The Horror in the Darkness
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To Create a Woman-made Virus
- Image Credit: XIII
- Canon: N/A
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- Scientific Name: Red Moon Virus
- Abbreviation: RMV
- Common Name: Moon Touched
- Virus Family: Xyloben
- Origins: The Hollow / Dathomir
- Other Locations: Galaxy Wide (Easily Dispersed)
- Description: At a glance, the virus is red in color, whilst possessing a spherical design.
- Morphology: Spherical
- Size: 45 Nanometers
- Color: Red
- Distinctions: The virus is considered "dead" until it finds a host, then it becomes "living". It can infect a host in a few ways, but the two main sources are consuming untreated water (i.e. lakes, rivers, etc..) or through open sores or wounds on the body.
- Source: Synthetic
- Host Species: All carbon-based life forms (Land - animals, sentient species i.e. humans, rodians, hutts)
- Host Range: Broad
- Viability: Forests (streams, brooks, ponds), Wetlands, Oceans and Seas, Lakes and Rivers
- Lethality: Fatal
- Severity: Extreme
- Infectivity: High
- Modes of Transmission: Waterborne / Airborne (After Infected)
- Incubation Period: Three - Four days
- Re-Infection: Cured individuals cannot recontract the virus.
- Vaccine/Cure: Reeksa Root
SYMPTOMS & EFFECTS
- Wet Cough
- Extreme Fatigue
- Discoloration of the skin
- Blindness
- Death (if untreated)
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
Strengths:
- Highly Contagious: The RMV is highly contagious, easily transmitted from one individual to another; usually through coughing or sneezing.
- Rapid Reproduction: Once a living host is infected, the virus quickly begins to reproduce in the host's living cells; the host cell is forced to rapidly produce thousands of identical copies of the original virus, spreading throughout host's cellular system.
- Extreme Cold Temperatures: The RMV cannot survive in frigid temperatures, such as frozen lakes and rivers. It can only thrive in those regions with favorable temperatures and seasons (think Spring to Late Autumn).
- Living Hosts: Though the virus can be found in water sources, it is dormant in that state; only becoming active once it infects a living host; through the consumption of water, from open wounds or sores for example.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Red Moon Virus, or RMV, was created in a lab by Darth Moskvin. The virus was designed to attack living land species upon consuming water tainted with the virus. In the water, the virus is "dead" or harmless, only become lethal and "living" once it takes hold of a host, infecting it.
The RMV is highly contagious, transferable between hosts through coughing (i.e. spittle, saliva, mucus), through sneezing (i.e. snot particles), or through a runny nose (i.e. snotty tissues). Also, consuming raw meat from a wild animal (i.e. predators, survivalists) can cause the virus to spread; whilst cooking the meat will kill the virus.
The virus is highly lethal if left untreated, with a ninety-six percent fatality rate; occurring within a few hours after the spreading of the virus throughout the host's cellular system. There is only one cure to combat an infected sentient, by consuming the reeska root.
