Deadly Diseases
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"Do not board... We have a Priority One quarantine situation aboard the UPF Station Kaldar. Twenty-two crew members have been infected by the dreaded Crond virus, I repeat, do not board!" the wracked and tired voice came through the communicator. I turned to look at our Medical Officer, and asked, "What are we to do, Ryztik?" The Osakar looked at me and said, "Nothing... perhaps we should, what do you humans call it, pray for the dying..."
Aldanpox
Vaccine Available: Yes
Races Affected: All
Incubation : 1d10 days
Quarantine Period: Inc + 3d10 days
Symptoms: Highly irritating rash which begins as raised red spots that eventually turn green with pus
Terminal stage: Non-fatal but scars will remain (-1d10 from PER)
Cause: Virus reproduces in cool damp vents, highly contagious from about three days before the rash appears until all wounds heal
Cure: Requires at least Lvl 4 Medical Expert
Black Death Rot
Vaccine Available: No
Races Affected: Dralasite, Human, Yazirian
Incubation : 2d5 hours
Quarantine Period: 2d5 days
Symptoms: Nausea, Vommiting, Fatigue, Bleeding from the nose, Severe coughing accompanied by stomach cramps, Skin turns black in blotches
Terminal stage: Death
Cause: Unknown (i.e., it's up to the Referee to be creative)
Cure: Requires at least Lvl 4 Medical Expert who will subject through a blood cleansing device (cost 10,000Cr)
Blue Plague
Vaccine Available: Yes
Races Affected: All
Incubation : 1d10 weeks
Quarantine Period: Inc + 4d10 days
Symptoms: Large blue welts appear about the face and extremities. These welts leave horrible black scars even if the victim survives the plague. Thought to have been eradicated back in 27 f.y., the virus has unfortunately reappeared in the Palalyrn Cluster
Terminal stage: Death (50%) or black scars will remain (-1d10 from PER)
Cause: An alien vessel that crashed on Starmist carried the virus and subsequently other systems were infected due to ships carrying a mutated strain
Cure: A cure was discovered at the MSO Research Centre on Morgaine's World but it requires a Lvl 4 Medical Expert to deliver an injection during the quarantine stage (cost 2,000Cr)
Crond's Disease
Vaccine Available: No
Races Affected: All
Incubation : 2d10 days
Quarantine Period: Inc + 8d10 days
Symptoms: Fatigue, Cough, Diarrhoea, Blue-black patches on skin accompanied by pus growths, sight and hearing capability usually reduced
Terminal stage: Ends in death (50%) or blindness (30%) or deafness (10%) or victim is completely immune (10%)
Cause: Virus found inhabiting freezers. Suspected to have come from a cold planet. Highly contagious but method of spreading unknown
Cure: None
Fomnaph
Vaccine Available: Yes
Races Affected: All except humans
Incubation : 2d5 hours
Quarantine Period: 2d10 months
Symptoms: Equivalent to human leprosy - Colorless blotches develop, accompanied by gradual loss of sensation, paralysis and body structural deformity
Terminal stage: For each month of the disease there is a 5% chance of -1d5 from DEX and PER (Min score: 1)
Cause: Bacteria attacking nerves and skin. Infection occurs from direct skin contact with an infected person
Cure: None
Junal's Fear
Vaccine Available: No
Races Affected: All
Incubation : 1d5 days
Quarantine Period: Inc + 1d5 days
Symptoms: High Fever, Swollen Glands, Drives infected person berserk with rage (+1d5 to all attributes during this period)
Terminal stage: Full recovery but -1d5 from all attributes. Subsequently individual will become immune to Junal's Fear
Cause: Suspected to be bioengineered by the Sathar to wipe out all SF known races... but it does not seem effective once treated
Cure: Requires a Lvl 6 Medical Expert who will issue a 5,000Cr anti-serum
Orophinia
Vaccine Available: No
Races Affected: All
Incubation : 2d10 days
Quarantine Period: Inc + 2d5 months
Symptoms: Early symptoms are Headache, Loss of weight and appetite, fever. Final day of incubation stage results in Painful Blisters, high fever, profuse sweating for races with sweat pores, onset of psychotic behavior
Terminal stage: Death unless cured. Full recovery expected if cured
Cause: Mystery virus. Normally occurs when long periods of living in cramped warm spaces is involved. Blister fluid carries suspected
virus and is highly contagious
Cure: Requires a Lvl 3 Medical Expert and medicine amounting to at least 500Cr
Satharin
Vaccine Available: No
Races Affected: All, especially Sathar
Incubation : 2d10 hours
Quarantine Period: Inc + 4d10 hours
Symptoms: Sathar suffer from raised purple blotches and what appears to be excruciating convulsing pain. Other races suffer from headache, fever, rashes, and ending in shaking chills (temporary -1d10 from STR and DEX)
Terminal stage: Sathar will normally die (80% chance). Humans and Vrusk completely cured
Cause: Contagious Virus bioengineered by UPF military scientists to attack the Sathar race. However, extremely costly to reproduce (1,000,000Cr or more)
Cure: UPF infected persons normally prescribed with a handful of vitamins and plenty of rest. Anti-serum available
Scalies
Vaccine Available: Yes
Races Affected: Dralasite and Vrusk
Incubation : 2d5 years
Quarantine Period: 2d5 days (normally confirmed with medical tests)
Symptoms: Scales grow on infected being, dizzy, rashes, fever
Terminal stage: Dralasites will die (50% chance). Vrusk will go insane (50% chance). Permanent -1d5 to PER and LDR
Cause: Virus found in rotten exotic Dralasite and Vrusk food
Cure: Requires a Lvl 3 Medical Expert and medicine amounting to at least 2,000Cr
Xylixia (strangely similar to human AIDS)
Vaccine Available: Vaccine not available for other races
Races Affected: All except humans
Incubation : 1d6 months + dormancy of 1d10 years
Quarantine Period: None required
Symptoms: Sexually transmitted disease that results in loss of immunity to diseases
Terminal stage: Onset of other rare diseases peculiar to the affected race. Inevitably leads to death
Cause: Human contaminated bodily fluids. Spread through wound contact and sexual activities.
Cure: None for all races except humans, but as the humans preach, abstinence