Fall of The CDC

### Outcome

* The CDC is destroyed and overrun by the undead as a result of Barney cowardly disclosing the location of The CDC to the Strangers to save himself from not becoming a Walker again
* The CDC Group, Major Gray's Platoon, and The Cannibals are wiped out and permanently dissolved
* Nick's Group is fragmented
* The deaths of several characters including Major Gray, Doctor Jin, General Uni, Bobby Smith, and Tommy
* The Formula X Cure is lost, although the cure research is preserved in the hands of Shark, Ghetto and Sabre

## Groups

* The CDC Group †
* Major Gray's Platoon †
* The Cannibals †
* King Lorenzo's Forces

## Leaders

* AK (MIA)
* Major Gray †
* Doctor Jin †
* General Uni (MIA)
* Corporal Langley †
* Bobby Smith †
* Tommy †
* The Stranger

## Participants

* AK (MIA)
* Shark
* Major Gray †
* Doctor Jin †
* General Uni †
* Professor Xavier
* Ashley †
* Bobby Smith †
* Shelby
* Sabre
* Tommy †
* Richard †
* Luke †
* Chub †
* The Stranger
* Unknown number of Strangers

## Events

The **Fall of The CDC** is a major and devastating event that occurred during the Strangers Conflict and took place in SGCBarbierian's The Crafting Dead.

## History

### Prelude

When Nick and Barney departed the CDC, they wandered into an area from which the Strangers operate from. It does not take them long to find the two wandering through the forest. When they see that Nick and Barney have an unusual amount of gear, they decide to follow them. When Nick and Barney set up camp for the night and begin talking about their group at the CDC, the Strangers become interested and attempt to listen further. Later on, while Nick sleeps, the Strangers set the camp on fire, causing the two to panick and fall in a waterfall. The next day, Doctor Cassandra from Mousie's Camp takes Barney on a supply run to get medicine to help him.

The departure of Barney and Cassandra proves to be valuable as The Strangers corner them. Cassandra is brutally killed in front of Barney who is traumatized. The Strangers have him taken prisoner and he is escorted to their camp where they lock him up in a cage. Immediately, they begin questioning him about where he came from and attempt to gain other information. In order to force him to submission, the Strangers torture Barney and refuse to give him food or water. In a act of cowardice, Barney reveals the CDC and its location in Atlanta. Following this, The Strangers begin planning an attack in coordination with a pre-planned attack on Mousie's Camp by readying explosives and walkers for the attack.

Early into the morning, The Strangers depart and attack Mousie's Camp with their leader before leaving for the CDC.

### Conflict

Approximately a few hours after their successful attack on Mousie's Camp, the Strangers arrive in Atlanta and lead a massive horde they managed to accumulate towards the safezone. When the horde nears it, The Strangers retreat into the urban landscape while the horde attacks. An unnamed member of Red's Army on duty fires his M4, but is unsuccessful, causing the horde to breach the gate and overrun the yard. In response to the blatant attack, Red's Army, Gray's Platoon and the majority of Nick's Group go out to fight them while the scientists and non-combatants remain inside. In response to the massive surge of forces, the Strangers bomb the building and grounds. They also go to fight the defenders on the ground. Many defenders are blown up or crushed to death by the bombing while others are devoured by walkers. One by one and block by block, the Strangers kill Gray and Red's soldiers. They then proceed to brutally murder Bobby, Uni, Jin, Gray and all remaining defenders. More bombs are dropped, resulting in significant damage to the CDC front, where they and the remnants of the walker horde enter and kill off the residents still inside. After this, the Strangers depart and on the outskirts, mark an S on a tree.

### Aftermath

Upon the arrival of Nick, Barney and Monroe a few hours later to the CDC outskirts, they find the perimeter wall to be on fire and destroyed. There is also no signs of any guards and walkers are roaming about. The group realizes the Strangers arrived earlier and cautiously take the walkers out. They get past the gate and see walkers are in the yard, which confuses Nick. When they finally get a glimpse of the safezone, the destruction of the CDC is revealed with the building being damaged and there being rubble spread through the yard along with walkers. The group realizes the Strangers accomplished what the group was attempting to stop. The fates of many defenders are confirmed, with Monroe informing Nick of Red and Gray's soldiers being found dead. Professor Xavier is found alive and informs that the Strangers attacked and killed nearly everyone except Shelby, who is later revealed to be alive. Nick decides to move the group south and keeps a form grip in his emotions, although he expresses guilt over the deaths to Shelby. When the Stranger is leading Nick to where Shelby is being held captive, he is very cryptic about the CDC attack. He claims what his group did was different and they did not get much benefits. After meeting King Lorenzo at his Kingdom, the King reveals the Strangers work for him and that he ordered the destruction of the CDC. He warns Nick to not take revenge as the Strangers are his men and would claim the CDC fell due there being no order.

## Casualties

•Major Steven Gray

•General Uni

•Bobby Smith

•Doctor Jin

•Ak

•Ashley

•Chub

•Corporal Langley

•Marine 1

•Marine 2

•Tommy

•Richard

•Luke

•Ambush Cannibal

•Captured Cannibal

•CDC Cannibal

•3 unnamed lab assistants

•Unnamed Janitor of Red's Army

•Unnamed Chef of Red's Army

•28 and more unnamed members of Red's Army

•All remaining members of Major Gray's Platoon

## Results

•Successful destruction of the CDC and extermination of atleast 49 and more residents.

•The Strangers get away with their actions due to Lorenzo's Protection.

•Ghetto, Shark and Sabre survive the attack and save the cure research.

•Nick's Group fragments.

## Trivia

* This event is the most criticized due to the deaths of many important characters.
* Some fans described the attack as being a rushed story point and only being done to take out old characters.