Quote Originally Posted by Litmaster View Post
Hmmm... well, I believe the Maller bombing of the arena happened right at the end of July, 2009, with the initial (we think) outbreak occurring on May 8th.

Not sure the exact timeline of when Scratch freed the prisoners, but it was presumably within a week or so of the initial outbreak, after shit hit fan and the prison was probably abandoned by the cops. I say within a week because the locked-up prisoners would have died of thirst or starvation in their cells if it was much longer than that. So consider these events (dates take from THE TIMELINE WIKI):

May 9-15 or so
Mallers were freed from the prison.
- Just how was Scratch able to free them? Did she have help? What was her relationship with Durai prior to the outbreak, and what did the 'Families' have to do with that?

Mid-Mayish
Deciding strength in numbers, the Mallers then needed a place to stay, claiming their mini-mall probably by May 20th.
- Which obviously didn't provide adequate protection, as evidenced by the Mallers desperate attempts to find new digs.

Mid-June
Dunbar is overrun only a few weeks later, sometime in early to mid-June...
- How is it that CJ's massive fortification falls BEFORE the shitty-ass mall does?

June 26
...but the Maller's mall was still up and running on June 26, when Saul goes on his little moped spy mission.
- So I'm wondering how many times the Mall was attacked by Zeds during the month of June, and how much knowledge Durai gained during this time of Ink's 'Special' Zeds. Whatever happened, it must have been bad enough that Durai realized that Ink's Crew is such a significant threat that the entire Maller group is in danger of being eliminated by them

June 29
Scratch & Latch pay a visit to the Tower, proving the Mallers now know of the Tower's existence.
- The fact that an attempt to move into the Tower was made on this day shows that Durai was not yet thinking they had to blow up the Arena to throw Ink off their trail. Perhaps he was thinking that he could defend the Tower successfully, not matter what Ink threw at them.

July 4
Mallers attacked the Tower on the night of July 4th.
-Which fails, putting an end to this plan in Durai's mind, most likely.

July 30
Mallers intercept Michael's radio transmission to the Tower about the existence of the Colony.
- What is strange is this happens ONLY ONE DAY BEFORE they bomb the arena?? Therefore, the bombing must have already been in the works BEFORE Durai learned of the existence of the Colony. So what was his plan, then? Simply to hit Ink where it hurts, and not as a means to 'cover his tracks' during the move down to the Colony??

July 31
Mallers bomb the Arena.
So by this time, Durai must have realized that Ink is so relentless that unless the Mallers cause a major disruption to the hive, then will follow the Mallers wherever they go. What events led to this kind of realization? They obviously didn't feel safe even moving down to the Colony, or otherwise they would have simply moved south without the risky move of bombing their whole Arena on their way out of town...
I think what Durai was trying to take over the tower/s so he could get somewhere fortified, and then he could essetially go "kick the beehive" with his tanker bombs, but be safe enough after all the z's got rilled up from the Arena being distroyed if it didn't take them all out. When they over heard the transmission from the colony he could have initially thought that the colony was far enough away to bomb the Arena and not have to worry about the aftermath so his plan was set into motion.

This would explain why Scratch & Latch were "asking" to move in (although I doubt it would been without the Tower group becoming a bunch of slaves).