I think that if the Rage virus broke out for real, creating safe zones within the UK and surrounding islands would be more feasible than the movie canon makes it out to be. (part of the reason i had mainland Britain almost totally overrun was it was part of the movie canon). In reality i think many rural communities would be able to survive unscathed, providing they were far enough away from large towns or major roads. Their biggest threat would be being overrun with refugees or attacked by bandits for supplies.
28 Days Later outbreak timeline - Death of a Nation
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To : Office of the Home Secretary
From : Brigadier Michael Patterson, 52 Infantry Brigade, CO
RE : Urgent update on Manchester situation
THE SITUATION IN THE GREATER MANCHESTER AREA CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY. ADDITIONAL UNITS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO SALFORD AND STOCKPORT BUT BADLY UNDERMANNED. REQUESTING REINFORCEMENTS BE MOBALISED AND DISPATCHED ASAP.
AT LEAST 30% OF MANCHESTER FORCE ARE KIA, WIA OR MIA. DESERTION RATES INCREASING DAILY, BECOMING BIG PROBLEM. DESERTERS NOW SUMMARILY EXECUTED ON THE SPOT.
OUR COMMAND POST AT OLD TRAFFORD STADIUM WAS OVERRUN LAST NIGHT, HAVE NOW RELOCATED TO GMEX CENTRE. 300 MEN KIA OR INFECTED DURING BATTLE AT OLD TRAFFORD.
POLICE FORCE HAS BEEN MORE OR LESS SIDELINED WITH MARTIAL LAW DECLARATION. MANY OFFICERS HAVE PHONED IN SICK AND ARE FLEEING WITH THEIR FAMILIES. A FEW ARE STAYING AT THEIR POSTS.
ADVISE THAT THE "INCIDENT" AT HM PRISON STRANGEWAYS BE KEPT FROM PRESS AND PUBLIC. IF NEWS LEAKS TELL MEDIA THE PRISONERS WERE KILLED IN A RIOT. WOULD NOT LOOK GOOD ON US IF PUBLIC FINDS OUT WE EXECUTED UNARMED CIVILIANS, EVEN IF THEY WERE CRIMINALS.
SOME UNITS ARE NOW FIGHTING A REARGUARD ACTION WHILST THE MAJORITY OF THE MANCHESTER FORCE WITHDRAW NORTHEAST ALONG THE A57. WILL ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH DEFENSIVE POSITIONS AT OLDHAM ROAD AND CATHEDRAL GARDENS AND HOLD ENEMY THERE.
EVACUATION EFFORTS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED IN THE CITY CENTRE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. EVAC STATIONS CUT OFF AND BESIEGED OR OVERRUN. MOST ROADS IN THE CENTRE NOW IMPASSABLE DUE TO TRAFFIC JAMS. SOME HELI'S CONDUCTING S&R OPS IN THE AREA BUT ROAD EVAC NOW IMPOSSIBLE. REMAINING MANCHESTER POPULATION IN OUTSKIRTS URGED TO LEAVE THE CITY AND HEAD NORTH INTO SCOTLAND ASAP, OR FAILING THAT TO THE PORT AT LIVERPOOL.
ESTIMATED DEATHTOLL IN THE CITY APPROACHING 25,000, MAY BE MUCH HIGHER AS NUMBERS RISE CONSTANTLY AND INFORMATION HARD TO VERIFY WITH INCREASINGLY PATCHY COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. OVER 800 SOLDIERS KIA OR INFECTED IN THE PAST TWO DAYS ALONE.
SUMMARY : SITUATION IN MANCHESTER DETERIORATING RAPIDLY, ARMY UNITS CONTINUALLY FORCED TO WITHDRAW. HIGH CASUALTY RATES FOR ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIANS. ADVISE THE PM MANCHESTER CANNOT HOLD MUCH LONGER.
Regards,
Brigadier Michael Patterson, 52 Infantry Brigade, CO
From : Brigadier Michael Patterson, 52 Infantry Brigade, CO
RE : Urgent update on Manchester situation
THE SITUATION IN THE GREATER MANCHESTER AREA CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY. ADDITIONAL UNITS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO SALFORD AND STOCKPORT BUT BADLY UNDERMANNED. REQUESTING REINFORCEMENTS BE MOBALISED AND DISPATCHED ASAP.
