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[[Image:Worldview ssz.png|thumb|550px|The Malton world view highlighting the Survivor Security Zone. Each mall has a (roughly) 10x10 green square projected out from the center of the mall. The Survivor Security Zone is near the center of town where four malls fall within close proximity.]]

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The '''Survivor Security Zone''' (a.k.a. the '''SSZ''' or the '''Zone''') is a specific area near the center of [[Malton]] where four [[mall]]s and a high number of other resources are located closely together, allowing for efficient territory protection. It is also different from previous tactical initiatives in that it spans multiple suburbs (at least five have important resources), and cuts some suburbs in half.

Main suburbs: [[Stanbury Village]], [[Roftwood]], [[Tollyton]], and [[Pimbank]].

Other suburbs with limited coverage include [[Edgecombe]], [[Crowbank]], [[Shackleville]], and [[Peppardville]].

Radio communications in the SSZ are on frequency '''26.03 MHz'''.
Current Malton-wide communications are on '''27.55 MHz'''.

The physical boundaries of the Survivor Security Zone are defined by the proximity of its four malls: '''[[Tynte Mall]]''' to the north, '''[[Woodroffe Mall]]''' to the south, '''[[Hildebrand Mall]]''' to the east, and '''[[Nichols Mall]]''' to the west. Projecting out a 10-block "square of influence" from each of these malls, and combining the overlapping areas defines the boundaries of the Security Survivor Zone. The boundary has also been extended a couple blocks in a few places to "annex" some [[police station]]s on the perimeter.  Having a large number of these rim PDs manned and outfitted with powered [[radio transmitter]]s acts as an early warning system for the Zone.


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[[Image:Ssz.png|thumb|475px|left|Zoomed view of the Survivor Security Zone.  See key below.]]
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='''[[Zone Information Center]]'''  | '''[[Zone Defenders/Profile List|Enemy Profile List]]'''=
'''This is only a short list, and may not be current.'''<br>
'''For a more complete report, check out the Zone Information Center.'''
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{{User:DangerReport/The Greenhow Building}} 
{{User:DangerReport/The Herbert Building}} 
{{User:DangerReport/Grimshaw Road Police Department}}
{{User:DangerReport/Eligius General Hospital}}
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'''YELLOW squares show free running lanes and <u>DO NOT</u> indicate EHB buildings.'''  <i>Survivors, check your local barricade plan!</i>
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{| border="0px" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="40%"

|'''NT Buildings - {{c|lime|Green}}''' 
|'''Revive Points - {{c|cyan|Cyan}}''' 
|'''Entry Points - {{c|orange|Orange}}''' 
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|'''Hospitals - {{c|magenta|Magenta}}'''
|'''Police Stations - {{c|blue|Blue}}'''
|'''Fire Stations - {{c|red|Red}}'''
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= Zone Core =
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The Core is in the center area of the Zone.  It is made up of '''four Police Departments, a factory, a hospital, and an NT'''.  These should be the primary fallback resources in the event of any large-scale compromise, and serve as the staging area for retaking a compromised territory.  In the event that the Zone Core is compromised, each area has external fall-back positions.

'''Core Resource Buildings'''
* [[Joyner Boulevard Police Dept]]
* [[The Greenhow Building|The Greenhow NT Building]]
* [[Grimshaw Road Police Dept]]
* [[Mayo Row Police Dept]]
* [[Dempsey Grove Police Dept]]
* [[Eligius General Hospital]]
* [[Factory 63,55|a factory]] (63,55)
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= Barricade Plan Discussion =
Responsible barricade policies are ones that include '''access to resource buildings''' as well as strategically placed '''safehouses''' and '''entry points'''. A strategic and '''flexible''' power grid is also essential.  Although we generally reference the '''[[Uniform_Barricading_Policy|Uniform Barricading Policy]]''', local adjustments are vital for survival as well.  Some of our suburbs are non-UBP compliant intentionally.
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Barricade maps that can be easily referenced should be listed on each suburb's wiki page, and discussion is encouraged. 

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Please find quick links to local barricade plans below.
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|'''[http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Stanbury_Village_Barricade_Plan Stanbury Village] (W)''' 
|'''[http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Roftwood_Barricade_Plan Roftwood] (E)''' 
|'''[http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Tollyton_Barricade_Plan Tollyton] (S)''' 
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|'''[http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Pimbank_Barricade_Plan Pimbank] (N)'''
|'''[http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Shackleville_Barricade_Plan Shackleville] (SW)'''
|'''[http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Ridleybank_Barricade_Plan Ridleybank] (NW)'''
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|'''[http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Edgecombe_Barricade_Plan Edgecombe] (Far E)'''
|'''[http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Peppardville_Barricade_Plan Peppardville] (NE)'''
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= Communications =
{{RadioFreq|freq=26.03|coords=The SSZ}}

We will be using the frequency '''26.03''' -- the official [[Radio#Standardized_Radio_Zones|Radio Map]] frequency for central Malton. Most of the Zone falls within this region.

