The Malton Star/Issue 1

A Voice For the South-West By Nuabreed For too long have the numerically inferior voices of the southwest been drowned out by raving of the vast hordes to the north and east. The Malton Star is intended to provide news for those forgotten souls in the region. At present, the paper is accepting articles on anything and everything but our main interest would be status reports from various suburbs of the South-west. We can't promise to print them all but we'll probably read them. Toolboxes, Why we need them. By Keith McNaught With the recent rampage of destruction by the zombie hordes, survivors all across Malton are desperately searching for toolboxes and boning up on their construction skills. Unfortunately, they seem to be in short supply. Early reports suggest that auto repair shops, factories and hardware stores in your local mall are good places to look. As every survivor knows, power and communications are vital in these dangerous times. In the hands of a skilled repairman, the lifespan of such valuable items as generators and radio transmitters can be greatly extended, provided they are kept basically intact. The Malton Star urges all survivors with a knack for shopping (especially those with an eye for a bargain) to head to their local mall and obtain a toolbox as soon as possible. Your community will thank you. Foulkes Village: Mystery Zombies By Keith McNaught Suspicious zombie activity has been reported in Foulkes Village of late, with around a dozen zombies repeating the same series of actions. Eyewitnesses have described this behaviour as "acting like they were programmed". Although almost all resource buildings are held by large groups of zombies, the unusual behaviour appears to be centred on the Henley NT. When executed, the squatting zombies stand up within five minutes and re-enter the building. If revived, they enter only to throw themselves out the nearest window and return inside. Our eyewitnesses have noticed that the zombies after re-entering, do not attack survivors lurking within the building. In one case, one person reported standing among the zombies for ten minutes as six of the undead engaged in this suspicious behaviour. Not one of the beasts attempted to attack him. The Malton Star encourages all unoccupied survivors in the surrounding safe zones (especially those skilled with ranged weaponry) to stock up on ammo and head down to Foulkes Village for target practice. Death to the robo-zombies! Foulkes Village: Zombie Watch By Nuabreed And now a gift for our readers in the Foulkes Village area. These are the profiles of most of the zombies and zombie symphatisers in the suburb. Many thanks to CAPD for the details and good luck out there. Anderson Cooper, Anonymous Warrior, cownosecat, F Bomb, Fat Man with a Salad, Filliam H. Muffman, Fishface Jones, Forum Eunuch, Forum Shemale, Hardy Har Har, Holy Frijoles, Jarret Donkey Boy, Kyle the Punked, Lance Link, Lars Thorvald, MasterBates, Max Hardcore, Molly Ringworm, mutant fish, Mystery Hen, Necal Nilk, Okarito Brown, Pocket Monster, Runaround Sue, Said Right Dead, SharpDressedMan, Sock Puppet, Stankbutt, Stormy Pooter and The Nude Nerd. Ruddlebank - Zeds Target Necrotechs By Keith McNaught Zombie action is increasing in Ruddlebank. The Selway NecroTech Building in Ruddlebank is being targeted by organised zombies from the dead zone to the west. The undead's shameless attacks continue to inflict heavy losses on the brave revivers in the area. However, first hand reports indicate that when captured, few undead squatters remain inside the building. Unconfirmed news also indicates that the Cheeke Necrotech is also under attack. Perhaps this is the precursor to a wider assault on Ruddlebank. The Malton Star encourages all able-bodied survivors and NecroTech employees to drive the scum out and dump the bodies so that repair work can be started in earnest. Fan Fiction: Escape By Jalius Jackie leaned out the window of the car and fired wildly with her MP-5 Submachine gun into the crowd of the Infected rushing towards the car. “Any time now Brian!” she yelled tensely to the man who was franticly trying to start the car. “I know! I know!” replied Brian, a pale coloration of fear crossing his face “Come on start you piece of-“and with that the car burst to life with a roar from the engine. Brian stomped down on the accelerator and the vehicle tore off down the road, leaving the horde of Infected behind that were mere meters way away just a second ago. Jackie breathed a sign of relief as she took her seat. “You might want to buckle up guys, this is going to be a rough ride and it’s not all over quite yet” said Brian over his shoulder. “Don’t have to tell me twice” said Mal from the back seat as he buckled his seat belt in. The car rocketed down the road towards the boom gate which stood at the entrance to the highway, smashing through the frail wooden barrier and sending it to splinters and heading up the ramp that lead to the main section of the highway. The highway was yet another scene of utter destruction, all the way along, there were smoldering car wrecks and corpses of the once living were scattered everywhere. Brian gripped the wheel tightly as he weaved across the road avoiding any real hazards, until over the next ridge there was an unavoidable hazard; a pack of Infected. They were feasting on the corpses of perhaps some other survivors. It was obvious what they died fighting to protect, just ahead of where they lay was what looked like a hastily built blockade of cars and other rubble piled up to form a temporary barrier to hold off the Infected. They must have been protecting a convoy of some sort attempting to escape the city, but that didn’t matter very much right now to the three who sat in the car just up the ridge. From what Brian could see the barrier hadn’t held for very long and a section of it on the left side had collapsed under its own weight or by some other force. So now there was a gaping hole which was just wide enough for the car to squeeze through. “Have you got a plan?” asked Jackie giving Brian a worried look. He glanced at Jackie giving her a quick smirk “No” and then he put his foot down.

News in Brief Malton Extinction and LUE devastate central and northwest Malton. Ruddlebank Zeds targeting Selway and Cheeke NTs. Otherwise peaceful. Foulkes Village Zerging zombies dominate the area. New Arkham Zombie crusade wreaking havoc throughout the region. Wykewood Battered defenders continue to resist. Lockettside Safe and sound. People are the only monsters here.

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