"The Warehouse" was once home to T. K. McMillian Construction, Inc.  McMillian specialized in pre-engineered buildings used in commercial and industrial applications, ranging from simple post-frame and steel skin storage units to large steel frame and masonry examples.  It's office and storage space is now home to a rag-tag group of apocalypse survivors --- that's right, the characters in this game.  This place sat empty and locked up throughout the first months of the outbreak.  It wasn't until the makeshift refugee camp along the Great Pee Dee River was overrun that a small band made their way here.  Artemus Keith, who worked at McMillian prior to the event, suggested the location due to it being on a hill, having an enclosed hurricane fence, and a small branch running behind the property.  The branch empties into Boggy Branch Creek.

Warehouse Property Layout

The main building has plenty of space, with about 18,000 square feet available including the offices.  Made of steel framing, heavy gauge steel sheeting, and masonry blocks it was built to last and survive the elements.  All windows are steel-framed with laminated glass and reflective tints.  The ceiling is 18-foot high in the warehouse and the floor concrete.  Translucent panels along the top of the walls in the warehouse allow light in during the day.  There are three main entry/exit points:  a set of glass double-doors that go into the office area (now reinforced with wood); an employee/vehicle entrance from the eastside that leads to the yard (heavy steel roll-up door); and a rear entrance at the loading docks.  There is also two small offices near the docks (one now a converted armory) with a loft storage area above them.  The warehouse contained various building materials which have now been used to make necessary items and shore up the site's defenses.  There is a rack of propane tanks that was used to power two small forklifts.  Now they are used mostly for cooking purposes, in conjunction with the four grills that have been scrounged from the area.  Lighting at night is provided by kerosene lamps, candles, and a few solar-powered yard lights.  Thanks to the welding skills of Dave Truett, there are two wood-burning heater/stoves whose smoke is piped out through the ceiling.  Most of the office spaces are now sleeping quarters, with the conference room serving as a community dining room.  Other rooms or work areas have been made by using makeshift dividers on the main floor.

The Shop is a smaller building situated across the yard on the east side of the property.  It was a former work area and tool storage area.  Included are several welding/cutting torch sets, pneumatic tools, and chemical storage.  A large propane tank is located beside it.  A covered metal-pole-and-sheet arena shed is used as a vehicle park, woodpile storage, food-prep/cooking area, picnic area, laundry area, and various other activities.  Both the shop and the shed have concrete floors.

The company owned a 102kW towable Pramac generator, but it was "requisitioned" by the military to help power the refugee camp at the Post Office.  It was recovered on Day , at the cost of two lives.  Two more smaller generators (one a multi-fuel model) remain, which are used sparingly.  Some electrical power is now also provided by solar power, thanks to the work of Elliot Parker and panels salvaged from DAX and other buildings.

The Warehouse is located three-quarters of a mile northeast of the high school.  Juicy-Sweet Orchards is to the north; Jackson Hills is to the east; farmland to the west, and Highway 215 is to the south.  Downtown is to the southeast, about three miles away.

By day 350, the survivors completed work on a pump system to run water from the stream to inside the fence.  Additional water has to be drawn by bucket (of which there are many around).  There is a shower and bathrooms inside, and on generator down-times,  water has to be poured into toilets to flush them.  A latrine and outside shower area were built to handle sanitation issues.  A garden, complete with a small greenhouse, is located just north across the stream.

The fence has been reinforced with sheet metal, roofing tin, and wooden braces at every pole.   Originally, there are three crude "guard towers" made with metal scaffolding but these were taken down during Mike Cleyburne's re-work of the fortifications.  There are two lookout stations atop the main building now, complete with sandbag and metal protection.  Fighting positions or "foxholes" are dug in at various locations inside the perimeter.  The southside of the fence is also reinforced with unusable and broken down vehicles (called "The Junkpile"), which acts as a palisades to block incoming fire into the office/living area.