Ack... While writing the introduction I noticed that an entire section was missing, namely the different infection stages and their symptoms. I've added that part to the original post, but I'll also add the section here;<br/><br/><strong>7. Zombie infection phases</strong><br/>I figured it'd be best to give a summary of the different kind of zombie infection phases, so we all know what can cause you to get infected.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">7.1 Escaped virus (gas) – tier 1 infection</span><br/>If the virus escaped in gas form and you inhale it you will get infected. Depending on the dosage it'll either turn you nearly instantly (when you had a dosage so high that it knocked you unconscious) or within 48 hours if it was a minimal amount.<br/>With a minimal amount you go through the following phases:<br/>Immediately after infection - feeling (slightly) nauseous.<br/>30 – 60 minutes after infection – coughing and general lack of energy. The coughing causes the virus to spread and infect other people, though it only stays alive for 30 minutes when its airborne.<br/>5 – 6 hours after infection – hacking cough (causes the virus to spread even easier), being very tired, itching skin, raised temperature and sweating profusely.<br/>11 - 12 hours after infection – vomiting blood.<br/>12 hours after infection – losing consciousness (as a result of vomiting blood). The infected person is also no longer infectious at this point, unless you come in direct contact with the vomited blood.<br/>13 - 25 hours after infection – the infected slips into a deep coma. (This happens 13 hours after infection if no medical treatment is given, with excellent medical attention this can take up to 24 hours.)<br/>17 – 29 hours after infection – abscesses form on the body of the infected person (17 hours without medical treatment, 29 hours with excellent medical treatment).<br/>21 – 33 hours after infection – the infected person dies.<br/>10 minutes after death – the dead body reanimates and the person is a zombie.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">7.2 Infected by bacillus – tier 2 infection</span><br/>When a character gets infected by somebody else who is coughing then the symptoms are the same as when infected directly by the gas. The virus did mutate, however, rendering most cures and vaccines useless. This is called a tier 2 infection because it infected the person indirectly through another infected person, rather than directly by the gas.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">7.3 Infected by being bitten – tier 3 infection</span><br/>When you get bitten by a zombie you get infected by its saliva or blood coming in contact with your blood.<br/>30 minutes – 12 hours after infection – increased loss of motoric functioning in the body part that was bitten. This time depends on the following; bite severity, time between the bite and cleaning the wound (the faster it gets cleaned, the longer it takes for the infection to spread) and how thoroughly the wound gets cleaned.<br/>45 minutes – 18 hours after infection – after the increased loss of motoric functioning the infected person will be increasingly more distracted.<br/>60 minutes – 24 hours after infection – the infected person dies.<br/>1 minute after death – the dead body reanimates and the person is a zombie.<br/><br/>Only tier 1 and tier 2 infected zombies will have the split-open abscesses on their body, which gives them a much more sickly appearance than tier 3 zombies. It also pays to know that tier 3 infected aren't as contagious as the tier 1 and tier 2 zombies. Even French kissing or having sex won't get you infected, though if your blood comes in direct contact with their blood it will cause a tier 3 infection.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Please note that our characters can only get tier 3 infections, unless we happen to come across the virus in a research lab, which could cause a tier 1 infection. I hope the above makes sense. :)