If you want a plan, great, but spare me your butthurt when you throw your non-prepared, raider wannabe, half life 2 plan out there and people tear it apart.

A lot

My Convoy... if I had to make a convoy, it would consist of:

4x "Flat nose" style buses. All the windows along the driver's side and the rear would be covered in sheet metal. The drivers side window would be on a hinge that locks on the inside. Along this same side would be roof mounted C-wire. Each would also have front and rear gunner platforms. Roof entry ladders would be inside. Each bus would have an on-board generator, lots of deep cycle battiers, and top mounted flood lights. The stronger lights would be directed to the drivers side. There would be flop down sheetmetal along the rear and driver's side so no zombies could crawl under the buses, as zombies are too stupid to just lift the metal up.

At night, these would form a corral, with the nose end of one bus up against the rear quarter on the other. The emergency exits would serve as entry doors for the scouts during shift change.

BUS 1 - The barracks. Rows and rows of bunk beds. Underneath storage would contain clothes washing equipment and grey water storage for the washers.
BUS 2 - The infirmary. Isolation rooms would also be in this bus. Underneath would store emergency cots and everything needed for a triage center.
BUS 3 - The command center. Front half would contain meeting room and com center. Back half made into a chicken coop and goat stalls. The underside would contain portable fencing to make a yard for them to roam, and the tools needed to build the privvy.
BUS 4 - The kitchen. It would be powered off of generator powered electricity. Underside would store potable water, and some table and chairs. In the kitchen would also be supplies for any camp-fire BBQ.

3x Military style Humvees or similar vehicles. These are the scout vehicles. At night, these would be on roving patrols. During the day and on the move, one as a scout, one as the convoy lead, and one at the rear.

Refueling Truck This would look just like the Mad Max one, and be left out of the corral at night, a couple hundred yards away. No one would want the explosion of this thing taking out the whole squad. Of course, tho it is full of diesel so isn't likely to explode, but it just won't fit in the corral. One man would stay aboard as a lookout.

Here is a pic of my fortress, literately...

Here is a pic of my fortress, literately...

Refueling Truck This would look just like the Mad Max one, and be left out of the corral at night, a couple hundred yards away. No one would want the explosion of this thing taking out the whole squad. Of course, tho it is full of diesel so isn't likely to explode, but it just won't fit in the corral. One man would stay aboard as a lookout.

I'm new to this but im going with staying put..

A 13 acre semi underground facility shaped like a 6 sided arrow head and surrounded by a 30' deep, 30' wide dry moat. One way in/out. Solar powered wireless mesh CCTV cameras looking down the moat with motion activated alarms an IR lamps. Rooms built into the outer sides of the moats (you would have to go into the building, down some stairs, through a tunnel under the moat and up again to get into them) with rifle slots so you can see/shoot along all edges without being exposed.

80,000 gallons of water storage tanks on site along with a rain water capture and filter system. On the inside of the moat, raised earth mounds to give a protected firing/observation position and many small, underground store rooms. Underground concrete rooms tend to stay cool all year round so would be ideal for food stores. Automatic and manual override counter balanced raise and lower drawbridge to enable scout/recon parties to leave with ease.

13 acres of above ground, well drained soil to produce food and raise livestock. On to of the highest point in the area to give great views and make a fantastic observation point. I would also throw in 3-4 wind turbines to generate on-site power and maybe some kind of solar thermal heating system.

Now, like I said, I'm new here but I think a building like this would be ideal as a long term stronghold and could probably support a community of around 100 people? Due to the design, very easy to defend from the undead with only a few ZS members.

What do you think?

ULTIMATE CONVOY
2 Nuke Powered Carriers, one of which as converted it's deck to roof top gardening.
3 Nuke Subs to scout coast lines
2 Cruisers to protect the carriers
1 Oil Tanker to fuel the cruisers

i didn't know you were a billionaire

can you spot me a 20

I'm still new on the rules here. This is a hypothetical situation we're talking about, correct? Well, either way, I wouldn't be STEALING anything. I was talking about abandoned trucks, cars, stores, stuff. If there were owners of the things I need that aren't zombies, I would politely ask for things.

How about this, when you start seeing zombies, BUY a FedEx truck (or similar step van). It will be better for... (clearing throat) "politely asking" for stuff.