Re: I'm attempting to make an Alternate zombie survival mission:

Posted by benevolentdevil on Aug 16, 2019; 3:53am
URL: http://kodabar-dayz-daizy-single-player-forum.163.s1.nabble.com/I-m-attempting-to-make-an-Alternate-zombie-survival-mission-tp20428p20429.html

Testing various "older" zombie scripts and missions, I've decided to go another alternate route.  

 Heh, I almost don't want to give a spoiler, but I'm gonna use the AlienZ mod , but not use many if any of the "armed" Zetaborns, but the unarmed Bloodseekers and Spookers.

 Why? Well first off , i've got entire classnames documented of the zetaborn units and such, which was a royal pain to find for any "zombie or infected" units from other sources.  This aids in my plan for how these units will spawn in.
  secondly, the Alien units are tough, it takes quite a few 5.56 shots to down one , of course higher caliber weapons do appropriate damage too.

 Behavior of the Zeta AI is unpredictable. These aren't exactly "zombies" that always mindlessly wander toward you. These units will work together, and flank, drop prone , sometimes even run off to be encountered later.
 Needless to say, they are tough, WITHOUT weaponry.  

 The "story"?

 A new type of invasion began.  Instead of War of the worlds , where ships came in leaving destruction in thier wake, ships came but had two purposes.
 Most the "mother ships" came and abducted the vast majority of the population ( reasons unknown) , leaving about 1% of the worlds population "behind".  The second set of ships, deployed the Greys , to root out any "survivors" and basically finish off humanity.

 Most areas ( the maps used) have a toxic "zone" surrounding them, that makes escaping the map/islands impossible. even chemical suits and gas mask are ineffective in these "dead-zones".  So, there's no hope of "rescue" , no Hope of extraction.

 Small groups of survivors, and half tossed together military units , trapped inside these zones, stay in communication via radio and satellite phone links.  A somewhat coordinated effort ( humanity vrs the aliens) is loosely being put together.
The Primary goals -
1- Survive. Humans are few now, every able body is needed in the effort.
2- Take down/out the Alien threats left behind.
3- after the deadly ground units of Zetaborns are eliminated or no longer a direct threat/complication, figure out the "dead-zone" issues.
4- Rebuild civilization from what's left.

Inside these "zones" , zetas hunt the humans currently. Their numbers are vast, and they are tough to take down. They can be quite fast too.
 However, small pockets of resistance dot the zones still.  

 Resistance fighters, scavenge for supplies, hold up in places , and have been taking the fight to the greys deployed.   It's not easy, a hard thing.
 Occasionally un-manned drones have been successful in airdropping some supplies to various areas. Most notably is the experimental "builder" PDA ... , but it's system seems tied to currency to use.
 
 So, what ever new "government" basically placed a bounty on each zetaborn head , and fronted survivor groups a bit of credit to use the system.  Each Zeta taken down, automatically is digitally tracked, and funds added to the group account.
  Fortifications, defenses, and weaponry and ammo can be purchased directly from the PDa device.
( The PDA might actually be converted Alien technology.)

 Unfortunately , you can't buy a tank to use, nor gas.  

But, of course ... survival is hard, and not everyone makes it.  
Supplies are running low, or are expired.

 You have to go out and scavenge , have to find basic supplies, and try not to get killed by the quick, and deadly zetaborns.