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What is your strategy during the zombie epidemic?

Mine is to secure the three basic perimeters:

Tactic #1. A gun store.

Tactic #2. A hospital.

Tactic #3. A supermarket.

In order to survive you need guns, medicines and food.

Is there something I am missing?

What is your strategy during the zombie epidemic? Mine is to secure the three basic perimeters: Tactic #1. A gun store. Tactic #2. A hospital. Tactic #3. A supermarket. In order to survive you need guns, medicines and food. Is there something I am missing?

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[–] • 8 pts

If you have to worry about those three things AFTER shit hits the fan then you are already fucked.

[–] • 1 pt

It's like a nuclear event. You want to be able to hunker down for a few weeks while the world goes mad around you, defending your position. Then after lots of killing has occurred and things have thinned out, then it's safer to go out.

[–] • 5 pts

Imagine being the only person to think of going there? Nope, unless you live in DumbsVille Ohio, then they will already be occupied.

Go rescue ER doctors trapped in their homes, everything else you should already have.

Funny how people never consider a library as equally important, because that's how you slip into another Dark Ages

[–] • 0 pt

The dark ages preceded the invention of the printing press by nearly a thousand years

[–] • 1 pt

nope

https://www.history.com/news/8-impressive-ancient-libraries

The English language developed around the middle of the 5th century, there were texts from around that date, plus the earlier Roman writings. Druids were apparently literate too, just didn't record anything

[–] • 4 pts (edited )

You just died. :)

  1. You should already have the guns you need. High risk effort as Mr. Gun store owner won't be friendly with you lifting his inventory.
  2. Hospital is a death trap as it will be full of the sick already. Knocking over a pharmacy is much better. (Or, just have the meds you need already.)
  3. Supermarkets are useless 12-24 hrs after the start of an 'event'. Food is spoiled and / or stolen. Death trap.

Better plan: Focus on building a team. You need the following team leads (in order of priority.)

  • Sanitation tech. Critical! Clean water is critical. And, as soon as people start pooping in the yard, you all get sick and die.
  • On site ops sec team lead. Weapons, watch schedules, creating and maintaining a perimeter.
  • Away team lead. Someone to plan and manage supply raids. Highest risk job.
  • Heavy equipment operator, supports the away team lead. (Being able to drive a school bus, semi truck, backhoe, tractor.) Must have off-road experience.
  • Grease monkey. (May be an individual or a team lead.)
  • Medic. (May be an individual or a team lead.)
  • Warehouse and resources lead. Maintain stockpiles, distributions of resources.
  • Cook lead. The kitchen must not be a free-for-all, or resources are wasted.
  • Communications. Critical to know where everyone is and to listen for neighboring friend / foe.
  • Housekeeping lead. Clean / dry / warm = you live another day.

To survive you need a group of 10-15. There would be overlap on the teams, but the key item is to make sure the person in charge of each team is focused on that task. If you have enough people, then you appoint a 2nd for each team in the event the primary dies or is supporting another team.

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

True story. Over beer one evening, some friends and I role-played this.

  • We made a team from the people in the room and people we knew in the local area who could be trusted and would likely join us on short notice.
  • We excluded the degenerates as they would weigh down the team and get us killed.
  • We made decisions on who could join based on value vs. risk. E.g. If they were obese, they were excluded unless they had a specialized skill that could not easily be replaced.
  • We assigned roles and ran scenarios based on our local area. Whiteboards, etc.

It actually worked well because we had on our team:

  • An engineer with a master's degree in sanitation.
  • Ex military with combat experience
  • Professional truck driver
  • Nurse
  • Mechanic
  • Guy in logistics
  • etc.
[–] • 0 pt

Where is your scenario? City- downtown or suburb? Country ish?

[–] • 0 pt

Moderately rural farmland, but 1 hr from a major city.

It doesn't hurt for the scenario that my property is already ~75% off grid with a well, septic, solar panels, fruit trees, animals, etc. Nice foundation to work from.

But, that isn't a requirement for a successful scenario plan. Just levels of difficulty and survivability. (Even with a perfect setup and a perfect team, it is easy to create unsurvivable scenarios.)

[–] • 0 pt

What does the solar run? Amperage?

[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

I'm not worried. I have an attack-trained Pomeranian.

[–] • 1 pt

If my poodle is as good at fending off zombies as she is trick-or-treaters, we're good

[–] • 3 pts

Are crossbows good against zombies? I ordered one

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Yes. Just make sure it's a head shot.

[–] • 0 pt

I plan to practice in my backyard.

[–] • 1 pt

I would just go around and do what I want. If I die I die.

[–] • 1 pt

I think you should have a few swords as well. Take something two-handed, that's not too long. A Katana or a Bastard-Sword. Maybe your frens wanna sleep sometimes, without being kept awake by you taking pot-shots at everything that moves.

[–] • 0 pt

Katanas are shit, honestly. I love my weeb sword, but it is outclassed by many other sword. An oakeshott type XVIa or XIIa would be better. Good for thrusting and slashing. And wont break as easily or need as much maintenance.

[–] • 1 pt

Doesn't seem ideal for zombies. I'd prefer a katana. Katana's are not special or unique, nearly every culture on earth developed a curved one sided blade for fighting unarmored opponents. Not to say I wouldn't prefer a saber, scimitar, or falchion over a katana but what you have posted was developed as a response to armor. Would be better off with a small light machete if it came to that. That being said engaging at that range is a bad idea regardless.

[–] • 0 pt (edited )

Skulls are hard and I would prefer something that could pierce them over and over. And something that can slash well. That is why I suggested those two.

Disemboweling a zombie won't kill it. That's one of the katana's strengths on an armorless opponent.

How capable are you to slice the neck clean off with every stroke?

If you're that hell bent on a single edge curved sword vie for the Kriegsmesser. Better than a katana for slaying hordes imo.

Also has a cultural background behind it.

[–] • 0 pt

I don't know what you're talking about. I've suggested using something light but two-handed because with those it's effortless to cut through limbs, if you have the proper technique.

[–] • 0 pt

Spears shit all over swords

[–] • 1 pt

The original requirements in this scenario was a sword that you could two hand. Of course spears shit on swords. Guns shit on spears. Tanks shit on guns. Missiles shit on tanks.

[+] [deleted] • 1 pt
[–] • 0 pt

I plan to turn off the TV. that shit is fake dude. grow up

[–] • 0 pt

Learn the zombie language and become their leader

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