AT LEAST 30% OF MANCHESTER FORCE ARE KIA, WIA OR MIA. DESERTION RATES INCREASING DAILY, BECOMING BIG PROBLEM. DESERTERS NOW SUMMARILY EXECUTED ON THE SPOT.
OUR COMMAND POST AT OLD TRAFFORD STADIUM WAS OVERRUN LAST NIGHT, HAVE NOW RELOCATED TO GMEX CENTRE. 300 MEN KIA OR INFECTED DURING BATTLE AT OLD TRAFFORD.
POLICE FORCE HAS BEEN MORE OR LESS SIDELINED WITH MARTIAL LAW DECLARATION. MANY OFFICERS HAVE PHONED IN SICK AND ARE FLEEING WITH THEIR FAMILIES. A FEW ARE STAYING AT THEIR POSTS.
ADVISE THAT THE "INCIDENT" AT HM PRISON STRANGEWAYS BE KEPT FROM PRESS AND PUBLIC. IF NEWS LEAKS TELL MEDIA THE PRISONERS WERE KILLED IN A RIOT. WOULD NOT LOOK GOOD ON US IF PUBLIC FINDS OUT WE EXECUTED UNARMED CIVILIANS, EVEN IF THEY WERE CRIMINALS.
SOME UNITS ARE NOW FIGHTING A REARGUARD ACTION WHILST THE MAJORITY OF THE MANCHESTER FORCE WITHDRAW NORTHEAST ALONG THE A57. WILL ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH DEFENSIVE POSITIONS AT OLDHAM ROAD AND CATHEDRAL GARDENS AND HOLD ENEMY THERE.
EVACUATION EFFORTS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED IN THE CITY CENTRE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. EVAC STATIONS CUT OFF AND BESIEGED OR OVERRUN. MOST ROADS IN THE CENTRE NOW IMPASSABLE DUE TO TRAFFIC JAMS. SOME HELI'S CONDUCTING S&R OPS IN THE AREA BUT ROAD EVAC NOW IMPOSSIBLE. REMAINING MANCHESTER POPULATION IN OUTSKIRTS URGED TO LEAVE THE CITY AND HEAD NORTH INTO SCOTLAND ASAP, OR FAILING THAT TO THE PORT AT LIVERPOOL.
ESTIMATED DEATHTOLL IN THE CITY APPROACHING 25,000, MAY BE MUCH HIGHER AS NUMBERS RISE CONSTANTLY AND INFORMATION HARD TO VERIFY WITH INCREASINGLY PATCHY COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. OVER 800 SOLDIERS KIA OR INFECTED IN THE PAST TWO DAYS ALONE.
SUMMARY : SITUATION IN MANCHESTER DETERIORATING RAPIDLY, ARMY UNITS CONTINUALLY FORCED TO WITHDRAW. HIGH CASUALTY RATES FOR ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIANS. ADVISE THE PM MANCHESTER CANNOT HOLD MUCH LONGER.
Regards,
Brigadier Michael Patterson, 52 Infantry Brigade, CO
Artaxerxes
Banned
Can the rage virus enter the food chain? Animals incubate it as hosts only to be eaten by some adventurous fisherman after a quick haddock and chips or plate of sushi
As far as i know it cant, but it can be carried by animals as during the first film a crow was eating an infected corpse, but was unaffected.
There's a very good timeline on 28 days later in this thread here, which partially inspired the one i wrote.https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=53385
A clip from Channel 4 News shortly before the order to evacuate London went out.
Steven Holland "We're going over to our correspondent in Westminster, James Stewart. James?"
