' Mine is the face of blood and fire.' ―The Sickness, as experienced by Dail'LissThe Imperial bioweapons Project I71A, known as the Sickness, was an infectious viral agent created through the powers of that attacked biological tissue and transformed its victims into. The disease was originally created by the on sometime prior to, and was intended to grant immortality to its crafter. Drear's initial experiments resulted in failure, and the Sith Lord himself fell victim to his creation. Over, during the following the, the Sith Lord attempted to recreate Drear's disease in the hope that he would be able to succeed where his predecessor had failed. Scabrous likewise failed to create a path to immortality, and in the process unleashed the virus upon the unsuspecting students and staff of the. Before long, all of the and on the and were born anew as cannibalistic monstrosities motivated only by the will to eat.Knowledge of the Sickness, as it had been known during the Odacer-Faustin outbreak, survived several millennia and eventually fell into the hands of, a alive during the reign of the.

Around, Vader commissioned a from the aboard the to re-engineer the virus and turn it into a weapon that could be used to further Imperial interests. Operating in secrecy, the scientists were able to recreate the disease under the codename ' Blackwing' and prepare it for deployment.

However, in that, an accident aboard the Vector unleashed the Sickness once more, turning almost all of the personnel aboard the into savages not unlike those on Odacer-Faustin. The infected took control of the ship and used it to cripple the, thereby forcing the barge's occupants to enter the and become prey for the Sickness.The disease itself was created through the usage of Sith Alchemy and activated by the —a highly- black flower.

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Victims of the plague suffered numerous, extremely painful side-effects prior to death, and became mindless monstrosities postmortem. The virus itself was fully, and utilized the undead to spread the pathogen and either transform or eat any who were able to avoid infection. Due to the extremely quick rate of transmission and the difficulty of isolation, successful treatment of the disease was very rare; although one could be prevented from contracting the virus by injecting an intravenously, those who were already infected had little chance of survival. The fluid that coagulated within the bodies of the infected and carried the virus throughout their anatomy bore many similarities with the entity known as, leading some to believe that the two were in some way related. ' Darth Drear wrote that he had found an elixir for staving off death itself, the ingredients of which he recorded in the Holocron—including, of course, your beloved orchid.

The mixture was complete in and of itself, with a single flaw—the inevitable dissolution of the tissue.' ―Darth Scabrous, to Hestizo TraceThe Sickness, later known as Imperial bioweapons Project I71A or the Blackwing virus, was a disease that was synthesized through the use of practiced by members of the. The pathogen itself was not the original goal of alchemical experimentation, but was instead created during attempts at concocting an elixir for the purposes of achieving immortality. The mixture that generated the virus required several ingredients, the most crucial of which was the rare.

The was a fully and highly that could communicate with other Force-sensitives and, when added to the other components of the immortality elixir, would create a potent and deadly viral infection.For synthesis to be successful, the mixture had to be enriched within a living being. Through the use of mechanical pumps and surgical tubing, the alchemist would create a circuit between the organic host and a fluid reservoir into which additional ingredients could be added.

The final product was a yellowish-red liquid that would run throughout the body of the organic host, through the tubes, and into a pump before being cycled back through into the body. When the fluid was completed and ready to be collected, the circuit could be broken in order for the viral fluid to be siphoned into storage. Other methods of production and experimentation included the use of as a biological host in which the virus could be enriched and studied. When created for the purposes of immortality, the finalized mixture was to be ingested by the alchemist; conversely, when the mixture was crafted specifically for the creation of the virus itself, a highly-refined fluid version of the Sickness could be collected from the living hosts and stored within air-tight tanks. ' Otherwise, the pathogen has already spread throughout the Purge. I'm following several reports of symptoms from all over General Population—inmates, guards, support staff.

Rate of infection is nearly one hundred percent. Our medication and supplies will hold out for another week if nothing changes.' ―WasteSaliva, as seen on the mouth of the infected Sith above, served as a transmission pathway for the virus.Imperial bioweapons Project I71A was an extremely persistent and audacious pathogen. The disease easily crossed barriers and transmitted itself within a population quickly and in a myriad of different ways. Species susceptible to the Sickness included,. The virus was also able to infect plant life, such as the sentient and the Murakami orchid itself.

