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We know the inklings have already gotten the Mayor of Boulder and the city command staff. Assuming some of them were turned, rather than eaten, and that they retain knowledge from before, it seems like they already have the information they need. But do they have a satphone?Quote:
Originally Posted by IamPaul
In case the Mayor is turned and retains his memory from his former human self, THEN they have a sat phone ...
edit: I just realized a small detail that slipped my mind ... Robbins mentioned the mayor [of Boulder] being "most likely dead". Thus: No confirmation on his real situation - is he dead, or has he turned? Man ... A small information with quite some *bang* behind it ...
I can't believe this is going to be my first post, and it is to say that SERIOUSLY wanted to bitch slap Hope this episode. She hasn't annoyed me at all thus far, but a teenage girl should know when it's an appropriate time to whine and to shut the hell up.Quote:
Originally Posted by lenarinn
....Or well you would think they would in a zombie apocalypse.
It was a pickaxeQuote:
Originally Posted by facebook.com/alexinks
thanks, i dunno why i didn't hear that.
Do you guys think the map that Cpt. Long's team made is lost or do you think that they will bring the Naval Base back into the mix? Pantex was briefly mentioned and now it's extremely important. Was the map just a plot device to connect Irwin and the Inklings in LA? Will the naval base have importance? Kimmet is planning something for the Pacific. Thoughts?
Gotta agree, Hope kind of irritated me as well. I guess she's just sassy... and a teenager. :)
-Jane/Hope
It breaks my heart to say it, but whenever Datu speaks, I'm kinda rooting for the zombies :(
I have been wondering about the reference to the Long Beach Navy Base. In our world that base closed in 1997 and was converted into a commercial container port. Hopefully it's still an active Navy base in the We're Alive universe—they used to have aircraft carriers there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pillars
As for the map, I'm guessing that Carl recovered that from the crash site, but it's been overlooked in all the excitement.
Maybe the map is the one device that helped Zombie-Griggs to find Boulder ... ?
You must be new to the show. You start off being annoyed by him, then after a few months you love him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deacon_Tyler
I concur absolutely. Without Datu, it would have been much more difficult for the characters to survive. And Datu is able to use everything from a screwdriver to a pickaxe - if he needs to.Quote:
Originally Posted by IamPaul
He is one of the most humane acting characters along Riley, I guess.
@Deacon_Tyler: Please take a look at http://wayland.ws/video/were-alive-walive-chapter-25/
Every time I watch Jay as Datu, I reminds me of the unintentionally warmhearted jokesters in Shakespears plays.And of course, he is Mr Resourcefull.
Note: Hope sound older to anyone? More mature a little bit? To me she did, good voice/acting.
Looking forward,
The next three chapters are going to be great. We have what 1 more season left? I am curious as to if we will ever find out how this all started.
It seems that every time the heroes start to do research or make a dent, everything stops and is inevitably lost. Research attempt 1 - Colony is over run / corrupted ; Research attempt 2 - Tower falls ; Research attempt 3 - Dunbar tower over run ; Research attempt 4 - Boulder Beat Down.
Here we are ending season 3, 1 more to go and at this rate with the research / start over ratio as it is (1:1) we may never get the ultimate answer. Hope this bad boy doesn't end like the Sopranos in the middle of a sen.........
Do make things worse ... Do you remember Michael saying something along this line: "I gave Tanya stuff to research against my better judgement ..." ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bullethead
In the end I would feel very, very good if the mystery behind the zeeh-pocalypse remains a secret, because I enjoy this whole speculation thing ... I wonder if WA would be only half as much fun, if this thrill evolving around the "how did it all start?" was not there ... And the revelation of the real cause might be like ... *OMFG*facepalm*DUDE!*, you know what I mean? I could be very wrong and the revelation could be just the sugar on top ...
I also do not think that this quest has ever to be answered. It is a (cool) story story device, but essential, as Michael Swan uses to say, it is "A story about survival." For my point of view, WA simply works, because it about more than killing zombies on a weekly basis. Besides, I think that the majority of listeners are rather speculating about when, how and how long Burt will take revenge on Scratch. This will be very, very unpleasant.Quote:
Originally Posted by LiamKerrington
IF Burt's gonna have his revenge on Scratch, THEN for whom will it be unpleasant? Although I would like to see Grandpa beating the shit out of Scratch, I am pretty sure his revenge will backlash on him - he is old, for nearly half a year he was put into custody and was also tortured ... He is weak and pretty likely next to being broken ... But Scratch on the other side is young, pretty powerfull and very capable of doing plenty of things ... I may be wrong, future will tell us, but most likely not within chapter #34 ...Quote:
Originally Posted by YetAnotherBloodyCheek
All the best!
