The Eostre Herbert Siege

I figured that could be me. I’m Benigno, the founder of the historic Survivor Security Zone and an administrator on the RCC Discord.

This is my perspective as a survivor of what may have been the greatest siege to happen in Urban Dead in over a decade. With the numbers of people playing the game drastically lower than they were in its heyday, having well over 100 people fighting each other in one square on the map is a noteworthy occurrence. At the St. Patrick’s Day siege at Greenhow NT, we first began experimenting with Combat Revives as a defensive tactic for NTs. The lessons we learned there helped us defend the Eostre celebration that had started in Herbert NT. Read on to learn about the truly epic siege that occurred next!

The Eostre Herbert Siege

The story: At the conclusion of the Greenhow St. Paddy’s day siege party, attention shifted back to the mall complex. On March 30th, things looked sparse and dangerous.





Survivors worked on restocking while we discussed the situation and did recon. The city slowly rebuilt. On April 3, Herbert was retaken from the few zeds that held it. The official announcement came the next day:



We had no idea of the incredible events about to unfold.

Easter Sunday dawning, the celebration began.



We were especially happy to spread the message of resurrection to our zombie friends!

Repeating the tactic of Combat Reviving to neutralize invading zombies first tested at Greenhow, we dug in. The building was lit, and 7 zombies clawed at our doors. Then, they all seemed to disappear. Things got quiet. Too quiet. We nervously gathered supplies.

Three days later, on April 7th, an appropriately numbered 7 zombies broke through the Herbert barricades including big RRF names such as Funk McBogey, Mr Eyeball Plucker, Herb Dangerous, and Hump the Messiah. Inventory was quickly discussed, and the plan was executed with the help of a few bullets from Ozmandius Prather and Indiana Jone. In less than 5 minutes, all 7 lay outside Herbert, most smelling very strange. The gauntlet, as they say, had been thrown down.

The next day, the RRF went for the mall via its southeast corner. We camped in Herbert and watched the action. Herb Dangerous decided to play firebug with ZombGG:



The mall fell and was held for a few days. The NecroNet scan showed 16 in the SE corner. Unfazed, we held the fort. We knew that the zombies wanted brainz, and they were all in Herbert. The zombies, though, tried to draw us out first by holding the mall and then occupying Eligius General Hospital on April 11.

On April 13, the zombies attacked again, this time with 8. As before, inventory was discussed, the plan was executed, and in another joyous 5 minutes they all lay stinking outside. We congratulated each other, excited about the early success of our plan.





Two RRF broke in later but were quickly removed.


The sound of zombie claws on our barricades grew louder as more and more shamblers stacked up outside. Psychological warfare began:



...and was promptly ignored.



A more subtle assault began to take place. It would become almost a daily occurrence.



On April 15th the mall was powered, but by the 17th, eleven zombies were camping inside, spread between the corners.