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= Benefits = 
# Each mall is less than ten blocks from at least two other malls. 
# [[Hildebrand Mall]] and [[Nichols Mall]] are less than ten blocks from ''three'' other malls, and both have NT buildings and Revive Points nearby.
# The Zone has 9 NT buildings and six revive points, all with backups. The NT buildings are well distributed; some along the perimeter, some in the center of the zone, all within 5 blocks of a mall.
# Standing at the center of the Survivor Security Zone, a survivor will be less than 10 blocks away from ''four'' malls.
# Each mall is a fall-back position for two other malls, and a staging point for retaking two other mall areas.
# Each suburb has internal and external fallback points and dedicated patrol routes 
# The Zone has a number of police stations that dot the perimeter as outposts and fall back positions.
# The Zone also allows Survivors to develop strategies that are beyond mall-level defense and even beyond suburb-level defense. The Zone exists across multiple suburbs; the definition of the zone was developed by looking only at resource points.
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= How Can I Help? =

The basic idea is this: strategy and communication are the keys to efficient territory protection.  Read the documents in the "reading materials" section below.  Understand how to defend a resource point against a zombie attack and have like 5 backup plans anyway if the resource does fall.  Communicate with your group or on the message boards about what's going on.

To help in sustaining the Survivor Security Zone, you need to do a few things:
* If you are a player without a group, Join the '''[[Zone Defenders]]''' group, or another group that supports the SSZ.
* If you are in a group, talk to your leaders about supporting the zone.  If you're the leader,  have a liaison join the SSZ [http://s11.zetaboards.com/SSZ/ forums].  Groups can easily adopt their own section of the Zone to patrol, and all groups will need to coordinate efforts and work together to keep the Zone safe for all survivors.
* Relocate to the Zone itself. Tune your radio to 26.03, and pick an area or specific location to support.
* Spread the word. Speak out. Tag Buildings.  TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/yj94pm

==Templates==

{{SSZ}}
'''<nowiki>{{SSZ|Character or Group Name}}</nowiki>
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{{ZDers}}
'''<nowiki>{{ZDers|Your Name Here}}</nowiki>'''
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= Reading Material =
<sub>Feel free to add more</sub>

* [[Necrotech Security Zones]]
* [[The Mall Defence Manifesto]]
* [[How To Win A Mall Siege]]
* [[Distributed Defense]]
* [[Barricade Strafing]]
* [[River Tactics]]
* [[Uniform Barricading Policy]]
* [[Sacred Ground Policy]]
* [[RESCUE!]]
* [[Lying Low]]
* [[DIRT:NAP]]
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= Long term goals =
* Barricade policies that are '''not suburb-specific''' and take into account the Zone as a '''united entity.'''
* Outpost police stations manned and the perimeter patrolled.
* Every single building in the zone is secured and, unless strategically indicated, has power and a radio.
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= SSZ History =

<b>[[Survivor Security Zone/supporters|Here is a list of the groups that historically supported the SSZ]]</b>

A complete history of the SSZ has not been yet compiled.  The project started in late 2006 when [[User:Foobarosa|Foobarosa]] came up with the idea.  He also founded the [[Zone Defenders]] group.  In mid 2007, [[User:Benigno|Benigno]] assumed control over the project, with the help of many key groups, important people, and the ton of survivors that have supported the area.   [[Roftwood]] and [[Stanbury Village]] are historically the cultural center for the zone; notable awesome places include [[The Kilt Store]], [[Quartly Library]], [[St. Ethelbert's Hospital (Roftwood)|St. Ethelbert's Hospital]], [[Eligius General Hospital]], and [[The Truell Museum]]. Each mall also has developed its own culture. 

I'm [[User:Benigno|Benigno]], I guess you can call me Ben?  It's really just an alias.

Anyway from what I saw the barricade plans were virtually unchanged, as well as revive and entry points.  Strategic support of our tactical resources remained in place.

By early 2008 the population of the zone was pushing 1000 or so, and the Zone was definitely on the menu of the largest hordes in the game.  RRF forces numbered in the hundreds, and their strike teams and death cultists were in full attack mode.  [[Mall Tour|Mall Tours]] came.  [[LUE]] had an army of several hundred.  There were valiant survivor efforts where buildings held for weeks against constant attacks from massive hordes.  Zombies approached the area very strategically; a small horde of 30-60 zombies couldn't even take out a building for very long.  There were defeats as well, with zombies engaging in complex strategies to crack barricades and hold our resources.   Many of the tactics and organization of this area are in response to facing hordes of these sizes.  

The area was popular and home to about 3 dozen small groups, each controlling a small piece of territory.  Many also shifted their attention around the Zone as needed, and other groups from outside the zone would come assist.  This is still the model that is followed today.  However, there has been a shift away from group membership on the part of the general populous.  The SSZ can easily function like one big group, as it has its own <s>[http://s11.zetaboards.com/SSZ/index/ forums]</s> [https://discord.gg/Ur2gx4Z discord].  An absence of group affiliation is also a natural consequence of the security of the SSZ.  The awesome personalities of our individual survivors help make the zone great!

Any history compilation involves a great deal of research.  I hope a complete history of the Zone since its inception can be written at some point.<br>

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