Liam
In the medium term, Burt will not be able to do anything. He is broken and has lost a lot of body weight. In other words, he is a wreck. Looking back at 2009, his life must seem to him like an extrem roller coaster ride. At first, he is a mourning widower, who by the events undergoes quite a transformation and becomes even the leader of the survivers at one point. It is a pity that the rope came lose, leaving him behind when the tower was evacuated.Quote:
Originally Posted by LiamKerrington
I am not not sure if or when Burt will get his revenge on Scratch and do not see whether this will even compensate for what she has done to him.
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Originally Posted by Bullethead
I thought that it is the teenage actor who plays that Hope sounds older because of the time span between now and the recordings of the earlier episodes. But, yeah, overall she does sound older and more mature. She still has the sassiness that she had at the Colony but it comes across as less bratty.
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Originally Posted by Bullethead
I listened to an interview with KC Wayland where a host asked him this question. His answer was along the line of, 'The listener will be given information to know what happened.' I just paraphrased what I remembered so take this with a grain of salt.
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Originally Posted by Bullethead
Ha! You are right on spot with this. This happens in alot of good sci-fi too. It would be nice to see an occasional Win with a good follow-through. The worst thing with serial stories is the cliffhanger after cliffhanger. Just as Cpl Puck says, "All build up and no release."
I'm curious about your research list though, what were Research attempt 1 and 3?
The ones I remeber are:
1) Lizzy's sweat experiments
2) Michael's Tag & Track
3) CJ's group going to Ground Zero - but this doesn't slow the story because we hear about it from CJ after the fact. She tells Saul and Victor that one guy had to be killed.
4) Tanya wanting to expand upon Lizzy's research
5) Saul and Victor goes to Ground Zero - This one seems to just go nowhere, like they just said, "Hey that's VERY interesting! Gotta know more." "You're right. Anyone wanna raise chickens and watch movies instead?", "Yeah, I'm in.", "Me too, lets go."
Well, Kimmet called the sat phone (3rd line) with no answer, Thats why I said around page 2 of this that if an inkling retains memory, Irwin's days are numbered as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by LiamKerrington
I think Michael and puck weasel their way onto an outgoing aircraft to Boulder, as they're almost there, Irwin gets nuked, and they're forced to fight and regain control of boulder. AS this happens Saul gets ahold of the Sat phone parts, they hit redial, and there's no answer in Irwin.
This gets rid of one setting, leaves quite a plot open for Season 4, and hella-tons of shit hitting the fan until season finale. Much like each other season finale we end up with some stronghold up in flames (or mushroom clouds). This also leaves some 'hope at a civilization', which we would lose at a nuke of Boulder. We still will arguably lose a large majority, but there is still some humanity there. As to how the Saul meeting back up with Michael situation is resolved in this instance? I dont know...I dont have an answer in this theory.
I'm ok with the answer never being revealed to how it started, but....I need Michaels story about Randy. It was bad enough to cause Michael nightmares, yet all the other people around him dying has (seemingly) left him unaffected, WHAT DID RANDY DO?!Quote:
Originally Posted by LiamKerrington
/randomthoughtfromseasonsago
Sorry, had that one buried deep
Also, has anybody brought up the 'updated file' from Carl? Is this groundwork laid to give creedance to Michael's "These are super soldier zombies" when trying to convince Kimmet of things?
RED MEAT
Kimmet#1, "Get a task force scrambled! I wanna know what's going own out there!"
Puck, "Want me to send someone to check it out?"
Kimmet#2, "Don't jump to conclusions. They might just have communication problems. Wake the engineers. Put the chopers on stand by."
KIMMET!!! Shit or get off the pot!
Uhura, "Hey, there's a secret Sat Phone!"
Michael, "Really? Where does it go?"
Kimmet, "Uh, I gotta go." I just knew he had Kelly on speed dial listed under Booty Call.
We finally get an account of strength of the military at Kimmet's disposal. Assuming the Irwin and deployed numbers are constant..
- 8500 in Boulder
- 2000 on Post in Irwin
- 200 in the Box
- 180+/- deployed.
