Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Epic Zombie Defense, Ep 1, The Boat House

Clower is taking the first installment of the Epic Zombie Defense, or EZD, scenario. The rules are simple:

  1. You plus any three people
  2. Locale, time limit, and particular scenario changes for each installment
  3. Do you survive?

So for Clower, he gets 3 people and has to survive 36 hours on a boat house. Here is his response:

So if I have to defend a boat house for 36 hours against the zombie horde, I'm going to assume for the sake of argument that for some reason we can't just take the boat out to sea and wait the zombies out. Maybe we're out of gas or run aground in the shallows. Given that we are talking about having to defend a small structure that is also likely being tossed about by the surf, I think you need a crack team of nautical-minded warriors. So my picks:
Richard Marcinko, the real-life Navy SEAL and author of the Rogue Warrior series of action novels: To be specific, I'd want the fictional version that appears in the books, not the real-life Marcincko. Because, while Marcinko could probably still kick my butt in real life, he probably makes himself a lot tougher in the books. I figure his marksmanship, naval experience, and overall BAMFness would make the Rouge Warrior a top-natch nautical zombie killer.
Capt. Jack Sparrow: I'll admit Sparrow is a risky choice. Without a steady supply of rum on board he's likely to go into withdrawals and be useless. But he has actual experience fighting the undead on the high seas (see the first Pirates of the Caribbean  movie) and he's pretty handy with a gun and sword. Plus, he's kind of funny, which would be good for moral in the face of certain death.
Aquaman: The king of Atlantis gets a bad rap for having the lamest powers of anyone on the Justice League, but out on the water, his ability to communicate with sea creatures could come in handy. In this scenario, I'd specifically want the bearded, hook-handed nineties version of the Aquaman, not the goofball from Superfriends.
The Result:
After our house boat runs aground in the shallows, the teams decides to make a stand against the horde of undead sloshing towards us through the surf. In the first few hours of the assault, Marcinko's Navy SEAL marksmanship will keep the horde at bay. With Marcinko to guide us, the rest of the team uses this time to make some improvised sea mines out of spare gasoline and other chemicals aboard the boat. Tossing these into the surf, we are able to further thin out the zombies. For the first 10 hours or so, things are going smooth, but eventually we'd be out of ammo, out of explosives and the zombies would soon be clambering onto the boat. Jack's sword and Aquaman's hook hand would help in fighting back the zombies, and Aquaman would use his powers to call in an army of sharks and a giant squid to even the odds. Unfortunately, we underestimated the effect of consuming undead flesh would have on sea life, and soon our boat would be surrounded by a frothy soup of zombie sharks and undead squid tentacles wrapping around the hull. Faced with certain death, we'd be forced to pull a Keira Knightly and sacrifice Capt. Jack to save everyone else. Passing Jack the rest of the rum, we'd toss him into the sea to be fought over by the the zombified sharks and squid while the rest of us make for the inflatable raft and beat a hasty retreat back to shore. Total survival time: 25 hours.

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