perform this maneuver unless you find yourself with no other choice. We will address the viability of throwing weapons at living dead attackers later in this text.
Using Hooked Armaments
When selecting a melee weapon, be wary of bludgeons that have extended hooks or long, narrow bolts, such as the claw end of a hammer, a longshoreman’s hook, or the point of a pickaxe. Although these protrusions provide excellent penetrating power into the skull, they also tend to lodge in the brain cavity. Remember that once a zombie’s brain is destroyed, its entire body instantly becomes dead weight. There have been many recorded cases of a weapon being pulled out of a fighter’s hand after becoming wedged in the ghoul’s cranial vault, leaving the individual unarmed for several crucial seconds. The time required to pull your weapon free could be crucial to your survival, particularly if engaging simultaneous attackers. This is not to say that you should not select this type of weapon, but be aware of its shortcomings during battle. One method of ensuring that your weapon always stays close at hand is to craft a retention loop attached to the armament’s handle, so that if you lose hold of the weapon, it still remains secured to your wrist. (See the discussion of weapon customization later in this section.)
COMBAT REPORT:
KENJIRO ITTO
Chief Operating Officer Kusanagi Enterprises, Sakai, Japan
I’m escorted from the helicopter pad atop Hikosaburo Plaza by four heavily armed security personnel and led down to the reception area of Kenjiro “Kenny” Itto, chairman and COO of Kusanagi Enterprises. The company is currently the world’s largest producer and exporter of modern Japanese combat arms. It was also founded by the Kishida-kai organization, one of the oldest Yakuza syndicates in Japan. The company has been instrumental in revitalizing the country’s financial system, so much so that it has been said by its detractors that post-undead Japan has effectively become a “RICOECONOMY,” one that is governed by what was formerly considered the criminal underworld. Kusanagi Enterprises exports its products to every country with functioning safe regions and provides training to military and civilian groups on four of the seven continents.
Mr. Itto greets me with a slight bow followed by a firm handshake. As we make idle chatter before starting the formal interview, he asks if I am aware of the reinstatement status of the higher education system in the United States. “As a former Illini, I’m hoping for the best,” he states. We begin the interview in his office, but he decides that he would rather talk while taking me on a tour of the factory several floors below.
KI: Even before the first Japanese citizen rose from the dead, ours was a nation in free fall—economically, emotionally, and spiritually. I am a student of business, not psychology, but I know enough to realize that a man often judges himself in two very fundamental ways—as a warrior or as a provider. Our country had a rich, illustrious history as a warrior nation; one that was nearly devastated by Fat Man and Little Boy. 6 After that humiliating defeat culminating on the deck of the USS Missouri , many in our society felt that it was better to relinquish our combative ways to more powerful nations, lest we suffer additional disgrace at the hands of gaijin .
Many also believed we would not recover, that we would forever be international pariahs, never again contributing to the world’s significance. But the Japanese are an industrious people. After several decades, we managed to scratch and fight our way back to a place of esteem; this time, as providers to the global economy. We leveraged our growing dominance in the automotive, semiconductor, and electronics sectors to branch out into property, banking, even entertainment, which alarmed you in the United States the most. By the mid-eighties, we were such an economic force that American families were
Using Hooked Armaments
When selecting a melee weapon, be wary of bludgeons that have extended hooks or long, narrow bolts, such as the claw end of a hammer, a longshoreman’s hook, or the point of a pickaxe. Although these protrusions provide excellent penetrating power into the skull, they also tend to lodge in the brain cavity. Remember that once a zombie’s brain is destroyed, its entire body instantly becomes dead weight. There have been many recorded cases of a weapon being pulled out of a fighter’s hand after becoming wedged in the ghoul’s cranial vault, leaving the individual unarmed for several crucial seconds. The time required to pull your weapon free could be crucial to your survival, particularly if engaging simultaneous attackers. This is not to say that you should not select this type of weapon, but be aware of its shortcomings during battle. One method of ensuring that your weapon always stays close at hand is to craft a retention loop attached to the armament’s handle, so that if you lose hold of the weapon, it still remains secured to your wrist. (See the discussion of weapon customization later in this section.)
COMBAT REPORT:
KENJIRO ITTO
Chief Operating Officer Kusanagi Enterprises, Sakai, Japan
I’m escorted from the helicopter pad atop Hikosaburo Plaza by four heavily armed security personnel and led down to the reception area of Kenjiro “Kenny” Itto, chairman and COO of Kusanagi Enterprises. The company is currently the world’s largest producer and exporter of modern Japanese combat arms. It was also founded by the Kishida-kai organization, one of the oldest Yakuza syndicates in Japan. The company has been instrumental in revitalizing the country’s financial system, so much so that it has been said by its detractors that post-undead Japan has effectively become a “RICOECONOMY,” one that is governed by what was formerly considered the criminal underworld. Kusanagi Enterprises exports its products to every country with functioning safe regions and provides training to military and civilian groups on four of the seven continents.
Mr. Itto greets me with a slight bow followed by a firm handshake. As we make idle chatter before starting the formal interview, he asks if I am aware of the reinstatement status of the higher education system in the United States. “As a former Illini, I’m hoping for the best,” he states. We begin the interview in his office, but he decides that he would rather talk while taking me on a tour of the factory several floors below.
KI: Even before the first Japanese citizen rose from the dead, ours was a nation in free fall—economically, emotionally, and spiritually. I am a student of business, not psychology, but I know enough to realize that a man often judges himself in two very fundamental ways—as a warrior or as a provider. Our country had a rich, illustrious history as a warrior nation; one that was nearly devastated by Fat Man and Little Boy. 6 After that humiliating defeat culminating on the deck of the USS Missouri , many in our society felt that it was better to relinquish our combative ways to more powerful nations, lest we suffer additional disgrace at the hands of gaijin .
Many also believed we would not recover, that we would forever be international pariahs, never again contributing to the world’s significance. But the Japanese are an industrious people. After several decades, we managed to scratch and fight our way back to a place of esteem; this time, as providers to the global economy. We leveraged our growing dominance in the automotive, semiconductor, and electronics sectors to branch out into property, banking, even entertainment, which alarmed you in the United States the most. By the mid-eighties, we were such an economic force that American families were
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