- 10 to 11 thousand.
We learn from Spc Robins:
- Communincation and power are the first to go.
- Command staff and mayor are probably dead.
- They tried radioing Ft Irwin but Michael says they never received any communications.
- Solidiers that are not killed are turned and turn on others.
- Mentions that they seem like 'soldiered versions of them.' This gets Michaels attention.
#5 on the list is interesting. Is Michael surprised by the fact that they're like soldiers? As in, they're smart zombies retaining soldier traits? Could this be reason that Little Ones move funny because they were babies turned before/while learning to walk? Or was Michael responding to what Robins said about the zombies being difficult to take down, as in an Inkling?
#4 on the list adds a crazy new dynamic to combat. In reality your enemy can kill, capture or wound you. Here, the enemy either kills you or turns you into one of them. Putting up a brave and gallant fight to the death might hurt your side more. The enemy's method of killing, maiming and turning are all the same. When you take away the soldier's advantage of superior firepower (or just firepower, period, in this case) then you have a case simillar to the House Advantage in a casino; in favor of the zombies. During an engagement, the zombies numbers are likely to be sustained or INCREASED. Soldiers will have to kill the zombies and any wounded commrads (screaming for help and mercy) at the same time.
We meet up with Datu and Hope and get our first view of Boulder.
Datu and Hope live together and Pegs and Kelly live in another part of town but we don't know if they live together. Say what you will about Datu's punk-ass-bitchness but he's taken out zombies with things you'll find in a garage. TWICE! Yes, he may be the bane of coyotes and have trouble shooting zombies at point blank range but when push comes to shove he starts swinging. Everyone forget Datu bashing several zombies with a broken chair leg? A B.R.O.K.E.N. C.H.A.I.R. L.E.G! in the arena when they came to get Samantha.
Datu Pacquiao took down an Inking in one swing. Even while missing the head. I didn't hear very much gurgling or strugle after he hit the thing. Sounds like he took it down rather quickly. I would expect a normal person to present some strugling if s/he were wounded only in the throat. He could have severed nerves too, however.
Kimmet reveals the nukes and proves to be the anti-Michael. Anti-Micheal as in he rambles on and on until we all cheer when Michael cuts him off. Kimmet goes on and on about Boulder's medical training facilities like he's a college recruiter instead of focusing on telling Michael his friends will be shipped to Boulder. Here, he goes on... about Pantex during all-hell-breaking-loose. Of course this is for story purposes because not all fans are frum participants. It doesn't take away from the story but from Michael's perspective it's annoyingly irrelevant.
Now back to the nukes.
Listen at 17:00 minutes Kimmet say that there was a time when the whole thing started they were losing whole cities. BEFORE we lost contact with other bases IT WAS DECIDED we would have a (failsafe.)
Now back to my nagging feeling that it would be strange to nuke a city if the whole world were over-run. If Boulder is over-run, why nuke it. L.A. was over-run and it's still there. If the shit hit the fan all over the U.S. and they know it (Which Kimmet states that he doesn't know for sure in part two of Beyond our Borders) then now is too little to late to contain things. It sure wasn't to contain the possible 150,000 Inklings. They were not even imagined when the failsafe was in place.
Ah ha! Failsafe. Everytime I listened to that chapter I kept thing about the Cold War film. Now I know why. Not only because of the title and the nukes but because I kept wondering HOW Boulder was the failsafe.
This brings me back even further to my suspicion that there are other safe zones and maybe there is some sort of world-wide communication blackout. Kimmet wants access to the Pacific? For what? Could be any number of reasons.
Also, he wasn't the sole decision maker in the failsafe. Of course he could have just as easily meant his command staff as he could have meant other base commanders. This is what I like about this story. One nugget can point into so many directions.
[QUOTE=Hoff4D;48444]Well, Kimmet called the sat phone (3rd line) with no answer, QUOTE]
I was under the impression that he only pretended to call in order to divert attention. This is because I got the impression that the phone is used as a trigger like Burt's walkie talkie Bomb.
[QUOTE=Witch_Doctor;48447]Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoff4D
ah, yea, I think you're right, I may have gotten pulled into another posters idea when they stated something about the Mayor having a direct line to Kimmet and not answering, and somehow put that together with the 3rd line in my head.
