The official Zombie Apocalypse thread

[Νύξ]

Sigh~If your going to be like that than whats the point of this whole thing?No zombies as threats?might as well not be an epademic if the zombies dont get up to do some biteing.People might as well just be on there merry way and burry the usless heaps.

 

[Touchfuzzy]

Actually, if I wanted something quiet I wouldn't go for a firearm at all, I would go for something like a crossbow. And a hell of a lot of practice. The only downside being bolts being less common than bullets. Then again, if you are careful bolts are reuseable, you just have to have a way to get them back.

And if you have some time, you can learn fletching .

 

[Νύξ]

I take it youv never had to load a cross bow then.They take too long to reload.The string is wound tight you need to get your foot on the bar and pull up hard to reset for another shot.Youd be swarmed before you get your foot on the bar to pull.I suppose if you werent in a heavily crowded area and had enough distance frome the zombies youd stand a chance but not in a crowded area.Youd be overtaken before you got to the "B" in "Oh buger".They have break barel air pelet rifles that could definitly get in some skull especialy if you aim for the eyes and practicaly no sound at all.Mind you its got a bit of a kick Wich is rair in pelet rifles and fires off only one round before you need to reload,so you could say reload time is just as bad.....personaly if you want a good weapon to make shure you can take out more than one at a time and alows for better mobility a pistoles got the cross bow banged to rights.I guss youd just have to deal with the noize and just keep on moveing.Theres nothing realy for it.Im not saying its a bad idea and its good for amo but its not a good idea for hevily crowded areas.you see what i mean?

 

[Touchfuzzy]

My point was that for a quiet weapon, its much preferable to a suppressed gun which isn't quiet at all.

Nothing prevents you from carrying both, but if noise was a concern, I wouldn't use even a suppressed pistol unless I absolutely had to. The difference in dBs just ISN'T that much over an unsuppressed pistol. The only time it would matter was at extreme distance where the slight change in volume wouldn't really apply to "in close"

Seriously a suppressed pistol, even a 22 is around 100dB. 100dB is like a jackhammer going off. That is a hell of a lot of noise.

(Honestly, overall, I wouldn't fire a damned thing unless I absolutely had to, I'm much more of the barricade and wait it out mindset, with only going out to get supplies, and doing my best to avoid any interaction at all)

 

[Νύξ]

Well i never said to go on a pistol killing spree but for midrange distance surounded by...Oh lets say about 5 or 6 zombies a pistol would be the olny resort if only to cut down enough to make an opening to escape.the rest is just a matter of avoidance and to keep moveing.Any ways the zombies are alreddy there and the ones atracted by sound will not get there before your gone.There is the hurding problem as mentioned in the walking dead comics were one zombie folows the other and vice vercer and other zombies folow them because thay all think the others are headed tward food.That would present a problem In wich a vehicle would be handy.

 

[Ravenith]

Stealth is a different matter altogether, and I'll have to agree with Touch. Don't fire a damn thing unless you're in immediate danger. What can't find you, can't hurt you.

But for the sake of argument...

Midrange, you say? Abandon pistols altogether. Get your hands on a combat rifle, the difference in both effectiveness and accuracy is astounding. In mid/long range, sound is rarely an issue anyway - unless the "other" side has ranged combat abilities too. Like zombies with sniper rifles and WW2 SS uniforms.

I'd only carry a pistol as an OH S**T button, and even in this case, I'd go for a something with firepower, and screw .22s and silencers. If you have to shoot in close quarters, you're already in great, one-inch-from-death trouble.

For close quarters? Get a machete. Or a hatchet, or a baseball bat. A crossbow wouldn't be half-bad, but only carried as a single-shot weapon.

Anyhow, go for stuff that most of the time maim or kill, because pain presumably won't do much to hold them off.

 

[Νύξ]

you dont need much fire power to put one bulet in a head and were would you presume to get a combat rifle?

 

[MyLordRobinson]

Not exactly. A standard 9mm bullet won't kill a human, and hitting the areas associated with mobility would require a lucky shot, and that's provided you actually hit them.

 

[Ravenith]

you dont need much fire power to put one bulet in a head and were would you presume to get a combat rifle?

Closest military base or outpost.

And you presume the average person can put a bullet in a *head* from midrange? Unlikely, and even if you succeed, small caliber guns do not ensure a kill.

A H&K G3A3 Battle Rifle, for example, is more accurate in range and far more powerful. Even the average person can hit a target's center body mass at, say, 30m, and it guarantees either a kill or a maimed limb, enough to ensure the target won't give further chase.

And the G3A3 isn't even a fancy gun - it's actually considered old tech in most countries.

