the story.

 
As for swords.

Most people assume, based on videogames or movies or whatever, that a shotgun is the best anti-zombie weaponry. It is effective at blowing the heads off of zombies. Unfortunately, they fail to take into account two important things: splatter, which may be a bigger or smaller problem depending on how the virus is transmitted, and ammo. Not running out of ammo so much as ammo weight. For every dead zombie you need a shell. Try carrying around a bunch of shotgun shells and you'll quickly see the problem.

Swords have their own drawbacks. The main one is obvious: you have to be up close and personal. Not only does this bring you within prime biting range, it creates its own splatter issues and limits your field of vision; while you're cutting one Z's head off, another is coming at you from 8 o'clock. In the chaos, you probably won't hear him until he's pretty close by. Another issue is fatigue - the first 3 or 4 Z's might not be an issue, but try swinging a sword constantly for a half hour. For this reason alone, a sword is only really effective when dealing with very small groups - and you may not know how big a group is until you're too close in to get away. Other normals can't shoot at the zombies while you're in melee with them, or they risk hitting you. Oh, and before I forget, you actually need to know how to USE a sword, which I can pretty much guarantee you don't.

Some people may want to carry a sword around, but I would not be one of those people. What you want is a rifle with easily carried, widely available ammunition that (and this is the most important thing) is as close to 100% reliable as makes no odds. The thing should be able to fire when encased in Jell-O.
 
It's chain mail, not kevlar, it shouldn't be bulletproof. Hell, a well placed arrow would probably punch through that stuff.
 
Easiest solution.

Throw the zombies a thriller halloween party at msg. Be kind to them give them a free meal coupon on entry and shit.

Once the place starts to fill up. Lock all the doors and let them die off inside or nuke the place.
 
I live close to Costco, so I'd head over there and board the place up, one of my friends is a gun nut and has a stockpile of guns, just added an ak47 and a g3 to the arsenal so we'd have decent protection. Gonna need a semi truck backed into the loading dock for when things get hairy. Then head to the woods to wait for decomposition to take out the zombies
 
I'm friends with the guy from the tremors movie. I'm pretty sure we're all set. In the desert, great vantage point.

A fuck ton of mres. A fuck ton of guns and ammo.

And monsters under the ground to eat the zombies before they get to us
 
I love how this is the most serious I've even seen people on NS, and its discussing how best to survive a zombie apocalypse...
 
Armour piercing rounds are for punching through metal and then expanding, if trying to kill something that doesnt have a nerve system or coherent though like a zombie you would probably want something that leaves as big of an entry and exit wound as possible, like a 1911 .45 or an AK. For that reason a shotgun is assumed to be the best because you could shoot a big fucking lead slug out of one and your range is as good as you would need for killing any zombie.
 
Costco is good, but has its problems. It's hard to defend something like that - there are a lot of access points. It's kind of like holing up in a mall. One of your main issue is other survivors trying to get in and causing perimeter breaches. Also, no matter how many cans of tomatoes your group has, somewhere down the line you're going to run out of something crucial to survival.

There are two schools of thought. One is keep moving - swarms can't trap you in a stronghold if you're constantly changing your location. So, you get a well armored, smallish vehicle with living quarters. This is never the immediate solution people come up with because human beings like a nest, something they can get familiar and comfortable with. Personally, I'd rather be able to haul ass as quickly as possible and be a few clicks away in ten minutes.

If you really do want to go for a fixed base, here are some possibilities.

a) high off the ground with limited means of access but an escape route. Think "tall building with two locked, enclosed stairwells leading to an enclosed underground parking garage". If you can sterilize that and it's secure enough, great. But the inevitable problem is these things only really exist in high-population centres. Cities are best avoided.

b) renewable sustenance. I.e., hydroponics so you can grow your own food. A purified water source and rain collectors. Solar power.

c) As small as possible. There is no reason to draw attention to your base so that other desperate survivors who haven't planned as well as you want to raid it, take it over or whatever. If at all possible, you want to make it look like no one is there. Which is why steel plate and razor wire are a problem.

Imo, if you want the best stronghold, outfit a lighthouse. Usually, they're far from civilization and hard to get to (out on rocks just off shore). They're tall, and have an unobstructed view of the surrounding area so you can see problems coming. The coast is usually a high-precipitation area so you can collect water, and there are no trees to block any solar panels you might have (if you're really well prepared). And you can even rig up an escape method in an emergency - a zodiac or similar boat. Zombies don't swim very well.

To that point, boats are also suggested by some, but once you get one infected on there you're totally screwed, and it's easy for things to break down on a boat. Then you're stranded.
 
A lighthouse does not have the afformentioned dual escape routes unless you get pretty elaborate, and resorces in a secluded area by the coast may be hard to find resorces. You could fish and hunt but both activities leave you very exposed and a boat is out of the question unless you plan EXTREMELY well because of the gas shortages.
 
