Let me explain this in an OOC-ly manner...

I’ve had this idea stirring around in my head for quite a while now. It’s basically a zombie-esque horror-survival RP, but with the “zombies” being a very dangerous threat. The one pet-peeve I had about some zombie RP’s were that the enemies were so easy to take care of, and very rarely posed a serious threat (unless of course they caught you by surprise or were in large numbers). In this RP, even if you somehow get your hands on military-grade weapons, you won’t be gunning them down by the dozen (in fact, these zombies will very rarely gain enough numbers in a single area to be classified as a swarm. The most that people will usually see of them are packs of 4-6). Most of the time, even against a lone enemy, you will have to use stealth and smarts to deal with them.

No matter how you encounter one of the zombies (be it seeing them from a distance, or encountering them by accident) there will always be an element of danger. Be smart, be careful, be resourceful, and you just might survive. Screw up, and your character WILL DIE (Or at the very least, get infected. But they’re essentially dead by that point anyway =P)

Now even if there is danger all around, I won’t make it so that this RP is incredibly difficult to survive in (with characters dying every other page), but those who make poor decisions will be putting their characters in grave danger. But even if you think you’re good enough to make it, think of back-up characters and try not to get “too” attached to your main ones, just in case =). Though I suppose part of the fun will come from the thrill of trying to keep your favorite ones alive.

I currently have two ideas on how to tackle this RP, and I want to hear from you fellow RP’ers which one you like better. Whichever one is more popular, will be the OOC I create. My ideas are:

1.	We play as a special team composed of soldiers of different nationalities and backgrounds (each with their own reasons for volunteering), sent by the U.N. to search for and rescue survivors within the quarantine zone.
2.	We play as normal people still trapped inside the quarantine zone, desperately trying to survive and find a way out (If there even is a way out...). They will either work with, or against each other to live.

[b]EDIT:[/b] At the suggestion of Mach2, both ideas will be merged for this RP. You will be free to create characters either as a civilian or soldier. Decided to go with it to allow for more player freedom and plot development =)