05-17-2007, 10:02 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-18-2007, 08:37 AM by Calibremon.)
In the early 21st century, scientists discovered a new kind of viral entity, unlike that of any other. They named the family of viruses 'necroanimatic', but the only virus in that family was soma. From the greek word for body, soma enters the bloodstream and immediately travels towards the brain, where it infects the brain and creates a 'pseudo-organ', killing the body but leaving it with a very primitive functional level. In other words...
a Zombie.
Progression of Symtoms
Soma is incurable, and incapable of being vaccinated, as any level of the soma virus is 100% fatal. The only possible way to survive soma is to kill the infected victims as soon as possible, and remove or burn the corpses afterwards. Soma can only be transmitted by fluid-to-fluid contact, so just touching a zombie isn't necessarily enough to be infected by one.
Outbreak Levels
Zombie Facts
IMPORTANT!
The only surefire way to 'kill' a zombie is to destroy or sever the brain. Destroying the brain kills the zombie, but severing the head only stops them from being a treat. Their heads are still fully functional without the body, so keep your fingers and toes to yourself.
Regarding Weapons
In theory, anything can be used as a weapon against zombies. Aside from their resistance to death and contagious condition, zombies are as human as their victims.there are, however, factors to consider:
~Profile~
Name:
Age:
Species: (If you play as a furry. Otherwise humans only)
Orientation:
Height:
Weight:
Description: (post a picture or describe your character)
Personality: (How your character thinks, acts, and reacts to the zombie outbreak)
-Weapons- (For this RP, I will allow 3 and ONLY 3 weapons per character. Free free to replace one or two types of weapon for another, but you can still only have 3. And use common sense. Unless you're in the military or the mafia, you're only going to have civilian weapons)
Melee: (your non-reloading, beating, stabbing or slicing tool.)
Close Range: (Your short-to-medium range firearm)
Long Range: (Your long-range rifle)
Other: (Any other details that don't fit into the other catagories)
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Name: Alex
Age: 23
Species: Human
Orientation: Bi
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 130 lbs
Description: Wears a white, button-down shirt and black slacks. Holding up his slacks is a black belt, which also supports two gunbelts loaded with extra ammunition. He also has a sheath strapped to his leg for his father's machete.
Personality: Used to be calm, quiet person who kept to himself, focusing on his job as a computer technician. After watching his parents getting eaten alive by zombies though, something inside Alex snapped, and now he is nothing more than an a well-oiled zombie-hunting machine.
-Weapons- (All of Alex's weapons are inherited from his late father, a hunter and former G.I.)
Melee: Machete. Inherited from his father, this massive brush-clearing blade has the perfect combination of weight and edge to crack through a human skull. While it is a melee weapon primarily, Alex can, and does on occasion, throw this weapon with surprising force and accuracy, hitting its mark square between the eyes.
Close Range: Sawn-Off Browning Citori 12Gauge Thanks to his father being in the military, Alex has access to a small number of special shells, including 'Dragon's Breath', Flechette, and Hatton rounds. He only carries about five of each of the special shells, and 15 regular 12 gauges.
Long Range: Remington 700 Bolt Action Rifle. A police-issue rifle his father used for sport.
a Zombie.
Progression of Symtoms
- Hour 0 - Infection.
- Hour 1 - Wound becomes inflamed and purplish blue/green in color.
- Hours 2 to 4 - General weariness and fatigue.
- Hour 5 to 8 - Fever, nausea and joint pain. Commonly mistaken for flu.
- Hour 9 to 18 - Disorientation, dizziness, failing senses (blurred vision, difficulty hearing, etc.) and difficulty concentrating.
- Hour 19 to 22 - Severe vomiting, involving blood or black bile
- Hour 23 - Death
- Hour 24 - 'NecroReanimation'
Soma is incurable, and incapable of being vaccinated, as any level of the soma virus is 100% fatal. The only possible way to survive soma is to kill the infected victims as soon as possible, and remove or burn the corpses afterwards. Soma can only be transmitted by fluid-to-fluid contact, so just touching a zombie isn't necessarily enough to be infected by one.
Outbreak Levels
- Rural/Localized Outbreak - between 1 and 20 subjects. Easily managed by an individual or small group, armed lightly.
