Who do you pick? Who don't you pick?

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

Ok troops!

Here's the scenario:

All hell has broken loose and you're in a position to pick 5 people to go with you.

Here's the catch:

You have to choose by career fields. It's survival after all. So, which one or ones would you take? Why?

What kind of career wouldn't you take? Why?

I won't tell you which careers are present because it's an open ended question, so assume EVERY career field is available to choose from.

Don't over think this scenario with "well it depends on how many people are this or that or what time of year it is..blah, blah, blah"

I'll tell you mine later.

Good luck!

[Luna Guardian]

Doctor: If anyone of the group (especially me!) falls sick or breaks something, he can fix us and keep the group going
Mechanic: If we manage to find someplace nice, he can rig us up electricity, fix cars etc. Think Datu
Hunter: Anyone can hunt, but a good hunter brings back more food with a bigger probability
Soldier: It's a fair chance that we're not the only survivors out there. This guy can help us out-think the enemy and keep us safe. Also, he'll probably come up with ideas the rest of the group wouldn't
Farmer: Same as the hunter, but for veggies and stuff

Who wouldn't I pick?

Bums: They're bums and nothing good will come of them!

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

LOL@ Bums..
Dude, they're the ultimate survivors! hahah

[reaper239]

he has a point

me i'd choose two medical, two soldiers and an engineer. soldiers who have gone through any kind of survival training have a basic knowledge of how to hunt and trap. two doctors is redundant so if one gets hurt the other can patch him up. i would prefer two of everything but if i can only have five then that's what i go with

[gaijinpunk]

Two Seals-work in pairs, trained to kill things and wreck people. Zombies won't be the only worry and you'll need some sneaky, hard-ass, crazy, can-do, bad-ass warriors. (Thinnk about it. If they can take out Bin Ladin...)
One Air Force Pilot-fixed wing AND helicopter certified (Another trained solder and just in case...)
One Air Force doctor/dentist-You're gonna need both (Again, another trained solder. JIC... Also, all of the above will have had survival/wilderness training)
One (ex-military) Botanical Scientist-strange I know but who'd know more about edible plants? (Canned food and MRE's aint gonna last forever...)

All of the above, highly trained, motivated, adaptable, and ready to head for Canada. Cold weather, freezing zombies, LARGE forests, and no escaped criminals...they'l still be in the cities taking people as slaves, while we're eating elk, salmon, geese and repopulating the great, white, north along with the five Canadian supermodels we saved on the way (HEY! You asked who I'd PICK, not who we happened to save in route...!)

[canadiankyle]

My Girlfriend is our driver
My best friend J.W. is my scenario advisor
My best friend D.H. is my secondary driver and gunner
My Girlfriends father is my construction advisor
My father is my mechanic

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

You guys are forgetting the second half of the question. So to help out, here I go!!!

5 Picks:

1. Family Health Care Practitioner 2. Police Officer 3. Mechanical Engineer 4. Gardener 5. Any military member who's been in combat

Why?
1.The doc isn't a specialist, so he/she'd be able to treat almost any wound short of major surgery.

2. Police because he/she is used to order and handling weapons and stressful situations. They usually have well developed common sense

3. Mechanical Engineer because, just like the Fam practice doc, they can fix a wide range of stuff. So while we're boarding up the safe house, he/she can show us how to do it safely and how to do it right. I'm thinking steel plated doors, traps, armored up vehicles..etc (think the guys from "Mythbusters")

4. Gardener is picked because we'll need to eat and have medicinal herbs (my logic for not using a "Farmer" is that farming tends to be specialized these days and not many farmers know how to grow plants and herbs. [i'd take a farmer from the 1800's any day though[) They're used to working with their hands instead of big old tractors and such and will have knowledge of how to grow a f'n carrot!

5. Miltary that's been in combat. Sounds easy enough right? Not really. Here's the reasons besides the obvious. You learn to think outside the box in combat. You also pick up instincts that we've lost since we stopped being cavemen. He/She will be able to work in concert with the doc because of combat medical training, work as a secondary to the cop for scavenging and security, help the engineer figure out how to inflict maximum damage with improvised weapons and help the engineer fortify the safehouse.

NOWWWW... which career fields wouldn't I take:

1. IT people. why? because they always think other people are slow and have an bloated sense of worth. No practical use because there are no computers or networks to fix.

2. Politicians. Why? almost the same reason as the IT peeps. They'd more than likely create more strife than anything and expect to be heard at all times. Probably end up a victim of friendly fire.

3. Lawyer.. nuff said.

4. Pro athlete. why? Dispite knowing how to work as part of a team, they'd probably be centered on self preservation instead of the group's preservation.. spoiled.

5. Stock Traders... What the duck do they do anyway??? trade stocks.... duh!

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

[QUOTE=gaijinpunk;28357]Two Seals-work in pairs, trained to kill things and wreck people. Zombies won't be the only worry and you'll need some sneaky, hard-ass, crazy, can-do, bad-ass warriors. (Thinnk about it. If they can take out Bin Ladin...)
One Air Force Pilot-fixed wing AND helicopter certified (Another trained solder and just in case...)
One Air Force doctor/dentist-You're gonna need both (Again, another trained solder. JIC... Gaijin,

You're sounding awfully service biased there. LOL!

[gaijinpunk]

What can I say!
All the executives (read: paper pushers.)
topless dancers (let's face it. if you were a zombie, would you rather eat a big, sweaty trucker or a hot, sexy stripper? They'd be the first ones eaten.)
quality engineers (about as useless as a football bat.)
environmental conservatives (maybe they can hug zombies instead trees. they're be plenty of natural resources left over after the dead rise. population eaten and all that.)
and Twilight fans (guys... vampires are BLOOD-SUCKING MONSTERS, not PRETTY BOY-TOYS.) will be long dead, so the selection will be limited...
He-e-e-e-y....
Bring on the Apocalypse...! :yay: