Ok, so i was reading though http://ww2.zombieinitiative.org/node/184 last night and on the third page there was some mention of not knowing what sort of medical break throughs or discoveries may come about that may or may not cause zombie-ism. That got me to thinking. What if Nano-machines were to cause zombie-like symptoms?
So, nano-machine get created by some medical scientist. over a few years it becomes general treatment for a number of ailments via an injection into your blood stream. They roam around removing bad cells, repairing the good ones and moniters the patients condition.
Sounds wonderful, right?
Now imagine some idiot tries to hack it or the government/military modifies it for super soilders, most likely the latter. The programming gets corrupted and suddenly these miraclous nano-machines begin taking over the systems in the body. Within a unknown time this person has lost all semblance of humanity and begins attacking people. His blood and saliva swimming with these tiny machines that take materials eaten by the host to replicate themselves and infecting others in the process.
Logically, its not really a zombie but it has enough in common to be called that. With these auto-repairing bots at work, killing these unusual breed of zed could prove to be difficult. Pain wouldn't slow it down and it will probably ignore most injury, possibly even recovering from said injury given enough time and substance. Wounds clot quickly and of course it would have abnormal strength and speed.
If nanos are general practice than any person that pocess them could easily become a zed. Those without could be safe from infection unless these tiny machines have the ability to replicate, in which everyone is scerwed.
Naturally, headshots are still the prefered method of destruction but since these whacked out cyborgs wouldn't actually be dead if you were to inflict enough damage to the vital organs then it would die, though it would probably take a while before it realised its death and possibly giving it time to cause yours.
Alright, so that was my thought as best i can picture it. so thoughts, idea, arguements?
(update) since our glourious site admin made a mistake i'm reviving for fresh opinions.
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Sounds similar to the Borg from Star Trek The Next Generation.
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EMP. . .electro magnetic pulse.
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the other place would be a heart shot as it would disrupt the flow of nanites and quite possibly prevent there regeneration process to take place. Also another thing to consider is that in early years of nanites you are going to need to have some place for them to recharge and something like a control center more then likely it would be a small box capable of being placed anywhere on the body. If that were to be broken (bat shotgun chuck Norris) then I think it would ether relese the host kill them or just make it so that the zed was no longer able to regenerate as quickly. However this would more then likely only be in the first several years (4-10) that these boxes would be prominent with the way we evolve our technology.
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It would depend on the level of technology available at the time and it could be that they would "infect" an individual and rewrite brain patterns to make them a zombie then the nanites run out of juice but the person keeps going due to the fact that they have already been rewritten
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sorry i''m new on this forum but i have a theory as to how zombies could be free from the boundaries of normal human capability in that they could be stronger, faster and able to endure harsh conditions etc. and i thought this might be a good place to put it. hope o'm not stepping on anyone's toes!
1)they are no longer human but they will be bound to human primal instincts, which may make them vicious.
2)they could be fast because, depending on whether they would need air to survive, they do not need oxygen to thrive. this means that their muscles can still function without respiratory backup thus making their muscles anaerobic and hard to tire.
3) the zombie ''disease'' could have adverse affects on the body's chemical reactions. the adrenal gland would go into overdrive, making them incredibly fast and strong. only basic sensory and motor functions would be retained, or maybe more appropriately, the only functions that would survive, IF the infection degenerates the brain, and so pain may not be an obstacle for them.
4) basic human instinct is based on survival. if zombies retain these instincts (finding food etc.) they could thrive for a LONG time.
5)theoretically they wouldn't need food, however i don't agree with this totally because eventually they would just shrivel up and become too weak to get their sustenance if human flesh runs out.
6)they could survive harsh conditions because even freezing would not affect them, because they're alreadydecomposing and probably don't have much going on in them heads of theirs, and there would be pretty much no blood flow already, so what's going to stop them from just unfreezing in the spring??
This is a good post but you should have created another topic for this as this thread is covering Nanite's. but If you came up with all of this by yourself then I look forward to reading your post's.
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Bump!
Cause i don't think i've gotten enough opinions yet.
Winning isn't a reason to get a reward but one less poke in the eye, while losing gets you two.
I don't know much about nanites, but if you had enough of them wouldn't there be some sort of Artificial Intelligence behind them? Giving the zombies the ability to learn and work together, also in this sense couldn't the nanites have some form of wireless communication system keeping them all working, which could create some sort of master brain system between the lot of them, effectively making them one big unit. While you were looking at sci-fi I thought i may aswell build up on it.
all these are very valid points, i would just like to add, that if the nanite theory is correct and given that it all starts from the military. the first people to be infected will obviously be militants, and because the outbreak will (hopefully) be an accident then its safe to say the first sign it is an out break is when these militants infect other militants, thus the first wave would be infected military personel, armed to the max and suited with armor. thus making the fight againts them extremly difficult!! and the infected to none infected ratio would increase at an alarming rate!
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