The Blackmore Building

(55,47) (bic) (statuses) (update) The Blackmore Building The Ridleybank Resistance Front just evicted the Combat Revive Squad in a proper siege of the sort this building is famous for. BabyYoda dragged the last resister outside, and Caiger Mall Santa got the honor of ruining the building. Other Ridleys present included: A Maggot, Comrade SpuD, Councilzom Cthulhu In Lingerie, DDTNM, Ed Drool, Papa Funk McBogey, nz idol, Shamblin Bob, TecmoSB, Grandpapa Two Headed Sex Beast, LordOlam, Mr Eyeball Plucker, Wyle E Coyote, and Z0MB0R. The human interlopers included: Articus Maverick, Baby Wee Wee, Bo Diaz, brainsucks, Col HanK Adams, Crusader Biff, dannynt1, DennisZotorman, Dr Buckaoo Banzai, FirstResponder, greylyn, Ira Highwind, Kinoko no Yama, M0WAX, Maltondextrin, and Untangled. --VVV RPMBG 00:20, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

the Blackmore Building Ridleybank [55,47] Hubbard Boulevard Railway Station Acourt Library the Rodgers Building Margery Avenue the Blackmore Building Billings Lane School St Theodore's Church the Mesney Museum Woodland Towers Basic Info: Office buildings owned by the company often associated with the zombie outbreak. From the outside, they are indistinguishable from other buildings, but characters with the NecroTech Employment skill are able to recognise them. Inside, GPS Units, DNA extractors and Revivification syringes can be found. Also within a powered NecroTech building survivors with Necronet Access can revive brain rotted zombies, can make revivification syringes at a cost of 20 AP, and can view the locations of tagged zombies. Among the internal descriptions found in NecroTech Buildings: The NecroTech logo is set in the wall behind the front desk, and doors open onto powered-down computer rooms and laboratories." If a generator is running inside the building: "The NecroTech logo glows gently above the front desk, and doors open onto a number of brightly-lit laboratories and computer rooms." They are listed as Tactical Resource Points. NecroTech offices are tall enough for survivors to commit suicide from. They also provide a vantage point from which binoculars can be used. Necrotech Buildings can be barricaded normally.

The NecroTech logo glows gently above the front desk, and doors open onto a number of brightly-lit laboratories and computer rooms.

Description

The Blackmore Building is a NecroTech facility located in the suburb of Ridleybank. Though a faceless corporate structure to the uninitiated, this facility was once the heart of R&D for NecroTech within the suburb. This facility is the only NecroTech facility to be found in the entire suburb. The Blackmore Building is probably the most famous (or infamous) NecroTech facility in all of Malton. As the only NecroTech office within the suburb of Ridleybank, it is of critical value to survivors within the suburb- and for the same reason, a prime target for the ever-present zombie population. Back in the beginning of late August 2006, the Blackmore Building became the focus of a battle between zombie defenders of Ridleybank and a survivor incursion spearheaded by the New Malton Colossus. The survivors holding the Blackmore Building have taken to calling themselves the Blackmore Bastard Brigade. The building is oddly enough also considered the capitol of "Greater Blackmore".

For a time the Blackmore Building was in survivor hands until October 13th, 2006 when a combined force of RRF and Shacknews zombies overran and eliminated all the survivors during a 36-hour assault, the culmination of an extended seige against the building and all within its walls. The Blackmore Building has undergone many battles and sieges since mid-February 2007 and continues to be a frequent battleground for the control of Ridleybank.

Members of project NecroWatch, always cautious of the ever-present RRF horde, secretly rennovated the facility as part of their overall goals within the suburb. The scientists installed sensor eyes for A.L.I.C.E. throughout the building and uploaded NecroNet 2.0 into the facility's system terminals. Just how effective these measures will be have yet to be proven as the building often remains unpowered and unmanned these days, well, unmanned by survivors. Noted NecroTech scientist, Caleb Usher appeared doubtful that any zombies would ever report NecroNet scans from this location.

Barricade Policy

The Blackmore Building is one of the most contested buildings in Ridleybank and is either completely ransacked or under constant zombie siege. Historically the building is considered the most vital resource for survivors in the whole suburb and as such they have a policy of keeping it as heavily barricaded as possible at all times. The most active zombie groups in Ridleybank see this as an insult and the RRF, who are widely considered the monitors and owners of the suburb by survivor and zombie groups alike, have a policy of force through which the zombies constantly monitor the building in order to confirm that it remains unbarricaded and that all inside are properly dead.