James Stewart "As you can see behind me, a convoy of police vans and dozens of armed officers are standing guard outside Parliament this morning, as the Prime Minister is in an emergency session trying to pass a bill to allow conscription of all able bodied men and women over 16 into a new scheme to help roll back the spread of the infection. Details haven't been very forthcoming from the Cabinet Office but sources report that this new scheme will include conscripting up to 100,000 men between 16 and 45 to serve in the army, as well as mobalising those with skills such as driving trains, buses and lorries to aid in distribution of supplies and supporting evacuation efforts, as well as anyone with logistical, leadership and first aid skills. Local councils will be in charge of mobalising their communities and rallying them round to defend their homes and help eachother out. Thats all that we know for the moment as the details are being hashed out in the Commons as i speak."
Steven Holland "And what of the situation in the capital itself, James, how are people coping ?"
James Stewart "Well its tense. Very tense. You can sense it when you walk down the street, talk to people. Some put on a brave face, you might call call it the old "Blitz Spirit", but there's a sense of fear in the city, particularly north of the Thames. Many schools are closed due to a lack of attendance as parents keep their children at home. Many businesses have closed for the duration of the crisis, and several companies have fired for bankruptcy. Hotel's, hostels, community centres, schools, tube stations and places of worship have been converted into Red Cross shelters to house the tens of thousands of displaced people from affected area's, who fled to London hoping for safety. Over 50,000 people are now crowded in the Millennium Dome refugee centre, with deteriorating sanitary conditions and reports of rape and even murder rife within the Dome. To answer your question bluntly Steven, people are not coping well. This is not the London they know. We interviewed a handful of Londoners earlier this morning, heres what they had to say."
Interviewee 1 : "Well you just have to get on with it, innit ? Theres nothing we can do, just wait it out and hope for the best. Things will calm down eventually."
Interviewee 2 : "They're saying they have it under control, that this infection or whatever it is wont affect London. How can they say that ? We've all seen the pictures from Cambridge and Peterborough, we know what these people do. Theyre like animals. I'm a single mum with three little kids, what can i do ? i dont have a car, can barley afford enough to get by on each week i have enough to worry about already."
Interviewee 3 : "Its kind of like the war. I was only a boy then, my dad was away in North Africa, fighting Hitler and Musso, but i remember the rationing, the blackouts, the bombings. We got through it then by sticking together. We will get through this too, we always do when times are tough."
Interviewee 4 : "Its really scary you know ? The council are putting up "Keep Calm and Carry On" posters around the borough and are telling parents to keep sending their kids to school and that everything will be fine. Its not though, its like eveybody is putting their head in the sand and hoping for the best. Things are starting to get worse every day around here. The price of bread is about four times what it usually is, and petrol prices are even worse. They're rationing alot of things in the shops that are still open now. In some places money is practically useless, i know one woman who had to offer the shop keeper...other means of paying."
Interviewee 5 "I'm from Melbourne, i came here on business last week and i'm struggling to get a flight home. Every flight is fully booked and a lot of others cancelled. Ive contacted the Australian embassy and they're trying to charter a flight for us from Manchester airport and are going to pay for a bus to take us, but the roads up that way are jam packed and the infected are getting closer. I honestly dont know what to do."
Interviewee 6 "How can we keep calm ? I came here from Cambridge, ive seen what these f<bleep>ing monster do to people, tearing them apart with their bare hands. They're lying through their teeth to avoid a panic. They no doubt know that its going to hit us sooner or later. They need to begin getting people out of London before its too late."
James Stewart "So there's an idea for you of how the average person in the street is dealing with the crisis. Some people are, as i said, putting a brave face on, but every day more and more people are packing up and leaving, despite government pleas for the public to remain in their homes and keep calm. Food rationing is hugely unpopular, and a protest is planned for tomorrow in Parliament Square, despite the ban on...."
Steven Holland "I'm sorry James, but we're going to have to leave it there, we're getting some breaking news coming to us here...pretty disturbing reports...it seems that there may be an outbreak of the infection in Northampton, sources on the ground are confirming civil unrest and sustained gunfire from the south eastern part of the city. Emergency services are in attendance at multiple "major incidents" according to the Chief Constable of Northampton police, though did not specify the nature of the incidents.
Members of the public are being advised to seek shelter immediately and evacuate from the area as soon as possible. We're trying to get footage from our SkyCam helicopter that's on its way to the area...here we go."
