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