I like this cultist business.... apposing faction yeah?
.... they could be similar to the Illuminati, or something. Trying to create a New World Order by first destroying it. I have a friend who is real big on the Illuminati, i could ask him about it.
I was kinda thinking the opposite: they're the crazed conspiracy theorists who think the Illuminati (or Freemasons, or Jews, or whoever) are really calling all the shots behind the scenes, and the cult wants to stop the prophecy of the NWO. They're not trying to take over the world; they're trying to overthrow the world's governments and institute anarchy so nobody else can. If they have to unleash the undead apocalypse and nuke all of the world's centers of sin and corruption to do so, then that's a price they're willing to make us all pay.
Oh no, I wasn't wearing my foil hat when I typed that! THEY'RE READING MY THOUGHTS!
the problem with wciow's zombies is that they stand upright, we need stereotypical zombies - ones that shuffle around, not walk.
You're thinking so narrowly. Zombies made from old decaying corpses might shuffle and drag (good for low-level enemies), but what about those made from fresh bodies? They could walk, run, climb, etc. It would all be awkward and clumsy, but the parts are all there. I think our zombies
need to be able to run to be a threat against guys with machine guns. Plus, just think "pack of undead pit bulls" and tell me that's not scary.
They could be a mix between rebel terrorists, religious freak fanatics/cultists, and mad scientists
That's basically what I was thinking of. They'd mostly be a rag-tag band of dudes with no military training, just guns they smuggled across the border from Mexico or something. Come to think of it, isn't this the Canadian military? Okay, guns smuggled from Russia, then! I'm sure they have a few lying around somewhere.
Anyway, their mechanized units would probably be converted civilian vehicles outfitted with Soviet hardware (i.e.
technicals).