That notwithstanding, I think my theory still has legs. We've been given relatively good intel that the mayor is most likely dead, and some commanding officers. So I'll withdraw the 3rd line goes to mayor part of that and stand by the rest.
Makes me wonder if there aren't a bunch of nuked cities and military installations in the Eastern US, where they could have had time to get the failsafe protocol in place before they were over-run.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor
The failsafe might make sense if there were safe zones where humans were attempting to regroup and hold out. If Kansas City is over-run it might make sense to nuke it in order to reduce the pressure on St. Louis from the zombie horde that would inevitably flow east toward it along I-70.
I've set up a Google Map of Boulder, with some of the key locations noted. Please feel free to add to it.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=
200372006308941683650.0004cb2bc380033aab571
(this doesn't seem to work with the URL function button, so you're going to have to copy and paste to get there.)
Alright , so they do retain their memories then. So here another question, So why won't they expect an eval of the survivors and ambush the rescue aircraft? Or at least jump one of the aircraft and move on to the next target, Boulder? Micheal need to distract, if they can even be distract, with sweat bomb or the Johnny 5 things to make sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by nikvoodoo
Aye! So much! In dire need: take a purge!Quote:
Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor
Col. Kimmet seems to be kind of jumpy and anything else but confident in his oppinions and decisions ...
I think Michael - as dumb as he is (no offense intended, read on!) - simply does not grab the full scope of understanding what might be behind the Little Ones, or the Numbered Ones, as he calls them. He only has second hand intel on those creatures, and only very slim and unsolid information to say the least. At the time of the mentioning by Robbins that they behave like soldiers, Michael simply does not add 2 and 2. He treats any information absolutely isolated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor
And this is what we have him do ever since. Scent, Sweat Bottles and stuff? It was Angel who made the call and later Lizzy supporting it. Zombies or whatnot? Everyone called them things differently, but Michael tried to stick with the idea that these things might still be humans, at least not zombies, although the obvious literally screamed into his face.
That is why I don't want to make too much noise about his question and wondering about Little Ones behaving like soldiers; I just think he does not understand properly and needs just some time. For him the missing part is only that he does not think of the possibility that soldiers turned into Little Ones might still access there skills and training and knowledge as soldiers ...
It only takes one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor
King Datu the Ressourcefull. And yet this still is a stretch. Even Datu realizes the odd character of the Little One's skin, still he slices through like through butter with a warm blade. A single blow with a pick axe is something, without any doubt ... Nevertheless: Considering the anatomy of the neck and throat you still need hell of a swing to even kill a human in an instant; but a Little One with bullet proof skin? Is Datu the incredible Hulk?Quote:
Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor
I (only) buy it, because it helps the story and it may be excused as being one of those lucky shots ...
Yes, but keep in mind: L.A. was downed in less then a day - hardly a time in which anyone could decide anything especially regarding failsaves. But the com-connections with the East Coast lasted for about a week - with a raging war against them Zeds, with enough time to deal with the situation and to create emergency-plans for whatever kind ... That was one of the first things that crossed my mind, because Kimmet's explanations caught my attention as well: A failsafe, in such a short period of time? Them military-dudes prove to be a lot more agile in the time of need then one might guess considering the average paperwork and bureaucracy-bs you normally have to deal with ... So I have no trouble getting along with this kind of plan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor
Still: Only two nukes - one for Irwin, one for Boulder? Now, THAT is interesting. When they decided to create the failsaves, why only for two locations? Or do I simply miss or misunderstand something here?
So true, one nugget, huge impact ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor
Why the Pacific? Maybe L.A. or the Pacific Coast prove to be a better area to re-establish colonization? Hard to tell. But the Pacific seems to be closer then the Atlantic; and considering the much higher population along the East Coast the trouble with Zeds would be smaller at the Pacific coast line; also the climate is less hazardous there, right?
And I wonder, too, who were / are the other decision makers? And why the hell has Col. Kimmet the Indecisive to be the one to survive up to now??? Maybe to give Michael another chance to stand up as a true leader ...
All the best!
Liam
Yeah, Randy still is a mystery. And I so much hope that Michael reveals the story sooner or later. Maybe this will happen right ahead of the climax of this epic story ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoff4D
"Updated fil" from Carl - not sure about that, but I guess I remember seeing Kc mention something on the chat one or two days ago; something along the line that these updates are not as significant as it may seem ... I may be totally wrong about this ...
