WASD: For the Good of the Company

***WASD: For the Good of the Company*** is a series of maps that tells an alternate story of the DefCorp Event, and the struggles of Karl Dyson and Kate to escape it. It is the third release in the GOTC series chronologically.

## Plot

*Main article: WASD: For the Good of the Company storyline*

The series is set in and around the 09-1C-LAZARUS biological research facility, a major installation of the massive international company DefCorp. Logistics Chief Karl Dyson is preparing for another late night at the office when screaming rings out - gruesome beings known as the Corrupted have attacked, and full-scale evacuations are underway. Security guards clash with the Corrupted while scientists watch in befuddlement as Karl races by, hoping to escape the carnage.

Pursued by Corrupted, he encounters a guard named Kate, who knows just as little about the situation as Karl does. The two fight through mindless Corrupted until arriving at Helipad 04 in the hope of escape. Over time, they run across different - smarter - variations of the Corrupted, who pose a greater danger than the mindless drones they first encountered. They discover that the helipad access area has been barricaded and take a detour through Reception, where they encounter a despondent Dr. Winters.

Winters reveals that the Corrupted were a secret weapons program developed by DefCorp as part of the LAZARUS program, and that the only chance of stopping them is to contact the Government. He sends Karl and Kate into the LAZARUS Offices to establish contact with the military using emergency burst transmissions. Fighting through an ever-growing horde of Corrupted, they are able to send up a signal - but rather than summon help, it triggers a "liquidation sequence," sending army units and security systems to terminate the facility.

Making their way to the surface, Karl and Kate reach the Logistics Division. However, military forces have arrived in force to cover up the incident, leading to large-scale battles. With all routes of escape blocked off, they decide to divert their path to Sector G, a top-secret research wing populated by LAZARUS scientists, in the hopes of finding further explanation for the attack - and with these answers, a way to defeat the Corrupted.

The series remains unfinished, as the last map was posted on March 22, 2021. Desert-Mammoth would later return to the GOTC universe with his project *GOTC: Tactical Response.*

## Factions

* DefCorp
* Corrupted
* The Government

## Characters

* Karl Dyson
* Kate

## Locations

* Logistics Division
* Security 04
* Helipad 04
* Reception
* LAZARUS Offices
* The Surface
* Sector G (planned)

## Development

The series was conceived as an alternate take on the DefCorp Event portrayed in *The Good of the Company (2020)*. It is considered a part of the main franchise, but only as a spin-off, and the events within *WASD FTGOTC* are generally not considered canon. The first map was released on March 14, 2021. The last came out on March 22.

Every map in *WASD: For the Good of the Company* was built with only an Xbox 360 controller (and a mini keyboard for dialog/descriptions).

The project has a *Half-Life* feel in parts, with the military forces looking like the HECU. They are also called that at one point and behave in a similar way. However, *WASD* also includes a few elements from the Mammoth Containment Protocol series (such as the designations of some buildings and the use of regular zombies as Corrupted).

The series marked the first time the Logistics Chief (player character) was given a name in the GOTC franchise. The name was expanded to Karl Dyson for *The Good of the Company (2021)* and retconned into previous installments. Kate also makes a minor appearance in *GOTC 2021.*

## Reception

The series was well-received. Across all eight maps, it has about 1,102 subscribers.