My ATZ Campaign - Day 62 - Assault on Precinct 13 part 2

                                                                                                                                                                                           I left part 1 with a lot resting on the outcome of the next dice rolls for Activation. The fate of Captain Marquez depended on the police winning the roll. Sadly, the good guys got the worst result possible. Not only did the zombies activate first but the police failed to move at all. Bummer!

TURN 4.   Activation - Police = 6, Zombies = 4

Four zombies charged at Captain Marquez. His luck really had deserted him, as he only passed 1d6 on the Being Charged test, meaning he could melee normally but he couldn't fire beforehand.

He split his 6d6 attack dice (5 for his Rep and 1 for having a higher impact weapon) into a 2/2/1/1 split against the four zombies. He was able to kill two of the zombies but the odds were stacked against him and he fell to the ground Out Of the Fight (OOF). SWAT Sergeant Connors, who witnessed the fight took the Leader Lost test and passed 2d6. On the next turn, command would be passed to Detective Mitchell Brandt, who was also Rep:5.

Six more zombies instinctively closed in on Captain Marquez. They could smell his blood and as one they moaned loudly in anticipation of a bloody feast.

The zombies at the front entrance tried without success to breach the barricade. Another six zombies were attracted to the broken window and decided to gain access that way, following the example of a zombie they had seen scant seconds earlier who had just disappeared inside.

That particular zombie climbed over the window ledge, ignoring the shards of glass that cut his legs and hands, and moved to the open door opposite the window.

I rolled 6d6 for zombie reinforcements, and as I thought, two appeared. They arrived at the NW corner of the basketball court.

TURN 5.   Activation - Police = 5, Zombies = 3
Patrolwoman Sally Gibson led Vampifan and Big Sil up the stairs to the second floor.
"Not much further to go," she said in her softly spoken voice.

"Follow me," Patrolman Kenneth Tybald commanded. "I heard breaking glass through here."
Rookie Ryan Markowitz carefully set down his cup of coffee on the reception hall front desk and drew his .45 Calibre Kimber Custom II Pistol from his holster as he followed his vastly experienced partner.

"Brandt, I need more firepower out here!" SWAT Sergeant Wayne Connors shouted to his colleague in the Captain's Office.
As Detective Mitchell Brandt stepped outside, via the open office window, he noticed that someone was missing. (See, this is why he was a detective!)
"Where's Captain Marquez?" he enquired.
"Down below," Connors replied as he fired his 5.56mm Steyr AUG Assault Rifle. "The deadheads got him!"

Two of Connors' bullets found their targets and the two remaining zombies who had attacked Captain Marquez fell to the ground with fatal head wounds.

Up on the first floor roof, SWAT Trooper Gemma Kelly suffered two pieces of bad luck. Firstly, she shot one of the zombies trying to climb through the ground floor broken window but she hit him in the chest, not the head. He was knocked down but he was not fully dead. Secondly, her SMG suddenly clicked on empty. She was out of ammo. Thankfully, she did have a spare clip but she'd be out of the fight for a short while as she reloaded.
Her colleague, SWAT Trooper Johnny Vincenzo, thought about shooting the three zombies ripping the unconscious Killer Klown to shreds, but thought better of it.
"Let the bastard suffer!" he muttered to himself.

Six zombies reached Captain Marquez and began tearing pieces of flesh from him with their teeth. Their feasting would last for two turns, as indicated by the red die.

Another three zombies entered the police station via the broken window in the detective's office. The zombie knocked down by Kelly stood back up.

Hearing voices coming from the reception hall, the zombie leading the way inside charged at Tybald and Markowitz. Both men passed 1d6 on the Being Charged Test and could engage in normal melee combat with the Zombie. I diced to see who the zombie would attack and he chose Rookie Markowitz.

Markowitz held his nerve and killed the zombie by using his pistol butt to smash the zombie's skull, killing him instantly.

