Day 1–2:
Unexplained violent assaults are reported .
Hospital staff report "nonresponsive subjects" that can only be neutralized with severe cranial trauma.
Isolated 911 calls treated as drug overdoses, meth hallucinations, or rabies.
First officer fatalities from close-quarters assaults.
Early local news coverage framed as "bizarre attacks."
Sporadic social media uploads showing reanimations in hospitals or streets, dismissed as hoaxes.
Day 3–4:
ERs in Atlanta reach capacity.
Several facilities initiate lockdown, later abandoned after staff casualties.
Multiple precincts in Atlanta report mass casualties during routine responses.
Officers note standard firearms ineffective unless shots to the head are used.
National Guard mobilized in Georgia, roadblocks erected on major interstates.
Day 5–6:
Martial law has been established in Atlanta
Non-essential travel restricted. Civilian air traffic suspended.
National Guard units are deployed downtown , attempting to regain control .
Checkpoints begin bite screenings; violent crowd incidents increase.
Curfews enforced. Refugee processing centers established .
Families begin fleeing rural roads; first widespread looting reported.
Day 7–8:
By Day 8, most major hospitals abandoned.
Surviving medical staff drafted into CDC or military field hospitals.
Atlanta PD ceases coordinated operations, officers fold into Guard control or desert to protect families.
Riots erupt at quarantine checkpoints and food distribution points.
Civilians attempting to leave the city clash with soldiers; hundreds killed in stampedes and shootings.
Day 9–10:
Downtown declared a "Hot Zone." Orders issued to prevent civilians from reentering city.
Army engineers attempt building fortifications around the downtown area.
Camps suffer food shortages, unsanitary conditions, and increasing internal violence.
Civilians begin abandoning camps, creating dispersed survivor groups outside city perimeter.
Day 11–12:
National Guard units report running low on ammo and fuel.
Casualty rates increase from both infection and combat fatigue.
Desertions widespread.
Reports of entire neighborhoods self-isolating or being wiped out.
Rumors spread that the government plans to abandon Atlanta completely.
Day 13:
Orders have been transmitted to local commanders that the Operation Cobalt has been authorized — systematic extermination of remaining civilians and infected in quarantined cities is in effect.
Given explanation being, prevent spread of the virus into the remaining "green zones."
Many field commanders question or resist Cobalt orders.
Some units quietly withdraw rather than participate.
Camps warned of "evacuation." Survivors begin panicked escapes.
Day 14:
The bombardment is launched on the refuge camps and areas with large number of infected in Atlanta .
Civilian camps "cleared" under the guise of evacuation.
Remaining forces ordered to regroup outside the city and abandon it.
CDC sealed. Staff either evacuated or committed to "final tests " , continuing to search for a cure.
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In the case of Fort Benning, there isn't something official about what happened there , aside from the fact that it fell .
So , i consider the most believeble that the people looked for shelter at the military base , but the situation devolved, resulting in Fort Benning being compromised.