If you think about it in real life terms, if we all were survivors, odds of us finding out the origins of the event would be very very very very very slim. So I think in the story if we never find out, that'd be cool (and something to keep the forums alive forever with speculation and teories). That would be one of the more realistic things in the story if that happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by LiamKerrington
Assuming the humans don't panic, the situation in Boulder should start to stabilize.
• The population is locked up tight in boarded up homes and fortified public buildings, and they're armed. This means that the Inklings will have a tougher time recruiting than was the case during the initial outbreak and they're taking losses doing it. And don't forget, Datu is at large, with a pickaxe!
• Army units that were guarding the perimeter of the city will be reorganizing and converging on the city center. With the civilians indoors, anyone seen on the streets will be a target, allowing the troops to make maximum use of their firepower and making it much harder for the Inklings to turn the troops. This should slow the outward spread of the Inklings, and possibly start pushing them back. The assault force from Fort Irwin should arrive in time to reinforce this effort.
• The trick now will be to draw the Inklings into the open, where they can be effectively engaged by any available armor, artillery and helicopter gunships. This becomes particularly attractive if there is an MLRS unit in Boulder. Imagine the KODI, but on a grand scale. Let's hope that Michael shared the sweat lure idea with Boulder, that they've laid in a stock of sweat bottles, and that it works on Inklings! The athletic fields at the University of Colorado campus would make a wonderful killing ground.
That post looks so familiar...... ;)
Hi there,
@Cabbage: Your statement on the latest events is very reasonable and makes a lot of sense with the soldiers regaining some control and the people having locked themselves down.
This is supported by the fact that a "few units" were able to regain control over the HQ in Boulder. This might be a good sign; at least it was the key-element for Col. Kimmet to delay his nuke-decision - as it seems to me.
As for the people hiding in boarded up and fortified buildings: I am not so sure about that; the one guy who denied Hope and Datu access was hidden; and yet at least one Inkling made its way into his building; also Datu and Hope were attacked within a (less properly) fortified building. Therefore at least parts of the civilians are anything else but safe, because the boardings and fortifications might be to weak and only a proper match against Regulars, but not special ones.
About the sweat bombs: I think these things won't work on "Little Ones". Reason: Sweat Boulders attract Regulars, because they have a highly developed scent, but a very poor sight; also Regulars act very dumb and need to be controlled from the outside (Smart Ones, Bill Robert); we only had it once that a Regular started to act cautiously on his own, and that was when Angel and Saul secured the garage the first time (if I remember correctly). Compared with those the Little Ones act quite autonomously ever since; also they don't engage in combat 'blindly' and without hesitation like Regulars do, but they seem to observe and to understand the situation before they attack according to the situation, which will be much more the case with Little Solider-Ones, if they keep some of their skills and knowledge. Maybe they would smell the sweat bombs and notice them; but then they would observe the place and realize: there is nothing to literally chew on. I only would buy something compared with rats: One or two might fall for the trick, but somehow the rest of them would avoid it from then on - like rats don't fall for rat-poison as easily as do so many other animals ...
All the best!
Liam
I was not getting too specific, just pointing out that all research is lost any time some good ground is made. I suppose research at the colony I was thinking along lines ofQuote:
Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor
#1: 'Oh wow they have a stable living situation and a hospital going on here at the Colony' then Michael runs off with all the guns ... Attachment 2195
#3: 'Oh another stable situation and well protected tower, and they have the water plant running' then Pinstripes breaks in... Attachment 2195
Just a thought, what if the "Kaboom" back in episode 1 was someone panicking and hitting a failsafe? Maybe ground Zero is a Failsafe just spitballing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cabbage Patch
@Nik several pages back, I don't want Kelly to die before she gets laid.
Witch Doctor also needs to stop making such good posts. I can't give him any more rep.
And to whomever it was posting maaaaaany pages back - yeah I think it was my comment that was referred to on WND a couple of months ago, pertaining to Lizzy's pregnancy, about how essentially the forum, as fun as it is, often leaves in a quite anti-climactic state of mind when big story-changing elements are introduced... simply because we've predicted many of them thanks to KC's breadcrumbs.
