Outpost 5

Outpost 5
Outpost 5 is the governing center of District 5, located east of District 2. Outpost 5 is the largest outpost amongst the six outposts, and is also the most secure, rivaling even that of Government Central's walls and elite security. In fact, it's so large, the outpost itself is often regarded as the district it was supposed to represent.

The outpost itself is, in its own right, its own island. Pre-apocalypse, 11 bridges allowed traffic into and out of the former city. During the outbreak, 6 bridges were purposely destroyed in order to restrict the movement of infected into and out of the city. Despite an ordered evacuation of the city, several thousand still remained, including several hundred pregnant women. As a result, the highest number of post-apocalyptic births can be found here. The city itself is home to several hospitals, schools, and local government buildings. Many security guards, hospital staff, teachers and students remained in the hospitals and schools, barricading and securing them in any way they could. Not counting those individuals who barricaded themselves in their homes, this resulted in several thousand people being left behind.

History
3 days after the outbreak, Isabela Kaye Richards (who would become Director-5) was able to relieve a small police precinct and give instruction for "the proper termination of hostile entities". Only a week after the outbreak, most of the hospitals, precincts, and schools have been relieved. Through the police and security guards, Kaye Richards was able to institute a full purge of the city and locking down its remaining bridges. Surviving engineers were able to rig equipment and build structures to maintain security around the city. Gates were built to guard the bridges, which had snipers and machinegun emplacements (salvaged from the retreating national army) to respond against any attack.

Only a week post-outbreak, Director-2 and one of the fighters from Outpost 2 spotted one of the heavily-defended bridges. They quietly observed the gate on the far side, but where prompted to come out of hiding when a sniper spots them and a loudspeaker announces for them to surrender themselves. Director-2 is taken to Director-5, and the two somehow become friends.

Operational signficance
Outpost 5 is the base of operations of all eastern combat operations against advancing hordes and the remnants. Despite its status as a forward operating base, its status as the most secure outpost and the number of hospitals in it makes it the prime "maternal leave" destination. As a result, it has the highest concentration of minors amongst all of the NCD outposts.

Being a significant forward operating base, it houses several artillery pieces (as well several experimental ones) that are known to be able to target anything within NCD borders. This is also one of the primary reasons why the outpost is so heavily-guarded. Losing these artillery pieces will mean the loss of highly-valuable fire support, and if these are lost to the remnants, it will mean the decimation of the entire NCD.

Attacks
Outpost 5 has suffered two major attacks from both zombies and remnant forces.

The First Defense of Outpost 5

 * Hunter and pathfinder units were reporting increasing infected activity just outside of District 5, 2 days prior to the actual attack. On the day of the attack, a report claims to have spotted an unusual hooded figure (now known to be a darklord) amongst the amassing zombie horde. Hunter and pathfinder units were ordered to pull back, but communications was abruptly cut off. 15 minutes after the loss of communications, a spearhead of O.P.'s managed to break through bridges 1 and 2, incurring 34 casualties on the defending guardsmen. Artillery was ordered to destroy bridge 1, whilst other guard units were ordered to subdue rampant O.P.'s and to retake bridge 2. An additional 47 casualties were incurred amongst guard ranks. A platoon of just-arrived militia were able to recapture bridge 2, but at the cost of almost the entire platoon, save for one man, Ian Wills. The total casualties now number at 102. Ian Wills, despite having no legs, he was able to operate a machinegun emplacement on the compromised gate and hold back a second wave, with 1000+ confirmed killed infected (as well as 2 O.P.'s), for a full 30 minutes before a relief force of 22 militamen arrived.


 * Because of the nature of the attack, almost all outpost defensive plans have been modeled as if the attacking force were human, along with the confirmed existence of darklords.

The Second Defense of Outpost 5

 * This is the first time an external, organized group had been encountered (now known to be the remnants), and also the first time a casualty had been incurred amongst the directors. Snipers spotted movement on the other side of the bridge, but before they were able to radio in and notify anyone (the radios were reportedly set to broadcast on all channels), the remnants fired an RPG and destroyed a watchtower. Mixed guard and militia forces immediately rushed towards their stations. The alarm was sounded, and additional forces reached the bridge 2 gate, including then-Director-5 and current Director-3/5. According to a statement released by Director-3/5, he had withdrawn to summon reinforcements from nearby District 2 and from any nearby hunter units. The remnants fired another RPG and destroyed bridge 2's gate, killing then-Director-5 and 6 others. Director-3/5 then proceeded to lead a counterattack with only 5 guardsmen, incurring a confirmed 49 kills on the estimated 60 or so combatants. A captured remnant revealed their identity, but not their purpose for attacking Outpost 5, as they were only, quote, "following orders".


 * Then-Director-3 was then reinstated as Director-3/5.