Project Zomboid: The Knox Event 1993 in Real Time

[lordroel]

Jul 8, 2023 13:26:47 GMT gillan1220 said:

Jul 8, 2023 13:22:28 GMT lordroel said:

Then we also have the TV series based on the game, The Last of Us where infected bread/flour cause the spread of the Cordyceps fungus.

That explains why the Cordyceps fungus spread fast. Who would have thought bread and flour would be the vector of it.

Then i would be dead ore infected, as a baker i work with that product every day.

But think we are drifting away from you TL, my apologize.

[gillan1220]

Jul 8, 2023 13:32:38 GMT lordroel said:

Jul 8, 2023 13:26:47 GMT gillan1220 said:

That explains why the Cordyceps fungus spread fast. Who would have thought bread and flour would be the vector of it.

Then i would be dead ore infected, as a baker i work with that product every day.

But think we are drifting away from you TL, my apologize.

No worries, we are just relating fast-spreading pathogens to the Knox Infection.

Due to the time difference between the U.S. and my country, the posting of real-time updates is delayed by a day. I usually post once the updates for the day has been tweeted.

[lordroel]

Jul 8, 2023 13:34:38 GMT gillan1220 said:

Due to the time difference between the U.S. and my country, the posting of real-time updates is delayed by a day. I usually post once the updates for the day has been tweeted.

I notice the updates that are made are spread across a day.

[gillan1220]

Jul 8, 2023 13:36:23 GMT lordroel said:

Jul 8, 2023 13:34:38 GMT gillan1220 said:

Due to the time difference between the U.S. and my country, the posting of real-time updates is delayed by a day. I usually post once the updates for the day has been tweeted.

I notice the updates that are made are spread across a day.

That's why I wait for the updates to be finished before reposting here with references to OTL. Notice how I replaced the fictional characters with their OTL counterparts.

[lordroel]

Jul 8, 2023 13:41:27 GMT gillan1220 said:

Jul 8, 2023 13:36:23 GMT lordroel said:

I notice the updates that are made are spread across a day.

That's why I wait for the updates to be finished before reposting here with references to OTL. Notice how I replaced the fictional characters with their OTL counterparts.

Also plans on doing it on the big place (namely AH.com), if they allow it.

[gillan1220]

Jul 8, 2023 13:50:56 GMT lordroel said:

Jul 8, 2023 13:41:27 GMT gillan1220 said:

That's why I wait for the updates to be finished before reposting here with references to OTL. Notice how I replaced the fictional characters with their OTL counterparts.

Also plans on doing it on the big place (namely AH.com), if they allow it.

I have a PZ thread on the other forum but it's for discussing the lore rather than real-time. Since CalBear is strict when it comes to plagiarism.


www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/project-zomboid-what-if-knox-infection-occurred-in-july-1993.539308/

[lordroel]

Jul 8, 2023 17:18:23 GMT gillan1220 said:

Jul 8, 2023 13:50:56 GMT lordroel said:

Also plans on doing it on the big place (namely AH.com), if they allow it.

I have a PZ thread on the other forum but it's for discussing the lore rather than real-time. Since CalBear is strict when it comes to plagiarism.


www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/project-zomboid-what-if-knox-infection-occurred-in-july-1993.539308/

Well good luck, hope a lot of discussion will happen there.

[spiegel]

Jul 8, 2023 12:53:07 GMT gillan1220 said:

Jul 8, 2023 2:38:57 GMT spiegel said:

Hmm Interesting now let's see what happen on Philippines in Knox Event.

Initially spared as my guess.

The Knox Infection would appear in regions where the U.S. has military bases or deployments such as in the UK, Germany, Japan, Okinawa, South Korea, and Somalia. There's a theory on Reddit that the KI was brought to other countries by U.S. military personnel on leave and reported to duty. Think of it as the Wildfire Virus from The Walking Dead or the T-Virus from the Resident Evil live-action universe. KI was theorized to be airborne, which explains why so many people became sick with the fever and turned into zombies. Or why the U.S. Army or National Guard suffered outbreaks behind friendly lines. 

First post on Reddit: Knox Event Worldwide Cause

Howdy fellas. Just wanted to share my thoughts here. Been playing plenty of custom PZ lately, and recently I've started doing sprinting zombies on the first few days of the outbreak, which means I can start listening in on the immersive radio and television broadcasts. One of the latest NNR broadcasts just noted that the infection had spread to cities throughout the world, including Newcastle, Seoul, Okinawa, and Mogadishu. Considering that the game takes place in 1993, this puts the reason for the outbreaks spread likely due to US military operations - Operation Gothic Serpent or the prior humanitarian operations were ongoing in Somalia, Okinawa is home to important Marine and Naval bases for forward deployed soldiers, Newcastle is about 5 miles out from a British military base, and Seoul houses the HQ of US Army Korea. Stands to reason, then, that the cause of the Knox Event spreading worldwide is likely due to deployed American soldiers. Not that it matters at all in game, but a nifty little tidbit from the developers I guess.

Yep, Operation Gothic Serpent was ongoing at the time of the outbreak.

See map:

Source

Closest one I could find is from 1989, so that four-year difference will have to suffice as a reference.

Second post on Reddit: The Knox Event is airborn, which is how the rest of the world collapsed as time goes on in the game

So if the character we play as is immune to the airborn strain, but not the bite, what's the percentage of those that are actually immune to the airborn strain in Project zomboid?



There are approximately more than 7 billion people in the whole world, and the lore seems to state that immunity to the airborn strain is extremely rare, so how many people is actually immune to the airborn at least?