***aerial view of Northampton's southern outskirts. Footage shows rows of suburban homes, several on fire as thick black smoke billows into the morning sky. The camera zooms in for a closer look at the street. A car is speeding down the road, and collides with an ambulance at a junction ; both vehicles area write off. Nobody exits either vehicle. People are running in terror, occasionally glancing behind them. The camera pans down the road slightly to show a mob of blood drenched, twitching infected giving pursuit. A handful of armed police officers are attempting to barricade the road with a police van and are firing in a blind panic into the crowd of infected, taking down several, but not really thinning their numbers. They attempt to run for their lives, but are caught and savaged. In the distance, the roar of what sounds like jet engines can be heard, followed by three thunderous explosions. Before the scenes of chaos can continue, the helicopter begins to move away as the news reader continues talking.***
Steven Holland "Ive just received information that our helicopter has been asked to leave the area and that the skies above Northampton have been deemed "restricted military airspace" until further notice. We'll try and bring you more on the situation there as it develops."
Steven Holland "We're going over to our correspondent in Westminster, James Stewart. James?"
James Stewart "As you can see behind me, a convoy of police vans and dozens of armed officers are standing guard outside Parliament this morning, as the Prime Minister is in an emergency session trying to pass a bill to allow conscription of all able bodied men and women over 16 into a new scheme to help roll back the spread of the infection. Details haven't been very forthcoming from the Cabinet Office but sources report that this new scheme will include conscripting up to 100,000 men between 16 and 45 to serve in the army, as well as mobalising those with skills such as driving trains, buses and lorries to aid in distribution of supplies and supporting evacuation efforts, as well as anyone with logistical, leadership and first aid skills. Local councils will be in charge of mobalising their communities and rallying them round to defend their homes and help eachother out. Thats all that we know for the moment as the details are being hashed out in the Commons as i speak."
Steven Holland "And what of the situation in the capital itself, James, how are people coping ?"
James Stewart "Well its tense. Very tense. You can sense it when you walk down the street, talk to people. Some put on a brave face, you might call call it the old "Blitz Spirit", but there's a sense of fear in the city, particularly north of the Thames. Many schools are closed due to a lack of attendance as parents keep their children at home. Many businesses have closed for the duration of the crisis, and several companies have fired for bankruptcy. Hotel's, hostels, community centres, schools, tube stations and places of worship have been converted into Red Cross shelters to house the tens of thousands of displaced people from affected area's, who fled to London hoping for safety. Over 50,000 people are now crowded in the Millennium Dome refugee centre, with deteriorating sanitary conditions and reports of rape and even murder rife within the Dome. To answer your question bluntly Steven, people are not coping well. This is not the London they know. We interviewed a handful of Londoners earlier this morning, heres what they had to say."
Interviewee 1 : "Well you just have to get on with it, innit ? Theres nothing we can do, just wait it out and hope for the best. Things will calm down eventually."
Interviewee 2 : "They're saying they have it under control, that this infection or whatever it is wont affect London. How can they say that ? We've all seen the pictures from Cambridge and Peterborough, we know what these people do. Theyre like animals. I'm a single mum with three little kids, what can i do ? i dont have a car, can barley afford enough to get by on each week i have enough to worry about already."
Interviewee 3 : "Its kind of like the war. I was only a boy then, my dad was away in North Africa, fighting Hitler and Musso, but i remember the rationing, the blackouts, the bombings. We got through it then by sticking together. We will get through this too, we always do when times are tough."
Interviewee 4 : "Its really scary you know ? The council are putting up "Keep Calm and Carry On" posters around the borough and are telling parents to keep sending their kids to school and that everything will be fine. Its not though, its like eveybody is putting their head in the sand and hoping for the best. Things are starting to get worse every day around here. The price of bread is about four times what it usually is, and petrol prices are even worse. They're rationing alot of things in the shops that are still open now. In some places money is practically useless, i know one woman who had to offer the shop keeper...other means of paying."
Interviewee 5 "I'm from Melbourne, i came here on business last week and i'm struggling to get a flight home. Every flight is fully booked and a lot of others cancelled. Ive contacted the Australian embassy and they're trying to charter a flight for us from Manchester airport and are going to pay for a bus to take us, but the roads up that way are jam packed and the infected are getting closer. I honestly dont know what to do."
