> We should start stocking up on firearms, especially the close-quarters types.
> Grab some ammo while we're at it so we don't have to use the guns as bludgeons.
> Ladders will suffice so we can easily get to roofs and other high ground.
> Get some lighters and spare butane (or whatever the fuel's called) to burn down said ladders in the event that our means of escape from said high ground is compromised.
If anyone else has suggestions for preparation for the coming Zombie Apocalypse, help this thread stay alive and post them.
Now to discuss rally points:
American zones
...The zombies only have one way to go. Right into trigger-happy redneck territory.
If this is true, then we'll set the east Texan border and nearby areas as our front lines.
Let us all meet at Woot's house and hold off there!
We'll have Woot's house as our forward Command Post/main base/firebase-thing, which, despite being near the front lines, should have bolstered defenses, thanks to the residing Redneck Forces.
We can use New Orleans as a forward observation area, but knowing how much trouble it's been through over the years, it might be difficult to defend.
We shouldn't have much trouble convincing California (Los Angeles in particular) to let us use the complex of the E3 Expo as our fallback point. We could use that sector as one of our communications relays, if possible. Also, getting into California in general is geographically difficult, what with the mountains and little bit of desert lying in the way.
Reasons for making this our last option on the mainland:
> We've basically lost the entire nation to the Zombie Apocalypse.
> Because of this, we should have gained a considerable amount of surviving humans and any firepower they brought with them. It may be crowded.
If the Los Angeles area is also lost, then our best option is to head west to Long Beach or northwest to Santa Barbara, so we can use their docks to escape the mainland. If the local airports are still in service, we can use those to leave much more quickly. Our goal, then, will be to head toward Hawaii as a checkpoint, then straight through to Australia and New Zealand.
Australian zones
Vorsprung, Beese, this is where you and your brethren come in. I'm not sure if your lands down there will be able to handle the entire remnants of America all barging in almost unannounced. Once we've arrived at your shores, we can only assume that this zombie outbreak is occurring on a global scale. Your countries will be our final stand.
Alright, how about we all hide out at Beese's house?
Before we've started losing Texas, though, we'll need Beese's estate/mansion/home/pad/crib to be our main communications base and our "mission control" for Orbital Defenses. (They've got to have space lasers up there.)
As for Vorsprung's sector, we can use that as our main R&D complex to help develop the most efficient and super-combustible schtuff that the Pyro Overlord has to offer. Hopefully, we can also use the Land(s) Down Under (?) as, if worse comes to worst, launch points for spacecraft designed for global evacuation (currently in development by the R&D teams). That, or we can fight to our dying breaths, or we repent and pray to the Almighty Taco Lord.
But honestly, how in the hell could zombies (albeit being an apocalypse) reach one of the most geographically secure landmasses on the planet?
Last Resort
Lastly, we may need reinforcements, if we as a planet are to survive. We may need to get into contact with Equestrian High Command so they can send out their special forces to Eurasia and Africa. We'll be too busy with the Americas and Oceania and, let's face it, those ponies probably have some powerful tools on hoof to effectively quell the outbreak.
You guys think this is a good idea? Did I miss anything/anyone important? Other suggestions? Again, help keep this thread alive; post things that might had better help us out!