The apocalypse has come, the dead walk the streets and chaos reigns. Zombies hold sway over the towns and not a living soul can be seen...
Except one.
Deep in an abandoned Hospital on the outskirts of a town a man awakes. He is half a man at least, his frail body a wreck of malfunctioning bionics. Perhaps he was here to have his ailments tended to, but his chance is gone, the skilled surgeons slain or roaming the hallways beyond his room.
He stirs and rises, he can remember nothing clearly, from before this moment. No history or accumulated knowledge and skills, who was he? As a distant thump reaches him through the closed doors he reacts instictively, settling into a defensive stance, hands rising. The movements are reflexive, he has done this before somewhere.
As he stalks towards the door and his fate a smile slowly crosses his face. He has remembered something at least. They once called him Celem.
Episode 1: Escape from the Hospital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ChS7_K-v0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ChS7_K-v0)
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Highlights:
Flee the hospital itself without serious event, beeline the door assisted by finger razors and krav maga.
Joy! Hippie Van right outside the door starts, gas is real low but we are outta here.
Celem heads SE towards the housing on the edge of town in search of sheets and other assorted supplies.
Passes a heli-crash just on the outskirts and stops to loot some winter pants, proceed into town on foot.
Get into some scuffles with nearby zeds and sustain a bite wound.
Return to the Hospital in search of cure.
Get real lucky and stumble straight into the storerooms and disinfect the bites, flee the Hospital once more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVGjWg3S14A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVGjWg3S14A)
TLDW:Celem heads back towards town, trying a bit further south
Finds another downed heli and scoops up MBR Kevlar
Hits a basement in the second house full of guns with a sewer rat
Unable to melee said rat grabs Glock and ammo off shelves and blasts it. Base get.
Head to check out Electronics store...locked up, move on to pizza parlour.
Ambushed by soldier zombie, melee goes poorly, trapped.
Panic and forget Glock, by the time I shoot him down Celem is chewed to shreds with two deep bites.
Retreat and disinfect once more.
Some basic crafting and survival stuff, grabbed a pot and cooked up the rat meat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cyD_9HhXqc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cyD_9HhXqc)
Highlights:
Grind up Fabrication 1 by rolling smokes
Make a quick scouting run as the light fades.
Fire Engine to the East that might start, not tried yet, theres a little water in it.
Sweep the Houses to the East, gathering various supplies. Books, clothing to disassemble, food.
Realise that I'm attracting zombies through noise that I cant see coming, the darkness isnt proving great cover.
Retreat back to the survivalist cellar to prepare for night with my fabulous lootpile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJEa79yAl4Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJEa79yAl4Q)
Highlights:
Head to fetch shopping trolley spotted earlier
Finally acquire screwdriver
Return visit to Hospital to rinse yet more medical supplies with trolley
Visit to Hospital Cafeteria for food
Back to the base to unload, craft, read and general housekeeping.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHksdLhigQk
Highlights:
I show off a little home improvement to the base
I then explain that I have only just realised all my limbs are broken and wont heal without splinting.
Celem cant make splints.
He sets off across the city in search of medical textbooks and immediately dies.
Mainly because i'm an idiot, and just wander happily into it, chatting away as I do so.
RIP