Interviewee 6 "How can we keep calm ? I came here from Cambridge, ive seen what these f<bleep>ing monster do to people, tearing them apart with their bare hands. They're lying through their teeth to avoid a panic. They no doubt know that its going to hit us sooner or later. They need to begin getting people out of London before its too late."
James Stewart "So there's an idea for you of how the average person in the street is dealing with the crisis. Some people are, as i said, putting a brave face on, but every day more and more people are packing up and leaving, despite government pleas for the public to remain in their homes and keep calm. Food rationing is hugely unpopular, and a protest is planned for tomorrow in Parliament Square, despite the ban on...."
Steven Holland "I'm sorry James, but we're going to have to leave it there, we're getting some breaking news coming to us here...pretty disturbing reports...it seems that there may be an outbreak of the infection in Northampton, sources on the ground are confirming civil unrest and sustained gunfire from the south eastern part of the city. Emergency services are in attendance at multiple "major incidents" according to the Chief Constable of Northampton police, though did not specify the nature of the incidents.
Members of the public are being advised to seek shelter immediately and evacuate from the area as soon as possible. We're trying to get footage from our SkyCam helicopter that's on its way to the area...here we go."
***aerial view of Northampton's southern outskirts. Footage shows rows of suburban homes, several on fire as thick black smoke billows into the morning sky. The camera zooms in for a closer look at the street. A car is speeding down the road, and collides with an ambulance at a junction ; both vehicles area write off. Nobody exits either vehicle. People are running in terror, occasionally glancing behind them. The camera pans down the road slightly to show a mob of blood drenched, twitching infected giving pursuit. A handful of armed police officers are attempting to barricade the road with a police van and are firing in a blind panic into the crowd of infected, taking down several, but not really thinning their numbers. They attempt to run for their lives, but are caught and savaged. In the distance, the roar of what sounds like jet engines can be heard, followed by three thunderous explosions. Before the scenes of chaos can continue, the helicopter begins to move away as the news reader continues talking.***
Steven Holland "Ive just received information that our helicopter has been asked to leave the area and that the skies above Northampton have been deemed "restricted military airspace" until further notice. We'll try and bring you more on the situation there as it develops."
That would be a good idea, maybe something i could do at some point or anybody else whos up for the challenge. With first hand knowledge it may be possible to have a fighting chance against the infection.
Except from "Battles of Post Infection Britain"
By the fourth week of the outbreak, the cities were long since overrun with the screaming hordes, or just plain abandoned in fear that soon they would be overrun. When communications with the British media suddenly cut off and the island "went dark", the world assumed the worst : that life in Britain had been extinguished.
But that wasn't the case at all. Hiding behind boarded up windows, or inside barricaded villages or camping out in the hills or the woods were tens of thousands of survivors. Alive and uninfected and fighting to keep it that way. Satellite images from NATO began to piece together the information, realizing that many small, rural communities had cut themselves off and managed to fend for themselves after the government had collapsed.
Some villages had running water and electricity thanks to windfarms, solar power and generators. police officers were on the beat, council workers cleaned the streets, farmers provided for the local community and schools were reopened. Behind the barricades, life in a handful of towns and villages was almost normal.
Of course, not all was good. With the collapse of the state, any state, comes chaos. And with it fear, anger and panic. Roving gangs preyed on survivors, setting ambushes along roads, or raided villages for supplies. Many firearms were left scattered about, especially after retreating soldiers began handing out weapons to the local population to defend themselves. Pitched gunbattles became common place as Raiders and Villagers fought for supplies and control.
The most well documented case of such incidents in post infection Britain would be that of the the remnants of the British Army's 52nd Infantry Brigade in Cumbria, north west England. When the government and leading military officers fled, what remained of the army more or less fell apart into disarray, with some merging in with survivor groups, and in the case of the 52nd Infantry Brigade, becoming a Raider group. A former Captain by the name of Markley had proclaimed himself "General". He had under his command a group of around 90 soldiers, frightened and tired, were willing to follow his command. General Markley's army had several lorries, jeeps and a Challenger 2 tank and with it imposed their will on nearby communities in the form of demanding a weekly tribute in the form of meat, eggs, milk and even young women. The small villages, mostly armed with shotguns and cricket bats, could do little other than comply.