NecroNet Reports

Zombie tracking reports are a free service provided by the NecroTech corporation to all its staff and local survivors in order to help facilitate quicker response times when managing zombie threats and to build a greater awareness of zombie migration patterns within the 9x9 block region around the Blackmore Building. As a cautious reminder, only those zombies tagged with the DNA Extractor will appear on these scans, so actual numbers may vary when dealing with older zombies (i.e. Brain Rot).

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August 26th, 2009 - The guys from POLNGOAK have been holding Blackmore against quickly rising numbers. They have drawn the attention of the RRF's DoHS so it's anyones guess how much longer they'll last. --Itsacon ^{(Talk | Grungni | Ikhnaton)} 08:54, 26 August 2010 (BST)

Survivors have repelled two strikes so far. I'm going to keep a tally to see how long we last, since it's been so long since I've seen that happen. --Wraith 12:35, 26 August 2010 (BST)

Currently (my maths is terrible) 1% Of Malton's Population is concentrated on this one square. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 18:56, 26 August 2010 (BST)

June 4th, 2009 - Blackmore is back under contest. there are about 20 humans inside, while about 30 zombies outside. Breakins are common. the humans have resorted to combat reviving to keep the zombies at bay, which seems to be working...for now. --Moogohoogo 23:47, 4 June 2009 (BST)

April 3rd, 2009 - NecroWatch reported in from the Blackmore Building. A recent scan had revealed that there were 83 zombies within scanning range of the facility. Of these numbers, 17 zombies were at the Blackmore facility itself. --Mobius 13:32, 3 April 2009 (BST)

Febuary 17th, 2009 - Sweet Zombie Jebus has killed all inside. Prase thy lord for death come swift to his enemies. Fonzy be with you! ^{Praise Zombie Jebus Sig SB} 00:23, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

August 13th, 2008 - The Fortress' combat team Excalibur have a singsong at Blackmore, before capturing and repairing it.--Zuton 23:37, 13 August 2008 (BST)

May 27th, 2008 - Zombies have recaptured this building as of today. -- Mordac the Refuser 21:00, 27 May 2008 (BST)

May 12th, 2008 - Still in survivor hands currently under attack by 20 odd zombies, around 80 survivors inside, EHB and lit with very fast revives at Margery Avenue (1 block West) Wealthysoup 12:29, 12 May 2008 (BST)

April 27th, 2008 - only 6 zeds assail this recently recaptured building.--Lardass 15:20, 27 April 2008 (BST)

January 27th, 2008 - 61 Zombies on the outside, 45 zombies on the inside. NO SURVIVORS. Someday they may return, but until then, we, the zombies, will prevail. --Simim 18:18, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

January 26th, 2008 - Twenty-seven zombies inside, doors open, and less than forty humans, affiliation unknown, inside. Not much hope left for Blackmore. --Kouchpotato ^T 01:25, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Update: 55+ zombies inside, only 9 humans. To quote one of mah zambah brazzahs, "A zombie said "HAH HAH HAH!!!....NAH MANNAH HARMANZ NAH.!Z ZAHR?....RNRARRRH!!!" (25 minutes ago)" 04:09, 27 January 2008 (UTC) William_Joel

January 25th, 2008 - NecroWatch reported from the Blackmore Building revealing that there were 163 zombies within scanning range of the facility. Of these numbers, 107 zombies were detected assaulting the Blackmore facility directly. --Mobius187 21:32, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

January 22nd, 2008 - Scan says 99 zeds outside. Survivors are all healthy! They're holding well. --BoboTalkClown 21:23, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Readers are advised to remember that Scans can only show a bear minimum and in no way show the real status or number of zombies at any location at any time. --Karek^maps?! 21:28, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Went outside to check for myself, and found 95 zombies and 67 bodies. 105 Survivors inside, with power on and revives steady. Zombies seem to be trying to get revives at Margery and St. Theodore's. --Xshu 04:02, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

January 21st, 2008 - I just broke in and destroyed the transmitter, power was already down, 100 odd survivors, and 3 zombies inside. --William_Joel 05:24, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

January 20th, 2008 - Extreamly heavily barricaded with power, transmiter and 90+ zeds outside. --crabman2 12:30 (GMT)

January 16th, 2008 - NecroWatch reported a recent scan which showed that there were now 113 potentially hungry, or simply lost, zombies outside. Rather than risk opening the doors in order to provide the zombies with proper directions the survivors inside Blackmore NT opted to play it safe and keep the doors shut. Scientists agree, it was probably for the best. --Mobius187 17:49, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

