Game Areas Index
Early on these surviving settlements saw the direction things were going, and were able to take steps to protect themselves. High walls were hastily built out of whatever was available. Shipping containers were a favorite building material for those able to get them. Wide, deep ditches were dug and filled with water, or if not enough water was available, spikes and anything else to help protect those within the settlement.
Many employed the help of people like the Amish, and with their help, learned to live without many modern conveniences. They learned to grow food in protected areas, to care for livestock, and other things. People who were once looked on as odd, became the saviors of their modern neighbors. In doing so, they have earned a much larger measure of respect from everyone for their way of life, and the selfless compassion and generosity showed those neighbors.
Some communities, sealed themselves off completely. These communities became more or less cults, and are unwelcoming of anyone outside of their own community. They're fanatical in their beliefs that any outsider is a risk to them, and usually practice a shoot first ask questions later policy toward outsiders who come too close.
Others became places of commerce. Places where a person can trade skills or goods for a night's rest, or some other need. Most take much, but give little for what they ask, and live off of the misfortune and desperation of others. Some even serve as bases of operation for raiders.
There are a few good settlements that deal fairly with people, but these are not as many as there should be, and even they are well guarded against hostile strangers.
In their desperation to control the spread of the virus, some governments opted to use nuclear weaponry on heavily infected areas of their own countries. Nuclear countries also received requests from their non-nuclear neighbors to target areas within their countries as well. All their efforts were futile. The virus and the infected continued to spread.
On the North American continent Canada's military and main government was overrun quicker than anyone would have believed possible. In desperation, the citizens who were unable to be evacuated requested the nuclear bombing of Toronto, Montreal, Portland, Halifax, Saint John, and Kingston from their American neighbors. With great regret, America answered their pleas and nuked the cities. Despite the sacrifice, it did little to nothing to help them.
In it's own country, America tactically nuked Philadelphi and Harrisburg PA, Houston TX, Phoenix AZ, Seattle WA, Atlanta GA, Jacksonville and Orlando Fla, San Francisco and San Diego CA were all nuked.
In Mexico the US military nuked Mexico City, Tijuana, Chichuahua, and Zapopan, at the request of the Mexican government. As with Canada, it was a futile attempt.
Despite the devastation caused by the nukes, the infection continued to spread. Around the world, countless people died by fire and radiation, and still the number of infected grew.
Now, where people once found cities, they often find radioactive wastelands. Places better skirted around, rather than passed through. If they must be passed through, it's best to do it quickly, and have a radiation detector to help avoid the most heavily contaminated areas.
Between the radiation levels in some areas, acid rain clouds, and the infected, some wonder how anyone has managed to survive so far, or if humankind will ultimately fall to this new hostile world he must now call home.
On the North American continent Canada's military and main government was overrun quicker than anyone would have believed possible. In desperation, the citizens who were unable to be evacuated requested the nuclear bombing of Toronto, Montreal, Portland, Halifax, Saint John, and Kingston from their American neighbors. With great regret, America answered their pleas and nuked the cities. Despite the sacrifice, it did little to nothing to help them.
In it's own country, America tactically nuked Philadelphi and Harrisburg PA, Houston TX, Phoenix AZ, Seattle WA, Atlanta GA, Jacksonville and Orlando Fla, San Francisco and San Diego CA were all nuked.
In Mexico the US military nuked Mexico City, Tijuana, Chichuahua, and Zapopan, at the request of the Mexican government. As with Canada, it was a futile attempt.
Despite the devastation caused by the nukes, the infection continued to spread. Around the world, countless people died by fire and radiation, and still the number of infected grew.
Now, where people once found cities, they often find radioactive wastelands. Places better skirted around, rather than passed through. If they must be passed through, it's best to do it quickly, and have a radiation detector to help avoid the most heavily contaminated areas.
Between the radiation levels in some areas, acid rain clouds, and the infected, some wonder how anyone has managed to survive so far, or if humankind will ultimately fall to this new hostile world he must now call home.
Hidden away around the continent are shelters for survivors. They vary in type and size. Some serve as temporary stops. Others are more permanent. With the collapse of government, each is controlled by a different group. Some more civilized than others.
Shelters in the remaining cities are usually set up on the higher floors, with the ground level being sealed and all access to the above floors sealed. It's well known the infected are very poor climbers. The higher one can get, the safer they will be from attack.
Rural areas have opted more for walls and ditches filled with water, or islands in the middle or lakes and rivers. Shipping containers have found a new life. Stacked in a L formation, two wide on the bottom and two high on the outside, they become a formidable barrier against attack. Some have also dug the ground in front of the shipping container wall and filled the lower, outer containers with the dirt. The ditch is then filled with water or some other form of defense, such as long spikes.
Not all shelters are open to all people. Some are community based, and open only to people of their community. Others, may allow a person to visit for a time for a price, usually items of trade their group can use to better their own survival.