But the General's iron grip over Cumbria would not last. The handful of towns and villages that had survived began to band together, and formed the Cumbria Communities Alliance, under a civilian council lead by a former Member of Parliament. The motley band of villages was not quite as outgunned as it would seem however, as other military remnants had survived, and had decided to defend their new homes against the rogue brigade. When the communities stopped paying tribute, Markleys army attacked, sparking off the Cumbrian civil war. The conflict would rage for two weeks as former soldiers of the British Army fought each other in a brutal engagement that left dozens dead.
The "war" ended when Royal Marines Commando's were airlifted in by an American helicopter, and, supported by US Navy SEALS, assaulted Markelys base on the Cumbrian coast. Unknown to either side of the conflict, satellites had been monitoring survivors on the ground for weeks and ham radio chatter was being monitored. It was decided to allow remnants of the UK Armed Forces to be the ones to land on British soil first as part of Operation Rising Dawn, the first phase of reclaiming the UK from both the infection and the armed bandits. Similar operation took place in Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Lake District.
The Royal Marines and Navy SEALS were greeted by jubilant survivors, many of whom had believed no help was coming. Markley was arrested, found cowering under his bed, and the rest of his men soon threw down their weapons and surrendered. 2 Royal Marines, 1 SEAL and 18 of Markleys men died in the assault on the "Generals" base in a 12 minute firefight. Once Markleys single Challenger 2 tank was taken out, his defences collapsed in minutes.
Overtime, the survivor communities would all be relocated to the new "Districts". The first District in London, number 1, was being populated with refugees that had escaped in the exodus, though other districts in Wales and Scotland were also being established, with already several thousand people resident in the Swansea and St Andrews.
By the fourth week of the outbreak, the cities were long since overrun with the screaming hordes, or just plain abandoned in fear that soon they would be overrun. When communications with the British media suddenly cut off and the island "went dark", the world assumed the worst : that life in Britain had been extinguished.
But that wasn't the case at all. Hiding behind boarded up windows, or inside barricaded villages or camping out in the hills or the woods were tens of thousands of survivors. Alive and uninfected and fighting to keep it that way. Satellite images from NATO began to piece together the information, realizing that many small, rural communities had cut themselves off and managed to fend for themselves after the government had collapsed.
Some villages had running water and electricity thanks to windfarms, solar power and generators. police officers were on the beat, council workers cleaned the streets, farmers provided for the local community and schools were reopened. Behind the barricades, life in a handful of towns and villages was almost normal.
Of course, not all was good. With the collapse of the state, any state, comes chaos. And with it fear, anger and panic. Roving gangs preyed on survivors, setting ambushes along roads, or raided villages for supplies. Many firearms were left scattered about, especially after retreating soldiers began handing out weapons to the local population to defend themselves. Pitched gunbattles became common place as Raiders and Villagers fought for supplies and control.
The most well documented case of such incidents in post infection Britain would be that of the the remnants of the British Army's 52nd Infantry Brigade in Cumbria, north west England. When the government and leading military officers fled, what remained of the army more or less fell apart into disarray, with some merging in with survivor groups, and in the case of the 52nd Infantry Brigade, becoming a Raider group. A former Captain by the name of Markley had proclaimed himself "General". He had under his command a group of around 90 soldiers, frightened and tired, were willing to follow his command. General Markley's army had several lorries, jeeps and a Challenger 2 tank and with it imposed their will on nearby communities in the form of demanding a weekly tribute in the form of meat, eggs, milk and even young women. The small villages, mostly armed with shotguns and cricket bats, could do little other than comply.
But the General's iron grip over Cumbria would not last. The handful of towns and villages that had survived began to band together, and formed the Cumbria Communities Alliance, under a civilian council lead by a former Member of Parliament. The motley band of villages was not quite as outgunned as it would seem however, as other military remnants had survived, and had decided to defend their new homes against the rogue brigade. When the communities stopped paying tribute, Markleys army attacked, sparking off the Cumbrian civil war. The conflict would rage for two weeks as former soldiers of the British Army fought each other in a brutal engagement that left dozens dead.
