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Dawn of the Dead style is mega awesome.
Plus: slow and stupid, easily herded; infection from bites only (although, avoidance of zombie fluids whenever possible is a Good Strategy). The large majority of the world is already infected, so there will be VAST resources available to the very few survivors. Well documented type of outbreak, so quite a number of study guides are available to develop appropriate/effective tactics.
Minus: these zombies take serious damage to disable, so hard-hitting and precise tactics are a must. They form one of the most impressive Zombie Swarms possible, somehow communicating the location of "food" almost telepathically. They react to a variety of stimuli; clearly sound but also (apparently) body heat, motion, sight. They have impressive strength, grabbing and chewing capability. Further, these zombies have a longer life-expectancy than most others; they don't seem to rot as fast for some reason and remain ambulatory for a very significant time frame. This incursion may well last several months, or even up to a year, so longer-term planning is a must.
plus or minus, depending on how it plays out: infection takes a fair bit of time, like about half a day to a day or more. Lots of time to take out contaminated companions &/or off yourself first, if you so wish.
I don't really need to adjust my previously stated tactics by much. A motorcycle with speed, agility and fuel efficiency for primary transport. Modify with holsters for at least six shotguns and several handguns, plus a backpack full of spare clips. A nice modern ATV as a back-up once a good location is secured. Will definitely add a long gun with top-gear hunting scope to the arsenal for ranged protection. With my .30-06 I'm good for one-shot one-kill head shots out to 200 meters. Since my handguns of choice would be .40 cal, I'd locate a .40 cal carbine or two for closer range. With luck I can find a couple that use the same clips as the handguns so all the ammo & clips are interchangeable whenever anything might get lost or broken.
Fortunately, there are not very many survivors to compete with in this scenario, so finding large, multi-floor buildings &/or shopping malls will be easy. Since I'm near Philadelphia, there are thousands of buildings to evaluate and choose from ... so, one that is tall (at least 10 floors) for commanding view of surroundings, and that I can secure the ground floor. Several entrances and exits to the 2nd & 3rd floors that are extremely zombie-resistant. Clearly, a full room-by-room & floor-by-floor sweep will be meticulously conducted, most likely with one or two dogs, which should be very easy to come by. Secure clean water and sanitary sewage facilities/equipment.
A secondary (and tertiary) location will also be located and secured in case the primary is compromised. Quite a number of universities near me, so securing their library buildings for future research goes onto the checklist. Need to secure a copious fuel source that does not require electricity to run pumps ... probably locate a couple dozen fuel tank trucks, make sure they are fully topped off, and parked in a network of safe, strategic locations. In fact, a similar strategy of locating and securing semi-tractor trailers filled with critical supplies (ammunition, clothing, tools, non-perishable food, etc.) would also take up a lot of my attention. Keep them disabled so that I can move them at need but no one else can, even if they find them & figure out what they are.
So long as there is power, use of internet to download and physically print out critical (survival) info will be a priority in the first days; electronic copies will, of course, become useless in short order. So long as various tech is available (phones internets tv etc.), most certainly make use of it. Most of my friends are at least 600 miles away, some are 3000 and others are overseas, so meeting up with them physically wouldn't be the best plan, especially since I'd have to travel through several zombie metropolises infested with literally millions of zombies and major military bases that would be totally freaking out. Better to set up several meeting points a couple months out where we can all travel by mostly rural routes.
Raiding grocery stores for fresh meat and fish and jerking it in large volume will also be another priority while gas cooking and electricity remain functional. However, I also can hunt, so I can compromise a bit there and rely on wild game, cows, farm animals, etc. as other priorities crop up.
First two weeks would be spent performing a lot of experiments to evaluate exact zombie behavior so that tactics can be refined. Probably ignore and avoid most humans, unless I spot one or two that appear to really have a clue And seem safe to contact. As stated previously, one or two bad-ass, tsundere babes to keep things entertaining would also be high on the priority list. Someone(s) to help shoot and reload clips, play chess with around the campfire at night and generally help keep sharp would be fairly critical.
Overall, I rate my chances at quite a bit better than ~95%, assuming I do nothing completely retarded.
