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3. Epidemic
The DEMCON system is loosely based on the system established by the United
States in the 60's. The DEFCON (DEFensive CONdition) was designed to
keep everyone on the same page as to the level of threat regarding a
nuclear attack. DEMCON (epiDEMic CONdition) is a system that we have
devised in order to keep people informed as to the current state of any
zombie outbreaks. The six levels are informally referred to
as Observe, Prepare, Perservere, Overcome, Strike, and Eliminate
(O.P.P.O.S.E.).
A. DEMCON IV - Observe
This is the lowest state of alert. At this stage, we still can not simply
lie back and wait for something to happen. It's always important to
maintain a state of readyness. It's better to prepare for something that
never happens than to be caught offguard when it does. At this point, you
simply need to familiarize yourself with home defense, weaponry, and the
layout of your town. Stay current on the local political state and try to
anticipate what your local police officials will do in the event of a low
level breakout in your town. Remember, a zombie outbreak starts with one
single zombie, and while chances are good it will happen miles away, it
may be your next door neighbor.
Are your local police the kind of people who
will arrest and lock a zombie up in jail where he will proceed to infect
other inmates, including jailers and police officers? Will they shoot to
kill at a salavating nutcase who attacks them? Remember, arresting a
zombie will be next to impossible, as they will easily break handcuffs
and, being immune to blood loss or unconsciousness,
will put up a hell of a fight to even 4-5 police officers.
B. DEMCON III - Prepare
This level means that a small outbreak is occuring somewhere in the world.
Since it may only take up to 24 hours for the virus to replicate, and
given the ease of transportation cross country, it may only be a few days
or weeks before an outbreak comes to your home town. Any outbreak
anywhere in the world must be dealt with by preparing at home. If you
haven't already begun purchasing weaponry and preparing your home for a
siege, this is the stage at which you will want to do so. Chances are
good that the outbreak will be stifled in it's location, but theres still
a fair chance that an infected individual will carry the virus across a
few hundred miles before he is turned. If this outbreak is happening in
your home town, you may have less than 24 hours to prepare. Now is a good
time to proceed to the Retreat section of this
guide.
C. DEMCON II - Perservere
It's official. The infection has spread, and there are several small
outbreaks happening across the globe (or perhaps one massive one occuring
in a given region). National guard has been called out to deal with a
domestic crisis, and there may be light army response. If you're in an
area where one of these outbreaks is occuring, chances are you can't walk
the streets safely without running across a small band of zombies. There
is going to be confusion as people try to figure out what is going on. As
many as 20-100 zombies are in your home town, and there may be up to
several thousand across the world. At this point you will want to proceed
to the defend section of this guide.
D. DEMCON I - Overcome
At this point, all bets are off. The entire military and national guard
has been deployed, there will be a curfew, churches are converted to
hospitals, rampant chaos at the grocery stores, in the event the outbreak
is occuring domestically foreign friendly military troops may even be
deployed domestically to try to keep order. The government is in over its
head, and your small town didn't make the list of towns the military
decided were "worth" saving. At this point, it's time to either make a
stand, or throw in the towel, because if every citizen doesn't start
pulling the weight, we may have a serious crisis. Zombies are numbering
in the hundreds of thousands. At this point, you should weigh the merits
of the attack and defend sections of this guide.
E. PLAGCON - PLAGue CONdition
The PLAGCON (PLAGue CONdition) is only called when the level of emergency
has exceeded preparation and is now demanding action. The viral outbreak
has become a plague. These are similar to the EMERCON system employed by
the USA for nuclear alertness. This catastrophy will probably take one of
two possible faces.
i. National - Strike
Your country has fallen. The military is eliminated (or at least you
haven't seen hide nor hair of them in weeks). You remember hearing on
the news about how in a nearby town a few months ago, French, British,
Russian, and Korean military forces have been deployed in your country.
The few American soldires you've run across are nothing but grateful
for this foreign presence. At any rate, the central body of the
military is in no position to try to say no. It's been a few days
since you last saw a French tank roll through your downtown streets,
but it didn't slow or stop when civilans ran out into the street waving
desperately for help.
You and a few people
have claimed outpost at the local jail (which your ownership of is now
uncontested). All those who were going to fight have fought, and lost. A
national plague is occuring. At this point, your course of action is
relatively irrelevant, because there will be no overcoming the zombie
hoard, as there are now hundreds of millions, if not billions of zombies
roving through most of North America. Do what's best for you and your
team, which at this
point is probably to follow the defend
section of this manual.
ii. Global - Eliminate
The local threat has been halted. Nobody gets in to your country for any
reason. The
borders are secured, and any outbreaks are now occuring in foreign
countries. The risk of them finding a way back in is present, but the
local military and government have acknowledged and accepted the fact (at
the very least) that a horrible plague has been spreading like wildfire.
There has been talk on the news channels (which is roughly every
channel on the television anymore) of the American Military being
deployed to Panema to prevent zombies from wandering in from South
America, and theres been further talk of trying to save the remaining
civilians in England by deploying a huge army force (the largest thats
been deployed since World War II) to hold the few remaining outposts.
This only concerns you if you plan on joining the military to put a stop
to this outbreak before it worsens. Your military officials will brief
you on exactly the nature of the plague you'll be up against (remember,
the virus may take different forms), but the general rules of the defend and the attack sections will serve you well.