TRAXUS CO. SECTION K 2433

Story

Section K 2433 Zanzibar, Africa, has been overrun by an biological infection. The large chemical manufacturing company Traxus Co. has been blamed for the outbreak; but top Traxus executives have denied any such accusations. UNSC biological inspectors were sent in to inspect the factory. Weeks have passed without word of the inpsectors and all of TraxusÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Executives have mysteriously disappeared. Your job as an UNSC marine is to invade the factoryÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s armory and quarantine the infection. Limited ammo has been supplied.

Weapons

All UNSC marines are supplied with M6G Magnums. Ammo is supplied near the drop off point. Traxus has been known to deal with weapon suppliers, check around for supplies.

The Drop Off Point

You are supplied with several pistols and two mongooses. The remains of the UNSC InspectorsÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ transport hog are visible form the beach. The beach consists of three points; the main gate, the stairwell, and the ruined wall. DonÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t try and survive in the beach because you will run out of ammo. Keep moving on.

The Wall Ruins

Located above the sea wall is a rather large ruined wall, a favourite sniping spot for Traxus security guards. The traffic cone seems to be significant, I wonder why itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s there?

Hole in the wall

A M90A CAW, commonly referred to as a shotgun, is located by the now abandoned security guardÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s patrol area. A heavy machine gun turret is located above, having a friend watch your back is the key to success.

The Main Gate

No entrance through the main gate is permitted. All Traxus employees must sign in first.

The Garden

DonÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t let ZanibarÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s scenic views catch you off guard, head for ammo and shelter in the next three parts; the windmill, Camp Froman, and the windmill observance tower. The armory is up ahead.

Camp Froman

A memorial plaque for one of TraxusÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s employee is also a great place for the UNSC forces to regroup and reload with some ammo. DonÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t stay too long, the infection can easily over whelm your squad.

The Windmill

The windmill is the main energy processing plant for all of TraxusÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s chemical plants located in Section K of Africa.

Windmill Observance Tower

The room used for an overview of the windmillÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s processes makes a great temporary holding room for squads of 3 or less. A conveniently placed radio helps lighten those boring work days.

The Industrial Work Area

Outside the factory, your squad is reaching closer and closer to the goal. Many entrances to the armory are possible, you could take the side wall, the bottom entrance or climb the windmill for an rooftop approach.

Side wall

A continuation of Camp Froman, the side wall provide a quick path to the factoryÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s armory. A nice sniping locale provides excellent cover for the soldiers in the armory.

Further along the wall is a Cargo box, and it seems you can enter from the top.

The bottom provides for a quick escape route.

The Factory

High levels of biochemical waste is stored here, quarantine is critical at this time. The armory serves as your last stand versus the infection. Do not under any circumstances stay in the factory too long, the infected are known to resist all damage near radioactive areas.

The Last Resort

The armory, the only place with respawning ammo. This will be the location of the final struggle between the UNSC forces and the infected.

Thanks to:
x Fbu x - Map maker, story line guy, scenery placement
Ace Hax - ideas, weapon balancing/placement
Dragoon2255 - ideas, special weapon placement, mini forts

Map: Traxus Co. v1.8
Gametype:Biohazard

If you liked the map and would like to know some secret spots and weapons check out my blog for the guide to Traxus Co.

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*A word form the author*

Ok, I know zombie maps a generally over done and unoriginal, but, I decided to make a Zombie map in memory of the good Halo 2 zombies. In my opinion pure classic zombies is one of the funnest gametypes of halo. Most people now a days play some dumb super speed invisible zombies in Sandtrap with humans having every weapon every made in an impossible to pass fort. I donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t know about you all but IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m tired of that.

*Game Balancing*

Another big problem with zombie maps is imbalance; far too often games either go really quickly or last forever witch makes people leave and dislike the map. In Traxus Co. I imagined every pointÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s balance for each side. Some places, like Camp Froman, are really easy to defend, but zombies have multiple entry points. The Sniping point is a good camping spot, but you can be easily swarmed from all directions. A hard place to balance was the beach; a place that humans can easily defend for hours. To fix this I set up incentives for players to head in, obviously the story line pushes them to go inside, but I put better weapons and ammo on the inside. The only place that ammo respawns in, is in the armory. Players that stay in the beach will be infected because of lack of ammo.

*Artsy Fartsy*

One thing I dislike about otherÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s maps is the general uncaring attitude of the forger. A lot of Forgers place items anywhere and make things look messy, because they donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t spend time messing with Forge, or because they want to get it over with quickly. I spend time making objects the way I want and try new things until itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s placed right. I just donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t throw stuff in random places. Many maps have fallen victim to Ã¢â‚¬Å“lets throw shit in syndromeÃ¢â‚¬?, mainly D-day and war maps. Every single piece of scenery in this map is placed with care whether it looks it or not. Weapons arenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t place in weapon holders or just randomly on the floor, they lean on the walls and are placed in an orderly fashion. I try to tell a story with just objects. Obviously Traxus is some kind of shipping company so it has a lot of boxes and crates in itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Factory. My favourite example of story oriented objects is the lone sniper area. The placing suggests a story in itself; maybe the little security guard got bored of his position and sat down in the camping stool. He probably fell off to his death shortly after.

Or how about this truck moving blockades into the door? It suggests the employees probably tried to defend from an oncoming threat. Who knows, zombies, the RIAA, hamsters?

This is the kind of thing I would like to see in more forge maps, creativity beyond gameplay. Maybe more story oriented maps? Maybe I just care a bit too much, but when it all comes down to it, I think artsy things make or break a map.

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