Have you noticed this?

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

Capt,

Her being French doesn't keep her from being non Caucasian/European. Them thar Liberal Frenchies will let anyone in their country.
but really, France is very multi ethnic. Any of the above is possible though.

[cPT.cAPSLOCK]

I'm aware of that.
I just realized that I misread your comment, causing a slight miscommunication - I thought you guessed Riley came from Africa or India, but that you said it conflicted with her being French.
Nothing to see here, move along ^^;

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

ROFL! Sir, You are a gentleman and a scholar! Our seconds can put away their side arms!

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

Just noticed something as I listened to the first 3 chapters again today. I assumed that Mike and Saul were calling Angel by his last name until I read a post today saying his last name is "Tunudo" (sp?)
Having said that, they started out calling him Lt Angel instead of Lt Tunudo. Weird or a big OOOPS?

[nikvoodoo]

So as I was listening to WND while re-reading over my blog post for chapter 22, two of my brain cells collided. Usually when this happens, I either fall down in the middle of the sidewalk, or I have an idea. This time, I had an idea.

Remember how the Mallers had that array of radios scanning the airwaves and I'm presuming the Mallers heard Micahel's call to the Tower about help down South? Seems to stand to reason that means the Mallers also would have been listening in on Pegs call to Angel where she made him agree to bring Latch's body back to Scratch. Don't know if that does anything for the story, but it's just something that I thought I should throw out there.

Besides, this catch all thread has fallen way too far back in the line. It deserved a little resurrection, and this random tid bit of knowledge isn't big enough for its own thread and should probably go here. *hint hint, wink wink, nudge nudge*

[Grognaurd]

Episode 1
Michael says that his parents "Live" in northern California.
Separate dying Embers
Michael tells Kelly
His Parents died while he was on his last tour in Iraq

Episode 1
Riley says she does not remember how to shoot a gun.
Late Episode 1 Early Episode 2
She hands what she thinks is a Colt .45 to Michael. Maybe the ammo box / gun are labeled. If not labeled, she would likely forget how to identify a gun before she forgot how to shoot it.

Episode 1
Datu says he thinks he recognizes Michael. Michael says no. Impulsive liar? Why would he be afraid to say yea, his girlfriend lives here. After that type of devistation, the human psyche is to build bridges, not barriers.

Epidose ?
When they are repairing the loby, I think Lizzy is welding. She learned it from Todd. He liked to work on Motorcycles and she wanted to be part of his life. Ok, PhD falls for bike mechanic. OK, I have seen similar. But, how much welding goes into working on motorcycles? Ah, as I write it, I think I solved part of it. Maybe Todd Built bikes from "SCRATCH"... Alternatively, he might have been part of an illegal chopshop.

Episode 2(?)
When they rescue Burt he says that someone raided his shop before he got there. That is pretty damn quick. When scratch confronts Burt the first time. She is "Locked and Loaded." Lock and Loaded seems to be a franchise (Saul said I did not know they had one of these in LA), so she may have hit another one. But, my guess is she hit Burt's and she got into his safe pretty damn easily. Later we heard that Latch got a "weapon" out of a safe. Was this Burt's safe? She would have had to gotten Latch out much earlier than I thought. But, this begs the question "why would Burt have a Weapon in his safe" Maybe I read too much into this. But, I got the impression the weapon is something special. Scratch did not want to use it unless she had to. In addition, it is called a weapon. Not a pistol, rifle, LAWS, etc.

When they rescue Burt
Burt says something like, Roll him over. "See that, thats a level 3 access to Radon Labs. You have to be pretty smart to get one of those" or something similar. Why would Burt know that? Hell, level 3 could be the cafeteria or the reception.

Is that the only mention of Radon Labs? I know ground zero is mentioned a few times. But I do not recall Radon Labs specifically. Radon Labs could be related to ground zero. But, we know from the news cast that major outbreaks are occuring in (a few US cities are listed) and international... Cut off.

[Creem_Filling]

Episode 1
Michael says that his parents "Live" in northern California.
Separate dying Embers
Michael tells Kelly
His Parents died while he was on his last tour in Iraq

I think he just told Saul and Angle that because he didn't want to talk about it.

Episode 1
Riley says she does not remember how to shoot a gun.
Late Episode 1 Early Episode 2
She hands what she thinks is a Colt .45 to Michael. Maybe the ammo box / gun are labeled. If not labeled, she would likely forget how to identify a gun before she forgot how to shoot it.

I can't remember, but wasn't that after she recieved some training from Michael? That training could have jogged her memory. Plus knowing how to shoot and knowing guns is different.

Datu says he thinks he recognizes Michael. Michael says no. Impulsive liar? Why would he be afraid to say yea, his girlfriend lives here. After that type of devistation, the human psyche is to build bridges, not barriers.

