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General McCandles' Tower refera to an office building outside of McLean, Virginia.

It is a location depicted in Season 1 episode 4 "Full Metal Zombie".

Background[]

The building was previously home to the Department of Infection Control aka Emergency Headquarters Infection Control. Many studies and research was developed here, but after the ZN1 virus the lab focused on studying that virus.

Building Features[]

The building has at least five stories, most of which were under construction renovation. There is still power in parts of the building. The security system is still operational, as is at least one of the elevators.

Post Apocalypse[]

The building was surrounded by death, dead soldiers and zombie soldiers alike. The army seemed to have really tried and protected this building as it was a key lab for studying the zombies. However the soldiers eventually were killed and the barricades around the tower were destroyed leaving the building relatively defenseless.

The group arrived here from Pennsylvania after Citizen Z informed them to go here to find a helicopter that could take them to California,

One of the few living soldiers on site is Private Robins, the guard at the building entrance that acts as a "Gatekeeper" for those who want to talk with or meet the General. The groups introduces themselves and tell them about how they need to take Murphy to California. Robbins calls them a raggedy ass band of civilians.

The building is occupied by a horde of undead soldiers on several floors, as well as General McCandles, a man slowly driven insane by the apocalypse. McCandles requests a doctor and believes Doc is one so he asks doc to come to the top floor of the building saying we have an “injured man”. However Doc says that they have to cut his leg off and McCandles gets mad throwing Doc down an air shaft. Doc falls downs the shaft and sees the other doctor who was killed by McCandles. The group forcefully enters taking Robins hostage and 10k snipes zombie soldiers outside the tower. McCandles deactivates the elevator and they push Robins into a group of zombies, while Murphy runs out in fear. The group find Murphy and unfortunately throw a large brute zombie with a grenade down the air shaft Doc is in. They believe him to be dead but after they see the helicopter is ruined and McCandles die they return to truck seeing a “zombie” of Doc but, he survived and the group is overjoyed that he’s still alive.

McCandles is holed up on the top floor, where he consults with the corpses of his staff officers around a conference room table or rants on a satellite phone to people who are dead.

The Helicopter[]

The helicopter on the roof is a complete wreck, with no rotors and extensive damage. 

"Full Metal Zombie"[]

The Westward-bound survivor group came to the building looking for a better mode of transportation since the road they were traveling was rife with bandits and zombies. Citizen Z sent them there because he spotted a helicopter on the roof using a satellite. He also told them that there was some communication coming from the building but whoever it was would not respond to his attempts to contact them.

Residents[]

Gallery[]


Locations by Episode (Season 1)
"Puppies and Kittens" Camp Blue SkyPortsmouth Naval Prison
Northern Light listening postMount Wilson Station
Sleepy Hollow High School
"Fracking Zombies" Jersey Devil RefineryTappen Zee BridgeNew york cityParamus Park Mall
"Philly Feast" Philly Cannibal CompoundLiberty BellPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
"Full Metal Zombie" Bandit RoadMcCandles' TowerAmish Country

"Home Sweet Zombie"

Castle Point, MissouriRoberta's House
Castle Point Fire DepartmentSouthern Illinois House

"Resurrection Z" Province TownChurch of the ResurrectedHannibal, Missouri

"Welcome to the Fu-Bar"

S&S UnlimitedFu-BarKansas

"Zunami"

Nebraska Small TownDr. Phibes Family Mortuary
"Die, Zombie, Die... Again" RuinsAddy's Basement
"Going Nuclear"

Edgemont, South DakotaEdgemont Nuclear Power Plant
Stubbins HomesteadMount Rushmore

"Sisters of Mercy" Sisters Of Mercy CampCIA Black Site

"Murphy's Law"

MESA Pharmaceuticals inc.

"Doctor of the Dead"

Fort Collins, Colorado

Season 2 Locations here
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