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Mission Briefing
Mission	: Suburb Scouting
Group Size	: 10.
Difficulty	:
Goals:	: Complete scouting of suburb, including zombie numbers & repair costs.
Requirements	: No skills required at all. : Memories of Life a bonus. : A Witness System.
Outcome	: Entire suburb scouted. : Zombies know nothing of your presence. : Learnt about witness systems. : Worked together as a unit. : Used Trans-Mortal Tactics

The Mission Series

Welcome the first of The Mission series. It's a series of articles designed to show what survivor groups can do. Each one can be combined with other missions, or done on it's own. You'll get a quite exhaustive methodology, and also some useful links if you want to know more.

Above all, this is designed to be a simplistic guide. There won't be a lot of numbers. I've added recommendations for survivor numbers, skills and equipment needed in the box to the right. It's designed to be a stepping stone. A mission such as the first, scouting, could be done by half the number of players just as well. As you learn you can improve and tweak the missions to suit yourself.

Scouting

Scouting is simple. It's going to look at something. In Urban Dead this could be;

• A location.
• A group.
• A character.

This mission is going to focus on location, but by it's conclusion you should know a little about groups and players as well.

Urban Dead takes place in the city of Malton. Malton is a square, subdivided into Suburbs. Each suburb is a ten by ten square of locations.

Click here for a map of all 100 suburbs.

Most groups in game focus on a specific area, normally made up of one or more suburbs.

Why Scout?

Scouting is one of the easiest missions a group can undertake. It can be quick, simple and entirely painless. In a few simple moves you can find out almost everything about an area.

Malton is vast. You could spend a week in a building and not meet another player. One hundred zombies could be standing two squares away and you may never know. Scouting is very important. It helps you understand your environment, warns you about future threats and helps you meet other survivors.

Most importantly it provides opportunities for more missions. You might find a building under siege, or fresh recruits. You may track down a wanted murderer or just find a building full of fancy hatz.