Northeastern Crusade

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Current Target: Heytown

Northeastern Crusade
Abbreviation:	NEC, Crusade, the Crusade
Group Numbers:	All who take up the cause
Leadership:	Common consensus of Crusader leaders
Goals:	Take back the Northeast from the hordes.
Recruitment Policy:	Group leaders contact current Crusaders and sign up on the forum below, individuals keep an eye on the wiki
Contact:	Official Forum

Call to Arms

Seeing the dire threat facing survivors as a whole a Crusade has been called for to muster all survivor groups who wish to take back that which has been lost to the hordes in the name of Humanity. This Crusade will not rest until all of the northeast, from Peppardville to Dulston is safely back in survivor hands and the hordes pushed back. That which has fallen to teeth and claws borne on rotten flesh will be restored by the blood, bullets, and bravery of those who fight for the cause of Humanity.

Joining the Cause

All groups wishing to join this righteous and noble cause go to the forum here, sign up, declare your group wishes to take up arms for the cause, and sign the section on this wiki below.

For any individual survivors wishing to fight in this noble effort simply follow the map we have posted below of where we are striking and the situation in the various suburbs and put in for your group name Northeastern Crusade as a sign of solidarity and support.

Crusade Tactics

Strike teams

Many resource buildings are full of zombies. And many buildings have high repair costs - so high, in fact, that it's impossible for a single person to both repair the place and cade it. To combat problems like this, strike teams of two or more survivors are needed.

If you're not already a member of a strike team, and care to be a part of one of these, log onto the crusade IRC channel at one of several scheduled times. Register on the crusade forum, or contact one of the crusade leaders, for more details.

Are you zombified? It doesn't matter. Claws don't need reloading. And they're more effective than axes. As long as there's a breathing human working with you, to dump the bodies and repair the building, you're a perfect killing/clearing machine.

Independent players

Don't care for IRC or extensive metagaming? You're still needed. Show up, and focus on reviving, repairing, cading, and FAKing. More specifically:

DO

• Revive. Clear revive points. Consider both DIRTNAP and CRAP tactics. Don't be afraid to combat revive. (Here's how to combat revive wisely).
• Repair. Everyone working in a red zone should have a toolbox. You'll run into many buildings that are ruined and empty, or that only have one or two zombies in them. Clear these buildings (either by shooting or combat-reviving) and repair them. More repaired buildings = more hiding places for survivors, and more frustration for zombies.
• Barricade. But follow the suburb's barricade plan. Don't OVERcade. You'll screw over the newbies, and this ISN'T something we need to be doing.
• FAK.
• Loot repaired and fueled buildings for supplies. Other players have sacrificed a lot to get places like NTs and hospitals up and running, and they don't tend to stay up for long. Don't let the opportunity go to waste.
• Install and fuel generators. (In TRPs, that is. Don't waste them on places like arms and hotels).
• Kill rotters that are clogging revive points.

DON'T

• Shoot zombies standing outside. Seriously...this is just plain stupid.
• Shoot into an overwhelming horde of zombies. There's such a thing as a "lost cause." 12 zombies vs. 2 humans is one of them, and you aren't going to do much to them on your own. Let strike teams take care of this, and use your AP to instead clear, repair, and cade other buildings in the suburb.

Basically, ONLY shoot zombies if they are clogging a revive point, or if you can repair the building they were standing in directly after killing them. Again, every AP counts. Use them efficiently.

Other Useful Tips

• Don't be afraid of sleeping in a ruined building, in fact some of the best places to hide are junkyards and dark, ruined buildings.
• Generators can be plugged into ruined buildings and boost the search rates to something in the neighborhood of an unruined structure. The best part is powered ruins look like any other ruins from the street.
• If you have Lab Experience always carry at least one syringe on you. Pay It Forward whenever you get revived, every person we revive is another person who can clear, repair, and cade.
• If you need supplies then go resupply, as much as we appreciate enthusiastic support enthusiastic supporters without the means to operate can't do very much for the cause.
• Focus on the target suburb, we need every AP we can get for successful reclamation operations to happen. Only leave for resupply or if there is a resource building within 2 blocks of the target suburb that can be easily retaken to aid in resupply.
• It cannot be said enough to keep information on here up-to-date. If you see something in the target suburb that isn't on the wiki map post said info on the talk page.

Crusade Members

All those who have signed below are in support of this glorious cause:

Groups

Imperium of Man signed on 01:31, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
FOXHOUND has pledged their desire to re-take the Northeast Corner of Malton.
The U.B.C.S. will be there, leaving our mark on Dulston!
Death's Minions is going lay all the undead to rest...
Umbrella Corporation will finally lay to rest the foul hordes, permanently.

