Demon Virus

The "" was an AI superweapon, a semi-sentient etheric computer virus which was employed by the Veiled Dominions during the Dominions War.
== Description ==
The demon virus was capable of disrupting and taking control of etheric computer systems, including communications and automation systems and also machinery such as spaceships. Until suitable countermeasures were developed, the only effective way of preventing the spread of the virus through networks such as the ethernet was to cut communications and quarantine affected systems.
== History ==
The demon virus was developed by the Veiled Dominions through the use of stolen Aeldmen technology, specifically artificial intelligence technology stolen from the Industrial-State Cooperatives. The capabilities of the demon virus were first demonstrated to the cosmos in , when the Dominions used the virus to intervene and forcibly pacify a confrontation between the Grand Celestial Confederacy and Princely State of Keshig during the Middle Throne Succession Crisis.
The threat of the demon virus led the G4The great powers of Imperial Space: the Serene Duchy of Aeldrum, the Shantine Empire, the Second Fialta Imperium, and the Empire of Alusia to invade and destroy the Dominions in a war that came to be known as the Dominions War. In return, during the war, the Dominions let the demon virus loose to decimate the militaries and economies of the Imperial powers, with the Second Fialta Imperium in particular being severely crippled.
The demon crisis was resolved partly through stopgaps and air gaps, partly (in the Fialta Imperium) through angelic intervention, and partly through Aeldrum's development of a semi-sentient anti-virus. This latter development accidentally resulted in the creation of the sentient "Baradun 2.0" in .
== Notes ==
Category:Weapons
Category:Technologies