Earth Reborn - Part II

   And now we return to the atomic wastelands of Earth Reborn! This time we will look at the perverted, morally dubious Salemite faction. The Salem city-bunker survived five-hundred years buried under the ruins of America by resorting to horrible, inhuman methods. Now the strongest have emerged, leading legions of mindless zombie slaves. These are, most definitely, the Bad Guys...

The Salemite faction

  
   The Salemites are led by Professor John Kendall Junior. Kendall is the most prominent of the Salemite scientists, and is a descendant of Jason F. Kendall, founder and first leader of Salem Underground.

Professor John Kendall Jr

 
   The professor is determined to push the limits of reanimation technology, at all costs, and regardless of the ethical consequences. He performs horrific experiments on the living as well as the dead, displaying unbound cruelty and a stunning lack of compassion. Kendall is in constant need of test subjects.
 
   Jessica Hollister is in charge of the security of Salem Underground. She is also the Salemites’ chief of police and military leader. She is known for her severity, viciousness, cruelty, and her passion for firearms. Her authority has never been challenged. Soldiers follow her orders unquestioningly, often for fear of reprisal at the mere suggestion of the slightest disagreement with her ideas.
 

Jessica Hollister

  

   Jeff Deeler is a deranged individual. He has spent most of his life surrounded by reanimated cadavers. He has no family. He considers the cadavers his only family, his “brothers.” Some suspect he might have poisoned his parents in order to reanimate them and better control them.

Jeff Deeler

 

   Jack Saw was one of the first of a new breed of enhanced reanimated slaves. His natural aggression and boundless energy have been enhanced with a prototype advanced neuronic helmet, and Jack is now at the forefront of many of the Salemite's missions.

Jack Saw

 

   Zombies are the muscle behind the Salemite operation. These zombies are equipped with a Power Fist and lower body reinforcement. The Salemites often use these zombies as guard dogs or basic infantry soldiers during combat. As soldiers, they cannot use weapons because of their very limited intelligence, but they nonetheless prove useful as defensive walls of “flesh.”

Zombies

   Although Cherokee Bill is a member of the Salemite community, he is consistently mistreated by his superiors, sometimes even regarded as a slave, due to his Test Subject origins. Over time, he has recognized their condescension and resents their contempt. As the years pass, he finds himself hoping for a different life within a different community where he might be better appreciated for who he is.

Cherokee Bill

 

   Finally, we have my favourite, Franck.

   Franck Einstein has been assembled over centuries from various body parts and organs extracted from deceased or, in some cases, live humans. His brain remains that of Franck Einz, a mechanic with an impressive body frame, who had died five-hundred years ago.

Frank Einstein

 

   Franck’s brain is linked directly to a neuronic helmet featuring the best artificial intelligence technology available. Thanks to this electronics marvel, his IQ is almost as high as that of Professor Kendall, although Franck remains under the firm control of Kendall, Deeler, and Hollister. That is the theory, anyway...

   So there they are -- the dramatis personae of this most excellent game. I've only had a chance to play this once since I finished the figures, but I found it to be a very detailed yet smooth flowing game, (once, of course, I figured out the rules!). As I get more games under my belt I'll be sure to post some battle reports.

 

Thanks again for stopping by!

-Andrew