Individuals

You guys have a good idea. I will help as at the minute all adjacent suburbs are either yellow or orange. Firstly, I need to clear my suburb out. If you could help Huntley Heights by making it a green zone, this could get you some more help. Nemesis645 21:22, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Progress of the Crusade

The map below shows where the Crusade is currently striking. Suburbs in bright red are those currently being freed, those that are a duller shade are those that have been liberated by the Northeastern Crusade:

Dakerstown	Jensentown	Quarlesbank	West Boundwood	East Boundwood	Lamport Hills	Chancelwood	Earletown	Rhodenbank	Dulston
Roywood	Judgewood	Gatcombeton	Shuttlebank	Yagoton	Millen Hills	Raines Hills	Pashenton	Rolt Heights	Pescodside
Peddlesden Village	Chudleyton	Darvall Heights	Eastonwood	Brooke Hills	Shearbank	Huntley Heights	Santlerville	Gibsonton	Dunningwood
Dunell Hills	West Becktown	East Becktown	Richmond Hills	Ketchelbank	Roachtown	Randallbank	Heytown	Spracklingbank	Paynterton
Owsleybank	Molebank	Lukinswood	Havercroft	Barrville	Ridleybank	Pimbank	Peppardville	Pitneybank	Starlingtown
Grigg Heights	Reganbank	Lerwill Heights	Shore Hills	Galbraith Hills	Stanbury Village	Roftwood	Edgecombe	Pegton	Dentonside
Crooketon	Mornington	North Blythville	Brooksville	Mockridge Heights	Shackleville	Tollyton	Crowbank	Vinetown	Houldenbank
Nixbank	Wykewood	South Blythville	Greentown	Tapton	Kempsterbank	Wray Heights	Gulsonside	Osmondville	Penny Heights
Foulkes Village	Ruddlebank	Lockettside	Dartside	Kinch Heights	West Grayside	East Grayside	Scarletwood	Pennville	Fryerbank
New Arkham	Old Arkham	Spicer Hills	Williamsville	Buttonville	Wyke Hills	Hollomstown	Danversbank	Whittenside	Miltown

Current Target Status

Below is a map of the specific suburb we are striking at with intelligence information posted there. Unless otherwise noted assume all buildings to be ruined.

Post any information on ruined buildings, enemy concentrations, and revive point queues in the talk page so the map below can be updated and kept accurate. Priority targets are the NecroTech facilities and nearby positions followed up with heavy work on the revive points.

The Malton Suburb of Heytown

NW N NE W the Wrigley Building Ruined, 1 inside Oakley Crescent the Haynes Monument Satchell Place Sixtus General Hospital Secured and Lit Surridge Place Club Hesse Ruined, doors closed wasteland Horwill Park Swale Grove French Avenue Saddington Alley the Ryan Building Secured at VSB Taylour Street Harry Row the Syms Museum Secured at EHB wasteland Warren Bank Ruined, doors closed wasteland Hayte Row the Ashment Building Chavasse Bank Ruined, doors closed Fitzmaurice Park St. Onuphrius's Church Secured at EHB Chaffey Alley Police Department Secured at EHB Rawkins Plaza Burchall Cinema Ruined, doors closed the Morris Building Secured at VHB the Dymond Monument Windham Street Railway Station wasteland Outram Drive wasteland Keyford Grove School Maishman Crescent a warehouse Woollcombe Way the Bowles Museum Secured at VHB Coomb Park St. Swithun's Church Secured at QSB the Dyett Arms Cull Boulevard Railway Station the Bustin Building Gwilliam Boulevard Railway Station McMullen Crescent Hussey Lane the Self Hotel Demack Way Inder Library Secured Jarnell Walk Preller Road Gunningham Square the Billingham Hotel Dupe Cinema St. Miltiades's Church Polgrahan Grove Railway Station a carpark Mester Square RP Club Swabey Nuttycombe Auto Repair Secured and Lit at EHB the Orledge Arms Lax Place Ladner Avenue the Scadding Building a cemetery RP a warehouse a factory the Steeds Building Secured the Usher Building Secured and Lit at VSB, under siege with 14 outside the Godson Arms Secured and Lit Shackle Walk Railway Station St. Cynllo's Church Riste Avenue Marchant Crescent Glenmore Boulevard Railway Station Dotin Park wasteland the Tudgay Museum Secured a warehouse Secured the Craske Museum Secured Newberry Way Crees Lane a cemetery RP a junkyard Dyment Row Fire Station Lettey Drive Preen Drive wasteland Ostler Towers Goldney Place Police Department Smythies Lane the Rust Monument Bulmer Lane Lessey Row a junkyard a warehouse wasteland Vigors Road Wyse Walk the Manninge Building E SW S SE

Posters, Slogans, and Propaganda

Posters

Annals of the Crusade

Here we have the specifics of each step of the Crusade with details of the operations in that particular suburb.

Huntley Heights

This was the first suburb hit by the Crusade. What at first seemed easily done thanks to the fervor and enthusiasm of the Crusaders turned into two weeks of hard fighting, so much so that some groups moved ahead of the target position due to this misplaced assessment of the situation. The fighting at first revolved around taking and holding the resource buildings and was hampered by lack of effective medical facilities in the suburb but soon shifted direction to mass revives and cade strafing which proved to break the stalemate and allow for survivor numbers of locals to reach the tipping point allowing the Crusade to then move on the Heytown.

Shearbank

The Crusade assembled and rallied here, loading up on supplies in Stickling Mall and the surrounding facilities and assisting in the upkeep of the suburb while preparing for the first target of Huntley Heights.