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Malton Quarantine

Hey again. I just have several questions regarding the Malton quarantine wall and the area nearby.

1. With the river Kevan on Malton's northern border, the quarantine wall encapsulates Malton on all four sides, right?

2. Is the quarantine wall immediately next to the outlying buildings, or is there open ground filled with defenses between them?

3. Much like last year's Escape template exemplified, is the ground underneath the quarantine wall dirt/rocks or does the wall extend into the ground for some length?

4. With the exception of Borehamwood and Monroeville, the outside world is normal (zombie-free) right?

5. What is the physical composition of the quarantine walls? Are there gun turrets every few feet, guards patrolling on top, lava pits with sharks, etc?

Also, I apologize in advance if my actions of archiving all of the other discussions on the General Discussion, Wiki Questions, and Technical Help pages were unauthorized moves. Thanks. --TheBardofAwesome 21:08, 9 August 2011 (BST)

Hell, are these questions even answerable? --TheBardofAwesome 18:30, 10 August 2011 (BST)

When I ask myself any question about the quarantine border, I plainly think of the Berlin Wall. It was likewise created on short notice to contain an urban area, so logically a lot of the solutions and conclusions will be very similar. I especially imagine that the Malton Wall evolved equally from improvised roadblocks to wire fences to concrete walls, just much faster. -- Spiderzed█ 18:46, 10 August 2011 (BST)

Only if you're unimaginative. These questions, like many others, are purposely left unanswered by the game creator, Kevan. The answers are limited only by your own imagination or those of the community. There have been a few attempts to create a backstory to Malton by the game community. See UDWiki:Lexicon. There are also many journals in which players have made their own backstory through Roleplaying.

There is some "specific" information on the Border page. In Monroeville, a city similar to Malton, the border walls are described in-game as such:

You have reached the impassable edge of the quarantine zone, with layers of razorwire, low fencing and concrete-slab walls blocking your way.

Again, whether you believe the walls of Malton are full of razor-wire and concrete-slab walls is completely up to your imagination. Personally I believe machine gun turrets is a bit of a stretch, but that's just me. ~ _{18:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)}

I kind of figured that these questions were left unanswered...I just wanted to see if there was any concrete facts about it so that my roleplaying/imagination didn't over-stretch the truth to something unrealistic. Thanks anyway. --TheBardofAwesome 19:39, 10 August 2011 (BST)