Sunday, May 10, 2009

Andre Renard. Quebec, Canada.

Andre Renard firmly believes that his “warfare” was probably the most hardest on them all. Try fighting underneath a city. That’s what he did. He, along with many other civilians and MP, were underneath Paris inside tunnels of the dead and the living dead. These tunnels were enormous and mostly unknown. There were many dead bodies along with skeletal corpses everywhere. When the civilians poured in, it became a chaotic living quarters.
Along with the endless tunnels and routes, there were also the zombies that fallowed in somehow. If you were attacked by a zombie, you could hear their cries for help and over the radio. Yes, radios were used, even underground somehow. If you needed help, people would race towards you, but it doesn’t always work. You had to assume where they were. You didn’t always know. Sometimes you’d get lost or end up finding them, and, most likely, dead or reanimated.
There were also floods and toxic chemicals in the air. Their equipment was heavy, old, and, sometimes, unnecessary. Their gas masks might be old now, not working up to the full potential because of the filter. Water was raising and people could be drowned by zombies too.
Sometimes the scuba divers came into help. I don’t know if that was such a smart idea, but it is what it is, you can’t change what already happened. They had a 1-in-20 chance of survival, the lowest branch of any army. Too many combatants and civilians were dying. It was a mess.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Todd Wainios. Denver, Colorado, USA

Todd Wainios is a loving family man with a wife and a studious sun. He tells me his story as I help him with his dishes. I believe he is thankful for the help.
He begins off with telling me that he served at Yonkers, an epic battle that ended up in a mass failure. The next battle that is the main focus of our conversation. This battle was at Hope, New Mexico. This was mostly an all infantry battle with a few humvees. This battle was fought with the SIR, the Standard Infantry Rifle. They used a mock off version of the AK-47. This rifle had a few extra features like this point where it can stab like a bayonet. It also used a different type of round, the NATO 5.56 “Cherry PIE.” PIE stands for pyrotechnically initiated explosive. These rounds shattered on impact and the fragments would enter into the brain and burn. They also used the “Lobo” just in case.
They fought in an open desert area. They created 2 lines with a sharpshooter in front and a reservist behind the first. The reservist’s role was to change places once the person in front had to reload. This was a very effective. In doing so, this allowed for continuous fire. There were also the Sandlers. These people were the resupply guys. If somebody raised their weapon in the air, then a Sandler would come over and give him more ammo, and took the empty magazines and reloaded them. There was an excessive amount of supplies, far more than what was needed, but it helped. If this strategy was used in Yonkers, would have Yonkers turn out differently?
The battle was fierce, relentless, and long. Zack just kept on coming. It lasted 15 hours. Eventually, it ended with a victory in our favor. The reward was great. He got all the sleep he wanted the following day. Morale was up and the battle to retake America has begun with a victory.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Terry Knox. Sydney, Australia

I just caught up with Terry Knox who was on the first and only Australian commander of the International Space Station. The ISS is one of humanities greatest inventions. It was so huge, he said, that you could see it with your naked eye down on Earth. It took a long time and a lot of cooperation to build this station; about 16 countries collaborating and over 10 years. It was expensive and took up a lot of resources. This station was extremely important to humanity.
Aboard the ISS, Mr. Knox and his companions watched surveillance videos and news feeds around the world. They couldn’t do anything but watch. Food and supplies wouldn’t last forever aboard the ISS. Everything was used to its fullest potential, which includes eating the test animals.
There were modifications made to help keep the station on orbit and up and running. One of these modifications included tampering with the ATV, the Automated Transfer Vehicle. These robots, like “Boba”, were also used to help maintain the station.
Many scenes and audio were viewed over time aboard the ISS. They saw the Three Gorges Dan collapse; killing an unknown amount of civilians and destroying everything in its way. There was a funny thing that happened. This zombie was chasing a mole in a sand dune, and when the Zed Head tried to get in the burrow, sand just kept falling on it. The zombie stayed there for 5 days trying to catch it, but one morning, it just stopped and wondered away, as if nothing happened. The mole made it away. They also listened to the Chinese president’s speech. He says it was an “unforeseen tragedy.”
They came across the Chinese space station and heard a distress call. Eventually Terry boarded the Yang Liwei. There was some kind of conspiracy in there, and the station was rigged with explosives. The explosives were part of a “Scorched Space” policy, which basically meant, “if we can’t have it, neither can anyone else.” Luckily, the station didn’t explode and the crew of the ISS took its supplies for themselves, which lasted about 3 extra years.
Terry Knox and the crew don’t regret anything. In fact, if they had the chance, they’d do it again. Terry was a nice man; unfortunately, he died 3 days after our interview.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Barati Palshigar. Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia

Barati Palshigar believes strongly in that ignorance is the main reason for the Zombie War. Mr. Palshigar worked for Radio Free Earth. Their job was to give out information. The job, for Barati, was to sort out information that was misleading and, utterly, stupid. This kind of information involves basic survival skill, how to fight the zombies correctly, and, even, religious matters as well. One of the religious stories was that if you wanted to be “cleansed” of the “curse”, you had to have intercourse with a virgin. Think of all the girls who got raped unwillingly. Are some of the religious ways correct? Is it right to just rape a girl so that you’ll be “cleansed”?
He also mentions the IR, the Information Reception. Their job was to process the information and hand it over to Palshigar’s department. It was a horrible job. You had to listen to all these cries and sad voices. They couldn’t respond back either, they just weren’t allowed to. That job became fatally contagious amongst themselves. One kid, an 18-year-old, couldn’t take it anymore and killed himself right then and there. Eventually, after that suicide, all of the operators committed suicide. None are left today. Even his best friend did so, as well.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

David Allen Forbes. Province of Bohemia, the European Union


David Allen Forbes told me his story. Originally, when I met him, he was kind of nervous. But, later, he told me about his involvement in Windsor. Windsor was a castle, a fortress for survivors and defensive combat personnel. It is huge! About thirteen acres! It had its own well and other commentaries. There were oil deposits underneath the castle which were tapped into by the engineers. A lot of things were found, according to him.
He gets nervous as I’m about to leave. He wants to tell more.
He talks about “her”. She said that service to others was the highest of distinctions. And that sacrifices must be made. It was a short, non-ground gaining interview, at least in my opinion.
Briefly in the beginning of the interview, he talked about the plundering of the area. It was out of hand during the winter season. Is it morally correct just to plunder any area just for personal gain? How does it affect you, and what will be the effect of the ones you plunder from?