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The Plague

Background:

The Plague was originally a genetically engineered psychic bioweapon created by the CueCappa to be used against other races to capture entire empires intact and assimilate captured empires into docile subservient societies. The original experiment got out of control, and infected the designer of the The Plague.

Known only as the Primary Host, because those with knowledge of the project have since been infected, the Plague seem to be driven to fulfil their engineered mission to fruition: the peaceful takeover of the entire galaxy by Plague infection.

Most of the CueCappa race in the nearby system were infected rather quickly, and attempts at eradication and quarrantine have been met with devastating failure as often ships sent in to contain the threat have not been heard from again. Ships that do survive encounters with Plague ships speak of the horrors of watching entire fleets succomb to the Plague in a matter of hours, often in a chain reaction that results in total capture of fleets sent in to contain the Plague.