SnowStorm42
Senior Member
By 2010, it was safe to say that most countries in the world were armed to bone. Between naval fleets, nuclear weapons, and drones, the world had reached a stalemate. Tensions would arise here or there, but it usually resulted in peace talks or at least some sort of truce. This continued for a long span of human history, until somewhere around 2020, when a president was elected in the Americas who had a very militaristic ideology. This president decided that it was time for someone to come out on top in the world and pose a true ruling force. Therefor a project called ‘Project Artemis’ began with the intent of creating a lethal and secret biochemical weapon that could take out a whole country with a single attack.
Tests were running well and good, for two years. Then after an accident that the media caught few details of, the weapon self-destructed in Northern America. This resulted in a detrimental outbreak of a virus that wiped out more than half of the population. However beyond killing the population, it mutated the corpses and seemed to “bring them to life”. A zombie outbreak as the younger generations started to call it. It spread quickly and with violence in the country. The world, decided that it would neutralize the threat to prevent a global catastrophe. Nukes. Ground troops. Evacuation zones. Everything was done to prevent the outbreak from spreading to other countries at a fast rate. Within two years the countries eradicated many threats of the undead and left deciding that North America was uninhabitable and quarantined off from the world
There was one region though, that through all of the nuclear explosions, and the evacuations, remained surprisingly pristine and untouched. This region was called ‘Arcadia’. This region was unique in that the zombie outbreak hit, but the city seemed more than prepared. However many groups tried to take advantage of all of the chaos that the outbreak brought about.
By the year 2026, many factions had established themselves in Arcadia, in hopes of creating a new future for America. These factions included the Guerrillas; a brutal group that seeks to take in the strong and enslave the weak, The Allied Resistance Movement or ARM; who stand up to the Guerrillas and want to create a new government that gives actual freedom and peace to the people, and The Veterans; who are remnants of the old United States Military who want to bring the country back to the way it was
Some smaller factions exist such as the Natives; who wish to return to the way of the countries ancestors and live off the land in peace and harmony, and the Purists; a cult that believes they are the Chosen People, who must purge all those that are considered touched by the virus. There are also safe zones that remain neutral amongst the warring factions
As if the undead weren’t enough, Arcadia was now a warzone between differing ideologies. Only one ideology will come out on top. The question is can anyone win the war? Or will the dead come out on top?
Tests were running well and good, for two years. Then after an accident that the media caught few details of, the weapon self-destructed in Northern America. This resulted in a detrimental outbreak of a virus that wiped out more than half of the population. However beyond killing the population, it mutated the corpses and seemed to “bring them to life”. A zombie outbreak as the younger generations started to call it. It spread quickly and with violence in the country. The world, decided that it would neutralize the threat to prevent a global catastrophe. Nukes. Ground troops. Evacuation zones. Everything was done to prevent the outbreak from spreading to other countries at a fast rate. Within two years the countries eradicated many threats of the undead and left deciding that North America was uninhabitable and quarantined off from the world
There was one region though, that through all of the nuclear explosions, and the evacuations, remained surprisingly pristine and untouched. This region was called ‘Arcadia’. This region was unique in that the zombie outbreak hit, but the city seemed more than prepared. However many groups tried to take advantage of all of the chaos that the outbreak brought about.
By the year 2026, many factions had established themselves in Arcadia, in hopes of creating a new future for America. These factions included the Guerrillas; a brutal group that seeks to take in the strong and enslave the weak, The Allied Resistance Movement or ARM; who stand up to the Guerrillas and want to create a new government that gives actual freedom and peace to the people, and The Veterans; who are remnants of the old United States Military who want to bring the country back to the way it was
Some smaller factions exist such as the Natives; who wish to return to the way of the countries ancestors and live off the land in peace and harmony, and the Purists; a cult that believes they are the Chosen People, who must purge all those that are considered touched by the virus. There are also safe zones that remain neutral amongst the warring factions
As if the undead weren’t enough, Arcadia was now a warzone between differing ideologies. Only one ideology will come out on top. The question is can anyone win the war? Or will the dead come out on top?