"I have better things to do tonight than die."
-Springer (while loading a mortar shell)
I'm going to start by laying out some assumptions:
1. Any assault on the jail will be intended to destroy it and its inhabitants. Not to secure the complex, nor to rescue anyone inside.
2. This place is designed to keep people in. There are a limited number of access points and the rest of the complex is heavily reinforced.
3. The defenders seem to be based inside the complex; there was no indication of guards or defenders outside of the building.
With the resources available to the Colony right now what I'd propose is a good-old-fashioned truck bombing. Find a couple of semis. Build big-ass fertilizer bombs in them. Park them along the outside walls of the towers, nowhere near the doors. Detonate by remote control. Then sweep the area using the helicopter packing the minigun to kill whatever crawls out of the rubble.
The only difference is that putting one's life on the line for the greater good is in the job description of a Soldier. Not so much for support staff civilians.
I suggest Michael goes on a field trip to Pantex. It's the only way to be sure.
My question is, what new horrific forms will we find now that Ink's secondary hideout has been located?
Yes. NUKE IT. NUKE IT TO GLASS.
I won't pussy foot around with coy movie quotes for my tactical approach any more. They have what? 60-90 personnel, of which 95% are civilian. Even if they were all military... even if they were all spec ops, it would still be a massacre. It's time that Michael got that satphone charged up, opened up that directory he stole, started making calls to those 182 personnel that were in the field and figure out some serious transportation. Pantex has B-83's which are of the "Dial-a-yield" variety of warhead... there are just too many zombies and too few humans to risk a "conventional" approach. That jail needs to be turned into a crater.
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At this point in the story, were I Michael's second, I'd be in danger of being relieved. I also recognize that my approach is nearing that of the Generals you see in the beginning of many outbreak stories that start to bomb cities in futile attempts to contain the outbreak.
Oh God, is that the Wonga dude?
And another thing... Burt's mailing list. It seems obvious now, having heard it. I'm stunned that this hadn't been thought of before. OF COURSE. A gun shop owner would have files on all his customers... bills of sale, background check forms, photocopies of drivers licenses. Top that off with a mailing list and that's a veritable shopping list of who owns what guns in the area and probably ammo for them too.
"I've got tons of great ideas. Trouble is, most of 'em suck." George Carlin
"I've got the guns, the radio and the water for the Zombie Apocalypse, but you gotta have a yo-yo." Chris Boden
Hey, get a load of this. Guess who started writing again and has a spot in the fan fiction subforum?
"You may find me dead in a ditch one day...But by God you'll find me in a pile of brass!"
The hardest part about the Zombie Apocalypse will be pretending that i'm [I][B]NOT [/B][/I]excited!
No, no, I don't believe Vic liked "found", but memory could serve me wrong. There IS one more question though. Will Victor resurrect his dead wife and unleash her hellish fury on Ink and minions?
Nah... Just load up the matagun and hand it to him. With Vic's awesomeness, and Datu's ingenuity, he can bring down the Mallers and Ink & Co!
"You may find me dead in a ditch one day...But by God you'll find me in a pile of brass!"Z Sniper liked this post
The hardest part about the Zombie Apocalypse will be pretending that i'm [I][B]NOT [/B][/I]excited!
ALL HAIL GENERAL VICTORIOUS!Cabbage Patch liked this post
Oh.
The zomboids aren't attracted to the smell of Saul's sweat. Supposing that Skittles might have been a super slow turner and that's why they ignored him, that might mean Tanya, Saul and Datu are sort of invisible to the zoids as well.
Please tell me that Datu and/or anyone else isn't/aren't going to sacrifice themselves by walking into the prison and leaving a trail for someone to find Ink by.
Last edited by Eviebae; Jan 27th, 2014 at 11:18 PM.
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