"The Grant thing went to hell once Apollo became a public hero. We'd need a new in. Besides, Grant is delaying some of the lunch parties to deal with this one launch of the anti-parasitic medication that just happens to be the cure to the Animus Beast's spores.
The zombies are not contagious. They are all created either by Ubunga-Na in the field, or mostly, at his castle in the Sudd, a large swampy region in Southern Sudan. It seems that they do not have any independant ability to create zombies in the field. They collect the enemy dead, put them on trucks, or sometimes grav transports, which Barrington lent him a few of, and take them to home base for reanimation.
There do exist zombie-like contagions -- in fact, Animus Beasts behave a little like that, but that is not this guy's M.O. He has the power to animate dead flesh. Hope, just because you got mauled by some other thing we decide to refer to as a zombie doesn't mean much about this particular instance. The idea of zombies and the undead really captures the human imagination. People come up with a lot of scientific ways to simulate them...and of course, some, like Ubunga-Na, just happen to have an appropriate mutant power."
Hearing the bantering again, Wren simply shakes his head slightly, as he knows there is no use in thinking it will ever stop. At the mention of zombies, head-shots, contagions, movies and theories, he can only sigh.
"Whatever we decide, let's do this quickly. I think that perhaps we should do a little of all of the choices. Barrington and his goons were so elaborate in trying to make a series of attacks in different places, and it would be nice to do the same. Hit the factory, the zombies, the law firm, anything and everything with his damned name attached to it. But, we don't have the personnel like he does. He's got the right idea; Strength in Numbers. He's learned from his mistakes."
Wren will then disperse with the info he found on the Animus and Barrington link, from two pages back...
"With Raven now ok, and perhaps able to assist, we might be able to get some aid from others. We need to pool our resources, and hit them where it hurts. I'm tired of playing catch-up with them, and it would be nice to take the initiative for once. Taking out his lackies might prove worth it, but what if they are simpy there to distract us from his real intentions. With all that is going on, we don't know what actions are his, and what are simply his lackies own individual goals."
"Either way, I'm all for either attacking the factory, or the zombies. Something's gotta be done, and quickly. If it gets hairy, I'll get everyone out again. I think I got a few little surprises for those zombies as well..."
I assume that the African necromancer Barunga-Na and Ubunga-Na are, in fact, the same person. Otherwise we'll have to fight two of them.
"Are the zombies/ghouls/whatever tool using? If they can't use guns or attack at range, then they're not really much of a threat anyway. The supers usually give us the most trouble." Obviously...