Background Story

* *See also: Book.*

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### The story

*In 2016, Secronom began human drug trials of Nerotonin-3, an alleged cancer fighting virus. Soon afterward the company mysteriously began quarantining subjects against their will. A surge of public outcry forced police to raid the facility and ultimately released the 109 captives back into society.*

*When the outbreak came, nobody believed it would change the world. Another minor epidemic blown of out proportion by overzealous media, but this was different. And it wasn't long before Fairview, like every other city, was overrun with N-4 infected zombies.*

*As the ravenous horde swelled around us, we had no choice but to fight for our lives. One year on and we are still fighting.*

The story of *Dead Frontier* begins on June 28th 2016 in Grenoble, France, when a private biological research facility is raided by French police forces after several allegations of illegal experimentation involving human subjects. Despite warnings from the arrested lab technicians, they proceeded to release the 109 caged people, not aware that they are carrying the highly infectious N4 Virus. Martial law is declared in France, Germany and the United Kingdom as chaos erupts. Only hours after the French Police released the captured test subjects in Grenoble, the outbreak began and the first hordes of infected started to form in western Europe. Paris was among the first major cities to become overwhelmed, the rest of France fell only hours after. By July 2nd, most of the world's major cities were under siege by armies of N4 infected zombies.

The outbreak in the United States begin when a local Secronom branch in Fairview city was raided by police following riots over human experimentation. They too would repeat the same fate as the Grenoble raid and in mere hours, Fairview and it's nearby municipalities would be completely overrun. Only a week later, the entire nation would fall as the US government was too slow to mobilize the military. By the time they did, it was too late. Millions of zombies swarmed every major area, and every rescue mission by the US Army would fail as none of the rescue convoys and helicopters returned.

*Dead Frontier 2* takes place in the town of Palehaven 2 years after the original outbreak. Players assume the role of a survivor who had recently arrived at Dallbow to seek refuge in one of the last safe havens in Palehaven and to survive in the fallen society. Unlike Dead Frontier 1, the player character has no defined background. For the purpose of role-playing, it is entirely up to the player to decide their character's background and how they interact with the new world.

As players progress the game, they may occasionally come across lore items in their loot runs; written journals, documents and audio tapes left behind by those before them. Players can read or listen to them for a small experience bonus, but more importantly it provides more insight into the backstory of the game. These items range from pre-outbreak newspapers articles, to diaries of other survivors and even confidential internal documents of Secronom Inc. itself.

Not much else is known about the earlier days of society's downfall. Many people kept records of the events, through diary entries and much more. Hopefully someday we may find evidence as to exactly what happened in the following months. Many rumors have been spread, from a downed helicopter all the way to a huge spiky creature that allegedly smacked it out of the sky. We have no way of knowing if any of these rumors are true, but over time we might get more clues if we work together. Stay tuned.