The "war" ended when Royal Marines Commando's were airlifted in by an American helicopter, and, supported by US Navy SEALS, assaulted Markelys base on the Cumbrian coast. Unknown to either side of the conflict, satellites had been monitoring survivors on the ground for weeks and ham radio chatter was being monitored. It was decided to allow remnants of the UK Armed Forces to be the ones to land on British soil first as part of Operation Rising Dawn, the first phase of reclaiming the UK from both the infection and the armed bandits. Similar operation took place in Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Lake District.
The Royal Marines and Navy SEALS were greeted by jubilant survivors, many of whom had believed no help was coming. Markley was arrested, found cowering under his bed, and the rest of his men soon threw down their weapons and surrendered. 2 Royal Marines, 1 SEAL and 18 of Markleys men died in the assault on the "Generals" base in a 12 minute firefight. Once Markleys single Challenger 2 tank was taken out, his defences collapsed in minutes.
Overtime, the survivor communities would all be relocated to the new "Districts". The first District in London, number 1, was being populated with refugees that had escaped in the exodus, though other districts in Wales and Scotland were also being established, with already several thousand people resident in the Swansea and St Andrews.
From his point of view:
Best case scenario - a rope...
Worst case scenario - gets handed over to the people he victimized...
Markley was arrested and flown to Belfast where a court convicted him of numerous crimes, including murder, rape, treason and extortion. He was sentenced to life imprison. The main reason for not executing him on the spot was to show to the world media that British justice still lived, despite everything that had happened.
From the diary of 11 year old Eddie Farrell, found by survivors traveling through Dunfermline, Scotland several weeks after the outbreak.
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13 May 2002
"I cant believe i'm keeping a i diary, i always thought it was something girls did, but mum says i should record everything, so people in years to come will know what it was like. I think Mum is being silly, she just laughed when i said we can show them videos on the TV or internet. But it wasnt a funny laugh, it sort of freaked me out, like maybe she thought we wont have TV or internet much longer.
Its been about a week or so since it first started. We thought it was just silly people fighting at first. Maybe some people got too drunk or something, but then the policemen and the doctors and teachers and little kids too all started to join in the fighting. Mum said at first we would be fine as its way down in England miles away and we are safe here up in Scotland. But i saw the telly last night showing a map of Britain with all these red dots glowing, and they were growing all the time. It was meant to show the spread of this infection thing thats making people go and fight. Mum explained its like a germ, but it dosnt pass through coughs but through your blood or spit and once you get it you become one. It reminds me of this vampire film i saw once at a sleepover. I hope mum dosnt read this and find out i saw that film ! sorry mum.
Anyway diary, Mum says its bedtime because i have school tomorrow. But who knows, maybe not for much longer. My friend said earlier that maybe the teachers or whoever owns the schools are going to close them till this is all over. Fingers crossed. and toes."
14 May
"Just home from school. We didnt really do all that much work. The teachers spent a lot of the day in the staff room watching the news rather than teaching us anything and they let us play for most of the day which was great ! We had an assembly where the Head teacher told us that school was going to be closed for at least a month ! Can you imagine a whole month out of school ? Its like an extra summer holiday ! I think theyre scared of the crazy people fighting in London and Manchester and whereever else. I cant believe Old Trafford is gone ! the stadium burnt down the news said this morning. I feel sad for Man United.
I dont get why theyre so worried, its like hundreds or maybe even thousands of miles away. Its not like it will come here. Mum says we are safe here and that the army is making things safer for the people in England so that the crazy people wont come here, but she had that same look in her eyes when she said that as she did when i asked her if Santa was real and she lied and said yes. Ive known for ages Santa isnt real im 11 ! almost a teenager but i dont have the heart to tell my mum.
I'm going out to play with Dylan from down the street now, but i might write in this later on if i can think of anything interesting."
