Caiger Mall
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Description
Caiger Mall, also referred to as Barhah Mall by many zombie groups, is a four-block shopping mall located on the boundary of the suburbs of Chudleyton and Darvall Heights; Caiger's western half is located in Chudleyton, and its eastern half is in Darvall Heights. Along with Ackland Mall and Giddings Mall, Caiger used to be the primary symbol of human resistance against zombie hordes, and the site of many pitched battles. It held onto its legacy as the mall that cannot fall until late-2006 when the third siege occured the mall finally fell to zombie hands for the first time ever. After two failed attempts at securing the mall, the survivors abandoned any hope of resurrecting the mall back to its former glory. Through 2008, it was largely kept in zombie hands, but in the recent past, it's begun to be traded between zombie and survivor hands on a regular basis.
History
The mall known today as Caiger almost never was. Conceived during the Mall Boom of the 1970's as the northwest's share of the Mall pie, Caiger was originally intended to be set in the center of Chudleyton (and called Harraway Mall, after a prominent local scholar) on land now occupied by the Harraway Building, Club Hodson, a junkyard, and a small residential street. The original design was to be based off the Nichols Mall open-air style, but after disaster befell that mall in mid-1976, the committee was forced to scrap that option and begin working on a redesign. That design took a considerable amount of time to work out, and was about three-fourths done when the Energy Crisis crippled Malton in early 1979, forcing the ultimate scrapping of the first Caiger plans altogether.
The plans lay in a locker in Howard Library for four years after that, gathering dust as the city slowly dragged itself out of its slump. Once again, construction and expansion became the order of the day, and in the northeast urban renewal became the next big thing. And thus it was that Caiger got its second chance- while searching the library for blueprints to be used in the renewal projects, Chudleyton councilman Harold Erikson came across the abandoned plans.
The councilman was impressed, and it didn't take that big of a leap of thought to have a mall reviving the local economy- and Erikson getting the credit and acclaim. But the council disagreed- if Erikson wanted to make a mall his pet project, by all means he could. But the funding Erikson would have needed was required for other projects- Erikson would have to come up with the huge sum of money on his own.
Thankfully for the area, Erikson knew just the man- a longtime friend of his, in fact. Percival Stothert ran a burgeoning bank company that based much of its personnel and executive functions in neighboring Darvall Heights, though he had been considering relocating elsewhere due to overwhelming complaints by his employees- the area was not safe, not at all good to look at, and considered by many to be dead. So when Erikson announced his plans to the banker, Stothert leapt at the chance. Erikson would have his funding.
Erikson consulted the council, the council consulted their counterparts in Darvall Heights, and after a slight bit of negotiating (and more alterations to the plans) construction was begun in autumn of 1984, and progressed without a single hitch all the way up to its completion next summer. On September 12th, Stothert (whose main hobby was gardening) dedicated the mall to Dean Caiger, a lesser-known botanist who had spent much of his life working in the area and who had developed a strange cross-breed between a rose and a tulip, depicted today as the mall's symbol.
Though not particularly standoutish, Caiger Mall is at least pleasing to the eye, with its beautiful white stone exterior and stylized frieze along the roof depicting the history of Malton. The mall from above resembles a flat-topped, angular kite shield, with a narrow point in the south (the main entrance) widening drastically to the main body of the mall towards the north. From the main entrance run three main avenues at 45-degree angles to each other, branching out until they meet the main body of the mall to the north (which on its own is much more similar to the familiar square design of most Malton malls). The mall's somewhat minimalistic design draws the eye away from admiring the exterior and onward inside, where angles and lines rather than curves are the order of the day for interior decor. The mall's soft orange-and-cream paint job was chosen to relax the viewer and slide their eyes off of it, drawing them to the more brightly colored shops and plazas.
In the post-Outbreak era Caiger's spartan design and evenly spaced shops and pillars have led to it becoming a favorite of Dam Tactics strategists, who find it easier to apply their tactics to the orderly layout of Caiger than to the curving styles of Pole Mall or Tompson Mall, or the intermittent, random designs of Nichols and Joachim.
