Dead Russia

In 2015, the world began to end. It started with a new virus being discovered in Africa. The virus spread at an unprecedented rate, quickly becoming a global pandemic. The infected were taken to hospitals and quarantined. Hospitals are filled to breaking point, and emergency quarantines are set up.

Six months pass, and no cure can be found. Eventually, the infected begin to suffer from several mental illnesses, such as paranoid-schizophrenia and dementia.

In the January of 2016, all of the infected turn violent, possessing much more strength and stamina than an average human. In most cases, they use their hands and teeth to kill, though some wield bats, knives, and even guns.

Eight years pass, and civilisation is almost wiped out.

Across the world, survivors band together in the countryside, where there are few infected, and set up their own governments, settlements and towns.

In Russia, the towns quickly find that they cannot survive without scavengers entering what are widely referred to as ‘red zones’, population centres where the infected roam in hoards numbering in the thousands. The few volunteers who went out into these zones and survived, quickly became heroes and survival experts. Some held loyalties to a certain town, and would scavenge for that town exclusively, while others would travel to different towns and accept contracts to find goods, usually essentials such as ammo and medicines.

Scavengers operate by a strict code, a set of unwritten rules that all of them understand.
1) Do not kill another scavenger unless under threat.
2) Bury or burn the bodies of scavengers, and spread the word of their death.
3) Always mark newly found dead zones and re-spray worn markings.


Zones:
There are four types of zone, ranging in danger.
Green: Countryside, safe. Location of settlements.
Yellow: Smaller towns or the outskirts of cities. Dangerous for inexperienced scavengers.
Red: inner city, very dangerous, even for experienced scavengers.
Dead Zones: Dead Zones are some of the most dangerous places a person can go. They are often filled with infected. Areas include: Disease Quarantine Zones and military bases. Only the best enter a dead zone and live.

A wandering Scavenger’s name is something that they tell no one. Every single person they interact with is likely to die, either from attack or the weather, and they go by pseudonyms to keep attachments from growing.

Infected
The infected can be categorised into three groups based on intelligence.

Berserkers
The most common group of the infected. Berserkers are the average run-of-the-mill zombie. Fast and, but incredibly stupid and easy to evade, though a group is like a hornets nest; if you disturb them, they will all become aware of you. They can only use their hands and teeth for killing and only chase survivors they have line of sight on.

Maulers
Maulers are capable of wielding basic weaponry and tools, such as knives and bats, and will attempt to swarm non-infected they come across. They do not lose interest as quickly as Berserkers and will chase survivors and hunt for ones they lose line of sight on, though will lose interest if the survivor evades them for more than a few minutes. They are less common, though appear in the same areas as Berserkers.

Hunters
The smartest group. Hunters are capable of using a variety of firearms with some skill, though they are very inaccurate. Hunters, as the name implies, will chase a human until one of them is dead, though it is incredibly easy to lure them into a trap because of this. Hunters can occasionally be heard muttering, though the words do not make sense. Most of them are ex-military, and often equipped in bullet proof armour. Fortunately, they are usually only found inside dead zones.

Very cool