Battle Born

Sam realises you weren’t around when Chris McShell joined Abel, so suggests that he fills you in on what he calls “part of your history”.

You hear the story through the ears of Sergeant Ellis, a previous Runner 5. Sam has picked up a mayday signal from New Canton.

Zoms have trapped some civilians on the top of a bus. The Major orders you to shoot the horde, but Chris McShell approaches and warns against this.

Chris, an “expert in zombie behaviour”, offers you an earpiece through which you hear Sam, and suggests you create a decoy so he can save the civilians.

New Canton superiors request to see Chris. A soldier tries to file civilians into the jeep in which the message arrived, but they are denied, so you head for a barn.

The Major directs everyone into a barn. Someone coughs. The coughing soon turns to moaning. Someone in the barn has turned.