Recent News
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All news prior to July 2009 has been moved here.
August 2010
August 24th 2010 The mall is ruined 43 zeds outside the NE corner, some survivors still in SE corner. But they can't stand for long, since the zeds are pouring in. I am currently waiting for a revive on the cemetery. User:Kerlc365 7:21, 24 August 2010 (UTC +1.00)
June 2010
June 17th 2010 Retaken by survivors on this day. --Wraith 18:23, 18 June 2010 (BST)
June 8th 2010 Zombies have successfully penetrated the southwest corner, and with insufficient AP to barricade and an unfortunate lack of ammunition due to the interrupted supply run, this reporter was forced to flee the situation as is. Nineteen inside the southwest corner, with barricades destroyed and all survivors injured. --Gunboat Debater 22:38, 8 June 2010 (BST)
March 2010
March 21st 2010 After a full month of constant attack, the horde of ferals has finally dispersed. The whole area is safe and lit. Wraith94 20:25, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
February 2010
February 28th 2010
Under attack with 40~ zombies at NW corner. μnholy®eign 
01:50, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
February 19th 2010 "All corners rebuilt by the CMS and CDF. Needs reinforcements." Quoted from Wraith94 01:36, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
February 11th 2010 "Nearly empty, with a few lone zombies wandering about. It's completely ruined, except for the left corner." Quoted from - ShiraXTalk 02:47, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
December 2009
December 11th 2009 Red Rum, the Undeadites and numerous zombies have been sighted attacking the ULC, leaving it exceedingly vulnerable: there are only 4 harmanz left alive in the block --Karloth Vois ¯\(°_o)/¯ 13:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
December 7th 2009 The Big Prick has completed a recon of the area, and notes that the mall and 3 nearest NTs are caded and staffed. The remaining Z's in the area appear to be rotters. Asheets 17:48, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
November 2009
November 30th 2009 Just arrived in the area. Everything nearby is in ruins, including the mall itself. Alot of zeds and zombies. Will start probing numbers tomorrow. Calling on survivors to take it back. Aleksandr Remoc 21:39, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
November 19th 2009 The mall is ruined, and blood is running in the streets....BARHAH!!! - Creeping Crud U 00:10, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
November 5th 2009 The Mall is under repair and survivors are fighting to get mall back. -- Kimchi 15:11 November 2009 (EST)
October 2009
October 12th The Mall is repaired and somewhat populated. MOB is heading our way, so we better get more humans in fast! --Wraith94 01:20, 13 October 2009 (BST)
October 6th As was predicted the entire mall is ruined and the latrobe buildings cades are down with doors wide open. 15 zombies were outside didn't even bother to look at the blood bath inside, no one could be alive there anymore. I doubt anyone will be revived at that rp for sometime.--Brad Pirie 17:38, 6 October 2009 (BST)
October 6th Recommend not using the latrobe revive point and instead make for the Herman revive point. with the mall down that rp is about to be swamped and overwhelmed. I strongly recommend all necrotech personnel fall back to the Herman building and prepare to make a second stand there, any other survivor support would be welcome.--Brad Pirie 04:09, 6 October 2009 (BST)
October 5th SE Corner is ruined. We had a good run for a month, but I suggest running. --Wraith94 01:43, 6 October 2009 (BST)
October 4th Lights are back on. 70+ zombies outside. St Izzy's is getting attacked cades need reinforcing, please send them help or we may loose another entrance. --Brad Pirie 02:19, 5 October 2009 (BST)
October 3rd Pagram library entrance is ruined. Cades are back up but power is out to the south 2 corners, 77 zombies outside south east corner.--Brad Pirie 02:02, 4 October 2009 (BST)
October 2nd 9 Zombies have broken through southeast corner, cades are down, have counted at least a dozen casualties in the last hour. We need back up immediately!!!!--Brad Pirie 22:29, 2 October 2009 (BST)
September 2009
September 20th Zombies are down to less than 20 outside th SE corner. Barely getting more than a daily breakthrough or spree of GKing.--Wraith94 02:09, 21 September 2009 (BST)
September 13th The mall is being held by Umbrella Corp. and Soldiers Of Crossman. Over 30 zeds outside SE corner. Numbers growing every day. Request assistance —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Captain Toshiro (talk • contribs) 15:48, 13 September 2009 (BST).