Unless you can fish finding appropriate provisions to sustain yourself would be harder, you cant live purely off of what you can grow.
 
This thread made my day... gotta have your escape plan set... mine rally point for friends smith and edwards war surplus cowboy department store and then head into the uintas with guns and supplies and steal snow cats from resorts to drive around and find a clean water source
 
That's the benefit a lighthouse has over something like an oil derrick (which in itself is a much better plan than most places you could find yourself). Lighthouses are generally fairly close to, or connected to, shore. So, escape route 1 is by boat, escape route two is by land. For obvious reasons, you're more likely to use the boat, but who knows.

Fishing is a great way to get food, because it poses basically zero risk. The odds of reeling in Zack are nil. Hunting is much worse because you'll likely need to cover quite a bit of ground and it's thick foliage where you might not see one lurking, but on the plus side, there are generally very few people (and hence few zombies) in hunting areas. And, of course, you can always forage.

Really, though, like I say, you need to be able to grow your own food, wherever you're holed up. I for one would not hole up, I'd want a fairly large vehicle. If you look in the ski RV's thread on TGR there are some things in there that would work.
 
Well the only reason to hole up would be if the whole world has succumed to the zombies and there no getting away. I would like to go to a plae like australia if america was the only place affected. The key is planning ahead,any plan is better than nothing and raises your chances of survival greatly
 
If the entire world is out of commission and humanity is totally fucked, you basically might as well kill yourself. Tough to see many scenarios in which you would actually have a source of info by which you would know that the human race is over and it's a full scale global zombie domination problem.
 
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Best [fictional] anti Zombie weapon.

 
Why on earth would you need to grow it on the ground outside? Standard garden boxes would work perfectly well. There are plenty of indoor gardens. You don't need to feed an army here. Yes, you do need a reasonably sizeable lighthouse with some square footage, i.e. not one of the recently constructed ones. It would be tough to find one, so start planning now.

Here are a few examples of what I'd want...

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my plan is to head to newport, ri by small boat along the ct river and Connecticut coast, along the way picking up my closest friends who ive discussed this plan with. once we arrive in newport, we board a cruise ship and clear the entire thing of zombies. then we anchor several miles off shore, using smaller vessels to make rare trips to the mainland to restock on food and other necessary supplies. cruise ships has a number of kitchens, infirmaries, radios, and even defensive supplies (kept on board to fend of pirates), and some pretty sweet entertainment, all of which would become necessary in a zombie apocalypse.

my weapon of choice for clearing the vessel and trips to the mainland would be a 4ft crowbar. it never runs out of ammo, is silent, and can be used for several other tasks besides smashing zombie skulls. however it is limited to short range combat, and is rather heavy so it is only effective against a small number of foes.

my secondary long range weapon would be a compound hunting bow because it can reload faster than a crossbow (i can fire 6 arrows in 10 seconds), is lighter than any rifle, and is extremely accurate. plus having the option to recover your ammo is a major bonus.

nearby, but not necessarily on my person, i would have an m4 carbine. i would only use that if i absolutely had to, like being swarmed by a group of 6+ stage 1 zombies. obviously if i fire off a rifle it will attract a lot of attention, so it really would be a last ditch effort gun. it is fully automatic, so it would be effective at leveling large crowds of the undead, plus it is light and compact, allowing for better accuracy at medium range. the nato 5.56mm round is easy to find at any hunting shop or military outpost, and would easily penetrate the brain of a zombie.

im ready.
 
I hope you've selected them wisely and everyone understands that at the first sign of infection they will be killed. Because that can be an issue - someone gets bit and tries to hide it, and bam, movie-style crisis. I wouldn't bring anyone I'm not willing to shoot in the face without hesitation.

Really, you want the zombie apocalypse to resemble a zombie movie as little as possible.
 
I feel like 28 weeks later is a much more realistic (and fucking scary) representation of a "zombie or virus" apocalypse. I mean what more fucking terrifying than zombies that can full on sprint?
 
if i make a plan involving other people(which i would like to do just because otherwise moral would be low and i would kinda want to die) i would involve capable females also so that just in case you really do need to post up and create a new zombie free zone.
 
im just going to try to get as far from people as i can with basic survival stuff, and no more than a few people, noone thatd weigh me down. and attempt to find a gun.
 
first goal definitely to find attractive females to stay on the run with and eventually repopulate the world with. must be bad ass

second find a vehicle similar to what J.D. has been posting about and stock up on as much food/weaponry/ammunition as possible.

after that probably just stay on the run, keeping as far away from any infested population as possible, eventually maybe following the cruise ship idea or something similar.

last step, repopulate human race with sexy badass females, creating a much stronger and more attractive race of human beings.
 
not enough time for that! i say go to a hotel, snipe off the roof and take turns being chef for food

OP knows whats up with the chain mail though!
 
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