January 13th, 2008 - 35 survivors inside, EHB, 65 hungry zombies outside. --Brom Armostrong 21:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

January 6th, 2008 - No power, no 'cades, no staff, no Mrh. 18:04, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

January 4th, 2008 - The Blackmore Building has fallen, reinforcements did not apparently arrive on time, I logged on as I was about to die, lovely! C4NT will return and save the building however! --Buck1522 00:08, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

January 3rd, 2008 - Cades go up and down quickly but 50 zombies have managed to get in and survivor numbers are below 30 now. 150 hungry zombies are outside waiting for their chance to munch on some brains. --User:Z-man 21:35, 3 January 2008 (GMT)

January 2nd, 2008 - Power's down, but zombies are out and cades are up. Coordinated RRF strikes knock cades down regularly. Handful of PKs running around. It's all a matter of whose reinforcements show up at this point. --Slicer 14:42, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Update: About 50 humans inside and about 60 zombies outside. Building is powered and with radio transmitter. --Malynyak 13:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

December 22nd, 2007 - Brains very tasty. Labs smashed. Stockings hung from NT sign. Happah Barhahmas! --Rottingwurms

December 21st, 2007- Survivors have retaken the Blackmore Building. It is currently under attack by the diminished RRF forces. It seems the Big Bash has really taken a lot of steam out of their suburb's defense. That is something the Blackmore Bastard Brigade and other small survivor groups plan to take full advantage of. --Agent J Krauser 22:29, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Update: Coordinated strikes against Blackmore are starting to take place. The latest seeing 5 zombies sneaking in before the cades came back up. The number of zombies outside has grown to 30, while survivor reinforcements aren't arriving as fast as they could be. We are at hour 9 and still need more hands to hold the doors. Anyone who's serious about keeping Blackmore in survivor hands should report in immediately. --Agent J Krauser 22:29, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Update: Afraid we couldn't last any longer. Hour 10 and the doors are wide open with 10+ zeds inside. I don't think we'll be able to recover as everyone really just gave their heart and soul to keeping those barricades up. Few survivors answered the call, but those who did were of very high quality, and did their very best to contribute to the building's defense. I personally blame the failure on the apathy and indifference of the survivors in the Nicols Mall. Not even an hour after Blackmore was taken, and the zombies had already coordinated an assault which saw 4 zeds break through. This is without a mass form of communication in-game. And yet, even with 10 hours of time to respond to our city wide radio requests, the call to arms was largely ignored. We were overrun by an RRF force that probably wasn't even at half strength, and we survivors only have ourselves to blame. I'd like to commend the RRF for being such powerful and overwhelming opponents, but I will remind them that this is far from over. --Agent J Krauser 02:08, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Frankly, I think that if survivors really wanted to capture and then hold Blackmore (for more than a few hours), they'd have to take over the entire suburb. There have been multiple attempts by survivors in the past to capture and keep Blackmore functional and they have all ended the same way. -- Mordac the Refuser 02:35, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Had a good fight. My zombie was one of the early ones in there and I was forced to play a very careful game of waiting to see somebody barricade, biting them, and then tearing down the barricades. Even then, I was worried not enough of my Brazarz !n Arrghhz could follow me in to do the needed damge. What surprised me was when defenders started to run; the more who lay their life on the line, the longer it takes us to score a ransack, and the better chance survivors have to turn the tide.  Swiers 03:19, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

^ That's exactly why I didn't run, but I don't really blame the others for doing so. At this point, outside of a large 15+ survivor group deciding to suddenly take up the cause, Blackmore will be lost by tomorrow. Still, from the ruins of blackmore, the seeds of a new Ridleybank have been sown. I've gotten in contact with a few of the survivors who helped in Blackmore's defense and am currently working on organizing a new survivor group: Revenge Squad. Spread the word. --Agent J Krauser 05:28, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

December 6th, 2007 - Survivors captured and powered the building for a brief period of time. Zombies, however, launched a swift counter-attack and took it back in a matter of hours. -- Mordac the Refuser 02:30, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

November 5th, 2007 - Blackmore is currently occupied with 31 zeds. They seem to be keeping someone active at all times to try and force the survivors out. Building is ruined and doors are open. --Mr NoName001 23:25, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Notable Historical Events

The Battle of Blackmore

• August 18th, 2006

The Battle of Blackmore begins

• October 13th, 2006

Blackmore falls.

The Second Battle of Blackmore

• November 5th, 2006

The Channel 4 News Team and NMC retake the Blackmore Building at server reset. The Second Battle of Blackmore begins.

November 21st, 2006

Blackmore falls again.

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