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Hey after reading that time line "The Ages of Mankind" in the 6th edition book it said a that a zombie virus broke out? Does anyone know how this came/created and what happened?

Nurgle most likely.

If you are talking about the Zombie Plague then that is carried mainly by Typhus and crew. It was made by Nurgle and creates Plague Zombies.

subzerotornado wrote:If you are talking about the Zombie Plague then that is carried mainly by Typhus and crew. It was made by Nurgle and creates Plague Zombies.

I don't think that the one. The one I'm talking about the one in pg 172 of the rule book its says:
"a Grim Fate- The first incidence of the zombie plague occurs on Hydra Minoris. Quarantine is imposed, trapping 23 billion uninfected Imperial citizens alongside a rising tide of contagious and carnivorous undead."

Then it mentioned again in pg 175 "new plague rising"

of course I'm not very familiar with the 40k fluff so it might be that

It's the one carried by Typhus. There is a PDF and models to field a zombie horde in apoc games. It's pretty useless due to T2 FNP being negated by bolters, but that's a different conversation...

There's actually three or four different "zombie"-like plagues/causes in 40k.

You have the "Plague of Unbelief", which is what Typhus and the Terminus Est are the Heralds for. This is a VERY big deal as it spreads very quickly and cannot really be stopped with conventional measures and is used as a way for Nurgle to gain followers (those affected by it still retain their mental faculties, to the point where they can still operate vehicles and weaponry). It's a big enough problem that an entire Ordo of the Inquisition was founded to deal with it and try to find counters, the Ordo Sepulturm.

Aaron Dembski-Bowden's"Cadian Blood" details the Plague of Unbelief pretty well.

There's a plant which is similar to this.
There's also a worm which does similar.

Not to mention the Black Templar have faced Vampires in the past in the Ghoul Stars. Undead is actually pretty common within 40k everyone who plays Necron think they have the corner on the market but it isn't the case for sure, luckily 40k hasn't made Vampire Counts in space....yet.... *shudder*

 Big Mek Wurrzog wrote:
Not to mention the Black Templar have faced Vampires in the past in the Ghoul Stars. Undead is actually pretty common within 40k everyone who plays Necron think they have the corner on the market but it isn't the case for sure, luckily 40k hasn't made Vampire Counts in space....yet.... *shudder*

Well, technically, they have.
Both the Blood Angels and the Dark Eldar take some influence from vampiric lore.

Blood Angels are fairly obvious - they drink blood, are long lived, are fairly comely, and have a strong sense of honor reminiscent of some stories about Vampires (Francis Ford Coppola's version of Dracula comes to mind).

Dark Eldar may not drink blood, but the other traits of vampirism are there - they are cruel, treat "lesser" organisms like cattle, practice dark arcane arts, dress in revealing BDSM-esque clothing, feed off the suffering of others (as a vampire would drink blood, and are seductive and beautiful in a menacing way (see: Lilith).

The Plague of Unbelief is part of the aftermath of the Age of Apostasy. It's a continuation of the corruption of ideals, not actually a virus or physical sickness.

 DemetriDominov wrote:
The Plague of Unbelief is part of the aftermath of the Age of Apostasy. It's a continuation of the corruption of ideals, not actually a virus or physical sickness.

Black 13th Codex says otherwise. There's actually 2 of them: The one tied to the Age of Apostasy and the one involved with Chaos that creates Zombies.

Typhus carries the "Destroyer Hive" which makes a zombie-plague. That plague is called, by Imperials, "The Plague of Unbelief".

There are many many diferent "zombie" plagues that hit the 40k galaxy, to name a few

Sould drinkers fight off a living sentiant "Zombie" virus (btw, the only sould drinkers book i liked)

Typhus and his cronies

Nurgle..... well this is pretty much this dudes M.O

Tyranids: thats right nids used to make "zombies" and still do in the more recent fluff (not the decaying kind mind you)

And if you're a fan of the good guys in zombie stories, the Inquisition has a minor Ordo called the Ordo Sepulturum dedicated to fighting plagues, including zombies.

What is the Black 13th Codex?

The codex that came out to support the world wide campaign set during the 13th Black Crusade (contains, 13th company space wolves, traitor guard/mutants, ulthwe eldar, and cadian army lists).

Aye, I thought it was called Eye of Terror?

Didn't the Life Eater virus create a ton of zombies on Istvaan III as well?

 DemetriDominov wrote:
Aye, I thought it was called Eye of Terror?

The very same.

That makes sense now. To progress this topic a bit, anyone want to make a suggestion for a zombie apoc. scenario?

I thought they already had an Apocalypse zombie senario. Typhus and like 1000 zombies or something.

Everything they kill comes back as a zombie with basic zombie stats.

I think they did have an apocalypse game mode but i dont think its in the apocalpse book any more.

Really? Well hopefully this will help.

Formation:

Typhus or Plaguemaster(Chaos Lord with MoN)

3+ Plague Zombie units (Unit size is 10-30 zombies)

Every casualty cause by a zombie has a chance to rise as a zombie on a 6+ (before "pile in" moves).

 DeffDred wrote:
Really? Well hopefully this will help.

This will help more:

http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1180078_Chaos_Space_Marines_Datasheet_-_Plague_of_Zombies.pdf

It was never in a book, it is and always was a GW website formation.

Unfortunately, it's easily beaten by just about anything, due to the easy negation of FNP on a T2 model. Especially if you play against Space Marines. You'll only get like half a dozen extra zombies off them

EDIT: Here's a link to a very nice homebrew scenario, with an attached BatRep. Makes the zombies a bit tougher.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/473102.page

Don't forget the best zombies of them all, those created on Necromunda by the neuron plague. Nothing particularily chaotic or undead about them, but plague zombies had dreadful stats so a halfway decent CC gang could mulch their way though a horde of them.

Until the Arbitrator decides to crossbreed them with Icrotic slime. Heh heh heh...

Nurgle with Typhus as his unholy rotten Herald I thought was famous for doing this to Imperial worlds as in taking a heavily populated world and turning into a decayed, flithy, world with plaguebearers and zombies.

Correct me if I'm not right