Outbreak 2012

Sorry folks, in the middle of rebooting this series and also dealing with a lot of IRL items however the Outbreak will return shortly.

Outbreak 2012 is going through a reboot come December 2012. This is due to some changes going on IRL. Also this will give us some time to work on material to post onto the blog site fleshing things out a bit more.

I went over to the Peterson farm to take care of the animals and try to figure what would be the best way to proceed with crop planting. While making my way over I saw a gaggle of shamblers along the road. I had let the cows out into the field and my first thoughts were that the zeds would attack them but strangely enough they didn’t. The cows were obviously freaked out by them but despite their protests the shamblers simply looked at them with an odd curiosity and moved on. After that bit of excitement I was able to check on the animals and get some crops planted. Right now I have some corn planted for animal feed and some other veggies for myself. With the advent of larger groups moving through the area I need to be extremely careful. Still have been performing radio checks over the CB and scanning the ham radio bans for any traffic but so far I have been getting nothing but dead air. Tomorrow I do have another foot patrol to do and going to hike about 2 hours out to scout around.  Hopefully I can find a long gun to supplement the pistol I have. You’d think with all the hunting around here before the Outbreak I’d find a shotgun or bolt action rifle.  Well I am going to turn in for the night.

Cheers,

Wolfe

The outbreak will be coming back shortly. Had some IRL issues come up that needed attention but will continue with the story starting next week.

Been working on the Peterson farm trying to keep the livestock going as well as trying to plan out the crops for this year. Right now I have plenty of corn, and pumpkin seeds it seems. On top of that I have the cows, pigs and horses to take care of. Doing all this solo has been eating up a lot of time that I need to use for scouting. I’ve been using my handheld scanner listening to any radio traffic but things have gotten awfully quiet. Even Howie the guy I was doing 4 hour radio checks with has gone black. I haven’t seen any ragers since the Peterson farm incident but I have seen plenty of shamblers. When they are in bigger packs I try to duck out of their line of sight. So far this has worked and the infected don’t seem to have any super sense of smell or hearing that gives me away. In fact I have gotten good at sneaking up on lone shamblers and dispatching them with a blow to the back of the skull before they can react. I am still hesitant to go after any more than a single shambler at a time. Rather not risk not taking it out in one shot and having to fight one on two legs and worry about the one I knocked down.

Starting this week I am going to begin scouting once more. More than likely I will work two days on the farm and scout the following day. This allows me to take care of the farm but still hunt for supplies and tools from the outlying farms. I will make a detailed report on the farms as I explore them. I might have to spend time moving livestock to the Peterson place as time goes on. Either way everyone take care.