THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Station 36

First seen: Book 3, Chapter 18

One of the numbered stops past Station E's gate. A quick check finds it laid out identically to station 24: five stairwells at the center, ringed by colored-line platform exits. Quiet and untouched on this first pass, too soon after the outbreak for the ghouls to have walked this far.

StationBesiegedDefensible

Appearance

Laid out the same as station 24, five stairwells in a circle at the center, ringed by signed colored-line platforms. Silent and empty on Carl and Katia's first pass, too soon after the outbreak for ghouls to have reached it on footB3C18

Purpose

The whole group's rally point before heading down the floor's stairwell; open for some time before anyone actually descends, everyone choosing to wait for Carl and the trainyard-E group to return first. Agatha turns the stairs into a ramp on her way down, ahead of the restB3C34

Named by Carl as the fallback destination for the roughly 1,000 people freed from the Vermillion train: detach the engine car at station 75, then drive it on to station 36 to make a defensive stand, chosen over station 24 specifically because nobody yet knows what a stage-three DTs sufferer becomes once it diesB3C24

Connections

Imani C:

Fortifies the stop with Li Jun and the rest of the station-101 survivors, disabling the Vermillion train on the track to block anything coming down the line from station 72; holds against the blister ghouls that gather in front of the dead train instead of turning backB3C27

History by chapter
Book 3
Chapter 18
  • PHYSICAL Appearance: Laid out the same as station 24, five stairwells in a circle at the center, ringed by signed colored-line platforms. Silent and empty on Carl and Katia's first pass, too soon after the outbreak for ghouls to have reached it on foot
Chapter 22
  • TAG Station: Chosen as a meeting point: Carl agrees to bring boom jugs and rejoin Imani and Elle's team here once the station 101 rescue is finished, and Imani reports her team plans to hold the line here against the wrath ghouls now gathering at the stop
Chapter 24
  • OBJECTIVE Objective: Named by Carl as the fallback destination for the roughly 1,000 people freed from the Vermillion train: detach the engine car at station 75, then drive it on to station 36 to make a defensive stand, chosen over station 24 specifically because nobody yet knows what a stage-three DTs sufferer becomes once it dies
Chapter 25
  • TAG Besieged: Under siege the moment Li Jun's group arrives and links up with the already-dug-in team Meadow Lark: ghouls that had been massing at station 101 redirect here instead, joined by wrath ghouls climbing up from the trainyards
  • TAG Defensible: The platform layout funnels crawlers toward the stairwells through multiple chokepoints, and the previously-discovered secret escape hatch to the employee line lets defenders resupply and rotate out to rest; other instances of station 36 are reportedly mounting the same defense elsewhere on the floor
Chapter 27
  • RELATIONSHIP Imani C: Fortifies the stop with Li Jun and the rest of the station-101 survivors, disabling the Vermillion train on the track to block anything coming down the line from station 72; holds against the blister ghouls that gather in front of the dead train instead of turning back
Chapter 28
  • TAG Defensible: Holds, the approaching monsters trickle to a stop against the crawlers' position, and Imani and Li Jun choose to stay rather than move on to the newly-opened free descent point at station 72
Chapter 34
  • OBJECTIVE Objective: The whole group's rally point before heading down the floor's stairwell; open for some time before anyone actually descends, everyone choosing to wait for Carl and the trainyard-E group to return first. Agatha turns the stairs into a ramp on her way down, ahead of the rest