Feral Survivors
| Feral Survivors | |
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| Abbreviation: | FS |
| Group Numbers: | Whatever the Game Stats say |
| Leadership: | None |
| Goals: | To survive and thrive |
| Recruitment Policy: | Free for all |
| Contact: | Radio or talk page |
Feral Survivors are individuals that have gained an unusual experience in self-sufficient solo survival. They have spent most of their time unaffiliated to any group and, throughout time, have called many suburbs as their home.
They rarely stay at malls or other high profile buildings, and have become comfortable sleeping in dark buildings with doors open. It is rare also to see a Feral Survivor directly engaging zombies. Generally they prefer to move out of the way without disturbing them, and focus their attention at providing care and shelter in often neglected areas.
The group was named by Doc Groucho, a proponent for many years of this survival style. Notoriously, he survived an entire year at Ridleybank's border without firing a single bullet.
Hiding In Plain Sight, Tracking Emergency Reports
As natural selection (a.k.a. shotguns) made zombies smarter, the rat strategy typical of feral survivors became clearly insufficient.
- Listen to the EMR broadcast. Try to stay in suburbs with 30 zombies or less. Old reports may not be reliable.
- Unless you know there's no organized activity in the area, sleep in empty ordinary buildings. Dark buildings will be checked very often, and you don't want to run around trying to find one without zombies inside.
- Don't scout too far. All you need to know is when the closest NecroTech building is up and how many zombies are near your safe ruins. Occasionally you can test zombie activity by repairing a building in a place you know you'll pass by again.
- Avoid sleeping with other survivors. If a zombie finds you, the louder groan will attract more zombies to finish the job.
- Search in ruins or don't search at all. It is still better than running around trying to spot a repaired, powered building.
- Don't DNA scan unless you needle a rotter. You'll be working on abandoned RPs, it's less likely they'll be infiltrated.
Equipment
First Aid Kits: You need to carry a couple. You'll be bitten sometimes while sleeping. It's easy to find one or two in ruined hospitals, so don't worry too much about them.
Radio: One, tuned to 25.96. Most survivor frequencies for your area will be either silent or irrelevant.
Syringes: Pick as many as you can during your run into a NecroTech building. Each standing survivor is fodder between zombies and you.
Toolbox: For the rare times when you spot a freshly ruined resource building without zombies inside.
Weapons and generators should be used by survivors in safe suburbs. They are of little use in wastelands.
