So we finally made it back down to engineering and the friendly computer node. We weren't sure if we'd got the nuke in the right place, but the computer confirmed it. Pretty glad about that really, wouldn't wanna have to go back in case there are any more of those giant cyber-soldiers there. No time to rest though, now we're headed to navigation to get some important data for the computer, and check for survivors from the command crew. The captain and all the highest ranking officers work in navigation so it's bound to have been better protected.
I was a bit worried about having to go through the irradiated zone where we set of the nuke. I don't know a lot about it, but I remember doing a project on nukes in school and reading something about fallout and radiation poisoning. Fallout's normally dust, which the ship usually filters out of the air for reprocessing in the protein vats, but the administration block was on top of a lake of semi-processed waste what with being in brown sector. The shit runs deep in brown sector, though the stuff you get up on the surface is pretty pleasant compared to the kind of thing I normally have to deal with. Anyway, the computer said it would be fine so I stopped worrying about it. Some of the others weren't quite so reassured for some reason and Quold argued with the computer, something about health and safety? After that it decided to give us some medicine, though it had to figure out how to make it first. The first test subjects levitated for a few hours then exploded, but eventually it worked out a safer formula. Or at least I hope it did, we've got to take these things three times a day.
Once we had the radiation pills we set out across surface towards navigation. There were a few zombies but nothing we couldn't handle. Didn't even have to stop the truck! Our luck didn't last though and Boomeron drove into the middle of a horde. There had to have been at least a thousand of the buggers. Wasn't really his fault though, you couldn't really see any of them for quite a while but then Skrood checked the sensors. We tried to keep on driving through but we spotted another one of those glowing green fuckers. Gav shot him up a bit with the LMGs on the roof and Boomeron hit him with the truck, but he was a tough bastard and ended up hanging on to the front of the truck. I remember what happened last time we got too close to one of those buggers, it got all green and glowy and made us sick. We all got better eventually, but having your body reject mutated tissue is not a pleasant experience. My immune system ended up pushing one of my ribs out of my chest so it could regenerate it without the green infectious stuff. Anyways, I wasn't having that fucker hanging onto our truck indefinitely so I climbed out of the window and shot it off with a plasma gun. I love this thing, it's great for vaporising zombies and cultists alike. Glad Gav's a bit obsessive about searching for weapons now. We spent 30 minutes mopping up, killed at least 500, but Skrood could see more coming on the sensors so had to move on.
On the way out we nearly hit a razorwire barricade, which would not have been good for the tires! Boomeron missed it 'cause all the zombies were milling around it but fortunately Quold spotted it on sensors. I still don't get those things, I mean I had some basic sensor training when I did my Sewer Technician training but it's still just a bunch of glowing dots to me. Luckily Boomeron's pretty good at driving so he avoided wrecking the tires, but the truck still stalled with a few hundred zombies right behind us. We had to turn and go back to find a different route. There are a lot of weird Zs here, howlers and the ones that explode, though thankfully no more of the glowing ones. Eventually we found a way out that didn't mean going through the horde and we were back on mission.
We drove on through the night. I cooked some of the fancy rations. they didn't come out quite as I expected, kinda cold and slushy, but I definitely cooked them right. We took turns driving so we didn't have to stop. We took a rout through some kind of park oor farm land to avoid zombies. Gav took the first shift. He hit a few zombies but nothing major.
When I took over things were pretty quiet and I got to thinking about the zombies. They seem to be getting faster and smarter. I don't think they'll stop until they've fully turned to the enemy. We might be able to cure them somehow, but there must be so many. There were a lot of people on the Marauder of Parth before whatever it was hit us and turned them all into zombies or Sanctus Sanguine. I only hit one zombie on my driving shift, or at least I think it was a zombie. It moved after I hit it and we were going pretty fast, so it can't have been a survivor.
Quold took over after my shift and I got some more sleep. He managed to hit some kinda jury rigged barricade and bust 2 tires. We had to change 'em in the middle of a corn field. never thought I'd see the surface, let alone real corn! Chaz and I changed the tires pretty quick, just a few zombies to deal with and everyone else seemed to have it covered so I figured it'd be quicker if I helped with the tires. It was much easier than I'd expected. Everyone was whining about not feeling too good and trying ot blame my cooking, the ungrateful bastards. I definitely cooked that last meal right though.
