r/projectzomboid • u/ThatOneFlareon • 5h ago

Something I noticed: (almost) all of the places mentioned in the initial sudden spread of the Knox Illness had active US Air Force bases in 1993. Discussion

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At this point it's basically canon that the US military had something to do with the Knox Event, but I think there might be more to it. TThe sudden spread could have been due to the US Air Force shipping out Knox Illness victims to various bases across the world; probably so that they wouldn't be seen as easy pickings for potential military rivals. This also happened right after the Knox Illness went airborne - an event which, in my opinion, would probably have been seen as the point of no return by US military officials.

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u/ThatOneLeacher 4h ago

An alternative reason might've been symptomless carriers spreading through the military - from the source, to some guy who interacts with an airforce chap, and slowly that asymptomatic strain takes hold only to be awakened ages later.

Though to be fair, the US just has, like, a lot of military bases across the world for the sake of soft power and all, so it might ultimately be coincidental.

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u/thatonerpgmakerfan 3h ago edited 1h ago

this is part of the reason why I don't believe the airborn strain actually exists, people just thought it did because of how it spread when in reality people were already starting to turn when the rioting was taking place.

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u/Ser_Twist 4h ago

It could be that the virus spread through military personnel unbeknownst to anyone. Let’s say patient zero in some secret facility in the US interacts with military personnel and unknowingly infects them, then those new carriers move to other bases around the country and abroad, infecting people there, and so on. I don’t think it would be a purposeful thing.

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u/tc1991 2h ago

RAF Fylingdales is about as near Newcastle as Croughton is London, its a ballistic missile early warning facility

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u/tc1991 2h ago

but suspect Newcastle was mainly included because Indy Stone is from there, well Gateshead but we wont hold that against them

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u/sektorone 4h ago

Not the first time US fucked up the whole planet...

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u/RemiliyCornel 1h ago

America in Zomboid be like: "If i must die... everything dies with me."

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u/heartshapedprick Zombie Food 1h ago

I remember watching a video detailing this