September 2nd The Mall has been safe for several days. I hear there are 17 zeds outside the SE Corner, but I haven't seen them yet.--Wraith94 15:10, 2 September 2009 (BST)
August 2009
August 30th The mall has been ruined for two days now. While corners were sighted repaired earlier this morning, they were later ruined. Nemesis645 21:25, 30 August 2009 (BST)
August 1 UBCS in conjunction with Ulfgard the Unmaker of Imperium has retaken Caiger Mall from 11 zeds and repaired all corners. Latrobe NT has also been reclaimed. --Lord K 00:27, 2 August 2009 (BST)
July 2009
July 18 Once again Caiger has completely fallen. All corners ransacked with about 40 zombies in and around the mall. --Wraith94 09:42, 18 July 2009 (BST)
July 17 Break-ins to the NE corner are growing larger as well as more frequent. Zeds breached the NE corner a few hurs ago and ransacked it, followed by the NW corner a few hours later. Survivors should evacuate the mall and take refuge in Latrobe. --Wraith94 05:20, 18 July 2009 (BST)
July 16 The Mall is under moderate attack, with almost 50 zeds outside the NE corner. Break-ins are becoming more frequent, and there are many, many GKers in the building. --Wraith94 02:23, 17 July 2009 (BST)
July 10 Through the combined efforts of the Soldiers of Crossman and The Big Prick, Caiger Mall has been retaken and is now rebuilding. -- John Spiro 14:41, 10 July 2009 (EST)
History of Caiger Mall
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The First Siege of Caiger Mall
- Main article: First Siege of Caiger Mall
The First Siege of Caiger Mall started 5 November, 2005 and ended in a survivor victory on 1 December, when the Ridleybank Resistance Front pulled out. Caiger stands as one of the longest sieges of any one building in Urban Dead history, one of the only survivor victories, and the first time the RRF has lost with its combined forces.
Malton Iditarod
- Main article: Malton Iditarod
Truly the most spectacular sporting event Malton has ever seen. The Iditarod is a savage, unforgiving circumnavigation of the borders of Malton. The race is 40+ miles, 8 days, carrying full packs of food, ammunition, first aid, and an axe, with nothing but your competitors and the sunken eyes of the enemy to keep you company.
The Second Siege of Caiger Mall
- Main article: Second Siege of Caiger Mall
The Second siege started in the early days of February, 2006, as part of the Mall Tour '06. After the events that lead a large number of players on both bands to go On Strike and it's consequences, many zombies organized and started taking mall after mall, all over Malton, along with the help of some of the most important Zombie Groups. Because of the result of the first siege and its status as a human bastion, Caiger Mall was left for last. However, poor zombie strategy and a well-organized resistance led to the defeat of the Tour by the middle of March.
The Third Siege of Caiger Mall
- Main article: Third Siege of Caiger Mall
On the week before Halloween, Shacknews stepped up its attacks on targets in the immediate Caiger area. Being the largest group in the game and known for its organized attacks Caiger Mall fell into zombie hands for the first time. You can also read the news from this period in the news archive.
The First Ruin of Caiger Mall
- Main article: First Ruin of Caiger Mall
On August 17th, 2007, the LUE zombie horde attacked the NW quadrant of Caiger Mall. Within 40 minutes, the corner was empty of survivors and ruined. Thirteen hours later, all four quadrants were ruined and over 300 zombies inside.
The Second Ruin of Caiger Mall
On the 3rd/4th December, Caiger mall was attacked by Red Rum and Pathetic Bill, clearing the upper and lower left corners in record speed. The Eastonwood Ferals then proceeded to ransack the Upper and Lower left corners. The right hand side of the mall also fell shortly after.