The characters we play are immune to the airborne strain, but a bite will surely make someone turn. Scratches and lacerations have less chance to become zombified.

Clark and Subic was formally turned over by the U.S. to the AFP in November 1992. So in July 1993, there are no U.S. military deployments in the Philippines. But my guess is the Philippines would eventually fall as travelers from the U.S., Japan, and South Korea may have brought the KI to the country. The AFP was also a bad state in 1993. President Fidel V. Ramos might be evacuated to Baguio. Metro Manila, Cebu, Davao, and other major cities would be overrun.

One Problem on Philippines what if someone been infected and got entered on Philippines ala Trojan Horse when shit hits the fan panic ensues hoarding can of food guns and ammo and kill any neighbor been thinking they are Zombies.

[gillan1220]

Jul 8, 2023 23:49:46 GMT spiegel said:

Jul 8, 2023 12:53:07 GMT gillan1220 said:

Initially spared as my guess.

The Knox Infection would appear in regions where the U.S. has military bases or deployments such as in the UK, Germany, Japan, Okinawa, South Korea, and Somalia. There's a theory on Reddit that the KI was brought to other countries by U.S. military personnel on leave and reported to duty. Think of it as the Wildfire Virus from The Walking Dead or the T-Virus from the Resident Evil live-action universe. KI was theorized to be airborne, which explains why so many people became sick with the fever and turned into zombies. Or why the U.S. Army or National Guard suffered outbreaks behind friendly lines. 

First post on Reddit: Knox Event Worldwide Cause

Yep, Operation Gothic Serpent was ongoing at the time of the outbreak.

See map:

Source

Closest one I could find is from 1989, so that four-year difference will have to suffice as a reference.

Second post on Reddit: The Knox Event is airborn, which is how the rest of the world collapsed as time goes on in the game

The characters we play are immune to the airborne strain, but a bite will surely make someone turn. Scratches and lacerations have less chance to become zombified.

Clark and Subic was formally turned over by the U.S. to the AFP in November 1992. So in July 1993, there are no U.S. military deployments in the Philippines. But my guess is the Philippines would eventually fall as travelers from the U.S., Japan, and South Korea may have brought the KI to the country. The AFP was also a bad state in 1993. President Fidel V. Ramos might be evacuated to Baguio. Metro Manila, Cebu, Davao, and other major cities would be overrun.

One Problem on Philippines what if someone been infected and got entered on Philippines ala Trojan Horse when shit hits the fan panic ensues hoarding can of food guns and ammo and kill any neighbor been thinking they are Zombies.

The airborne strain must have been brought along to those countries. Which then turned people into the zombies and the zombies spread it through bites. Immunity to the airborne strain is confirmed, but an immune person getting bitten will turn. No one is immune to bites.

[spiegel]

Jul 9, 2023 3:14:54 GMT gillan1220 said:

Jul 8, 2023 23:49:46 GMT spiegel said:

One Problem on Philippines what if someone been infected and got entered on Philippines ala Trojan Horse when shit hits the fan panic ensues hoarding can of food guns and ammo and kill any neighbor been thinking they are Zombies.

The airborne strain must have been brought along to those countries. Which then turned people into the zombies and the zombies spread it through bites. Immunity to the airborne strain is confirmed, but an immune person getting bitten will turn. No one is immune to bites.

Then they had a  Shoot to kill Protocol if someone got bitten then kill them a needs of the many.

[gillan1220]

Jul 9, 2023 3:59:34 GMT spiegel said:

Jul 9, 2023 3:14:54 GMT gillan1220 said:

The airborne strain must have been brought along to those countries. Which then turned people into the zombies and the zombies spread it through bites. Immunity to the airborne strain is confirmed, but an immune person getting bitten will turn. No one is immune to bites.

Then they had a  Shoot to kill Protocol if someone got bitten then kill them a needs of the many.

Snipers did shoot anyone attempting to leave and enter the Knox Exclusion Zone.

[lordroel]

Jul 9, 2023 3:14:54 GMT gillan1220 said:

Jul 8, 2023 23:49:46 GMT spiegel said:

One Problem on Philippines what if someone been infected and got entered on Philippines ala Trojan Horse when shit hits the fan panic ensues hoarding can of food guns and ammo and kill any neighbor been thinking they are Zombies.

The airborne strain must have been brought along to those countries. Which then turned people into the zombies and the zombies spread it through bites. Immunity to the airborne strain is confirmed, but an immune person getting bitten will turn. No one is immune to bites.

Always surprise me, even if you are immune, you still can die by being killed by a Zombie.

[spiegel]

imagine the AFP and Philippine Police had that protocol Shoot to kill order if any filipino been bitten by a stray zombie will be shot rather than been spreading like wildfire to cause panic imagine Filipinos been flocked on Gunstores to buy Guns and Ammo while in Danao Cebu those gunmakers been going on demand for Guns on their Gun manufacturing and ammo.

[gillan1220]

July 8, 1993 (Z-Day - 1)

0900 EDT: Phoneline outage continues within Exclusion Zone. Communication with Zone impossible. Knox Telecommunications provides no comment.

1330 EDT: Reports of "mild sickness" spreading among some who have been left inside the Exclusion Zone.

1400 EDT: White House representatives claim military maneuvers part of 'long held and long term strategy' to deal with 'security events and localized contamination'.

1455 EDT: President heavily criticized by Republicans in Congress for lack of statement on the Knox Event.

1745 EDT: More military personnel arrive from Fort Campbell. No-fly zone established over Knox.

[lordroel]

Jul 9, 2023 13:15:15 GMT gillan1220 said:

No-fly zone established over Knox.

I assume that is mostly to keep media choppers from flying over Knox.