Skrood took over driving next while the rest of us went back to sleep. He spotted a big horde of zombies on sensors so he drove round. He's smart like that, but then he is a Level 1 Sewer Technician. I always wanted to be a Level 1 but I never managed to get that promotion. I cooked breakfast in a field, only a few zombies around. This time it came out much more like I expected.
I was a bit worried about having to go through the irradiated zone where we set of the nuke. I don't know a lot about it, but I remember doing a project on nukes in school and reading something about fallout and radiation poisoning. Fallout's normally dust, which the ship usually filters out of the air for reprocessing in the protein vats, but the administration block was on top of a lake of semi-processed waste what with being in brown sector. The shit runs deep in brown sector, though the stuff you get up on the surface is pretty pleasant compared to the kind of thing I normally have to deal with. Anyway, the computer said it would be fine so I stopped worrying about it. Some of the others weren't quite so reassured for some reason and Quold argued with the computer, something about health and safety? After that it decided to give us some medicine, though it had to figure out how to make it first. The first test subjects levitated for a few hours then exploded, but eventually it worked out a safer formula. Or at least I hope it did, we've got to take these things three times a day.
Once we had the radiation pills we set out across surface towards navigation. There were a few zombies but nothing we couldn't handle. Didn't even have to stop the truck! Our luck didn't last though and Boomeron drove into the middle of a horde. There had to have been at least a thousand of the buggers. Wasn't really his fault though, you couldn't really see any of them for quite a while but then Skrood checked the sensors. We tried to keep on driving through but we spotted another one of those glowing green fuckers. Gav shot him up a bit with the LMGs on the roof and Boomeron hit him with the truck, but he was a tough bastard and ended up hanging on to the front of the truck. I remember what happened last time we got too close to one of those buggers, it got all green and glowy and made us sick. We all got better eventually, but having your body reject mutated tissue is not a pleasant experience. My immune system ended up pushing one of my ribs out of my chest so it could regenerate it without the green infectious stuff. Anyways, I wasn't having that fucker hanging onto our truck indefinitely so I climbed out of the window and shot it off with a plasma gun. I love this thing, it's great for vaporising zombies and cultists alike. Glad Gav's a bit obsessive about searching for weapons now. We spent 30 minutes mopping up, killed at least 500, but Skrood could see more coming on the sensors so had to move on.
On the way out we nearly hit a razorwire barricade, which would not have been good for the tires! Boomeron missed it 'cause all the zombies were milling around it but fortunately Quold spotted it on sensors. I still don't get those things, I mean I had some basic sensor training when I did my Sewer Technician training but it's still just a bunch of glowing dots to me. Luckily Boomeron's pretty good at driving so he avoided wrecking the tires, but the truck still stalled with a few hundred zombies right behind us. We had to turn and go back to find a different route. There are a lot of weird Zs here, howlers and the ones that explode, though thankfully no more of the glowing ones. Eventually we found a way out that didn't mean going through the horde and we were back on mission.
We drove on through the night. I cooked some of the fancy rations. they didn't come out quite as I expected, kinda cold and slushy, but I definitely cooked them right. We took turns driving so we didn't have to stop. We took a rout through some kind of park oor farm land to avoid zombies. Gav took the first shift. He hit a few zombies but nothing major.
When I took over things were pretty quiet and I got to thinking about the zombies. They seem to be getting faster and smarter. I don't think they'll stop until they've fully turned to the enemy. We might be able to cure them somehow, but there must be so many. There were a lot of people on the Marauder of Parth before whatever it was hit us and turned them all into zombies or Sanctus Sanguine. I only hit one zombie on my driving shift, or at least I think it was a zombie. It moved after I hit it and we were going pretty fast, so it can't have been a survivor.
Quold took over after my shift and I got some more sleep. He managed to hit some kinda jury rigged barricade and bust 2 tires. We had to change 'em in the middle of a corn field. never thought I'd see the surface, let alone real corn! Chaz and I changed the tires pretty quick, just a few zombies to deal with and everyone else seemed to have it covered so I figured it'd be quicker if I helped with the tires. It was much easier than I'd expected. Everyone was whining about not feeling too good and trying ot blame my cooking, the ungrateful bastards. I definitely cooked that last meal right though.
Skrood took over driving next while the rest of us went back to sleep. He spotted a big horde of zombies on sensors so he drove round. He's smart like that, but then he is a Level 1 Sewer Technician. I always wanted to be a Level 1 but I never managed to get that promotion. I cooked breakfast in a field, only a few zombies around. This time it came out much more like I expected.
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