- Small Population Outbreak - Between 25 and 100 subjects. A group, moderately armed, can fight off such an outbreak indefinitely.
- Heavy Population Outbreak - 150 to 1000 subjects. Unless well-organised, subjects cannot survive against such an outbreak for long.
- Critical Outbreak. Zombies now outnumber the living. the best way to survive is to go underground and wait for the zombies to rot and fall apart. (See Zombie Fact & Fiction)
Zombie Facts
- Zombies have a land speed of about 1 step every one and a half seconds.
- Zombies are not created by magic or 'voodoo'
- Only about 1 in 4 zombies possess the cognitive ability and co-ordination to climb a ladder.
- Zombies do not have 'super strength'
- Zombies are only as capable as their bodies will allow. (If they have no eyes, they cannot see; no leg muscles, no walking, etc)
- Zombies are not 'organised', though they can distinguish other zombies from the living.
- Zombies do eat living flesh, even though they are dead, and need nothing to sustain themselves.
- Zombies do not feel pain, cannot be poisoned and cannot drown.
IMPORTANT!
The only surefire way to 'kill' a zombie is to destroy or sever the brain. Destroying the brain kills the zombie, but severing the head only stops them from being a treat. Their heads are still fully functional without the body, so keep your fingers and toes to yourself.
Regarding Weapons
In theory, anything can be used as a weapon against zombies. Aside from their resistance to death and contagious condition, zombies are as human as their victims.there are, however, factors to consider:
- Range: Likely your first consideration. You want to put as much distance between you and the zombies when you're busy killing them.
- Power: How well your weapon kills zombies. Fairly straightforward, but know this: if the weapon simply punches a hole through the zombie's head, it may not kill them. So remember - Penetrate, not Perforate.
- Weight: You're gonna be carrying your weapons for a long time, not to mention any and all supplies if you're moving from place to place. So keep that in mind when you go to pick up that .50 cal.
- Efficiency: This mainly relates to melee weapons, but it can also effect ranged weapons too. Basically, if it needs a lot of heavy supplies to kill only a few zombies, it's not worth it. so you can break out the Chainsaws if you want, but just remember those saws need gas eventually.
~Profile~
Name:
Age:
Species: (If you play as a furry. Otherwise humans only)
Orientation:
Height:
Weight:
Description: (post a picture or describe your character)
Personality: (How your character thinks, acts, and reacts to the zombie outbreak)
-Weapons- (For this RP, I will allow 3 and ONLY 3 weapons per character. Free free to replace one or two types of weapon for another, but you can still only have 3. And use common sense. Unless you're in the military or the mafia, you're only going to have civilian weapons)
Melee: (your non-reloading, beating, stabbing or slicing tool.)
Close Range: (Your short-to-medium range firearm)
Long Range: (Your long-range rifle)
Other: (Any other details that don't fit into the other catagories)
-----------------------------------------------
Name: Alex
Age: 23
Species: Human
Orientation: Bi
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 130 lbs
Description: Wears a white, button-down shirt and black slacks. Holding up his slacks is a black belt, which also supports two gunbelts loaded with extra ammunition. He also has a sheath strapped to his leg for his father's machete.
Personality: Used to be calm, quiet person who kept to himself, focusing on his job as a computer technician. After watching his parents getting eaten alive by zombies though, something inside Alex snapped, and now he is nothing more than an a well-oiled zombie-hunting machine.
-Weapons- (All of Alex's weapons are inherited from his late father, a hunter and former G.I.)
Melee: Machete. Inherited from his father, this massive brush-clearing blade has the perfect combination of weight and edge to crack through a human skull. While it is a melee weapon primarily, Alex can, and does on occasion, throw this weapon with surprising force and accuracy, hitting its mark square between the eyes.
Close Range: Sawn-Off Browning Citori 12Gauge Thanks to his father being in the military, Alex has access to a small number of special shells, including 'Dragon's Breath', Flechette, and Hatton rounds. He only carries about five of each of the special shells, and 15 regular 12 gauges.
Long Range: Remington 700 Bolt Action Rifle. A police-issue rifle his father used for sport.