I rolled 12d6 for zombie reinforcements and, amazingly, seven turned up! I expected four but not seven! I placed them at the northern edge of the basketball court by the large tree.

TURN 6.   Activation - Police = 2, Zombies = 4.
The three zombies who had fed on the Killer Klown crossed the road to join the six other zombies still feasting on Captain Marquez.

The zombies attacking the front doors eventually broke through the wooden barricade and two of them stepped into the Reception Hall. This would open the floodgates for a zombie insertion and was very bad news for the defenders.

Three more zombies entered the detective's office at the SW corner of the police station. The three who had entered last turn charged at Patrolman Tybald and Rookie Markowitz.

Patrolman Tybald passed 2d6 on the Being Charged Test and fired his 12 gauge Remington 870 pump-action shotgun at the three rapidly approaching zombies. He hit one full in the chest, knocking him off his feet, but failing to kill the undead creature.

Rookie Markowitz only passed 1d6 on the Being Charged Test and was able to melee as normal but he couldn't fire his BA Pistol. The two cops went up against one zombie apiece.

Patrolman Tybald killed his opponent with a savage blow to the forehead from the butt of his shotgun. Rookie Markowitz, struggled against his opponent and they ended up in deadlock.

It was now the police turn to activate. Markowitz decided to carry on fighting but once more, he could only draw. The leather jacketed young male was proving to be a formidable fighter.
"Oh, for Christ's sake!" Tybald said in exasperation. He used a sidekick to shatter the kneecap of the zombie, forcing it to drop to the floor. He followed up with a lethal foot stomp to the side of the zombie's head. Pieces of brain and skull stuck to the sole of his boot. The zombie ceased any further movement.

Upstairs, Patrolwoman Gibson, Vampifan and Big Sil reached the exit that led to the roof of the first floor.

Just outside from the trio, SWAT Trooper Kelly reloaded her MP5A3 Sub-Machine Gun. SWAT Trooper Vincenzo moved south a short way to lend his support to Detective Brandt and SWAT Sergeant Connors, who were below him on the ground floor roof. All three men fired short three round bursts at the zombies feasting on Captain Marquez.

Brandt scored one hit and one kill; Connors scored two hits and two kills, as did Vincenzo.

I rolled 21d6 for zombie reinforcements and yet again scored an above average result with ten more arriving this turn. Seven emerged next to the pedestrian crossing at the SW corner of the police station.

The other three, who were obviously once strippers before rising again, appeared at the back of the police station, not far from the rear entrance.

TURN 7.   Activation - Police = 1, Zombies = 2
The zombies at the SW corner of the police station gathered around Captain Marquez had grown to seventeen. They all ignored the bloody corpse, whose flesh had grown too cold to attract their interest.

 At the back of the police station, the trio of zombie strippers reached the back door.

Inside the building, more and more zombies flooded in. Patrolman Tybald and Rookie Markowitz suddenly found themselves surrounded by ten zombies. Tybald only managed to pass 1d6 on the Being Charged Test, which virtually sealed his fate. He could melee but he couldn't fire first. His fate was decreed when Markowitz passed 0d6 on the Being Charged Test and was forced to Retire.

The young cop dashed through the door that led to the stairs. He sprinted up the staircase, crying to himself, "oh, shit!" over and over again. He dropped to his knees, just around the corner at the top of the stairwell, out of sight of the horrors below. He had to Hunker Down and could do nothing until he was Rallied.

Abandoned by his partner, Patrolman Kenneth Tybald stood no chance against so many zombies. He was able to kill just one before he was dragged to the floor screaming in agony from so many bites.

As Patrolwoman Gibson, Vampifan and Big Sil arrived on the first floor roof, SWAT Trooper Vincenzo shouted to them, "Hey, guys, I need some help over here!"
Vampifan and Big Sil strolled across the roof in his direction.
Patrolwoman Gibson moved to the parapet overlooking the front of the police station. She drew her BA Pistol from her belt holster and fired twice at the zombies dierectly below her.

