(At this point, we're moving to one combat round per major update.
Walkers from the east: 34 dead, 1 with 9 damage to head
Walkers from the west: 7/32 dead
3 at NW corner
1 near SW corner [7 yards]
1 near SW corner [15 yards]
1 near NW corner [15 yards, 26 damage to torso]
1 SW of motel [22 yards, 28 damage to chest]
1 SW of motel [22 yards, 32 damage to abdomen]
1 NW of motel [22 yards, 26 damage to chest]
1 SW of motel [22 yards, 36 damage to abdomen]
1 NW of motel [22 yards, 10 damage to right arm]
1 NW of motel [22 yards, 17 damage to abdomen]
1 NW of motel [25 yards, 20 damage, left leg gone]
1 SW of motel [25 yards, 27 damage, left leg gone]
1 NW of motel [30 yards, 27 damage, left leg gone]
1 NW of motel [30 yards, 32 damage, right leg gone]
1 NW of motel [30 yards, 33 damage, left leg gone]
1 NW of motel [30 yards, 32 damage, left leg gone]
1 NW of motel [30 yards, 14 damage, right leg gone]
1 SW of motel [30 yards, 33 damage, left leg gone]
5 near edge of grass [30+ yards]
Runners from the west:
1 at SW corner [1 damage to chest]
1 at NW corner [4 damage to chest]
1 SW of motel [20 yards]
1 in grass [40+ yards]
NW barricade: 17 damage
SW barricade: 2 damage)
On the motel roof-
Sergeant Black raced for the west side of the roof as soon as he heard the explosions while
Ernest remained where he was and took aim at the horde to the east.
Black shuddered in alarm when he saw the zombies so close to the motel, but
he was used to the sight enough that he was still able to function. He fired twice at the zombies, reloaded, and then fired once more.
All three shots hit, and
he obliterated all three targets. The other three reached the northwest corner of the motel and vanished from sight beneath the overhang. "We're under attack from the west!" he shouted on the radio. "
There are about thirty left incoming from the field, and a few of them have already reached the motel!"
Indeed, another zombie was several yards behind the other three, closing in on the southwest corner of the motel.
Another had been slain outright by one of the Claymores, two more had lost a leg each and were just crawling out of the grass. Another had its chest blown apart but was still staggering on toward the northwest corner, now only 15 yards away.
Another nine zombies reached the Claymores just as
Black had turned to look.
Only one had made it past the Claymores without a scratch and was now within 15 yards of the southwest corner. Another tripped the third Claymore in the middle of the field. Its guts were destroyed, but it kept coming. Four more each lost a leg and crawled to the edge of the parking lot, and the other three had taken severe damage to their torsos.
Additionally, there had been
four fast-moving ghouls at the back of the pack, though
two of them quickly caught up to the front.
One reached each corner of the motel on the west side, and
each had light wounds on its chest from the Claymores.
Seven more slow zombies emerged from the grass behind them, and
just two had been very close to a Claymore.
The one that was nearest to the mine's head was blown off.
Two others also went down with head wounds, two lost their legs, one had a wounded arm, and another had a gaping hole in its belly.
Another runner passed them and closed in on
the southwest corner while the other remained in the grass, along with five of the slower ones.
The zombies that had reached the motel began tearing at the barricaded stairways, trying to reach the balcony and the tasty morsels above. Only two of them could attack the northwest stairs at a time, but
they quickly demolished a large portion of the barricade. The fast zombie at the southwest corner
barely dented the barricade on those stairs.
Ernest took three shots at the zombies to the east.
Only the last one hit, but
it was lethal.
(Those on the roof now have one round to act. It will take your entire action to move from one side of the roof to the other and change which group of zombies you're shooting at. The roof is sloped, so you cannot see over the peak which runs north and south down the center. If you move to the west side from the east, you'll see the zombies in the parking lot and will need to roll Sanity as described above. Black, Sheen, and Luke, you're already facing west. Sheen, your rifle may only be fired every other round, so you do not get to shoot this time. Black, and Luke, you may each shoot once at the zombies on the west. Each walker has a total of 40 HP, and each runner has a total of 50. As always, 10 damage to the head is also enough for a kill. You cannot target the zombies that have already reached the motel from the roof - or from the balcony for that matter - the balcony and roof both overhang the base of the motel. Zombies that have lost a leg crawl 5 yards per round, walkers move 7-8 yards, and runners move 20 yards. You might want to take out the zombies closest to the motel first, before they reach it and pass out of your line of sight. Cole, Malanowski, and Ernest Granger are all currently on the east side. Ernest may not fire this round, as his rifle also has a slow rate of fire. Cole may now fire once at the zombies to the east at 1/4 skill, or he can cross over to the other side of the roof this round instead of firing.)
In the comm room-
"Dammit!" cried
Lt. Curtis when he heard
Black on the radio. "How did they get so close?
Mikhalin, get me Warren!" She connected him, and he spoke. "
Colonel Carmichael, the motel is under attack by approximately thirty infected. All of the Claymores we planted went off, but they're still coming and some of them are already here!"
"You have to hold your position," said
Carmichael. "Communications must remain intact at all costs. How did they get there without being taken out by the snipers first?"
"They were shooting at a more distant group to the east. I suppose that took all of their attention. They didn't know they were coming through the high grass to the west until the mines detonated, sir."
Lt. Doolittle looked very worried. She continued to work on repairing the M-4, hoping she'd have a chance to finish.
(Anyone leaving the room will see the zombies in the parking lot and will need to roll Sanity. Sanity loss is 0/1d10. You will not be able to fire at the zombies this round if you leave, but in the following round you could. Everyone, roll Listen.)
In Room 3-
"I've got to get back out there!" shouted
Applebee when he heard
Black on the radio. He hurried out the door.
Lt. Blanco,
Amanda, and
Dr. Owens followed him.
In Room 5-
Phillips forced himself to stand and hobbled out the door. "I'm gonna do what I can," he said to
Ortega and
Wallace. "You guys coming or what?"
East of the motel-
"Let's get the civilians screened and up on the balcony fast!" shouted
Lt. Blanco. "You first,
Amanda."
She started checking her over while
Zorie examined
David.
"Okay,
you're good to go,"
Zorie told
David. "No bite marks, no fever."
"You sure?" asked
David. "Just looking at you is makin' me burn up."
"Just get your ass upstairs!" barked
Lt. Blanco, distracted from her work by his antics.
Coltrane took off for the T-Bone at a run, passing
Hodges, who was on his way back.
Coltrane made it a little over halfway to the garage, crossing the road halfway between them.
Hodges approached the eastern edge of the parking lot.
"Give me the grenade," said
Kincaid. "I'll finish up this last trap. You can go do what you gotta do."
Cheng nodded and handed it to him.
Kincaid managed to set up the grenade on a tripwire at the southeast corner of the lot.
(Coltrane, it will take you this round and two more to reach the garage. It would take you a full five rounds to return to the motel. Hodges, you may enter the motel's eastern parking lot this round. You may head for the northeast, central, or southeast part of the lot, depending on where you intend to head next. You know about the traps, so there's no risk of setting one off.)