I think Datu was actually talking to Angel. And since Angel's girlfriend lived there, Datu had probably seen him before. But Angel was scared she might be dead.

When they rescue Burt
Burt says something like, Roll him over. "See that, thats a level 3 access to Radon Labs. You have to be pretty smart to get one of those" or something similar. Why would Burt know that? Hell, level 3 could be the cafeteria or the reception.

He may not know for sure. But it's a safe assumption. The zombie was smart enough to get up there and he was from Radon Lab, you could safely make the connections in your head.

[j0be]

Episode 1
Michael says that his parents "Live" in northern California.
Separate dying Embers
Michael tells Kelly
His Parents died while he was on his last tour in Iraq

I'm pretty sure the original time of him saying his parents lived up north was a lie to cover up how he was feeling. The later story he explained that his parents death had brought him a lot of guilt.

Episode 1
Riley says she does not remember how to shoot a gun.
Late Episode 1 Early Episode 2
She hands what she thinks is a Colt .45 to Michael. Maybe the ammo box / gun are labeled. If not labeled, she would likely forget how to identify a gun before she forgot how to shoot it.

She said it had been a while since she had shot a gun. Not that she had seen one. Many firearm contests also feature other hunting exercises including archery. Also, I've only fired about 3 types of guns in my life, but I can easily identify more than that.

Episode 1
Datu says he thinks he recognizes Michael. Michael says no. Impulsive liar? Why would he be afraid to say yea, his girlfriend lives here. After that type of devistation, the human psyche is to build bridges, not barriers.

This was Datu recognizing ANGEL, not Michael. And I believe Angel's motivation would have been at the time to remain the protector of these people. If Datu knew that he had been there before to see Cindy, he mind have doubted the motives for the building. Kc did verify that Datu recognized him from his visits to see Cindy.

Epidose ?
When they are repairing the loby, I think Lizzy is welding. She learned it from Todd. He liked to work on Motorcycles and she wanted to be part of his life. Ok, PhD falls for bike mechanic. OK, I have seen similar. But, how much welding goes into working on motorcycles? Ah, as I write it, I think I solved part of it. Maybe Todd Built bikes from "SCRATCH"... Alternatively, he might have been part of an illegal chopshop.

If you're a professional mechanic, you know how to weld. You need to for a wide variety of tasks.

Episode 2(?)
When they rescue Burt he says that someone raided his shop before he got there. That is pretty damn quick. When scratch confronts Burt the first time. She is "Locked and Loaded." Lock and Loaded seems to be a franchise (Saul said I did not know they had one of these in LA), so she may have hit another one. But, my guess is she hit Burt's and she got into his safe pretty damn easily. Later we heard that Latch got a "weapon" out of a safe. Was this Burt's safe? She would have had to gotten Latch out much earlier than I thought. But, this begs the question "why would Burt have a Weapon in his safe" Maybe I read too much into this. But, I got the impression the weapon is something special. Scratch did not want to use it unless she had to. In addition, it is called a weapon. Not a pistol, rifle, LAWS, etc.

It had been several days after the outbreak when they found Burt. He was into Hypoglycemia by that point, and that doesn't happen overnight. But I'm pretty sure the first thing Scratch did after z-day, was to go try to get her brother out. About the weapon, I'm pretty sure that's a foreshadowing we just don't know about yet.

When they rescue Burt
Burt says something like, Roll him over. "See that, thats a level 3 access to Radon Labs. You have to be pretty smart to get one of those" or something similar. Why would Burt know that? Hell, level 3 could be the cafeteria or the reception.

He was speculating that a level 3 was a level. If I noticed a bunch of "intelligent" zombies, and they all had Radon Labs Clearance Level 3+, I would start assuming too

Is that the only mention of Radon Labs? I know ground zero is mentioned a few times. But I do not recall Radon Labs specifically. Radon Labs could be related to ground zero. But, we know from the news cast that major outbreaks are occuring in (a few US cities are listed) and international... Cut off.

It is the only mention of Radon labs thus far. This could be an Umbrella like corporation with ties across the world if they are the cause.
But it could just be a red herring.

[Kc]

You shall not pass!

[Leedo2502]

He was speculating that a level 3 was a level. If I noticed a bunch of "intelligent" zombies, and they all had Radon Labs Clearance Level 3+, I would start assuming too


It is the only mention of Radon labs thus far. This could be an Umbrella like corporation with ties across the world if they are the cause.
But it could just be a red herring.

Radon Labs was a German gaming company. But with KC's penchant for mixing a few of the numbers in unit identifiers or leaving them out (like with the 10th Mtn Div) maybe this could be reference to Raytheon type company. Raytheon is a defense contractor that mainly deals with electronics, weapons and the like, but maybe in the story has something to do with the outbreak.

IDK I do have a habit of reading to much into the story (my helicopter tangent for example).