User:ZombGG/The Great Scourgin
INTRO
The following is the first part of a personal account by Roftwood local ZombGG [1] of the events in Roftwood building up to The Great Scourgin' of February 2018.
PART ONE
January 27-28, 2018
Malton’s central suburb of Roftwood is entrenched in battle. Everything survivors love about Roftwood is being bashed and ruined by The Scourge, a horde of undead abominations set out to kill everything living.
Roftwood’s Hildebrand Mall is cherished among local survivors. It provides fantastic access to many resources that help the suburb and its neighbors prosper.
The Herbert Building is the Roftwood’s most popular NecroTech building. This is largely due to its close proximity to Hildebrand Mall and the Eligius General Hospital. Survivors are able to get revived, healed, and stocked up all within a 6-tile radius. This zone is much loved by local survivors, I would say for some even revered.
These days both buildings lay ruined and heavily contested. Hildebrand Mall’s SW corner is constantly switching hands in a rugged tug-of-war for dominance. The Herbert Building has more zombies than I can kill with bullets!
I do my best gloriously battling the zombie invaders with barricades and bullets, but without the Herbert Building online, we are unable to easily revive our fallen brothers in a timely manner. The compounding effect of this over days of battle is finally being felt in full force. The survivor struggle is real.
January 29-30, 2018
With man power and inventory supplies direly low, I turn to the Roftwood Coordination Center for assistance. It is there I manage to coordinate with the Malton Medical Staff. We organize a tactical retreat from our Roftwood homeland into The Rayfield Building, located deep into our neighboring suburb of Tollyton.
I do not enjoy “retreating” from my beloved Roftwood. I feel cowardly, but I understand this tactic involves a one step-back-two-steps-forward approach. We are in the one-step-back stage. It is important I maintain my composure and continue marching on with the war effort, for a brighter, better Roftwood.
Luckily I am in the company of the hilarious and awesome Malton Medical Staff, who do a wonderful job keeping our “spirits” up with their humor plus a bottle of the infamously cherished “Greenhow Gutrot”, a concoction of sorts originated from Roftwood’s own The Greenhow Building. To say the least, the effect was good times and a home-away-from-home feel :)
We were bloodied, but together. With spirits raised, we set out gathering supplies and reviving our fallen friends, including the powerfully helpful Tess Eks [2].
January 31, 2018
“High in spirits” and freshly restocked, we move back to our beloved Roftwood. The Malton Medical Staff set up support around Hildebrand Mall. I charge headstrong into the action, back at the SW corner. I exhaust myself dutifully serving my fellow survivors at the front line.
We manage to push back the zombies and capture the mall for the night.
February 1, 2018
I awake in the early morning hours, barely rested and in the middle of a skirmish inside Hildebrand Mall’s south west corner. Everyone around me is infected and bloody, getting clawed and bit. The barricades are down to lightly and I only have enough strength for 5 actions.
I conserve my energy waiting for the most critical time to strike. I witness Roftwood local Brickbat Bob get a humiliation kill on a zombie with a plastic Christmas tree and that made my smile :)
A few hours later the battle looks to be in survivor favor! The barricades are up to heavy, no zombies inside, and to really mark the official capture of Hildebrand Mall, the 4th generator is refueled.
The mall is shining proud and survivors celebrate the victory in honor of the famous Last Stand of Roftwood which was epically carried out on the same day a full 10 years ago!
If only times stayed as great as they were this day! We fought so fiercely and strategically for this moment and glory. Unfortunately, the glory for the rest of the month will be claimed by The Scourge, but not without bitter fighting. Be sure to follow Part 2 of The Great Scourgin for my next installment!