 

[Genii Benedict]

Not exactly. A standard 9mm bullet won't kill a human...

That's completely untrue. There's a reason why the 9×19mm Parabellum is "the world's most popular and widely used military handgun cartridge."

 

[Xeon]

I'd probably get on a boat and live on the sea eating fish while the rest of you are overrun in your military bunkers. It'd be nice. Maybe there'd be some islands free of infection too.

Also, everyone always attributes the cause of a zombie outbreak to a bioengineered super virus. What about nanotechnology? Think about it. A smarm of nano bots overtaking the nervous system of its host and forcing them to feed on others in order to harvest valuable resources for replication. Perhaps they could animate a dead person too.

 

[crimcrim]

Also, everyone always attributes the cause of a zombie outbreak to a bioengineered super virus. What about nanotechnology? Think about it. A smarm of nano bots overtaking the nervous system of its host and forcing them to feed on others in order to harvest valuable resources for replication. Perhaps they could animate a dead person too.

I agree, but the idea of some sort of biological cause explains why said cause could spread so quickly.

 

[Genii Benedict]

What about nanotechnology? Think about it. A smarm of nano bots overtaking the nervous system of its host and forcing them to feed on others in order to harvest valuable resources for replication. Perhaps they could animate a dead person too.

Did you happen to watch the "Stephen Hawking" special that was on a few nights ago? He attributed brain mapping to the loss of free will, and postulated that with the proper electrical stimuli directly to sections of the brain, you could 'convince' it to do whatever you wanted. He even went so far as to say, you could convince someone to love / hate something or someone. Gone are the old thoughts that you can't "make someone do something they don't have it in them to do!" It sounds like your nano bot idea could very quickly be applied in this manner, and create whatever you wanted. You want a super-soldier master race? Here you go!

 

[Xeon]

Did you happen to watch the "Stephen Hawking" special that was on a few nights ago?

No. Was it on Discovery's Curiosity show or something?

I agree with Hawking though. Based on what I know about neuroscience, it makes sense that nano bots capable of interfacing with neurons could modify your behavior, erase memories, or plant new thoughts. I also see that as a non-invasive method for total immersive VR via BCI.

I think it might be possible in the distant future.

I wonder if anyone ever did any speculative fiction about a cybernetically created zombie apocalypse.

 

[Νύξ]

Closest military base or outpost.

And you presume the average person can put a bullet in a *head* from midrange? Unlikely, and even if you succeed, small caliber guns do not ensure a kill.

A H&K G3A3 Battle Rifle, for example, is more accurate in range and far more powerful. Even the average person can hit a target's center body mass at, say, 30m, and it guarantees either a kill or a maimed limb, enough to ensure the target won't give further chase.

And the G3A3 isn't even a fancy gun - it's actually considered old tech in most countries.

I can do midrange with a pistol.You cant?Oh well,have fun being lunch.At any rate small calibure or not a bullets a bullet and a head is still a head.And anyways military bases would be locked up.Even if you got the keys to get in youd have top get past people who died in the base and even then they dont just leave guns lying around.They do have an armery were the guns are stored and im pretty shure thats under lock and key....

 

[RyanA]

Well...I think it would be best to have a temporary bass while you find out how you are going to escape. I think some place sturdy and strong, where the only access is one ladder, zombies can't climb ladders right? Anyway, the best bet would be to have your little base, perhaps not FAR from the city but far enough so you don't attract too much attention. Go into the local towns and such to try and find supplies, look for dead soldiers and cops to take the ammo and guns off and store them in your little bass.

You definately don't want to set up somewhere permanent, though, you have to escape somewhere after gathering enough supplies to last, in case you kind find any in your escape place.

 

[Νύξ]

Did anyone bother to read my earlyer poast about making a truck a mobile home base?.It kinda solves the need for protective mobility and the issue about depleating the recources around you.

 

[RyanA]

Problem with a truck is that you need to keep finding gas for it, best to say that kind of stuff until you finally make your escape.

 

[Xeon]

Problem with a truck is that you need to keep finding gas for it, best to say that kind of stuff until you finally make your escape.

What if it were a hybrid gas/electric truck with solar paneling to recharge the battery? The gas would just be utilized in dire emergencies as something to fall back on.

 

[RyanA]

What if it were a hybrid gas/electric truck with solar paneling to recharge the battery? The gas would just be utilized in dire emergencies as something to fall back on.

In that case a mobile truck base is a great idea! You'd have to make sure it was all blocked up properly though, last thing you want is zombobs smashing in through your windows and doors while your cooking some egg on toast.