The Third Ruin of Caiger Mall
On February 14th, 2008, the Militant Order of Barhah assaulted the NW quadrant of Caiger Mall and spread to the rest of it in little over 36 hours. They had assistance from several local feral zeds.
The Fourth Ruin of Caiger Mall
In late October 2008, local zeds (with the possible help of some groups) ruined the mall, after a two-month long siege.
The Fifth Ruin of Caiger Mall
In September-October 2009, a horde of approximately 80 local zeds, assisted by several major PKer groups, ruined the mall after assaulting it for a couple of weeks.
The Sixth Ruin of Caiger Mall
On January 11, 2010, the RRF zombie group attacked Caiger Mall. 100+ zombies joined in on the attack, and the mall was taken down in a couple of hours. First ruin of Caiger Mall in the new decade.
Nearby Revive Points
- Younghusband Square, Chudleyton [13, 27]
- Salopia Row, Darvall Heights [21,29] - Maintained by the Caiger Mall Survivors.
Nearby NecroTech Buildings
Caiger Mall is one of the few malls to have a NecroTech Building in an immediately neighboring block, making it highly defensible against drawn-out sieges. In the case that that building has fallen, ready access to other NecroTech Buildings may become desirable or necessary. The NecroTech Buildings within ten blocks of the mall, listed from nearest to farthest, are:
| Building | Suburb | Coordinates | Distance |
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| The Latrobe Building | Darvall Heights | 21, 28 | 1-2 E, 0-1 S |
| The Sweeney Building | West Becktown | 19, 30 | 0-1 W, 2-3 S |
| The Herman Building | Darvall Heights | 24, 26 | 4-5 E, 1-2N |
| The Kening Building | East Becktown | 23, 30 | 3-4 E, 2-3 S |
| The Oxley Building | West Becktown | 15, 31 | 4-5 W, 3-4 S |
| The Sugg Building | East Becktown | 24, 32 | 4-5 E, 4-5 S |
| The Harraway Building | Chudleyton | 13, 25 | 6-7 W, 2-3 N |
| The Daubeney Building | East Becktown | 26, 35 | 6-7 E, 7-8 S |
| The Attwell Building | East Becktown | 20, 36 | 0-1 E, 8-9 S |
| The Minshull Building | Chudleyton | 10, 26 | 9-10 W, 1-2 N |
Zombie Groups
- List of zombie groups dedicated to retaking Caiger and defending it from Humans
- The Caiger Resistance Front (historical)
- the new megahorde, devoted to keeping Barhah Mall in zombie hands!
- the slightly less organised horde!
- will support all efforts to hold Barhah Mall and help Salt the Land around it
Survivor Groups
- List Of Human Groups Dedicated To Keeping Zombies Out Of The Mall
Full Time Defenders
- The Mall naturally falls within their protection, since they seek to restore and unite Darvall Heights and North-West.
- The Communal Group that started it all.
- Caiger (a.k.a. Firebase Charlie) was our primary headquarters for some time. We're going to take it back!
- We may be small and relatively new, but we're dedicated.
- CMS-Meta (inactive)
- Special-Ops; one Zed, bounty, Rev or Cade at the time. But always calculated. (CMS-Meta might return in 2010)
Other/Part Time Defenders
- Mutinous zeds and half-cat humans.
- We're here to help
- Serving Malton by protecting Caiger.
- Got a light?
- Keeping an eye out for PKers.
- We're here, and ready to help.
- We've heeded the call to arms.
- I think they are planning a drunken new years party here... not a bad idea though...
- Right now there's a lack of cookies in Caiger. We intend to remedy that.
- Chi Vai Hunters (inactive)
- Maybe it's hidden behind that shrub.
- Providing assistance to those in need.
- Ghetto Cow (historical)
- We've shown up for the big siege. It's been fun.
- Collecting Pker bounties inside the Mall
- The Ross Report
- Keeping you informed on all the Caiger Happenings
- Liberation of Crossman Department (historical)
- Fought many times to protect the Mall, before they disbanded.
- We often stop here for some action on our way to other destinations.'
