Dead Force

BioChem Inc runs its own isolated research settlement where, under the supervision of Professor Winters, the Phoenix Vaccine is being developed. So named after the mythical bird which resurrected shortly after death, the vaccine was effectively an antidote to death. Developed in conjunction with the military its function was to maintain brain and muscle activity in soldiers even when they had physically passed the point of death for ordinary individuals. By maintaining cellular activity in the host despite the body enduring injuries or traumas which would kill an ordinary man, the soldier could immeasurably increase his fighting potential by continuing to survive, and would have the added benefit of a safety net against death, for a short period at least, in which time medical assistance could be rendered.

It was this short time frame which was most problematic, the vaccine disappearing along with its benefits after a few days. In attempts to solve the problem the vaccine’s DNA was fundamentally altered in various sequences. One of these experiments resulted in seemingly dead tissue being revived instead of living tissue being merely sustained. The potential was there to raise the dead, but who would be mindless cadavers functioning only on the most basic of instincts. Aware of the ramifications if the reengineered virus escaped into an uncontained environment BioChem ordered the samples destroyed. But before this could happen several lab raiders unwittingly released the vaccine turned virus into the lab building, quickly spreading to encompass the isolated research settlement.

Meanwhile Captain McCoy and his special forces team have been ordered to intercept the tech crime lord Snake as he meets a mole in the BioChem compound to exchange secret intelligence, something which the government and the company cannot allow. In an elaborate sting operation they plan to capture Snake and the mole. Unbeknown to them however the settlement has been overrun by flesh eating zombies, and what was once a simple sting operation has turned into a far deadlier game of survival…