S.S Lucky

> «"*Chunk-faced goons*"? What's going on up there?» -A dumbfounded Vinnie during the ship's invasion
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The **S.S. Lucky** was a break bulk freighter that docked at the harbor of Thugtown, serving as the first stage of *Guns, Gore & Cannoli*. It was the ship with which mob enforcer Vinnie Cannoli entered the city, circumventing the street blockades set up by the Army, having been hired by a Thugtown-based mob boss to come to his location and find and bring him one of his missing henchmen, Frankie The Fly.

The freighter's name was a rather ironic one, as almost all of its crew members and passengers were killed by the town's rabid inhabitants on arrival. The captain, the commander, the sailors and naval officers, not even the cook made it out alive, leaving Vinnie as the sole survivor of the attack and later of the entire Thugtown zombie outbreak, which would later become known as the Thugtown Incident. After all, Vinnie had a job to do and no amount of dead meat was going to stop him in his quest to find Frankie.

## Guns, Gore & Cannoli

The freighter is a typical, normal cargo ship, one like any other: the front is very wide, and the bridge (where the captain commands the ship) is at the back. It has multiple cabins for passengers and the nautical crew, an engine room, a galley and a recreational room of sorts under deck. There are small emergency boats in case of emergency, as well as lifebuoys to save people from drowning. Firearms can occasionally be found inside rooms, seemingly smuggled aboard by cautious crew members, but out of reach during the real emergency. Passenger cabins are equipped with a double-deck bed, a bedside table, a desk with a mirror, a sink, and a fire extinguisher, though there doesn't appear to be a toilet for those who are wondering.

It is not known why the captain of the *S.S Lucky* decided to dock at the city, whether it was due to ignorance or lack of knowledge since he may not have read the news while at sea, but if he hadn't, Vinnie wouldn't have been able to enter Thugtown.

Regardless of the reason, the ship enters Thugtown harbor in the early hours, announcing their presence with the ship's horn as they prepared to call at the port. The loud sound attracted the zombie hordes from the streets of Thugtown, spelling doom for the freighter's unaware crew members. The ship soon docks and lowers the bridge, with the captain announcing that they have arrived at the city's harbor, telling the passengers to wait until they have fully docked and all bridges have been lowered. Unannounced, as soona s the ship had docked, the zombies begin rushing up the bridges and attacking the sailors. Other passengers, alerted by the noise and the intercom, soon follow, foolishly leave their cabins or are overwhelmed by the invaders, as with the deck officers and the cook. The captain and commander try to abandon ship and attempt to enter a life raft, but are killed before they get the chance. The entire crew is massacred mere minutes after their docking, with a dozing Vinnie being the last passenger remaining. Having stayed inside his cabin during the broadcast and having grabbed his trusty M1911, he is left confused at the commander's last statement over the radio, calling his assailants "chunk-faced goons".

Vinnie exits his room and is confronted by the zombified crewmen, as well as the intruding undead Thugtowners. He guns his way through the ship, crossing the engine room and the loading bay, putting bullets into every infected he sees. He shortly finds himself trapped after jumping through an open cavity leading into a cargo storage, but soon reaches the bridge and gets to the dock, leaving the horror ship behind. Due to the quarantine, it can be assumed that it either stays at the docks or is carted off by the government to ensure escape is impossible.

## Known crew

* Unnamed captain
* Unnamed commander
* Dozens of unnamed sailors
* Dozens of unnamed naval officers
* Vinnie Cannoli (passenger)
* Numerous unnamed passengers
* Unnamed cook

## Trivia

* The ship's name is a reference to American gangster Lucky Luciano. In fact, the lifebelts found on deck bear the full name of the ship, "S.S. Lucky Luciano".