Additionally, non-sentient creatures, like the and, were susceptible to infection. Even dead tissue could become infected, as was the case with the Human, who was two weeks prior to an outbreak. The transmission rate within a contained population was nearly one hundred percent, when excluding those naturally immune to the pathogen.The first individual to fall victim to the virus during an outbreak was always the organic host within the fluid circuit that synthesized the viral mixture.

After that initial carrier fell victim to the disease, there were a number of ways by which the Sickness could spread in a population. The most direct method of transmission was a bite from an infected subject. Bite wounds would produce the most drastic symptoms and deposit the highest number of viral agents into a new victim. Another way by which transmission could be achieved was through contact with the bodily fluids of the infected.

The virus could be carried by saliva, or a gelatinous coagulation of fluids that ran through the bodies of the victims. If any of these liquids came in contact with the fluids of an uninfected subject through an open wound or a mucous membrane such as an, the Sickness could enter the body and begin replication. A method of conveyance that was exclusive to weaponized version of the virus was airborne transmission. When stored within airtight tanks, the virus could be released into an by allowing for the tanks to be subjected to a leak. In its airborne strain, the virus could transcend all quarantine and containment efforts to reach new hosts and accumulate more victims. In this form, the disease could even infect individuals within or, both of which were specifically designed to prevent chemical or biological attacks.

'The disease struck immediately upon exposure, spreading first through the brain, where it drove the victim into a state of homicidal madness, and then through the rest of the body, shutting it down. The flesh would remain animate, but insensate—living only to hunger, to feed and kill.'

―Darth ScabrousThe effects of the Sickness on organic tissue were drastic and overwhelming. The disease worked quickly to destroy a body, but the severity of its symptoms varied greatly, depending on the method of transmission that resulted in infection and the species of the victim.

The most direct form of transmission—a bite sustained from an infected victim—caused the swiftest bodily reaction. Immediately after the virus entered the subject's system, their skin would adopt a pale gray pallor and begin to perspire profusely. The flesh around the transmission site would begin necrosis within minutes and a gelatinous gray fluid would begin to develop beneath the wound.

The victim's vision would quickly become impaired, and their breathing would be labored. Mere minutes after being bitten, the Human began to suffer from all of these symptoms, in addition to a shooting pain in his left arm and violent hallucinations of a skeletal black fist seizing his.

Others experienced mental symptoms ranging from vividly reproduced emotional memories to visions of a mouth opening from within their torso. Some, like Ra'at and, found the final moments of life to be a relieving and empowering experience.The Neti species experienced a longer-term incubation period when infected via a bite wound.

As the virus spread through their body, the bark that served as their skin would turn a dark brown or black and begin to molt. Their branch-limbs would begin to atrophy and clump together, and the victim would begin to emit a musty odor that later intensified into a boggy, diseased stench.

As the bark molted, it would expose open sores and reveal the pulpy heartwood within the body, from which and other bodily fluids leaked. When a Whipid was infected via bodily fluid contact, the site of transmission suffered from heavy swelling and necrosis. Sores would open and begin to seep blood and thick discharge, and their tusks would turn a sickly yellow shade. All fluid and bite transmission victims, regardless of species, were eventually driven mad by the Sickness's progression into their, resulting in a loss of self-awareness and bodily control. This led the infected into fits of homicidal rage before the virus ultimately shut down their body.The symptoms experienced by those who contracted the virus through airborne contagion were drawn out over a longer period than those experienced by bite victims. When the virus activated within a subject, they would immediately begin to suffer from a light cough and draining.

The respiratory difficulties would gradually worsen, leading to labored breathing and deep, rattling sounds of mucus buildup in the lungs. The patient would quickly begin to experience gastrointestinal abnormalities including vomiting and nausea. The skin would turn a pale green or gray and would break into heavy perspiration, similar to a bite victim. Unlike bite victims, these symptoms continually worsened over the course of several hours, and included conditions like fever and internal bleeding. Vomiting blood, seizures, respiratory arrest, and cardiac arrest soon followed, as well as general lethargy and pain. Other patients suffered from internal and external hemorrhaging and even comatose.

Freedom fighters images of india. Those who avoided comatose usually fell into a state of delirium, experiencing vivid hallucinations that ultimately led to aggressive madness. This would cause the victims to turn on one another or commit. Others died from their seizures, cardiac arrest, or blood loss.