Very excited for 34-2. Season 3 has panned out very differently to Season 2. Season 2's endgame ran from Chapters 20-24, with the process of finding Lizzy, getting the choppers and the resulting part two of the war with the Mallers taking up those chapters. With Season 3 we've seen a much different dynamic - essentially it's played out over two different arenas, with a lot of stage-setting and explanations - which was fair enough, after such a climax the show needed to recalibrate itself, which it did in Chapter 29. Chapters 25-28 were essentially winding down the previous seasons, whereas in Season 2 the show took a one chapter break in Chapter 14 before launching right into the Michael/Pegs/Kelly exploration team and the Angel/Kalani sideplot (on a sidenote, I wonder if that boat that Michael and Pegs found will ever be of any consequence, or was just simply characterising their exploration - also hasn't it been nice to see how Skittle's initial warnings about the little ones have panned out, you know, with the imminent destruction of mankind and all?). I don't think we're going to see too much interaction between CJ's team and Michael's team yet. It may come to pass in Chapter 36, but I wouldn't be surprised if KC left it to the last few minutes for a glorious cliffhanger.
I must protest however if we see nothing of either Ink or Skittles this season. Really? No "it's Paul" or crazy stuttering? Jeez!
Hey Liam,
Thanks for the thoughtful analysis. Here’s a little bit of my thought process, keeping in mind that the bottom line here is that your guess is as good as mine.
There’s a certain cold-blooded logic to the concept of having the civilians shelter in place, and it isn’t necessarily to keep them safe.Quote:
Originally Posted by LiamKerrington
First, it gets the civilians off the streets, where they’re easy targets for the zombies to turn and recruit. During the initial outbreak there were large, panicked crowds on the streets that provided rapid, massive reinforcement for the zombies and allowed them to spread rapidly in overwhelming numbers.
Second, it forces the zombies to spend extra time breaking into individual houses to find humans to turn. This means they’re “recruiting” in ones or twos, and they’re taking losses doing it. The zombies lose momentum, their progress slows and the troops won’t have to face as many.
Third, it makes it easier and safer for the troops who respond. The greatest advantage the human troops have is their ability to kill zombies at a distance, before the zombies can get close enough to kill or turn them. With the civilians indoors the troops are free to shoot anything they encounter, shooting first and asking questions later.
We know the Little Ones/Inklings/Soldier Zombies are faster, stronger, tougher and craftier than the standard biters, and we suspect that they may retain some knowledge from their past life. But what we’ve seen so far of their actions in Boulder don’t strike me as being dramatically different from what we saw from normal biters during the initial outbreak. How much of their attack is thought out on the spot, and how much follows a pre-programmed script? My thought is that they’re doing the same thing biters would have, just faster and more efficiently.Quote:
About the sweat bombs: I think these things won't work on "Little Ones". Reason: Sweat attract Regulars, because they have a highly developed scent, but a very poor sight; also Regulars act very dumb and need to be controlled from the outside...Little Ones act quite autonomously ever since; also they don't engage in combat 'blindly' and without hesitation like Regulars do, but they seem to observe and to understand the situation before they attack according to the situation...Maybe they would smell the sweat bombs and notice them; but then they would observe the place and realize: there is nothing to literally chew on.
We don’t know that they’d have the same response to the sweat bottles that the normal biters do, but there’s no reason to think they wouldn’t. It’s worth a try, and if the sweat doesn’t do the trick there are other ways to lure a mass of Inklings into kill-zones. Of course, with the Inklings there’s a good chance that tricks won’t work more than once, so the Army is going to have to make it count.
CabbagePatch: Thank you, you are awesome. I see the 'weak spots' in my ideas. And granted: The heroes need to deploy the sweat bombs - at least in order to learn how the LOs react to it.
And you are right: The Little Ones in Boulder act more like Regulars up until now. That struck me already the first time I listened to 34-1, but I failed to realize it properly. Compared to any other activity they had on the complete show it is a different behavior - for whatever reason. Maybe, because they are out of control or have encountered less resistance, since their number is high (several hundred infected within Boulder's walls). Compared with any other time, at which LOs were only few (one to two encountered simultaneously) and were very cautious in engaging armed humans (exception: the one that attacked the car with Briggs, Tardust and Lizzy in it; but that LO was controlled and directly commanded by Bill Roberts/ Pinstripes/ Ink), the LOs in in Boulder are in a frenzy and on a rampage.
The "cold blooded" strategy makes a lot of sense; never thought of it that way. But naturaly this is the way to deal with any real threat - why risk the lives of many, if you can at least try to put some leverage against the zombies with means of passive resistance ...
All the best!
Liam