SWAT Trooper Kelly also fired at the same group of zombies with a three round burst. The women each hit and killed a zombie (although not the same one, obviously).

Brandt, Connors and Vincenzo repeated their tactics of the previous turn, firing short bursts at the zombies gathered by Captain Marquez. This time they didn't do so well. Brandt hit two and killed them; Connors hit and killed him but although Vincenzo hit one, he just achieved a Knockdown result.

I rolled 20d6 for zombie reinforcements and seven more arrived, next to the western edge of the basketball court.

TURN 8.   Activation - Police = 1, Zombies = 6.
Vampifan and Big Sil reached the SW corner of the roof of the first floor and stood alongside SWAT Trooper Vincenzo.
"Let's give 'em hell" the cop of mixed American and Italian parents said fervently.
Detective Brandt and SWAT Sergeant Connors joined in.

Fifteen bullets from five short bursts rained down on the zombies below. Vampifan got off to a highly impressive start, hitting three and killing them with unerring accuracy. Big Sil scored two hits and two kills, as did Vincenzo. Brandt let the side down by scoring a single hit but failed to make it count. All he did was knock a zombie off his feet and onto his back. It was poor marksmanship from the group's leader.  Connors also scored a single hit, but he made his count, placing his shot in the top of the skull of his target.

The two females of the Precinct, Gibson and Kelly, resumed their firing against the zombies by the front entrance. From their five shots they killed three more zombies, one from Gibson and two from Kelly.

I rolled 26d6 for zombie reinforcements and scored nine successes. They appeared next to the entrance to the basketball court.

TURN 9.   Activation - Police = (5) 4, Zombies = (5) 3
Doubles meant the arrival of a PEF. I rolled or its Rep and placement. It was Rep:4 and it arrived in Sector 6. Although I placed it in cover behind a police car, it was in sight of SWAT Trooper Kelly. No matter where I placed it, she'd be able to spot it. So I rolled on my PEF Resolution Table and scored a 4 for a D result, meaning a False Alarm.

"Trooper, go check the back of the building," Vampifan ordered SWAT Trooper Vincenzo. "We can deal with the zeds here."
To his credit, Vincenzo complied without comment or complaint.
"Hostiles here!" he shouted as he saw three female zombies clustered around the back door. "Don't worry, I've got them!"

His three round burst from his 9mm Heckler and Koch MP5A3 Sub-Machine Gun hit two of them. One died from a head wound but the other one got hit between the shoulder blades and was just knocked down.

Vampifan climbed over the parapet and lowered himself down to stand just behind Detective Brandt and SWAT Sergeant Connors.
"We have to switch off that engine," he said urgently. "It's a frigging zombie magnet!"
"We already tried it, buddy" Brandt replied morosely, "That's how we lost the Captain."
"That's because he went alone," Vampifan countered, "We need to go as a group to support each other."
Brandt, Connors and Big Sil fired three more short bursts at the four standing and two prone zombies below them.

They wiped out all six, as they killed two apiece.
"We have a clear window of opportunity now," Connors remarked. "If we all go now, we could do it."
"Outstanding!" Vampifan said, feeling very confident about this.
Patrolwoman Gibson and SWAT Trooper Kelly refrained from firing this turn as the zombies below them were hidden from view by the roof of the front porch.

In the reception area, nine zombies piled in to devour Patrolman Tybald. Their feasting would last for two turns.

The knocked down zombie stripper stood back up. Her former colleague tried unsuccessfully to break open the back door.

The group of nine zombies shambled across the car park towards the front entrance of the police station.

The group of seven zombies seemed more interested in the noisy pick-up truck and so moved towards it.

 I rolled 18d6 for zombie reinforcements and six appeared at the NE corner of the police station.

TO BE CONTINUED

Total number of zombies appearing so far = 82