15 May
"No school today, isnt that great ? Well it was until CBBC stopped showing cartoons and the news came on every channel on the telly. The news usually bores me but this was different. It wasnt something to do with a foreign country or a boring politician. This was scary. Those infected crazy people are all over London now. Soldiers and policemen are putting all the normal people in busses and trains and trying to drive them to someplace safe. Mum says a lot of people from London are going to France. Why would they all go on holiday at once ? Is it because theyre scared of the infected ?
Mum looked different i noticed. She didnt speak much as we watched the scary people with the evil red eyes fighting the army in London. I saw soldiers near Big Ben shooting at people. It was like a film, but i know it was real. I know why mum looked different. She was scared. Mum never gets scared. She never answered when i asked her if it this would all stop soon and go back to normal. Maybe i want to go back to school. I miss things being normal. I want to see my friends and have cartoons to watch. and now i cant get sweeties as much from the shop because all the prices are going up and mum cant afford it. Makes me sad. Anyway dear diary, i may be back tomorrow to write more. I dont have much else to do now."
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13 May 2002
"I cant believe i'm keeping a i diary, i always thought it was something girls did, but mum says i should record everything, so people in years to come will know what it was like. I think Mum is being silly, she just laughed when i said we can show them videos on the TV or internet. But it wasnt a funny laugh, it sort of freaked me out, like maybe she thought we wont have TV or internet much longer.
Its been about a week or so since it first started. We thought it was just silly people fighting at first. Maybe some people got too drunk or something, but then the policemen and the doctors and teachers and little kids too all started to join in the fighting. Mum said at first we would be fine as its way down in England miles away and we are safe here up in Scotland. But i saw the telly last night showing a map of Britain with all these red dots glowing, and they were growing all the time. It was meant to show the spread of this infection thing thats making people go and fight. Mum explained its like a germ, but it dosnt pass through coughs but through your blood or spit and once you get it you become one. It reminds me of this vampire film i saw once at a sleepover. I hope mum dosnt read this and find out i saw that film ! sorry mum.
Anyway diary, Mum says its bedtime because i have school tomorrow. But who knows, maybe not for much longer. My friend said earlier that maybe the teachers or whoever owns the schools are going to close them till this is all over. Fingers crossed. and toes."
14 May
"Just home from school. We didnt really do all that much work. The teachers spent a lot of the day in the staff room watching the news rather than teaching us anything and they let us play for most of the day which was great ! We had an assembly where the Head teacher told us that school was going to be closed for at least a month ! Can you imagine a whole month out of school ? Its like an extra summer holiday ! I think theyre scared of the crazy people fighting in London and Manchester and whereever else. I cant believe Old Trafford is gone ! the stadium burnt down the news said this morning. I feel sad for Man United.
I dont get why theyre so worried, its like hundreds or maybe even thousands of miles away. Its not like it will come here. Mum says we are safe here and that the army is making things safer for the people in England so that the crazy people wont come here, but she had that same look in her eyes when she said that as she did when i asked her if Santa was real and she lied and said yes. Ive known for ages Santa isnt real im 11 ! almost a teenager but i dont have the heart to tell my mum.
I'm going out to play with Dylan from down the street now, but i might write in this later on if i can think of anything interesting."
15 May
"No school today, isnt that great ? Well it was until CBBC stopped showing cartoons and the news came on every channel on the telly. The news usually bores me but this was different. It wasnt something to do with a foreign country or a boring politician. This was scary. Those infected crazy people are all over London now. Soldiers and policemen are putting all the normal people in busses and trains and trying to drive them to someplace safe. Mum says a lot of people from London are going to France. Why would they all go on holiday at once ? Is it because theyre scared of the infected ?
Mum looked different i noticed. She didnt speak much as we watched the scary people with the evil red eyes fighting the army in London. I saw soldiers near Big Ben shooting at people. It was like a film, but i know it was real. I know why mum looked different. She was scared. Mum never gets scared. She never answered when i asked her if it this would all stop soon and go back to normal. Maybe i want to go back to school. I miss things being normal. I want to see my friends and have cartoons to watch. and now i cant get sweeties as much from the shop because all the prices are going up and mum cant afford it. Makes me sad. Anyway dear diary, i may be back tomorrow to write more. I dont have much else to do now."
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