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that would be amazing!! Electric cars would be great too until the power grid fails.
---------- lol, alrighty, nice chattin with ya again Drizzle!! Take it easy man!! *raises glass* XD |
Thats where the hamsters kick in.
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Yeah, nice talking again, Drizzle. Gonna have to make a habit of that in the future. No more of this too busy for the internet business of mine. Have a Happy New Year's Eve, man.
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LOL, i almost didn't get that at first!! XD
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Maybe if we do go with the truck idea, we could have a smaller group of people in smart cars that go ahead of the caravan and scope out the area, so that way we don't waste time and fuel trying to get through areas where it would be difficult to impossible to do so. And smart cars are pretty small, so they'd be able to avoid things easily, but I don't really know what their top speed is or anything...
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well, that could work. But you still eventually have to worry about it. If we could steal a fuel truck, and steal gas from every car we find, we could be set or a long time!!
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This is true. But we would have to make sure the fuel truck stayed in the back, to avoid anything happening to it if at all possible.
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or maybe better if it was in the middle.. couldn't be rammed or snuck up on, and not in the front where that could also be a problem.... if at all possible having two trucks on either side too... we would have to guard that thing with our lives!!! That and our food supplies!!
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I may look into solar panels in the near future. They're not the cheapest things in the world right now, but given a bit of time, they should become more affordable. It's hooking them up to the trucks that I see as a problem. Anyone know an electrical engineer we can "rescue"?
__ You do, you do. Well, depending on how long into the apocalypse we are, it will be come more and more apparent if there's milk in the back of a truck. If it's fresh, we take some. If not, I saw we ditch the truck. That smell never quite comes out of anything. Trust me on that one. |
yeah, that's a good point too. no need to keep the milk or truck if it's nasty. X_x
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Hmm... Yeah, a compound is another idea I like a lot... Perhaps if we had a compound, we could also have the trucks for purposes of scouting for resources and coming to the aid of other survivors...
But a compound... Perhaps we could find a small, comfortable neighborhood (or build one, eventually) that's not really near a place where a lot of people used to live (meaning more zombies), and live there... If we had solar panels, we wouldn't have to worry about power as much for all the houses, and we could set up an emergency communication system between the houses, as well as sirens outside and speakers for broadcasting, just in case... OR, maybe we could figure out how to build us some windmills... That way, we could choose which power source to use, especially in times like in the winter, where you get a lot of over-cast days, so not as much solar energy is available... But we could build a few rows of razor-wire topped fences around the place, and set up guard towers and shift duties, neighborhood patrols, what not... It could be a right nice place to live, if you don't mind living along side military-like activity. XD |
Well, that actually would be a pretty good idea!! It would be very hard to get that many materials, and especially hard to keep not only zombies, but other people away from the building site/ neighborhood during/after construction. But if we actually could pull that off, it would be amazing!! I doubt it would be /too/ military, we would have to have rules.. but it wouldn't be that hard I couldn't imagine!! Idk. I really do like that plan though.. much more long term, but I like it!! XDD
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When the zeds come marching in, everyone becomes a soldier. I very much prefer the idea of an out of the way fortress sort of deal, but having this caravan on hand seems like it would be quite useful. It might take some time to acquire it all, but when Z-day comes, I think we'll all find our schedules a bit emptier. It would partially eliminate some of the need to fight other humans, too. Why loot people who can offer you a safe place to sleep and a meal? We'd only have to worry about people who might want to take it over.
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yeah, that's the major issue!! I completely agree, it's a brilliant idea!! Nova's usually good for those.. :p but really, if we let people in and offered shelter, they should need to go through some kind of screening. This is where Gailia starts her strip search duties!! XDD
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And thus, we have come full circle. There would definitely have to be a screening, but we're walking a dangerous line when we start governing others. I won't have this turn into a little police state. Not that I think any of us are a particular threat there, but sometimes these things get out of hand.
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Well yeah, it's like, ultimate goal. But as far as it not being 'too military', in my mind, it would pretty much have to be, in order to keep some established order. And as far as living people coming, if they want to participate in what we had going on, and they're not there to start trouble, but simply to start over, then that's fine. Expansion is alright, but we /would/ still have to be careful about how many people we had all in one place, just in case of an accidental outbreak. We wouldn't want /all/ of our survivors to die (though ZERO would be ideal). Perhaps we could limit the size of the compound to about 50-100 people at /absolute max/, and then simply branch out from there with a simple system of roads and other similar compounds near by, working together. We could have a communication system set up not only between houses for general/emergency use, but one set up between compounds and do 'check-ins' to make sure things are running smoothly at each compound.
And naturally, we would have to have areas of quarantine for new comers. Perhaps a couple days to a week, depending on how long a full transformation would take, that way we aren't risking the lives of our current survivors, and we're also not violating people's privacy with things like strip searches and what not. And we could have an application-type process for any one who wants to be in ANY kind of authority, to make sure they aren't just going to abuse their power or anything. And preferably, at least in my mind, there would be /no one person/ in charge of the whole operation (presidents, etc.). We would function as a true democracy, with everyone having an equal voice, even if they're just a citizen. I mean, we'd be trying to rebuild a better world, not make the same mistakes as the one that was just destroyed. |
True, but you also can't just trust people in a situation like that. Not really being a police state.... just being careful!! What if we do trust the wrong person and they kill us all in our sleep? Or open the gates? We need some way that we can come to trusting any newcomers!!
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I very much agree with you there though. We can't just open our gates and welcome everyone without finding out their intentions first!! And starting a branch of these compounds would be amazing!! Think of all the people we could help, and not only that but we could live semi-normal lives in a place like that!! I'm all for this!! I want to start preparations now!! XD |
...Quick! To Utah! XD At least, I think that's what I mean...
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Oh, definitely. I'm not saying let everyone in no matter what and let them run amuck. But people do require an amount of freedom, and I'll be damned if I'm going to infringe too far. There will be hard decisions, and there will be moral dilemmas. Of that, I am sure. And in such an environment, it's easy to go overboard and start to go a bit crazy. Especially if we start looking out for more people beyond ourselves. That's all I'm saying.
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lol, well.. i'm sure we'd get it all figured out. We have to head down to Kentucky first!! ;)
Too true, not controlling people, just being cautious. And when someone tries to rise up and take total control, we have to remind them that we aren't trying to recreate America... we're trying to make it better!!! |
Damn straight! Zombies are the seeds of the next revolution! We can rise from the ashes, better than before!
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Yay!
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Yes, I know what you're saying. That's how I feel, too. I don't want anyone lording over anyone else. Abuse of authority would mean losing that authority immediately, and we would always have the trump card of, if they continue to cause issues, giving them a choice. Behave, or leave. In a situation like that, I would not want to mess around. I wouldn't want to put the safety of the group as a whole on the line for just one person, despite that I value each and every life. There would be rules, and penalties for breaking the rules, with the most sever being exile. I would really hope it wouldn't ever come to that, though.
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I've always wanted peace for this whole world... maybe the zombie apocalypse is just what i needs!! If we can manage to band together and make it through there, then there would have to be hope for the world!!! I can't imagine living through that, just for it to end up how it is now!! I think I would go psycho and start killing survivors.. lol. -fingers crossed for the ZA-
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