
[Z-Burn Design Notes]

BRIEFING INFO:

Supply Points:

Colonial Marines:
150% at Taipei, Taiwan [27,29]
150% at Kadena Airbase, Okinawa [27,29]
The Colonial Marines had dropships that kept them supplied, supported by a logistics system able to provide up to 25 tons of supplies per day per platoon. This is represented by 150% Colonial Marine Supply Points at each VP Location. 

Hostiles:
100% at 0,39
100% at Lintong [1,7]
50% at Wuhan [11,16]
100% at Seoul [38,0]
100% at Okayama [52,7]
100% on Taiwan at each port location and in the interior at 26,31 and 26,32. 
1% at various non-playable mainland locations [i.e., lakes]. This keeps the Hostile side from being unsupplied while still rewarding the USCM side for capturing Wuhan and Lintong [see below]. 

Notes:

If the USCM occupies Wuhan, they will damage the Hostiles' facilities there and the Hostile Supply Point at that location will be reduced 25%.
If the USCM occupies Lintong, they will damage the Hostiles' facilities there and the Hostile Supply Point at that location will be reduced 50%.

If the USCM occupies Shanghai [26,15], Tilianqiao Prison will be opened and Prisoners will join the Colonial Marines. 

VICTORY CONDITIONS:
Named urban locations in China are worth 10 Victory Points [VP's]. Both sides are awarded 10 VP's for each VP location they occupy/control at the end of the scenario. Additionally, Colonial Marines are awarded 15 VP's the first time that they occupy a VP location [one time only]. Civilian units arrive at each urban VP location when occupied/controlled by Colonial Marines. Hostiles get 15 VP's for each Civilian unit destroyed. 

If any USCM unit [including civilians] comes within 18 hexes of the pyramids at Lintong [1,7], the release of Alien Xenomorphs will be triggered. This event will be followed by permission to use nukes and the arrival of a missile unit on Guadalcanal. 

Jinan, China [17,3] is home to the China National Heavy Duty Truck Group, the third largest truck manufacturer in Mainland China. If any unit of the USCM side controls this hex, the USCM will be considered to have captured a large inventory of trucks that can be used to transport civilians. 


United States Colonial Marines ordnance:

Ithaca 37 (Shorty Custom) Shotgun
M240 Flamethrower
M41A Pulse Rifle with over/under 30 millimeter pump action grenade launcher
M56 Smart Gun
UA571-C Remote Automated Sentry System [RASS] - A "Robot Sentry ", these are tripod-mounted M30 Auto-cannon  perimeter defense systems. Equipped with automatic thermal and movement actuated AI targeting capabilities. 
UA571-D Remote Automated Sentry System [RASS] - Similar to the UA571-C but armed with a 20 mW HF laser. 
M5 Grenade Launcher
M402 Mortar

Synthetic Squad - Composed of Corporate security drones, a type of synthetic employed by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation for security operations. 

RT Series Group Transport
M577 Armored Personnel Carrier - has one front mounted twin Gatling turret, and one top mounted twin cannon. 
M22A3 Jackson medium tank - equipped with a 85mm rifled cannon and a 20mm Gatling gun. 

UD-4L "Cheyenne" Utility Dropship - A VTOL aircraft with a multi-barreled Gatling-style cannon. Two main weapons bays fold out on extended pylons to deploy weapon hard-points each capable of carrying 16 x 150mm unguided rockets, 6 x 7mm unguided rockets and 4 x 120mm guided rockets. Two secondary weapon bays on the port side and starboard side of the fuselage house a further 14 hard-points for Air-to Air and Air-to Surface missiles. In a powered cupola beneath the nose is a GAU-113/B 25mm Gatling gun, a six barrel weapon driven by a pneumatic motor turned by the engines at 6000 rpm. 

M87 Tactical Missile


Combating the Hostiles
Zombies are not difficult to defeat as long as you have more than shotguns at hand. Pulse rifles and smart guns make short work of Hordes. Outbursts of Alien Xenomorphs are a bit more difficult to contend with, and should be avoided unless you can bring more than one section of Marines to a fight. Multiple rounds of fighting Aliens will wear down you forces. It is recommended to avoid fighting Predators unless you have to. They have advanced technology and can be difficult to defeat. 

Overall Strategy
You need to rescue as many Civilians as possible. Keep moving and relocate to another area before you get bogged down by Zombie Hordes. When they ask for help, rescue civilians from South Korea and Japan quickly, before an outbreak spreads, so as to avoid having to spend several turns clearing those areas. Its a good idea to grab and hold Lintong and/or Wuhan so do it if you can. but it's not necessary for a win. 


Steve Sill, February 2026
