Outpost 3

Outpost 3
Outpost 3 is the governing center of District 3. Outpost 3 is a former university complex located approx. 2km northeast of Government Central. Most of the initial residents here held out in the administrative buildings. After its liberation and formation as an outpost, research and development of the first alternative ballistics weaponry took place.

History
40,000 students, teachers and staff used to roam the halls and roads of the university, chasing deadlines, thesis papers, and the bus. At the onset of the outbreak, only 400 were able to escape from the massacre at street level and barricade themselves inside the old, stone-and-mortar spanish buildings, which were previously utilized as administrative buildings. More would later die from food and water shortages, in-fighting, general retardedness, and darkangel and shadow attacks.

Director-3/5 single-handedly secured the whole complex two months after the initial outbreak, freeing the survivors who held out inside the administrative buildings. Director-3/5 was able to create a secure environment within the outpost for the outpost 3 residents, inadvertently gaining him the title of "leader", and soon after the formation of the NCD, "Director-3".

General Overview
Outpost 3 at-a-glance:
 * Holding capacity: 8,000; 20,000 (overcrowd)
 * Area: 21.5 hectares
 * Facilities: 18 academic and administrative buildings (inc. 1 hospital), open field
 * Fortifications: wire-topped concrete perimeter wall, multiple entrance/exit gates, 126 machine gun emplacements, 21 triple-50 sniper emplacements, six 60mm mortars, two 105mm light field howitzers
 * Functions: defense, emergency housing, command center, weapons stockpile, trade center, barracks, training grounds, research and development center, firebase, materials stockpile, vehicle maintenance and outfitting, logistical support, large-scale manufacturing, communications relay
 * Strategic significance: Communications and trade hub between Northern and Southern NCD; protection of Government Central; training grounds of 40% of the entire NCD's guardsmen and militia

Operational significance
Outpost 3 has been used by the NCD since its founding as militia training grounds and as a firebase. Once the surrounding area had been purged and secured, Outpost 3 became a trade center for various weapons, ammunition, food, and other items. It soon became the central trade hub of the NCD, where an astounding 62% of trade passes through.

It is also the home of Science Division's Civil Defense Department and the Experimental Weapons Department, due to the availability of parts from the surrounding abandoned shops and the relatively-untouched lab equipment already present in the university.

Attacks
Outpost 3 has suffered no major, direct attacks since its founding. It has, however, seen one of the fiercest fighting of the Five Purges Period.