How well do you think the Imperium would fair against a full flege Zombie infestation

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**xxmatt85**

Now the type of zombie I'm talking are the ones from The Walking Dead which for example are slow, do not require nourishment, any human that dies by almost any means will reanimate to join the living dead, and finally require headshots to kill. Now every human is already infected, now humans and Space marines are the only ones that are infected by this.

**Tadashi**

The Imperium would do quite well, actually...if it went that far they'd probably turn the entire continent into a sea of fire with orbital lance strikes. If it spread across the entire planet, they'd fire off a few cyclonic torpedoes and destroy the whole place.

**jadebullet**

For the answer to this question, read Cadian Blood by ADB.

**Harriticus**

They would do quite well, since full-blown exterminatus and the loss of entire worlds is not a big deal for them. Plus the zombies would be too stupid and isolated on their world of origin to spread. Not to mention the Imperium already suffers zombie outbreaks more or less this type via Nurgle Plague Zombies.

The biggest type of zombie-style infestation would be The Flood from Halo, who can travel from planet to planet on their own. That's another ballgame for them.

**Grey Templar**

Well, considering they sometimes actually have to contain Zombie outbreaks I would say they would be just fine. Especially since Zombie outbreaks have to do with Nurgle.

A classic Zombie horde would have little chance against the Imperium. Lasguns would easily penetrate the cranium and not to mention all the ordinance the IG could bring to bear.

In a hive city it would be harder. The city would likely end up compeltely infected simply because the IG couldn't bring their full force.

Once the Hive is condemmed its a simple matter of containment and then nuking the site from orbit.

**Decio**

^ Or Grey Knight Purifiers appearing to incinerate the zombies and save the populace. But only if the world was important and only if the Grey Knights could be bothered to go there.

**Kanluwen**

jadebullet wrote:
For the answer to this question, read Cadian Blood by ADB.

Well not necessarily the answer, as most "full fledged zombie infestations" in 40k don't have the Death Guard involved but do have Plaguebearers or potentially Great Unclean Ones.

But these things are not uncommon. There's actually an Inquisitorial Ordo that was introduced in the 13th Black Crusade which deals solely with the plague zombie phenomenon, the Ordo Sepulturum.

**mattyrm**

They would be totally fine, because they are totally merciless!

Basically, they would bring the navy and wall off the entire sector, shoot any ships that try to leave the atmosphere of an infected planet, and then bomb the gak out of the whole world and leave it a dead rock.

Easy peasy!

**Crystal-Maze**

The imperium even has one of the minor ordos of the inquisition, the 'Ordo Sepulturum' or 'Zombie Hunters'.

And they would probably just incendiary bomb from orbit.

**Anfauglir**

xxmatt85 wrote:
Now every human is already infected

Doesn't that pretty much settle it?

**Mohoc**

There is only one way to find out.

Play a game of 40k with 2000 points of IG infantry with only lasguns vs Thypus with 2000 points of zombie cultists.

**Grey Templar**

Holy fether. thats 500 guardsmen.

And with that GW zombie formation, thats around 359 zombies plus Typhus(not exactly sure how many points he is)

So Typhus and 360ish St3 T2 zombies with FnP against 500 guardsmen with lasguns.

I'll put money on the Guardsmen.

**Decio**

I'd think that a demonstration would be a huge Apocalypse scale battle, but the dead Guardsmen would become Zombies if killed in CC. Say, an entire regiment of Guardsmen with ground support vs. Typhus and 5000 zombiez. no one has the money for that many models, but you could work it out with math.

**Grey Templar**

Decio wrote:
I'd think that a demonstration would be a huge Apocalypse scale battle, but the dead Guardsmen would become Zombies if killed in CC. Say, an entire regiment of Guardsmen with ground support vs. Typhus and 5000 zombiez. no one has the money for that many models, but you could work it out with math.

The GW sheet has rules for the dead becoming zombies. http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1180078_Chaos_Space_Marines_Datasheet_-_Plague_of_Zombies.pdf

You roll a D6 for every casuality at the end of every assault phase when the Zombies were in the combat. On a 6 a new zombie appears and all new ones are evenkly divided between multiple zombie units that were involved.

If the zombies are wiped out, no new zombies appear.

**Decio**

^ Oh. That's cleared up then. Isn't Typhus and Co. in one of the Imperial Armour books?

**Grey Templar**

Maybe, if so its an updated version and probably works better with 6th.

For example the SnP rule in the zombie formation does nothing for them, and Typhus being within 12" is no benifit at all.

**lyndon_us**

Tadashi wrote:
The Imperium would do quite well, actually...if it went that far they'd probably turn the entire continent into a sea of fire with orbital lance strikes. If it spread across the entire planet, they'd fire off a few cyclonic torpedoes and destroy the whole place.

agreed

**Mohoc**

The new 6th Ed Chaos codex allows you to buy cultist for 5pts each, with a max squad of 35. Typhus makes them Plague Zombies (SnP and FNP, but they cannot take upgrades).

Typhus + 360 Zombie Cultists vs approx 500 guardsmen

**Grey Templar**

Really?

I haven't had a chance to see the new codex. Actual in game plague zombies is awsome.

**Mohoc**

It is actually less than 500 guardsmen

350 guardsmen in 7 platoons
35 in platoon command squads
5 company command squad

390 total

can you see the 50 man blob doing the " First Rank Fire, Second Rank Fire"?

**Grey Templar**

Yeah, but we were assuming straight Guardsmen.

of course when you add PCS's and CCS's to make legal lists they actually increase the Guardsmen's damage output quite abit.

**Decio**

Actually, for more Guardsmen and more of a horror-theme take full squads of conscripts instead of some of the infantry squads